Jewel Tone Sunshine

Hello friends!  I've been busy working outside in the gardens, enjoying all things spring, but I thought I'd pop in here and share a card I made using the beautiful colors from Beautiful Blossoms Challenge.

 

 The jewel tones are brilliant!  Don't you think?

 

I had this beautiful piece of water colored background paper in my stash. I had printed it on my home printer and it fit the color palette perfectly.

 

 

 The nest is from The Greetery and the bird is from Spellbinders.  The scale of the bird worked well with the nest, so there you go!  The flowers are die cut and then I stenciled the centers in through the holes before removing the die.  These super old flowers are from PTI.

 

 

The colors are quite brilliant, but I like it!

 

Sometimes I just need to make something really bold and beautiful.  Add in a feathered friend and it's a match made in heaven.
 

I'll also be entering this card into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters ~  Flowers

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Things With Wings 

Here is the printable I used.  It was a freebie I found on the internet.  You can click on the image to open it, right click and save it to your computer so you can use it too!

and here's a bonus image! 

 Happy spring and happy gardening!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Use That Design Paper ~ Double D

It's the first Wednesday in May, so you know what that means?  Double D Challenges is starting a new challenge.  Our trusty leaders, Darlene and Diane are asking us to use our design paper.  What a great challenge!!  I have a stash of design paper that I'm trying to work my way through, so I'm very thankful for challenges like this.

 

 

The papers in the background were pulled out of a box of 6x6 paper squares.  Most of them were cut from 12x12 sheets at one time, long, long ago, so I have no names or company to give credit to. 

 

I printed a library card on my home printer on a piece of pale pink cardstock and added these pretty vellum painted flowers from Pinkfresh Studio.  The sentiment is a preprinted foiled sentiment, also from Pinkfresh Studio.  I rubbed a bit of Antique Paper DOX ink over the top to make it not so white.

I added a scalloped strip of gray polka dotted paper found in my scrap box and a file tab to the top of the library card.  The least bit of stamping can be found on the top of the card and file tab, using Tim Holtz Field Notes stamps.  I do love those stamps!

 I hope you'll visit Double D Challenges to see more inspiration from the amazing design team.

 

Here's the inspiration tile put together for you by Diane:

And here's the prize you could win when you play along:

 

 

I'd also like to add this card to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday  ~ Anything Goes 

Thanks for stopping by!

A Pretty Gift Set For A Special Occasion

Good morning friends~  I made this gift set back in February, to celebrate a dear friends special day, and I never got around to posting it.  As it turns out my dear friend Marcia, over at Color Hues is starting a new challenge using these colors, so I thought this would be the perfect time to post this project.

The deliciously sized cupcake die is from Pretty Pink Posh.  I added some sweet polka dotted lemons from Spellbinders because every project should have some polka dots.

 

The treat box is made using a die from Sizzix.

 

I found this striped gift bag in my stash which coordinated perfectly with the papers and cardstock colors I used.  A simply doily bag topper and bow was all it needed.  

And finally, a framed piece of artwork using stencils and dies from Altenew.

 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Color Hues ~ Blue & Yellow

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Floral Gift Basket ~ CCS

Happy May friends!  I've got a new project up over at the CutCardstock blog.

  

If you'd like to see more details on how this project came together, I'd love for you to visit CutCardstock.  I ask a probing question at the end of the blog post, so please stop by and tell me your ideas.

Thanks for stopping by!

A Cherry-ful Day!

Happy Saturday friends!  I've got a card that fits perfectly into the Cut It Up Challenge using the letter "c".

 

 

CHERRIES! 

 

 I used three paper doilies and cherries from Spellbinders.

 

I added some Glossy Accents to make the cherries shine.

 

I think this card is super cheerful "cherry"-ful.

