Company of Flowers

 I had this card in draft form since November 4th...thought with Christmas behind us, it might be time to bring out more "birthday"!...

This card was simply made, brushing ink onto a die cut flower and stem/leaves.  I did mask the flower and the stem when brushing on color to the other.  I die cut the center for the flower, but gave it a hint of texture by running it through my big shot on a piece of burlap.  I slightly curled the petals by curling them around one of my Prisma markers.  I tell you the type of marker, as they are a little big around...just wanted to give the petals a hint of curve... I curled them in all directions.  I then stamped a Simon Says Stamp sentiment  and added some enamel dots for bling.  Here's a close up...

Still love it after 2 months...simplicity makes me happy!!  Hope you are settling into the new year okay.  I have been a bit sick, so, for me, not so much...but it could be much worse!!  Please take care!!

Thank you so much for stopping by, today..hope you have a great day!  Hugs!  Lisa

Wood Block Stamp Wednesday: Wind Caressed

I have made a simple card using the old and much loved Penny Black Wind Caressed wood block stamp...

The flowers on this stamp are so pretty, and delicate...I think it's beautiful!

I simply stamped the stamp on some textured Bazzill cardstock.  I colored with one purple marker, and dotted the tips of the stamen with white enamel accents.  I used a Simon Says Stamp sentiment, die cut and layered.  I popped up the panel on another piece of textured cardstock adhererd to a card.    This is the card I made on May 1, 2011...

Here's a close up of the card I made today...  

Simply done, but sooooo  much fun!!  I pulled some of my favorite  wood block stamps out of their storage boxes, so hopefully will make another one very soon!!  Hope you are having a great week, and creating some fun wherever you are!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Watercolored Birthday

I used stamps and dies from a number of companies, to make a flowery, watercolored, birthday card...

The Simon Says Stamp Clustered Leaves dies are BEAUTIFUL!!  I combined the new outlined die with the solid leaves, and chose to use the ENTIRE die on my card.  This die is long and beautiful, the size of the card was 6 3/4" x 4", to accomodate the entire die.  I embossed the solid die onto watercolor paper, and using my watercolor brush, dabbled paint onto the embossed image.  I then die cut the die from the watercolored paper.  I die cut the Outline Cluster in white cardstock several times, and layered all three.  I then adhered the watercolored solid with the outlined, layered die cuts.  I die cut the flower from Penny Black (one of my forever favorite flower dies!!)  from watercolor paper, and  brushed the petals with watered paint.  I layered and adhered then adhered to leaves. I added a middle to the flower, also watercolored, made from a retired MFT Stamps set, Upsy Daisy.   I added a sentiment from my go-to birthday sentiment stamp set from Altenew, and added Tonic drops to finish.  Here's a close up...

Been hunkered down in the house with such gold weather here in Virginia today (28 degrees, but with wind feels like 16 degrees!!)...but, I am having fun in my craft room:)!!  For those of you facing this winter cold snap, hope you are staying warm wherever you are!!  

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Heart Party Circle Cards

I recently got the Memory Box Heart Party Circle die...I thought it was too pretty to pass by when looking through dies at Simon a number of weeks ago!  I made a couple cards, one using the circle as it was designed, the other, with the circle cut apart!

The first one, I die cut and layered the die cut hearts.  I then colored the hearts with sharpie and mark it markers, and dotted the circles with Tonic Crystal Drops.  The sentiment is from Altenew's Birthday Builder stamp set.  Here's a close up...

The second one, I die cut the circle of hearts, then used a scissor to cut and trim the circle into 3 pieces, 2 of which are used on the card below...

I used the circle of hearts like leaf sprigs on either side of my Penny Black Pinwheel die cut flower.  The sentiment is Paper Smooches.  The striped paper strips on either side are from a 6x6 pad of paper from MFT Stamps.   I also used Doodlebug enamel dots to accent the vine of hearts.  Here's a close up...

Yep...a pretty AND a fun die!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Birthday Flower Cards

I made some birthday cards for my mom!  Daisies and sunflowers are her favorite flowers, so I chose a couple daisy looking dies and my favorite sunflower die for my cards, and made cards to celebrate my mom...

 This card was my mom's favorite, so I thought I would start with it!  The Penny Black Pinwheel die is probably my favorite stand alone flower die...I just LOVE it...and have for a long time.  I chose to pair it with a couple Simon Says Stamp dies for the flower's center and the background woodgrain panel, and a retired Memory Box leaf die for this first card.  I layered the flower and added an Altenew happy birthday sentiment...

