Friday, August 2, 2013

Pretty August Lilies

Here is my post that is up on the Classy Cards 'n Such blog...
and remember you can save 10% on all orders
during the months of my design posts in August and September
just enter the code DIANE-10 at check out!!!

Well, hello my garden friends, Diane visiting with you today!  Don't you love flowers?  I know I do and when all these
flower dies started "popping up" in the Classy Cards 'n Such shop, I was super excited!!
Today I am showing you two alike, but very different cards using some of the

 
 
Cheery Lynn Designs build a flower and embellishment dies....
these dies contain numerous petals, bases
and leaves to build an endless "garden of flowers"
One of the easiest flowers to make is a Lily...goodness, there are so many colors of lilies
it is hard to choose one!!
Both flowers were "built" using the dies listed below:
 
The orange flower was colored with Tim Holtz Distress Ink Markers.
The colors used were Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge, and Dried Marigold
Did you know that Classy Cards and Such has a wonderful marker club you can join to get all
the fab marker colors?  There are also 12 "new colors" you can preorder now!!
 
 
The Pink flowers were colored with Pan Pastels.
 
 
Both cards have the gorgeous Memory Box Quinn Flourish under the Lily
and the Spellbinders Classic Edges 2 for trim....
 
 
The paper used on the pink card is from Kaiser Craft called "The Lake House"
The paper used on the orange card is Graphic 45 Secret Garden.....the one in stock
is a bit different, but just as beautiful!!
 
A few other of my favorite products used are the
Cuttlehug  this is a "must have" in my opinion to cut the intricate dies...
you will be glad you bought it!!
Cheery Lynn Designs Tools  these also are very useful for the intricate dies....
 
I hope you enjoyed the Lilies and I will be back again soon with more creativeness!!

I am entering this in the Card A Day challenge "anything goes"


11 comments:

Ros Crawford said...

Beautiful Lilies!! You did a great job here ... and I'd never heard of a cuttlehug ... thought you meant cuttlebug! Lol! Have a great day Diane

Laurart said...

Amazing cards I love them Lots of love Laura xxxxxx

Darlene said...

These are fabulous Diane and I LOVE your lilies! What a great idea for a STUNNING yet relatively simple card creation! Okay, okay ... I'll be casing these beauties!!
Hope you're having a fabulous day!
HUGS from a beautiful OHIO !!
DAR'S CRAFTY CREATIONS

Lisa said...

Wow, these are gorgeous, Diane!! The flowers look so amazing!! I love the papers you used, too!! Just absolutely stunning my friend!! Happy Friday :)

Lisa
A Mermaid's Crafts

Kristi said...

Wow! I love these Diane! The lilies look real!

Darnell said...

You are amazing! I'm truly gob-smacked by these extraordinary cards, Diane!!

Tina Campbell said...

Both cards are absolutely beautiful! Thanks for playing along over at Card A Day Blog

Leslie Miller said...

These lilies are scrumptious and your coloring of them is divine! Perfect cards to showcase them, too. Been checking out those Cheery Lynn dies after seeing your projects. Thanks for all the inspiration!

Kelly said...

OMG Diane these are down right gorgeous! I swear, it looks like you picked these fresh out of your garden.

cinmfoster said...

Beautiful cards. Thanks for joining us at Card A Day Blog.
Cindy F

MiamiKel said...

Oh my, these are just beautiful - like stepping out into the gardens! The papers are so lovely but those flowers just make your cards POP!