Spring.....Where Art Thou?

Oh on my card.....maybe someday it will show up 'in real life'!  One can only hope!!!  Actually it's quite n ice out today, high 40's....I'll take it!

My card is for the Mod Squad Blog Challenge, Spring Palette.

 

Another FUN image to color, this gorgeous Iris from Gina K Designs, Stately Flowers 8.  I think this is my 3rd one, and they are all different. The card base is GKD Pure Luxury, Blue Raspberry and the Designer Paper is a cheapo pack from Studio G for a DOLLAR, but I love the prints!   Iris is colored with Copic Markers, and the sentiment is stamped with Stazon Ink, Teal Blue on to a small tag and sponged with green ink.   A couple of enamel brads, a little bit of ribbon and some Baker's Twine and the card is complete.  Happy Easter!  :)

 

Thanks so much for stopping by, hope you are getting your craft on!

 

Enjoy~~

Lots Of Flowers

Just a little note card for today's Challenge entry.  This is for the Capture The Moment, PTI Challenge #154, Color and Texture Tips for One Layer Cards.  Erin has a great video, but I never thought this style card was one layer.....but she's in charge!  :)

 

Using the stamp set, Ruby Reprise, and several Stampin' Up Inks, Cajun Craze, More Mustard, and Not Quite Navy, I just stamped flowers everywhere.   The small flowers I also heat embossed with clear powder, to add texture and sheen--hard to see in a photograph.   Stamped the sentiment, added a little bit of ribbon and this card was done.  Easy Peasey!

 

Lots of cards were made this week, I find it very therapeutic!

 

Enjoy~~



Peachy Keen

Sometimes you're just in a coloring mood, especially on cold wintry days.  Well I suppose I could also color on a pretty summer afternoon as well.  HA!  Today's card is for the Challenge over at Curtain Call, Perfectly Peach.

 

I must say I really love coloring this beautiful Orange Blossom image from the Stately Flowers 8 stamp set, available from Gina K Designs.   Apparently it's okay to color them ANY color you would like.  :)  Stamped on ivory card stock and cut using the Perfectly Pierced die from Flourishes.   The card base is GKD Pure Luxury, All Spruced Up and the Designer paper is from Authentique, Gathering Collection.  This paper is GORGEOUS!!!  I can not wait to rip into the rest of it!  If you see it, definitely check it out!  Trust me!  I added a couple of eyelets and some ribbon and the card was completed.  Simple.  It just came together like *snap*  Don't you love when that happens?

 

Thanks for popping in, hope you had FUN!

 

Enjoy~~

You Lift Me Up!

Today's card is for the CASology #85, Carnival Challenge and the MASKuerade Challenge at Flourishes.  It's very clean, it's very simple, so not my style, but a Challenge is a Challenge.  AND no extra postage again!  lol

A very simple technique, to mask off a portion of your card stock so you can add color with a foam applicator (or sponge).  I simply ripped some copy paper and taped it down to achieve this, on both ends.  Stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, colored the 'basket' and then stamped the sentiment.  Geez you could really whip up a stack of these in an afternoon.  The stamp set is Lots Of Thoughts, by Flourishes.  The sponged ink is from Stampin' Up, Not Quite Navy.

Short and sweet......enjoy your day!
 

Still Winter, Wish It Was Spring

Hello!  Back again.  Today's card will be entered into 2 Challenges, Stamp TV's MIUM, Is It Spring Or Winter--use Spring colors to make a Winter card, and My Favorite Things, Sketch Challenge.

 

 

Such a fun little card to make, once I figured out WHAT to do.  This STV Challenge stumped me for several days!  I think using the MFT Sketch helped me immensely! 

 

The stamps are from the Let It Snow set, available from Gina K Designs.   The card base is GKD Pure Luxury, Bubble Gum Pink and the Designer Paper is from My Mind's Eye, Love Me.  I colored the image using Copic Markers, and then fussy cut it out.  Spellbinders Classic Circle die for the pink background that is embossed with a Darice Folder, Snowflake Swirl, all mounted on a white doily.  I heat embossed the sentiment on a strip of snowflake vellum.  I then used several colors of Stickles for the snowman, tie, hat band and broom.  It really sparkles and shines.  :)  The great thing about this card is that it will not need extra postage--YAY!  That hardly happens in my house.  lol

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Enjoy~~



CAS Hydrangea

Good Morning!  Guess what?  Another floral card. HA!  I am willing Spring into our lives!  Your Welcome!

A real simple (and not so clean???) card.

I love this stamp set, Hydrangeas, no longer available from Flourishes.  Should we talk about Flourishes?  I hope that Jan finds a buyer for the Company, what a sad day it would be to have them go out of business.  :(

I stamped the image in Memento Tuxedo Black ink.   Then taking my handy dandy old toothbrush I just flicked paint all over it in green, pink, blues and purple.  That was fun!  Adhered it to the Vibrant Violet Pure Luxury card stock and added a pretty purple ribbon.  Done! 

This card will be entered into the following Challenges:

CASology #84, Paint
Flourishes #260, Less = More
Mod Squad Blog Thinking Spring 2.0

Thanks for popping in.....see you soon.....I hope!!!

Enjoy~~

Through The Leaves

Another chilly day.....surprise, surprise. I think I think that come tomorrow, a new day, a new month, the month of Spring,  I am going to magically open all my doors and windows and it will be warm.....I fear I will be in for the shock of my life upon wakening.  That's okay, just let me believe this for a few more hours!  ;)

Another lovely Spring time card, which will be entered in the MIUM Stamp TV, Holey Card Stock and the Mod Squad Blog, Thinking Spring 2.0.  Still plenty of time to play in either, or both Challenges!  Check em' out!

 

I used the Signs Of Spring stamp set available at Gina K Designs.  Using the leaf stamp I stamped all over the white card stock using Distress Inks, Antique Linen, Peeled Paint, and Wild Honey.  Then I cut that with the Labels 4, Spellbinders dies, making a frame out of the last two, for the inside.  The inside portion I sponged and also stamped with the leaf and the butterfly image.  This is NOT exactly the look I was going for, BUT as chance has it, I kind of like the look.    Base card stock is Pure Luxury Asparagus. 

 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by.

 

Enjoy~~