Good Thursday morning and welcome to the Impression Obsession Design Team challenge. My project today was made using the Basket, Grass Border, Tall Grass, Small Grass Border, Farm Fresh, Honeybee, Carrot, Tasty Tomato 1 and Tasty Tomato 2 .
My parents always had a huge garden each summer when I was growing up and my sisters and I hated pulling weeds. LOL! But with that said there is nothing in the world better than picking a tomato off the vine, wiping the dust off on your shirt and eating it standing in the garden. My basket of veggies brought this fun memory to me.
I started by stamping the images on white cardstock with black versafine and coloring them with Copic markers. I didn’t try to add fancy shading on the veggies and foliage because I wanted the colors to be bright and vivid against the all white background. When I was finished coloring I hand cut all the images and set aside. Each honeybee was stamped on white cardstock and again on vellum and embossed with clear embossing powder. I cut the wing section off of the vellum bees and attached over the bee body with glossy accents. I put rolled glue dots under each vellum wing to hold them up slightly above the base. The sentiment was stamped on the card base with black versafine and embossed with clear embossing powder.
I cut the basket and applied vintage photo ink with a mini applicator. I arranged the veggies in the basket and attached them to the back side of the basket with glossy accents. I thought the tall grass pieces looked like spring onions in the basket. I attached the grasses to the card base with mounting tape and tucked the basket in behind the grass and attached with mounting tape. I attached the bees to the basket handle and card base with rolled glue dots.
Here’s a closer view of the veggies and bees to show the dimension. I think the bees add so much interest to this veggie scene.
Why don’t you come along and play with us. To enter the challenge go to the Impression Obsession Blog (all the details are there!). A random challenge card will be selected to showcase on the IO blog and you can to enter to win a $25 gift certificate to IO just by playing! I hope you will go check out what the other IO teams members created for the challenge. Thanks for coming by today.
Kittie Caracciolo (you are here)
You brought back a similar memory of my grandparents beautiful gardens…one season was vegetables and the off season for vegs was flowers. My grandmother had such a green thumb and my grandfather was willing to do the work necessary to make my grandmother’s garden picture perfect….no weeds, perfectly plowed rows, etc. I also remember gathering the brown eggs each morning…we were in heaven at their house…so different from city living. Those were the days…
TFS your beautiful creation and reminding me of a wonderful childhood.
I love it, that bee is just so adorable Kittie! I need to make a visit to Ellens, I like the tall grass die as well.
Your card makes me think of farmers markets and lovely fresh veggies. So hot here in FL now, they should be really getting going. TFS your wonderful card!
kReN
Love how you did this entire basket Kittie….cutting out the veggies and putting them behind the basket is a great idea. And love the vellum wings on the bees…and needless to say great coloring.
Sweet memories for sure. I didnt like pulling weeds either but sure loved those fresh tomatoes etc. While one of my fears is being stung by a bee, I do love the bee stamp and how it looks on your card. Beautiful basket.
How cute, I love that! 🙂
very fun Kitty!
Sandra ltb
Beautiful and wonderful details.
What a wonderful card Kittie! Love the stamps that you used!
Kittie, your garden fresh harvest basket is beautiful. Love the bees they look very realistic. Your tomatoes warm off the vine has my mouth watering. Now I am wishing for a toasted beefsteak tomatoe sandwich. Thank you for all the details of this inspiring card. This is my second comment because the first one disappeared after I clicked post, I hope it works this time.
Jacquelene L
Canada
Oh Kittie, what a GORGEOUS card!!
The bright colors are wonderful against the white background!! I love it!
I would want to bite into the fresh veggies….:-)
Kittie, I have the same memory from my childhood.
In the garden of my grandparents picking a tomato off the vine and eating standing in the garden.
Your lovely story and basket brought the cherished memory to me.
Hugs, Eva.
good afternoon, Kittie, love this basket of fresh veggies. You can’t beat the taste, or the memories. They are beautifully delicious……love them…..have a good day.
Fabulous! All the women in my family are gardeners, and this card would delight any one of them. I can almost smell the richness of those tomatoes!
Neat card, Kittie! LOVE the basket filled with the fun, new die shapes. Your coloring is tops, as always. 🙂
Your card is so cute. Always love seeing your creations.