Flowering Fields for AYSI

Time flys by quickly and it's already time for a new challenge at As You See It. This week, it's theme week - Spring Flowers. Great for the Northern Hemisphere and if you're in the Southern Hemisphere, like me, then it gives us something to look forward to as autumn makes its presence felt more keenly.

My cards this week are simple and straightforward, although very springlike. 

Confession time: in my notebook, I'd written down that it was Spring Flowers, speed challenge. I was so happy to have made the Poppy Parade/Pool Party tulip card in 8 minutes 13 seconds. 

I so enjoyed it that I decided to use the Flowering Fields DSP to make a couple more to show my class attendees this week and ended up with this cheerful trio.

I'm so glad I did because when I went to post to the team site,  I realised it wasn't a speed challenge at all! I'd have felt that I'd cheated a bit if all I'd offered you was the first card alone. Happily, the trio shows off just how fabulous this DSP is. So fabulous that I, who seldom uses DSP, bought the Flowering Fields DSP from the January-June Mini and nothing else at all from that suite!

You can see what the rest of the Design Team have done with this recipe and link up your own entry at the As You See It Challenge site.

If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page. You can shop with me from anywhere in New Zealand by clicking on the SHOP NOW button in the sidebar or on any of the products below.

Product List

Flowering Fields 12” X 12” (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper

[157670]

$24.25

Best Year Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152568]

$42.00

Tasteful Labels Dies

[152886]

$65.00

Poppy Parade A4 Cardstock

[121694]

$18.50

Pool Party A4 Card Stock

[124391]

$18.50

Evening Evergreen A4 Cardstock

[155575]

$18.50

Mossy Meadow A4 Cardstock

[133683]

$18.50

Card Stock A4 Pear Pizzazz

[131290]

$18.50

Whisper White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Crinkled Seam Binding Ribbon

[151326]

$15.75

Rhinestone Basic Jewels

[144220]

$10.50

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154958]

$19.00

Pumpkin Pie Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154897]

$19.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$7.25

Retro Rubber 68 - DT card

Thanks for joining us for another challenge at Retro Rubber: the challenge that lets you ink up the stamps in your stash more than a year old. This time, Jane has given us a colour challenge.

So, the challenge is simple: make a card using the colours inspired by this photo, use a stamp that is at least a year old, tell us approximately how old that stamp is and don't link up to more than ten challenges in total.

I was struck by the greens, the red, white and pink and also by the sense of light and airiness.

The sentiment is from Happy Birthday, Everyone which was a host stamp set from the 2015-16 catalogue. Flowering Fields is from from Sale-a-bration in 2016.

The Real Red strip across the bottom is embossed with the new Garden Trellis folder.

I don't often use ribbon and especially not bows but this card just seemed to call for one, so I've used Real Red cotton ribbon to give it one.

You have until August 11 to join us. We'd love to see what you do!

Ingredients

Card: Garden Green, Whisper White, Real Red

Stamps: Happy Birthday Everyone, Flowering Fields

Inks: Garden Green, Old Olive, Real Red, Blushing Bride (Stampin' Write markers), Tuxedo Black

Other: Garden Trellis embossing folder, Real Red Cotton ribbon

Paper Players 286 CCMC 397

I was taken with the colour combination at The Paper Players this week. I started imaging all sorts of things but strangely, what I ended up making wasn't like any of my initial imaginings since it ended up somehow merging with the sketch at Create with Connie and Mary!

Update: So very delighted that this card was a Top 3 Pick at Create with Connie and Mary.

Ingredients

Card: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, DSP from Wildflower Fields and Everyday Chic

Stamps: Fabulous Four, Flowering Fields

Inks: Tuxedo Black, Bermuda Bay, Calypso Coral

Other: Calypso Coral button, Bermuda Bay baker's twine, dimensionals, paintbrush