Creative Uses with Debby Hughes: Carrot Top Tulips!
Happy Wednesday all! I’m always pleased to welcome back the fabulous Debby Hughes to our blog as a monthly guest where she uses her Simon Says Stamp exclusives in an always fun and creative way! Let’s jump in and enjoy!
Hello, Debby here and today I’m searching out flower shapes from among my supplies to create this soft and subtle tulip card from carrot tops! I think particularly with dies it can be surprising to look and see so many shapes intended for other purposes but which can represent a flower. I used two different carrot tops for these tulips. The flower is the carrot top from Springtime Shapes whereas the stem is from Plush Little Carrot and I added in leaves from the Plush Springtime Chicken die set.
I cut the dies from Pattern Swatches stamped in Apricot and Catkin inks and then mounted them on a Stitched Rectangle with a little Sea Glass ink blended in. I also cut another Stitched Rectangle partially die cut with a Wavy Scallop Stitches die to act as a hill to ground the tulips.
The sentiment is from Friendship Blooms and then finally I added a cloud from the Cloudy Skies set stamped in Fossil which I think tones in really nicely with the Fog card base.
Thanks for joining me today and I’ll see you next time with another look at how to make the most of our supplies :D
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Thanks for reading today, and thanks to Debby for being our guest!
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Oh what a super use of the carrot tops! They do look like stylized tulips. Love the colours you chose and the pattern swatches stamps are really great!
Great card and beautiful use of dies!!!
Cristina
thehouseoftheblackbirds.blogspot.it
So Springy!
Thank you for the video and showing how you created those beautiful tulips and layout of your card – have those background blocks and I will try using them for a future creation following your stamping technique then die cutting – Love how you popped up the mat as well – blessings
I love watching Debby’s videos! Her creative thought process is so fun to watch/listen to. Great use of dies in a super cute card.
Like the creative use, scene & soft colors. Have a BEE-utiful Spring day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Beautiful card Debby! I love the softness of the colors, and the vellum cloud. I really like how you created the angled hill for you flowers to grow on! So pretty! TFS this with us today.
Beautiful card!
Debbie is so talented, her creativity is simply fabulous, love her card!!!
Such a cool idea!
Very sweet card. Great use of your dies and love the vellum cloud.
Always love your cards, Debbie. Another fab’ card:)
Sweet card! :)
Gorgeous! So soft and so pretty…the perfect b-day card for anyone celebrating a spring birthday!
What a clever idea. The card is so cute. Thanks for the great project tips and ideas.
Great video and who doesn’t ‘t like the idea of using your dies in new ways? No crafter I know!
So clever and cute.
Such a clever use of dies and such a fab result! I love the cloud sticking out of the main panel too! :-)
Oh that subtle blending behind your scene!!!!
Love the flower shapes. Awesome use of dies.
Thanks for sharing with us!
So clever, creative and cute! Thanks for making me think outside the box so that I can get more use out of my dies!
Cute! Love getting ideas to extend dies and stamps!
Debby, so cute and clever! Yay a video, love watching you work I always learn something new. Thanks for sharing and always inspiring.
Very pretty and creative!!
So cute and springy! Thanks for sharing.
Very very pretty!
Debby is brilliant! Such a great way to stretch these stamps!
So many fun projects to look forward to when I get out of the hospital. Day 30!
Love the soft pastel colors on this beautiful card.
Great video! Love the soft tulips.
Soooo beautiful!
Great way to stretch your supplies!!! Really pretty card!!
That is what I call stretching the dies for more usage! Thanks for sharing!
Very pretty and clever way to make tulips.
Very clever idea of using dies.
Very creative and cute, Debby!
lovely card! great ideas in how to use your dies in different ways!
Oh so sweet Debby and a very clever use of the dies.Thanks for the tips!
What a lovely card! I love how it looks. Thank you for sharing the video. Hugs, Marina
Genius! Always a great feeling to find new use for our craft supply! Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh what a nifty idea
So clever, the carrot top tulips are really cute!
Adorably sweet card! Such a clever use of different products. Thanks, Debby, for your lovely video. :-)
so gorgeous!
Such a clever use of the dies!
Love when you share ways to stretch our stamps.
A wonderful idea for using our supplies in another way. Great looking card.
adorable!! love the soft colours ♥
What a fun spring card!! And a great way to get more mileage from some wonderful supplies!!!
Love the soft colors on this!