Friday, May 11, 2012

STAMPTV CSS DT INSPIRATION BLOG HOP

Hey there blog friends!!!

The StampTV CSS Design Team is having an Inspiration blog hop and we're hoping you'll play along with us. 

If you came here from the fabulously talented Brenda (who gave us this inspiration), then you're in the right place.  If not, you'll want to go back to the hop beginning so you don't miss one post because if you complete the hop and leave a comment on each post, you'll be entered in the drawing on Tuesday morning (May 15), when we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!

Brenda's fantastic inspiration


Here is my card


I love texture and what I got from the inspiration photo is the texture.  My eye immediately went to the brick wall, the flowers and the wicker basket.  I tried to pull them all into my project.  I thought the quilt added such a quaint comfort to this image so I placed my basket on it.

The stamps I used were Melanie Muenchinger's "Spring Basket".  The beautiful dp, which created the "quilt" and basket liner, in my project are from the new StampTV Kit "Petals and Wings".  The brick wall was made with a Sizzix ef that I first inked with Vivid "Tea Rose" ink pad before running it through the embossing machine.  I then sponged the panel with DI "forest moss" and "pumice stone" to age it.  The flowers and basket were colored with Copic markers.  All card stock is Gina K Pure Luxury white.  The corner scrolls were cut with a die and sponged with DI "forest moss".   The basket, liner and flowers were all popped with dimensionals. 

Thank you for stopping by.  Your next stop is over to the blog of the super talented Geri (Brenda's mom) - I know she's going to wow you with her project. Before you go, don't forget to leave a comment - I'd LOVE IT if someone from my comments won the goodie bag!!!  Good luck!

CHERI 

98 comments:

joy said...

I love the brick wall! It looks so real and the flowers are so sweet -- great card!

stampqueen said...

Both you and Brenda used the brick wall and I really didn't even see it until I saw your cards!! Love your quilt and basket of flowers too!!!

Sharri said...

Cheri, beautiful card! I love the brick wall, your pretty basket of flowers and all the texture! Great job GF!

Kay S said...

Gorgeous card, Cheri! Love the basket and brick wall.

Vicki Dutcher said...

Beautiful creation from the inspiration!!

Carolina said...

What a sweet card Cheri - love the background you created for it and the gems in the middle of the flowers are sweet as sweet can be!

An'Jenic G. said...

Beautiful take on the picture. I love the flower basket. TFS AJ~

Rozy said...

You did a beautiful job. YOur brick wall is really great! I think you captured the picture wonderfully.

Miesje said...

I love your brick wall and the basket with flowers - wonderful. We had similar ideas - love it.

Olga said...

The basket is well done!Love the way you colored the flowers!

Robin said...

Great take on the photo. Just lovelt.

Colleen said...

Such a lovely creation and so realistic looking
ColleenB.
Texas

Jennifer said...

What a very pretty card, the flowers are so realistic and I absolutely love your wall, well done on this creation. Jen xx

Anne Biesterfeld said...

Beautiful card. Love the happy colors. Would make a nice card for a shutin.

Kelly said...

The brick wall seems to be catching a lot of eyes! Love all the texture on your card. Nicely done.

Kathleen said...

Love the brick on your card!

quiltea56 said...

Such Talent. Love the Brick, flowers and colors. Thanks for being an inspiration to us.

Anonymous said...

The card was very attractive. I especially liked the brick wall.

Flo, Florida

JoanL said...

Great card! The basket of flowers is gorgeous!

Unknown said...

Beautiful card, love the bright happy colors and the brick too! so glad I have that CB folder! :)

Vicki said...

Great idea. I love the pink brick wall!! I can almost smell the beautiful flowers. What a great card!!!

Arlene said...

What a fun take on this! Love the basket idea.

stampbrat said...

This card is truly awesome. I love what you did with the wall.

Oma said...

Love the wall. This card is so summery looking.

Debbie Bradford said...

This is beautiful. I love your background brick wall. So pretty and soft.

scrappinmommom said...

I love the complete card, the flowers are gorgeous and the brick wall is wonderful. Great job...

Carolyn from DE said...

So so so cute. Absolutely adore baskets and this one sets off the bricks to a tee! It speaks to me of happy times.

Pat and Meka said...

Amazing background love the brick wall

Anonymous said...

beautiful card. Love all the texture in it and the colors are so pretty

Lagene said...

Beautiful card, I love your brick wall!

Victoria H. said...

What a fantastic card! Makes me think of spring and picnics.

Victoria H. said...

What a fantastic card! Makes me think of spring and picnics.

gail gee said...

how Sweet, makes me want to go on a picnic. Great Job

Chris said...

Wonderful card! I love the brick wall and the basket liner.

Chris said...

Wonderful card! I love the brick wall and the basket liner.

Anonymous said...

Cheri, love the brick and the quilt
your flowers were great thanks for
helping with ideas.
vanda

Verna Angerhofer said...

Your card is stunning. I am so glad I have that brick wall embossing folder. You have inspired me now.

BarbK said...

Great card and so full of inspiration. TFS.

Diana E. said...

Lovely card and I would hae neer thought to fill in the brick wall.Very clever !

Anonymous said...

Very lovely card. I love the brick wall and your beautiful color combinations.

Joan
MN
gjgarlough@aol.com

Anonymous said...

The gingham adds a lovely country feel to your card! vtrugrade2@hotmail.com

Dottie Watson said...

Boy you gals are really going outside the box in creativity. I love it. beautiful card also would make a terrifec Mother's Day card.
Hugz, Dottie

CinBoopRella's Place said...

You really made a lovely card! Love love love the brick wall....and the quilt....genius!

Melanie said...

Great job with inspiration, Cheri, that brick wall is terrific/perfect!! :)

Sheila said...

