Spring Flowers

I found the inspiration for this card from Linda Palder at Pinterest . Yellow is so crisp and cheerful and reminds me of spring when the daffodil, forsythia and tulips bloom. I started with a pale yellow card base and a Cheery Lynn doily. I used some buttercup liquid pearls on the doily. The flourish on the side is the IO heart flourish which I topped with some Spellbinders bitty blossoms.  I found the pussy willow chip board cut outs in a box when I was cleaning out a few boxes.  I don't remember when or where I got them.

I will enter this in the following challenges Dies R Us Monochromatic

http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/2015/03/challenge-21-monochromatic.html

Cheery Lynn Doilies  http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.com/2015/03/cheery-lynn-designs-challenge-174.html

Simon Says Lady/ Girly http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-special-ladygirly-challenge/

Thinking of You

I love the sketches that Tonya Gibbs creates for  the die-namites blog challenges.  This is my take on the July sketch. The sentiment is a Cheery Lynn die.   The leaf flourishes Die-Namites, and the feathers and flowers are Spellbinders,

Challenges

Cheery Lynn  Anything Goes   http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.com/2015/02/cheery-lynn-designs-challenge-173.html

Mod Squad Challenge  http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/02/spring-forward.html

Simon Says Monday Challenge  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=2452

Simon Says Wednesday  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-13/

Simon Says Work it Wednesdays  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/blog/work-it-wednesday-february-2015february-2015

Paper Takes Its Tole

Cheery Lynn's challenge this week is a shaped card.  I used a Sue Wilson die set for the shape of the card.  I love it because the outside die can be used to cut the  card shape. I folded a piece of card stock  and  ran it through the Big Shot stopping short so the back and front are connected.  For the outside panel I used lavender card using the outside cutting die and the the decorative die.  I left the lavender card in the die and added a piece water color paper that I created with Tim Holtz distress inks and sprayed with Perfect Pearls pewter mist which gave it some shine. I cut and  embossed both the water colored layer and the lavender card which gives the water color paper more dimension behind the card stock. The picture does not  show the pretty background very well.   The iris is a Heartfelt stamp that I stamped three times colored with Spectrum Noir markers  and layered different parts.    I added some flower soft to the middle and on some of the petals for extra texture.  I topped the card with a hugs die from Cheery Lynn.  The pretty easel is a gift from a special friend. 

Cheery Lynn  Shaped Card   http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.com/2015/02/cheery-lynn-designs-challenge-172.html

Mod Squad Paper Takes Its Tole  http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/02/paper-takes-its-tole.html

Simon Says Add a Little Texture  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-add-a-little-texture/

Scrappyland  Splat  Use sprays ink or paint   http://www.scrapyland-blog.com/2015/02/challenge-12.html

Pop-Up Hydrangea

This is a birthday card for my sister-in-law who loves to garden.  I cannot tell a lie. I spent a ton of time on it, but she is worth every minute.   The flower pot is from Buds and Vases by Melanie Muenchinger. I watched a video on how to color a flower pot and then  I stamped and colored it and then fussy cut it.  The hydrangea is an IO die. After I sponged the little flowers to get a variety of colors, I glued all the small flowers onto the base flower.  I cut a hole in the top of the pot so I could put the hydrangia in the flower pot. Then I covered the hole with some grass.  The grass die cut with Easter eggs is from Die-Namites. I used some designer paper from ODB for the background. The actual pop-up is from Sizzix.  I cut it from heavy card and the designer paper and glued them together, I added another piece of pp with a sentiment from Theresa Momber that is embossed with black powder to make it stand out.  For the outside of the dard I used a chicken wire stencil that I made from a MFT die and stenciled it with cantaloupe and angel pink inks.  Then I stamped the hydrangea collage on top and colored it. I cut it with a Spellbinder die.  I layered the card base with some decorator paper that I had in my scraps drawer and added a chicken wire die cut in lavender.  I used some pop dots on the focal image to give it some dimension.  Her birthday is not until April, but I always do them way ahead so I don't have to rush.  I want their special cards to be as special as they are.
I will enter this in the Mod Squad Challenge Blog http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/

Pink gingham

This is a quick and simple card that I made for the IO Challenge, It Must be Love.
 http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2015/02/new-challenge-it-must-be-love.html  I stamped white card with the cover a card gingham stamp then cut it on a diagonal.  I layered the diagonal on pink card and then embossed some leaves and the sentiment in white.  I glued the heart flourish die cut on the diagonal.

