Designed By Debbie

April 3, 2013

A Basket Full of Flowers ....

This card was designed with Spring in mind... a basket full of Tulips, Daffodils, and Forsythia. But I do have to admit that I was greatly inspired by Selma's awesome card posted for this week's card challenge atJoansGardens. WOW!

This card also meets the requirements for Joan's Garden's Weekly Challenge:
* Use some kind of container
* Fill it with flowers
* Use Yellow, Green and Orange
* You must use something sold at Joan's Gardens on your card.

All of the following products you can purchase at Joan's Gardens: http://www.atjoansgardens.com/

White Square Frame by Joy Crafts: #60020147; Tulips - Memory Box Tulip Petals; Forsythia - Memory Box Blooming Violet; Basket by Marianne Designs; and I also used Spellbinder's Classic Circles. To add to the old-fashioned appeal, I just had to add some bling - half pearls purchased from Michaels.

Cardstock: Stampin' Up Sage Green, Kraft, and Whisper White; Michael's Forest Green, Michael's bright yellow vellum, bright yellow and orange cardstock, and dark brown cardstock (to fill in the holes of the basket).

I had a lot of fun creating this card. It helped me deal with this incredible case of Spring Fever I have.....

I hope you like this card....

Paper Hugs!

Deb

Thinking of You!

Welcome to my garden of paper petals. Nothing makes happier than giving a card to someone who treasures it. A friend of mine loves the color purple, so for her birthday, I made her a card with a large purple mum as the center, with light colored purple daisies, some dark purple flowers for depth, and some baby's breath as filler. My friend just loved the card, and has it showcased in a shadow box from Michael's. She couldn't wait to show me what she had done. Imagine my surprise when I walked into her family room, and there on the wall was my card hanging up on the wall. It looks beautiful! I hope you all enjoy it!

Victorian Garden with Purple Clematis

This is a card that I made using more of a garden theme with the white trellis from Cheery Lynn (available at Joan's Gardens), and the beautiful Celtic heart (also from Cheery Lynn, and available at Joans Gardens) in the center symbolizing love. My dad grew purple clematis in our yard when I was growing up, and I always thought they were magical. Now when I look at them, I remember my dad with much love. Unfortunately you can't see the shading in the middle of these petals, it is a subtle shade of violet.

4 comments:

UnknownApril 4, 2013 at 5:39 AM
Deb, your card is GORGEOUS, all those flowers are lovely and must have been a lot of work, you did a great job, very very pretty!!
hugs
Donna
SelmaApril 4, 2013 at 6:09 AM
Wow Deb, this is a fantastic job of creating beautiful flowers. Thanks for joining us in our challenge at Joan's Gardens.
AnonymousApril 4, 2013 at 10:02 AM
Love your work. So glad u are blogging again.
Joan FrickerApril 5, 2013 at 3:27 AM
Deb, what a gorgeous spring card you have created. Great job on your flowers and the entire design.
Thanks so much for joining us at Joan's Gardens for our weekly challenge.
Joan
www.atjoansgardens.com

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