Pass the Tissue, Please

Good afternoon, Papertrey fans!!  Having the Blog Hop on a Sunday means I can post my blog link early and not have to wait until after I get home from work :)  This month's challenge is to use tissue.  Flowers seem the natural thing to make out of tissue, but I wanted to try something different.  I was inspired by Dawn's ruffle card and decided to try and mimic the same look with tissue!! I even had some kraft coloured tissue paper..yummy!!! I stamped a french script onto the paper with SU's sahara sand (a good ink match to kraft IMHO) then cut out 5 scallop strips with my new PTI medium scallop die. 

Here is another angle shot to show the ruffle layers.  I tried playing with my editing program to get a better image of the Hawaiian Shore paper and ribbon.  Is it just me or is this a hard colour to take pictures of?  It just looks like turquoise in pictures...really, it's a beautiful dark aqua colour in real life. 

Because I had some left over tissue from my first card, I decided to make a tissue flower for my Mercy card this week.  Yes, that's another one of Heather's library cards!!! I'm addicted, what can I say?

My last card also uses tissue flowers, but I've scrunched them up a bit more.  I really like this colour combo.  The yellow and pink really pop off the brown and kraft.  Oh, and my favourite part is that yummy sheer ribbon.  I've let other blog buddies know that it tastes like lemon meringue...no seriously, I've tried it and it does!!! LOL ;)  Thanks for dropping by and I can't wait to see what you all have made for today as well. Enjoy the rest of the hop :)

What's in them?

{Wishing You Everything}
Stamps: PTI birthday basics, SU french script
Ink: SU choc chip, sahara sand, PTI tea dye
Paper: PTI hawaiian shore, cream, pretty pastel dp; cosmo cricket dp
Accessories: corner chomper, fiskars border punch, gemstones, PTI ribbon and medium scallop die; tissue paper

{Hi-Ya!}
Stamps: PTI say it with style, fancy flourishes, SU french script
Ink: SU choc chip, close to cocoa, PTI tea dye
Paper: PTI cream, ocean tide, cosmo cricket dp, SU choc chip
Accessoires: Heather Nichols library card image, gemstones, PTI button, blossom die and ribbon, SU linen thread, stitching, long rectange nestabilities

{Precious and Few}
Stamps: PTI blooming button bits
Ink: SU choc chip
Paper: PTI kraft, cream, polka dot basics dp; cosmo cricket dp
Accessories: PTI blossom dies, cuttlebug ef, fiskars border punch, brads, SU horizontal slot punch, Michaels sheer ribbon