Hi there my crafty friends! I started with a piece of white card and cut an aperture in it using the
Double Stitched Ovals. I cut the aperture so it went off the edge of the card (just for interest). I added mounting foam to the back and attached it to a piece of
Arctic Blue card. Next I cut the
Watering Can Shaped die out of rust card. Yes this is the watering can! I cut away the spout and handle and made it into a flower pot shape. I cut it again and just used the top and bottom edging and added it with mounting foam. I added some shading to it using some coloured pencils. Using the
Floral Bouquet die set, I cut a bunch of the long narrow leaf in various shades of green and added them to the pot so it looked like a plant. I added a few small flowers for interest and a lady bug (american name) to the top edge. I attached the pot to the aperture opening with mounting foam. I cut the
Here's To New Beginnings in black and glued it across the card onto the pot. I added two small butterflies as accents to the top corner of the card. The card was completed with white mats and layers. The finished dimensions are 7" x 8 1/2" in size. All for now, Sue x
40 comments:
What a meaningful sentiment, could be used for a few occasions.
I really need to add those pots and vase dies to my list and the floral dies that were launched at the same time. Its a really pretty sample this morning but my brain is having real trouble putting the sentiment and pot of plants together, has Spring got anything to do with it?
Wherever you are Sue, hope you're enjoying R&R time.
And to all that visit Particraft today, hope you are well xx
Morning Sue.
This card could have any sentiment and look lovely.
Thank you, a new beginning in a new home.
Take care and have fun Kitty.
Good morning Sue
What a clever way to use the watering can die I would never have thought of that! Fabulous sentiment and gorgeous card!
Hugs x
Heather T
Morning Sue and all the Wilsonettes
What a great card and clever way of using the watering can
Sending love and healing hugs to all that need them xx
Hope you all have a good day and stay safe
Love
NannaShaz54
xxx
Hi Sue,
A brilliant card. Who would have thought the plant pot started its life as a watering can lol. Love the way you have placed the oval die at the edge of the card. The flower arrangement looks beautiful.
Barbara V
Hello Sue
This is a lovely card I thought I had missed seeing your pot die until reading it. This is why we need you in our lives you give us such inspiration.Take care everyone x
Hi Sue
A lovely card and great inspiration.
B xx
Morning Sue and all Wilsonettes, beautiful and I love the way you have made the flower pot, very clever, you can't even see the join (as Morecombe and Wise used to say). the sentiment is perfect, and I like the way you have done the oval too.
Stay safe, healthy and happy, hugs, June Smith xxx
Good morning Sue,
A beautiful card, I love the way you have used the watering can to get more out of our dies. A beautiful sentiment. Yvonne xx
Hello Sue, great card and love the flower pot. I always look at your pictures before reading your post and this morning I thought to myself, I don't remember that die, how clever of. you
Marion S x
Love the off centre aperture, will try that
on one of my cards, thanx Sue!!!!!
Stay safe,
Doreen x
Hi Sue
Happy Monday everyone x
Well this threw me! I always play a little game by trying to guess which dies you have used and how you have created your cards before I read your ‘instructions’. I would never have guessed that you had used your watering can - ingenious x
This is such a wonderful card. The sentiment is spot on for so many times and occasions in our lives x
Sending you all happy thoughts x
Crafty hugs x
PP
Yvonne x
Morning Sue - well, that is “die versatility” right there - you are genius! Such a pretty card with some amazing “take home” ideas. Please, never retire! Colleen xx
Hi Sue. I think that it is such a good idea to use a die-cut aperture behind the main image of a card for interest. It almost ends up being like a very wide frame!
Lisbeth
Morning Sue, a really lovely and creative card today. Take care and stay safe Everyone. Bx
Awwww... LOVE how you stretched the watering can die!! Fab bunch of greenery and flowers! A super card!
Hi Sue
A great card and ingenious use of one die to create something totally different. I also like the oval going off the page so to speak, which is unusual as I like symmetry normally.
Love Helen xxx
When is a watering can not a watering can....well when it is a plant pot of course! Who would have thought it? Wish I had your brain Sue!
Very apt sentiment for me at the moment. Thank you Sue.
Love how you've shown the versatility of your collection by turning it into something else. WakeyL
Hi Sue,
I wish I could live in your brain, just for an hour or so .......for the creativity.......
Lovely card
Hugs
Rose
Hi Sue
You’ve certainly given the watering can a new beginning by turning it into a plant pot, wish I could see the things you see when looking at a die!!! A lovely card and I like the offset aperture too
Love and hugs to everyone
Pat
Beautiful card Sue love it xx
Great post - really pretty
Unusual card, but really lovely...like the idea of the offset oval die cut too.....luv Ursula xx
Hi Sue, a beautiful card and I love your treatment of the watering can - recycling at its best, turning a galvanised watering can into a lovely old terracotta pot.
Frances
Good morning Sue this is a stunning card. I love it. Take care. Hugs Jackie
What a clever use of the watering can die. I like this card very much. X
Lovely Spring card Sue, love the offsetting of the oval!!!!
As "sued99" wrote in the comment above, this is a very clever use of the watering can die! I also like the way you offset the aperture to give even more dimension and character to the card. The "plant" in the flower pot is lovely. Hugs. Judy
Hi Sue Lovely card I would never have guessed that the flower pot was made using the watering can die what a good idea!
I agree with everybody: this is a clever way to use the Watering Can Shaped die. I have the watering can die so now I have a pot for all your flowers. Brilliant. Thank you Sue for the inspiration.
By the way, I love today's card.
Hugs from Toronto to you all.
Stay safe and healthy.
Carmen-Dorothy
Hi Sue,
Great inspiration & lovely sentiment
Marlene O
I love this card and the plant so much and it surely would lift spirits.
Hi Sue and lovely wilsonettes x
Brilliant card Sue x you are so clever Sue, the watering can looks fantastic as a pot x I love it x thankyou Sue x
Theresa w in Berks xxx
Hi Sue
A lovely card and what a fabulous way to use the watering can. I love it.
Wished that the sentiment was true. Sending it to everyone on the blog. Stay safe. Maria x
A great card and using the watering can in a different way is very versatile, love the colours too!
Hi Sue
Brilliant card for new beginnings so many options for this lovely card.
Owlish p Xx
very nice card!
Wow! You are so clever Sue. I’ve got the watering can die, but would never think to do this with it! Obviously why you’re a professional and I’m not 😂😂. Just great. Thanks xx
Hi Sue,
I love the transformation of a watering can into a flower pot!
Thank you for sharing.
Véronique L
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