Chelsea Gardens ROCKS

One of my all time favourite Close To My Heart paper packs, Chelsea Gardens, will retire soon. I have used it for so many projects and can barely get enough of it. I'm sure an all time favourite Sweet Leaf is in large part due to this love.

This is Chelsea Gardens patterned paper and the coordinating cardmaking stamp set that is another favourite. I stamped and cut flowers and leaf stem then used my CTMH inks as watercolours to fill them in. I used Glacier ink to create the patterned background. 

A little technique here, I used the back side of the small flower and stamped with Glacier ink. Then, I used the flower image and stamped over top of the shape, for a coloured image. I cut the oval and scalloped shapes from our Art Philosophy Cricut cart. I stamped the sentiment with one of our sweet M sized stamp sets, Happy Birthday.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Paper: Chelsea Gardens
Stamp: Chelsea Gardens Cardmaking; Happy Birthday
Cardstock: Sweet Leaf; Glacier; Heather; White Daisy
Ink: Glacier; Sweet Leaf; Lagoon; Black; Black Journaling Pen
Tools: Cricut Art Philosophy

It's almost time to say Goodbye.....

Our Spring Seasonal Expressions will be replaced by our Summer one, on May 1st. I will miss this one greatly, as it has been one of my all time favourites. I especially loved all of the greenery. This card came from Sunny Thoughts, our February stamp of the month.

I started with Heather cardstock and added some Chelsea Gardens patterned paper. Then on Pewter cardstock, I added my stamped piece. I stamped the vine with Juniper; Sweet Leaf; and Flaxen inks. I stamped the sentiment from our "Inspire" stamp set with Black ink. I added Peacock Stitched Ribbon; Clear Sparkles; and Black Journaling pen lines to finish this card.

All supplies are Close To My Heart.
Stamps: Inspire; Sunny Thoughts
Paper: Chelsea Gardens
Cardstock: Heather; Pewter; White Daisy
Ink: Flaxen; Sweet Leaf; Juniper; Black; Black Journaling pen
Embellishments: Peacock Stitched Ribbon; Clear Sparkles