Welcome to the OSAT Blog Hopper's Designer's Choice Blog Hop!! I am thrilled to be joining this month with such an amazing group of stampers!! You hopefully just joined in from Lori's awesome blog! Thanks so much for stopping by The Creativity Cave by Dena Rekow!
I couldn't be more excited about my projects for this month! I have had something in my mind for a while and I just love how it all came together!
I still dont' feel like these pictures do justice to how AWESOME this Framed Decor Piece turned out! The colors are amazing and so much prettier than my photos show. I used Very Vanilla, Typeset DSP, Hello Honey and Bermuda Bay with Gold Glimmer Papers. The flowers are cut from the Spiral Flower Die.
As I was working out what I wanted to make for this hop, I had been toying with coming back to my Spiral Flower Die. I love this die!! It has so many possibilities and is really easy to use if you are not afraid to whip out your glue gun! Once I picked my color scheme and diecut the flowers (each flower is one flower wound up, except the DSP ones–there are two together for a fuller flower as the DSP is thinner than cardstock). All I needed to do was roll them up, glue them down and pick something to put on top!
Now here is where things get interesting! I was all set to watercolor some leaves and add them to the frame. I even stamped, embossed and watercolored them to match, but when I put them on top, it was just not right at all. Back to square one! I knew I wanted to tie it all together with some gold, so I tried a gold glimmer paper leaf and I was sold.
In trying to decide what "word" or phrase to put over the leaf, I finally settled on "blessed" I think it is a good reminder of how blessed we are in our lives, despite whatever trials we are going through (and believe me when I say: I have had some trials–as we all have!) It is a great reminder!
I added a little gold thread behind my blessed flag. I used the Back to the Basics Alphabet to stamp Blessed in Black on Vanilla Cardstock that I trimmed. Super easy!
But I had the left over leaves…what to do?? That's where my cards come in! Check out the video–it explains it all and shows you how it all came together!
I just love the way the cards turned out–very simple and easy and classy looking! I hope you like them, too! Please share this with your friends if you like what you see!
As for making the spirals, I have a video from earlier this summer for you to watch with tips on how to wind them up super easily and some other projects that I created using this awesome die!!
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- Eva - http://evascardsandthings.evabussom.com/2015/09/osat-blog-hop-designers-choice.html
- Ginger - https://myheartspleasure.wordpress.com/2015/09/10/osat-designers-choice-blog-hop/
- Martie - https://martie-pollard.squarespace.com/welcome/2015/9/10/osat-september-designers-choice
- Elizabeth Jeanne–http://craftsbyhappystamper.com/2015/09/10/designers-choice-osat-blog-hop/
- Amanda Bodine - http://rutabagapiedesigns.blogspot.com/2015/09/osat-september-blog-hop-designers-choice.html
- Megan - http://meganttstamps.blogspot.com/2015/09/osat-blog-hop-designers-choice.html
- Wynne - http://cropsscissorspaper.blogspot.com/2015/09/osat-blog-hop-designers-choice.html
- Lori Mueller - http://www.stampindreams.com/my-blog/2015/09/osat-blog-hop-designers-choice-in-september.html
- Dena Rekow- http://www.thecreativitycave.com/my_weblog/2015/09/osat-designers-choice-blog-hop.html (you are here)
- Renee Ondrajka - http://stampinwithrenee.blogspot.com/2015/09/osat-blog-hop-designers-choice.html
- Tina Riddle - http://www.tinascropshop.com/2015/09/osat-september-blog-hop-designers-choice.html
- Diane Squires - http://stampandembellish.com/2015/09/osat-blog-hop-designers-choice/
- Maria Willis - http://cardbomb.blogspot.com/2015/09/osat-blog-hop-designer-choice.html
- Raquelle Clifton - http://ladyandherstamps.blogspot.com/2015/09/osat-designers-choice-blog-hop.html
- Jeanna Bohanon http://stamptimesomewhere.typepad.com/stamp_time_somewhere/2015/09/osat-blog-hop-designers_choice.html
- Terri Takashige - http://territerbear.blogspot.com/2015/09/osat-blog-hop-designers-choice.html
- Kim Smith - http://craftingbuddy.blogspot.com/2015/09/osat-designers-choice-blog-hop.html
- Maggie - http://www.maggiemadecards.com/osat-blog-hop-designers-choice/
- Marisa - http://dzinesbymeg.typepad.com/dzines_by_meg/2015/09/osat-blog-hop-designers-choice-in-september.html
- Holly - http://hollyshobbs.blogspot.com/2015/09/osat-blog-hop-designers-choice.html
- Andrea P - http://andreascardshop.com/new-blog-avenue/2015/9/10/osat-blog-hoppers-designers-choice
- Andrea T. - http://onestampinmothertucker.blogspot.com/2015/09/osat-blog-hop-designers-choice.html
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Love your framed flowers!! Beautiful
Thank you so much, Ginger!!
