Showing posts with label Calming Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Calming Garden. Show all posts

Monday, August 3, 2026

Tiny Tranquil Tree

Mornin' y'all!  I am on my second cuppa tea this morning and I had pumpkin coffee cake for breakfast because Ryan picked Sunday breakfast yesterday and he almost always chooses pumpkin cake.  I think I took a page from his book too because for some reason I was getting crumbs everywhere, but at least I clean up after myself.

Anyhoodle, the hubs and I were both in the warcraft room on Saturday (where he plays World of Tanks and I do crafts) and the following conversation took place:

Me:  Do bonsai count as trees?
Hubs:  ...Yes?  (definitely questioning)
Me:  Okay cool *stampy stamp stamp*

Result:


Ohhh yeeaahhh we're CAS today and I like it.  I used the Color Dare Challenge for my colors:


The card base and the stamping are done in Pretty Peacock (it looks extra dark in the picture, and I even took more than one but they all looked dark), the shading under the bonsai is Coastal Cabana, and I used watercolor pencils in Calypso Coral and Bermuda Bay to color the bonsai.  As to why I needed a tree, here's the Addicted to CAS challenge:


I hope they agree with the hubs that bonsai count as trees.  Bonsaaaaiiiiii!

Daphne is ready for her morning perambulation so I'm going to take her because I am totally stalling about all the phone calls I need to make today because I hate calling people on the phone but I need to make appointments and pretend I'm a functioning adult.  Wish me luck.  Bonsaaaaiiiii!!!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Calming Garden, Kanji
Ink:  Pretty Peacock, Coastal Cabana
Paper:  Pretty Peacock, Basic White
Accessories:  Corner rounder punch, watercolor pencils


My darling Daphne.  Sun's out, tongues out!

Wednesday, August 18, 2021

Calming Garden Hello

Mornin' kids!  How's it going today?

I've been buying some retired stamp sets lately (I need to get off of eBay...) and the inspiration challenge at Just Add Ink was the perfect excuse to ink up one of my new acquisitions!


Isn't that a gorgeous inspiration pic?  So here's my first-ever card with Calming Garden:


The layer behind the flower panel is DSP from the Woven Threads pack; it has a subtle pattern to it.  I thought Terracotta Tile and Pretty Peacock were a good match for the inspiration pic, especially with the Sahara Sand.

Hope you have a great day, peeps!

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Calming Garden, A Big Thank You
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Pretty Peacock, Stampin' Blends in Cajun Craze, Pretty Peacock, and Ivory
Paper:  Sahara Sand, Pretty Peacock, Woven Threads DSP
Accessories:  Stitched So Sweetly dies, Dimensionals, Wink of Stella, Glitter Enamel Shapes