Flowers, Flowers, Flowers

Challenges with flowers are popping up like flowers!  I unfortunately needed a Sympathy card and I found some unusual brownish red colored pattern paper and some outrageous lime colored patterned paper that I thought would work together... now as I write this, I'm thinking - WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?  Lime for a sympathy card?  I think it works though.

I'm entering this card in three challenges listed below with those all important links too.  I chose cream color card stock (so much more soothing than white) to work with.  I stamped and embossed the flowers and cut them out (Hero Arts Hand Drawn Flower - CG285) and then stamped it on the card stock in Distress Ink Antique Linen, one of my all time favorites and most frequently used Distress Inks.  I smeared Glossy Accents in the center of the large flower and added yellow seed beads (I promise to take another photo when the sun is out on that center flower).  I used Black Enamel Accents on the center of the little lime green flower and added some pearls around the card.  Right now, I'm falling into bed... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Crazy4Challenges.... C4C86

They say that ‘April showers bring May flowers’, so let’s see lots of flowers on your creations.  

Whimsie Wednesday Challenge - No Colouring - check out Tobi's Place

CRAFT US CRAZY!  

MOTHER'S DAY AND/OR FLOWERS challenge

Casual Fridays and Hero Arts ATCs

Is it Sunday or Monday?  If it's Sunday, then this is my third post of the day and if it's Monday, it is the first post of the day.... It's Sunday night for me and I'm posting a couple things tonight before my head hits the pillow.  I made my card as CAS  for the Casual Friday challenge, as I could get it and I'm quite pleased with the result.

Here's the challenge: Use stamps, texty pattern paper, a page torn from your phone book, 
or create your own..get creative!  *we are looking for text, not just a simple sentiment*
Just incorporate text prominently into your newly created CAS project,

I used the Hero Arts Friend Definition as the background cardstock and then took a border punch to some wondered vintage style 12" X 12" paper.  I popped-dotted the Hero Arts Sentiment right over the vintage paper which is pop-dotted onto the notecard.

I had made some fans after seeing the beautiful fan on Lavender and Roses.  She took me to a tutorial that is easy to follow, so you too can make these easy fold fans too.

Two ATCs for Hero Arts and I'm too late for Wee Memories and paper-piecing, but I did finish them.  


FIRST ATC:
I got the idea from Lavender and Roses - . There is a tutorial at Ginger Snap Creations that is easy to follow - I followed them, so they have to be easy.  I used the Hero Arts Leaf Cluster CG288 as background in Victorian Velvet and Shabby Shutters Distress Inks.  The little boy is paper-pieced on the Hero Arts stamp image Special Edition: Asian Dolls LP146
Because the fan is so large, I named this ATC "The Fan is All".

This second ATC, named "Summer in China" is another paper-pieced Hero Arts stamp image Special Edition: Asian Dolls LP146, but with a smaller fan and mounted on some wonderful cardstock I found at my LLS, The Stamp Art Shoppe.

Second Post today - Candy at Di's Digital Downloads

Do you like candy?  I like candy and this one is FAT FREE!  I would suggest visiting REAL soon as I believe the offer expires May 10th at Di's Digital Downloads.http://disdigidownloads.blogspot.com

Happy Mother's Day in the USA

Happy Mother's Day to all the Mothers out there.... and I mean that in only the nicest way!  I gave my daughter-in-law a card I knew she'd love.  She gave me the package you see depicted here.  She wore the stockings yesterday to a book signing and she loved it.  I had the envelope right in front of her monitor for first thing in the morning.  My granddaughter drew an image on paper and wrote "Happy Mother's Day" on it.  :)))

Digital Challenge #1 - Lily Pad

I absolutely want to hum and sing - it's a delightful day here... so, I've got a challenge to enter.  I don't have a machine to cut out the wheelbarrow or fence, sigh, oh well, but I do have scissors and I'm tenacious... I found a cute large butterfly die-cut at my LSS and thought I'd pop it on this card along with a small butterfly die-cut..  I ran Shabby Shutters Distress Ink over the ground, rubbed Faded Jeans Distress Ink on the Hero Arts Clouds stamp and there you have the background.  I colored the wheel with a silver pen and there you have my card.

Two for One!

I finally got to sit down tonight and create a card to match two challenges... gads, that feels good and I'm sure for those out there who handle 10 challenges at a time, two is nothing, but for me... two is good!.

I chose the sketch for the Card Chain Challenge at Lily Pad.  Choose a color palette, sketch, or theme. I went with the easy peasy sketch which has 3 borders and a sentiment.  I had already inked up a card with the Hero Arts Circle Design CG219 in Distress Ink Antique Linen for another project that never was used.  I had the sentiment, Hero Arts Messages CG132 stamped, embossed and cut out on my desk.  I inked the Circle Design in Frayed Burlap and stamped it twice on the card to add just a bit more depth.  Since the sketch has three borders, here comes the next challenge!

Crazy 4 Challenges, this week,  has a great recipe to use 3 different designer papers, 2 flowers and 1 button. See how easily this fits in with the other challenge?  How could it be more perfect... And I'm sure artistic license will allow me to add the flowers and button to the great design sketch at CCC.  As soon as I saw the challenge, I knew I had to use the papers in the sketch.

Be sure to check out the two challenges and enter yourself.  It's always fun to enter challenges.

A Gem of a Challenge

A brand new challenge site for me - A Gem of a Challenge.  Sounds like a great place and wait til you see the sketch.   I finished this rather late, so my post is brief and to the point... well, somewhat.  Here's my entry and I'm also entering this in the Die Cut Diva's challenge on flickr.