An English Garden in Honey

Hi!


Today I have another card that was made as a class sample. The main colours used are the retiring Hello Honey, which I paired with Delightful Dijon for a tonal effect on the flowers and the cute little bee.

I tried to replicate the layered flowers in the English Garden DSP in the main stamped panel using the combination of Delightful Dijon and Hello Honey. The leaves were all Old Olive, with the filling image stamped off once first.

You can also see I used a piece of the Delightful Dijon Dotted Lace Trim along the bottom of the main panel. I placed a stripe of adhesive along the back of the panel and then ruffled the ribbon along the adhesive. There's not a lot of gather, but I don't think it needed a lot.

The little honey bees are so cute! I think I've used them every time I've used the Garden In Bloom stamp set - I just can't resist them!


Bye for now,


Tina

A Springfold Card CASE

Hi!


I decided to squeeze in an extra post this week, as I have quite a few cards that use retiring products that I'd like to post before I run out of time! This card was actually made for a Just Add Ink challenge, but I didn't get it photographed or blogged in time for the challenge.  Oh Well!

I'd never made a Spring Fold card before, but after seeing one that Kim Dallinger made, I had to give it a go.  I haven't been able to find Kim's card online (I saw it in a private forum), but here is her blog so that you can see more of her work.

I used the English Garden DSP on the base of the card. I wanted to include a little more Blackberry Bliss, so I ended up stamping some of the small flowers from Number Of Years stamp set in amongst the foliage on the DSP to give it some colour.

This panel is on the back of the main panel and gives the sender some space to write a message to the recipient. In this case I sent to card to my sister, who recently celebrated her birthday.


Bye for now,


Tina