Thinking of You for Color Hues #40

Hi friends! Glad to have you back to my blog today, and welcome! It's time for a new challenge at Color Hues! How does blue and tan sound to you? I made this card in advance, and since then I've thought of lots of other ideas. At the time I was stumped, and somehow this idea came to me while sitting at the kitchen table. 

 

Can you see it? Trying to avoid fancy florals I used stamps and dies  from the Greetery and combined them with a couple patterned papers in my stash. What will you make to inspire us? 

 I kept the design simple and used the textured die cuts to assemble my plants on. Using watercolor paper on the rough side to die cut the plant pots added more texture. This card is a mini slim line and I learned how to make a matching envelope for it at Roseanne's delightful  tutorial HERE. 

Having an envelope makes it much more likely that this card will get mailed. That's it for me today. Thanks for coming by! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies from The Greetery - Pot-pourri Stamps and dies, Macrame Dies, Cozy Cup Coaster Die, Sentiments Suite Basic Dies, Sentiment Suites Thinking of you stamps.

The Paper Players #589 Hello Bluebird Garden Party!

Hello friends!  Maybe you are old enough to remember circling a flagpole for May Day celebrations on May 1? Well, I'm not quite that old - but I think outside parties and flowers are a lovely remembrance. I still can't believe it is MAY already! It's also Sunday so that means time for a new Paper Players challenge! Our theme provided by dear Jaydee is - birds and/or bees, take your pick! Or use both as I did. 

I'm again featuring a Slim line card that measures 3-1/2" x 8-1/2". I had so much fun creating this garden party celebration! The images were colored with Copics with accents from a white gel pen added then die cut. The backgrounds were ink blended with DOX inks. 

Here's a close up so you can catch a look at those bees! I will list supples below for those who like details. 

Be sure to check the lovely inspiration provided by the Design Team and join us, won't you? 

Stay tuned for my second post today to follow soon. Have a great time with your weekend crafting! 

Be yourself

          Have delight in your craft 

               Make something beautiful!  

Supplies: Stamps - Hello Bluebird Garden Party and coordinating dies, Sentiment from Park Play
Distress Oxide Inks (Cracked Pistachio and Broken China 
Dies: I used the Mama Elephant Slim Film City dies for the outer scalloped mat and the long postage stamp bordered edge. The SU stitched square die created the windows. 
Paper: SU Soft Sky
Other: Wink of stella for bees wings, white gel pen, Copics