I used the following IO products
CL32
Die 126U
Silhouette 7 - B5557
Cover a Card Gingham CC006

I will also enter it in the Dies R Us Challenge20 Flourishes
http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/2015/02/challenge-20-flourishes.html

Tickled Pink

I wanted to try a  feminine version of the Die-Namites Sketch and Dare Challenge. I used some pretty paper by ODB for the heart but it does not show up well in the photo.  The humming bird is a Cheery Lynn Die. I also used Sizzix dies for the hearts and a cover plate from MFT.

http://www.die-namites.com/Leafy-Flourish_p_56.html
http://www.die-namites.com/Daisy-Bunch_p_19.html

I will enter this in the following challenges.

http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.com/2015/02/cheery-lynn-designs-challenge-171.html
http://www.die-namitesblog.com/2015/02/feb-sketch-and-dare-challenge-by-tonya.html
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/

Beach Box

The Mod Squad Challenge this week is to create a pop- up card. http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/  This comes at a good time because I have several birthday cards to make and I love pop-ups because they are so appreciated.  My niece loves the beach so I made this card in a box for her birthday.  I used sunny colors because that is her personality.  She is so full of energy and so fun to be around... but when she leaves you feel like you were in a tornado.... in a good way, of course.  Most of the dies are from IO and I wrote a note for her on the back.  I made the sand castles out of sand paper and used some flower soft in the sand colors to give it more texture.

Hummingbird and Hearts

I made this for the Challenges at the Mod Squad Challenge Blog where we were to use water.  I made some water colored paper an then cut some hearts.  I will also enter this in the Simon Says Challenge where we were to use Red or Pink and the challenge at Stamp TV to use a heart but not in a Valentine card.

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/
http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/

Hubby's Valentine

I combined some of my hubby's favorite  things for this card: clocks, silver, and gold. I used a Tim Holtz embossing folder on black card stock.  Then I covered it with Inca Gold in the silver color.  Love the effect I got.  I used embossing powder on some kraft and then cut a heart from it and embossed it with a Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The clock is a Mona Pendleton (first time to use it) design from MFT.  The sentiment is from Gina K Designs cut out with MTF fish tail dies. The gears are alos MFT.   I used two Die-Namites dies for the embellishments under the clock. Leafy flourish http://www.die-namites.com/Leafy-Flourish_p_56.html and the Cattails http://www.die-namites.com/Cattails_p_54.html

I will enter this in these challenges: Die-Naiites Sketch and Dare http://www.die-
namitesblog.com/2015/02/feb-sketch-and-dare-challenge-by-tonya.html



Simon Says Monday Challenge The Letter H    http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/

Dies R U Challenge  Add a Heart   http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/

Hearts and Butterfly

I have so many products that I have not used yet.  I was so busy making Christmas cards that iIjust put my new stamps and dies in a folder to use after Christmas.  Then I hurt my back and could not sit at my craft table for over a week, but now I am trying out some of my new goodies.  I have used most of these dies, but I have not used the Dynamics Blueprints 11.  I cut the center section from white and a floral pattern.  I cut the white strip in half so I could make a border for the floral strip and mounted these on some coordinating paper from an ODB paper pack.  I used some flourishes from Die namites and Dynamics.  A Cheery Lynn butterfly is mounted on the flourishes.  Added a few hearts for embellishments. I will enter this is the following challenges.
Dies R US http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/
Cheery Lynn Add a Flourish http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.com/2015/02/cheery-lynn-designs-challenge-170-add.html
Simon Says the letter H  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/

