Cherry Blossom

Hi Crafters,

What a strange time it is.

I hope you are all keeping safe and hopefully sane while we ride this storm.

It has been a gorgeous week for the weather and lots of people have been getting ahead with gardening jobs so I hear and this has prompted me to share this card today.

Using a rather gorgeous image from one of my Hunkydory Little Books, Creative Expressions Stitched Frame dies and a Cherry Blossom Die I have created this pretty little garden scene.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Incy Wincy Designs - Spring Fling

Crafty Cardmakers - #253 Spring

Double D Challenges - Spring

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Spring

Stay safe everyone!

Lorraine

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In My Garden ATC's

Hi Crafters,

I have been joining in with an ATC swap at Charmed Cards and Crafts and their latest theme was 'In My Garden'.

This gave me the opportunity to use a set of dies I've been itching to find a project for - Sizzix Funky Foilage.

The deadline has passed for sending them in so I'm safe to share these now.

A close-up of one ATC

I used Distress Oxide inks for the background using the 'smooshing' (technical term, lol)

technique and added crackle paste through a TH flourish stencil. The bee stamp is the smallest one in the new IndigoBlu stamp set that I used the other day on my shaker card. I die cut all the elements of the toadstools and inked them using Distress Inks, then layers them up and arranged them on my moss which comes from Anna Marie Designs. The sentiment stamp is from an Inkylicious set - Dancing in the Rain - which I stamped onto the edge of some card and punched it out using a circle punch. 

I can't wait to receive my swaps for this month.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Unicorn Challenge - #47 Autumn

More Mixed Media - ATG  opt. Brown

Lorraine

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In My Garden There is....

Hi Crafters,

Thank you for your comments on yesterdays card, I really do appreciate you taking the time to visit here.

My card for today was created for a customer and with the new challenge at Try It on Tuesday in mind.

Recipe

Image - Customers own photo

Marianne Designs Fence and Willow Tree Dies

Lea'bilities Garden Tools, Watering Can and Wheel Barrow Dies

Britannia Sentiment Dies

All Occasion Number Dies

Creative Expressions Grass Border Die

Distress Ink

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Try It on Tuesday - In My Garden There Is...

Creative Inspirations - Something Seasonal

See you soon,

Lorraine

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