Hope House Home for Boys

The cards that I sell here in Chapala and Ajijic, Mexico benefit the dental program for the boys at Hope House in the nearby village of Ixlahuacan. There are close to 30 boys at the home and many of them come to the home having received no dental treatment. If you live here at Lakeside and would like to order a quality, hand crafted card for a special occasion and help me contribute to this worthy cause, please e-mail me at bettyinchapala@yahoo.com Card price is 50 pesos; the entire sales price is donated to Hope House.

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Saturday, March 17, 2012

Build a Flower


The petals of my flower were created with the Colored Kissing Technique demonstrated on the Make It Monday video by Papertrey Ink. Heather Nichols demonstrated the technique.  I did not have many solid clear stamps so I went with this flower petal. First I inked the stamp with the lighter plum color, stamped on white paper and followed that by stamping PTI's Basic Backgrounds: Gingham in the darker plum color onto the petal stamp and stamped it on top of the lighter color. The flower parts are from a set by Autumn Leaves, Build-A-Flower. I also used the Gingham background stamp again by stamping in dark green on a lighter green cardstock. Sentiment is PTI, Everyday Button Bits.

I also made this card with the Sugar Creek Hollow challenge in mind. This week the challenge is Lots of Layers and the design team offered examples of the primitive style. I think that the gingham petals of the flower as well as the dashed stem and leaves give a country effect to my card. However, I think it may fall slightly short of the primitive style -- what do you think, Sugar Creek Hollow DT????? Any suggestions as to how I could get it to look more primitive? At least, my card does have lots of layers, especially if you count each petal as a layer -- they are layered one on top of each other at their points, after all!!

Later,
Betty



10 comments:

The Other Patti Sue said...

Now this is amazing! Love that technique! Need to use it!

Becky said...

I love this Betty, that flower is gorgeous.

Janice M said...

Very pretty Betty! Love your flower.

Mary Anne / MA54K said...

For the life of me, I can't keep up with you! You are a creating machine! Sorry I have missed commenting on so many projects. I have scrolled back and checked them all out. Love the round cards and the basket, to mention a few! This is a great technique, and I just love the layers and the colors you used.

Colleen said...

Betty,
I really, really like this one it is so perfect. That flower just stands out.

Payne Holler Cards said...

hi sweetie - first, what kinda of craftin pills are you taking? You are one crafting machine ...AND they are all so fabulous! guess I'm just plain jealous (-:
I love this card...now whether it's primitive or not...I wish I could say but I'm just learning it myself LOL. I am so glad you not only did the layer challenge but also included to try the primitive. That's what I love about Sugar Creek Hollow - i have learned so much because we ARE challenged!
hugs to you ...
Linda
SCH DT

Patti P. said...

Linda said it so perfectly Betty...I love the gingham and those petals, such a creative and attractive creation!! We love seeing your work at Sugar Creek Hollow and really appreciate you. Thanks for joining in again this week.hugs...
Patti SCH/DT

Melisa Waldorf said...

I think it looks primative because of the gingham. It gives it that country feel. Love this clean and simple style!

Cec said...

What a great card and so clean. I love the technique and wish I had some rubber stamps so I could try it. Thanks for joining us at Sugar Creek Hollow.
Hugs!
Cec

Sandy said...

I really like this - what you have done has a nice homespun feel. I did to and watch that tutorial - will have to try it!
sandy