Hello … bonjour! It’s the 10th of the month … welcome to our new Twofer challenge for April! In this part of the world, spring has sprung and green shoots are appearing all over the place … which means that inspiration is everywhere for our prompt this month … we’re inviting you to play with …
My common images here are Eucalyptus die cuts from Simply Graphic … how about a more detailed look at each card?
My design here features a background of leaves cut from various previously created inky backgrounds, made using borrowed Brusho’s and Lindy’s Magicals (so there’s a little sparkle), adhered flat to the card base. A popped up centre frame draws the eye to the equally popped up Altenew hello and the WPlus9 secondary embossed words.
My second card is decidedly CAS …
I die cut the eucalyptus leaves from a few different card stocks and tied them together with a little natural twine. The die cut border is from SSS and was stacked three times to give it dimension, before being adhered to the card base. I hung the leafy cluster on the border and finished with a simply stamped sentiment from Mama Elephant.
How would you like to join us with your two distinctly different takes on leaves … bet you have a few stamps, dies and/or stencils in your stash that are calling out to be played with … and we’d be delighted to see you (and your designs) in our gallery! All the details about how to play along, including rules and FAQs are over at the Twofer blog … along with inspiration galore from the DT and from our fabulous Guest Designers, Alison from Cranberry and Eggplant and Natalie from natshobbycorner at Instagram … welcome ladies! Do go over and have a visit with Alison and Natalie … you’re sure to be inspired … and you can always say hello while you’re there!
My fresh eucalyptus hello card is heading to …
Happy Little Stampers Die Cuts – Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers Watercolour – Anything Goes
Inkspirational – Grow … all those leaves growing over the background!
and my CAS eucalyptus cluster is joining in at …
Clean and Simple on Friday – Happy Mail
NBUS – Anything Goes (first outing for these eucalyptus dies)
Time Out – Photo Inspiration (see below) … those soft blues/greens and white fencing
Thanks so much for coming by, your visits and comments are always a joy! Anita 🙂






