Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #60: Paper Gardens

Cardstock: Textured white, SU Prints Pack DP, Pretty in Pink, textured olive. Accessories: Tim Holz 'Tattered Florals' dies, SU scallop border punch and 'Many' Thanks Sizzlit.

Welcome to Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #60! This week we're doing something a little different and challenging you to create handmade flowers. There are no other restrictions, so show us your floral side!

As you probably noticed by the variety of blooms in this post, I had a blast with this challenge. It was my incentive to finally try my hand at those gorgeous paper roses I've been seeing everywhere. I decided these beautiful roses only needed a CAS background to showcase them, so I used Clean &Simple Stamping's Fall-To sketch #108 with its fun circle shape.

My favorite tutorial is HERE, although I ended up using the Tim Holz dies because I was unable to find the punch Nathalie used for her tutorial. I like the way this style of rose turned out, as you see from my abundance of paper blooms:

Another paper flower is the spiral rose which reminds me of the Floribunda style of rose (yes, I had to look up that class of rose!). It's a super easy flower to create; check out this tutorial by Wendy HERE:

Here's another type of paper flower that uses a scallop circle for its creation. Mercy has a great tutorial HERE:

Stamps: Magnolia image, Papertrey 'Everyday Button Bits' sentiment. Ink: Memento black, Copics. Cardstock: Kiwi Kiss, Bella Rose DP, Papertrey white. Accessories: Nestabilities rectangle and scalloped circle, Matha Stewart leaf punch, SU scallop circle punch, Stardust glitter pen, white gel pen, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, jumbo paper clip.

Finally, here's a super easy way to create a gorgeous bloom with paper tole which is basically just stamping the same image several times and pop-dotting each layer for dimension. My technique-savy buddy, Deb of Freckle-face Printworks, introduced me to this technique and sent me the supplies to give it a try.


It was a little difficult to get the focus clear on all the layers at once, but you get the idea:

Be sure to admire the TMS Design Team's spin on this week's challenge:
Melissa
Angela
Theresa
Jacki
Hollyanne, Jr. DT
Lisa, September GDT

Then link up your creations HERE to join in the fun and so we can admire your garden of paper flowers!

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge: Bring on the Bling!

Stamps: Paper Pretties sentiment from 'Lady Sophia'. Cardstock: Basic Grey 'Origins'. Ink: Versamark. Accessories: Kaiserkraft rhinestones, square Nestabilities, circle and mini flower punch, googly eyes.

Welcome to this week's Paper Pretties' Wednesday Challenge! This week's challenge is to 'Bring on the Bling' by using glitter dots, rhinestones, or pearls on your creations.

My goal was to use the rhinestones in a unique way, or at least something slightly different from my preferred method of using them to make Primas sparkle. Instead, I used rhinestones to make my frog prince shine:


The rhinestone use may be original (for me!), but the punched frog pattern came from HERE. The crown is actually cut out of the Basic Grey 'Origins' DP -- no creativity required!

The sketch is inspired by Midnight Madness Sketch #71, Clean and Simple style.

Be sure to enjoy the other Pretties' Gals interpretation of 'Bring on the Bling':
Cindy
Frances
Jana
Jane
Jackie
Jennifer
Pam
Wendy
Heather

Then link your creation HERE so we can admire your take on the sketch and enter your name for a chance to win a free Paper Pretties stamp! You do not need to use Paper Pretties stamps in order to play along, but if you do, you will get a bonus entry into the drawing! Please be sure to mention our challenge and link back to the Paper Pretties blog in your project posting. If you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword PWC119.