Saturday, February 27, 2021

Happy Bee-Day

Hello Blogger Friends! Thanks for taking the time to stop and visit with The Charmed Life Blog this last Saturday in February. 

I can't believe February is almost over and Monday starts March 2021. Spring is just a few weeks away and also the switch to daylight savings time. I saw some daffodils at Trader Joe's the other day and it made me think Spring. And such a great price at $1.79 for 10 of them. I picked up 2 bunches.  They have all opened and are such a fresh site on my kitchen table. I buy flowers there until my hubby's garden starts blooming. But that won't be for some time yet. 

Now let's move onto my card for today. This one I created for my weekly DT post on the CottageCutz Blog.  I used one of the new Spring dies - Mouse w/Flower Cart to create a birthday card for my friend who celebrates on March 20th. So let's get started with some details on how I created this card. 

Design Steps:
I already had my colors selected for this card. It's a little sneak peak of the upcoming color challenge on Splitcoaststampers. So I decided to feature this new Mouse die and then I needed a layout. I found this one on the MojoMonday site. I loved all the layers so I went with it.

Since the colors were pre-determined, I looked for designer paper for the background layer. I chose this striped pattern. The 3 squares are cut from a bright pink cardstock using the 4th smallest die from the Square set.

Next, I cut my mouse, flowers and bees images using various colors of cardstock.
For the circle I used the 4th largest die from the Stitched Circle set. I stenciled some clouds and grass for added interest. Then I stamped my birthday sentiment.
Then for the center layer I decided to emboss some white cardstock.
Now that my elements are all prepared, I am ready to start card assembly. I attached the background striped layer to the card base using double sided tape. 
...and the sentiment circle also with double sided adhesive. 
To finish off my card I added my images. The mouse is attached with dimensional adhesive and the flower pots with glue dots.  For the bees I rolled some glue dots to lift them off the background slightly, it's a little technique that works great for smaller images.   
Well that's it for me for this post. So until next time........God bless. 

dies I used to create card:



I am also entering:
1.  A Gem of a Challenge is anything goes. 
2Allsorts challenge is feminine. 
3Creative Fingers has an anything goes challenge. 
4.  Cute Card Thursday has a feminine challenge. 
5.  Creative Knockouts has an anything goes challenge. 







6 comments:

  1. Super cute card Mary! Love the sketch!
    Thank you so much for joinining in at Allsorts challenge! Hope you'll play along again soon!
    Ellie
    Ellibelle's Corner

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  2. A very sweet creation, thanks so much for sharing and joining in with our 'Feminine' theme at Allsorts challenge this week.

    B x

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  3. What a lovely design, the die cuts are so cute!
    Thank you for joining us at Polkadoodles Gem of a Challenge! Jane S (DT) Paper, Pencils & Pretty Things xxx

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  4. Lovely and pretty card!
    Thank you for sharing at Allsorts;-))m

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  5. How adorable! Thank you for joining us this week at Allsorts Challenge

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  6. Super cute card Mary, love the design!

    Thank you so much for joining us this week at Creative Knockouts! Good luck!

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