Garden Flower Mosaic

A walk to the community garden yielded many flowers. Geraniums, poppies, Echinacea purpurea or cone flower, gladiolas, straw flowers and sweet peas.

The season is coming to an end and the flowers are giving their best to finish in wonderful color.

Sharing with Mersad who hosts Through My Lens Nr 109.

Card Club - February - DSP Split

This is a classic Designer Paper Split.  I chose paper by Authentique - Remembrance - Remembrance Three which had an ivory background and a rich green and purple mosaic pattern.

I cut the sheet of 12x12 paper into rectangles 5.25 x 4.00 inches.  Then I cut them again at 3.5 inches.  I flipped the larger piece to reveal the stripes.  I then taped these back together on the back. 

I added a length of ivory grosgrain ribbon across the join and taped the ends to the back.

This layer was adhered to the front of a green card leaving a small border.

The greeting was color printed then punched with a large 2 inch oval punch.  It was adhered over the ribbon with 3D foam tape.

Glitter Card Mosaic Bird

The Christmas cards I receive each year a few include some with glitter.  Gorgeous cards that sparkle and glitter.  When it's time to take them down what to do with them? For this card the bird was cut from the glitter card mosaic. The wing was cut with the Cricut and the Create a Critter cartridge then I embossed it with the Cuttlebug D'vine Swirl folder.  I added a definition to the beak with a marker and used a white brad for the eye.  I punched the branch with the Stampin Up Build Up Bird punch from white card stock.  I chose a piece of aqua polka dot designer paper and adhered it to the black card front.  I adhered the mosaic bird to the card front then adhered the wing and the branch.  I added a greeting with a black SU Modern Label punchie and a Word Window greeting. These are adhered together then mounted to the card front with 3D foam tape.  Sending these to my card exchange buddies.

Glitter Card Mosaic Technique

I spent some time with my sister Therese on the weekend and she came up with the idea of a glitter card mosaic.  Check her cards out.

1. Collect the cards.

2. Cut the card fronts into squares.  We chose .75" which is the width of the spacer on the paper cutter.

3. Layout the squares on a contrasting card stock until you have something appealing.

4. Glue the square down and press overnight is best.

5. We cut several holes with die cut machine to assess the placement on our mosaic.

6. I traced the shape of this post it bird on the back of the card stock.

7. Create a project with the cut out.  I made a card.

 

Sharing this post with Mosaic Monday #23 hosted by Maggie at Normandy Life.

Card Club - May - Daisy

I cut my decorative card stock to 3.75" x 5" and punched the corners with a corner rounder.  I chose several colors of card stock for these card kits.  This one is a warm dark green.  I placed a piece of orange grosgrain ribbon across the bottom 1/3 of the decorative piece.  I taped the ends to the back. This layer was then adhered to the card front. I punched the daisies with a large punch from coordinating aqua card stock. The white is just the back side of the aqua card stock. The daisy accent is adhered over the ribbon.  The white pearl button is adhered to the flower with a Zot. The colors of card in the kits are aqua and orange along with this dark green.

This card has the orange card base with a coordinating orange button in the middle of the flower.  I've decided to use in the tall portrait orientation as well.  Great versatility.

Mosaic Monday - Canada Geese Story

Here's a few pics from my walk this morning.  I was up with the birds you might say.  I can see that the river is starting to break up and it will soon be flowing freely.  Magpies are one of the only birds here that are familar with people so they don't scatter like the others.  Happy with this shot.  Crab apples from last year dangling against the clear blue sky.  These last for shots of the Canada tell a story.  I heard them before I saw them.  The first quickly landed on the roof of the building but the other made several turns around the area.  The second picture you can barely see it through trees as it makes still another fly by.  Once it had committed to the roof they greeted each other.  Then they sat on the roof surveying the neighborhood.  Are they planning to settle in?  Who knows.

Mosaic Monday - Sunflowers

I'm hoping these sunny flowers will inspire the weather to get warmer. We had a really nice day on Saturday and I spent it with my sisters and niece. It was a very good day.

