Golden Doves

I love this dove and holly stamp from Flourishes,  It has been on my wish list for over a year so I was thrilled  to buy it for half price during their Gambler's Sale.  I was anxious to work with it so I made my first Christmas card.  I will enter this in flourishes' Timeless Tuesday Challenge  A Touch of Gold
http://flourishes.org/2014/03/timeless-tuesday-263-a-touch-of-gold/

Going Green Sketch

This is an entry for MFT   http://www.mftstamps.com/blog/category/wednesday-stamp-club/  sketch challenge and for Lee's Going Green challenge at Stamp TV.
http://stamptv.ning.com/forum/topics/mix-it-up-monday-stv14mon11-going-green



The challenge at Stamp TV is to use the color green and one other neutral color. I chose some green dp and matched it with an ivory base.  The bottom panel was created with Die-Namics Chicken Wire die, and the flower is  a dogwood die from Susan's Garden.  Both sentiments are from Gina K Designs.

It's a Wash

This card will be entered in Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge It's a Wash at Flourishes.

http://flourishes.org/2014/03/timeless-tuesday-262-its-a-wash/  We were to use Washi tape on our card. I used theWashi tape as borders around Flourishes'Wild Roses stamp set. I tried a

white wash technique from a video by Melanie Muenchinger at http://melaniemuenchinger.blogspot.com/ and a technique for using two embossing folders by Gina K at Gina K Designs   http://stamptv.ning.com/video/two-embossing-folders-one-card.  Made a few mistakes on this one so I will visit both techniques again.  

Tag...Your It

I made this card for the Mod Squad Challenge hosted by Donna Phelan,

a guest designer for Gina K Designs.  She loves tags so her challenge is Tag..... Your It.  We were to create a card and use a tag of any size on the card. Of course, she created a fabulous design for an example. Check it out here http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/  I don't have a tag die so I had to improvise.  I started playing around with some new stamps from Flourishes. I wanted a collage look so I stamped the honey comb stamp for a background then stamped over that with a script stamp and finally stamped again with Wild Roses. I mounted this on a black background. I embossed another panel with a Cuttlebug chicken wire embossing folder and the sponged it with Cantelope and Rosebud inks. I cut another panel and embossed it then sponged it with London fog. I used the Die-namics chicken wire die to cut the background then attached it to the gray panel.  I adhered the other two panels on top.  Added a ribbon, a little key charm and bird for embellishments.

Mother's Day in Pink

A friend asked me to make a Mother's Day card for her Mother who loves pink. The beautiful flowers are a freebie from Beccy's Place.  I colored them with Spectrum Noir markers and then fussy cut them.  The Happy Mother's Day was computer generated,cut out and embossed with a Spellbinder's die. and sponged with Angel Pink. The lattice dies and leaves are also Spellbinder's dies while the butterflies are from Martha Stewart.  I plan to enter this in the March Challenge at Becca's Place.
http://beccysplace.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/march-challenge.html

Purple Iris

I made this card for my daughter's birthday. I will be entering it in Allie Gower's  color palette challenge at  Mod Squad  http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/    I love this iris stamp from Heartfelt Creations, and I was so pleased with how this card came out that I will be duplicating it for Mother's Day.   I am so fortunate to have both my mother-in-law (94) and my mother (91) still healthy and as fun loving as always.  I colored the iris with Spectrun Noir markers then fussy cut it and put it inside the oval frame from Spellbinders dies then positioned it on dp  from Heartfelt Creations.  The sentiment is from Theresa Momber's "Elegant Florals" for Gina K Designs. I added a bow and some pearls that I colored black. 

