Summer!

Hey there! Is everyone getting ready for summer?  I know we are here in Houston.  The temps are getting close to the 90's so I thought it only appropriate to show you a summery card !

Card Ingredients:

Stamps:  Lili of the Valley - Blossom

Inks:  Distress Inks

Paper:  MME - Dolled Up

Tools:  MS Pine Branch Punch, MS Border Punch

Embellishments:  Sm. Baby Pink Gardenia, Lili, 15mm Open roses, Baby Pink Sweetheart Blossoms,  Carnations, and Gypsophila all from Wild Orchid Crafts

Here's a little closeup of the flowers!

Now a closeup of the image!  Sorry for the blurred picture!

Have yourself a wonderful weekend.  I hope it is warm and sunny wherever you are! Thank you for stopping by today!

Hugs, Dena

Maybe a little gift?

Good morning everyone!

Today it's time for some Swedish stuff in the blog for the best flower shop in the whole world: Wild Orchid Crafts! I have made my self a lantern in whom you can have electric tea lights or maybe candy and make it to a give away. :)

Material from Wild Orchid Crafts are wild roses, 15mm roses, sweetheart blossoms, carnations, pearl strings and self adhesive pearls.

Dont forget our challenge blog with new challenges every second monday with lovely flowers for the winner!

Decorated Dress Form

Hi there Wild Orchid Friends, it is Kylie here today to share with you a project I made for my Mum for Mother's Day. My Mum sews so I thought the dress form decorated with sewing themed embellishments and flowers would be a nice pressie for her. 

The dress form is chipboard from Twiddleybitz and I've painted it with white acrylic paint and gone crazy with my Wild Orchid Crafts flower and embellishment stash.

Below you can see

Seam Binding

Crysanthemum

Rose leaves

Lace

Pink Divine Twine

25mm open rose

Sweetheart Blossom

Decorative Crown Pins

Resin Cameo

Wild Roses

Lilies

Heather

5mm Closed Rose buds

Cherry Blossoms

15mm open roses

Pearl string

10mm open roses

Pearl Spray

Sorry, just a couple more detail photos :)

(The tape measure binding, sewing machine charm and wooden cotton reel are from my personal stash)

Thanks so much for checking out my project. 

I hope I've inspired you to get crafty today!!

Hugs Kylie

Feeling a bit blue :0)

Good morning today I am sharing a blue card with you :0) there is also a new challenge on the challenge blog of an anything goes so nice and easy you have no excuse to join in this time, details are HERE...

I have used Sophie, she is one of my favourites from Mo's Digital Pencil and can be found HERE, I have coloured her with pro and flex markers, the gorgeous papers are Marja Crea Diem and have all been distressed with chalk inks, I have added a simple sentiment, my flowers are Trellis Rose, Cherry Blossoms, 15mm Open Roses and Sweetheart Blossoms and I have added a Butterfly with a trail of Gems, then a spry of Dazzling Diamonds to make her sparkle....

Thank you so very much for looking biggest of hugs love Pops x x x x

Bi-Weekly candy

This post has been pinned at the top of the blog, please scroll down for new posts by our amazing DT

Paul and Siri from Wild Orchid Crafts are sponsoring candy every second week here on the Wild Orchid Crafts Blog!!  The prize will be a “Surprise Goodie Bag” of approximately £20 worth of flowers and other goodies from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

All you need to do is leave your name in the linky below and if you fancy giving it a wee shout on your blog that would be fab but not necessary to enter the draw.  We will draw a winner on Sunday night (29th), so good luck!  And thanks Paul & Siri!!

If you don’t see your name in the linky right away please leave it a few minutes, hit F5 to refresh your browser and check to see if your name is there before trying to enter again, it will save me a lot of time spent deleting duplicate entries.  Thanks

Warm Greetings

Happy Sunday!

Here's a card I've made in blue and green colours, and it's a Criss Cross Card for a change!
The card is decorated with a few, but georgeous, items from Wild Orchid Crafts :)

Embellishments from Wild Orchid Crafts:
Cosmos Daisy, Open Paper Roses 15 mm & 10 mm and Self Adhesive Pearls.

Thanks for stopping here today - take care & have fun!
Hugs, Lena Katrine

A Cheerful Happy Birthday!!

Happy Day to everyone and welcome to the Wild Orchid Crafts blog where we hope you will see some marvelous inspiration for using the fabulous products offered at the Wild Orchid Crafts shop!! I can assure you that you will find the latest in gorgeous flowers and other beautiful embellishments on each and every visit to the shop!



For my card, I wanted to make it as colorful and cheerful as possible...did I succeed? Smiles!!! For the horizontal I used WOC Shocking Pink Satin Ribbon tied into a double flat bow. The flowers are all by Wild Orchid Crafts: Lilies, Sweetheart Blossoms, and Tulips.

Thank you so much for your visit and I know you will agree with me that WOC is the very best place in all of Cyberland to find those lovely products that make your cards and projects so very special!!! Please come back soon!!! And until the next time, I send big hugs to each of you....Jacque