Planting Love

Getting this card into the JustRite challenge at the last hour.....

 

 

I bought this JustRite stamp set "Seeds of Friendship" with my own

garden in mind.....I have been making a never ending scrapbook of my gardens

and the stamps and sentiments are perfect for it!!!

 

 

I used SU markers to color in my flowers......

they don't blend like the watercolors or Copics, but gives these fowers a different look

the sentiment is from the same JustRite set...i love it....

The paper I used is from a new pad I just bought designed by Maggie Holmes for Crate Paper....

Vase Bouquet

Hello All....

I am finally posting something on my blog after being gone for almost 6 days...

I have lots of catching up to do.....

need to leave blog comments, send a thank you for a wonderful blog candy I received....

and try to "catch up" on a few of my favorite challenges.....

I decided to start with a challenge ending soon at Stampendous Impressions

called "Fabulous Florals".....

I won their April challenge and received 4 gorgeous bottles of their "micro glitter".....

I saw the stamp I used "Vase Bouquet" on their blog used by a DT member....

I fell in love with it and ordered it right away.....it stamps so precise and beautifully....

I colored it with my limited amount of Copics I have....

stamped it right on my cardstock, and thought it is such a beautiful stamp, it deserves

to rather "stand alone"......

 

 

So that's it, it's a start to get me going again.....

and while I was gone, my gardens decided to bloom their lovely heads off...lol

So the next few days I wanted to share a few photo's I snapped this morning

 

I am rather addicted to finding new Iris plants each year and am sharing 2 I bought last year...

I just LOVE the vintage look of the colors of these....

 

 

 

next while snapping pics, our "resident ducks" came for a visit in the creek....

 

 

The next two pictures are of a Clemetis growing in our "bedroom" garden.....

I might have to show these again later, as there is also a pink striped one that mixes in

\with them and should open soon (hopefully)!!

I will be back tomorrow with my news to share!!

A Couple of Things

Just wanted to let you know that the voting is open thru noon today at the "Fusion" blog...

my card is #7.....take a peek, anyone can vote....

 

Also I probably won't be back on my blog until next week...

so want to wish everyone a safe and fun Memorial Day...

I will miss you all, I have no internet where I will be...ugh...

I am going to miss seeing lots of my garden coming to life as well

it is just beginning to burst with color.....

I also have some news I can share next week...

I am going to be a guest designer for June and July

and will tell you where then.......

Color Challenge at City Crafters

This week at "City Crafter" the challenge is a color challenge by Ros

Yesterday I spent the entire day in my gardens....

 

It was the most perfect day....

the temp was warm, it was breezey and the sun was in and out

making it not so hot...

 

 

when I first went out and stepped into my "Gator" "garage", I noticed one one of the baby

robins had fallen out of it's nest, so I picked it up and placed the little cutie pie back in...

then, while working I was serenated all day long with bird song...

it's amazing what you can hear and see if you pay attention...

I saw a bluebird land on a nearby branch, a family of ducks in the creek....

and heard my stepson's rooster crow....

and a farm a few roads over peacocks "scream" in the way that only peacocks can!!

It was a beautiful day to enjoy nature, making one glad to just be alive.....

of course there was also the bunny watching me planting my veggie garden ....

the little stinker has been out daily, just licking his lips I am sure....

so, my project for this challenge is some of what I saw and heard yesterday.....

Here is what I had orignally thought to do....

 

 

have you seen these dies yet?

they are by Sizzix...

I found mine at Hobbylobby, and with the 40% off coupon, how could I pass it up!!

But not enough time to put one together.....

 

Items used for my card are:

Impression Obsession Bunny dies

Memory Box Summer Border Die

Cardstock SU Baja Breeeze

Lucky You

Such a beautiful Sunday morning here

and I have to rush out the door...again...

to go to a shower.....

I miss not being able to create....

but was excited to see the "Fusion" challenge

 

as an idea immediately "clicked" in....

this is a fast post, but better then nothing...lol

 

 

I once again used my favorite little Memory Box dress die...

some SU Crumb Cake card stock....

a bit of twine and an SU sentiment....

I think it turned out kind of cute...what do you think??

 

Why don't you head over to the Fusion Challenge blog and give it a go, too!!

One Stamp Two Ways

Wow!!  It's been a super duper busy week here at "the nest"....

I helped my daughter with some wedding decorations for her BFF wedding today...

I cut 225 birds with my Cricut, then had to glue ribbons on each....

and we made cute labels for the brides "candy bar"....

such things like love is sweet~lovey dovey etc and decorated all the jars

the candy goes in.....I had 2 ball games and 2 grandkids concerts....

and had to shop for a wedding gift and shower gift.....

so had to put my creating aside for awhile...where does the time go???

 

 

I worked on these cards, simple though they are, for the challenge this week at

"City Crafters" which is "Same stamp two ways".....

the first card I colored my $1 Michaels stamps with SU markers, then stamped

the second card I stamped solid with SU Poppy ink and underneath the flower

 

 

I added a ruffled crepe paper "rosette"...the birthday banner on this is up

and down wavey, which does not show in the photo.....

why don't you give the challenge a try...you could be the "next" guest designer there...

I challenge "you"!!!

 

Also my very badly neglected garden (even with all the weeds) is starting to get pretty

here are a few photos for you...

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Heart of a Friend

I was just "itching" to get my Julie Nutting Prima girl stamps out again....

I was "cruising" thru my challenges and saw this one at

"The Play Date Cafe"

to use the colors slate blue~peach~apricot

 

 

My slate blue paper was gorgeous with slate blue roses on it...

but I covered them up and you can't even see them.....lol....

The theme was "To The Mom In Your Life" or "Love"

Since Mother's Day is over, and I am posting this by the seat of my pants so to speak

I decided to make a "friend" tag...as we all LOVE our friends...right???

 

 

This is a BIG tag, using a Prima tag that was made for these stamps....

the tag has a vintage writing on it...which I flipped the tag over and used it for my back

of the tag, afterall, why cover up that gorgeous writing.....

This will be a fun tag to tie on a friends gift......

 

 

 

And I wanted to share with you a crazy fish....

I took my grandson to a place to eat called "Lunkers"

they have a huge round aquariam that you can sit at and eat...

this fish looked like a big fat lemon and he sat

for 25 minutes staring at us while we ate

(I think maybe because my daughter was eating a fish sandwich...lol)

but look at his teeth....we just cracked up over that!!

He is a real fish, about 9" long!!!