Stained Mesh Bouquet

Hi again, it's Holly posting today!

I pulled out some supplies and spent a day experimenting with various things, and this card is the result of some of those experiments.  

When I started experimenting, I laid the Texture Mesh stencil down on white cardstock and then I started pouncing the three distress stains all over the stencil.  I carefully lifted the stencil off and cleaned it, and I set the paper aside to dry completely.

The Zinnia Bouquet die was cut from white cardstock and I used the Lemonade and Mowed Lawn Tim Holtz Distress Stains to color the flowers and the leaves.  This worked like a charm!  I'm definitely going to do this again with my fine line die cuts!  While these flowers were drying, I cut out the Zinnia Bouquet Background flower pieces from dark brown cardstock.
  

As soon as the flowers were dry, I glued the brown background pieces to each flower, then I covered the flowers with glue and Crystal Ice glitter.  Love the subtle shine and shimmer!  The flowers were glued to my mesh stencil background at a slight angle.

Next, I cut off a length of the Seam Binding, sprayed it with a little water, and then pounced all over it with the Squeezed Lemonade distress stain.  The ribbon was crumpled up in my hands and I set it aside to dry completely.

Meanwhile, I stamped the sentiment from the With Love stamp set, and cut it out with an oval die.  Once the ribbon was dry, I wrapped it around the bottom of the background piece and tied it with a bow.  The sentiment was adhered over the ribbon with the Joy Foam Pads.

This was a FUN experiment!  I have many other colors of Distress Ink Stains, and I am curious to see how the different colors will look with the stencils.  It was also a happy surprise to find out that the stains are AWESOME for coloring really fine die cuts like I've used here.  Simply pounce the color on and wait for it to dry.  No tugging or pulling or worrying about breaking the die cut.

A lovely card for a special person! Thanks Holly!

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In My Garden

Hello, it's Debbie today!

I love this weeks Garden Party challenge. I tend to get a little carried away in the spring, filling in blank spaces in the  gardens that surround my home. With that in mind, you'll see I did get carried away with my card for this week.

For my cards, I use a 110# cardstock. It is quite sturdy and holds up well when adding multiple layers. All the flowers were shaped by using a stylus from the Susan's Garden Tool Kit. I used two adhesives, one being the Art Institute Dries Clear Adhesive and the other used are the large Joy! Foam Pads. The foam pads were used under the front set of grass and under the die cut sentiment.

I started out with white cardstock for the Victorian Picket Fence by Cheery Lynn Designs. I wanted a shorter height to the fence, so I cut the lower cross section off.

The Tiny Tulips from Memory Box are so cute. I used various colors of cardstock so I could plant a tulip in front of each post along the fence. 

I used two dies by Impression Obsession for the grasses in front of the Victorian Picket Fence. The layer in the front is the Small Grass Border. The next layer inside, is the Grass Border.

I die cut small flowers from the Flower Mound by Memory Box, in the same colors as the tulips. The flowers were adhered to the inner layer of grass.

To add some height to my garden scene, I used the Hollyhocks die cut set by Impression Obsession. I shaped them with a stylus, to make them seem crinkled. For the center of the flowers, I added pearls that I had in my supplies. You can get all different colors and sizes of pearls here in the Classy Cards 'n Such.

The sentiment and stamped circle image are both from the Hugs and Kisses Sentiments stamp set by JustRite. This set has so many neat sentiments and flourishes, it's just perfect. An added bonus is the stamped circle fits perfectly using the inner ring circle die from the Joy! Crafts Butterfly Circle, and the butterflies are also from this set.

I used the Hydrangea Set from Impression Obsessions for the small yellow flowers that surround my stamped sentiment. I used a 5/8" circle punch, and glued both sizes of the flowers to the circle, to make it look nice and full. 

The greenery around the circle was created using the Leafy Sprig Border by Poppystamps. I cut sections apart and randomly adhered around the sentiment circle.

I enjoyed making this card and thank you for letting me share my Garden Party challenge with you. I invite all our readers and fans to join our challenges. Bring your friends! You could be our next weekly challenge winner!

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Lady Bug In Garden

Hello friends, it's Joy today posting my Garden Party card.

