Hello and hope you are having a good day. I have been quite busy recently and it is harder to get cards not only made, but then photographed and blogged. I am also in the process of moving my craft space to another room (I currently craft in an old computer armoire, and will be moving to a larger desk soon - stay tuned...).
However, I was able to get a second card made for the April Edition of my Flower of the Month Series! The first flower for April was Daisy, and the second is the Sweet Pea! They won’t bloom where I live till around June, but they are so pretty. I have this framed stamp from Stacy Stamps’ Framed Flowers line, which I found out was another flower of the month stamp line! I didn’t even realize it! Peruse all of them here.
I started coloring this stamp with alcohol markers one evening, and when it came time to work on the frame, I blanked. I set it aside. The next morning right before I woke up, I dreamed that I was paper piecing that frame. Not kidding! That was the perfect idea, and that is what I ended up doing. The rest of the card is clean - just added a pretty sentiment from Just for Fun.
Supplies: Stacy Stamps April Sweet Pea stamp, Memento and Versafine black inks, Spectrum Noir alcohol markers, Prima Nature Garden 6x6 Paper pad, Just for Fun Rubber Stamps Unmounted Sentiments 1, Avery Elle Wonky Stitched rectangles die, speckled paper and cardstocks from my stash.
I would love to enter SimonSaysStamp Monday Challenge Flower Power.
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You can find all my flower of the month posts HERE!
13 comments:
Heidi, I saw this lovely card on SCS. I love the gorgeous floral arrangement in the jar of water! This is a great piece of art!
What a pretty sweet pea stamp and beautifully coloured. Great idea to paper piece the frame....looks great x
Those sweet peas are so beautiful and I especially like how you colored them! I just made a card the other day with sweet peas too! LOL
Beautiful sweet peas. Your coloring is gorgeous! I always loved to plant them years back when I did flower beds. Can't do it any more though, except on a card.
Awwww! What a “sweet” sweet pea card! The vintage look is so appealing. What a great idea to sta motivated...flower series!
Hi Heidi, sounds like you are going to have more space to craft :-) I love the paper pieced wood look frame around the sweet peas. They always smell so beautiful and come in a beautiful array of colours. Good luck with the crafty move, have a wonderful week... Megan
Having made three moves in four years, I understand what it's like to move stamp rooms and it isn't fun. I did find it funny that the men kept saying, "and this says stamp room again." LOL.
Your card is so very lovely and detailed.
I look forward to seeing photos of your new space.
Wonderful coloring of those sweet peas, Heidi! Beautifully framed and I love them on the natural looking paper!
I love this card, Heidi! The image is so pretty and I love your card design.
It is just gorgeous and the paper piecing of the frame was a wonderful idea, I love when we dream good ideas!
That's a very cute bouquet! Love the frame and the sweet coloring. Thank you for joining Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge.
I'm impressed by how you keep coming up with beautiful floral designs!
Such a gorgeous composition! Love love love this.
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