Hand Stamped Sentiments HSS #184

Hello to all my blogging friends, I hope this post finds you all well and happy!

It was raining today so it gave me plenty of time to play around in my craft room.
However, I better get the rest of my housework done tomorrow or I'll never get caught up. At least I did the laundry while I made some cards. A girl has to have a little fun in her busy day right!

Hand Stamped Sentiments had another great sketch to inspire us with this week so, I gave it a try. Here is their link http://handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com/
 
and here is their sketch.
 

This is what I came up with.

I am so bummed that the En Francais Stamp is going to be retired. Ijust love that stamp. I thought I better get more ink on it before it goes away. I love stamping on DSP with it. I think it makes a very interesting background.
I tried to use as many stamps and products that will be retiring on this project as possible.

Here is a look at the inside.

Supplies used to create this card.

Card Stock
Whisper White, Crisp Cantaloupe, Very Vanilla and Baked Brown Sugar.
Designer Series Paper (DSP)
Water Color Wonder(R)
Stamp Set
Blessings From Heaven (R)and Secret Garden (R)
Ink
Baked Brown Sugar, Crisp Cantaloupe, Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral.
Punch
Bird Builder.
Misc. 
Textured Impression's Honeycomb Folder, Candy Dots and Secret Garden Framelit (R)

I think that about does it for this card. I hope you too can find some time to create something fun and still get your housework done lol. Give this great sketch a try. I know you will surely be inspired by it.

Chat soon,
Patrice

Hand Stamped Sentiments Artist Picks

Hello to all my blogging friends, I hope this post finds you all well and happy!

I just found out I was one of the Artist Picks for last week! Yippee!

Here is the 3D Floral Arrangement I made for their color challenge.

If you want more information on this arrangement you can check out my post  on 4/9/14.

I had so much fun making this arrangement it reminded me of my old Floral Arranging days long ago lol.

Thanks again to the ladies over at Hand Stamped Sentiments.

Try out their amazing sketches and challenges here.
http://handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com/

Chat soon,
Patrice

Hand Stamped Sentiments- HSSCC #183

Hello to all my blogging friends I hope this post finds you all well and happy!

 I was looking for a Spring Floral Arrangement to put on my kitchen table this week. With that thought in mind I went outside yesterday. No flowers in my yard yet Boo! But I had cut some old broken tree branches from the yard and decided to make a wooden basket from them. With no flowers on hand but a super cute basket waiting to be filled what else dose a crafter do but, MAKE MY OWN FLOWERS right !!

I came across a great Color Challenge that had all the spring colors I was looking for to do the job. http://handstampedsentiments.blogspot.com/

 Hand Stamped Sentiments Color Challenge #183 said I could do a 3-D Project so I went for it.

I had super fun today and here is what I came up with.

This floral arrangement took me all day to make but, in real life it is very pretty and looks great on my kitchen table!

I added  several different flower shapes and stamped them in Coastal Cabana, Whisper White and Crushed Curry. I used Whisper White, Crushed Curry and Coastal Cabana solid colored Card stock as well

 I then added a few accent flowers in Wisteria Wonder and Calypso Coral  to break up the two tones a bit. I also used Creped Filter Paper to make the Calypso Coral Carnations. All the leaves were either hand cut, punched and or die cut. I used the Secret Garden Stamp Set and the Secret Garden Framelits as well as the Bird Builder Punch for some of the leaves and the flowers. For the little center flower I used the  flower from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack. Those little flowers were punched out in Basic Black, Crushed Curry and Whisper White card stock. I hand made the bow using 5/8" Organza Ribbon. To stand the flowers and leaves up I dyed a bunch of Bambo Skewers in Gumball Green Reinker and a Stampin Spot. The wood basket was made Log Cabin style and tied together with green floral wire. I used a piece of floral Styrofoam to stick the flowers in. I also made a little Gumball Green Box that fit inside of the wooden basket so that you would not see the Styrofoam.

The completed project is 12" Tall and 12" Wide by 7" deep

I hope you like my Spring Floral Arrangement 3-D Project and get inspired to create something fun today. The Hand Stamped Sentiment Color Challenge is for cards too. So go on over to their blog and give this challenge a try. I know I would love to see what you come up with also.
Thanks for stopping by today.

Chat soon ,
Patrice