Nature is Painting Pictures

I started with the IO gingham background stamp. I inked it in versa mark on blue card and sprinkled with white embossing powder. I stamped the IO sentiment on white card and stamped leaves and  flowers around it. I used my paper crimper to give some texture on some blue card stock and a Martha Stewart punch to add a little more texture.

I cut two of the large butterflies and layered them together, and added a rhinestone.

I will enter this in the IO Challenge  Splashes of Color HERE
Simon Says Wednesday Make Your Own Background HERE
Simon Says Wednesday Touchy Feely HERE

IO Products
Cover a card gingham CC006
Infinite Beauty - C5159
Tiny Solid Hydrangea Stem -A8372
Large butterfly   DIE253-U
Silhouette B5557

Butterfly in Blue

This card is for the Cheery Lynn Challenge to use a doily. I started with PTI blue card and some of their designer paper. Then I just layered the other elements.

Dies
Cheery Lynn
Pierced banners
French doily
 Manon's Wedding Garden
Butterfly

Martha Stewart butterfly punch
Flowers from  Wild Iris

Scrapy Land Challenge 37 Any Thing Goes

 Time for a new challenge at SCRAPY LAND ,and it's everyone's favorite, Anything Goes.  I just got some new Sue Wilson dies from Scrapy Land, and they are gorgeous. One of the things I like about Sue's dies is that many of them are interchangeable. I actually used three sets for this design. I started by cutting a piece of white card with  the largest of the Canadian Collection Montreal die set. I embossed that  with a Swiss dots embossing folder.  Then I cut the Montreal from black card and backed it with some designer paper from my stash.  Next I cut a piece of white card with Canadian Collection, Toranto and place it on the black die cut. I finished it with the sentiment from Ornate Ovals Just for you.

 

I made the flowers using  the flowers from Cheery Lynn's Manon's Wedding Garden.  The flourishes are from IO and the little butterflies from Memory Box's Butterfly Exhibit.

 Dies from Scrapy Land
Memory Box Butterfly Exhibit
Sue Wilson's Canadian Collection Toranto
 Sue Wilson's Canadian Collection Montreal
Sue Wilson's Ornate Ovals  Just for You
Cheery Lynn Manon's Wedding Garden

Now go over to SCRAPY LAND and check out the designs of the talented designers on the team. Can't wait to see some of your designs.

Feature a Creature

 Kathy Krug here. I am so thrilled to be working with Barb Campbell on this challenge for Mod Squad Challenge Blog  called Feature a Creature.  I am representing ONE HAPPY CUT who is offering a $15 dollar gift certificate.

Here is my card starring Brownie the Cow. Lots of gluing to put this card together but the results give so much detail.  A special note to my friend, Judy, not a flower or a butterfly on this card.  You thought I couldn't do it.

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When our kids were young, my husband wanted to raise them the way he grew up so we purchased a few acres, built a barn, bought a milk cow, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and planted a garden.  It is hard to believe, but by the end of the summer my kids were saying, "No more tomatoes, cantaloupe, water melon, or corn on the cob.  We were able live on that little farm for seven years until the Air Force transferred us and we had to "sell the family farm".  My husband would still like to live on a farm and loves tractors, wagons, horses, barns and cows or anything farm related.  I purchased four die sets to make him a special birthday card with some of the things he loved about the farm. Because I purchased so many dies, it became a very expensive card (I'll never tell him how much) so I am glad to use these dies again for this challenge. So find a Creature to feature and join us at  Mod Squad Challenge Blog .

Elizabeth Craft Dies 

Hay There

Brownie the Cow

Barn Pop Stand

Fence Pop Stand

 

This is the card I made for DH  birthday card. 

Front   a gate fold card that opens at the top and bottom instead of side to side

                                                                         Inside    It's 51/2 by 12

Feeling Green

  Are you Feeling Green?  If not, just look at the inspiration on this Double D Challenge board, and you will be thinking and feeling green. I took my inspiration from the cupcake. 

  I started with MFT chevron cover plate cut in white and a designer paper that I have had forever. I placed the white on a green card base then inlaid the the designer paper leaving some of the green card base open.

The cupcake is from PTI's enclosed sets.   I sprinkled the sparkle icing with some hearts that I got when I cut out a Cheery Lynn heart die.  I added a little shading on the cherry added a computer clip art shamrock and a ladybug from Elizabeth Crafts.


Now go over to Double D Challenge Blog and see more inspiration from the talented team members.
Then create a project for Feeling Green. We are looking forward to what you will create.

