Country Flowers take two more

 Some more Country Flowers cards

inspired by Heidi Collins and others…

Lesley

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Crafty Carrot inspired Country Flowers

If you’re not familiar with the Crafty Carrot Collective, do take a look.

 They inspired these two cards,

 and I particularly enjoyed making a barn or shed door.

Both use the SU Country Flowers set.

Lesley

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Mid century modern

 It’s the first time I’ve got around to playing with these sets from Uniko.

I got inspiration from their blog for this trio….

Using various green inks, I used my stamping platform to stamp the words.

Stamped the present randomly for the background.

Coloured the fussy cut tree and presents with blend pens.

Then I fancied a red version, slightly different but same principal

Finally using Mid Century Modern Wreath builder words that are a bit smaller…

Randomly stamping them down the page, adding a Christmas in black, fussy cut,

and a few gems on top of the little stamped stars.

I’m a bit behind Rudolph Days Challenge for September, but you have until the end of the month,

Also entering Peace on Earth #72 anything goes and a pretty mood board.

Lesley

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Fresh Freesia

 Today’s Enduring Beauty card uses Fresh Freesia watercolour

Die cut leaves border label surrounds an Alex Siberia sentiment.

Gems added to flower centres.

Lesley

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Trio of Enduring Beauty

 This trio of cards were made with SU Enduring Beauty.

DSP as the background, added a die cut cover plate,

and used a stencil (bokeh, lots of circles) to add colour to the floral diecut

Next, used a strips of paper, coloured stamped die cut with blend pens,

and added die cut sentiment.

Lastly, stencilled background, frame of cardstock overlaid, 

then watercoloured the flowers.

Hope you’re having a good weekend

Lesley

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Crafty Roo for Allsorts

 I really wanted to enter the Allsorts challenge this week, but had nothing fishy to hand,

so next best is a prize I won from them and haven’t used yet, a large corner stamp from Crafty Roo,

(my memory is getting worse, so please tell me if that’s not right).

Edited to add…….the gorgeous stamp was a prize from the Snippets Playground!

My inspiration was from Jo Rice, using the honeycomb and bee.

I made my own stencil using a Detailed Bee SU die,  inked with daffodil delight,

having stamped the large corner in black.

I coloured it and the bee (from SU Honey Bee stamp) with watercolour pencils, using the blue and yellow from the bottom mountain picture at “Hand stamped sentiments”.

I stamped two bees, using snippets of white, then fussy cut the main body and top wings to add dimension.

Then I faffed around 😂 with the card base and mount. 

I ended up fussy cutting around the large corner, 

and also cut my base card, from a square to more of a rectangle, as it just didn’t look right.

I’m entering the following challenges…..

Allsorts #798 (anything goes) 

NBUS #66 (never before used)

Snippets Playground #489 (use snippets)

We love stamping   (hand coloured)

Hand stamped sentiments #447 (mood board, bottom mountain pic colours)

Lesley

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Love a duck!

 Happy Birthday Di!

Oh love a duck, I’ve been paddling water waiting to share this one….

Our blogging friend has a great sense of humour, and can tell the best funny stories,

so I tried to make a card to make her smile 😃 

Yes, it’s another paper scene from Charming Duck Pond, but I fussy cut the ducks 🦆 ,

including the “puddle” of water, or rings, trying to camouflage with the picture, 

and representing her family of three, including the one with their bottom up……

hmmmmm  Dudley maybe 🤔😂.

I then had fun making the tag with various die cuts.

Have a great day!

Lesley

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