Dies R Us: A Garden Note . . .

Jul 11, 2017

A Garden Note . . .

Hello Dies R Us Friends!

Darlene with you today, and I have a fun creation using a variety of dies from the Dies R Us Store to create a beautiful 'pot of flowers' that I will be sending along to a friend of mine with a few container gardening tips. The idea for this creation started with the purchase of the Elizabeth Craft 'Garden Notes Potted' die.

I just love the look of an old patina pot so I thought I'd try to recreate that look on my pot today by using some oxide distress inks and watercolor paper.

After creating my background (patina look) paper, I die cut my pot. Well I actually was able to die cut THREE pots from this one 4x6 panel! How much fun is that!

Now it's time to 'Fill' my container with flowers. As I said, I've chosen a variety of dies and here is the list of flower dies I used:

Impression Obsession 'Lily Trio'

Impression Obsession 'Lily of the Valley'

Impression Obsession - Dies - Lily Of The Valley

As you can see I didn't use the leaves from this die ... only the flowers.

Memory Box 'Glorious Gerber Daisies


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I added a couple little pieces of double sided tape to help hold my flowers in place during arrangement. Once I had all stems where I wanted them, I placed a few more strips of double sided tape to the back of my pot ... die cut another pot from a scrap of white paper and placed it over all the stems on the back to keep them secure.

I used foam tape behind my pot and a few of the flowers to add a little dimension. It still needed 'something' and luckily I had JUST ENOUGH patina paper left to die cut these pretty Cheery Lynn Designs 'Lace Corner Deco E' corner decorations. A couple little Nuvo Bronze Crystal Drops where my ivy joined and this card is ready to be mailed!
OH and did I mention I quickly created another oxide ink panel using shades of green that I used to die cut my Frantic Stamper 'Spring Ivy' ivy panels.

I hope you've enjoyed what I've shared today! And, don't forget to come join in the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store. For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.