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

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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