{Bless You} Concrete Succulent Planters

What I really wish these Fishtail Banner had room to say is "bless your pea-pickin' heart!".  These mini planters are gifts for the greatest bunch of volunteers at our church - the Sunday School Teachers. Bless their pea-pickin' hearts!

Hubby and I made a bunch of mini concrete planters this week to house these adorable succulents.

I simply added a Black Licorice fishtail banner from Blueprints 12 stamped with one of the sentiments from Cheerful Blessings. Love how they turned out.

To make the fishtail banner, I stamped the sentiment on the right side of half of the banners and on the left side of the remaining banners so I'd have banners that faced both directions.

Before applying adhesive to the back of the banner, I curled the edge by running the banner between a bone folder and my thumb a few times. The curled edge gives a head start on adhering it to the wooden skewer.

I had the best luck ordering my succulents from THIS Etsy store, and I followed a number of tutorials found on Pinterest for the concrete planters. HERE is a link to my Pinterest board containing those tutorials. And finally, direct links to the MFT products used are found below.

Have a great weekend!
~Amy

MFT Products used:

LJD Cheerful Blessings

Die-namics Blueprints 12

Heavyweight Card Stock Black Licorice

Pigment Ink Pad Sweet Tooth

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Wednesday Stamp Club - Happy 50th!

Hi and welcome to this week's Wednesday Stamp Club (WSC) post! I've used the sketch to create a 50th birthday card for my big brother - Happy Birthday, Matt!

I always seem to keep masculine cards very minimal, and this one is no exception.

A single party hat from Die-namics Party Hat Border and High-Rise Numbers in Orange Fizz add a fun pop of color. A sentiment from Celebrate Big is simply stamped on a Fishtail Flag in Black Licorice Hybrid ink. 

Inside is another Blueprints 14 rectangle stamped with a sentiment from Celebrate Big.

You'll find complete WSC details at the MFT Blog along with link-ups to everyone playing along, so please stop there if you haven't yet. As (almost) always, direct links to all MFT products can be found at the bottom of this post. And with that, I'll bid you a great day and see you back soon!
~Amy

Celebrate Big	BG Striped Background	Die-namics Blueprints 14	Die-namics High-Rise Numbers
Die-namics Party Hat Border	Die-namics Fishtail Flags STAX	Heavyweight Card Stock Steel Grey	Heavyweight Card Stock Orange Fizz
Heavyweight Card Stock Black Licorice	Hybrid Ink Pad Black Licorice	Premium Dye Ink Pad Steel Grey

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MFT Creative Challenge - {Jazzy} Succulents

Hi, and welcome to this month's Creative Challenge with the Team MFT. This month's challenge is all about jazzing up your flower Die-namics with prints and texture.  I am in.love. with  succulents and took this month's Creative Challenge as an opportunity to create papercrafted succulents by combining a few of my favorite MFT Die-namics Flowers.

I chose to stick with Sour Apple card stock for each of my blooms, sometimes even mixing Die-namics to in order to create my desired succulent. To jazz my blooms, I stamped each with Background Typewriter Text in Sweet Tooth pigment ink.

My version of Succulent - Echeveria uses the Die-namics Poinsettia and Flower & Leaves Trio.

I fashioned a 'wood block' from the Die-namics Treat Tote (cut three times), Kraft card stock and Woodgrain Background in Grout Gray ink.

The leaves from the latest Blueprints 14 reminded me of a  Succulent - Crassula, so I die cut 4 of them and arranged them in a Die-namics Pillow Box 'vase'.

Before adhering the Pillow Box together, I die cut a small circle on one side using a flower center from the Free with $60 Die-namics Gerbera Daisy to create the look of a vase.

I think this pair would be darling on a kitchen windowsill or office desk space.

Up next: a set of matching thank you cards to go with my potted succulents...

My first card uses the stamens from Poppy Builder in combination with the petals from Hybrid Camellia Flower Die-namics. The sentiment from Just My Type is stamped in new Kraft Hybrid Ink, and I love that it doesn't fade into the card stock, giving a nicely balanced tone on tone look.

Inside is an offset Kraft panel stamped with a sentiment from Complimentary Greetings and brushstroke from Abstract Art in Sour Apple ink.

My second card uses the Free with $60 Gerbera Daisy Die-namics, Blueprints 13 and a sentiment from Just My Type.

Inside, I've used another sentiment from Complimentary Greetings. I purposely combined Typewriter Text, Complimentary Yours and Just My Type for their similarity in font, but variation in font size. Love my 'complimentary' MFT products!

 

Thank you for stopping by for this month's Creative Challenge! I hope I've inspired you to jazz up your blooms and mix and match your Die-namics to create custom plants and florals. All products used on today's projects are listed below.  Finally, visit the MFT Blog for complete challenge details.

~Amy

Die-namics Poinsettia	Die-namics Flower & Leaf Trio	Die-namics Poppy Builder	Die-namics Hybrid Camellia Flower
Free with $60 - Gerbera Daisy Die-namics	Die-namics Blueprints 14	Die-namics Blueprints 13	Die-namics LJD Square Pillow Box
Die-namics Treat Tote	BG Typewriter Text Background	Abstract Art	Complimentary Greetings
DC Just My Type	Woodgrain Background	Heavyweight Card Stock Sour Apple	Heavyweight Card Stock Primitive White
Heavyweight Card Stock Kraft	Hybrid Ink Pad Kraft	Pigment Ink Pad Sweet Tooth	Premium Dye Ink Pad Grout Gray
Premium Dye Ink Pad Sour Apple

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