Beautiful Blossoms February 2025

 Hello friends, today is the new challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms
where we want to see all your pretty blooms.
We have a pretty and colorful inspiration photo
but you can create any color as long as blooms are you focal point.

Do you remember when Flourishes had stamps?  I have always loved their stamps
and used to do a lot of their challenges and won many a stamp
from them, let alone purchase some.
That is what I have used for my card today, a Flourishes Garden Picks stamp and sentiment.
I stamped on the Spellbinders Hemstitch Oval.

Background paper is Prima Nature Lover.  A few gold gems were added.

I tried to stay within the color range but not sure how successful I was,
but I do like how it turned out!  Make sure to come and visit us at

Beautiful Blossoms and see all the pretty flowers there, it's like a breath of Spring air!

Beautiful Blossoms January 2025

 Hello friends, today is the start of a new challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms where your focus should always be floral!
We have a pretty floral photo for inspiration 
but you can create anything as long as  your blossoms are the focal!

I tried to stay within the colors of the inspiration  photo by starting with a

black card base to build on.  I then went to my container of already made
flowers from Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms, Pretty Pink Posh Spring Blooms
and Concord & 9th Picked Posies dies trying to pick the colors that
resembled the photo.  I die cut a Cheery Lynn vase from a shiny black piece of
packaging to hopefully let it stand out from the black card stock.
Then, all my flowers were arranged in the vase.  I love having these flowers on
hand for projects like these but I think it is time I made some more.
All these flowers were made from paper scraps and some were inked for a bit of contrast!

It's wintery and it's cold here in my part of Michigan
so if you are also in a wintery area then head to your craft room
and have some floral fun with us at Beautiful Blossoms,
it you are in a nice summery place then come and join us too
with your pretty summery blooms!

Entering the following challenges:
2 Sisters On The Blog .... ATG
Crafts Galore Encore .... ATG
Daisy Chain .... NO Design Paper
Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday .... ATG
Fab N Funky .... All Things Bright and Beautiful

Beautiful Blossoms December Challenge

 Hello friends, it is our last monthly challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms this year and we have a pretty
mood board for inspiration but you can create anything as long as
you focal point is floral! 

Being December is a busy month I kind of went the easy way with my card
by using a Concord & 9th  Sweet Bee  stencil and simply stenciling it in a teal
and pink color. A die and stamp set is also available with this set but I chose
not to use it this time, but you will certainly see it show up on my blog at some point
if you haven't already!
I used all Altenew inks for the stenciling and the sentiment is from Tonic.

We would love to have you join us over at Beautiful Blossoms, 
 take a break for all that Christmas hullabaloo and have some floral fun with us!!

Beautiful Blossoms November Challenge

 Hello friends it's once again time for a new challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms and we have an optional mood board
but you can create anything, any color as long as 'blooms'
are your focal point!

I know it doesn't probably look  like it, but I did try to stick as close to the colors 
as I could, I know mine are a little brighter and maybe a bit more summery,
but these were the color inks I had to work with.  I think had I  gone with a
different background paper the colors would of fallen in to place better!
I used The Ton Posy Bouquet stencil and a various supply of inks from
Dew Drop, Altenew and even Simon Says Stamp.
The 'frame' under the stenciled flowers is from Cottage Cutz
and the sentiment from The Ton.  I added a bit of 'bling' using
Pretty Pink Posh Party Mix Gems.
I love this stencil as it is so petite and I surely wish
other companies would do the same instead of all those
6x6 stencils, just my opinion!

Come and join in some floral fun with us at
Beautiful Blossoms, we would love to see your creations!!

Beautiful Blossoms October Challenge

Hello Friends, today is the new start of the month long challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms with the floral color board below for inspiration
but you can create anything any color as long as blooms are you main focus! 

I used a die, stamp stencil combo from Pink Fresh Studios
Wonderful In Every Way set.
This is one of those sets that I could use over and over as it is so easy and turns out
beautiful every time.  This is the second time I have created with this set 

(it sure feels good to say that)!
I used all Altenew inks for my stenciling and after die cutting placed it
on a piece of black cardstock.  The sentiment is part of the same set
and has been cut three times and stacked.

Come on over to Beautiful Blossoms and have some floral fun
with us and see all the other beautiful Inspiration there as well!!

Entering the following challenges:
The Flower Challenge .... Add A Stencil

Beautiful Blossoms September Challenge

 Hello friends it's once again that time for a new challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms and we have a mood board for inspiration
but you can create any color as long as blooms are your focal point!

 I tried to stay within the fall colors of the board for this one
and chose an old designer paper of black and gray from my 12x12 stash.
Using a Pink Fresh Studios Seamless Floral Panel I stenciled my
card with mostly Altenew inks.  It's kind of embarrassing of  how many
Pink Fresh Studio stencils, stamps and I dies I have,
oh well, they will all get used all in good time (if I live long enough..hah)!!
I also die cut a The Greetery Big Beautiful Bow die.  When you cut these you cut
in two colors which gives you two different contrasting bows in the end,
I've been getting quite a little collection of them for later use.

We hope to see YOU over at Beautiful Blossoms with your floral creation,
plenty of beautiful inspiration there too!!

Beautiful Blossoms August Challenge

 Hello friends, it is once again time for a new challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms and we have a mood board for inspiration!

I had a lot/bunch of already pre-made flowers and thought I would pull some
out in the colors of the mood board, I think I hit on all the colors pretty well
except the blush/mauve color, I kept my card mostly in the fall color tones. 
 Most of these flowers are from
Spellbinders Bold Blooms, one summer evening I spent creating as many flowers
as I could out of my many scraps and inks.  Needless to say I have an entire
container of pretty blooms to use whenever I need them, a few are also
Concord & 9th and Pretty Pink Posh!.
I embossed a dotted background with a 3D WeR Memory Keepers folder
no room for a sentiment so it will have to go inside!

Come on over to Beautiful Blossoms and have some 'floral' fun with us!!

Entering the following challenges:
Snippets Playground ....Paper Scraps
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG
Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday .... ATG
[Pin]spirational .... Die Cuts
A Cut Above #2....ATG
Inspiration Station ... Inspired by all those fun hot colors!

Beautiful Blossoms July Challenge

We are halfway through July and it is time for a new challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms  
and have this colorful mood board below:

Somewhere this year I received this FREE stamp~die~stencil set

 Christmas Bells Couture Creations, it might have been from Scrapbookdotcom!

Anyhow, it reminded me of the mood board above for some reason so I

stamped and stenciled my card using Altenew inks.
I stenciled the dots on the side (also part of the set) lightly after
I had completed the floral.  The sentiment is also part of the set
that I stamped in Versamark then used Apricot Zing embossing powder to emboss.

Somewhere I read that someone said all their embossing powder was old and
didn't work anymore, I sure hope that isn't true as I have oodles of it myself
and this particular powder I used is very old!!

Come on over to Beautiful Blossoms and have some floral fun with us!!

Beautiful Blossoms June Challenge

Hello friends, it's time for a new challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms and we have the pretty mood board for inspiration,
but it can be anything, any color as long as you focus is on floral! 

For my card I used a stencil~die~stamp combination from
LDRS Creative Joyful Blooms from right here in Michigan!
My background paper is a VERY old piece from SU but I thought it
represented the mood board pretty well.  My florals were stenciled
with Altenew inks.  The sentiment is part of the set mentioned above.

I added a few 'candi's for a bit of decoration (I know they add to the postage
but I had them and I like how they look!

Come on over to Beautiful Blossoms and have some floral fun with us!!

May 2024

The month is halfway over, can you believe it?
But, it brings us to our new monthly challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms
and we have a pretty but 'optional' mood board but you can create
any colors you want as long as blossoms are your focal point! 

I had these layered Roses from Sunny Studios already made so decided to
put them to use for this card.  I did have to stamp the layered leaves which I
think turned out pretty cool.  The paper is P13 Coffee Break and the scallop oval,
the other greenery and the vellum butterfly all came from my
'white' box/bin of 'spare parts' just waiting to be used.
The sentiment is stamped in Dew Drop Peanut Brittle and the sentiment is
from Stampendous.

Come on over and have some 'blossom' fun with us at
Beautiful Blossoms.

Entering the following challenges:
Make My Monday .... Florals

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge April 2024

A new challenge starts today at Beautiful Blossoms
where your focal point should be all about flowers!
We have this pretty mood board for inspiration 
but you can create any card you want as long as it is a floral!! 

I was inspired not only by the pretty colors but the lilies as well.
I grabbed my Cottage Cutz Spring Lilies die set
and made some pretty peach lilies.  The background paper is really more 'green'
then what the photo shows and it's a pretty piece from Mintay.
I arranged my flowers on a Spellbinders Hemstitch die cut.
I decided to leave this card sentiment free.
It's really more of a peachy color in real life too!

Come and visit us at Beautiful Blossoms and see all the pretty
inspiration from the design team!!

Entering the following challenges:
The Flower Challenge .... Add Layers

Simon Monday Challenge .... Spring Flowers
A Place To Start .... Optional Flowers

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge March 2024

 Hello friends, it's a new monthly challenge starting today at
Beautiful Blossoms and we have a pretty floral mood board for inspiration.
You can choose to go with the colors on the board or you can create
anything as long as your main focus is FLOWERS!!

I was inspired by the pansies and knew I had this pansy stamp from
Class Act Inc. that has never seen ink and I bought it years and years ago,
so long ago I am surprised I remembered I even had it LOL!!
I stamped it on water color paper and die cut it with a
Pink Fresh Studio Folk Edge Circle.
The image was water colored with Tombow markers.
The little butterfly was flying around my desk left from another
project so he landed on my card to stay!
The pretty background paper is
The Paper Boutique Lavender Fields.
The sentiment is Pink Fresh Studio Perfect Sentiments
stamp and die.

We are partnering with Double Trouble March 15th-31st
and you can read all the rules below

WELCOME to Challenge #162 - Let the Troubles Begin! 

This Challenge runs from 

Friday, March 15th  thru Sunday, March 31st

"Spring Florals"  

THING  1:  Trouble Maker 

says, "As winter comes to an end in the Northern Hemisphere, perhaps you are seeing and hearing signs of spring. The longer days, the twitter of birds, and the budding of flowers help to cheer us after a cold winter. To celebrate the coming of spring, create a project using your favorite floral image."  

You can stop here... 

OR  

play along with Twisted Sister's optional twist below to earn another chance in our random drawing.  

THING  3:  Twisted Sister 

says, "Since Easter is almost here, I'm reminiscing over the old song, 'In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it'.  Memories of my collection of bonnets with all the frills upon them come to my mind.  Perhaps you remember floral-laden bonnets with decorations and embellishments of bunnies, chicks, eggs, etc. My optional twist is to include an Easter element and/or bonnets or baskets with your Spring Florals project."  

Optional Twist:  If you have included my optional twist in your project you will earn another chance in our random drawing.

THING  2:  Double Dare 

says, "If you have met Thing 1's requirement to create a Spring Florals project you are eligible to enter your project HERE at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge and you will qualify for an additional chance in our random drawing. 

Beautiful Blossoms Mood Board

Beautiful Blossoms is an Anything Goes Flowers / Florals challenge. A Mood Board is provided to use as an Inspiration Tool but it is not a requirement. However, your project must have flowers(s)/floral(s) as part of the design. 

Come on over to Beautiful Blossoms and have some fun with us and
Double Trouble!!

Entering the following challenges:
Double Trouble ....  Floral image
Cut It Up .... Colors of Spring
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday .... ATG

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge February 2024

 Valentine's Day is over and it's now time for a new challenge at 
Beautiful Blossoms!
How fun we can put those hearts aside and focus on some pretty blooms!
Speaking of pretty blooms, we have a beautiful inspiration board
to get those creative juices going, but you can create
anything as long as 'blooms' are your focal point!

I used a never been used before layered stamp set from
The Ton 'Fresh Cut Anemones'.
I purchased this set because of the vase, my mom had given me one
exactly like it so how could I resist it?

This card is nothing like it started out to be, 
I made numerous mistakes along the way including getting 
black ink where I didn't want it and messing up the stems entirely,
then messing up the flower center order of layering,
yep, a real mess I created.  I decided to try and salvage what I could

and fussy cut the flowers out, added drawn stems and used the 
leaves to cover up what I could, but even then I am not happy
with the placement of them.  Maybe I should of just trashed the entire thing
but I had put so much work into the layering of the flowers

I just couldn't make myself toss it!
I am naming this card "It is what it is" card, lol!!

Hop on over to Beautiful Blossoms for some great inspiration!!

Entering the fun following challenges:
Time Out #257 .... 10th Birthday

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge January 2024

Happy January 2024, can you believe it?
The months and years seem to pass by so quickly don't they?
Well it's mid month and that brings us to a new challenge at
Beautiful Blossoms.
We have a beautiful mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything with blossoms on it!

When I saw this mood board I knew right off what I was going to use
for my design team card.
I purchased this Sizzix Brushstrokes Flowers #2 a long time ago
and never have used it before, 
felt it was the perfect choice for this board!
It's a very different die that's for sure but super easy as each big
die piece is a 'map' of sorts, leaving an embossed place to put each
separate die cut.  I wish you could see it in person as it is really prettier IRL!
I drug out my much neglected Spellbinders Floral Ovals
to build my flowers on.
The sentiment is my most often 'go to' sentiments from The Ton!
Designer paper is Prima Frayed Denim.

We are also celebrating our ONE year anniversary/birthday and have a special
challenge for that in addition to our regular monthly challenge.
You can read all about it here:

Make sure to pop on over to the birthday bash and have some fun with us!!

Here is the LINK
Here are the rules for entering this challenge:

To be eligible for the Prize Draw, you must:

1. Create a Project with the theme of Birthday and/or Anniversary.

2.  Link back to our challenge blog in your social media post.

3.  Be a Follower of our Challenge Blog.

4.  Your project must contain Florals.

A.)  You may enter this challenge an unlimited number of times and you may play in an unlimited amount of other challenges

B.) YES! You are allowed to enter BOTH our regular challenge and this special Birthday Challenge.

