Greenhouse

 My hubby surprised me one day back in August with these dies. Normally he walks during his lunch break but because it was so HOT back then he decided to check out the thrift store on base to see what they had, we haven't gone in there in a long time.  Well he saw this die set and thought I could use it on my cards.  Now at first I will have to say I wasn't too sure about it, like how I am going to use something dimensional on my cards, but the more I looked at it I thought maybe I could, this is the card I came up with and the actual 3D version will be at the end. I added a tree to go with the greenhouse, and a punched border of flowers inside but all the rest of the dies are from this set.

• Concord & 9th - C9 Summer camp greenhouse and greeting dies
• Enamel dots on the flowers inside the greenhouse
• Memory Box - Orchard tree frame die, colored w/markers
• Fiskars - Flower border punch (inside greenhouse)
• Vellum
• Martha Stewart pearls on banner

I used some foam tape to pop out the greenhouse to fit the plants and flowers inside.

Here is the greenhouse actually put together as it was intended.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today, have a great weekend!

Connie

Bunched Bouquet

 I decided to go with some stamping that I haven't done in awhile for the next birthday card I needed, this was another hand delivered so I could add as much dimension. These are layered stamps.

• Tonic Studio - Bunched Bouquet stamps
• Spellbinders - Floral Doily Motifs dies
• Lilybee designs - Head over heels papers
• Stamps of Life - Miis4circles sentiment stamp set
• Gems

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Open to whatever

 When I saw this pocket pad of images at the stamp store over in Missouri I had to pick it up because it had great images I could use for either girl or guy cards. This one reminded me of something Tim would have, it had great distress look to it.

• Hunkydory - Garden Visitors Pocket pad (moths)
• DCWV - The Natural paper
• Tim Holtz - Metallic Sticker Book  and Kraft core Metallic collection (for matting)

I liked the shine in the paper and matting to go with the image. 

Thanks for stopping by today,

Connie

So Sorry

 Two ladies in my cardmaking group lost family members, I had recently printed off these images from Graphics Fairy, so I thought they would work nicely for sympathy cards.

• Graphics Fairy - Digital image
• Basic Grey - Porcelain papers
• Stampendous - Sincere Sentiments stamp

On this next image the sign is empty so I stamped a sentiment in side.

• Graphics Fairy - Digital image
• Taylored Expressions - Care & Comfort sentiment stamp
• The Greetery - Crimped Frame die

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie

Magnolia Wall hanging

 I just love these flowers and I had to make something for me to enjoy with them.  I don't have a tree of my own but there are a few not to far that I drive past all the time in the spring so I can enjoy them that way. I decided to make something I could hang and as I was putting away all my summer decorations to get ready for fall I wondered if I had ever posted it, and when I found a piece of paper with all the info I realized I never did share it so here we are in Autumn enjoying some spring goodies :)

It hangs from a shelf my hubby made me, I don't recall where I found the hanger but it works great for those things I want to display, that doesn't have one of their own. I used my branch die to add the little buds too or they would just be floating in air.

• Memory Box - Magonalia Blooming Bud, Magnolia Bud Trio and Woodland Branch die
• Spellbinders - Grand Labels One dies (Base Layers)
• DCWV - The Primrose paper
• Martha Stewart - Butterfly Punch
• Paper Studio - Gems

A side view to see the bit of dimension to it.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,

Connie