CS FATHER'S DAY BLOG HOP

Welcome to CS's Father's Day Blog Hop. Thanks for joining us.

You should have arrived here from Roberta's blog www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com. If you missed the beginning of the hop, please go back to the start of the top of the hop at Chris' blog http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com to start so you don't miss any of the projects. There is Blog Candy offered so you want to start at the beginning and read how to participate to win.




My project for the hop is my favorite kind - quick and easy! I used one of my all time favorite carts - Celebrate With A Flourish. The images are so pretty on their own, so you really don't have to add a whole lot more. This is a 5" x 5" card. I used different hues of blue and a beige from my C'oredinations stack. I cuttlebugged the background for a little texture, but since I forgot to use my sentiment stamp I improvised and cut a rectangle with plan white paper. I used the Father's Day stamp from Recollections, which I just picked up from Michael's on sale for $1.50! There were 4 different stamps in the package! I left the inside blank for my girls to write a personalized message. Easy peasy!

Thanks for hopping along with us. Remember, if you leave a comment on every designers blog hop post, your name will go into the drawing for the for the blog Candy offered by ChatterScene.

Next up on the hop , is Renee at http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com

Thanks so much for joining us on the hop!

Paper Blossoms

On a recent visit to Archiver's I fell in love with the new McGill Paper Blossoms punches. The oriental lily was my favorite! I realized that I didn't need all of the punches, as I could do the underneath "holder" and the stamen with my Cricut (using Joys of the Season and Potpourri Basket), so I just got the petal punch and the tool set, which helps give them a wonderful shape!

I played with it as soon as I got home! I decided to try some black and white flowers, as my niece is getting married in May and her colors are black and white. I made three flowers that just sat on my desk.

I decided to see how they would look on a card, so I pulled out my Black and White paper stack from The Paper Studio and the mat stack of solid colors, also from TPS. This is what I came up with. Another easy birthday card. I rounded the edges (something I usually forget about), used my favorite happy birthday stamp, added some Recollections pearls and a sheer ribbon.

Another easy peasy card!