Pretty Paws

I made this for the challenge at Stamp TV.  The challenge is to use an image the starts with the same letter as your first name, I had a hard time thinking of a K image until I went through my stamps and saw this kitten. This is the first stamp set I bought because my daughter loves cats. I have used this stamp set for her birthday for the last four years. I am still adapting to a new camera and editing program so the colors are not true in the photo. I also used Botanicals from Gina K Designs for the script background along with the paws and sentiment from the Purrfectly Delightful set. Alas, this is one of those cards that was prettier in my mind than the way it turned out.   I will also enter this in Simon Says Anything Goes
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/ 
and Mod Squad It's All About  Animals.  http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/

Daisy and Butterfly

I have loved this stamp by ODB for ages so I finally bought it.  This is the first time it saw ink. I made this card for my niece who has a birthday next week. I used  crayon in the daisies to resist the sponging. The die is a Spellbinder's die and the sentiment is IO.  I tried to shadow stamp the sentiment but I goofed.  I would have done it again, but it would have been late so I let it stand. I will enter this in the following challenges:

ODBhttp://www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Shining%20the%20Light%20Challenge

Simon Says Anything Goes  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

Mod Squad It's All About Animals  http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/

Kim's Birthday

I had so much fun working with the sketch by Tanya A. Gibbs at Die-namites that I decided to see if she had some other sketches and I found several fabulous ones.  I decided to use this sketch for today's project. I needed a birthday card for my son so I decided to give the sketch a masculine feel. He has a black lab so this is the perfect animal for his card. The fish tail is black card stock that I covered in copper embossing powder.  I was going to dry emboss it too, but I got distracted and forgot.   I will enter this at the Mod Squad Challenge All About Animals  http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/ and the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes.
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

Sketch Challenge

I thought this was the most fabulous sketch when I saw it on my friend Verna's blog.  I had a
Die-namites Leafy Flourish that I thought would work with the sketch.  Here is my take on the challenge which was to use the sketch and the color pink.  I used several dies for this.
MFT Fish tails. Spellbinders bitty blosoms and leaves. IO and Sizzix  Hearts and Die-Namites Leafy Fourish  http://www.die-namites.com/Leafy-Flourish_p_56.html in green and white.  I will enter this in the Die-Namites Sketch and Dare Challenge
http://www.die-namitesblog.com/2015/01/january-sketch-and-dare-challenge-by.html
The Simon Says Wednesday Challenge Add a Heart
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/
and the Dies R Us Challenge Use an Embossing Folder http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/

Friends are Flowers

I absolutely love tis sentiment from IO.  I wanted it to be the star of the card so I embossed it in white embossing powder and then sponged with distress inks.  I used a Cuttlbug embossing folder Birds and Vines for the white panel.  The flourishes are from IO's Heart Flourish that I pieced together.
The following IOproducts were used.
Die 055-N
Die 126-U
Stamp F4157
I will enter this is the IO Sparkle and Shine Challenge  http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2015/01/new-impression-obsession-challenge-sparkle-shine.htmland the Dies R Us Challenge Use an Embossing Folder  http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/

Change the World

I will enter this in the Stamp TV Monday Challenge.  The only requirment was to use an oval.  I used the By the Sea and Elegant Florals by Theresa Momber for the focal image and the butterfly is a Cheery Lynn Die.  I will also enter this in the Anything Goes Challenge at Cheery Lynn. 

http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.com/2015/01/cheery-lynn-designs-challenge-169.html

Window scene. Beauty of Winter

I used the Madison Window for the focal frame for the outdoor scene.  The stamped images are from Theresa Momber's The Northwoods. The sentiment is from Melanie Muenchinger  Buds and Vases.  I will enter this in a few challenges.

Poppy Stamps   The Beauty of Winter http://poppystamps.typepad.com/poppystamps/challenge/
Stamp TV Release Challenge
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge It's a Guy Thing.  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/
Simon Says Monday Challenge Inky Background
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/

Teal and Purple

Joyce Erb gave us a color challenge at The Mod Squad challenge Blog.  Love this color combination.  The stamp set is  Melanie Muenchinger's Stately Flowers 5, and the sentiment is from Buds and Vases.  I will enter this in the following challenges.

