Card Chain Challenge Card for May to Deepal

Check out the Card Chain Challenge to see May's entries!

I made this card for Deepal and still cannot send it to her because the U.S. Post Office is not accepting cards going to her country at this time.

There were three themes I could use to make a card for my recipient.  I chose the one that had fruit associated with it.  And the fruit is the lemon or orange sticking out of the drink with a grape under the umbrella.  Not much fruit, but I really liked this digital image and after this pandemic, I'm sure everyone will be looking for a refreshing drink somewhere tropical.

Close-up below

Supplies:
Digital image from Doodle Pantry (it appears Doodle Pantry is closed)
Die Cut Leaves from Cindy Chiu
Bird from a file on Silhouette I had cut a year ago or more
Elizabeth Craft Designs Stitched Rectangle dies
Spellbinders die-cut (the rounded square die)
Tissue Paper boxes used for dies (Spellbinders die-cut & Rectangle die-cut below the Spellbinders die-cut)
Copic markers RV81, RV83, RV85 some blues & a bit of light oranges.
Vagabond die cut machine

Anything But a Card

Morgans Artworld and Anything But a Card

I was banging my head against the wall on this one.  The image is an oval with some beautiful flowers and vines.  I meticulously colored and shaded and fell in love the with the delightful colors.  The head banging began here.  What shape did I really want to make this?  I didn't like my oval dies and when I tried the circular dies, I had the shape down.  More head banging again.  I realized I had never finished a tissue box I was working on because I had not settled down to figure out the folds on this first time cut on my Silhouette.  I checked the fold lines and finally it just clicked.  I finished my tissue box with a lacy edge and this oval wreath.  I think it turned out very well.  I'll keep it in my room.

A close-up of this beautiful image.  I love the colors, 

bright and cheery.
My sample along with our team is here.

Supplies:

Morgan's ArtWorld Country Border

QuicKutz Cutting Dies - nesting circles

Copic Markers

Cuttlebug

Silhouette

Be sure to visit Morgan's ArtWorld blog  and visit Fae Entertainment for your images.

Wheat is turning from Green to Brown

Recycle - July's mantra.  What can I recycle?  The famous TISSUE BOX.  There are many tissue boxes tempting you on the shelves to buy them.  I check the price and then the color, finally the design.  My co-workers save boxes for me too.  I am now floating in boxes, some high caliber designs and colors and then some on the decidingly DRAB end.  This tissue box was beautiful.

To go on, I framed the tissue box with Garden Patch to see what it looked like and loved it.  Adding the wheat in the same green tones enhanced the whole.  I added a message to encourage a friend..

This is also my example card for July at Die Cut Divas..  In July, I hope for green as I live in dry California.  This is my dream vision of July.  

Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Patch

IO Dies Wheat

Sizzix 658696 Framelits & Stamps

Hero Arts My Words CL695

Tissue Box

Close-up of the card 

Message is "make life better:

Leaving you on a dreamy note.