Beauty of Nature

This card was created for this week's H2H Challenge Blog. It was a challenge for me, because I don''t usually create circle cards, but I really like how it turned out.

Colors are Sweet Leaf, Crystal Blue, and Cocoa. Papers are from Veranda, Emporium, and Miracle.









Thanks for looking!

Easy Folded Rose Tutorial

Thread a needle with matching thread, knot the bottom, and set aside.



Unroll about 12" of ribbon. You can work with it still attached to the roll to conserve ribbon.

About 6" in, fold the ribbon at a 45° angle. It should look like an L.



Next, fold the other side of the ribbon across the middle, again in a 45° angle.



Continue folding the ribbons across each other until you come to the end of cut side of the ribbon.





Here is the other side of the folded ribbon.



And the side view.





Grasp the ribbon with your thumb in up in the corner of the ends of the ribbon folds, with the short end on top.



Grasp the long end of the ribbon with your other hand.



Pull the long end of the ribbon, while holding the short end in place.







Insert your needle into the middle of your ribbon flower and draw from top to bottom.



Continue stitching through your flower for several stitches, bottom to top, then top to bottom, being careful to catch all the folds of the flower to secure it.



End on the bottom of the flower. Knot thread and clip off the ends.



Secure to project. (I use hot glue.)

Shield and Glory

This card is my 2nd for Mojo Monday 184. It's colors are CTMH's Sweet Leaf and Cherub Pink. The sentiment is from Verve, and the background flowers are Beauty from Webster's Pages.

Your Heart

I enjoyed making this card. Its pattern is from Mojo Monday 184. Colors are CTMH's Honey and Sweet Leaf. Papers are from Ctmh's Veranda and Emporium. The buttons and crocheted flower are also from ctmh. Sentiment is from CTMH's Friendship, and the flowers in the background are from Webster's Pages Beauty.








here's a couple of pics of the inside...



I love the versatility of acrylic stamps! The inside sentiment is from 2 different CTMH sets, For Every Occasion and Be True.

So Loved

Thanks for all your wonderful comments to me. They really make my day! :o)

This card came together pretty easily for me, after I figured out what papers to use. Last week as my family and I were playing Scrabble, my daughter and I passed the time waiting for our turns by coloring some stamped images I had made recently. So when I was ready to start designing this card, I started out with the little bunny stamp. I had a yo yo flower in my paper scrap stash, left over from another project. The sentiment is mounted on top of the flower with heavy duty foam tape, and the flower is mounted onto the card with more foam tape.

I love this bunny set!



The sentiment from this card is one of my favorites from Verve. The bunny is from March's SOM from CTMH, Sensational Season. Colors are Sweet Leaf and Honey, papers are from CTMH's Miracle, Emporium, and Veranda.

I am really happy with how this card turned out! What do you think?

Birthday Bunny

This card was created with CTMH's March Stamp of the Month, Sensational Season.  The papers used were Sophia and Emporium, colors were Sweet Leaf, Hollyhock, and Desert Sand.  I also used Hollyhock twill ribbon, crocheted lace, and a crocheted lace flower.  The ribbon rose is made from the hollyhock twill ribbon, and there is a tutorial on making this ribbon at the top left of my blog.










The bunnies were colored with a Tombow blending pen, and the Mama bunny's apron is pieced from Sophia paper.  The silver heart is from a button collection from Michael's.





I love how this card turned out!  These bunnies are so adorable!