Priscilla's Papercrafts: Gift From the Garden

Sunday, September 6, 2015

Gift from the Garden

I love flowers! I hate to garden!

There, I've said it! I am not a gardener, even though I love flowers. The colors, the scents, the textures of each petal-ripple excites my senses. But don't make me get my hands dirty.

Wait a minute! Don't get my hands dirty? Really? You should see me after an afternoon of stampin'! The only way to get my hands clean is to wash my hair (if you haven't tried that yet, do it--gets all the ink off your fingers, even under your nails). So maybe it's not really the part about getting my hands dirty (I'm a nurse, after all - I've had some pretty dirty hands). Maybe it's the worms...yeah that's probably it. Somehow digging in the dirt and suddenly noticing half a worm on each side of your trowel really, really gets to me (maybe the nurse thing again).

But when I saw Gift from the Garden, I knew I had to own it. I love the little pots of flowers, the garden gloves and the watering can. And the boots are great!

So today, when trying to figure out what to make with my new Hearth and Home Thinlits Dies, I reached for my Gift from the Garden. And lookie what I ended up with:

This little work of art uses a number of new items, along with a few oldies, but goodies.

I started with the Brick Wall Embossing Folder. I've been trying to figure out how to get "mortar" between my bricks. So today I patted some Craft White ink directly on the raised spaces between the bricks of my embossing folder, inserted my Cajun Craze card stock and ran it through my Big Shot. And voila! Mortar! I love it!

I then cut a rectangle in the middle of the bricks, using the window frame from the framelit as a guide.

This allowed me to make a little window scene behind the window. I used a piece of Hello Honey cardstock with two wedges of Tea Lace Paper Doilies to make curtains.

I cut my window using the Hearth and Home Thinlits and Early Espresso paper. Then I cut a piece of Window Sheet and adhered it to the back for a window. For the windowsill, I first stamped a section of the Hardwood background stamp with Early Espresso ink, and then used the framelit to cut it out.

Now for the fussy part:

Yes, I inked the flowerpots/flowers with Stampin' Write Markers, stamped them on Whisper White cardstock and then fussy-cut them out. I know, I know--too much work. But look how stinkin' cute they are sitting on my windowsill!

I stamped my sentiment from A Dozen Thoughts using Cajun Craze ink and cut either edge with the Stampin' Trimmer and the Small Scallop cutting blade. All it needed was a little bow of Linen Thread (doubled) and I was done.

Can't wait to send this to someone who likes flowers as much as I do.

All products can be ordered here.

Gift From The Garden Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$27.00

Gift From The Garden Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$19.00

Hearth & Home Thinlits Dies

$20.00

Big Shot

$110.00

Brick Wall Textured Impressions Embossing Folder

$8.50

Cajun Craze 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Hello Honey 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$7.00

Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

$8.50

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad

$8.00

Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad

$6.50

Hardwood Wood-Mount Background Stamp

$20.00

Hardwood Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$15.00

Tea Lace Paper Doilies

$3.00

A Dozen Thoughts Wood-Mount Stamp Set

$27.00

A Dozen Thoughts Clear-Mount Stamp Set

$19.00

Stampin' Trimmer

$30.00

Small Scallop Stampin' Trimmer Rotary Cutting Blade

Stampin' Dimensionals

$4.00

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Sunday, July 26, 2015

Convention Swaps

Today was the end of Stampin' UP!'s 2015 Convention...sniff, sniff. There was a discussion about the business end of Stampin' UP! (it's a VERY stable company!), some talk about how to improve communication to demonstrators and some stamping. Great project ideas for the upcoming Holiday Catalog (to be released September 1st) and then there was Prize Patrol! And everyone ended up winning--Woo Hoo! I won a new stamp set, Acorny Thank You, along with some fabulous Crumb Cake 1-1/4" Striped Grosgrain Ribbon. And there was another All-Attendee Give Away--a package of Season of Cheer Designer Series Paper; can't wait to cut into that!

And I finished swapping ALL my swaps! Since I have not had time to download any photos from today, I'm going to show you one more of the swaps I brought--this was a popular one:

The layout was VERY loosely modeled after one on a Paper Craft Crew challenge. The stamp set is Gift from the Garden. I also used the Brick Wall Embossing Folder, which was sponged with Crumb Cake Ink to give it some depth and texture.

The colors used include Lost Lagoon, Early Espresso and Watermelon Wonder. I carefully inked just the flower pot in Delightful Dijon, inked the stem with my Cucumber Crush marker, and stamped so that I could place a punched heart on the Burlap Ribbon.

And what swap discussion is complete without the "cards to infinity" photo: