Mothers Day in the Garden

Hello, happy Sunday and happy Mother's Day.

There wasn't a shadow of a doubt about what I wanted to show you today as it is Mother's Day. The only thing that teased me, was what to choose as SVGAttic and SnapDragon Snippets has so many wonderful Mother's Day files to choose from.

Not that my own Mother doesn't enjoy the garden, she just has lots of other hobbies but I know a lot of Mothers out there thrive in the green and loves to get dirt under their nails, so I went with a garden theme.

And this is what I came up with:

First of is the 3D Garden Hat that I made from AC Cardstock in Brown Sugar and Straw along with patterned paper from Graphic 45's "Botanical Tea" collection and two small silver colored eyelets.

I also decorated it with some Prima flowers from my stash in coordinating colors and a butterfly also from Prima.

This hat is very easy to make so it's perfect for everybody both beginner paper crafters and the more advanced.

Next is the 3D Garden Spade:

This one is also very easy to make and it's so realistic I fear somebody's going to bring it into the garden for shoveling.

I used AC Cardstock in Vanilla and Bazzill Bling Cardstock in Tungsten along with patterned paper from Graphic 45's "Botanical Tea" collection.

I also tied some pink twine on the handle.

Then I made a flower in a pot:

This is a somewhat fantasy kind of a flower inspired by Hydrangeas.

For the flower itself I used ½ styrofoam ball on which I pinned several small flowers from the Flower Five Petal Leaf Cluster cut out in Graphic 45 patterned paper (Botanical Tea) As flower center I added small sequins.

The ball is then glued or pop-dotted onto a large flower from the SDS 3D Cake Box Kit (without the candle) cut in AC Cardstock in Bubblegum. Then I cut out some leaves from the Flower Five Petal Leaf Cluster in Cricket AC Cardstock and glued them underneath the flower and placed it onto the pot.

The Flower Ball Topiary 3D Pot is made from Vanilla AC Cardstock and decorated with "Botanical Tea" paper. For filler I used some Spanish Moss. Isn't it cute?

This project is for the bit more advanced crafters but I really encourage everyone to try it.

Last but not least I made the adorable Tea Cup 3D Container also from SnapDragon Snippets:

The cup is cut from AC Cardstock in Vanilla and decorated with Graphic 45 patterned paper "Botanical Tea". The Tea Bag Tag is the small in the set and is cut from Graphic 45's paper and decorated with a small chipboard tag from Graphic 45's "Time to Flourish" collection and tied onto the cup with a length of scrap floss. Finally I added a Prima butterfly and filled the cup with sweets (chocolate covered roasted almonds)

This cup is rather large so if you're not into spending a fortune on candy (like I did), you can fill some tissue paper into the cup first for filler.

And all together now :

So what do you think of this project? Let me know in a comment.

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Springtime in the Garden

Hello and thanks for joining me today.

I love Spring (yeah yeah I love all seasons) - when the flowers peep out, the smell of the air after the rain stops and the rising of the temperature. Ahhhhh.....

I think I captured all of this in the project I want to show you today. I broke out all my Spring-y papers and decided on the "Botanical Collection" from Prima (an oldie but goodie)

First I made the Hex Watering Can found in the SDS Store and in the Silhouette Design Store:

It's made from AC Cardstock in Vanilla and decorated with the lovely patterned paper. It is SO easy to make....Even without a tutorial :-)

Then I made a flower to go with it:

This is made from AC Cardstock in Vanilla and Mint and the flower is made entirely from the patterned paper and so is the panels on the flower pot. This consists of three files - The Flower 3D Ball Ornament, the Flower Ball Topiary 3D Pot and the leaves are from the Tulip 3d Cubic Three Stems in Crate. (Found in the Silhouette Store: Ball, pot and tulips)

All of these have been downsized by 50% to keep the size ratio.

I added a small red dot from Doodlebug Design to the center of the small center of the flower and added some flower foam plus some Spanish Moss into the pot. I stuck the leaves into the flower foam to keep them in place.

Here's a view from above:

I really love this set - it fits so well together and it doesn't take up much space :-)

Hope you liked this cute set and please don't forget to leave me a small comment on your way out.

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