Love and Peace

Kia ora Koutou

It has been a while since I have made any big flowers as I have been having a lot of problems with arthritis in my hands. However, I saw a challenge called ‘Peace’ in a Facebook group I belong to and I couldn’t resist getting my Susan’s Garden Floribunda Roses dies to make a Peace Rose. I have tried making this rose for a long time and I have finally realised that this rose is a very vibrant yellow with touches of pink on the outer petals so I was very happy with how my rose turned out – almost like the real Peace rose. I have added some Forget-Me Knots from Susan’s Garden to help us remember those that have been lost in wars over the centuries and the sentiment is from Heartfelt Creations and is a reminder that Love is what makes the world so much better. 

Products Used:

Susan’s Garden Floribunda Rose Dies

Susan’s Garden Forget-Me-Knots and Ladybirds Dies

Susan’s Garden Ferns & Ivy Dies

Honey Bee Stamps Honey Cuts – Winter Greenery

Heartfelt Creations Decorative Heart Die

Spellbinders Die Cutting Foam

Pink Fresh Studio Glitter Cardstock – Gold

House of Paper Cardstock – White 300 gsm, Latte 300 gsm

Heartfelt Creations White Cardstock

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Susan’s Garden Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Geo Foliage Glimmer Plate & Dies

Spellbiners Tufted 3D Embossing Folder

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Peridot, Rainforest, Phone Booth

Gina K Designs Bodacious Blooms Layering Stencil

Pink Fresh Studio inks – Lemon Fresh, Sunshine, Sweet Mustard, Grassy Knoll, Key Lime, Summer Shower, Gathered Twigs, Bubblegum, Sparkling Rose

Taylored Expressions Bits and Pieces – Iridescent Rhinestones

My Sweet Petunia Precision Glue Press

Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive

Prills – Express-O Yourself

Blending Brushes

Copic Markers YG67, YG64, G07, G03, YG03

Clear Gloss Gel Medium

Dress My Craft Sparkling Dust

Susan’s Garden Shaping Mold

Black Fine Line Marker

Mother’s Day Roses Pillar Card

Kia ora Koutou

Now that Easter is behind us it is not far until Mother’s Day. Every year I like to make a Mother’s Day card for myself and this year I have made another pillar card featuring Susan’s Garden Floribunda Rose dies, Ferns & Ivy dies and Forget-Me-Knot & Ladybugs Dies. I finished off the card with a sweet butterfly from the Spellbinders Glimmering Butterflies that I had hot foiled onto acetate. The sentiment is from the Amazing Paper Grace Merry Everything Dies by Becca Feeken. The embossed finish is from the Amazing Paper Grace 3D Orange Peel Embossing Folder by Becca Feeken – one of my go to embossing folders.

For the flowers I have used Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper. I absolutely love using this paper as it is so easy to colour and shape and when dry is very robust. For more information on this paper please contact Rajni on Facebook here: https://www.facebook.com/rajni.chawla.121.

The little ladybirds are so sweet and very easy to make. I die cut them out of red cardstock, shaped them and added the black marks with a fine tip black pen.

For details on how I have made this card please visit YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-hGsX9X3_hU

Products Used:

Amazing Paper Grace Merry Everything Etched Dies

Amazing Paper Grace 3D Embossing Folder – Orange Peel

Spellbinders Glimmering Butterflies Hot Plate and Dies

Susan’s Garden Floribunda Rose Dies

Susan’s Garden Forget-Me-Knot and Ladybirds Etched Dies

Susan’s Garden Ferns and Ivy Etched Dies

Spellbinders Essentials Cardstock – Snowdrift, Rainforest, Fern, Phone Booth

Heartfelt Creations Luxe Gold Cardstock

Rajni Chawla’s Flower Shaping Paper

Spellbinders Acetate

Ranger Archival inks – Rosey Posey, Peachy Keen, Cactus Flower,

Pink Fresh Studio ink – Summer Shower

Espresso Yourself Prills

Spellbinders Gold Foil

Bearly Art Glue

Allenes Tacky Glue

3D Crystal Lacquer

Fine tip black pen

Heartfelt Creations Deluxe Flower Shaping Tools

Susan’s Garden flower shaping tools.

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Patricia