Tapestry Roses

 

Hello, and hope you're enjoying the end of a very hot summer. 

I finally had some time to play with The Greetery's latest release, and decided

to start with the Roses Tapestry Stencil Set.

...and  couldn't stop! Once the stenciling was done, ran each card through the

Aida Cloth Texture Plate. 

Honestly would have played with this set for days,

but knew I had to make a card, so,

After adding some trims and bobbits, ended up with a thank you card.

I  sew wanted my tapestry to  be the star, but those haughty little red handled 

scissors just had to steal the show. 

Seriously can't believe the detail on these darlings.  In this case, die cut 2 pair, and 

red embossed one, before cutting the handles and gluing them to the silver pair.

Also red embossed the the brad.

I had almost as fun photographing the card with little sewing notions!

I did  one panel on brown cardstock, first laying down a heavy coat of white

(distress oxide Picket Fence), then adding layers of color.

Stay tuned for this one...

The Card Concept: Fresh New Year

 

Welcome back to the Card Concept, and a Fresh New Year!

Complete with color swatches, our photo inspiration is both elegant and a bit sassy!

Black & White & Pink and a soft gold? What could be better for a fresh new start

to a brand new year!

I didn't stray far from the inspiration photo, keeping the b/w bold stripes, and and the bright

pink forefront on my card. My birthday bouquet is set in a glass vase, cut from polka dot 

vellum. 

I chose the Rose Flurries 3-D Die from Altenew, and paired it with The Greetery's

Inside Out Berry Branch.

I call my design choice, Clean and Layered, my favorite of all the card designs.

Hope you are inspired to play along, our challenges run for 2 weeks, plenty of time

to add a card or 2 to our lineup! We love seeing how you use the inspiration photo and

design styles.

Blessings for a wonderful, craft filled New Year!

The Card Concept #166 {Fresh New Year}

Altenew:

Watercolor Stripes Cover Die, Rose Flurries 3-D Die, Versatile Vases

The Greetery:

Inside Out Berry Branch

The Card Concept: Luck of the Irish

Hi and welcome! There's a new challenge starting today at the Card Concept, and

it's fitting right in with the upcoming St. Patrick's Day holiday. 

'Luck of the Irish' is the theme, and here's your inspiration photo:

Plenty of green, right? Lots of gorgeous spring florals and that's where I took

my inspiration to create my very layered card.

 

2 frames border the Greetery's Mason Jar, and plenty of florals from Botanicuts Roses

and Forget Me Nots.

Just love the Greetery's jar, and was so happy to use it again for my card.

The Card Concept's Challenges are 2 weeks long, and we love to see your

creations! Remember to add what style you've used, and include our challenge

photo on your post.

Hope your week is extra crafty!

The Card Concept #150 {Luck of the Irish

Have a Beautiful Birthday

 

Well, hello! I've been spending some time crafting with stamps and dies that are new

to me, and was happy to see The Flower Challenge chose the theme, 'Use Your Latest

Stamps or Dies'. 

The Greetery's Botanicuts dies are simply amazing. Finelyinely crafted and 

carefully thought up pieces that produce flowers, pinecones, leaves and other

items from nature that allow your creativity to... well... bloom.

I began stamping the largest stamp from Sketchbook Roses on my card base, arranging on

corners, and covering the top. The spray is done with a toothbrush, and Lindy's Stamp Gang

Starburst Moonstone.

The roses are inked with Oxide Distress inks, mainly reds and pinks, and the leaves

are inked with greens and blue. I'll list the colors below. Once done and assembled

I flicked on the Moonstone and then white.  I did pop up up the pedals, and used

foam on the smaller rose, and rose bud. Betsy has a couple of fabulous You Tube

videos on how to's for her Botanicuts I found very helpful.

The Rose die set is not new to The Greetery, but I was so happy it's finally added to 

my collection. Layering brings this set to life. And I'm imagining all the color ways

possible. 

Thanks for the visit, and hoping you're enjoying craft time too! Not much else

 to do until I get a Covid shot! (Or 2...)

The Greetery 

Sketchbook Roses Stamps

Botanicuts Rose Die Set

Distress Oxide Inks (Ranger)

Festive Berries, Candied Apple, Fired Brick,

Twisted Citron, Lucky Clover, Pine Needles, Rustic Wilderness, Salty Ocean.

Happy Birthday

The Last Card I'm posting today is actually the first one made of 3,

using the Greetery's newest stamps and dies.

Birthday cards are always needed, so I added the sweet banner and plan to send

this to my daughter-in-law at the end of the month.

The background was stamped with Fresh Floral Background stamp, a

favorite, using Altenew's Misty Morning Ink. The grey is slightly

grey, green and blue all rolled into one. Just a perfect color for a 

soft background.

Some of the designers, and some of you added splatters to your watering can, and I loved

the effect! Betsy's 3 part stamping makes me LOVE stamping all the more!

The banner from the birthday set is just the sweetest touch tucked into the

bouquet! 

Just can't get enough of these new sets. Did you get them? 

The flowers, the watering can, and the map is next on the list!

Have a great week, friends, and may you enjoy every moment!

Just For You

Another Budding Beauties Summer from the Greetery, card. 

Stamped the watering can from The Greetery's Sprinkled With Kindness, 

twice for the overall background. (You have the option to use 3 stamps to create

the image)

The rose is a 3 step stamp. I love using Betsy's technique of sponging on a

little bit darker ink in areas for further shading.

The color combos for the watering can are endless, and I played around with inks and 

shading, embossing a few as well.

These are stamped with Altenew Inks, my personal favorite for giving all over

color in one stamping.

Did you order the Sprinkled With Kindness set from the Greetery?

I think, like the jar, it will be one of my 'go to' stamp and dies for year

'round cards!

Blessings for a peace filled week!

2 Easter Cards, One stamp

I have a couple of cards made with a background stamp by the Stamp Market. The 

company is new to me, but I'm sure everyone else has heard of and seen their 

wonderful stamps. This one is called Floral Background.

The first is embossed with Nuvo's Shimmering Pearl powder, and inked with Ranger's

Distress Oxide Squeezed Lemonade ink.

Creative Expressions', Easter Bunny Egg die set really does all the work, with the

sentiment die cut into the trim. I colored a bit of the flora with Metallic Accents 

watercolors by Art Philosophy. Stem and pink flowers from Altenew's Rose Flurries

3D Die set. 

2nd card, again stamped with Versamark and embossed with Stampendous Aged

Bronze Enamel. Totally different look. The die cut roses are Altenew 3D roses.

Cut with color cardstock, they add elegance to any card!

Well, that's it sharing a new to me stamp, Floral Background. 

I'm entering the bunny egg cared in JUGS Trend Week challenge: Off The Edge

Just Us Girls Trend Week #483 - Off the Edge

and the rose card in Fusion's challenge"

FUSION - Cheery Eggs

I followed the sketch side.

Thanks for the visit, and hope your Easter week is filled with blessings! 

A Watered Garden

Welcome! I'm excited to be playing along with a new challenge at PTI,

Laurie's Fabulous Favorites.

Laurie started things rolling with her favorite stamp set, and challenged

us to pick ours for a card.

Somewhat like picking a favorite child, but I narrowed it down to about

110, and selected Farmer's Market Florals.

Stamps that warm the heart, that's Farmer's Market Florals. Paired it with 

Bold Borders Foliage and Garden of Faith.

We've had a lot of rain so far this year, after a long drought, and it

looks like the roses are ready bud. I know I say it every season,

but spring in our valley is the closest thing to heaven!

A little bit of foam popping, and my card is ready to brighten someone's

winter day.

Laurie mentioned she loves the PTI florals. Me too! And I love the 

multi stamping stamps as well.

Now for the best part of this challenge: 100.00 gift certificate!

Play along on the PTI blog!

Be Strong & Courageous

PapertreyInk's Make It Monday features Ashley this week, showcasing

Negative Die Cuts

What a fun way to add color and texture to your card design! 

I started with a Shape Shifter die and backed it with an aqua shimmer.

The flowers are from Farmers Market Florals, with a few leaves from 

The Sweet Life added.

Popped up one of the blooms with foam.

Lastly added a bit of gold Stickles to the small flowers' centers.

Hope your week is crafty!

Papertrey Ink - Shape Shifters: Square 2 Die

Papertrey Ink - Farmer's Market Florals Die

Farmer's Market Florals Stamp Set

The Sweet Life Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - The Sweet Life Die Collection (set of 2)

Papertrey Ink - To the Point Edgers II Die

Walk by Faith Stamp Set

Transformation Tuesday with Michelle Leone

Hi! Thought I'd play along with PTI's Transformation Tuesday and Michelle Leone,

where we were challenged to take a previous card we liked but wanted to 

re-do better.

I was so excited to add PTI's Stitching Garden to my floral stamp sets, and wanted to

see how all the stamps looked inked and assembled. The colors I used were OK,

and the one layer card reminded me of a spring pattern. 

Michelle used her original card to springboard a second that used more modern colors

and an eye-catching flower in the center. 

Like Michelle, my 2nd remake card uses bolder colors, and a more focalized design. 

It's always fun to improve and redo. There's always ways to tweek certain elements,

such as colors or design.

Have a card you'd like to transform? 

Play along with Michelle and Transformation Tuesday on the PTI Blog.

Hope you had a great weekend and look forward to lots of crafting!

My links for the products I used take you to the PTI store.

Stitching Garden Stamp Set

Gathered Garden Stamp Set

Garden of Faith Stamp Set

Perfect Match Pure Poppy - Inkpad

Perfect Match Scarlet Jewel - Inkpad

Perfect Match Simply Chartreuse - Inkpad

Perfect Match Green Parakeet - Inkpad

Perfect Match New Leaf - Inkpad

Perfect Match Sweet Blush - Inkpad

Perfect Match Pale Peony - Inkpad

Perfect Match Berry Sorbet - Inkpad

Perfect Match Melon Berry - Inkpad

Perfect Match Lavender Moon - Inkpad

Perfect Match Spring Rain - Inkpad

Perfect Match Harvest Gold - Inkpad

Perfect Match Summer Sunrise - Inkpad

Perfect Match Tropical Teal - Inkpad

Perfect Match Hawaiian Shores - Inkpad