For my card I have followed the sketch at Clean & Simple stamping and used scraps so I could enter a second card into Less is More this week too.
(Gee whizz, sorry this photo is so fuzzy!)
The stamps are from a Printworks set and the tulips are made from a Memory Box die but not a tulip one!!!
I've used one of the Crisp Bows......
the red fluted heads are made from three teardrop shapes that are the waste piece from inside the loops (I've had these saved since Christmas time) and I've used a scrap of green card to cut three more bows and trimmed the loops and ties off the straight part to use it as the stem ....the green teardrops will go in my box to be used as leaves on another project :0)
The prize this month has been so kindly donated by Waltzingmouse Stamps and its the Big Bloom Chrysanthemums and Tara also has a copy of the current Papercrafts magazine to giveaway with it.
So please do find time to join us this month and send in your entries and other cards to the address on the St Luke's blog..... all proceeds from the sale of your handmade cards goes towards the fundraising the hospice has to do to remain open and help the patients and there families, our challenge co-ordinator,Tara has first hand experience of the wonderful care they provide. Please see the St Luke's blog for all the information you need :0)
Well as I'm writing this it's the last day of February and a Leap Year day so Happy Birthday to my brother who is very much my younger bruv today having only ever had nine proper birthdays!!!...I'll show you his card at the end of the week :0)
As I've been busy in my craft room today I had the chance to take some photos of my scrap storage, as half promised, but there only small pictures "wink"
The bottom photo shows my tubs of extra die cuts and embellishments that never got used...I love to delve in when I need inspiration for a design or colour combo. The best part is the tubs are recycled Chinese takeaway containers and who needs an excuse to have one of those..... does that count as using up your scraps too????? Lol
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you can join our challenge this month :0)
Jenny x
How cunning is that - what a BRILLIANT way to use up your waste - I think we all need to spend a day inside your head so we can see the world the way you do as you always see things in a brilliantly different way! I'm going to look at all my negative bits before I chuck them now. Your scraps a VERY organised too - I have a couple of draws and just chuck it all in!
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You never do anything that doesn't look brilliant, Jenny. I love how you created your tulips, and the sentiment is terrific x
ReplyDeleteLove your tulips! So pretty and so clever! The sentiment on your card is perfect! I really like your organised scrap - so pleased that I'm not the only one using old Chinese/Indian containers! Birthday greetings to your "leapling" brother!
ReplyDeleteokay... now i really want to be able to make CAS cards like you when i grow up!!! this card is beyond brilliant! you actually saved those little bits and then turned them into tulips??? BRILLIANT!!!
ReplyDeleteexcellent use of that die!!!!! so very clever and I love the crisp design! happy birthday to your oh-so-young brother..how fun is that? Love seeing pics of your organization!
ReplyDeleteSo clever of you to make those tulips out of the bow die. They look awesome!
ReplyDeleteJenny, you are a genius...love how you 'see' your tools and supplies...this card is just gorgeous! I have a hefty scrap bin myself...not to mention a growing collection of die cuts.
ReplyDeleteGood grief, this is brilliant. I've had that Memory Box bow die on my list, and now that I know I can use it as a tulip, too, I must get it. :) You have the most amazing ideas. I love your card. Ann
ReplyDeletewow what beautiful detail...I love your ideas...always so lovely...
ReplyDeletebeautiful spring card. You always have brilliant ideas.
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you do blog awards (you’ve probably received 100s already), but I just wanted to let you know that I forwarded you a Liebster Blog award:) I've posted it on my blog here...
http://peppermintpattys-papercraft.blogspot.com/2012/03/things-im-excited-about.html
I totally won't be offended if you choose not to respond or forward the blog award along, but I just wanted to say "Thanks" for all your wonderful paper craft inspiration you share here!
Hugs, Karin
So stylish and beautiful Jenny, just gorgeous :)
ReplyDeleteWow Jenny, you are such an inspiration. How clever to make tulips like that, brilliant.
ReplyDeleteLynne xxx
Fabulous card and so clever....your cards are always so inspirational and the tulips are brilliant
ReplyDeleteAnne
This one is brilliant! Great card!
ReplyDeleteDebby
Those tulips are inspired... I have die envy yet again!
ReplyDeleteFabulous card Jenny!
Thanks once more.