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Oh, my word I love it all!! Your framed flowers are gorgeous and I love the bright colors with the gold-just beautiful. But, I love your cards even more… Lighthearted Leaves is my new favorite stamp set and your cards are breathtaking. Thank you for sharing such beauty with us today!
As I mentioned in my post that it is amazing the difference that changing out the color/design of paper will do to affect the finished product! Beautiful! The nice part is you can use the other leaves in another project/card~
Oh my gosh, Maria–you are just too sweet!! I think Lighthearted Leaves is my new Fav as well!!!! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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Absolutely gorgeous! Your framed spiral flowers was awesome and your cards were so beautiful!
Wow, those spiral flowers are amazing..love the color combo of both projects! Nice video showing how you made the card, I think I’ll have to get that set!
WOW!!! That frame is one of the best I’ve seen!!! What size frame did you use? I want/need one for my craft room! 😀
You are absolutely right, that BLESSES is just perfect! Love your card & your framed project friend! You ROCK!
Dena… I was blown away by your project, and your card… its hot! 🙂 Eva
These are stunning. I’ve been really wanting to make a frame like this with the roses and now I’m even more inspired to do so. Love your projects.
Okay! I am blown away by your card set…definitely going to make sets for gift-giving! And, I keep buying frames on sale…need to CASE! Great projects!
Love the color combination and embossing going on with these cards!
Thanks so much, Kim!! I am digging those colors, too! Glad you liked them!!
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Thanks so much, Renee!! Just go for it–they really are quite easy!! Glad to have inspired you!!
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Omg, I always have a stockpile of frames that I find, too!! So glad you liked the cards!! Thanks so much for your kind words!!
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your projects are simply STUNNING. I am totally in love…..
Thank you so much, Jeanna!! You are so sweet!! I am in love too!! 😉
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Two wonderful projects! I love the flowers in the frame and know how much work that is as I covered one of the past Paper Pumpkin bags in them. 🙂 The leaves are my favorite though. I love the color choice and the simple and sweet look. 🙂
Thanks so much, Diane!! The flowers really were not too bad!! Im so glad you liked the cards–they are really wonderfully simple!!
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WOW~ I love your cards! And the color combination ~ Wynne
Thanks so much!!!!
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Beautiful! Love the close up of the framed flowers and I bet it is more beautiful in person.
absolutely gorgeous projects! i need that leaf set!
Thanks so much, Elizabeth!! It is a great set!!
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Thanks so much, Cindy!! It is!!!
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Thank you so much, Raquelle!!!
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Thank you, Eva!!! Im so glad you liked my projects!!
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Hi Andrea! The frame is a 5×7 from Ikea–the opening is more like 3 1/2 x5. So glad you liked it!!
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Its a great set, AJ!! So glad you like them!!
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Thanks so much for the love, Tina!! So glad you liked them!!
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Thanks so much, Martie!! You are so right–I am actually hoping to try some more color combos for both my projects!!
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Dena, these projects are both stunning!!!!
Thanks so much, Terri!!! I really appreciate it!! Glad you liked them!
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Wow Dena! I love all of these cards. Especially love the watercolor on the die cut leaves, and using the rotary stamps to make the greetings. Great job!
Thanks so much, Marisa! I was really happy with how they came out, too!! The rotary stamp is awesome!!
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WOW… what great work. flowers are beautiful love the colors in the card
The card and project both look fantastic! I think I’m going to have to try something like that decor piece!