It's September already. The summer flew by! The leaves are already starting to turn color here on the east coast and the flowers in my gardens are showing off their final signs of glory for the season.
Earlier this spring, I collected some flower heads from the gardens and pressed them in a book. I left them in the book for about 10 days to make sure they were well pressed and dried.
I collected Johnny Jump Ups, Jonquils, Geum, Bleeding Heart, and more. I scavenged the yard for wild flowers as well. Here they are, all flattened and dried. Now, what to do with them?
The Tim Holtz Specimen dies were just what I needed to create slides using the flowers I had collected and will next be made into cards. 
I stamped the slides randomly with field label stamps that I have collected from Tim Holtz, Spellbinders and other various companies.
It will bring me great joy sharing these collected earthen treasures with others when I give them a handmade card.
I will sit in my craft room when the weather is cold and snowy and be able to create love in a card with the flowers from my spring garden.
Even now, they bring me joy just flipping through them.
I added recycled acetate to the window portion of each slide to protect the flowers.
The long slides are from Elizabeth Craft Designs Planner Dies, Film Slides.
This is one of my favorites. The flowers pressed so perfectly.
....or maybe this one is my favorite.
I needed a place to store the slides, so I made this little box using Elizabeth Craft Designs Book Box.
It has a magnetic closure, to which I added a chunky vintage button.
I had so much fun making these specimen slides using natural resources from the garden. I hope you enjoyed seeing them as much as I enjoyed making them.
I'll be entering these into the following challenge:
Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes
Simon Says Monday Challenge ~ Recycle It
Cut It Up ~ Anything Goes
Creative Artiste Challenge ~ Anything Goes Mixed Media
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge ~ Stamp It
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