Darling Daisies

Welcome!

It is the 2nd week of the April Showers bring May flowers challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad!

My Darling Daisies has deep wine centres fading into white or pale yellow. The pale green of the leaves are echoed in the green card. Rhinestones add some bling to the card. We hope to see some more flowers and showers this week!

My card:

And a Close-up:

I hope you will visit again!

Rene

Flower, art & showers...

Welcome!

2 weeks have passed and it is time for a new challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad!
The theme is : April Showers bring May Flowers!
Our generous sponsor for the fortnight is: Floppy Latte

April is my favourite month, since it is also my birthday month. Here in Cape Town, we also need the showers for the winter crops. It is the time to sow sweet peas, petunias and pansies for a happy & bright winter garden.

I am using the Artsy Flower. I coloured it in oranges & yellows, green for the leaves, the new bright colours for the Northern spring. The flower was 3-D for extra dimension & I sponged the edges. The red of the card is the promise of all the bright colours that will pop up in your garden, and of course at the challenge!

 

And a bit closer:

 

 

Do join us with your flowers and/or showers card!

 

 

Rene

Sew Vintage Silhouette

Welcome!

It's week 2 at The Cheerful Stamp Pad and the DT Team has come up with some more fabulous inspiration for this fun challenge.

My inspiration comes from my love of sewing. I've used images from The Graphics Fairy, a sentiment for Create with TLC and another one of the fabulous Silhouettes from Floppy Latte.  

The vintage feel is to celebrate all the seamstresses in my family. My late grandmother made clothes for a living. She could produce the most fabulous gowns, including wedding gowns. All her daughters (my mother and aunts) were excellent needlewomen, doing sewing, knitting, embroidery and more. My aunt aged 82 does lace making as a hobby working with ultrafine yarns, creating all kinds of pretty things. Her angels are popular. My mother made most of our clothes when we grew up and she also knitted quite a few items. My dad's sister also still sews & crochet.

Thanks for popping in! I hope you will come and join us!

Silhouette Fantasy

Welcome!

It is time for a new challenge at The Cheerful Stamp Pad and we have Floppy Latte as our sponsor.

They have all these wonderful Silhouettes that the Design Team could play with. Do go and have a look around!

I decided to use Garden Fantasy and keep it simple:

I added my background using sponges and stamp pads, doing the same on the card. A bright pink layer, rhinestone flowers and a touch of glitter adds some extra detail to the dawn scene.

Hope you like it and will come and join us!