Card Design: Flowers Bring Smiles from Nicecrane Designs

Happy Friday the 13th all!  Usually, I'm crawling in my hole on Friday the 13ths and hoping for the best.  Unfortunately, I've just had too many of them blow up in my face one way or another. However, today I'm going to try and brave it, keeping my fingers crossed that today will be a good day.  Me, superstitious?  Yep, I blame my grandmother.  I am especially keeping my fingers crossed considering that there are men walking all over our roof as I sit here and type and they will continue to be doing so for the next few days.  Yep it is going to be a noisy weekend as unfortunately it has come time to replace our roof.  And by the way that is an 'ew' sound pronounced rOOf (rüf) which rhymes with goof or booth NOT pronounced ruff (ru̇f) similar to foot or book like some of my Southern neighbours pronounce it.  Hee, hee, sorry but I just couldn't help myself since us Canadians often get slammed by the Americans for pronouncing things 'funny' and 'roof' happens to be one of those words.  Anyway, time to get back on track here...

Since, looking at beautiful flowers always seems to bring a smile to my face and helps to take my mind elsewhere, I think today is the perfect day to show you one of two thank you cards that I have created using images from the Flowers Bring Smiles II collage sheet from Nicecrane Designs.  This will be the second image from this set that I have used.  The first was on a notebook I showcased at the end of May (if you'd like to go and check out that notebook, click HERE.)
 
Recently, the hubs and I received a nice monetary gift along with a few small tokens to commemorate our 25th wedding anniversary, from the hubs' siblings.  Since there are several siblings (14 children living, from a family of 21 and amazingly their mom is still living, she'll be 100 in Oct. but alas, I'm getting off track again...), I have quite a few thank you cards to make.  The images on this collage sheet are just so pretty that I made my first two thank you cards with them.

Check out the first one.  It is made for the sister-in-law (and her husband of course) that organized everything and purchased the gifts we received.  She also had a small get-together with a handful of their siblings around to present us with our gifts.  As such, I thought it should be a little bit more elaborate than the others.  I wish I could spend a lot of time on each, but with over 8 thank you cards to make, I just don't have the time if I want the family to receive them before fall...
 
FRONT

Digital Image Details: 

• Flowers Bring Smiles II:  For this project I used the image you see on the top right hand side of the preview below.  All of these floral images are just so gorgeous and would be perfect for so many different types of cards.  Click on the name or the watermark below to take you to their location in the store.

Embellishments:

• The pink paper flowers are Crafts brand and were purchased at Dollarama.

Punch:

• I used a Fiskars punch on the edge of the white cardstock (a great way to use some of my smaller scraps).

 INSIDE

Digital Sentiment:

• This fabulous sentiment was created by Paulette from Create with TLC.  It is absolutely perfect for these cards since the hubs' siblings are all French.  Click HERE to go to Paulette's blog and HERE to go to the store.

OVERALL
Paper Products: 

• Card, image and sentiment base along with punched panel: Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.
• While the pink floral patterned paper is from my scrap pile I do believe, if I remember correctly, that is from K & C Company Designer Paper--Best of...florals collection. 
• The darker pink cardstock that I used as matting (front & inside) is from the Pink Buttons collection.

 Challenges I am hoping to enter...

• http://scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.ca/-- At the Movies (Okay so if I said it matched with 'The Rose', you might not go for it.  So how about, 'Bed of Roses' or 'The Name of the Rose'?  Hee, hee.  If I'm pushing it, just let me know!)
• http://www.lisasomerville.com/ -- Bloggers Challenge Flowers Challenge
• http://www.craftforthecraic.blogspot.ie/ -- Something Summery or with Flowers
• http://craftitudechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ -- Use Flowers and/or Lace
• http://www.blogquickquotes.com/ -- Embellished Flowers
• http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.ca/-- Flower Embellishments

Before I go...
There are always so many wonderful images available at Nicecrane's Designs that I can't leave without sharing some of the others with you.  If you love flowers then the Flowers & Nature collection may be perfect for you.  This collage sheet contains eight beautiful images perfect for card and ATC design.  Be sure to go and check them out while you are at the store (click on image below to head to its location).

Another great set is the Fantasy Flowers collection.  I really like the grungy look to this set (click on image below to head to its location.)

Don't forget, to stay current on ALL the latest releases and to check out the fabulous inspiration from my fellow DT members, be sure to head over to the Nicecrane Designs blog.

Well, just four more hours to go before this day is done.  Have a great weekend everyone and if things go according to plan, I will see you all tomorrow.

Until then,

Notebook Design: Flowers Bring Smiles from Nicecrane Designs

Happy Thursday all!  My throat is feeling much better although my chest is still affected and I still don't have any voice.  But all in all, I am making progress and that is a good sign.  The tree outside my window has started to flower as well, so it looks like spring has finally started to bloom.  

I don't know about you, but looking at beautiful flowers always seems to bring a smile to my face.  It is no different with the gorgeous floral images from Nicecrane Designs.  I recently worked with an image from the Flowers Bring Smiles II collage sheet to create a little notebook cover for a birthday gift for a friend of mine.