Mod Squad Challenge http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/

Stamp TV Release Challenge

Simon Says Monday Challenge Inky Background

 http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/

Dies R Us Use die cuts with and embossing folder. http://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/
The picture does not show the embossing very well but he black strip behind the die cuts si embossed with Swiss Dots embossing folder

Thank You 4x4

I will enter this in two challenges.  One is at Stamp TV where you were to create a 4x4 thank you card and the other at Mod Squad http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/ create a Thank You card.   I created some water color background.  I was anxious to try this because I finally purchased water color paper.  Love it.  I will be experimenting and learning for quite awhile. I cased one of my own designs when doing this(What????).  Occasionally, I do like what I do. The feather is a Spellbinders die. I used Gina K Designs Botanicals and Summer Blooms  for this project.

Snow Globe Shaker

I used both old and new things.  I have had the snow globe from IO for a year now but I have only used it once.  IO also sells the plastic globes that fit in the circle so it is easy to make a shaker card.The dp is from a stack that I bought three years ago.  The new things are the pine trees in the snow globe that I cut from white glitter paper and the wood grained background stamp.  It does not show up very well in the picture.  The snow flakes were new before Christmas but I used them several times on Christmas cards.
I used the following IO products

Snow Globe - DIE122-R  Deer Trio - DIE080-N  Fir tree DIE217-E  small snow flake DIE100-F
Leafy branches DIE055-N

CL43

This card will be entered in a few challenges.  The Winter Chill Challenge at IO  http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2015/01/new-year-and-new-challenge.htmlThe Anything Goes With a Twist at Use something new.
DiesRUshttp://diesruschallenge.blogspot.com/ and the Simon Says Wednesday Challenge http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-something-new/
and the Simon Says Monday Challenge Make New Friends but Keep the Old
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=2322

Cary's BD card

This is a side step card for a special friend's birthday.  Can you guess what his hobby is?  I will enter this at the Folded Card Contest at Mod Squad. http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/2014/12/special-folded-card.html

Gift Card 2

I am going to make several different designs of  gift card holders to give to a friend who uses gift cards to say thank you to customers.  I will enter this in the IO Challenge Last Minute  Gifts.http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2014/12/challenge-quick-holiday-gifts.html
I used the following IO products.DIE126-U

Cookie Caddie

I made these to hold cookies that I give out during the holidays.  I put the cookies in plastic wrap and then into this package.  I will enter this into the IO Challenge Quick Holiday Gifts
http://mitrafriant.typepad.com/impression_obsession_news/2014/12/challenge-quick-holiday-gifts.html
I used the following IO products
DIE217-E
DIE084-V
DIE100-F
CC083

Gift Card Holder 1

I am going to make several different designs of  gift card holders to give to a friend who uses gift cards to say thank you to customers. I will enter this at Scorepal Anything Goes http://scor-pal.blogspot.com/2014/12/more-than-one-score-11-anything-goes.html  and in the IO Challenge Last Minute  Gifts. This gift card holder is scored at 3,4,5,and 8,  The 4 and 5 are taped with score tape(love that stuff) and the top of the fold is cut to make an insert for a gift card. Here is a video by Gina K demonstrating how to make this http://stamptv.ning.com/video/gift-card-holder-part-1
http://stamptv.ning.com/video/gift-card-holder-part-2-1


I used the following IO products.

 DIE021-N
DIE100-F
DIE126-U

Woodgrain Snowflakes

This is a card for several challenges Pattern Paper Challenge at Mod Squad  http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/

The Designer's Choice Challenge "Think Snow" at The House that Stamps Built  http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/designers-choice-challenge/dcc1217-think-snow/

I will also enter this in the Twelve Days of Christmas Challenge at Stamp TV and the  Wednesday Winter Inspiration Challenge at Simon Says. The inspiration board is below. 

http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/