Scrappy Bloom

My friend Barb makes beautiful paper flowers.  I shared this card  she gave me earlier in the month.  She was at our stamping session on Saturday and shared some of her beautiful creations.  I tried to copy a flower that she made from some scraps in my DSP bin.

Edited to add:  This is much too bulky to mail.  I'll clip it to a gift bag.  It's my favorite way of decorating bags!

It was made by punching 9 circles.  I used 1 1/2".  Fold 8 of those circles in half, in half again, and in half again.  Adhere them to the last circle.  I was using glue dots and my folded circles weren't laying quite right.  I fiddled and fiddled with it and finally got it looking OK.  Not as pretty and neat as Barb's but OK for a first try.

She also brought the rose leaf punch and I punched a bunch of leaves while she was here.  We scored the leaves with a stylus to make them look more realistic.

The sentiment is from Heard from the Heart and stamped in Old Olive.  Papers are Stampin' Up!

Since it was made from scraps, I think I'll send it to the Less is More challenge DON'T SCRAP IT!

We've had the most beautiful day here.  The temps were in the 60s and the sun was shining all day.  I got to run a few errands this afternoon and it was wonderful to ride with the windows open.  Spring isn't far away.

I'm happy that you were able to stop by today.  I hope you come back soon.

Enjoy!

Heard from the Heart Bouquet

I decided that I would like to branch out and try some new challenges.  I'll still participate with the SCS challenges too, but I've been following some others that have a lot of Stampin' Up! and some awesome ideas! 

This card is for the WT293 challenge on SCS to use fabric on your card.  I got rid of almost all my fabric when we moved.  I couldn't find anything in this house that would work without cutting something useful up!  Then I thought of the fabric flowers in the now retired Pretties Kit.

I also wanted to participate in the Just Add Ink40 challenge to use Blushing Bride, Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue & Pear Pizzazz.  I needed a break from Christmas cards and these pastels really called out to me.

I dyed the flowers by holding them on the ink pads and swiping across them with my bone folder. (Caution! Do clean your bone folder as soon as you're done or the next time you fold a card, you are going to want to kick yourself.) I died the stems of the little seedlings the same way.

I embossed a piece of Whisper White with the BIG GUY and the Square Lattice Embossing folder.  This piece is @2 5/8" x 5 1/4".  I adhered it to an unebossed piece that is @2" x 5 1/4".  A piece of Pear Pizzazz Stitched Poly Ribbon covers the seam.  I used a sentiment from the Heard from the Heart set and stamped it in Pear Pizzazz.

The flowers are attached with glue dots and I twisted the stems a bit and stuck them down with another glue dot that I kind of squished together so hopefully the card won't stick to the envelope.

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Heard from the Heart
Ink:  Pear Pizzazz, Blushing Bride, Bashful Blue
Paper:  Sahara Sand, Whisper White
Accessories:  Corner Rounder Punch, Big Shot, Square Lattice EF, Fabric Flowers, Pear Pizzazz Ribbon

This was a nice change from the Christmas Cards.  I hope you enjoy it too.
Bonnie

Upsy Daisy Funky Fold

Hello Creative Friends. Sorry for the delay in posts. We babysat over the weekend and it always takes a while to recover from having so much fun. We have some of the sweetest grandchildren in the world. Of course there is no prejudice there at all!



A while back I posted a card made with this fold. The base card is cut as a tent fold by cutting the cardstock the long way at 4 1/4" and folding in half to make a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card. Then I cut 1" the end of the front of the card. I used the Scallop Trim Border Punch (free with $50.00 order until the end of this month) on the short side and also punched a 2 1/8" piece of Rose Red to adhere on the back piece. This Upsy Daisy stamp is one of my favorites. I stamped the flowers with So Saffron ink and used a cotton swab dipped in Rose Red ink to add some color to some of the flowers. The stems are traced with a Certainly Celery Marker and the sentiment (from the Heard from the Heart set) is stamped in Bravo Burgundy.

I have been busy today doing challenge cards. I've almost finished the second one and as soon as I have pics, I'll share them with you.

Hope you get to play today.
Bonnie