Jar of Summer Flowers

Summer time and a jar with flowers from the garden on the table to brighten the room and fill it with lovely scent.

The other day I picked up my recent Stampin' Up order from the new catalogue from my dealer.. err demo's house. One of the items I had ordered is the bundle Jar of Love with jar stamps and dies along with some other related shapes. I've been looking forward to getting a set like this for some shaker cards and other things.

French Confection

The challenge for this card was one posed by Carmi Cimcata for her personal blog. She had recently been to Paris and found a collection of lovely rhinestone button blanks. She distributed these amoung a group of her crafty friends to see what their creative minds would bring forth. I am thrilled to have been part of the challenge both because I like turning my little grey cells to the task of a challenge but also to see what others would do with the very same item. This card, my French Confection, is what I created. The paper I used as the background for the top reminds me of French Provincial so I used that as a theme for the piece.

You should check out all the rest of the creations for the Rhinestone Button Blank Challenge

on Carmi's blog: https://carmicimicata.blogspot.ca/2016/05/the-rhinestone-button-blank-challenge.html