Yes, there is a theme going on with these cards...white, yellow, brown/kraft, and green.  I didn't plan it that way, that's just the way it turned out.  The second one used the Simon Says Stamp's Big Mom die, along with some Simon sentiment stamps.  The daisy and it's leaves are part of a retired die set from My Favorite Things, Flower and Leaf Trio...

The center of the flower was also from the same die as the first card, Simon's Stitched Daisy dies.  Here's a close up...

  The third one I used my favorite Sunflower die set, by Simon Says Stamp, along with a sentiment from the Altenew stamp set as used above, Birthday Builder. The panel behind the sunflower is a retired die from My Favorite Things, Vertical Stitched Strips

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Wonky Squares

I had gotten the Penny Black Wonky Squares die a while ago, and finally took it out of it's packaging and made a couple simple, but very fun cards...

I used some watercolor paper, and embossed the die onto the paper.  I then used my Sharpie and Mark It markers to color the embossed wonky squares.

 I adhered them behind triple layered black die cuts, and added an Altenew sentiment(love this set!).  Here's a close up... 

Then...I'll show you the first one I made...simply the layered squares with nothing behind them and a simple "thanks"...I LOVE the rainbow...but I LOVE the simple black and white...thought they both

are soooooo cool...

Here's a close up of the black and white...

Ok....simply such fun!!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Thankful Heart

I am having fun with some new sentiment dies that I got by Penny Black!  The Thankful Heart die is the one I chose to use today:)!... 

 What is SO cool about this die,  is that it's shape and cute font, really "seem" designed to perfectly fit into a heart!!  I used some older patterned paper by Reverse Confetti with hearts on it, to make a rainbow of color for this sentiment!  I layered it, and adhered it to a very contrasting piece of black cardstock.  I added some enamel dots, and adhered it all to a card panel that I layered a couple times from below.  Here's a close up...

Such fun!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Penny Black Flower Flourishes

Penny Black has come out with a pretty flower die and some really cool sentiment dies(and I LOVE sentiment dies!!).  I used both the small and the large flower dies from the Penny Black die set Flower Flourish die set to make a Birthday AND a Thank You card...

The daisies are layered and the centers are from the Poppy Stamps Floral Cluster die.  I cut the stems with my paper cutter and used the Simon Says Stamp Grid Background stamp for the background.  Here's a close up...

The second one, much like the first, but used the whole flower flourish and a different Penny Black sentiment die...

here's a close up...

Ok...I had so very much fun...Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Simon Says Add A Die Cut

💝Happy Valentine's Day!!💝
This is my second week as a guest design over at  Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge!!  

This weeks challenge is: Add a Die Cut

The challenge is showcasing Penny Black products, and although not necessary to enter the challenge, if you have Penny Black products to use on your cards, that would be wonderful!!

The winner of the challenge will be given a $50 gift voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store...sweet!!!

I chose to make a card for this week's challenge with not only one of my all time favorite Penny Black dies, but one my favorite flower dies...Pinwheel.  I also used the Penny Black leaves dies to accent my flower...

I die cut and layered the flower, added a dotted center, die cut from the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Daisies die set and a Simon sentiment from the Thoughtful Messages stamp set!  I layered the scalloped circle from underneath and popped up the panel on the card.  I also lightly embossed the panel with burlap for texture.  Here's a close up...

Such fun...you have until next Wednesday at 8am (EST) to join the fun and create something amazing for this week's challenge!  

Hope, too, you will get connected to Simon's Wednesday Challenge if you're not already...a great way to stay inspired!! You can see what the amazing design team has created for this challenge by clicking the link above.

         

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you have a great week!!  Hugs!!  Lisa

A Birthday Flower

I decided to make another card using the Poppy Stamps Massa Leaf Background die I got a couple weeks ago...I love these leaves!!  I combined them with one of my favorite big flower dies, the Penny Black Pinwheel die, and made a birthday card...

I am also loving to put my images/designs into the framed stitched rectangles, these days...I think the rectangles add interest, dimension and texture...just enough  to have a stand alone flower and leaves along with a sentiment look like enough.  No need for patterned paper or textured cardstock, just a stitched rectangle.  The sentiment is Papertrey Ink.  I will tell you, I tried to watercolor then die cut paper for the flower and leaves...but I have to say, the colors of the cardstock were SO MUCH more pretty to me than watercolors...I keep trying, but I just can't find happy with watercolors...paper is it for me!!  Here's a close up...

I LOVE cards that are simple and easy...so... much... fun!!  Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

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