Impression Obsession Challenge

I had some time this weekend so I decided to make a card for Impression Obsession All that Glitters Challenge.  One of my favorite winter dies is this Snowflake cover plate by IO. It is so pretty on its own that you don't need much else for a pretty card. I had some blue glitter paper in my stash that I used behind the snowflake die cut and also to cut out the ovals from the Ornate ovals and the Merry Christmas. I added dimension by lifting some of the layers with pop dots.  I forgot to take a picture and enter it in the challenge until today so I just have a few hours to get it entered. So off I go. 

These are the IO dies I used






IO Snowflake cover plate
Impression Obsession Ornate Oval


IO Merry Christmas

Memory Box Challenge

Since I have so many Memory Box dies, I love to play in the challenges when I have time. The challenge this month is Memory Box Insects  butterflies, bees, and dragonflies. I have been having fun lately pulling out some dies and deciding to use them. For this card, I pulled out three dies I have not used for awhile. Delightful Peony, Delightful Peony Outline and Butterfly Exhibit. I was not sure where I was going but this I what I came up with.

I just used the leaves and the flower for this card. I cut both dies in vellum  and an extra leaf from the outline. I colored the back of  velum with alcohol markers and glued them to the outline flower and leaves. Butterfly exhibit was cut in black. The thank you is from Cheery Lynn. This will be an easy mailer. 

Double D May flowers

It's the first Wednesday of the month and time for another challenge at Double D Challenge Blog This is one of the prettiest mood boards ever and who doesn't love flowers. I picked the blue and yellow flowers.

The card I designed could be used for Easter, or a conformation,but unfortunately, I used it as a sympathy card.

I used lots of layers and flowers on this one.  

These are some of the dies I used.

Tutti Design Rose Frame

Spellbinder's Lattice 

Cheery Lynn Daisy Strip

Taylored Expression Cross

Elizabeth Craft Leather Fern

Gina Marie scalloped Frame

Go see what the rest of the Double D Challenge  team designed and then create you own flower design for a random chance to win this great set of flower dies. 

I started with a white card ba

Dies R Us Flowers

I needed some invitations to a special luncheon for a Scholarship group I belong to. Our theme was Bloom Where You're Planted so  potted plants were perfect. I cut the pot from white card and colored it with Copic markers.  I used Memento inks (available at the Dies R U Store) to add color to the flowers and some home made flower soft for the centers. I cut the chevron die three times to give it dimension.    

Here are the dies that are available at the Dies R U Store

Elizabeth Craft Potted
   CheeryLynn Chevron A2

Elizabeth Craft Fern

Cheery Lynn You're


        Cheery Lynn Invited
 


Cheery Lynn Daisy Strip

Remember if you enter the challenge you have a chance to win a gift certificate from  Dies R U Store.
Now head over to the Challenge Blog to see what the other designers have created.

Memory Box Floral

I had some time to play today so I decided to do a card tor the Memory Box Floral Challenge.  Since I was making this for the Memory Box Challenge I  decided to go through my Memory Box dies and pull out a couple to use. I chose these four dies.

I just got this new sentiment from IO and thought it would work well with flowers. I cut the Blossom Oval die twice from Yellow card stock. I cut the flowers out of the oval frame and replaced it with the sentiment,

 Then I built by flower arrangement on the side. I used the flowers from the die cut and some Cheery Lynn Daisy flowers for the base. I tucked some greenery behind the flowers using the grape vine, branch and lilacs all from Memory Box. `I added a few sequins and a  humming bird left over from another project.  This is one of those cards where I think I should have scaled back... you know less is more. Next time.  

Double D Friends

We're all about friends over at Double D Challenge Blog this time. Isn't this a fun mood board?  

For my card, I used this cute Friendly Squirrel Collage die from Memory Box. 

I used some PTI designer paper and a Frantic Stamper edger. The flower and the heart are from Cheery Lynn.

Lots of friend inspiration over at Double D Challenge Blog. Hope you will join us for this challenge.

Impression Obsession Pink and Green

I had some time to play today and looked for challenges. Impression Obsession has a pink and green challenge and I just got a new cover a card rose stamp from them. I decided to emboss it in white and sponge it with some Distress Oxide ink. I dug out my Fiscars crimper and grabbed a couple of paper doilies.

Inside

Here are the IO products I used for this challenge. 

IO sketched roses

IO leafy branches

 IO straberries

IO floral 

IO Wishes stamp stamp and  die

DRU Spring time

A new challenge starts today at DIES R US.   I know that in may parts of the country you are longing for spring to really arrive. Maybe making a spring card will make it seem like spring.  I love the rose frame from Tutti Designs and use it a lot. This time I used my Distress Oxide inks (available at the DRU store) to make a colorful background. Flowers always remind me of spring and I always make sure that I have plenty of home made ones on hand for projects. 

These are the dies I used to create this card. 

