Double D, May Flowers

Good Morning!    

A brand new Challenge is up and running over at the Double D Challenge Blog.  

Ready for the Inspiration Tile?

Here you go:

Here is my card:

I had soooo much FUN making this card!  

Here's what I did:

I made a hand cut template of a flower pot, cut a second one, now I have it for future use.  

Swiped Black and Brown ink directly to the flower pot.  I also cut the top lip off and added some chipboard underneath to give it more dimension.

Swiped it all over with Versa Mark ink and then added Embossing Powders

in; Rust, Gold and Green.  Heated them.  

Using Craft Paints in; White, Brown, Teal and Green I began to 'patina' my pot. 

LOVE the way it came out! 

Using an embossing folder I created my brick wall.  

Sponged on inks in; Fired Brick, Antique Linen and Vintage Photo.

Next up my flowers!  I used the Elizabeth Craft Dies, Garden Notes Zinnia.  I cut 4 flowers in yellow and 3 in pink adding one extra layer to each flower.  Sponged the edges, added large beads for the centers and sprinkled in a bit of corresponding glitter.  I added stems to a couple of them and a bunch of different sized leaves in different shades of green.

An MFT Stitched Traditional Tag die cut for my sentiment, sponged edges.  Gina K Designs, Spring Has Sprung stamp set.  A small hot pink butterfly from the Memory Box die set, Butterfly Exhibit.  Raven Black ink.  Rhinestone.

May Flowers!

Quite a bit of dimension.

Added a few more of the little butterflies to the inside of the card too.  

SO. MUCH. FUN.

This card will also be entered into the Challenge at; 

Scrapy Land, Anything Goes!

Please come on over to the Double D Blog and join in all of the FUN!

You'll be glad you did as there is always a pretty prize up for grabs! 

Thanks so much for coming by!

Enjoy~~

A Little Birdie Told Me.....

.....It's Your Birthday!

Back again on the Dies R Us Inspiration Blog

I have a fun Birthday card for you today!  Sit back and enjoy!  

This was a lot of FUN to make....yes, I say that a lot!  lol  Part way through this card I decided to make it a Shaker.  Should have thought of that first!!!  Duh!

I created my background by using this Memory Box Distressed Windham Collage.  This set has 4 different dies, yes you read that correctly, FOUR!!! 

The Dies R Us Store also carries many varieties of these Memory Box Distressed Collage die sets that also offer 4 different dies in each set! 

Such a great value for your money!

Once I decided on which design I would use, I cut it from White card stock and then created a hand cut frame from Green to top it with.  I also added some texture to my frame with a Swiss Dots Embossing Folder. 

Mine is so old that the other day I used it and it became unhinged, as did I.   Apparently you can use masking tape to hold it all together!  Phew! 

The Dies R Us Store carries quite a variety of Embossing Folders for all of your texture needs.

Next came these pretty flowers using the Cheery Lynn Designs Cherry Blossom Branch.  I cut it 4 times, twice in Green and once each in a Light and Dark Pink.  Cutting so many let me layer the Pinks on to the Green foliage pieces.  I sponged inks on to the flowers to add a bit more depth.

I added Fun Foam to the back of my White die cut focal panel....this is where the light bulb finally went on and I thought of making it into a Shaker card.  Just in the nick of time!  It's not pretty from here, but it ended up being exactly what I wanted.  I just added Pink and Green Sequins and Glitter.  Not an awful lot, but just enough to add some FUN! 

After placing my Cherry Blossoms on either corner to frame in my panel I decided to add some pretty little butterflies, layered in solid card stock and Designer Papers, using the Dies R Us Butterfly #2 Set.  This particular set is no longer available.....BUT there are sooooo many others that we do carry, you can check them all out HERE.  Pages and pages of them! 

Images stamped in Raven Black ink and colored with Copic Markers.

Inside completes my front greeting.  Stamps by Gina K Designs, Happy Spring.

Quite a bit of dimension.

And this completes my fun Shaker Birthday card.  Hope you like it! 

This card will also be entered into the Challenge at Memory Box, Insects, Butterflies, Dragonflies.

Here's what I used:

Memory Box Dies Distressed Windham Collage

Cheery Lynn Designs Cherry Blossom Branch

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Enjoy~~

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