Harbinger of Spring - Crocus pop-up card

When the words "Purple" and "Spring" come to my mind, I can't help but think of those beautiful crocuses announcing the arrival of spring with such cheerfulness. 

A pop-up card with a few crocuses blooming in a white and blue porcelain pot.


Close-up of the flowers.

The card when it is folded.
(Recycling the beautiful leftover die cut out).

Supplies used:

• Cheery Lynn Designs Lace Corner Deco A (B161)
• http://www.cheerylynndesigns.com/fancy-corner-cuts-4-b431/
• Cheery Lynn Designs Fanciful Flourish (B117)
• Cheery Lynn Designs Victorian Romance Flourish (DL151)
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad FADED JEANS Ranger TIM21452
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SEEDLESS PRESERVES Ranger TIM32847
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MILLED LAVENDER Ranger TIM20219
• Cottage Cutz Expressions Die Sweet Peas
• Cottage Cutz Expressions Die Thank You
• Water color paper
• Blue, yellow and purple color cardstocks
• Faux pearls

I presented this card in the following challenges:

• Diesrus Challenge blog Challenge 24
• Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge #180 Pretty in Purple
• Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge In The Middle
• Avenue 613 Challenge 119 Anything Goes
• Die Cut Divas Challenge Blog In the Garden

Thanks for stopping by.

XOXO
Mee

Thank you Card

Autumn always brought back wonderful memory during my college years.  Leaves started to change to beautiful colors and  nice homemade pumpkin pies were available at the farmers market. 

These are the inspiration for my Thank You card.

 Using the corner dies, I cut a message card revealed when the front page is folded to half.

The rusty look of the barbed wire is created using the embossing powder.

Following are materials I used:
Ink

- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Tumbled Glass (TIM27188)
- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Bundled Sage (TIM27102)

- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Frayed Burlap (TIM21469)

- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Walnut Stain (TIM)
- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Spiced Marmalade
- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Mustard Seed
- Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Festive Berries
- VersaMark Watermark Embossing Ink

- Acrylic White Paint

Embossing powder
- Ranger Embossing Powder Antiquities Rust
Dies

- Cheery Lynn Designs Min Fanciful Flourish (B117S)

- Cheery Lynn Designs Grass Border (B126)-

- Cheery Lynn Designs Barbed Wire (B405)
- Cheery Lynn Designs Fancy Corner Cuts #4 (B431)

- Cottage Cutz Merry Chris Moose
- Cottage Cutz Rustic Sign and Trees

- Die-Versions Igloo Font

Texture/Embossing Plates

- Cheery Lynn Designs Rock Embossing Plates (G12)
- Simply Cards & Papercraft Magazine Issue122 Free Spring embossing folder

For this card, I am entering it in following challenges:
- Simon Says Stamp Good ‘ol Days Monday Challenge
- Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 157 - Give Thanks


Thank you for stopping by.

XOXO
Mee
 

Mixed Media Photo Frame

This is my entry to this week Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge #96 Hearts a Glow.   It is a mixed media project combined with Graphic 45 Secret Garden collection.   I have to admit this is one of those "On Going" project that has undergone tons of changes with the help of Gesso.  Finally, I settled for a more shabby chic shade.

The Cheery Lynn Designs dies I used for this project were
- Heartland America Large DL110
- Two of Hearts DL128
- Small Exotic Bbutterflies DL112AB.

The alphabets were cut from foam using Cottage Cutz Sugar & Cream alphabet die.

Another look at the project without any photo.  I wanted to make it into a photo frame where the photo could be changed.  I cut two Heartland America hearts.   I trimmed one of them to only retain the border to cover the PVC sheet on top of the bottom heart.  A close-up look at the hearts.

The original paper collection has a blue ribbon with a key.  As I was going towards the lavender color theme, I colored my satin ribbon with Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad Dusty Concord.  I also added more colors to the fuzzy cut flowers with the Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Markers (Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Dusty Concord).

Tip: A new trick I discovered to enhanced my fuzzy cutting.  As I cannot remove the small background areas between the flowers and leaves, I use "Bundled Sage" Distress marker to go over the yellow background.   This hides the background and creates an illusion of more leaves.

Thank you for stopping by.

XOXO
Mee Foon