Be Inspired #101 Nostalgia with Craft Secrets

What a great theme this weeks challenge has !!!!
The theme is Nostalgia... and it is sponsored by CRAFTY SECRETS!!!
Love it...
So I was sent all these little pictures to tuck into neat kinds of places... what fun was this..
The first card was really one of a evolution process... have you ever had a messy work space??? None of us do right???
Anyway... I had punched some papers... didn't' know what I was going to use them for.. but would use them soon.. and there they lay...
I had this cute little girl... and she kept on landing on this pile... so I tucked her into the frame.. and then cute her basket so that it would hand over the edge... what fun is that...

I made some Prima flowers to match the colors of her flowers... adn a soft tan bow...
The Frame that she is sitting in of course the Elegant Ellipse Embossing Folder by Cuttlebug... need one... I have plenty... check out my Toyz 4 Paper store... on the right side panel of this blog...it is just a click away from buying at a really nice low price...
then I used a piece of pink dotted paper... and using my Fiskars border punch created a leaf border...
For the Daisies that I created with the Martha Stewart border and corner punch..

What a sweet card this is if I do say so... I love her... she is so sweet and precious..

Because I love farming, cooking, and I also love to eat raw foods... I have these great examples too.

This card... Cherries... wow.. do you love them or what... and this little picture is just so cute... I embossed a piece of paper with the Kassies Brocade Embossing Folder... I LOVE THIS ONE... I use it almost more now than the Swiss Dot... which is my all time favorite..
Anyway... the embossing is topped off with some Ranger inks..
Then mounted on some K and Company papers... antique ones... old buttons and scripts..
Then a border of Martha punching on some red K and Company paper... and then a Anna Griffin paper for the green printed background.. all antiquie type of papers...

I used a grosgrain ribbon to tie it off... as that looked like it needed it... old fashion type of card... love it...

I always have people who start to garden because I encourage them to GROW food for themselves... so I always give them a little book or journal for their Gardening notes etc...
So this is a tiny little book for a child who just started to garden... she is only 10.. but her notes I am sure will be precious...
I also used some of the other pictures from Crafty Secrets that you see popping out of the top and put small envelopes of seeds for her...
And I did give her onion seeds... and also some Heirloom corn, radish and okra seeds...
She will be ready for next years gardening...
I used a $1.00 little 4x4 book from the Dollar store... and covered it in K and Company printed paper... it is really a cute little book for her... the twine I twisted and made it look used, as I know that this book will look more than used in a few days... LOL.. she will enjoy it and that is the main purpose behind it all.

So this is a large one... 8.5 x 11 cover for a Gardening journal... it will be turned into a spiral notebook for a present at Christmas time...
I used the pear picture by Crafty Secrets... adn then colored some pears by Spellbinders with my Twinkling H20's... and added some leaves I cut out and they are 3D... and really give a dimension to the cover...

The cardboard is covered with that GREAT paper by Core~dinations... and then the edges distressed ...and then inked... really love the look of that... then I added a sheet of twinkling H20's paper that I made... adn then the Cuttlebug Folder... Kassies Brocade was used and then inked to create a very RICH look for my pear collage... what a cover..
The person that will receive this loves pears... and will be adding a lot of pear trees to thier garden this year... so it is perfect for them as a present.. Never to early for me to start to make Christmas presents... in fact I am a little late this year...

A fun filled and very detailed card...
Layers of all kinds of things...
The Embossing Plus folder... Circle Chic is the focal point... and then in the back ground Kassies Brocade takes over again...
I made four little medallions with the heart punch by Martha...
The strawberry picture is a CRAFT SECRECTS special... love this picture... so cute on this card..

Thanks for taking a look at the cards this week.. the challenge was certainly GREAT to use Crafty Secrets Art works with.. thanks so very much..
Hope you enjoyed them all..
Love ,Light and Peace...Bonnie