Pussy Willows

I've made a card with the beautiful The Greetery BotaniCuts Pussy Willow die...

I LOVE pussy willows!  My grandmother had a pussy willow bush and now, so do I! It's a little harder to grow them in Virginia than it is in Buffalo, but I have been able to adorn my home as well as my two daughters with my cuttings when they bloom in the spring!  In all my crafting years, I have never seen a pussy willow die, and this one is so beautifully realistic!!  When I saw this die set, well, i just HAD...TO...HAVE...IT!!  Only thing is...seems that a lot of other people did, too!  So, I had to wait until it came back into stock, then wait again until I had made time to play with it.  I made time last night, and oh, what fun!    I also purchased the Decofoil white flocking sheets, and die cut the fuzzies on the pussy willows from a sheet of flocking, to give them some real fuzz!  I used an old and sadly discontinued Poppy Stamps sentiment from the Greeting Basics stamp set.  The light blue paper is from a bunch of papers I was happily given, that were once samples. Then I added some jewel drops.   Here's a close up...

 

The pussy willows on my bush(tree), have long since gone, replaced by leaves, but making this card made them live on for a little longer...oh happiness!!

Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Daisy Blossom Stem

I have made a card with the two new dies that I recently acquired...the beautiful Memory Box Daisy Blossom Stem and Love You Posh Script dies...

If you know me, you know I love cards that not only have daisies, but that are simple!  I love this daisy and sentiment dies, AND the simplicity of this card!  I used this daisy die a bit different than perhaps it was meant to be used, as I used the petal dies to to around the center, rather than only on one side of the center.  I colored the center with my marker, as well as the stem.  I adhered to a light gray panel with a layered sentiment die cut.  No bling...super clean and simple...happiness.  Here's a close up...

Ok, this was so so much fun!!  Hope you are having some fun on this last full weekend of April!

Thanks so much for stopping by and visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

Loving the Daisies!

I have made a couple cards using the beautiful Memory Box Riverbank Large Layered Blooms and Exquisite Leaf die sets...

I LOVE daisies, and this Riverbank die was a "had-to-have" die set for that reason...I saw beautiful daisies when I saw this die!!  The flower die set has three petal dies and a center die. The leaf set of dies is also beautiful, and I thought would look perfect on either side of the daisy.  Both cards were made with all three petals, and one each of two of the leaves from the 4 leaf set.  I used a Simon Says Stamp A2 Thin Frames die, die cut in black and layered twice for both cards.  The sentiment is from a Poppy set of sentiment stamps, no longer available, Greeting Basics.  The first is my super CAS way, just the frame and sentiment, and my favorite, the second an exta layer.  Here's a close up of the first...

The second is the same as the first, but with an exta layer...

I had originally made this card with a yellow background, but it didn't look so great, so I used the panel I had first made, and popped it up on a white card instead of yellow...and like less color much better!  Same black frame, same sentiment...I have to say I just love daisies and I love white!!  Here's a close up...

Ahhhh...daisies make me so happy!  I liked the first one best, my daughter the second...which do you like best??  Hope you'rehaving a great start to your week!!  

Thanks so very much for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa