WOW! I never should have teased you all about my big announcement! I got lots of emails and guesses 😀 I didn’t reply to any because, honestly I can’t share it yet, and it only a few days away! Trust me, it kills me more than you! LOL! I’m really excited that you all are so excited already too! Just wait ……..good stuff!!
OK Im still busy so Im keepin this quick-well as quick as chatty me can.
I have totally fallen for this new line from MFT Presents-Anne LaPointe. Maybe that is because I love flowers so much? Anyway I got 2 totally different looking cards to share today.
This single is called Chill Out
I’m generally not a “bright” color person, but this tub made me feel so happy I could not resist.
Plus this Scrum-diddilly-umscious (thats not a brand, but my own word I use) Chatterbox paper makes me smile! I am just in love with it. So I colored my bath tub to match, making it funky and cheery. I guess it doesn’t really have those “calm down” colors! LOL! Lemon tart is just AWESOME!!
Side Note: I had a meeting with Noah’s teacher yesterday, and she was “concerned” because he colors things “untraditional” colors. She said “He doesn’t care if his tree leaves are blue, the trunk is yellow, and his dog is purple (he always makes purple dogs because he says that is our dog Daisy in my favorite color :D)” Well she obviously has no idea WHO she is talking to! I told her I encourage my kids to be creative and think “outside” the box. Picasso was a famous painter and his people often didn’t even look like people!!! AND to chill, because Noah is in Kindergarten!! Geesh. I think his drawings are all fabulous!
OK back to MY “untraditional” creation……..
I sponged behind my flowers with Lemon Tart ink, then colored my flowers with my singlo white gel pen. I’m really happy with the layout too! I think its a fun one. Not centered and layered all perfect, but balanced at the same time!!
The flowers are a Martha Stewart punch, with some Michaels vase filler bead thingy’s for the centers. The leaves are my famous bridal confetti find from Michaels, colored green.
The sentiment in the corner-Define you life is from a Stampin Up set.
OK moving on to a totally different look-
I can’t even tell you how much I LOVE this image! Its very different than her other vases.
I LOVE pruple and realized that it may be my favorite color, but I rarely use it in my creations! GASP! I am shocked by this finding. I checked out my scrap paper stash and saw that yellows, greens, chocolate, black and pink are my TOP colors! So I went with this card instead, and am very happy with it.
I used Plum Pudding from Papertrey ink (matching satin ribbon too). I also used my Core-din-ations cardstock in Lilacs, which added not only a nice contrast, but some texture!!
I used my coluzzle circle cutter (I personally LOVE that thing-I know others don’t like it, but I would recommend it for cutting 😀 It also has different size circles than the Nestabilities, so yes you need it! LOL!) to create my rounded top. I then layered a scallop circle cut from my nestabilities behind the layer to give me that look! Pretty cool huh?!
I challenge YOU to try that too. SO FUN!
I chose the Sprout collection from Memory Box for my patterned paper. I felt it was just so soft and feminine. I stamped the vase in the pattern as well, and adhered it with dimensionals, so it pops forward.
Now once I was done-SOMETHING was missing!! So I pierced a the top for interest and to draw your eye into the center, keeping it subtle, using an onare piercing template (which I LOVE!!!!). Then I was done!
Well I’m off. Only 3 more days to wait 😀
Till tomorrow-
24 Responses for "Chill out Rosemary!"
I love your nontraditional cards. Now, if I call you will tell me your big announcement? Does Paulette know? Maybe I could weasle it out of her. I am so not good with surprises!
Hahaha, I love the little sideline about Noah’s drawing and unconventional colors!! 😉 Way to go little guy!! 😀 …
Your cards are awesome! Love the colors and the details…. perfection!
I’m shocked a kindergarten teacher said that to you. I would have shouted out loud, “Yes – good for him!” Silly teacher…. I bet his pictures are awesome!
Okay, okay. I’ll be patient and wait nicely for your announcement. … but it’s killing me, ya know!
