Build-a-Flower Mother’s Day

 
           With Mother’s Day coming up soon while we are getting ready to move to another state, I’m ahead of where I usually am by getting this one knocked out early.  I played for most of an afternoon with ink and made daffodils in yellow, blue, purple and blue-green tones but I went to my stand by combo of blue and yellow for this card.  I'm also playing along the the Color Throwdown #540 challenge this week with this card.  I don't think that I've done this challenge before but there's a first time for every challenge, right?

         

           I found the layering of these Altenew daffodils easy to line up until I got to the centers of them.  I played with the centers as I went along and still found them hard to line up.  It was a bit frustrating but the results are still more than adequate and actually quite lovely.  I do find Altenew’s way of releasing their inks in families that work together make the layering much easier than most other stamp companies. The yellow bloom is done with Altenew Inks and the blue with Papertrey Ink.  The shopping details for my card are below.

• ·      Stamp set(s):  Altenew – Build-a-Flower: Daffodils Stamp Set   
• ·      Ink(s):  PTI – Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening, Dark Indigo, New Leaf, Green Parakeet; Altenew – Buttercream, Warm Sunshine, Caramel Toffee, Paper Bag 
• ·      Paper:  PTI – Stamper’s Select White, Enchanted Evening, Harvest Gold
• ·      Dies & Embossing folders:  PTI – Shaped Sayings: Mother’s Day Die, Bold Borders: Prism Die; Altenew – Build-a-Flower: Daffodil De
• ·      Embellishments/Other things of note:  Pretty Pink Posh – 6mm Lemon Meringue Sequins; Wink of Stella – clear   

I was looking for texture in the background and experimented with another cover plate.  The Bold Borders: Prism Die worked out the best for arranging the blooms and sentiment on the card front. I finished off my card with some sequins and Wink of Stella to the leaves.  I just love a little bit of sparkle on my cards! With Wink of Stella, I’m even able to get away with sparkle on cards for the men in my life!  LOL 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog.  It’s always a pleasure to have you visit.

Many Blessings,

Donna

Altenew Build-A-Flower Larkspur

       Altenew does a lovely job with the multi-step floral stamps they design.  This is another example of a gorgeous flower that you let your imagination - not to mention your ink collection – soar.  So many color possibilities given how many ink companies are out there.  Mix and match ink companies for even more possibilities like I’ve done here.  Use what you have on hand or go to my friend’s website, www.in2stampincards.com and order some new Gina K inks and matching papers.  She also has the Altenew stamp set and dies available that I’ve referenced below.  A shout out to Papertrey Ink and Dawn McVey here for this lovely scallop stackers die.  I just got the small one too.  I’ve made some other cards using these so you’ll be seeing these scallop stacker dies a lot!

         Here is what I’ve used to make this card.  I always like to enable other crafters to play!

·     Stamp set(s):  Altenew - Altenew Build-A-Flower Larkspur Stamp Set; Honeybee Stamps – Sending Sunshine SS

·     Ink(s):  PTI(Papertrey Ink) – Spring Rain; Stampin’ Up – Tempting Turquoise & Pacific Point; green inks from my collection (I forgot to write them down - so sorry! :-( )

·     Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110#; MFT-Berrylicious

·     Dies & Embossing folders:   Sizzzix-Floral Embossing Folder; Altenew- Build-A-Flower Larkspur Die; PTI-Scallop Stackers: Medium Die; Honeybee Stamps – Sending Sunshine Honeycut Dies

·     Embellishments/Other things of note: PPP-Lemon Meringue 6mm sequins; PTI - Sunburst Stencil Collection (Set of 2)

   

I hope you’ve enjoyed this bit of crafty loveliness today.  Please leave me a comment if you’re so 

inclined!

Many Blessings,

Donna

Exploring Altenew's Build-A-Flower Chrysanthemum Stamp Set

     

     It’s getting closer to fall, and soon (if not already!) we will be seeing these lovely fall flowers beginning to show up at grocery stores, home improvement stores and nurseries.  The nicest thing about stamping is that we can make them ANY color we like – even those that we don’t see in nature or bred by nurseries! While I’ve done these in shades of yellow on a green background (I wished I’d remembered to emboss my card front – maybe the next one!), you can do blue, rust, red or any shade really!  I made this for an upcoming card class for the launch of a  brand-new on-line store a friend of mine is starting.  Keep tuned for more details as we grow this new enterprise!  Let your mind soar and imagine all you can do with this lovely set!  All the details of what I used are below.  I’m sure that you have some similar embellishments in your stash already that will work until we can launch this store in the very new future. 

     Stamp set(s):  Altenew - Build-A-Flower Chrysanthemum Stamp Set  
     Ink(s):  Altenew Summer Afternoon and Green Fields Ink Sets; My Favorite Things (MFT) Hybrid Inks-

          Lemon Chiffon, Peach Bellini & Coral Crush       

       Paper:  MFT – Lemon Chiffon, Gumdrop Green, Tiny Check 6x6 Paper Pack; Neenah Solar White 110#   

       Dies & Embossing folders:  Build-A-Flower Chrysanthemum Die; MFT-Bold Stripes Cover-Up Die        

           Embellishments/Others:  Wink of Stella-clear;  Pretty Pink Posh Sequins-Mossy Green 4mm       

           The name of this new on-line adventure is In2Stampincards.  And, many of the the items I've used to make this card will be carried in our on-linestore.  The names include: Altenew, My Favorite Things Stamps, Hero Arts, Honey Bee Stamps, Impression Obsession, Gina K and more!  I will be posting more about our website,  Facebook and Instagram sites as we get this up and going.  

      Many Blessings,

      Donna

                                             

Lovely Persian Style Flowers

• ·         Stamp set(s):   Altenew’s Persian Motifs       
• ·         Ink(s):  Memento Tuxedo black, SU markers           
• ·         Paper:  SU-Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze
• ·         Dies & Embossing folders:  Unknown EF
• ·         Embellishments/Other things of note:  Verve-Sequins, glitter, white gel pen

     I know that it has been a very long time since I lasted posted on this blog!  It has been a very up and down couple of years.  Our first granddaughter was born and is almost a year old coming up next month.  Things haven’t been the same in this Nanny’s heart since then, but I am back doing more crafting and making cards for the pastor at our new church.  Much has happened!

     I made this card early last fall to send to my daughter Rebecca who was in Tanzania with the Peace Corps.  I just wanted to let her know that her mama was thinking of her.  She loves to get my hand made cards so she has another keepsake or two since she left.  She is now safely back home, Praise the Lord and job hunting!  I'm guessing on some of the deets as I can't find my recipe paper for this.  The photo is not great as it's somewhat blurry & crooked - drives me nuts, but such is life!  Things get a bit crooked at times!  :-)

Many Blessings,

Donna

PS: The colors are Rebecca's favs!