My card for today resulted in just some playing around. I took this Altenew stamp set, Peony Bouquet and practiced stamping some flowers in different colors on to mixed media paper. I got better at getting it lined up, so I have some pretty flowers to use to make cards with. I took this one and decided to try and mask it to add the leaves. Didn't do a great job on the leaves, but decided to just go with it anyway. Didn't care for it with just the leaves, but didn't want to throw it away either, so decided to add a bud. I colored the stem of the bud in with a Zig Clean Color Brush marker so it would be orange. Added a negative cut out snippet to frame it out, I cut out part of the bud and part of the leaf to over hang the frame which I like. Die cut my happy from a snippet of black paper and then stamped "birthday". Mounting the whole thing on a black layer and then on to my card base. Overall I'm pretty happy at how it turned out.
Thanks for stopping by, you know I always love it when you come and sit a spell with me! Your comments bring so much sunshine into my life and make me smile from ear to ear!! Hope to be by your blog soon.
Entering into the following challenges:
Pixie's Snippet Playground
CAS Mix Up Challenge for July
Crafty hugs,
Card Recipe:
Altenew- Peony Bouquet
Technique Tuesday Die-Happy Butterfly
My Creative Time Stamp set-Happy Everything
sequins from my stash
Oh, what a stunning card, Brenda!! The flowers look amazing!! I love how you have them peeking over the edge of the frame!! The colors are gorgeous!! Love this my friend!! Elegant and beautiful!! Enjoy your pool time!! Have a great evening!! Big hugs :)
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So pretty Brenda. Love this layered flower. Great job adding the leaves and bud. Love how they are outside the frame. Thanks so much for sharing with us at CAS Mix Up!
ReplyDeleteEnjoying some pool time sounds perfect for a hot summer day. xx
Your color laying look absolutely perfect, Brends. Placing the flowers overhanging the frame looks great.
ReplyDeleteThis is so very beautiful Brenda!!! And I love how you have part of the leaf and bud overhanging the framing. I so love your card!!!! :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Brenda - love your layered stamping, and the bud and leaf extending across the frame makes this a stunning creation.
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Maxine
Gorjuss!!! Brenda, I love that image and so beautifully framed too. Am so loving these peonies :)
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Absolutely beautiful card Brenda - I love the overhang, wonderful stamping and colours too!
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Di xx
Gorgeous Brenda dear friend! You have those layers lined up beautifully! A fabulous CAS design that is perfect for the challenge! Have a wonderful day! Hazel xx
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Gorgeous card!!
ReplyDeleteWow that is gorgeous :) Enjoy the pool :) It doesn't look like it's getting any cooler any time soon :) Hugs my friend, Tina
ReplyDeleteI love how you stamped this pretty flower, and especially how the leaf, bloom and sentiment are spilling out of the frame! The stitched edges make the greatest framework, and those tiny sequins add just the right amount of sparkle! Stay cool today - it's going to be sweltering here!
ReplyDeleteI think this is gorgeous! It has a natural look. I love the way the bud id over the frame. Makes it look real. Really stunning!
ReplyDeleteTo answer your question - I got my marquee lights at Hobby Lobby. They are Heidi Swapp, but the 24 set. I just made do with what I had.
Michaels or JoAnn's may have the smaller sets. Hobby Lobby is 10 minutes from me and the others are 40 minutes away.
OMGosh Brenda I love-love-love this. Your card is super gorgeous.
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Gorgeous card, Brenda!I have had my eye on this set for a while now. Love how you used it here. Enjoy your pool time! xoxo
ReplyDeleteBrenda I have this gorgeous set, and yet have had the perfect chance to do what you have done: play with it, practice, and get comfy! I love those bits you've cut to hang over your frame! OH do I love the color, and your visits totally make me smile, too!! xx
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This is a beautiful flower (and bud), Brenda! I love how you've framed it and have some bits out of the frame! A wonderful card! Thanks for sharing it with us at CAS Mix Up!
ReplyDeleteI Love your CAS design for your pretty peony. Wonderful framing and coloring. TFS and joining us at CAS MIX Up. Hugs, nancy
ReplyDeleteLove the vibrant flower and the way it comes out of the frame! Beautiful card! Thanks for joining us at CAS Mix Up.
ReplyDeleteBrenda this is stunning! I just love it! Some beautiful flowers here and you are going to have a gorgeous collection of them if you continue to just "play" hehe. I am glad that you are getting some pool time in. With this heat and humidity, you need to be in a pool if you are outdoors! I only wish I lived a bit closer, I'd come swim with ya and craft with ya! Let's make a play date soon k?
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This is so fresh and lovely, Brenda! The colors are so summery, and I really like the addition of the bud. Isn't it funny how our ideas change as we actually begin to put the card together? Thank goodness, though, because then we end up with beautiful creations like this one. Love it! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend. Hugs!
ReplyDeleteWow! What a beautiful card. It's been in the 60's and 70's here in WA. We haven't gone swimming since we got here, in fact I don't even know where a pool is! haha. Thanks for sharing this beauty. blessings ~ Pam
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty card, Brenda!! LOVE that stamped image!!
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ReplyDeletesent you an email to your addy from 2012. Hoping the addy is still good. Love the card, the way the leave and flower pop out of the frame is awesome. Great job!!
Enjoy the pool and the warm weather as it will be gone before we know it.
This is just beautiful! Looks to me like you aligned the leaves perfectly and I really like the way you've let the bud droop over the stitching! Wonderful layers, and love the color choices...you did a super job on this one! Glad you're able to enjoy the pool. TFS & Hugs MM
ReplyDeleteLovely, Brenda ... elegant, fresh and fabulous ... the way the bloom and leaves are climbing over the frame is just brilliant! Happy pool-ing! Hugs, Anita :)
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful Brenda and I love how the leaf and bud come over the frame! I have this stamp set too but haven't been brave enough to stamp with it yet lol!
ReplyDeleteThank you huni! I know you are there cheering me on even when I'm having awful weeks or months. Big hugs sweetie for making me smile tonight as I've been so down with the heat, the fibro and my RA right now. I hate these blooming awful diseases and wish they could find a cure for all of us.
ReplyDeleteNow your card - oh my I think I have to have this Altenew set, it's so beautiful how you've used it - just awesome art Karen xx
Hope yu are still enjoying the pool/ It has been hot here one minute and a bit of rain the next...strange weather!
ReplyDeleteYour card is lovely. The flowers are so pretty and I love the way you overhung a portion of the bloom and of the bud. I also think the leaves look great!
Love how you framed the pretty flower & adding the bud was perfect! Beautiful card!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Brenda, love the fabulous stamping and the way you got the flower overhanging the frame xx
ReplyDeleteYour stamping looks great to me. Beautiful card. xxx
ReplyDeleteOh my STARS!! Your peony is absolutely gorgeous, Brenda! I especially LOVE the orange, I colour I need to work with more often (Halloween on the horizon *grin*). My Peony Bouquet set is still awaiting a play date...you've certainly given me incentive to bring it out! Wish I lived closer; I'd invite myself over for some lounging by the pool with you...we could chit-chat for hour!
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