Vintage Bird Cage

Today's card is for this weeks mojomonday sketch.
For this card I distressed and shaded the edges as well as rounded the edges on the Early Espresso and stamped image.

Paper:  Very Vanilla (SU), Early Espresso (SU), MME Designer Paper
Stamp: One of the Tim Holtz Collections.
Accessories: Seam Binding ( Zipperstop), Buttons, Cream Satin Flower.

You can view more of my work at my etsy shop BotanicalandIris .

Until next time.

Blue Flowers and Butteryfly

Today's card is for the color challenge over at the ColourQ blog.  This is what I came up with.

Paper: Old Olive (Stampin' Up!), Not Quite Navy (Stampin' Up!).
Accessories: Button (Stampin' Up!), Bakers Twine.


The illustration is from avintagetouch.

You can view more of my work at my etsy shop BotanicalandIris .

Until next time.

Melon Mambo Flower

It's a beautiful morning on the great Okanagan this morning.  I should be outside in the yard, but instead I'm inside crafting.  I think some days my crafting rules my life.  Today’s card is for this week’s CR84FN colour challenge: gray, cream and bright pink.  I love to distress everything, so I have naturally done that with this card. 

Stamp: Can't remember the name of this set, but it was a hostess set at one time.
Paper: Stampin' Up! - Basic Gray, Very Vanilla, Melon Mambo patterned paper.
Ink: Melon Mambo
Accessories: Ivory rustic twine thanks to endlessinkabilities
                     Button thanks to mariiam

Until next time.

Amaryllis Card

Today's card was inspired by the Mojo Monday sketch:

This is what I came up with:

Paper: So Saffron, Whisper White, MDS Woodland Walk and So Saffron Patteerns (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Scallop Circle die cut from Spellbinders, Pin from my local craft store, Seam Binding Zipperstop, bakers twine (...can't remember).
Illustration: Graphics Fairy

You can view more of my work at my etsy shop BotanicalandIris .

Until next time.

Rustic Garden Card

Today's card comes from the ColorQ blog.

Here is what I came up with:

Paper: Whisper White/Crumb Cake (Stampin' Up!), Designer Paper from MME.
Accessories: Hand Dyed Seam Binding, pin.

I distressed the edges and added some stitching.

You can view more of my work at my etsy shop BotanicalandIris .

Until next time.

Papillon Butterfly Card

The inspiration for my card came from the Mojo Monday sketch:

Here is what I came up with:

Paper: Kraft (Brazill), Brown and Beige texture (... I can't remember), Textured Whisper White (Stampin' Up)
Accessories:  Bakers Twine (Stampin' Up!), Seam Binding ( Zipperstop), Prima Flower (Michaels)

The beautiful digital collage is from bitmap

You can view more of my work at my etsy shop BotanicalandIris .

Until next time.

Thinking of You Botanical Card

For this card I used the Mojo Monday sketch:

I did forget to make the scallops at the bottom (..oh well).  Here is what I came up with:

Here is what I used to make this card:

Paper: Very Vanilla (Stampin' Up), Patterned paper (K&Co), Pale Plum (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Prima flower, pear pizazz seam binding (Stampin' Up!), lavender pearls, and a pink daisy.

You can view more of my work at my etsy shop BotanicalandIris

See you soon.