Pretty Pink Flowers

I have not entered in a challenge at Die-Namites for quite some time, but two good friends, Verna and Lisa reminded me of the challenge so I thought I would see what I could come up with. The theme is LOVE and nothing says love more than flowers.  I am still trying my hand at clean and simple.  I did some quick coloring on the flowers so this card came together in about ten minutes. The vase is from Stampendous the little heart is Heartfelt Creations and the flowers and bow are Die-Namites.

Here is the inspiration
I decided to use the green and white from the photo and the little lock that says love.

I will also enter the following challenges.

 Simon Says Wednesday Here

Simon Says Work it Wednesdays Florals Here

Spring Hydrangea

Still trying my hand at clean and simple,  I think  I got the clean part this time.   Just look at all that white space. The flower is not hard to make just a lot of sponging and gluing, but the results are worth it.

 

I will enter this in the following Challenges

IO Happy Birthday to You Here

 Simon Says Wednesday Here

Simon Says Work it Wednesdays Florals Here

These are the IO products I used. 

 Square Cutout Border - DIE172-

Hydrangea Set - DIE044-Y
 Clear stamp set CL342

Poppy

I have been having trouble making cards I like well enough to post lately so I decided I was going to do some cards for challenges and post them weather I like them of not. I made this with The Cheery Lynn (add a flourish) and Poppy Stamp Challenges(Crazy in Love but do something different) in mind.  I can't remember the last time I made an easel card so that is my something different.  I decided I was going to try clean and simple something also different for me.  I think the time I spent making the flower took away from the simple part and I guess I hate white space because I did not leave much of it so it isn't very clean either.  I shaded the poppy trying to follow Jennifer Mc Quires instructions. See her tutorial here.

Jennifer suggested that we use the picture on the package to help us build the poppy. She cut a circle as a base to build the poppy. I decided to copy the flower and fussy cut it to serve as my base.  the next time I do this I will either copy the image on colored card or color the white flower before I build because I had trouble covering all the white.  

I will enter the following challenges

Cheery Lynn Here

Poppy StampsHere

Simon Says Wednesday Here

Simon Says Work it Wednesdays Florals Here

I used the following Dies

Cheery Lynn

Burlap

Hugs

Hearts from Heart to Heart doily

Poppy Stamps

Large Iceland Poppy

The flourishes are from IO and MFT

 IO Heart Flourish

Memory Box Butterflies.

Scrapy Land Challenge 36 Tie One On

The new Challenge this week at SCRAPY LAND  is  called Tie One On.  All you need to do is include a bow(either die cut or ribbon)and use a die cut from one of the brands SCRAPY LAND sells.

I made this treat box and will complete two more which I will fill with chocolate eggs to give to  three of my gal pals.

I used the large oval die (5.5 inches) from Spellbinders Celebration ovals.   I cut three white ovals and three ovals from different patterns.  Then I used Spellbinders lacy circles and cut the pattern paper at the top and bottom which gave me enough for the three eggs. Next, I  layered them onto the white ovals. In retrospect, I wish I would have popped up the layers for more dimension.

 

I layered  some die cuts on top of the paper to give more texture and dimension.

 

I made white, blue, and silver cord bows and  placed them on the side of my egg and created a floral spray around them.  The addition of some butterflies from Butterfly Exhibit finished it off. Hope you will go over to SCRAPY LAND  and see all the inspiration from the talented designers.





Here is the side view. Picture it filled with Easter grass and yummy chocolate.



Dies Used
Spellbinders
Celebration Pierced Ovals
Lacy Circles
Lattice die

Poppy Stamps

Mod Flower Border

Memory Box 

Sylvan Corner 

 Butterfly Exhibit 

 

The Paper is from PTI
Flowers Wild Iris

Double D Red and White Challenge

Are you ready for another Double D Challenge? Just look at this wonderful inspiration board for this week's challenge and then head over to the Double D Challenge Blog and check all the inspiration from my team mates. I am sure you will want to join in and link up your project.

I liked the knitted or crocheted flower afghan and took my inspiration from it.  I used my Spellbinders Celebrations pierced rectangles for the frame and  backed it with Memory Box English Rose Corners. The red flower was made from Cheery Lynn's gardenia die.  The Hugs sentiment , the lacy heart, and the fishtail banners are also from Cheery Lynn.  I used assorted leaves that I cut and have on hand but the fern in the background is from Frantic Stamper. I will also enter the Dies R Us Challenge.