Hydrangea

This card is for a Timeless Tuesday Challenge at Flourishes MASKuerade!
  . http://flourishes.org/2014/03/timeless-tuesday-261-maskuerade/.  The challenge is to use some kind of mask in your stamping. I stamped the hydrangea on white card stock, and then stamped it again on some scrap paper. I cut around the flower and taped it over the image on the card stock.  I inked the "Honeycomb" stamp from Flourishes in cantaloupe ink and stamped over the image. I removed the mask and then  colored the butterfly and the hydrangea with Spectrum Noir markers.  I used a Spellbinders die to cut out the image then inked the edges in cantaloupe, pear tart, and bahama blue.  I mounted it on black, lilac and then placed it on a on light yellow card base. I wanted something in the corner so I decided to place a sentiment from Gina K Designs "One in a Million" on a leaf and then some rhinestones on the other corners.I will also enter this in the Mod Squad challenge Spring Palette Challenge
http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/

Cherry Blossoms

I made this CAS card for Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday challenge Less=More.   http://flourishes.org/category/timeless-tuesday/. You had to use a stamped image with no coloring. I stamped the cherry blossom in Versa Mark on pink paper and embossed it in white embossing powder.  This Flourish stamp has such amazing detail that it does not need to be colored.  I used one of my favorite sentiments from Gina K Designs "Moments"  mounted it on a white card base and added a Martha Stewart butterfly.  My mother asked me to make birthday cards for her Mother's Day gift so I created  a birthday verse that echos the sentiment and placed it on the inside the card.

I hope your BIRTHDAY

is filled with many  

MOMENTS

That take your

BREATH

Away.
Happy Birthday. 

Spring Strawberries

When I think of spring a picture of strawberries overwhelms all my senses.  My husband just brought my first  basket this week.  Yum!!!  This image is a free digital from Becca's Place.  I colored it with Spectrum Noir markers and fussy cut it.  The dotted paper is a freebie from Gina K Designs and the border is Spellbinders zig zag. I will enter it in the the Mod Squad's latest challenge. http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/ and in Becca's February challenge.http://beccysplace.blogspot.com.au/2014/02/february-challenge.html.

Golden Touch

This card will be entered into Donna's Shabby Chic Challenge (I am still learning  how to create shabby chic, but i did my best) at Stamp TV and Cat's Mod Squad Challenge Go for the Gold. http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/  The gold is in the lantern and a few sprigs that are tucked into the dogwoods.  The lantern is a Marianne design and the fern and leaves are Spellbinder dies.  All the stamps were Gina K Designs. Theresa Momber illustrated  "Dogwood and Butterflies" and the sentiment is from Tami Mayberry's "Dreams". The paper is from Heartfelt Creations Sunny Day Collection.

Golden Pears

I made this card  using the stamp set "Pears" from Flourishes for the Timeless Tuesday Challenge, A Lotta Polka Dots.  You can find the challenge here: http://flourishes.org/category/timeless-tuesday/. I used Spellbinders Label Eight Gold dies and a Gina K Designs freebie paper which I printed on craft paper. The humming bird is from Cheery Lynn.

Challenge Cards

I made these cards for challenges before I figured out how to load pictures onto my blog and link them up with the challenge web cites. Who says you can't teach an old dog

new tricks? I made this clock for Stamp TV guest designer challenge to create a card that was neither a square or rectangle. The fan, lily,wagon and dove were all for Mod Squad challenges.  The lily is a CASE of a design by Melanie Muenchinger and the dove is a CASE of a design by Theresa Momber.

Think Spring

The challenge at Mod Squad this week was to create a card using a flower.  With so much of the nation being deluged with snow and cold, I thought of spring, and when I think of spring I think of daffodils.  For my flower I chose a daffodil illustrated by Theresa Momber for Gina K Designs.  I colored it with Spectrum Noir markers. I am still learning about shading and high lights but it is fun.  You can find the challenge for Mod Squad here  http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com

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Seed of Imagination

This card is for the Flourishes Challenge to use wood.  I stamped the pears in the middle of a wood frame and colored them with Spectrum markers.  The frame is mounted on wooden embossed dark green.  You can find the challenge at

http://flourishes.org/2014/02/timeless-tuesday-258-wood-you-be-mine/

Love You!

I created this card for two challenges Lee's Mod Squad Challenge was to use a least one heart and some glitter.  The white heart is from a glitter stack.  I used a Martha Stewart punch and the greeting is from Theresa Momber's Elegant Florals and the dp is from Graphic 45. You can see all the fabulous entries for this challenge at http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/ . I am also going to enter it in the Flourishes challenge to use Love and Red  http://flourishes.org/2014/02/timeless-tuesday-257-red-love/    Have a wonderful crafting day.