It's gonna be a bright, bright sun-shine-y card!

Hello my Doodlebugs friends!  It's Michele here bringing you some bright blooms - I can only hope you have a sunshine-y day to match!

I recently added this wonderful Altenew Sulfur Cosmos layering die set to my ever-growing collection - it was love at first play for me!  Instead of starting out with white cardstock, I chose a pale yellow, and medium green then added a bit of blended ink to bump up the colors.  Like this:

It's always good to follow the guide that Altenew is kind enough to include in their packaging, and online.  I love their keyhole, and arrow guides - each numbered and really easy to stack!  After figuring out which dies go together, here is how I store them for ease of use the next time:

You will NOT find a stem die included in the set - easily remedied by cutting a slim strip of the same green cardstock and arranging accordingly.  But seriously, the set is perfect without it!

Don't they look adorable on this Pinkfresh Daisy Chain cover panel?  I had so much eyelet in my wardrobe in my teens - did you?  

You might see that my petals have been popped up here and there to give them a more realistic look and I'm sure you've noticed I've used that wonderful Waffle Flower Craft Hello Friend again - I have a little stash ready to go whenever I need one! 

Happy weekend everyone!

=] Michele

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Put your tulips together and whistle!

If you have arrived here from my personal blog, thank you, and welcome!  Michele here again today - it's Friday, after all!  I'm going to jump right in today because I happen to be showcasing my all-time most favorite flower of all... tulips!  

I'm not sure why I'm obsessed with purple these days - clearly I haven't added any new markers since the last time! ha!  But just look at these lovelies from Waffle Flower Crafts, won't you?   There are two clusters in the Layered Tulips set and I'm so happy to have the dies now, too! 

I have a new cover die to share today:  Concord & 9th's Potpourri!

It's a lovely garden in which to plant my tulips, isn't it?  

This sentiment is from Waffle Flower's Hello Friend combo set - there isn't one sentiment in this set that I wouldn't use, and I love the two fonts they've added to each.

Another little smattering of those Pinkfresh jewels and voila!

All that's left is to thank you for stopping in - it is much appreciated!

=] Michele

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Copic Markers

Creating a pop-up garden card with Concord & 9th's Friendly Florals

 Hi friends!  I'm still busy making flowers hoping it will bring some spring weather.  If I can't have flowers in the garden, I'm sure going to have them on my cards.  Something you may not know about me....my second favorite hobby is gardening.

For this card I was inspired by the lovely Jennifer McGuire.  I used her framework to create a pop-up card.  You'll find the specific instruction for the pop-up portion of the card on her blog or YouTube channel. 

After creating the basic structure I embellished it with the Friendly Florals dies from Concord & 9th.  That long, oval window is also from the Friendly Florals set.  I thought it made the perfect window for those long, lovely flowers.

I did some ink blending for the background and then sprayed it with the Iridescent Shimmer Spray from Altenew.  I cut and layered the flowers, added a bit of shading with my copic markers and added them to the window.

My favorite part are those cute little bees.  Aren't they sweet?  I added some glitter glue to their wings for some added sparkle.

Hope you enjoyed my project today.  Thanks for stopping by!

Cathy

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Creating fun, rectangle borders with the Combo Rectangle from Mama Elephant

I'm sharing a quick and easy card today using one of my favorite dies, the Rectangle Combo from Mama Elephant.  I love how easy it is to create a custom, two color scallop frame or mat with this die. I feel like it adds just enough to jazz up the simplest of cards.

I colored this sweet, little bear from Mama Elephant's To My Dearest stamp set, with my Copic Markers.  Instead of cutting him out, I used a stitched rectangle die to frame him and then layered everything up on the front of the card.
 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you're inspired to get crafty soon.

Cathy

Links to products used or recommended are listed below:   

Copic Markers