It's a dull, rainy day here so I think I'll go back in my craft room and see what kind of mess I can make in there today (on top of the mess that's already there.  ;o)

 

I'll also be entering this card into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

A Cut Above ~ Anything Goes

Love Those Pretty Papers ~ Springtime

 

Have a great weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Spring Bird House ~ CCS

Hello friends!  I'm hoping by the time this project posts, we'll be well into spring here on the east coast.  As I sit here typing up this post, we are being hit by another early spring snow storm, that's supposed to last both Saturday and Sunday. 

 

To help combat the winter blues and early spring snow storms, I made this darling Spring Bird House using pretty pastel colored Lessebo cardstock from CutCardstock.

 

 

I used Poppystamps Pop-Up Easel Bird House die, but turned it into a 3D piece of spring decor.   A group of us will be making 20 of these for a ladies breakfast at our church coming up in May.

 

 

 

You can find all the details on how this bird house came together over at the CutCardstock blog.

Thanks for stopping by!

Spring Flowers ~ Double D

Hello friends~  It's time for a new challenge over at Double D Challenges.  The theme for the next two weeks is "Spring Flowers".  

Crocuses are the first flowers to emerge in my yard in the spring time, so I felt like The Greetery Crocus's were the right fit for the challenge. 

 

I combined a couple of different font die cuts from my stash to create the sentiment.  I also added a bit of hombre inking to the "wishes" die cut and then heat embossed it using clear embossing powder.  It a bit hard to see the shiny finish on the die cut, but trust me, it's there.

As most paper crafters do, I'll bet you have a ton of flowers in your crafty arsenal that you could use to join in on the fun over at Double D Challenges.  I sure hope to see your card in the linky!

Darlene has brought us a bit of inspiration:

And here's the prize you could win when you link up and play along.

 

ETA:  What perfect timing to discover that Color Hues is looking for lilac and aqua.  I'll be entering my card into this challenge.

 

I'll also be entering this card into Seize The Birthday, where the theme is layering.

 

Thanks for stopping by!

Easter Treat Box ~ Double D

Hello friends!    It's the first Wednesday of the month so that means it's time for a new challenge over at DD Challenges.  Easter is the theme for the next two weeks, so pull out your bunnies, chicks, eggs and crosses and let's get crackin' on.  (Get it?  "Eggs".... "crackin'".)  Sorry, I couldn't resist, and I digress.

 

 

 I made up a bunch of these dear little Easter Egg Boxes from Sizzix last year and left them undecorated, so when inspiration hit, I'd be ready to make them pretty.

  

Truth be told, I decorated this box last year as well, but never got around to sharing it on my blog, so I thought that this challenge was a good opportunity to share this project.  I still have 6 or 8 eggs waiting to be made pretty.

 

 

I covered the top of the kraft cardstock box with some pretty printed, vintage looking scrapbooking paper and went over the entire egg with walnut stain DOX ink.  A decorative strip of the same design paper and a length of vintage lace was wrapped around the outside of the cover. 

 

The bunny is a rub-on that I picked up from Amazon.  This set of vintage Easter images came with like 24 sheets of rub-ons and there are many images per sheet.  I will never in my life time have time to use them all.  I will link them HERE if you want to check them out. 

The flowers are a mix of flowers that I purchased from Really Reasonable Ribbon years ago.  I'm so glad to finally be putting some to good use.

 

Here's the inside of the box, ready to be filled with something sweet, I expect.

 

I do hope you'll stop over at Double D Challenges to see more inspiring work from the team and then join in on the fun.

Here's the inspiration tile:

 

And here's the prize you could win when you play along.

Thanks for stopping by!

Pretty Pastels for Mom ~ CutCardstock

Rabbit!  Rabbit!  Happy April Fool's Day! Happy Tuesday or happy spring!  However you look at it, I hope it's a beautiful day in your neck of the woods.

 

Today's card was made for the CutCardstock blog, featuring pretty pastel colors, giving honor to the mother's in our lives.  If you'd like to see more details about how this card came together and all the wonderful cardstocks I used to make it, hop on over to the CutCardstock blog.  I so appreciate your encouragement and your support.

Thanks for stopping by!