This is the Just Add ink challenge for this week. Love the colours and rustic nature of the 1st pic. JAI challenges are lots of fun so you should pop over to their blog and see the creative designs the team have come up with to inspire us all. http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com.au/

I have been inspired by the first pic to create my entry this week.

The colours I have used are: Sahara Sand, Soft Suede, Whisper White, Certainly Celery and Calypso Coral.
Vase =Apothercary Accents, top and bottom removed. Run through the big shot using Lattice  Embossing folder then VersaMarked and gold embossing powder then heat embossed. Mounted using dimensionals.
Flowers= Petite Petals on Velum using VersaMark and white embossing powder and heat embossed. Punched with Petite petals. Larger flowers are made using plain and sponged  lunch wrap. Punched using 8x 1 1/4"  and 8x 1 3/4"scalloped circle punch. 8x Pansy Punch.
Background is Sahara Sand card with hardwood stamp with Basic Black ink.
the timber look panels were rolled over a cylinder to give it a bit of a 3D look. ( not very noticeable)
'thank you' from Peaceful Petals (retired)
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This was going to be my entry to JAI's challenge this week but I wasn't really happy with it so I decided to have another try. Much happier with the next one. See below for the final entry.
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 This is my entry to JAI's challenge 256 I made one and wasn't really happy with it so I decided to do another and try to make it a bit more delicate by using Vellum for the flowers, leaves and butterfly wings. I also used a different flower and leaves. The little bees have acetate wings which makes them look more real. Much happier with the results. Thanks for visiting my blog. I would love you to leave a comment and let me know which one you prefer. I will post the original for you to compare.

There is a lot of fussy cutting to make this card so if you don't like fussy cutting it might not be the card to CASE.

Directions:-
Stamps= fabulous Florets, Nature Walk, Hello Doily, Weathered, En Francais, Elements of Style. Most of these are retired but I love them.
card stock= Naturals White, Whisper White, Sarah Sand, Vellum, Something Borrowed DSP.
Ink= sarah Sand, VersaMark, StazOn Black.
Extras= Pretty in Pink, Wisteria Wonder, Daffodil Delight.- Stampin' write markers. 5/8" Organza Ribbon. Sweetheart and Scalloped Tag Topper punches. Pearl Basic Jewels.
Glue= I used glue dots, Dimensional and Tombo multipurpose glue.

Method:  Cut from Naturals White card stock a square card. I just cut a strip off the side of an A4 sheet at 5 and 7/8ths. Use the off cut to make the top layer of the tag 1 6/8" x 4". Punch the top using Scalloped Tag Topper. Then stamp this using En Francais and sponge edges.
From Sarah Sand cut a 5 1/2" square and sponge the edges with Sarah Sand ink. Cut another piece of SS
5 1/4"x 5 1/4. Tear this piece diagonally and rough up the other 2 sides with a blade or scissors. Cut a piece 2" x 4 1/4 and Scallop Tag Top the top edge and sponge the edges. cut a piece of White Organza ribbon 7" long and join the two tags.
Cut DSP  5 1/4. Glue the triangle of SS to the DSP. cut a piece 2'' x 4 1/2 for the tag.
Stamp Hello Doily onto Whisper White using Sarah sand and fussy cut. mount this on the card using dimensionals. then mount the tags also using Dimensional. Stamp the greeting onto Whisper white, punch out using the Sweetheart punch, sponge the edges and add the pearls. mount using Dimensionals.
Using Fabulous Florets stamp 9 large flowers, 9 small flowers and 9 leaves using VersaMark and white embossing powder. Heat emboss.
Colour the backs of the flowers with Pretty In Pink and the leaves with Certainly Cellery.
 Now comes the fun part. All of the flowers and leaves need to be fussy cut and layered using glue dots the middle layer of the flowers only has 3 petals to show the underneath and the top layer is missing the very back petals. The bees were stamped on Whisper White and acetate and fussy cut removing the wings from the W.W. The wings from the acetate are cut keeping the center piece together so they are in one piece. They are then bent upwards and glued to the body of the bees which are coloured with Daffodil Delight.
The butterfly is stamped onto Whisper Whit once and on Vellum twice. Cut the body from the whisper white and the wings from the vellum using StazOn Black and  colour the back of the vellum with Wisteria Wonder. now just assemble the card and you will have a beautiful card to give that special someone. I used glue dots for the bees and butterfly and dimensionals for the flowers.
Lots of instructions to follow but the end result is worth it. Happy Stampin'

These are my interpretation of Hershi kisses Easter bunnies. I saw these adorable little bunnies on FB this morning and a huge thanks to Bernice Collins     http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/creativeedge/blog?directBlogUrl=%2Fblog%2F4007579%2Fentry%2Fhershey_bunny
 
 for coming up with a pattern for them. Little Hershi kisses fit inside the triangles in the body. The originals came from -Brenda Quintana- qbeesquest.com. Really quick and easy to make as well. The embellishments took longer than the bunnies themselves. Thanks for dropping by my blog.Feel free to leave me a comment. Happy stampin'.

I have been watching you tube videos of Elaine from Papercraft Buttons who is very inspirational. I am enjoying making these 3D items. Thanks to Elaine for Sharing. You can find Elain and all her wonderful creations here: https://www.youtube.com/user/papercraftbutton

See the link for instructions below.

Just Add Ink challenge 255   http://just-add-ink.blogspot.com.au/  "Just Add Eggs or Ovals"
These are the 2 entries I added to this weeks challenge. 
The 1st one is a DIY Berry basket I saw on Papercraft Button. LINK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kKXkZ1iF9A 

I added the slit holes using the labels punch (retired). Stamped the outside using the Hardwood stamp. The bunny is punch art. Tulips are from the Backyard Basics stamp set now sadly retired. I have cut multiple layers and coloured them. when they were dry I covered them with crystal effects.
The second entry is a Scalloped oval double easel card.
Things I used:
Elegant Lines embossing Folder, Ovals framelits, Scallop boarder punch (retired) 1 1/4 and 1 3/4 scalloped circle punches and Pearls, Island Indigo ink pad for sponged edges. The brad is one from the past, the word love is supported using a piece of thick acetate and glue dots and the word Love is from a friends die not sure where it is from.
If you like my creations please leave me a comment. Thanks for looking and happy stampin'. 

I saw Elaine make a tripple easel card and decided to give it a go. This is the result.