Sunflowers are my favorite flower so I always have a good number of shots.  I love the variety of colors which come with these flowers. Yellow to deep oranges can be found. Bees love them as I see 2 of my shots include them gathering nectar.


I'm submitting this to Mosaic Monday at Lavendar Cottage hosted by Judith.

Mosaic Monday - Angels

I've put together a set of angels I have.  I found it interesting how they are all similar in color.

Top left: This is an angel pin I made with a wooden body and shrink plastic wings.
Top right: Ceramic and I find her skirt seems to mimic a heart upside down.

Center left: I like the movement in her skirt as well.

Bottom left: Is a votive holder from Party Lite.  It is about 8 inches tall and has matte and shiny surfaces. I've switched from lit candles to battery powered and for scent I bought a wax warmer which is safer.

Bottom right: The angel is from the Willow Tree collection named "Friendship is the greatest gift of all".

Monday Mosaic #30

Another visit to the Muttart Conservatory.  It is refreshing to see flowers blooming in the midst of winter.

I visited all four pyramids. The feature is still set up for Chinese New Year - the year of the Ram. That is where the water fountain was set up.  From a bit of research it is a steel cup cascading water fountain.  There was a pink/purple peace lily. In the tropical pyramid the waterfall ends in a pond where I found 3 large Koi fish. There were many orchids, the one I chose is the boat orchid (cymbidium). The small white and blue and the lavender I did not take note of their names. After checking Veronica's post this week I was reminded that the lavender flower is a Lenten Rose. The small white and blue still don't know it's name.

Submitting this to Mosaic Monday at Lavender Cottage.

Photo - My Walk Today

A few shots from my walk today.

The sidewalks on average were wet and icy but some were bare and dry. The puddles provided nice reflections.  Wow is that snow dirty in number 2.

I came across a dried up hydrangea plant which still looks pretty good for being dried up.  I thought the color was nice as well.

The sky was wonderful with a bit of cloud.

The temperature was great and I was able to wear my old running shoes and my spring jacket.  That was super nice.

I'm submitting my collage to Mosaic Monday with Judith at Lavender Cottage.

Mosaic Monday - Beauty and the Beast

I got a call from my sister asking if I would like to attend a performance of the Beauty and the Beast as they had an extra ticket.  I decided to go.

It was wonderful.  The set design was exquisite in my opinion.  The performers were great. The music and the singing was excellent.  We were on the main level about 15 rows from the front on the left hand side, very good seats.

Of course, we could not take photos during the performance which  was disappointing.

There were little girls everywhere.  Some in yellow dresses, some all dressed up with tiaras like a princess, some not in costume but all of them excited!!!

Thanks for the great experience.

I'm submitting my post to Judith's Mosaic Monday.

Chinese Photo Collage

I took these photos on a recent visit to the Conservatory. The feature pavilion had a Chinese theme.  I really liked the tree on the bottom of the collage. There were terrific stone sculptures of lions, turtles and dragons.  The water feature is terrific.  There was a large bronze gong but no hammer to ring it.  Okay that was likely a good idea.  A terrific red Chinese lantern.

Halloween Potluck Mosaic

We traditionally have a pot luck at work for Halloween.  It was great as always.  We had a wonderful table set with candles and other tablescaping items.  We had deviled egg eyeballs, spider web chocolate cake, and an arm made from bread and proscuitto.  It was all delicious and the fellowship was great!

I'm submitting this photo the challenge on Judith's blog for Monday Mosaic.

Photo - Monday Mosaic - Ride in the Country

Here's a mosaic I put together of photos from a trip in the country, giving these a rural theme.

A white barn in the top left then a windmill in the top right.  A rust bloom still untouched by the frost in the left middle.  Bottom left a mural of the harvest in bygone years.  An old abandoned building in the bottom right.

Posting this to Mosaic Monday at Lavendar Cottage.