One Design - Multiple Cards.....from the Kitchen Sink

I realized, just recently, that I haven't done a One Design - Multiple Cards post in a long time. Since February, to be exact. It's definitely LONG overdue!

I'm itching to get in my garden and plant, but I don't dare to put anything in there until after Memorial Day weekend. It's a hard and fast rule in our family that we wait until then. This was something my mom always did and it's something I always do. I found out years ago that my mom waited because the elderly woman across the street from us (when we were living in northern New Hampshire) waited until then. She had a HUGE garden and always had amazing crops. She had rules that she played by when it came to gardening, so she was a good example to follow. The reason she waited until after Memorial Day was because up here in the north, you don't want to take chances on any late frosts that will kill your tiny and tender plantlings.

So.....after Memorial Day it is. I've been wanting to get in there and plant my seeds and go to the farmer's market in town to buy my plants, but I've been holding off, knowing that I NEED to wait just a little while longer. It won't be long now. And it's a good thing I've waited because it's been pretty chilly and wet lately.

I have plans to start planting next week. I'm SO excited! I adore this time of year. I love being out under the sun, with my bare feet feeling the dirt underneath, working the earth. Davy has been getting it ready for me to start planting. He's been out there with the hoe after work, turning the dirt over, getting it all loose. Girly has been weeding it out and taking the rocks out.....funny how they always seems to appear every season when you know you took a bunch out the year before.

Anyway...........these sunflowers, from the Honey Bunny set  (from Kitchen Sink Stamps), make me ache for the warmth of summer and get me anxious to start putting my sunflower seeds into the ground.

And then there's the amazing Hydrangea stamp set (also from Kitchen Sink Stamps). I don't have any hydrangea flowers in my yard, but that doesn't mean I don't adore them. I can tell you every house on Main Street in town that has hydrangeas in their front yard. I look forward to when they're all blooming and love looking at them when I drive into town.

For these two cards, I went with the same design, but it's amazing how the cards look so different just by changing up the floral images and the colors. The sunflower card has such a warmth to it with all those sunny colors, while the hydrangea card has such a cool calm to it with the blues and greens that I used.

I stamped a frame of flowers around a piece of Confetti White cardstock for both cards. The greetings in the middle of the flowers comes from the Whole Family stamp set. There's lots of different combinations that you can create with this set.

I mounted the Confetti White cardstock on a piece of coordinating cardstock and then onto a coordinating card base.

I almost felt like I had to add something more to the cards.....because it's just how my mind works most of the time.....but realized that it would just be too much. These flowers are so beautiful that they can stand on their own.

Happy Creating!

-Stampin' Mama

Comments

[Carol]

simply beautiful! I wouldn't add a thing either - they're lovely just as they are!

[Julie Masse]

Beautiful cards Erika! :)

[Patty W]

Gorgeous cards! You're right about the feeling you get with each one. LOve them both!

[Barb Schram]

The flowers are gorgeous! I love both cards...it is great to see how different they look while using the same layout! Happy planting!

[Lori Barnett]

Love these cards! I can really use this idea and layout. Thanks for sharing.....you did it again :) Can't wait to see some pics of your soon to be garden! My garden is in full action....and I hope it can stay alive cause it's WAY HOT!! I think we might have hit 110 yesterday and I though those plants were gonna melt! Did you see the video on my blog of my garden? Have a great weekend

[Mary C. Anderson]

Both of your cards are so beautiful Erika. I love your layout and your right they look very different despite that they are the same design.

Mary