Lucy Blue

Here is a layout of my beautiful Lucy!

I took this photo 8/19/17 with my iphone.  

The incandescent lights in our bathroom made the photo look yellowish and Lucy's eyes a much softer blue than they really are.  I had to work on fixing the photo so that it is closer to Lucy's true colors. 

I made this layout late in the evening and didn't realize until today that the heart chipboards on 

each side of the photo aren't level with one another.  LOLOLOL!

Plus my photograph of this layout is a bit on the angled side. Oh well!  C'est la vie!

I'm completely in awe how close in color this 49 and Market paper is to Lucy's eyes in the photo!!! 

WOW!!   It was then that I decided to title this Lucy Blue >^..^<

I was so anxious to use some new Spellbinders dies I recently bought!  

I used all four dies on this layout.  I LOVE them!!  

**Helpful tips** 

Intricate dies like the one shown below will be much easier to remove from your die if you add wax paper in between the die & the paper.  

MOST important: always add a piece of cardstock in between the platform & the acrylic cutting pad for a thorough cut.  

Staying with Lucy's colors of beige/buff, dark chocolate brown & blue, I created flower clusters.  

I FINALLY had the right layout to use this pretty button on!

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!

Products used:

49 and Market - Heirloom Botanicals collection - Oasis

Spellbinders dies - Iron Romance

Sizzix Thinlits dies - Tim Holtz Alpha-numeric Script

Creative Embellishments chipboard - Whole Lotta Love Border

Blue Fern Studios Imagine Ink Embossing Powder - Stormy Skies

Tattered Lace dies - Ornate Leaves

Wild Orchid Crafts -

White Frosted Berry Spray

Blue Mix Cottage Roses - 30mm

Brown Mix Open Roses - 15mm

Blue Mix Curly Wild Roses 35mm

Vintage Mix Open Roses 10mm

2-tone Antique Blue Open Roses 25mm

ColorBox Pigment Ink - Colonial Blue

Thinking of You (handmade card for a friend)

Hello everyone.  I know that it's been a while since I've posted anything, but I've been really down in the dumps since our little Pepper passed away & along with other set backs, I just haven't felt like creating.  

However, I was very honored to have been asked to share well wishes with a very sweet lady who is ill.  
She really needs to know that her friends are thinking about her and praying for her. 

I made her a card & pocket-envelope using Blue Fern Studios Spring Parade paper collection.  

The pocket-envelope is 8-1/2" long x 6" high.  
I used Sweet Grape colored seam binding for a little handle.  

My favorite color is purple, so I wanted to share a little piece of me with this dear lady.

Rub-on glitter butterflies and a pretty white pearl swirl piece completed the envelope decorations.

The card is 6" x 6". 
I decorated the front of it with Spellbinders Victorian Medallion Two, die cut in white cardstock.  
The "Thinking of you" sentiment is printed on BFS paper; die cut with Spellbinders Victorian Tags; 
adhered with foam tape for dimension and placed to the left bottom of the medallion.
It's edge inked with Wisteria color.

Decorations were completed with a small arrangement of pretty roses from Wild Orchid Crafts & 
Tattered Lace rose leaves die cuts; floral fussy cuts from the BFS Spring Parade collection papers; 
and lilac pearls along the printed lace edge. 

I wrote a personal note inside the card for this dear lady.  I've blocked her name for privacy purposes.  
I sure hope she starts feeling better soon.

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful weekend! 

Products used:

Blue Fern Studios - Spring Parade paper collection

for Main Card & fussy cut flowers

for fussy cut flowers

for pocket-Envelope

Spellbinders dies - 

Victorian Medallion Two

Victorian Tags

Paper House - Rub On Glitter Butterflies

Wants2Scrap - White Pearl Swirls (#7504)

Wild Orchid Crafts flowers - 

30mm Purple Cottage Rose

10mm 2-tone (Green & White) Open Roses

Tattered Lace dies - Ornate Leaves

Hug Snug - Seam Binding - Sweet Grape
Michael's - Recollections Lilac Pearls
ColorBox - Pigment Ink - Wisteria