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.

July Dreams

The tissue box behind the squares was grabbed off the shelf by me with future uses in mind.  I knew I was going to use it in card making, either as a tag or part of a card.  I love the colors and design.  This is one of my favorite cards for July.  It's going to someone special, not sure who, but obviously someone special.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Patch

Memory Box Hello Script

Tissue Box

Second Post of the day - HELLO A2Z SCRAPBOOKING

I can't believe I'm posting a card for the first time on a2z Scrapbooking AND it's on the Fourth of July.  How fantastic is that?  No, it's not going to be fireworks, but it will be red, white and blue.

I made a tag with that adorable "baby animal Stamp and Cut set.  I couldn't believe I chose red and blue to color an owl.  Whoo chooses red, white and blue for an owl?  Me!

Lots of white space on this large tag and a little depth with some gray shadow.  Simple colors , but bold.. I'm happy with my owl and it is sitting on my visiting granddaughter's bed as a surprise when she wakes up today.  Be happy and bold and be a little bit CAS.

Check out a2z scrapbooking today.  If you see anything you can't live without, be sure to use Arlene15 for 15% off if your order is $25.00.or over before shipping and taxes. There are all kinds of new Hero Arts products out for your instant gratification.

Supplies:

Hero Arts Baby Animal Stamp & Cuts

Copic marker

Stitched TredTagSTAX

Happy Birthday to the U.S.A.

Be sure to enter the Die Cut Divas' challenge for the month of July.

Happy 4th of July. Happy Birthday to the U.S. The first image I thought of when I realized I would need to make a card for the U.S. state holiday.  I love the Bugaboo Fancy Sun Bonnet digital images and they are so easy and fun to color.  I teamed the image with a new die I've been playing with.  I cut the borders out of red paper and then printed and colored the quaint image. I printed a second flag to cut out and laid it on top of the original flag.  Now we have the flag flying outside the squares.   

I wanted something with the colors of red, white and blue for the sentiment.  I then realized I should just take the same copic marker colors as I used on little miss Fancy Sun Bonnet and just swiped them in alternating colors across white paper.  Swipe blue, red and leave a bit of white.  I then die cut the sentiment and was so happy with the result.

Supplies:
Elizabeth Craft Designs Garden Patch - 1 inch & Mini Daisy & Chrysanthemum
Elizabeth Craft Designs Happy Birthday
Copic Markers R27 and B24

Happy DAYS to you.

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Whiskers the Cat - So Stinkin' Cute

A Dies R Us kind of month.  Check out the Die Cut Divas for the July Challenge.

I know the colors are mostly browns, but I think the bold touch of lime green brings it into summer. scenery.  I toned down the lime green with the metallic decor (would you believe it DID tone it down).  Why?  Because the lime green isn't sticking out there like a sore thumb.  I really didn't realize how bright that green was until I photographed it.

Close-up of Whiskers I loved using patterned paper on this cut cat.  I fell in love with him when I first saw him.  Easy to choose colors and the fact that you can turn those eyes any way you wish could lead to some hilarious cards.  Using that metal decor was just perfect for a tag on the collar.

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Big Scalloped Squares - not sure which set I'm using as I took my dies and put them on a magnetic sheet on the wall.  Either This or This

Hero Arts Zig Zag background

Elizabeth Craft Designs Whiskers the Cat

Elizabeth Craft Designs Beach Edges

Elizabeth Craft Designs Best Wishes (724)

Hero Arts Metallic Decor

Good Morning AGAIN!

I have some happy news to tell you about.  Please visit a2z Scrapbooking and you'll see what I mean.  But to give you a taste of what's in store for you.  I made a card to celebrate.  I have had a terrible time trying to photograph this card.  I finally waited for the sun to come up and took outside this morning.  It's going to be 107 so  this morning is cooler, but not for long  It's not the best shot, but I need to leave for work.

I used a Hero Arts die-cut here and then popped an "hello" from the Hero Arts Butterfly and Flower clear set.  I'm growing hearts for the fourth of July!  The red looks like a brushed suede.

Be happy and celebrate.

July 1st is already here!

A Brand New Month to be creative.  Dies R Us is the sponsor over at Die Cut Divas.  And I went Die Cut happy.  I had a brain storm when I looked at the Beach Edges dies - why couldn't I build a card up, using different shades of green and blue?  That's what I did.  I'm pretty well satisfied.

Have a summery month and visit Die Cut Divas for the new challenge.

Summer - sitting out on lawn chairs, travelling, taking vacations to other countries.  This is for my friend Angela who is making plans to relax after she retires and then travel.

I used the hill edges from Beach Edges over and over again, starting at the bottom, moving up.  The only panels that are not cut on the top and bottom are the top and bottom panels.  The black road is is just cut narrower than the others and more parallel.  I used the Evergreen Landscape to add some trees.  The Eiffel Tower is cut from a 7-UP can adhered to the card with glue dots.  Fun card to make.  Angela retires the end of this month and I'll have time to get everyone to sign . I think the mostly green landscape makes for a totally calm and serene scene.

Links below to Dies R Us for most of the dies I used.

Elizabeth Craft Designs Eiffel Tower Pop Stand (Tower only)

Elizabeth Craft Designs Beach Edges

Memory Box Auto Parts

IO Dies (beach chairs - DIE177-K)

Memory Box Evergreen Landscape

Little B Handwritten (sentiment)

Memory Box Marshmallow Clouds (small cloud)

Die-namics Stitched Circle Stax (sun)_

7-UP soda can die cut with an Eiffel Tower die which I have in my open stash.  I'm sure most dies will cut the soft tin from which soft drink cans are made.