MIM - 118

Make It Monday - Photo Postcards Challenge is so perfect for all the photos I took of my garden flowers a couple of years ago.  I photographed them all thinking they would be pretty additions to my cards one day...well, needless to say, they have been in my craft room collecting dust until Ashley demonstrated how to convert your pics into these wonderful postcards.  See her video HERE

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This is a Butterfly Bush which has the most beautiful two tone purple flowers that actually look like a butterfly! Can you see it?  The foliage is such a dark green, that I couldn't stamp my sentiment directly on the photo, so I had to die cut a Nestabilities Label to stamp onto and glued it on a corner.

PTI products used~
Cardstock glued to the back of photo:  Stamper's Select White
Stamps:  Beautiful Butterflies

MIM #118

This week on Make It Monday, the challenge is Photo Postcards.  You can watch Ashley's video HERE
This is a wonderful way to share your photos with family and friends.  I have lots of photographs I took of my flowers that are growing either on my patio or in a garden my husband created in the back yard. Hopefully I can post a couple more.

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This is one of my orchid plants (Phalaenopsis) on the patio. One stem can have up to 10-12 blooms on it ~ they love the humidity in FL and bloom for several weeks  :)

Back of my postcard

PTI procucts used~
Stamp Set:  Beautiful Butterflies
Cardstock:  Stamper's Select White
 

MIM #117 & PFP

At Papertrey Ink, Make It Monday's Challenge is "Paper Piecing".  I really need to make more cards using this technique, it is a fun look and you can get so creative.  See Melissa's video HERE.

Also entering this card in Passion for Papertrey's Challenge  "Inspired by Nature".  Check it HERE.

 

Click on the photo for more details ~ can you see the lady bug on the leaf?

PTI products used
Stamps:  Rosie Posie
Patterned Papers:  Dottie Biscotti 

PTI - Blog Hop

I chose Purple Bouquet for my final card in the PTI - May Blog Hop

The sentiment says:    "hello sunshine" -- which is a pale colored ink that doesn't show up very well in night time photos, sorry.  The largest rose was die cut out of glitter paper and the I was supposed to trim up the top die cut so more of the glitter outline would show, but I ran out of time to get this posted :(

PTI products used ~
Rosie Posie stamps; Stamper's Select White cardstock

Papertrey Blog Hop-May 2013

I chose  the "Yellow Bouquet" inspiration photo

 for my next card entry in the Papertrey May Blog Hop

PTI products used ~
Spiral Bouquet

PTI May 2013 Blog Hop

I chose the "Pink Bouquet" as inspiration for the  
Papertrey May Blog Hop 

PTI products:

Stamp set:  Rosie Posie

Papertrey May Blog Hop

I chose the "Orange Bouquet" as this card's inspiration 
for the May Blog Hop

PTI products:
Stamp set:  Spiral Bouquet