Spring Flowers

IM213 – Flowing Flowers

January 31, 2022 By Connie | 2 Comments

Happy Monday! It’s time for our Create with Connie and Mary Inspiration Monday challenge! This week we have a pretty tablescape for our inspiration.

FLOWING FLOWERS

I really couldn’t decide which way to go with this picture, so decided to focus on the peach flowers. I pulled out the new Flowing Flowers stamp set and used it for my card.

Stampin’ Details:

- The base is 4-1/4 x 11 Pale Papaya cardstock, scored at 5-1/2 and folded.
- A 1-1/4 x 5-1/4 piece of Pale Papaya polka dot print Daffodil Afternoon DSP was added on the left side of a 4 x 5-1/4 piece of Basic White cardstock.
- The flower was inked with Pale Papaya and the leaves and speckles inked with Pear Pizzazz and a sponge dauber before stamping on the Basic White. Clean and repeat.
- A 3/4 x 4 strip of the hearts Daffodil Afternoon DSP was added across the front.
- Happy Birthday from Flowing Flowers was stamped with Memento Black Ink on 7/8 x 4 piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock and the end torn. It was popped up on the front with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- The Linen Thread was doubled and then tied in a bow and added to the greeting with a Mini Glue Dot.
- A trio of Polished Dots were added in the background.

Love the soft pastel colors on here! OK…check out what Mary did with the Inspiration Monday Challenge over on Create with Connie and Mary!

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Sheltering Tree

February 17, 2015 By Connie | 2 Comments

Hope you had a wonderful President’s Day. I had the day off from babysitting my grand-daughter, but spent most of the day resting and trying to recover from my cold. I had been hoping to spend the day stamping! Oh well. It was just a good day to stay inside and keep warm!

Here’s one of the other cards I swapped at Convention. I love to make the tree dressed in “spring” colors!

Here are the details:

The base is 4 1/4 x 11 Blushing Bride, folded in half.
The Soft Suede layer is 4 x 5-1/4 and “You warm my heart” was stamped in the lower right corner with Tuxedo Black Ink and the 1-1/2 x 4 strip of Best Year Ever DSP was adhered across the center portion.
On the 3 x 4 3/4 layer of Whisper White, the tree trunk was stamped with Soft Suede, the blossoms with Blushing Bride, then some Calypso Coral spots were added in for dimension.
The grass of Sahara Sand was added along the bottom of the tree trunk and the swing of Soft Suede added to the tree. The top corners were rounded with the Corner Rounder Punch.
A Petite Petals punch was used with Best Year Ever DSP for the blossom, and the smaller Itty Bitty Accents flower from Calypso Coral cardstock.
The pearl was colored with Calypso Coral Blendabilities and added to the center of the blossom.

Have to run and work on my class cards for tomorrow. As I mentioned, this cold has put me behind! Luckily I know what I’m going to be showing. lol! Stay warm!

Have you stamped today?

Painted Petals

February 11, 2015 By Connie | 4 Comments

This card was my Control Freaks card for the Occasions Catalog swap! I couldn’t wait to play with the Painted Petals set and this was the first card I made with it!

Here are the details for you:

The base is 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 Whisper White folded in half.
The 4 x 5-1/4 layer of Pool Party was embossed with the Spring Flowers folder.
Across the front is a 1-1/4 x 5-1/4 strip of the green stripe pattern in the Painted Blooms Designer Paper.
Whisper White was cut from the third from smallest Oval Framelit. Using the Painted Petals Stamp Set, the trio of flowers were stamped with Pool Party, the leaves from Pear Pizzazz, the dots with So Saffron and the greeting in Tuxedo Black Ink.
Pearls were colored with the Daffodil Delight Blendabilities Markers and placed in the center of the flowers.
A bow was tied with the Wild Wasabi Thick Twine and added under the greeting with a Mini Glue Dot.

Hope you like it!

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