My eyes going back to the brick wall. Terrific card.

Jan Castle said...

That brick wall is such a wonderful background for your lovely flowers!
Jan

Babylonlynn said...

Love the textured wall! Well done!!!
Lynn

Gerry said...

Gorgeous!! love the colors

Anonymous said...

All of you ladies are sooo talented

Linda S. said...

You did a wonderful job capturing all the textures in the photo. Beautiful card. Linda S. in NE

Tosha said...

Great card,it would be a real joy to receive.

miatagal said...

What a beautiful card, Cheri! Love the textures and colours. Perfect for the hop!!

Anonymous said...

Beautiful card and love the brick wall and flower basket. Thanks for sharing.

Linda D.

sandi said...

I am speechless, what a Beautiful card. Love the colors and the stamp set you used. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful creation.

Lynn B. said...

What a great card! I was immediately drawn to the brick wall too. I'm glad you put them in your card.

okiedee said...

The first thing my eye went to was the brick background and then the flowers...this is an awesome card. Thanks for sharing.

alex said...

Stunning card, love everything about it :-)

PatK said...

I like the way the corner accents tie the whole piece together, will be trying this look!

Carrie said...

Such a beautiful card I'm off to get my stamps inky ...... thanks for the inspiration

Sharon said...

What a beautiful card! I especially like how you did the brick wall!

Judy Inukai said...

Great colors. I love the quilt and the brick wall. Great inspiration.

Alice said...

Love that brick wall and the quilt. Just love seeing everyone's different "take" on the same inspiration photo.

Barb B said...

Cheri, that was the first thing that caught my eye; your quilt. Good way to use up scraps and make a beautiful card at the same time.

itzamitzi said...

I love, love, LOVE your flowers and the colors you chose! Your card is so cheery.

Kitty said...

Your card is just beautiful.

Blessings,
Kat (Kathleen)

Anonymous said...

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO I like your card also. When I first saw the basket I wondered whose stamp set it was from. The way you colored it I did not recognize Mel's basket - neat idea, you gave it an aged look. That quilt paper is a wonderful addition. And then your brick wall...WOW!! Now I know there are at least 2 brick wall EF's out there - so now I neeeeeeeed to look for one of them...Thanks for sharing your talent.
Jean McGee

Beverly Perdue said...

Cheri, your card is beautiful. I love the flowers and the basket. The Spring Basket stamp set is one of my favorites. The brick wall is amazing -- looks authentic.

Rosy Newlun said...

Beautiful creation! I, like many others, didn't even
'see' a brick wall. Guess I'd have to be hit by one first LOL. Love Mel's baskets and flowers - lovely design and coloring!

Anonymous said...

love the brick

Judy Averill said...

Nice job on this card. The texture of the brick wall adds a very nice touch as does the quilt!!
Lovely.

Lindab said...

Hi Cheri,
Your brick wall is great and really adds heaps of texture to the picture.

Gayle said...

great look and texture, Cheri, my eyes immediately went to the brick wall and then took in the lovely basket of flowers.

Ginger said...

Great brick wall.

betjunroe said...

What a beautiful Spring card! The quilt is so pretty. It makes me want to pick some flowers. Bette

Jennie said...

LOVE the brick wall on this and beautiful flowers Cheri! Fabulous design :)

Bwarner said...

The brick wall is so unusual. Thanks for sharing

Alexanne Stone said...

Bright! Cheerful! Full of Spring's love!

Brenda Spa Gal said...

What a lovely card! The details you chose are amazing! Love your brick wall and scroll work on the corners! The quilt background and pearl centers on the flowers! Beautiful!

redwasher1 said...

Love the brick wall!Beautiful card!! Happy Mother's Day, my friend!!

Pat Jandacek said...

I'm parroting what others have said, I know, but this is a beautiful card and I love the appearance of your brick wall. I'm not sure I understand how you got the moss green in the grout area but will restudy this after the hop. TFS

Wilma said...

Love the colors you chose. Beautiful card, and a good job!!

Luanna said...

I love your card. It is so cheery looking. It always amazes me how the DT comes up with so much variety from the same picture.

Ina G said...

Love the colours of your brick wall - so bright and cheerful with those gorgeous flowers in the basket. Certainly lovely with winter coming on her in Oz.
It would be AWSOME if someone won the goodies especially when it is drawn on YOUR BIRTHDAY!!

Golda said...

What a great card! I love the corners you came up with, too.

rhonda said...

The brick is darling.

Sharon Roselli said...

Beautiful card! love the flowers

Lynne said...

Great use of the flowers on the basket. Lots of interest thruout.

TrinaM said...

Love the Brick wall - very realistic. The flowers in the basket and quilt in the background complete the picture very nicely. TFS.

Nana Griffin said...

Lovely flowers and I love the basket liner paer.

NJMullins said...

What a great take on this- the brick and wicker, offset by the soft colors. Beautiful card :)

Christine said...

Love the way you have replicated the wall - lovely fresh colours too.
Christine x

NancyS said...

WOW, Cheri, what a beautiful card. I'm entirely with you--love textures--and you've done an amazing job creating texture the viewer will just want to touch over and over. Great job and TFS.

cardscookiecarrotcake said...

The brick wall is awesome. Love the flowers, the quilt, it looks like I love everything about your card.

Margaret said...

The flowers look like Gerber daisies to me. I love their colours.

Brenda said...

Gorgeous card Cheri!!! I love how you did the brick wall and your flowers are wonderful.

Loretta said...

Love this card, I love the idea of the quilt. TFS

Becky said...

What a beautiful basket of flowers.

Betty Neville said...

Just gorgeous Cheri, and so wonderfully cheery! You've incorporated so many elements from the inspiration photo - fabulous job!

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