 This Special Challenge will end on 12 February 2024 @ 11:59 PM EST USA. The Winners will be posted on the regular Feb/Mar 2024 Challenge post on 15 February 2024.

So that is two places you can enter our challenge this month
just make sure to follow the rules at each challenge,
but remember, you must use blossoms/flowers!!

More beautiful inspiration over at Beautiful Blossoms
won't you join us?

Entering the following challenges:
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday .... ATG
Die Cut Diva's .... Never Before Used Stuff
Try It On Tuesday .... Winter Blues

Beautiful Blossoms Birthday Bash

 Beautiful Blossoms is celebrating its FIRST year Birthday/Anniversary!
Come and join us for some celebration fun and birthday prizes
to random winners and it could be YOU!!

We have a pretty mood board for inspiration but you can create 
anything as long as your focal is FLOWERS!!

For my card I used the Pink Fresh Studio
Charming Floral Border, stencil, foil plate and die.
Instead of hot foiling, after my flowers were stenciled
and die cut, I then used the hot foil plate to emboss with.
The designer paper is from SU and has always been one of
my favorites.  The sentiment is The Ton Easy Expressions.
The embossing folder is one I am sure everyone owns
at this point, the dotted swiss!

Make sure to pop on over to the birthday bash and have some fun with us!!

Here is the LINK
Here are the rules for entering this challenge:

To be eligible for the Prize Draw, you must:

1. Create a Project with the theme of Birthday and/or Anniversary.

2.  Link back to our challenge blog in your social media post.

3.  Be a Follower of our Challenge Blog.

4.  Your project must contain Florals.

A.)  You may enter this challenge an unlimited number of times and you may play in an unlimited amount of other challenges

B.) YES! You are allowed to enter BOTH our regular challenge and this special Birthday Challenge.

 This Special Challenge will end on 12 February 2024 @ 11:59 PM EST USA. The Winners will be posted on the regular Feb/Mar 2024 Challenge post on 15 February 2024.

Don't forget we also have our regularly monthly challenge
and you can find it HERE!
That gives you TWO places to enter your pretty florals
for prizes and honors!
Here are the rules for this challenge:

Points to Remember:

• Your Project must have flowers(s)/floral(s) as a MAIN part of the design.
• Use the optional Mood Board as an Inspirational Tool but it's not a requirement.
• A Limit of 6 Entries per Challenge.
• Check back to see if you're a Winner!

You have until the 12th of February 2024 to link your project.  The Winner and Top 3 of Challenge #13 will be announced on the new Challenge post starting the 15th of  February 2024. 

Entering the following challenges:
Creations In Pink #66 ....Mainly PINK
Daisy Chain .... No Designer Paper
Let's Craft & Create ... ATG/A Penny For Your Thoughts
Make My Monday .... Happy Birthday
Unicorn Challenge .... Birthday

Beautiful Blossoms December Challenge

It's winter time at Beautiful Blossoms and we want to see all
your pretty Winter Blooms!!
Below is a mood board for inspiration but you can create anything
as long as blooms are your focal point on your card!

I used for the first time an Altenew set I purchased last year
Holiday Flower Stamps and Die colored with Copics
then die cut out with the matching die and then popped up.
For my background I stenciled it using
Pretty Pink Posh Layered Winter Foliage stencils.

I think it made the perfect background for my poinsettias!

I hope to see you at Beautiful Blossoms with YOUR
winter blooms and check out all the beautiful 'blooms' from the design team while there!!

Entering the following challenges:

Crafty Calendar .... Christmas Themed

Beautiful Blossoms November Challenge

We are well into Fall at Beautiful Blossoms and have a pretty
mood board for inspiration!!

I used an older Flourishes stamp 'Autumn Blossoms' for my card,
colored with Copics and die cut out with a Tonic Ribbon and Bow layering die set.
The sentiment is from The Greetery, punched with an SU tiny punch
 and the gingham paper is Prima Blue Denim.

I hope YOU will join us at Beautiful Blossoms!!

 

Beautiful Blossoms October Challenge

You can tell by our fun 'mood board' below that it is 
Autumn time at Beautiful Blossoms and we want to see
all your pretty fall blooms!

You can choose to let the board inspire you or not
but you much feature blossoms as your focal point on your project!!

For my card I used for the first time a stamp and die from
Pink Fresh Studio 'Just A Little Lovely' and I think it is a great
name for it as it is lovely!
This was stamped on water color paper then I used a combination of
Zigs and Tombow markers to achieve my colors.
The background was embossed with Spellbinders Flower Frenzy on
Lawn Fawn Sunflower card stock.

Won't you join us at Beautiful Blossoms and while there take a peek
at all the pretty designs from the design team!

Entering the Following challenges:
The Flower Challenge .... ATG (7th Birthday)
Stamping Sensations .... Autumn Colors and/or ATG
All Sorts ,,,, Add some Texture