More Dahlias

Hi all - Happy weekend & International Scrapbooking Day! It's been quite a while since I've done any scrapbooking so I'm not planning to celebrate.

It's also been a while since I've been able to play at Just Us Girls so I wanted to get in on Challenge #773 where it's Die Week - use a flower. No problem! I combined this with my Craft Roulette card for Episode #265 which aired last night.

Supplies: Paper - Neenah Solar White;

Recollections A2 card; Authentique wood plank;

Spellbinders Betterpress Pebble

Stamps w/Dies - Altenew Dear Dahlias 

Press Plates w/Dies - Spellbinders A Little Messages Sentiments

Other - Copic Markers; foam tape;

Memory Box Fairy Jewels; gift card

When I made the stamped dahlia card for my April 30th post, I stamped an extra image. This one I die cut with the coordinating outline die. Once the CR colors were announced, I colored the image during the show using Copic Markers. That's as far as I got in terms of crafting last night - was trying to watch the Twins game (Red Sox beat us - darn it) at the same time which doesn't work very well...

Mary Gunn Funn, host of Craft Roulette, had a mother/daughter team as guests. This is in honor of Mother's Day which she did last year too. This week Alison Heikkila (@Alison Heikkila) & her daughter Rhiannon guested; next week it's Gina and Rina K which should be funn too. Alison appeared on Episode #259 so I won't repeated her bio. Here's what the wheel spun for us:

• Project - Gift Card: I tucked a gift card under my flowers. Other people decided to call the card a gift, like some cards state on the inside, meaning no gift with it - LOL.
• Colors - Train: I used Thomas the Train colors - blue, green, red, yellow, orange.
• Element - Science: The viewers felt that flowers = botany, a science, so I used it.
• Random - Add A Flower: My floral spray has multiple flowers, which is ok.

After coloring my floral image, I went looking for paper with black & silver, two other colors prominent on trains. Found a wonderful wood plank piece in an Authentique 6x6" collection. I wanted to make a Mother's Day card but didn't have such a sentiment at the satellite studio. Decided to get a gift card that has the sentiment on it - great idea, eh? This one will go to our Queen Mum Mary who recently celebrated her 90th birthday. I thought it was a great way to slip a gift to her since we weren't supposed to bring gifts to her bday party! I really wanted a Starbucks card since Queen Mum loves her coffee but do you think any store around here had the card with Happy Mother's Day?? NO! So I settled for the one from Target. Works fine since there's a purple train in the Thomas set! Added a couple Betterpressed sentiments which also help to hold the gift card on the front. Some gems finished the card.

That's it for today, friends! Thanks for stopping by & have a crafty weekend!!