Cabbage Roses

I found these beautiful roses online -- and they were made with napa cabbages.  We don't eat napa cabbage, but I've been able to make similar imprints with romaine lettuce.

First, cut off the stem part and fix your salad.  Save the stem/base.  Make sure the cut is as flat as you can make it.   Put ink/paint/mist on your stem and stamp.  You don't want it too wet -- but wet enough for all of it to print.

I used ink with the smaller heads,

but this big one was more than I wanted to ink up.

I thought I had paint in the right color, but didn't.  So I improvised with spray mist.

You can see in the top pic where I cut one out to use.  You could print right to your background paper, but if you're like me, I need to just print when I have them and use them later.  So I just print on white cs and cut and use as needed.

One of my friends who saw one on a layout made the comment that it looks so organic.  It's not perfect, it's much more natural.  I like that.

Around the World

More shots from Vegas -- inspired by the Risk challenge at Child's Play:

Most of the papers are Cara Bella:  Well Traveled (love that line :-) with a little G45 thrown in. Cardstock is Recollections and Coredinations.

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Contest

Or more of a giveaway -- http://luckyflutterbycreations.blogspot.com/2013/10/sunday-funday-and-giveaway.html

...Be Happy

This is another from the Bellagio -- the birds in their garden (where the lighthouse was).  I was inspired by Merry's "title" challenge at S-P to use "Don't Worry....Be Happy" and by Frosted Designs' "Tag You're It" challenge.

They had birds in the aviary and I was taking photos through glass (4 photos in the center) the other two photos show their display and garden.

I used several items that I've won from challenges -- the Twinery twine came from a Let's Scrap challenge, the paper and stickers came from a Fawn Lawn package from CK (about the end of that prize!).  I cut the tag and the title sticker on it is K&Co.  Journaling on the back of it.  I even misted/painted!  The design idea came from something I saw, I think on Pinterest -- a single page layout or sketch with a Z sorta look to it.  Not sure who originated it -- not sure I even pinned it.    But it came back to me as I worked on this  This was such a peaceful place, despite the people who were all around.  Love that the Bellagio saves a place for this in their hotel.

HB - Surf City

I used a sketch from Let's Scrap :



And a challenge to use all blues and include a stamped image from Love to Scrap!

So here is mine, from our Father's Day trip to Huntington Beach:

The title is a sticker I got in a little shop on the pier.  The pp strips are from K&Co.  The die cuts are from swaps, as is the journaling velum.  I used a mat behind the flipflops and the velum from an old Debbie Mum for JoAnn's Travel stack.  The stamps are sea shells from one of the $1 bins at JoAnn's, I think.  Stickers from a Carta Bella sticker page.  Buttons from an RAK.  Cardstock from DCWV and Coredinations.

Life's a Journey: Bellagio

I've been trying to use some bits and pieces that I forget I have.  Some of those forgotten items finally made it onto these pages:

I loved this paper for these photos -- from outside and in the lobby of the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.  Absolutely LOVE their glass flower ceiling.  I used a rubon!  (Life's a Journey), I used a mirror!  I used chipboard flourishes, etc. that I've had for 5 years or more -- from 2 different sets!  I triple matted the Bellagio name photo!  I double matted my tag (and the ribbon on it came with the chipboard foil things)!  I'm really trying to go just a little further and not just stick in my comfort zone.  Growth is good.    I'm really happy with how this came out -- I think it was based on a sketch...but I'm not sure where I got it...