Check it out...

FRONT

Digital Image Details: 

• Flowers Bring Smiles II:  For this project I used the image you see on the top left hand side of the preview below.  All of these floral images are gorgeous and I have immediate plans for at least two more of the images from this collection.  Flowers are great because they are so versatile.  Whether creating birthday, Mother's Day, thinking of you, get well, or even sympathy cards, flowers fit the bill.  Click on the name or the watermark below to take you to their location in the store.

Embellishments: 

• The sheer white and gold edged ribbon is Crafts brand and was purchased at Dollarama.
• I created a monogram in Photoshop Elements using a letter from a floral alphabet and recoloured it to match colours from the floral image.
• I found a flower within the image that would work and printed it four times.  I then fussy cut out the different layers and built it up and attached it to the lower left hand side of the monogram.  Here is a side view to show the depth a little bit better...

BACK

OVERALL
Paper Products: 

• Image was printed out on Michael's Recollection's Cardstock, white.
• Shimmery green cardstock used as matting in behind the image on front and back is Michael's open stock scrapbook paper.  

 Challenges I am hoping to enter...

• http://scribbleandscrapcrafts.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything Goes
• http://www.sparklingblackrose-craftmylife.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/all-crafts-challenge-aprilmay.html -- Anything BUT a Card
• http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.ca/ -- Picture Inspiration
• http://leftofcenterchallenges.blogspot.ca/-- Girly
• http://papermakeupstamps.blogspot.ca/ -- Flowers plus Digi Stamp (the image is a vintage digi stamp)
• http://hambochallenges.blogspot.ca/2014/05/its-hambo-hoedown.html-- Flowers
• http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/new-challenge-ribbonlace.html --Ribbon or Lace
• http://craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/may-challenge-at-crafty-blogger-network.html -- Pink with Ribbon (There is pink in the monogram and the flowers and the ribbon is on the front.)
• http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.ca/ -- Anything But a Card Challenge

Before I go...
There are always so many wonderful images available at Nicecrane's Designs that I can't leave without sharing some of the others with you.  If you love flowers then the Colorful Flowers collection may be perfect for you.  This collage sheet contains eight beautiful images perfect for card and ATC design.  Be sure to go and check them out while you are at the store (click on image below to head to its location).

Also, perfect for spring, Ignacio has this beautiful Distressed Spring collection of flowers.  These images would be beautiful as backdrops for some of your cards (click on image below to head to its location.)

Don't forget, to stay current on ALL the latest releases and to check out the fabulous inspiration from my fellow DT members, be sure to head over to the Nicecrane Designs blog.

I hope you all have a fantastic evening!

Until next time,

I'm Sponsoring...The Crafter's Café Challenge Blog

I'm so excited to be able to tell you that I am sponsoring the newest challenge over at The Crafter's Café Challenge Blog.  This is the very first time that I have sponsored an actual challenge and I can tell you, I am thrilled to bits.

The current challenge starts today and the theme is FLORAL.  I created a special mini kit for the challenge and I can't wait to see what the DT members created using my goodies.  Here are the prizes up for grabs!

• One person will receive the full mini kit.
• One person will receive both paper sets.
• One person will receive the word art set.
• One person will receive all three element sets (frames, stickers, brads).

That is a total of four different prizes!  I hope that you'll consider playing along in their challenge.  To help provide some incentive, I am offering up one of the papers from this kit as a freebie.

As usual,the paper is 3600 x 3600 pixels (i.e. 12 inches) and published at 300 dpi.  Credit information can be found in the credit note below. 

You can find out all the details you need to enter the challenge over at The Crafter's Café Challenge Blog.  It is the perfect time of the year to be working with florals so I hope that you will consider joining in!  To head to the main challenge blog, click HERE.

Until next time,

 
Credit Notes For This Creation:© 2014, Lisa L. Décosse.  PUO.  However, you are allowed to use this paper on handmade projects that you intend to sell on a small scale basis provided credit is given. You also need to include a credit note and a link to this blog should you use any of my images in your creations and post them on your blog.  If you would ever like to post a copy of these papers on your own blog or another location you MUST USE A WATERMARKED VERSION that I would be happy to supply you with.  Just drop me an email using the link in the right sidebar to request one.  Please be sure to familiarize yourself with my full terms of use found in the copyright tab at the top of this page.  I have included a quick summary below. 

Additional Credits
I have used a CU4CU image in this paper.  The flower was originally designed by Pat's Flora and Fauna.  It has been recoloured for the purposes of this paper.

If you are not sure how to copy the image, check out the download instructions page. Please be sure to read the Angel policy found under the copyright info tab above for the full terms.  Below is a quick summary of those Terms of Use. Along with the Credit Note above... 

• Do not claim the image as your own.
• Credit 'Decosse's Dynamite Doodles' or 'Lisa L. Décosse' somewhere on your creation. 
• Credit and provide a link if you post a creation on your blog using any of my work in your creations.
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