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Sunday, June 15, 2014

June Duel~~~♥



  Hello Friendly Bloggers,
Are you ready? It's DUEL TIME! ♥

This months's lovely hostess are : Darlene ,for us Dazzlers ,and Terri for the Divas...
The theme they both challenged us this month is : GARDENING




      Us Dazzlers received a wonderful kit full of great choices and a super image. 
♥ THANK YOU DARLENE! ♥
Image: Gardening Shelf by Stamps Happen stamped w/ Marvy Matchables Black Ink 
(by Uchida on Conqueror Diamond White Cardstock)
Designer Paper; K & Company -Lemon Citron Pack-
Embellishments: Paper Studio Gemstones, Ribbon, Ribbon Boutique Silk Plaid Ribbon, K & Company Dimensional Flower, Recollections Blue Flowers, CraftWorkCards Candi Dots, 
Creative Impressions Dragonfly Brad, Spare Parts Glitter Lady Bug and Garden Tool Brads
For my card I added: card stock, some diff. sized pearls, nesties and dimentionals.
Image was colored using Copics and SU markers.




 Above: The finished inside of  the card and below a close up of the completed image. 
The gardening gloves and the pink seed packet were fussy cut ,then propped with dimentionals 
on top of the nesties. A couple of garden related sentiments were used both in and out of the card.



As an extra step, Darlene asks us to add some gardening tips : well, I used to save all egg shells (both fresh or boiled), plus the coffee grounds and add them to the dirt...it makes for good compost. Also if/when you have leftover milk to discard use it for the geraniums...for as long as I can remember I was told it's really good for those kind of plants...♥
                                                            
Happy Gardening Everyone and God's  Bless!!

12 comments:

dweatter said...

Oh Sweet P fantastic as usual! Love the layout with the two triangles of DP connected at the center with the strip of gems. Really love the shape of the die cut used to frame the image. The added sentiments inside and out are just perfect.

MiamiKel said...

Ohhhhh look at this gem!! What bright, brilliant colors -just like a garden - your coloring is so lifelike! I am in love with how you colored up the gloves :)
This design is fab-u-lous and you knocked this garden challenge out of the park!

And WOOT WOOT for your Italy!!

*Gardening Hugs!*

:: BlueInks :: said...

The die cut you used features the image so well. The fussy cut items look really good....going to have to remember that one!

I also love that you actually have gardening tips....we seem to be a creative card group, but not gardeners for sure!!! LOL

Darlene said...

Wow wow WOW!! :) You really rocked this duel. Absolutely love the brilliant colors and all the extra touches. Popping up the gloves and seed packets is super! Love the little dragonfly too. Super super lovely card!!

Your gardening tips are great! I always used milk for my pumpkins as a kid, and they were HUGE!

Hugs!

Barb said...

WOW--Double WOW Paola! Love your card. First, the die used just shows off the great image and your coloring so well. Love the layout too!

kiwimeskreations said...

Sweet P this is beautiful - love the vibrant colours and the layout you have used.
Blessings
Maxine

Carol W said...

wow, wow, wow I love this card. Your coloring is TDF and the layout is marvelous. You did an outstanding job with your kit and this challenge my friend....WOW...

kadie said...

Beautiful!! Love the sparkle and all that bling! Can't wait to see your garden some day! HUGS!

Melina said...

This is too cute! I love the cut out you used around the image! :)

Marilyn said...

Such a pretty, fun and colourful card! Love those sentiments you've used!

Judy McMullen said...

Absolutely stunningly beautiful!!! It reminds me of your lovely garden, my friend! That image is just beautifully colored. And I love the design both inside and out!!Great job with the theme!

Terry Ladwig said...

Great card WPS!! Love the fussy cut gloves....how fun and creative :-)