Goodbye Prince

Botanical Builder Meets Sprinkles of Life

I continue to enjoy the Botanical Builder Framelits Dies

on page 26 of the Occasions Mini.  So many framelits, 

so many options!   In this example, I used the sentiment

from Sprinkles of Life, the RMHC set on page 189.

Remember, $3 for every purchase of this set goes to

Ronald McDonald House Charities. 

You'll notice that the Wild Wasabi leaves are made 

out of the retired textured c/s that SU used to sell.

Flooding Balloons

I had some flooding in my craft area, thanks to an ice maker

connection that blew.  Fortunately, I turn my main water line

off when I travel, so it happened right after I returned home

and turned the water back on.

I've cleaned up most of the damage (meaning that I threw away lots

of stamping paper that got "rained on".)

Finally got to my table to do a few quick cards.

This is a basic version of my card for today.  I continue

to find the Balloon Builders set on page 14 of the Occasions

mini so useful.  Paired with the Balloon Bouquet Punch 

on page 13, it really gets the job done.

I used the File Tabs Edgelits (page 172 of the main catty)

to carve out the bottom of the card.  These framelits are retiring, and I highly recommend them!!   I'm sorry it's hard to 

see the File Tab in this card because I had to fix the card closed.

The tab adds a nice masculine feel. 

I layered a strip of It's My Party DSP (Occasions page 5)

on the inside of the card, so it would peak out at the bottom.

This second version is stepped up, by adding White Perfect

Accents (page 161) and some Baker's Twine.

I used the In-Colors; Mossy Meadow and Blackberry Bliss

because these colors will retire on May 31st... sob.

Travel Report!

It may not have been obvious, but I have been out of

town for a couple weeks.  I was visiting my Mom in Arizona.

I was so fortunate because I "missed" nasty weather at home

and had delightful temperatures while traveling.

This cactus had such a cool way of blooming, with stalks shooting
out of the "petals" (if that is what they are called on a cactus!)
You can see all of the different flower stages.

 We went for morning walks, allowing opportunity to photo

beautiful flowers and cactus.  AZ had just had rain, so the

cactus blooms were wonderful.  All of these plants were in front
of homes on Mom's block.  Those 6:30 am walks were perfect
for catching flowers opening.

 

So lovely!  Sadly, I have no idea what the names of

these flowers are.

 

I am not including photos of my Mom, because she
would prefer that I not.  She is the boss you know!

Stamp Off Challenge: Watercolor In the Meadow

Welcome to another edition of the Stamp Off challenge

with Buffy and Susan.  This one is a watercolor challenge,

which I'm really excited about.

Susan has been taking watercolor classes, 

so I suspect she's going to show us some major technique!

I go back and forth on whether this card has sufficient "technique". I wanted to add more, yet nothing I tried seemed to work.

I took watercolor paper and painted on Pirouette Pink

and Pear Pizzazz reinker with a watercolor brush.

I then took the image from In the Meadow (Occasions), stamped in

Pear Pizzazz and then spritzed with water.  I repeated,

leaving water blotches in the process.  I water colored

the flowers with Crushed Curry.

The sentiment comes from the Celebrate Today set on page 102

of the main catty.   I wanted to use that set because it is

photopolymer, so easier to line up.

So now get your sweet self over to Buffy and Susan's
blogs, so that you can see some outstanding artistry!

Buffy:  http://buffycooper.com

Susan:  https://susanstamps.wordpress.com

   

Botanical Builder Inlays

The Botanical Builder Framelit Dies (Occasions p 26)

enable so many cool techniques.  I really like the options

for creating inlays and negative shapes.

The feathery leaf inlay was created, and I then cut it out

with a Lots of Labels Framelit to create the focal tag.

I created the word "Love" by omitting

part of the Balloon Builders (Occasions p 14) sentiment.

It was then punched out with the Washi Tag punch.