Plant a Flower Day Card

Abby over at Scrapbookaholic by Abby is having a Pick Your Own Holiday challenge over on her blog. I picked March 12th, Plant a Flower Day.

My card is a 4 1/4” X 5 1/2” Kraft card stock base. I added a white mat sized to 4” X 5 1/4”. I then used my Imagine and the 1:2 proportional rectangle sized at 2.5” and my Hopscotch colors and patterns Imagine cartridge to create the sky and the green “grass” section of the cards. I cut these down to 1 7/8” X 5”. I added some olive green ribbon from my stash over the seam where the two papers met. For my flowers I used my Freshly Picked Cricut cartridge and colors from my faulty Audrey Imagine cartridge for the colors of the flowers and the planter box and from the Imagine More Cards cartridge for the green leaves of the flowers. I cut the tulips and the layers at 2.7”. I ran the pink layer of the planter box through my Cuttlebug. Not sure what the name of the embossing folder is but it has a wood grain texture to it which I thought added to the planter. I pop dotted the flowers to the card for some dimension to the card.  The sentiment I added is from The Greeting Farm Because of You sentiment I bought at Cutters Creek and says Everyone needs a Friend like you. Sorry it doesn’t show up better in the photo. Thanks for visiting.

Another Easel Card

When I was on Splitcoaststampers last week looking at the tutorial on how to make the Easel Card they also included directions for several variations including a horizontal card. I thought that sounded really interesting and decided to give it a try. I actually started making the card last week and just finished it on Friday. I had hoped to get more done this weekend but my daughter has been really sick with a kidney infection. My time this weekend has been devoted to taking care of her.

Anyway, the finished size of this card is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". The petunias were cut at 3" from the Freshly Picked cricut cartridge. The sentiment on the outside says  Many Thanks, and inside says You're the Best. Checkout the tutorials over at Splitcoaststampers.com for more how to information.

I appreciate you stopping by for a visit and hope to get back into my routine next weekend.

Good Luck Card

We have had a high school intern working with us at work for the last 6 weeks. Her term with us is finishing this next week and she is getting ready to head off to college. I made this card for us to give her to wish her success with her future plans.

This is an Easel Card.  The finish card size is 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". The card base is cream with a raspberry mat that is 1/8" smaller than the card base. The patterned paper is from My Minds Eye and is a 1/8" smaller than the raspberry mat. The Geraniums were cut at 4" from the Freshly Picked cricut cartridge and was attached with some foam tape to give it some dimension. I inked the edges of the pot and flowers with some ink. I also rubbed the sponge I used to in the edges across the top of the pot to age it a little. I added some fruit punch stickles to the middle of the flower cut outs to add some bling to the card and added some hemp that I tied around the pot and in a little bow. I also added 3 small buttons under the pot. The raspberry mat on the inside the holds the front open is 2" X 4". The patterned paper mat is 1/8" smaller than the raspberry mat. I cut a cream mat 1/4" smaller than the patterned paper mat. I rounded the corners and inked the edges with the same color I used on the pot. I stamped the Good Luck using a Moss Green ink by Colorbox. The inside mat is also adhered with foam tape so that when the card is open the front can rest against this mat and stay open. I am really pleased with how it turned out. Thanks for visiting.