Tutti Rose Frame

Sue Wilson On Your Special Day

Sue Wilson Montreal

Cheery Lynn Daisy Strip

Elizabeth Craft Ostrich Fern

Check out the spring creations from the DIES R US design team and create your own springtime card fora chance to win a gift card from DRU.

Poppy Stamps Frame It

I had some time to play this week so I thought I would join in on a few challenges.  This one is for   Poppy Stamp Framed Challenge. I made a similar card a few yeas ago but i made some changes to this one. I had this water colored scrap in my scrap box and decided to Frame it.  I cut two pf the Mod Flower borders. I used one along the side and part of another on the top. I topped that with peach colored frame I cut with a Spellbinders die then put the frantic Stamper Frame on top of that.  I love these cute hummingbirds and the Friends was left over from a different project. 

Poppy Stamps Large Iceland Poppy

Poppy Stamps Mod Flower Border

Poppy Stamps Little Hummingbirds

Frantic Stamper Frame

Tutti Designs Friends

Double D Twine

   Are you ready for another fun challenge at Double D Challenge Blog.   It is all about twine this time. Although I love ribbon and twine, I seldom use it on my cards so this was fun for me.   I really planned a nautical design, but I could not find my blue and white baker's twine. I used the red and white and suddenly it became all about Christmas for me.                                   


                                                       
I cut a circle frame using two different sizes of Spellbinder's circle dies. To give it stability I cut it two more times and glued them together. I wrapped some twine around it. Then I went over the top of that with some baker's twine and made a bow for the bottom. My Fiskar's  paper crimper added some texture to a plain white card stock piece and some snow flakes and sequins added a bit of texture and interest. The cute pelicans are from Cottage Cutz.

We are looking forward to seeing what you will create for your Twine creation.The design team always has trouble picking the top three because there are so many fabulous creations. Be sure to check out the inspiration from the team at Double D Challenge Blog. 

Give Thanks

I made another card for my computer today. I figured out what was wrong with it and have been able to navigate around the problem. So I am Giving Thanks. Since I made the card,  I thought I would enter it in the Impression Obsession Pick a Holiday Challenge.

Here are the IO dies I used.


 Impression Obsession Ornate Oval


     IO Leafy Branches

          IO strawberry Set

IO floral

IO Give Thanks

Dies R Us Birthday Wishes

Time for a new challenge over at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog. The Challenge is everyone's favorite Anything Goes. The only requirement is to use a die from a company Dies R Us carries. The store has all the major brands so that will be easy.  If you have not checked the store lately, drop by and see all the new products they are carrying.  

I made this card for one of my Double D team mates, Vicki Robertson.  Vicki is so talented and always there to lend me a helping hand. Take some time and treat yourself by checking out Vicki's Blog. 

Here are the dies I used to make this card.

Memory Box Wrapped Scalloped Rectangles


Cheery Lynn Daisy Strip


Elizabeth Craft Ostrich Fern
Cheery Lynn Birthday Wishes Circle
Impression Obsession Ornate Oval Frame

 I added some dimension to the card by gluing several die cuts together. I added a couple of my homemade flowers and a few sequins to make what I think is a pretty card.  

We can't wait to see what you will create for this Anything Goes Challenge. Check out the designs from the rest of the team before you do. Dies R Us Challenge Blog.

Get Well Soon Bears

I have been having computer issues lately and have not been able to comment on some of my favorite blogs.  If you have not seen any comments from me on your blogs, I have not deserted you, I just can't comment. My hope is that I will get it fixed soon. In the meantime, I am visiting your blogs and praising your work you just can't hear me.  I made this card for my computer, but I will probably send it to an ailing friend. I will enter this in Scrapyland Anything Goes Challenge. 

 

This is what I used to make the card. 

Sue Wilson Shadow Box 

Frantic Stamper Tissue Box 

Frantic Stamper Get Well Soon 

Cottage Cutz Bear Patient

Cottage Cutz First Aid.

Double D Just Wing It

Just Wing It is the brand new challenge at Double D Challenge Blog. Look at the fabulous Mood board Darlene created for us.When I looked at this mood board, I knew exactly what I wanted to do. I loved the beautiful white dove with the rays of light shining down on it, and I had the perfect die to fit the image.

 Alas and alac, I hated the card when I finished with it so I went in  another direction.
                                        

 I did have an IO sentiment that suited the challenge beautifully so I started with that. I stamped it on a panel I had sponged with distress oxide inks. I cut the Memory Box Deer Grove Oval twice from black card stock and backed it with the sentiment panel. I put that on the Memory Box Wrapped Scalloped Rectangles die cut that was placed on a blue card base. I added the fairy and a few flowers and I was done. 

Everyone loves a prize so one person who creates a project for this challenge will be randomly selected to win this Frantic Stamper die.
                                          

The team has fabulous Wing It inspiration for you at Double D Challenge Blog.

Here is the first card I made for this challenge. It did not turn out like the vision in my head, but that happens sometimes.