Note Card Featuring Two-Tone Flowers

With spring in the air, what better way to send someone a little bouquet of blossoms than with a note card featuring two-tone flowers! It’s Sunday, and time to play with The Paper Players!

Note card featuring two-tone flowers

This week I have the honor of hosting our monthly Sketch Challenge.  A sketch is the foundation of any card, and I fortified this foundation with lots of layers. However, I kept the card on the cleaner side by leaving lots of white space. While I choose flowers, I can’t wait to see what YOU create!

Note card with flowers
Colors Of The Day

Note card featuring two-tone flowers

The Stampin’ Schach Design Tips

Today’s note card featuring two-tone flowers is blooming with new colors.  Bubble Bath blossoms pair perfectly with Moody Mauve details, while Boho Blue blossoms look great with Lost Lagoon leaves. A subtle strip of Countryside Inn paper, in shades of blue, adds interest, while the large embossed panel adds texture but gives an overall clean vibe.  For today’s card, I used the Floral embossing folder which is one of the three Basics 3D embossing folders. The Boho Bloom ribbon has a beautiful sheen to it.  And although it doesn’t show up in the picture, the circle behind the flowers has a lovely sparkle.

Note Card Featuring Two Tone Flowers
Often where I begin with a card is not where I end up. Originally, the circle of the sketch was going to be filled up with punched flowers.  I didn’t like the look, but the flowers were too pretty to toss. I decided to use the Boho Blue one to accent the sentiment.

Note Card Featuring Two Tone Flowers

To download the free step-by-step tutorial for today’s “Note Card Featuring Two-Tone Flowers”, which includes all the paper measurements and all of the current products used, please click on the button below. For every card which has been posted on my blog since 2019, there is a free tutorial.

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Nueve’s Notes

Hey, everyone! It’s me, Nueve! Sixxy and I were busy over Easter at a dog show. We got to see and play with our friend Rikke. She’s a Portuguese Water Dog.  She knows how to swim and everything. Here is a picture of Sixxy and me with Rikke when we were puppies. That’s Rikke in the middle.

Rikke, Sixx and Nueve as pups
Her dad, Dave, wanted us to get another picture together since we are all older. It was really sunny, and it was hard not to close my eyes. But here we are!  We put Rikke in the middle again.

Rikke, Sixx, Nueve at age 3I did really good at the dog show. I won two days.  Michelle is so funny. She made me wear bunny ears for Easter when I won on Saturday. Because it was Michelle, I did. Mom thought I looked cute in them.

Nueve in earsOn Sunday, Michelle wore yellow. I won again, and we took pictures outside. Sixxy won, too.  Isn’t she pretty?

Sixx at DeKalbSixxy had her picture with Michelle sitting down. Michelle stood up with me and held my lead up high.

nueve with Michelle in yellow

It was hot and windy, but I stood really still ’cause it made Michelle happy again. Mom thought I looked handsome.  Mom was busy last week sewing.  She made Sixxy a crate cover fit for a princess, with unicorns, rainbows, and Cinderella carriages.

Sixx's crate cover

She made me one in pink and turquoise. She said it was OK, ’cause real dogs wear pink.  Pink Southwestern fabric made her happy.

Nueve's crate cover

Sometimes you have to wear bunny ears or stand still in the wind because it makes someone you love happy. Sometimes you have to like pink Southwestern fabric too because someone you love does.  That’s just part of the job. I am a working dog.  I am Good Boy Nueve!


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Pastel Floral Thank You Card

If I had to pick out the type of card I send out the most, it would hands-down be thank you cards.  What could be better for Spring than a pastel floral thank you card? It’s Sunday, and time to play with The Paper Players!
Pastel Floral Thank You Card

This week, the fabulous Joanne is hosting our color challenge. I really LOVE what she has selected for us:  Pastels!  While I went the floral route, I can’t wait to see what YOU create!

Pastel floral thank you card

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pastel floral thank you card

 

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Today’s card features three retiring favorite colors of mine:  Sahara Sand, So Saffron, Soft Succulent.  Luckily, I have ink refills for them, and I will be able to continue enjoying them for a few more years.  But as sad as I am to see them retire, I am excited for the return of old favorites, like Berry Burst and Lost Lagoon, as well as meeting new colors like Moody Mauve and Pecan Pie.  Seriously, how could I not love a color called Pecan Pie? At any rate, I had fun creating today’s card. It features the beautiful designer paper, “Hello, Irresistible”. What an appropriate name, because I do find this paper irresistible! The flowers are courtesy of the Two-Tone Flora stamp set.  A few pearls, which are also retiring, adorn their centers. A custom-colored Baker’s Twine bow accents the sentiment.

pastel floral thank you card

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Nueve’s Notes

Hey, everyone! It’s me, Nueve! Sixxy and I have been very busy playing show dog with our friend, Michelle. We both won last weekend at Gray Summit, Mizzuree. I think I spelled it wrong.  It might be Miss Yurie. Anyhow, it WAS gray! They had storms. Mom was alone with Sixx and me in the motel, and sirens went off and her phone had a loud, scary message that said there was a tornado close.  I don’t know what a tornado is, but Mom said “DANGER”.  We know when she says that, she means business. She put our collars and leashes on us, and we all went into the bathroom and laid down in the bathtub.  It was crowded, but we didn’t move until Mom said we could. Luckily the sun was out the next day, and we were able to get a picture of us and all our ribbons. We are with our friend, Bond. He got a ribbon, too, and got to have his picture taken with us.

Gray Summit Win Photo

We were by a big green dog. He wasn’t real. Michelle stuck our ribbons on his neck. I’m the handsome one on the left. Sixxy is in the middle.  We got to celebrate with Frosty Paws when we got home. It was Uncle Jackie’s heavenly birthday, and we celebrated that, too.  One of Mom’s friends even sent birthday flowers to Uncle Jack.

Jackie's flowers

They are so pretty. Mom let all of us smell them.  I LOVED Uncle Jackie. I was his puppy.  He picked me out of the litter when I was just a baby.

We had the best time playing together.

Jackie and Nueve

He was so gentle. He let me crawl on his head.

I could even play “bitey face” with him, and he didn’t care.

He was the best working dog ever.  He was a good boy. I knew when I grew up, I wanted to be just like him.  I will never forget him.  Remembering those you love, even when they are no longer with you, is not part of my job.  It is part of my heart. I AM a working dog, just like my Uncle Jackie, and one day I WILL be as great as he was.  I am Good Boy Nueve!

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