Crocheted Flower Cards

My friends and I had another crafty playdate on Sunday. Whoo hooo! I wasn't quite as productive this time, but I do have a couple of cards to share. I found a pattern online (via Pinterest) for a nice looking coaster flower here. That link sent me here. I decided to see if I could comfortably crochet and used Aunt Lydia's cotton crochet thread and a size 8 hook for the flowers. I really like how the flowers look.

This first card was inspired by one I saw on the cover of a special issue of Cardmakers magazine. I don't have the magazine, I was just struck by the green and white card. The inspiration card used a Martha Stewart anywhere punch, but I found this cut on the Paper Lace 2 cartridge and I cut it at 4 inches. The inspiration card used a button, but I couldn't find a good match, so that's why I thought I could crochet the flower. 

This next card was inspired by this one on Pinterest.  On Sunday I was having a devil of a time getting the quilt look I wanted, so I gave up then. Today I sat down and knocked this out in just a little bit. I think I was trying too hard earlier. LOL 

In case you didn't know, that paper is Family Ties, one of my most favorite 6x6 pads!

And, I think Mother Nature got her seasons mixed up. This is a photo taken of our deck this morning.

We've had more snow this spring than we had all winter. 

I'm not really complaining as we desperately need the moisture, but I'd be happier if it came in the form of rain this time of year.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Hope the sun is shining in your neck of the woods!

Just A Note with Family Ties

Happy Spring! 

Hopefully, you are seeing signs of Spring in your neck of the woods. We had a lovely day yesterday and today we are sort of transitioning to a stormy pattern.  It rained just a bit earlier today. We could be getting some white stuff this weekend.

Well, I have a card that hopefully makes you think Spring!

I was completely inspired by this card. 

I started this card last week at Felicia's and finished it up over the weekend. 

The colors and flowers in this Family Ties paper pack sure make me think of Spring. 

I also used my Cricut and the Lacy Labels cartridge.

The little flowers are fussy cut from another pattern paper in the back.

The sentiment is from Floral Frenzy by Papertrey Ink 

The hemp is from my stash.

And I couldn't resist using another wooden butterfly.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

It's almost the weekend.

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Finishing Up Some Cards

My friends and I had another crafty playdate on Friday. Yay! I made a couple of cards there, but before I share those, I needed to work on finishing up the cards I started at the last crafty playdate we had. So, I sat myself down yesterday and got to work.

 Most of this card was done, but I hadn't decided on a sentiment. I ended up using one from an older Papertrey Ink set called Floral Frenzy. I was inspired by a card created by Kay Miller waaaaay back in January here. I used My Mind's Eye Notable 6x6 pad for the papers. The stamped image is Floral Frenzy as well stamped in Sunset ink (Close To My Heart). The cardstock is American Crafts and the butterfly is from a package I picked up at Michaels. Love those little wooden butterflies!

While at the last playdate, I cut those hexagons from Pebbles Family Ties 6x6 pad and put them on the circle piece. Then I tried to find a doily cut from a Cricut cartridge because I forgot to bring my doilies. I didn't get one cut that was the right size and I got tired of trying. I was inspired by this card here. Loved the quilted feel of the card. For a little textural interest I decided to use some cork that I re-discovered was in my stash. I also added a couple of stick pins from Making Memories years ago(Chloe I think was the line). The Just Because is from Papertrey Ink's Mixed Messages. The tag was also in my stash from years ago, along with the jute (sometimes it's a good thing when you hoard save stuff). I added the stitching with a white gel pen.

I was pretty dang productive that day! Yay!

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Since there is green in my cards, I'm covered in the pinch department, right?

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Happy Thoughts Card

I was very inspired by Kay Miller's card here and was able to do my own version yesterday. 

Oh gosh, it was fun to play around with the stamps and fussy cut to make them work for me.

The stamp set is from Close To My Heart and is called Happy Thoughts (C1536). It's in the current catalog.

I used inks from CTMH as well, Sunflower, Star Spangled Blue and Moonstruck. Those colors are retired, sorry. The green, Topiary, isn't retired, though! I also did some sponging on the leaves 

I added some gems from my stash and cut a doily almost in half. 

The papers are Sunflower cardstock, and Pebbles' Family Ties 6x6 pad. 

I also used a Cuttlebug embossing folder. 

Some of the flowers are popped up with foam squares. Hard to see, though.

The burlap butterfly sticker is from some new product at Michaels from Little Yellow Bicycle. Naturals is the name on the package. Very fun.

Thanks for the inspiration, Kay!

Thanks for stopping by. Hope your weekend is off to a great start!