White Wicker Basket Of Flowers.

Back again.

This time with a class card the ladies made a few weeks ago.   While away in March, I visited a paper craft shop in Nambour called Daisy Chain Scrapbooks.    I found some wonderful goodies there and yes, I did purchase them. rofl

This was one of them.....12 x 12 paper depicting white wicker work.  I remember basket chairs made out of the plastic wicker work and I think there is still one at the farm in my old bedroom.  I had a child size one too. 

I actually think this card is based on a Mojo Monday sketch, #337.  Well onto the card.  I used a base of Stampin' Up Naturals White because the dsp wasn't quite white enough for Whisper White.

Then a layer of  Blushing Bride because I wanted to use some K & Co papers I have had for ...well let us say, a very long time.  The next layer, of course, was the dsp from Daisy Chain.  Then I found in my lace stash, this absolutely gorgeous floral lace.  Well I had to use that didn't I because it went so well with the daisy paper I was using.   Then came the image problem?  Mmmmm well I knew I didn't have anything suitable in my stash, I also knew I wanted the image to have a basket in it to match my dsp and I also wanted daisies to be in the basket.  So I went googling, new word, I've just coined it.  lol   The image I  found was perfect.  So I adapted the size and printed it out on Whisper White card stock.  It matches in quite well because the lace is white.  I then die cut the image and matched the size of it to fit into the Blushing Bride nestie I used.  I'm sorry but I can't remember which one I used, oops, yes I can.... Stately Circles.

I added a metal corner from Linda's shop, The Funkie Junkie and embossed it with Ranger Antiquities Weathered White embossing powder which Linda also has in her shop.  It can purchased in Australia as well of course.  I used some pretty green bling on the centre of each of the lace flowers and a bow made from seam binding from Sharon's shop, The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store.  The colours I used were perfect with the card's colours.  I tied the bow this way by Deborah Saaranen.  Mine ended up a bit more scrunched up than Deborah's but the ladies didn't seem to mind.  They loved the card.

I think that's it.

It's Easter Sunday lunch time here.   I was flat out yesterday afternoon.  Two trays of Apple Crumble and one of Potato Bake got made and one of the Apple Crumbles delivered to Ilbilbie which is 10 minutes down the road (Bruce Highway). The Ilbilbie Hall Management Committee were catering for a function at the Cape Palmerston Holiday Park.  I volunteered to make one of the Apple Crumbles.  Hope it was enjoyed.  Today it's washing time because I have a feeling we are in for more rain. 

I also have card orders to complete, so really had better get on with them.

To Leslie, who is wonderful and comments on my blog posts regularly....thanks so much for liking my cards and I'm glad you like the links. I hope Wally and Lulu are enjoying their Easter.  Hugs to them both.

Here are links to Leslie's blog and to Wally and Lulu's blog.  Enjoy everyone, both blogs are well worth looking at.

Take care,

Happy Easter.

 

Paper Craft Crew Challenge #77

Well I'm back again posting to my poor neglected blog.  Prior to Christmas I made many cards for classes and orders which were all well received.  Unfortunately they didn't make it this far.  Maybe I'll post them here in the future.   The weeks of December flew by and all of a sudden it was Christmas.  I had wonderful plans for January too, some have been achieved, others have gone by the way.  Not to worry.

One of my card classes start today and this is the one of the cards the ladies will be making.

I used the sketch from the Paper Craft Crew Challenge #77 . 

Forgot to add the keyword....PCCCS077

The base is Very Vanilla, with a layer of Wild Wasabi.  The papers are from a very old paper pad that I've had for ages from K & Company called Spring Blossom.

 The sketch has a die cut image between two banners.  I chose to use a Tattered Angels frame for my focal image.  I painted it with Peeled Paint distress paint, then painted on White Picket Fence distress paint.  While the white as still wet, I wiped it off.  This toned down the Peeled Paint green enough to blend with the papers.   I then sprayed the frame with Pearl Tattered Angels glimmer mist and dried the whole thing with my heat gun.  

The floral arrangement was created with flowers and leaves from my stash, with a gingham ribbon and a small spray of crystals to finish off.  The greeting was stamped in Black archival ink, which is my go to ink. lol

Just for interest, I use Claudine Hellmuth Multi Media Matte glue for all my floral arrangements.  It is fantastic for this sort of work and it dries matte, not shiny.

I'm going to enter this in the challenge.  For various reasons, I haven't entered a challenge for months.  I think the card qualifies, well I hope so anyway. 

My apologies for the poor photo.  I must admit that I'm not a very good photographer.

Thanks for visiting my blog today.