Roses are Red, Violets are Blue

Both of the stamps are from Club Scrap. The Dandelion stamp is from Nature's Wonder (May 2006) and the sentiment is from Farmer's Garden (October 2006). The dandelions are stamped with Papertrey Ink's Classic Kraft, and painted with Mustard Seed and Bundled Sage Distress Inks (smooshed on the craft mat and spritzed with water). The sentiment is stamped with Versafine. The cardstock is from Papertrey Ink (Stamper's Select White and Classic Kraft).

Simon Says Let's Get Sentimental : ).

Did you hear the Buzz?

I'm in love with Dina Wakley's bee from her Scribbled Insects stamp set. It's colored with Black Soot, Pumice Stone and Mustard Seed Distress Inks. The tag is die cut from Tim Holtz Sizzix Tag & Bookplates die and colored with Abandoned Coral and Ripe Persimmon Distress Paints. Then embossing paste was applied through the Tim Holtz Blossom Layering Stencil.

The bee was fussy cut and then vellum wings were glued over the cardstock wings with Ranger Multi Matte Medium (seriously loving this). The card base is Papertrey Ink's Enchanted Evening.

Simon Says Don't Abandon the Coral : ).

Sympathy Card

I was very influenced by this card. The cardstock is all Papertrey Ink. The base is Vintage Cream, the mat is Enchanted Evening. The background is colored with Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac and Wild Honey edged with Tea Dye Distress Inks. The stamps are all from Papertrey Ink Willow stamp and die set. The leaves are stamped with Spring Moss and Simply Chartreuse, the tree truck is stamped with Dark Chocolate and both are edged with Tea Dye Distress Ink.  The twine is Papertrey Ink's Rustic Cream Twine and Darice's Bleached Hemp. The leaves are popped up with foam tape.

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It's been an intermittent crafting frenzy. At the far back right is the kaleidoscope (decoration still in progress). A scrap of my handpainted 4 ply cabled yarn. A custom inkpad. My heat embossing board. A piece of kraft cardstock in the "lab". Waves background stamp and my new painted flowers Altenew Stamps (multi-stamp goodness). 

I don't know where I've been that I didn't know about the Multi Medium Matte (no more shiny glue spots!) and the needle tip dispenser I found at Simon Says. Glossy Accents for the times I want it to shine : D.

I find myself to be even more easily distracted since the accident last week. I find myself wondering just how many creative pots can I put on the "stove" at a time lol. It's taken me 6 hours to get this post written, but I've worked on quite a few things in the meantime.

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It's the middle of making a birthday card gift set for my father's widow.  The one front and center is a Simon Says TV Shaker card (I've written "Don't Cut this die apart on the back of the die ... because it looks like it might be a cut apart die, but I don't think it is). To the right is my kaleidoscope in progress.

The inside is done, it's just the outer decoration that needs the finishing touches.

On the down side, I hit a deer on Monday. It was a little easier when I thought I had killed her outright. I was horrified when she came to and tried to run off, but couldn't stand up. The officer had to shoot her twice.

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Enchanted Evening and Roses

Papertrey Ink's April  2015 Blog Hop is here. There are so many great elements in the inspiration photo. I used Enchanted Evening cardstock scored at 1" intervals at a diagonal to pick up the table cloth. Pearlescent vellum to pick up the plates. The roses are Rosie Posie cut out of Sweet Blush and stamped with Berry Sorbet. The card base is Raspberry Fizz.

Thinking of You card

The vase is from Mega Gracious Vases, the purple Ranunculus flowers are from Cutting Garden stamped with Papertrey Ink's Royal Velvet and Close to My Heart's Petal. The background is made with a stamp from Pretty Peonies inked with Close to My Heart's Sorbet with black dots in the non-flower white space.

I lightly traced the stamp with pencil and then stamped the two stems (which go over the vase top) and then erased the pencil lines. The vase was inked with Versamark and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. The white card stock is Stamper's Select White and the card base is Hibiscus Burst.

Simon Says Make Your Own Background and In the Middle.