Lavendar thank you from an Oldie

Yesterday I was selling my stamp sets on-line and came across the Fabulous Flora (retired hostess) stamp set.  What really surprised me was my reluctance to part with some of my sets - well, a lot of my sets.  But I was determined and managed to sell a good number of them.

Back to the Fabulous Flora stamp set.  I couldn't resist one last 'stamp'.  The card is below:

The lavender image was stamped twice and colored with blendabilites.  The background dots were stamped with the Timeless Texture dot stamp. 

Looking at the flowers I realized something was missing.  While sitting in the patio this afternoon and lazily watched a honey bee flit from flower to flower  I realized what it was. A bumble bee.  The flowers needed a bumble bee.  The one on this card  is from "Garden in Bloom"

The image was die cut with the stitched circle framelit, and matted with a Fresh Fig scallop circle. The two were adhered together with dimensionals.

Around this focal image two silver foil doillies cut in half were adhered to the circle.  This unit  was then hadhered to the card front using dimensionals.

The card base of Fresh Fig is matted with a Whisper White layer embossed with the Layered Petals Embossing Folder which was also brayered with Pool Party ink.  On the bottom part is some Tranquil Texture DSP with 1/4" white organza ribbon added to the top

The sentiment is from Hand Delivered.

Supplies Used:

Stamps:  Fabulous Flora, Hand Delivered, Timeless Texture, Garden in Bloom

Inks:  Black Memento, Blends (Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Old Olive, Daffodil Delight, Balmy Blue), Basic Black marker, Pear Pizzazz. Pool Party

Papers:  Tranquil Tide, Whisper White, Tranquil Texture DSP

Accessories:  Layered Leaves Embossing Folder, Brayer, Dimensionals, Silver Doillies,, glitter (non SU), 1/8" white organza ribbon

Sweetbriar Rose on Watercolor Background - Sweet Sunday Sketch #272

The flowers are starting to bloom in my garden now, but the rain played havoc with my lilac tree.  I am really enjoying the various colours that are emerging.  I guess that's why I made such a colorful card for the with Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge.
I turned the sketch on its side so that my image would fit better.

 

• The basic cardstock is Bermuda Bay, layered with Whisper White cardstock, and a strip of Bermuda Bay/white DSP (retired).
• The background of the image panel was made by inking up a large stamping block with 3 colours of recently retired stamp pads:  Strawberry Slush, Crisp Cantalope and Coastal Cabana.  The inked block was spritzed with water and stamped onto a piece of watercolour paper.  While it was wet I added some coarse sea salt to the paper, and then let the paper dry.
• When the paper was dry, I rubbed off the salt.  The salt left almost starlike marks in the background.

• The image of the Sweetbriar Rose was stamped with Memento ink and coloured with the blendabilities that still worked.  Some Soft Sky blendabilites was painted around the perimeter of the image.
• Gold dazzling details was applied to the center of each flower, and a clear epoxy circle placed in the upper right corner.
• Instead of a banner, I elected to attach a doubled up piece of 1 1/2" white Jute ribbon near the top left of the image panel.

Supplies Used:

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Large Post it Note Cover - A Little Smile

This is another one of my items for my craft table next week.
I took a 8 1/4 by 6" piece of Coastal Cabana cardstock, scored it at 4 and 4 1/4", inserted the post it note and then decorated the cover using the stamp set "A Little Smile"

The image was coloured with blendabilities, then cut out.The banner with the word "smile" was stamped and coloured separately.  Then it was cut out and attached to the image using dimensionals. The image was attached to a Daffodil Delight circle die cut with the circles framelits.  This framelit in turn as attached to a Coastal Cabana die cut with the Apothecary Accents framelits.  Dimensionals were used to attach the focal image to the DSP so that the ribbon could move smoothly beneath it.

Here are the supplies I used:

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Happy Birthday - Indescribable Gift

This stamp set is originally an Easter stamp, but I thought it would make a wonderful birthday card. It uses the stamp set "Indescribable Gift".

The basic card is Strawberry Slush card stock embossed with the Script Embossing folder (retired).  A Primrose Petal ribbon spans the width of the card.  This ribbon is also retired.
To the left is a panel of Pink Pirouette embossed with the Fancy Fan embossing folder is matted with Strawberry Slush card stock.

The focal image is stamped on Whisper White cardstock using Black Memento ink.  The flowers are coloured with blendabilities (Pink Pirouette, Melon Mambo, Old Olive, Crumb Cake).  This focal image is first matted with Pink pirouette, and then Strawberry Slush.
It is attached to the card with the left side overlapping the panel, and the right side (with dimensionals) to the rest of the card.  Because a card just has to have bling, I added Dazzling Details to the edges and inside of each flower.

A butterfly, stamped with Strawberry Slush ink, is die cut using the butterfly framelit, and added to the upper left of the card.

The sentiment is from Butterfly Basics.

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Happy Birthday with Tulip Flowers

This stamp is originally an Easter stamp, but I cut off the sentiment so that the stamp is more versatile.
This stamp would make a wonderful Birthday card, so that's what I did.

The tulips were stamped with Black Memento ink and coloured with blendabilities (Melon Mambo and Old Olive).  I then cut the tulips out. 

A small oval was die cut using Whisper White cardstock, and the edges pierced with the Occasions Paper Piercing Pack and a Paper Piercer.  This was adhered to a Melon Mambo label framlet die cut using dimensionals.

The tulips were adhered to the white oval and dazzling details added to the edges of the blooms.

The basic card is Melon Mambo, layered with Whisper White cardstock embossed with the Polka dot embossing folder.  Two sizes of banners were die cut using the Banners Framelits - the larger one using Sweet Taffy DSP; the smaller one in Old Olive which had been embossed with the Tiny Triangles Embossing folder.  The two banners were adhered together and then added to right side of the Whisper White cardstoc.

The focal image was adhered to the upper left.  Below this image, a Melon Mambo bow, made with the Bow Builder punch, was added.

The sentiment, stamped in Old Olive, is from "Big Day" (SAB)

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