Okay, gotta run and finish up the French toast for Joey. He’s sick today. Poor guy.
Hugs!
Cute cards!
And I’m glad you told that teacher to chill! GEEZ, he’s just a kid!
Too bad Noah’s teacher is that way. Not a good sign! Your work is fab!
Lauren, that teacher needs to listen to the Harry Chapin song “flowers are red”. You answered her beautifully! Reminds me of a story where a teacher was really concerned about a student because he colored everything with a black crayon. She talked to other teachers and they all agreed he must be depressed or it was some sign of a deep rooted problem. She scheduled an appointment with the parents and she told them of her concerns. The mother asked her son “why do you color everything black?” and he said “because by the time the color box gets passed down to me, it’s the only color left!” LOL!
Your cards are great. Love seeing the bright colors, and I can’t wait until Saturday!
AWESOME I love all these cards.. I encourage my 2 boys to be creative too. They both love to stamp and scrapbook and they are 7 and 10. Who cares what color the leaves are, here in Michigan they are all kinds of colors in the Fall :-)..
Have a great day.
The cards you share are such an inspiration for me.
Our Erik at that age was into yellow. My favorite was when he brought home his version of a Christmastime. On yellow paper he drew a yellow Christmas Tree with yellow ornaments,and yellow packages. His kindergarten teacher told me , “Erik will never accomplish things if he can’t color things right” . (He currently is finishing up his accounting degree.)
LOL! Funny story about Noah! beautiful cards dahling & HURRY UP WITH THE ANNOUNCEMENT!!! sheesh…
Lauren I love both of these cards. One has get up and go and the other is so soft and calming. You ROCK kiddo. TFS.
Debbie/Phx AZ
I love both of the cards. Great job!!! I do love the rosemary the best, purple is awesome and I was admiring the piercing before I read why you did it. I really need to get me some of those ornare piercing temlates. They rock.
About Noah, are you serious?!?!?! The teacher was worried because a kindergartner was coloring things non-traditional colors? That is ridiculous. I don’t have any in school yet but my 4 yo loves to color and just the other day he was coloring a picture of a man and his face, hair, jacket, everything was black, all of it. Didn’t bother me one bit, just wish he would use more colors hehehe
I LOVE both of these cards!!! I thikn the yellow one has enough soft-ness to work with the calming image. The purple one is very pretty too. Purple isn’t my favorite but I do like the coclor and I hardly craft with it either.
I am sorry Noah’s teacher is concerned. I think creativity helps them learn…! Good luck with her……..
I love your cards! Especially the purple one! That’s my all-time favorite color!!!
Pretty, pretty cards. Go Noah! I hope his teacher got the message – chill out & let them find their own creative side. Good for you for telling her your encourage them to think outside the box.
Cute cards. Where do you find the time?
love these cards
This card is soooooo cute, I like the holes and the flourishe way.
In french, I do not know the word for Flouriche 🙁
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Cette carte est super jolie. J’aime beaucoup les pointillés en “flourich”. Je crois qu’en français il n’y a pas de mot pour “flourich”
Have a good day all of you,
Carole
Both of these are so beautiful, Lauren!! I love the colors, papers, flowers, and piercing!!
I love your piercing! This card is beautiful!
So pretty!!
Love the bright colours. Both cards are gorgeous!! Can’t wait to read about your big announcement!
beautiful design, love the arch! yup, my scrap pile is a big “earthy” mess, but I reached for purple today, too
Your Rosemary card is gorgeous, love the colors and the piercing is a great touch!
I can’t beleive Noah’s teacher said that, at that age my daughter was coloring anything as long as it was bright, who cares!
So are you getting all kinds of emails from US TEACHERS?? Coloring is ART and ART is an EXPRESSION of the world through the eyes of the ARTIST. SHAME on HER….. Hopefully she isn’t giving her students pictures to just color in, that is a no no…….. LOL
YOU AMAZE ME,
Justine
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