Gardener Dad

It was my father-in-law's birthday a week or so back & to say he's an enthusiastic gardener would be the understatement of the century!  So, of course, a garden-themed card is always a safe bet. This time it's a Paper Nation shrink plastic gardener with matching paper, and rather than using baker's twine I used gardening twine.

Paper Nation shrink plastic motif & backing paper; blue card from stash, gardening twine.  Greeting 

Penny Black Salutations.

Little Claire Poppies & Cosmic Shimmers

I had to have this stamp as soon as I saw it as I love poppies, and this was my first attempt using Cosmic Shimmer watercolour paints.  I couldn't find any suitable matching backing paper and I was, of course, last minute making the card so I improvised and was quite pleased with how it turned out.  The card is 15cm x 15 cm and I discovered that, stamped twice, the stamp fitted perfectly as a border.  I inked part of the leaves 3 times as the corner decoration on the main image.

Little Claire Poppies stamp, Cosmic Shimmer watercolour paint in Lava Red on Royal & Langnickel  essentials watercolour paper, mounted on card from stash, greeting stamp by Elzybells (no longer available).

Wedding Hearts

I'm rather late posting this, the wedding was a couple of weeks ago now.  As usual it was a rather last-minute rush to make it but apart from the dodgy stamping in the top left corner I think it worked out ok!

Hunkydory cardstock cut with Nestability Hearts.  Background paper & greeting stamped with Hero Arts Two Hearts wedding stamps, small hearts were free with a magazine.