Floral Birthday

I have another birthday card today.  This one is for my mother-in-law.  Her birthday is coming up soon, and when I asked my husband what her card should look like or have on it, he just said, "flowers."  So, this is what I came up with:

The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4."  I used ivory cardstock for the card base, then cut some coral cardstock at 5 1/4"x4" and some mint green cardstock at 5 1/8"x3 7/8."  I ran the mint green cardstock through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder.  I cut a strip of floral cardstock at 4 1/4"x1 1/2," some more mint green cardstock at 4 1/4"x1 5/8," and some coral cardstock at 4 1/4"x1 3/4."  I adhered those three stips together and adhered that to the left side of the card.  I used Bloom to cut my floral frame.  It is cut at 3."  I placed some ivory cardstock behind the opening in the frame, then stamped it with the sentiment.  I used pop-dots to adhere the leaves and flowers to the frame and then used some more pop-dots to adhere the frame to the card.  I finished off the card with some large yellow gems for the centers of the flowers, because it just had to have a little bling!  Simple, but quite pretty.  Enjoy!

I made this for the challenge at The Friday Mashup, which is to follow the sketch and use some bling.

Card Creations & More Challenge #7

It is time for another "So Saturday Challenge" at Card Creations & More by C! This week is challenge #7 and the challenge is to "create anything spring related." For this challenge I decided to create a fun spring layout. I thought it would be a perfect way for someone to showcase pictures from a garden. The layout it 12"x12." All the patterned cardstock and paper is from the DCWV Flower Shower Stack. I used the green patterned cardstock for the base of the layout. I then cut the flower cardstock at 10"x10" and adhered it in the middle of the green cardstock. I cut mats for three photos. The larger one is matted for a 4"x6" picture, with the green mat cut at 4 1/4"x6 1/4" and the blue mat cut 1/8" larger than that. The smaller ones are matted for 3"x3" photos. The green mats are cut at 3 1/4"x3 1/4" and the blue mats are 1/8" larger. The large sunflower is cut at 10" from the Bloom cartridge. I added some embossing to the center of the flower with the Swiss Dots folder. The mushrooms are from Cindy Loo. The larger one is cut at 2 1/2" and the smaller one was cut at 2." I used some glossy accents on the mushroom caps. The gnome is from Freshly Picked and cut at 5." The title, "Grow a Garden" is from Give a Hoot and cut at 2 1/4." I used the shadow feature on all my cuts to make them stand out. I adhered everything right to the scrapbook page, except the gnome and smaller mushroom...those are adhered with pop-dots for some dimension.

Daisy

This card is 4 1/2"x6 1/4." I used white cardstock for the base, then layered on some yellow floral paper, cut 1/8" smaller. The strip of shimmery white cardstock was cut using George and Basic Shapes, at 6 1/4." I then embossed it with the Plum Blossoms Cuttlebug embossing folder. I wrapped it with some light blue ribbon and adhered it to my card base. The borders on either side are also cut in the same shimmery white cardstock. I used the Easter cartridge and welded two borders together with my Gypsy. Their length is 6 1/4." The flower is cut from Bloom at 3 1/2." I cut the white part twice, once in a normal white cardstock and once in the shimmery white cardstock. I adhered the plain white flower to the blue layer, then curled the petals of the shimmery white flower and adhered it down. I cut the yellow dot twice also. I adhered the first one down to the middle of the flower. On the second one I stamped my sentiment, which is from Fiskars, then heat embossed it with some light blue embossing powder. I then used pop-dots to adhere it to the flower. I wanted the sentiment to stand out, so I made it part of the image. I really like how it turned out!

This card is for the following challenges:

Card Patterns: sketch #107

Paper Sundaes: embossing

Sentimental Sundays: "Let's Get Sentimental"

Cricut Cardz: thank you card; Cricut cut border; yellow, blue, white

Cupcake Inspirations: cupcake photo

Thinking of You

This is a 5 1/2"x4 1/4" card I made using kraft cardstock, for the base. I then cut a piece of aqua cardstock at 5 1/4"x4" and rounded the corners. I cut a piece of white cardstock at 5"x3 3/4" and rounded the corners also. The melon colored labels, and the aqua one, are Nesties. I layered the two melon colored ones on the white cardstock and then wrapped the card with some aqua and white polka dotted ribbon. I embossed the aqua Nestie with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. The tulip is from Bloom, cut at 2." I also used the shadow feature on it. I adhered that directly onto the aqua label and then used foam adhesive to adhere the label to the card. I stamped my sentiment, using celadon ink by ColorBox and finished off the card with some flat-backed pearls in all four corners and patina Stickles around the edge of the aqua label.

I used the Super Sketchy Sunday sketch from 365 Cards and the colors are the challenge at Just Us Girls. Enjoy!!