Chrissie
"Less is More"
Oh my goodness Jenny - how do you think of the things! This card is super. You are so organised....you even have your scrap boxes labelled!! I so wish mine was like that :)
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Love the tulips Jenny. Super way to use up the waste from the die. I'm like Chrissie and am suffering from die envy. I'm loving the Memory Box ones but don't have any as yet!
ReplyDeleteHad a giggle about your take away boxes. I have 8 of these for my scraps and they are overflowing so may need to have a Chinese meal again for tea! x
Blooming lovely, gorgeous design.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Jenny, I love how you have made the flowers - how clever are you?! and I loev the sentiment too xx
ReplyDeleteLook at you - thinking outside the (chinese takeaway) box again! Your tulips are fantastic and a great way to use that die! Vicky x
ReplyDeleteWonderful stylish card, love tulips and that is an inspired way to create them....love it! And thanks for pics of scraps....I enlarged them so I could have a good nose!!!!!!! Oh and you're right I need to eat more takeaway so I can be more organised!!!!
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You are such a clever lass!! Those tulips are gorgeous and I love those stamps! You've layered and placed them all so perfectly!
ReplyDeleteSo brave of you to share you scrap bins! LOL! It all actually looks pretty organised to me! :)
Jenny you are so creative. I LOVE your tulips made from bow center scraps. Brilliant! Even more so, since you've been saving them since Christmas - knowing you'd have the perfect use for them.
ReplyDeleteLOVE your card.
Cheers,Karen
Hey Jenny, nice to meet you! Those tulips are beautiful, especially when I see what they were in their former life. I love clever ideas!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for sharing your scrap storage. I do basically the same - kinda sorted by theme (hearts, floral, tags) - just have the feeling that I don't look into those containers often enough :(
I really love your card and the creative way you used this dies! Very inspiring! Thank you so much for showing!
ReplyDeleteJust gorgeous!!!!
ReplyDeleteKudos to you for using that die so cleverly! You would have never thought that wasn't the original intent! Great card Jenny!
ReplyDeleteHow absolutely FABULOUS is this card!! Very creative thinking!!! LOVE it!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! Those flowers are so elegant.
ReplyDeleteSharon xx
such a clever way to use that die, for an absulutely stunning result, your card is perfection!
ReplyDeleteFABulous card Jenny! What a great use of the die and the layered sentiment... what can I say, I LOVE it!
ReplyDeleteLove your creative use of that die and those scraps. You made some beautiful tulips. Love the theme this month at St. Luke's, and will try to make and send some cards along this month.
ReplyDeleteOh I love your tulips and how you stamped the little bg and sentiment. Love this Jenny.
ReplyDeleteHi Jenny
ReplyDeleteI am loving your finished card very much .. .. what a clever and brilliant way to use your die!! I would never have seen a tulip when looking at it!!
Loving all the organisation too.
Why didn't I think to show my snippets in smaller sized photographs. There might not have looked to have been so many then!!! LOL!!!
I hope all is good with you Jenny. All busy at this end (hence being behind with commenting). Two brides collecting in the next couple of weeks so should be able to re-claim lots of space about the house again (for a while LOL!!).
Take care and have a good weekend.
Love Jules xx
THis is just fabulous Jenny, so clever to keep the little off cuts from the bows, and turn them into tulips! A gorgeous CAS design!
ReplyDeleteBrilliant use of the die, Jen
ReplyDeleteand the scraps of course
Fabulosu card
Thank you very much
mandi
"Less is More"
I love these tulips and since I just bought this die, I'm thrilled to see something I can do with the leftover bits. Now if I just had the stamp for the sentiment, I could do a perfect CASE.
ReplyDeleteJenny I love the way your brain works! Those tulips are fabulous (I really thought it was a tulip die!)
ReplyDeleteHugs!
Aimes
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Brilliant, I was fooled too and thought it was a tulip die x
ReplyDeleteJenny you are such a clever and versatile crafter, amazing use of the scraps . Love this beautiful spring card simply stunning. Nothing in bloom here in Greece its still freezing !!
ReplyDeleteMarie
LOVE this card Jenny, its gorgeous! Congrats on being showcased at LIM this week - your cards are always amazing, hugs x x
ReplyDeleteIngenious and beautiful!! Creativity...lovely creativity, the tulips and stems are just beautiful:)!!
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