Floral Splendor Thinking of You - Try Stampin' on Tuesday or Not #3

This week the optional theme with the sketch challenge with Try Stampin' on Tuesday or Not
is "As the Garden Grows".  What grows in my garden are flowers, so naturally there are are flowers are on my card.

 

The basic card is Island Indigo, layered with Whisper White and then Blooms & Bliss DSP.
In the middle is a 2 1/4" wide Whisper White panel embossed with decorative dots embossing folder.  It is matted with Sahara Sand card stock.

On this panel on an angle from left upper to right lower are 3 hand made flowers, all in shades of blue.

Flowers 1 and 3:  Smaller flowers sponged with Island Indigo ink, with a Basic Black stamen in the center of which is white liquid pearl.  The flowers were punched using a tattered daisy punch; leaves from another flower making punch.

Middle Flower:  Two Whisper White flowers were punched with the Pansy Punch, then sponged with Always Indigo ink one darker than the other.  After shaping, a Basic Black stamen (die cut with the Botanical Builder framelit) was shaped and added.  Some liquid pearl was also added to the center.

The sentiment, from "Teeny Tiny Wishes" was stamped on Pool Party cardstock and punched with the Work Window punch.

Supplies Used:
Stamp: Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Island Indigo, Pool Party, Black Memento
Papers: Island Indigo, Whisper White, Blooms & Bliss DSP, Sahara Sand card stock, Old Olive, Basic Black
Accessories: Pansy Punch, other flower punches, leave punches, Botanical Builder framelits, Word Window punch, liquid pearls (non SU)

Now its time for you to create something using the sketch.  When you are done, upload it to the Try Stampin' on Tuesday blog, or to the Facebook site. Remember you have 2 weeks to complete your task.

Thinking of You with Hand Made flower - Pals Paper Arts #282

Have you ever tried doing a blog post with a cat on your lap?  My cat loves to be where I am, and is quite content to sleep in his own chair, until I start to edit and blog.  Then like magic, he's on my lap!  So, if you see some black hairs on your screen, it's from you know who!

For the challenge with Pals Paper Arts   I decided to make a flower that would coordinate with the DSP I am using.  I'm really pleased with the way it turned out.

 

• The base card is Rose Red, layered with Whisper White. On top of that I placed a piece of DSP from the Love Blossoms DSP stack.  This DSP did not go all the way to the bottom.  In a gap in the bottom and overlapping the DSP is a piece of Garden Green cardstock.

       Flower: 

        I used 2 dies to make the flower - the Flower Frenzy die and the Bigz Bouquet die (both of          which are retired). Two medium sized flower were die cut in Whisper White, and one smaller flower in Pink Pirouette.  The leaves are Garden Green; the stamen Daffodil Delight. I also die cut a small 4 petal flower is Garden Green.  This was used as the base on which I built the flower.

• For each flower, the petals were completely cut into individual ones and sponged with Red Rose ink.  The stamen was made using the fringe scissors and rolling it with a pair of tweezers.
• Each petal was lightly spritzed with water and then stressed/formed with a stylus and pinched to form the shape I wanted.
• Then using the 4 petal flower as a base, each petal was attached to the base using tombo glue and held down with the stylus.  They were placed opposite each other. 10 petals were placed on the bottom.
• The stamen was then adhered to the center, and the smaller pink petals were adhered around the stamen.
• The green leaf die cut from the Bouquet die was cut in half and glued to the bottom of the flower.
• Once dry the flower was spritzed with vanilla smooch and adhered to the card.

Sentiment:   
It is from "Sheltering Tree" and stamped with Archival Ink, matted with Rose Red and then Garden Green.  It was attached to the Garden Green piece beside the flower.

If you would like to see a tutorial on how the flower was made, leave a comment to that effect.  Thanks

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Sheltering Tree
Inks: Rose Red, Black Archival
Papers: Rose Red, Whisper White, Garden Green, Pink Pirouette, Daffodil Delight, Love Blossoms DSP
Accessories: Stylus, Flower Frenzy die, XL Flower Boutique die, Fringe scissors, tombo glue, vanilla smooch.

Tote Bags with Watercolor Butterfly Note Card

I have seen these little tote bags all over the internet, and wanted to make some for my craft shows.  I used the video tutorial by Dawn here and made several totes using retired DSP.  Inside the tote I placed a coordinating note card with a butterfly on it.  The colours of the butterflies were  based on the colours in the DSP.
For each tote I hand- made a different flower or an embellishment.

Tote Bag #1

Tote Bag #2

Instead of a flower I made a matching pinwheel.

Tote Bag #3:

Tote Bag #4

I made a dahlia flower using two of the colours in the DSP.

These tote bags were fun to make and were good sellers at my craft sale.

T is for Together - an Anniversary Card -wins at Creative Sketches 48t

This challenge was a sketch and an additional challenge.  The challenge is to add flowers and lace to the sketch provided.

Here is the original link to the card
http://craftymariasstampingworld.blogspot.com/2011/09/t-is-for-together-anniversary-card.html