Beverly, owner of Classy Cards 'n Such has the perfect challenge for this time of the year! I love gardens, flowers and the tiny little creatures you find - ladybugs, butterflies and little bunnies.

The background paper is from Vintage Bliss by Simple Stories. The pink and the yellow polka dot is called Soft Shades Double Dot Designs by Bo Bunny.

I embossed the pink dot with Matelasse embossing folder from Anna Griffin.

The medallion with the flower is made with patterned paper.

I also die cut a Picot Edge Circles by Spellbinders, and made a plain circle stamped with a greeting from Ornate Frame Sentiments by Our Daily Bread Designs.

I also used a tiny flourish from the stamp set Live, Love, Laugh Vintage Labels Two by JustRite Stamps to balance the sentiment.

There are many stamp sets at Classy Cards 'n Such that have these cute little flourishes - just what is needed sometimes to balance out your sentiments.

What is a garden without a ladybug?  So in the right hand corner I put one, looking for a flower. The ladybug is from Lovely Lady Bugs by Memory Box. It has two sizes and are a perfect little addition to any project, and so inexpensive. 

You are invited to join our challenge and show off your Garden Party entry! Invite your friends to play along!

Thanks for looking at my card. Take time to smell the flowers in a garden.  Have a happy stamping day!

Quite a lovely card for the party! Thanks Joy!

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Envelope of Flowers

Hi everyone, it's Holly posting today!

This week's challenge is Garden Party, and I've got an envelope full of flowers to share with you today.

I have had this idea in my head for a while, and it's fun to see my ideas come to life.  I wanted an explosion of flowers on a card, and since I bought the Envelope Punch Board tool, I knew I could make an envelope small enough to fit on my card.

I started with the envelope first by using Kraft cardstock and the Envelope Punch Board.  The smallest envelope listed on the board was actually too big for my card, so I experimented with smaller sizes until I got the one that was just right.  I cut the Kraft cardstock to 4" x 4" and then scored it on the board at 1 3/4", and then scored the rest of the cardstock as indicated by the slot on the board. That's how I got this cute little envelope. I glued the three sides of the envelope together, leaving the top open.  I then set this envelope aside while I prepared the rest of the card.

I stamped the gorgeous Tapestry 2 Cover-A-Card (Impression Obsession), with pink ink, onto pink cardstock, and then I stamped the birthday sentiment from the Happy Birthday sentiment (Stampavie), with brown ink at the bottom.  I glued this pink background onto a white mat and then I glued these onto a Kraft card base.

The envelope was adhered to my pink background right above the birthday sentiment.  I then cut out a bunch of flowers using the Miniature Rose (Cheery Lynn Designs), as well as the Tiny Flower Kit die set (Cheery Lynn Designs).  I had fun adhering all the flowers all over the card as well as inside the envelope.

For my final touch, I squeezed a dot of Ice White Viva Decor Pearl Pen in the centers of the flowers.

A great way to send flowers and wishes! Thanks Holly!

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Hollyhocks and Butterflies

Hello Classy Friends, Diane here with you today.

I have a very cheerful Spring card to share with you that I made for our challenge Garden Party.

I love the colors of this card..I call them "happy colors"! 

I started with the gorgeous Stardream Serpentine Pearlized Metallic 105# cardstock. What can I say about this paper except...you will love it! A beautiful light green, metallic paper that has become a favorite!

I next used Impression Obsession Large Fence die cut. if you could see this card up close, you would notice a nice wood grain embossing on the boards. After cutting your fence, run it through your machine again, (in proper stacking order for your machine), and you get all the wonderful wood grain effect!

Next I cut two sets of Impression Obsession Hollyhocks die cut. An interesting part of this die is, it comes with four little separate flower dies you can cut to layer for a "3D" look! I colored my flowers with Copic markers in a coral color.

The Butterflies, (yes I know I use these a lot), are from Joy! Crafts. They come in a set of 3, the one I used being the smallest. I do love this die set, the butterflies are a perfect size and shape!

I hope you will join in our weekly challenge and "WOW" us with your creations this week!

Wow, your garden is bursting with colors! Thanks Diane!

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