Flowing Floral Basket

Hello!  I have what I call a "phone pal" (instead of a "pen pal") that I have been friends with for many years. This is someone I've never met but had work related telephone conversations with frequently over the many years that I worked. Over time this led to a friendship and continued even into retirement and beyond where we would call each other and send birthday and Christmas cards. My "phone  pal's" birthday is this month and this is the card I made for her.

Using white card stock I die cut a panel with a rectangular cross stitch die. This would be my focal panel. Next I die cut a garden fence in white card stock and adhered it to my focal panel. A die cut grass edge was added to the base of the fence.

The basket was cut in kraft card stock and then sponged with Distress Oxide ink. It was adhered to the fence with dimensionals.  Next, the two (2) flower branches were die cut in green and the little flowers in violet card stock. Yellow card stock was used to create the flower centers. The little flowers were adhered to the branches which were then positioned and adhered to the panel.

To complete the scene, I added some die cut butterflies in violet, adding Wink of Stella to give them some shimmer. As a final touch a watering can was added which was die cut out of silver metallic card stock, sponged with gray ink, positioned and adhered to the fence at an angle.

For the last step, the focal panel was matted with violet card stock followed by white card stock and then adhered to the white base card both of which were cut with stitched rectangles dies. This last step completed my project.

Here is a list of products used:

Card Stock:  GKD White, Vibrant Violet, Kraft, Wild Dandelion, Shimmering Silver; SU Garden Green

Ink:  Distress Oxide Vintage Paper

Dies:  Sue Wilson Garden Circle Scene, Frantic Stamper Flower Basket, Bent Blossoming Branch, Avery Elle Butterflies, Leane Creatief Watering Can.

Other:  adhesive, dimensional tape, Wink of Stella pen, 

I hope you enjoyed this post. Thank you for visiting and please come back soon.  Any and all comments are most welcome and appreciated.

Until next time....make it a great crafting day!

Jukebox Birthday

When  I create my cards, I always hope to come up with a theme that personally relates to the individual I'm making the card for.  More often than not it takes me several days of bouncing ideas before I realize "that's it!"  The card above was made for my brother who was turning 64 this month. One idea led to another and this was the final result.

I began with adhering burlap to a red panel. This would be my focal panel.  The musical score "When I'm Sixty-Four" was computer generated and the edges trimmed with craft scissors and then sponged with Distress Oxide Vintage Photo ink.  This was adhered with dimensionals on an angle to my focal panel.  

My next step was to create the jukebox.  I die cut the jukebox twice.....in silver card stock and in red card stock. Wherever you see the red parts of the jukebox  these were the pieces that were punched out from  the silver die cut. Then they were replaced with red. I added a mini record to the jukebox to make it look authentic. When completed the jukebox was adhered to the focal panel with dimensionals.  

Since the song "When I'm Sixty-Four" is from the Beatles' album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, a mini replica was adhered to the musical score.  The happy birthday sentiment was stamped on white card stock, die cut and then the edges trimmed with craft scissors and sponged with the same ink as the musical score.

This completed my focal panel. To balance the color scheme, I matted this panel with 2 more layers of card stock (kraft and black).   Finally, this was adhered to my base card.

Here are the products used in creating this card:

Card Stock:  GKD Pure Luxury White, Cherry Red, Kraft, Black Onyx, Whisper; Burlap; Silver and Red Mirror paper.

Ink:  Distress Oxide Vintage Paper, Versafine Onyx Black

Stamps:  GKD Country Roads 2

Dies:  Tonic Studios Rococo Jukebox Jive, Spellbinders Labels Trio

Other:  Mini record albums, mini record, adhesive, dimensionals, craft scissors, sponge dauber 

Thanks so much for stopping by!   Until next time, happy crafting!