Flowers for a Gardener

Welcome,

Thank you so much for visiting.

I made this card for a very keen gardener and aspiring florist.

I started by sizing the white card for the layer, and then cutting the window with my Peek-a-boo die. Next I inked some clouds to show through the aperture, but decided they looked too 'harsh', so then brushed white ink over them, and was satisfied with the much softer result.

I stamped the image, a Studio Light Essentials set called Calla lilies, (it appears to be discontinued) in Memento London Fog ink, and then coloured with my polychromo pencils using the 'no line' technique.

I cut the image apart to arrange it coming up through the aperture, popping parts of it up on foam pads.  I also adhered the front panel using foam tape.

The sentiment was a magazine freebie, stamped in Whisper Ink Sugarloaf Green.  It was one of my original inks, and is getting rather dry now.

I stamped two of the lily flowers in gray ink on opposite corners in the inside, but they were too faint to photograph well. 

I am linking this to:

Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge # 2541- Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #720 + 721- Anything Goes

                                    A Cut Above, Die Cut Challenge, October - Anything Goes

Springing into Spring.

Welcome,

I know that I have not been very active in blogland of late - my other hobbies, plus a BIG card order have kept me busy - never mind life in general has also kept me occupied a lot....

  The theme for our small, New Zealand swap last month was 'spring', as that is our current season.

We were told we could use a pop-up/spring mechanism, or illustrate the season.

But 'yours truly' went off an another tangent.

My card started with a sheet of 'spring-like' floral paper glued to some white card, then edged with yellow ink.  As you can see, a snippet was used on the envelope.

I then positioned a rectangle die towards the top of this, and die cut it.

Next a piece of white card which was printed with a computer generated 'sentiment' was cut with  a slightly larger rectangle die, sponged with the yellow ink and creased before being adhered over the top of the rectangular void.  A tag was added at the base.

I then stacked this panel (with 4mm of foam tape) on a white card base -that I had brushed the edges of with the yellow ink.

I then opened the aperture and glued a spring from a ball point pen in the resultant 'nest'.

I finished the inside of the card with a snippet of the patterned paper also. 

The recipient (and her husband) roared with laughter when the card was opened.

I am linking this to:

Word Power October Challenge - Anything goes with the sentiment as the main focus

Allsorts Challenge #833 - Woodland Creatures or Anything Goes

Love Those Pretty Papers October Challenge - anything goes with Pretty Papers Opt, Halloween colours

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #718 + 719 - Anything Goes

Pussy Cat Pussy Cat...

Welcome

Thank  you for visiting today - it is very much appreciated.

I needed a thanks card, and am also a guest DT at Critter Crazy Challenge this month,

so I combined the two.

The card is for a male, who was adopted by a cat, after refusing to have one for years, hence the image.

The image is from Gina K's set called Cordial Cats, and was cut with a matching die, before being mounted on an oval, cut with a TH Thinlets die. stitched ovals

The oval was mounted over a textured panel, pierced with a plate simply labeled 'swirls' that was  in a giveaway package I won.

All the layers were edged with Delicata Golden Glitz ink, and layered on 1mm foam tape

I stamped the inside with the paw prints stamp, 

and the mouse hole stamp

I also stamped the enveloped with the paw print stamp.

I am linking this to:

Word Art Wednesday Challenge Weeks #718 - 719 - Anything Goes

Try It On Tuesday challenge - Animals, real or imaginary 

 

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge #262 - Anything Goes