Monday, January 19, 2015

Flowers and Flowers (and Winners!)

Hi everyone! I'm sorry for dropping off the planet for a few weeks. I've been in the middle of writing a grant for a state that has been pretty all-consuming.

I thought I would share some Paper Smooches projects, and the Season's Givings winners are below. :)

First up, a rose card set:

Roses Card Set

This card required *a lot* of die-cutting. ;) But once I made 17 passes through the die-cutter, I had enough pieces to make more than one card set and the process moved quickly. This technique was a great way to use up scraps of patterned paper.

I used the gorgeous Paper Smooches Roses Dies and in-laid patterned paper die-cuts--mostly American Crafts papers. For the sentiments, I stamped four different sentiments from the Uplifters set.

Here's a close-up:

Roses Card Set

I packaged the set of four cards for my mother-in-law. For the tag, I used the Paper Smooches Gift Tags 2 die, the Tiny Hearts Die [Aren't those hearts cute? They're only $1.99!], and one of the leaves from the Roses Dies. The sentiment is from Group Hugs.

Roses Card Set


Next up, I have a second floral card:

Roses Thank You

The roses are from the Paper Smooches Lovely Thoughts stamp set. I did some two-step stamping and added a bit of shading using Copics (although if I redid the card, I would have used colored pencils).

See the cool background? It's embossed using the Retro Arrow die. Here's a close-up:

Roses Thank You


Want to hear the winners of the Season's Givings blog hop?


[Drumroll....] The winners are:

Prize 1: Rachel

Prize 2: Shona Chambers

Yeah Rachel and Shona! Please drop me an e-mail at my contact information (the tab on the header). Thanks to everyone for your very sweet comments. You all are so nice!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day! :)


18 comments:

  1. These are so beautiful Jocelyn! ps Welcome back!

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  2. OMG! That first card - total stunner! They are all stunning, but I can't believe what you've done with all that paper piecing!

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  3. gorgeous cards! I am amazed by that first one.

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  4. LOVE those cards....gorgeous colors and patterns!

    Congrats to your winners!

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  5. wow!!!! these cards - swoon!! GORGEOUS!! i LOVE those die cut flowers - holy cow!! 17 passes!!!! my arm is tired just thinking about it! ha! but the result is a BEAUTIFUL card set! wow! and your 2nd floral card is just - wow! LOOOOVE the background with the die you made, and the colors and tiny splatters! SOOOO pretty!! you are SO inspirational! :)

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  6. Gorgeous cards, Jocelyn! Congrats to the winners!

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  7. Congratulations ladies! You must be thrilled.
    Your card is so pretty. I love it! TFS!

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  8. What STUNNING cards!! I LOVE the way you die cut the flowers and inserted the patterned paper pieces. Such a great way to use up scraps!!

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  9. Yikes on the die cutting for the first one, but the set is gorgeous! LOVE!!!

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  10. Thank you so much! I'm excited to get my prize yippee! Your 17 die cuts were well worth it. Those cards are stunning. Best of luck with the grants... I find those to be a huge time suck too ugh

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  11. Awesome cards, Jocelyn! They are just beautiful!

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  12. These are beautiful, Jocelyn! I love the inlaid patterned papers of the set, and the two-step ones are gorgeous, too

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  13. These are beautiful cards! LOVE Paper Smooches!

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  14. Gorgeous! Inspiring! What a lovely set of cards. Looking at my dies in a whole new way.

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