Just Us Girls #774 ~ Best Wishes

 

Hey there sweet peeps! It's time for our Word Week challenge at Just Us Girls. Vicki is our hostess and she's looking for fruit. I used some paper I've been hoarding far too long! Take a look...

This paper came from Archivers many moons ago, so it's old! I just love the raspberries though and those pretty little heart shaped leaves. I topped it with a pretty PTI border cut from the reverse side of the paper. A sweet Poppystamps heart made of vellum and a couple of Poppystamps Nordic Butterflies added to the summery feel. 

I know our gallery is going to be one big beautiful fruit salad of cards this week. You'll be adding yours to the mix, right?

Poppystamps

I'm sharing a whimsical card over on the Poppystamps blog today. Stop by to see what I did with this sweet panel!

Just Us Girls #773 ~ Hello

 

Bobby has challenged us to use a flower die at Just Us Girls for this week's die challenge. I've got that covered and I'll bet you do too! We also have a new guest designer for the month of May. It just so happens to be a long time blogging friend of mine... Rosemary Dennis! Be sure to pop over to her blog, you won't be disappointed!

This seemed like the perfect opportunity to let my Honey Bee Magnolia take center stage! Pale Peony and Spring Moss inks (PTI) were used for a little smooshing. After cutting all of the layers and leaves, I glued just the center of the magnolia parts and popped everything onto the Mama Elephant Circle Lattice panel. After playing around with card base colors, I finally settled on kraft. It picked up the flower center perfectly! A sweet hello sentiment from Poppystamps was all it needed. 

I have a feeling our gallery will look like a beautiful paper garden by the time the week has finished. I hope you'll plant your card there too!

Merry Christmas

I had a couple of Christmas cards that I had photographed but not shared last year. After seeing Claire's sketch over at The Paper Players, I remembered this one and thought it would work. Let's see what you think!

As you can see, the sketch has been flipped on it's ear! I topped a knit embossed panel with a strip of my favorite polka dot paper with a border added. Both cut with PPP border dies. The fun focal is a big sugar cookie by Birch Press Design. A couple of pine sprigs and... ta-da! 

Celebrate!

Happy weekend one and all! Truth be told, it would be a bit happier if it wasn't so dreary out. But as they say, April showers bring May flowers! Speaking of flowers, I have some to add to the Freshly Made Sketches gallery. 

My sweet friend Michele is now a member of the FMS design team! I missed her first week and couldn't let another go by without celebrating with her! This little mouse is bringing on the happy by sprinkling about some of those May flowers. As you can see I flipped the sketch to create a vertical card. My two toned panel wasn't wide enough for the horizontal layout. It was made using a small 2 1/2" x 4" stamp by Simply Graphic. Hope the gals at FMS don't mind!

Thanks so much for stopping by!