Thank You, Less Is More!

This week is "lucky dip" week at Less is More.  Near as I can tell it has something to do with the fact that there are five Saturdays in April instead of four, kinda like a wild card or anything goes day.  Anyway, Chrissie and Mandi have decided for the "lucky dip" they wanted to thank all the faithful LIMettes for playing along each week.  So... our challenge is to make a "thank you" or "congratulations" card.  Once, again, I'm using the color combo from ColourQ for my card.  I made a card like this earlier this year and decided to remake it using more colors (the first card was made using only grey ink and white cardstock).  I also moved the position of the main panel.  Stamps used are from the Stampin Up! sets:  Vintage Vogue and Because I Care. 

Thanks for taking a peek.... and thanks Chrissie and Mandi for providing such great challenges week after week!!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White; SU! Always Artichoke; Ink:  SU! Kiwi Kiss, Pear Pizazz, Baja Breeze, VersaMagic Hint of Pesto; Stamps:  Vintage Vogue & Because I Care; Hero Arts flower gem

Make Mine Round...

My card that is...  The challenge this week at Stampin' Sisters in Christ is to make a round card and when I saw Silke's sketch challenge over at Flourishes I knew I would be combining the two.   I always love how the gals at Stampin Sisters in Christ connect their devotionals to cardmaking.  This week was no exception with Rebekkah providing a wonderful devotional about the sacrifices Jesus made for us, the promises that Easter brings and our need to remain strong in our faith.  For my card  I used the pansy image from the Flourishes set A Year of Flowers 1 and a sentiment from the Lenten Rose set for the card.  My color inspiration came from a lovely 6x6 pad of papers from SEI called Couture.  I colored the image with the following Copics:  V01, V12, V15, V17, YG93, YG95, YG97, Y02 & Y06.  The round card was made using the largest die from the Spellbinders Lacey Circles dies.  The sentiment was diecut using the 2nd smallest die from that set.

Thanks for taking a peek... hope to be back later with my card for Less is More!

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI white & Plum Pudding; Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black & Plum Pudding; Dies:  Spellbinders Lacey Circles; Copic Markers; Papers:  SEI

Your Old School...

Another clean and simple card today.   The last few days I have not felt very creative and when that happens I tend to go with what works for me best... clean and simply.  Oh... I just LOVE white space!   For this card I used the color combo from CR84FN of Aqua, Red and White.   I almost passed this combo up, but in the end I just couldn't resist using it for my card.   However, I am getting my card in with just a few hours to spare!    I'm also going to put this into the challenge over at Claudia & Company since it is a CAS challenge and I'm not one to pass up anything that has to do with CAS. 

I used the really fun Hero Arts cling set My Type.  I stamped the typewriter using SU!'s Taken With Teal and trimmed it out.  The sentiment was stamped with PTI's Pure Poppy.  Some Pure Poppy buttons were sewn to the typewrite, as well.  I tied Pure Poppy double stitched ribbon (I think my most favorite ribbon to tie) around the white card piece and then the typewrited was adhered using adhesive foam squares.  The entire piece was then adhere to the card base. 

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI White; SU! Taken With Teal; Stamps:  Hero Arts; Ink: PTI Pure Poppy & SU! Taken with Teal; Buttons:  PTI Pure Poppy; Ribbon:  PTI Pure Poppy

Vellum Butterflies

When I saw the inspiration photo for the current Shabby Tea Room challenge on my bloggy friend Michelle's blog (and her gorgeous card!!) I just had to make something.  But what to do... what to do...  The butterflies wending their way up the snow white cake are just amazing, but a little too much for me to try to replicate.  So I decided to focuse on two of the colors in the inspiration photo:  turquoise and white.   Another bloggy friend, Heather Maria, has created some of the most amazing cards and projects using vellum (one of her most recent projects was a Moxie Fab World winner!) and I have wanted to see what I could do.   This is what resulted:

I stamped all the butterflies on vellum using Versamark watermark ink, embossed them using Filigree white embossing powder and trimmed them out.  I stamped the turquoise card base with the Hero Arts cling Classic Fabric Design using Versamark as well.   I stamped the label using Palette Cote Azure ink (which sadly seems to be going dry) and trimmed it out.  The label was adhered and then all the butterflies were applied to the card. 

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstrock:  PTI Hawaiian Shores; PTI Vellum cardstock; Ink:  Versamark, Palette Cote Azure; Stamps:  Hero Arts Classic Fabric Cling, Congrats clear set & Antique Engravings clear set, Filigree White Embossing Powder

ODBDSLC58 - A Sketch and Some Exciting News!

My card today is for the current ODBD Shining the Light Challenge #58, a sketch challenge.  I'm also going to share some exciting news... For the months of May and June I'm going to be a Guest Designer for the ODBD Shining the Light challenge!!!! I cannot tell you how excited I was when I got the email from Chris, the challenge team coordinator, asking me if I wanted to be a guest designer!  And, of course, I said "YES!!" From the very start of my online papercrafting journey Our Daily Bread Design stamps have been a favorite of mine.  I love everything about them from the images to the scriptures and sentiments.  I cannot tell you what a blessing it is to have stamps that help me express and share my faith! 

For my card I used two ODBD sets "Sing to the Lord" and "Tulip Tag".  The color combo comes from the current color challenge over at Splitcoaststampers of Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze and Certain Celery.  I followed the sketch pretty faithfully except that I did not add the extra rectangle with the oval because I didn't want to cover up the little bird image from the "Sing to the Lord" set.  I diecut the oval using the ODBD/Spellbinder exclusive die set called Elegant Ovals (love those dies!!!).  A bit of distressing was done to the card using a distressing tool and Rangers Old Paper Distress Ink. 

Thanks for taking a peek....  and thank you to ODBD for giving me the opportunity to be a guest designer!

Its Been Awhile...

since I participate in a DeNami Design challenge.  So I took a look a what their current challenge was and when I saw it was a color challenge I decided to take the plunge because I just can't pass up a good color challenge, ya know???    The Paper Players have a lovely sketch for their weekly challenge and so I decided to pair that up with the DeNami challenge.  At first I was going to use my most favorite DeNami stamp a beautiful lilac image.  But after I stamped it on the cardstock I discovered that a good portion of the image would be covered up by other elements in the sketch and it just didn't look right.  So, I settled on another DeNami stamp, Large Flower Spray, for the card.

I stamped the image using Stampin Up!'s Night of Navy ink on Vintage Cream cardstock.  A strip of Stampin Up! Melon Mambo was cut and one edge punch with my very favorite punch, Upper Crust, which echos the shape of the flowers.  The sentiment and label image are also from Stampin Up!.  Once I had all the elements on the card base I cut a slit in the top, threaded my Dark Chocolate ribbon through and tied a bow.  A few gems in dark blue, hot pink and brown were added to the flowers.  The card is a little plain, but I'm happy with it all the same...

Thanks for taking a peek...

Supplies:  Cardstock:  PTI & Stampin Up!;Ink:  Stampin Up!; Stamps:  DeNami Design & Stampin Up!; Ribbon PTI; Gems:  Hero Arts; Punch Fiskars Upper Crust & Stampin Up! Curly Label