Thursday, August 25, 2011

Papertrey Ink August 2011 Blog Hop!

GO, ME! I didn't think I was going to get to participate in this month's blog hop, because I had not had a chance to do a project for it yet. But, I managed to squeeze in some stamping time today and made a card! Yay! The challenge this month was to use the inspiration photo that Nichole provided. (See the bottom of this post for the photo.) The things that jumped out at me from the photo were:
1. The colors pink and green
2. The pretty flowers
3. The jar - maybe since I just recently started to aquire the Friendship Jar and Fillers series! :)
4. The pattern on the inside of the case - which I don't think is exactly damask, but it reminded me of damask, and screamed out for me to use Damask Designs! :)

I was also eager to use the new Bloom Builders #3 die, so I made my flowers out of that, using Daydreamer for the stems.


The flowers are Raspberry Fizz and Hibiscus Burst. I used Tiny Tags for the sentiment, and added another small single image from Damask Design to tie it into the background.


The original inspiration photo is below.  Thanks for looking!


21 comments:

Marge said...

Absolutely AWESOME!!!

Kay D said...

What an awesome use for the new Bloom Builder dies- and they turned out GORGEOUS!

Lisa Elton said...

Simply lovely! The flowers look great :)

Sonia said...

So so pretty! I just love your combo of colors, and the flowers are to die for! I cannot wait to use my die, too!

Lynn Put said...

Oh Deb you got the flower die, I'm sooo jealous! I love what you've done with them, this is so pretty!

Rhonda said...

Cute, Cute!!! Love the bright pink.

Kara said...

love those blooms!! really pretty card!

Laura Isham said...

So glad that you were able to join the hop, Debbie! Your card is amazing! Those flowers make me very happy!

Teresa said...

Love the pink and green together. Those flowers look great in that jar too!

Francie said...

That's gorgeous! Your Build a Bloom die was a perfect choice for this hop.

Jeni said...

Great card! I love how you used the Bloom Builders #3 die for the flowers.

Tenia Nelson said...

Awesomeness!!!

Amy Kolling said...

Wasn't this inspiration photo just screaming to use this new bloom die?? Your blooms turned out so pretty! Love the simple brad you used for the centers. I ended up using wire to "put mine together". Beautiful card Debbie!

Ally said...

Beautiful! ;-) I just love those mums, and so perfect in that jar with some water. Love the damask background, too. The colors you chose are so sweet and pretty together. Love it! ;-)

Carol's Ink Spot said...

Oh how very pretty your card is! Love those mums you have on it too.

Gina said...

Oh my gosh. FABULOUSNESS!!!!!!

Jen Adcock said...

Go you! is right! Well done Miss Debbie. The flowers are so awesome! Mine are still in transit. Sigh. Fingers crossed I can get something half as good as yours. Love the wee dmask stamped tag too.

Sharon D said...

So pretty! Love it!

Leigh Penner said...

This is so fabulous, Deb! I love your stamped background and how you put the bloom builder flowers in your mason jar!

Jen Carter said...

What a fun idea!! Your mums look terrific! Love them in pink!!

Terri said...

Great job. The flowers look great in the jar. Love the background too.