Can you believe we’re almost halfway through May?! I can’t! Rule of thumb here is that we plant out frost sensitive flowers and veggies after the May 24th long weekend. It’s actually early here this year as Monday the 18th is Victoria Day. I think I may be holding off just a little longer. I had a little fun with today’s card. Is it a little too bright for the eyes? I couldn’t resist pairing up these two fun papers for this design as they each reminded me of some old garden gloves I used to have. At the time I wondered about the retro prints and colors but now that I think of it…you certainly couldn’t lose them in the grass. 🙂 Hubby has been busy making me a new flower bed along the side of the house. My old one was torn up with the addition and now its going to be twice as wide and hopefully much easier to manage. My daughter likes to garden so we’ll be heading off to the garden store to get some new plants. I love perennials but we’ll be getting a few annuals to put in there too.
A garden is a Friend
This design is a bit of a hodge podge of goodies. I just had fun with it. The die-cut paper in the background is some patterned paper, Pink Paislee I believe, that I cut out with my Silhouette digital craft cutter. I had originally wanted to use it for a design for my Craft Critique review but that didn’t happen so I used it here. The image is sort of a mixed media approach. I colored everything beside the gloves with my Copic markers and then paper pieced those with the orange patterned paper. I told you you’d be seeing the fun October Afternoon paper again! 🙂 I’m having a little fun counting each time I share it with you. This is card number three and there are lots more to come. It goes to show you just how far one 12×12 piece of paper will go! And oops! I’ve been rambling. What really started me thinking about how quickly May is going is that I’m finally getting around to uploading this design when it features May’s stamp of the month combo, Gardener’s Hands.
Supply List:
Stamps: Gardener’s Hands – May SOTM by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Black Memento ink by Tsukineko
Paper: Simply Smooth white by Cornish Heritage Farms, patterned paper by October AFternoon, black cardstock by Bazzill
Other: ribbon by Making Memories, rhinestone, flower by Prima, copic markers
I also couldn’t resist creating a design using this week’s CPS sketch on Monday.I love pairing up white, ivory and Kaft together. This design uses my Ornamental Borders Scrapblock along with a sneak peek at Lisa’s new Encouragement Expressions…to be released tomorrow.
Nothing Ventured
Stamps: Encouragement Expressions (MLM line) by CHF
Ornamental Borders Scrapblock by CHF
Ink: White craft ink by Clearsnap, Black Memento ink by Tsukineko
Paper: Kraft cardstock by Bazzill, Simply Smooth White cardstock by CHF
Other: ribbon, metal tag by Making Memories, twine, buttons by Autumn Leaves, flowers by Prima
 Have a great day and don’t forget to stop by tomorrow for the WT challenge,
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