~ In The Garden ~
August 6th, 2010 by Holly McMillen
Hello, friends!
I’ll be the first to admit that when it comes to plants and gardening, I know nothing. In fact, when I get a flower stamp (except roses), I usually have no clue what kind they are. Until recently, the most we’ve done to our yard is water, mow and pull weeds. Since my husband has been home, we’ve kicked it up a huge notch! Now we have tomatoes, jalepeno peppers, banana pepper, strawberries, melons and assorted flowers growing. My husband and son have even installed a drip irrigation system for the plants so they get plenty of water. My yard is finally on par with the rest of the neighborhood! LOL
So, I thought today’s Free 4 All challenge (In the Garden) was appropriate! Silvia has challenged us to create a card centering around our garden/gardening. For good measure, I incorporated Our Craft Lounge’s weekly sketch challenge.
When I saw the sketch and Denise’s card, I knew I wanted to put a great big carrot on my card. The carrot and seed packet are hand drawn. The Martha Stewart branch punch was perfect for the carrot top!
Here are my deets:
Stamps: Our Craft Lounge’s Hoppin Into Spring
Colors: Tangerine Tango, Kiwi Kiss, Always Artichoke, GP White, Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety dp
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Pumpkin Pie, black sharpie, copics
Accessories: zig-zag stitched 1/2″ grosgrain ribbon, piercing tool, sponge, dimensionals, MS branch punch, circle punch
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Thanks for stopping by today! Hop (pun intended) on over to the OCL blog and play along with this week’s sketch!
Hugs,
Holly
Hi Holly, darling card!! I am not a gardener either and I have to teach plants to my students. I hate dirt!! I love your carrot. Have a great day my friend.
I love your card Holly!I love the colors and the carrot is so cute!Have a nice weekend!
Cute Holly, love your giant carrot!
Too cute, Holly, and a perfect match to your story 🙂 Well done hubby and son! I’ll bet you will enjoy eating all the goodies from the garden 😀
Adorable card! Love it.
Have a great weekend!
Hugs and smiles
OMW! That is soooooooooo cute! Great job Holly!
Great card, Holly! Love the carrot! Too cute! Glad you are having fun gardening!
Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, this is sure to attract the bunnies! What a scrumptious-looking garden!
~Bev
You’re so awesome! Looooooovin’ the big carrot….how totally F-U-N!! 🙂
Shazam! That is one large Carrot! This card is ADORABLE! LOVE IT!
I love that gigantic carrot!! Great card!
AWESOME!! You are da bomb Miss Holly!!