birthday flowers...

Hello friends!!  Popping in with a card I made for several challenges:  Viva La Verve Week 4, ColourQ and Seize the Birthday - Anything Goes.   Don't you like it when you can make one card and have it fit several challenges?  I know I do, lol!!  I love the clean and simple style of the Verve sketch... this is one I may have to use again in the future.  Originally I was going to title this post "birthday bluebells" but then I realized my "bluebells" weren't blue, but pink and pale plum!

All the stamps and dies are from Verve.  I used the Verve sets Framed Florals and Joyful Blooms and the Verve dies Flag It, Bluebells and Pennant Trim.   After die cutting and stamping everything I decided to add in some patterned paper with a neutral background and found this sweet little black and white polka dot paper in the Teresa Collins Hello My Name Is 6x6 pad.  I think it provides a nice break to all the whiteness of the cardstock.  I did a little distressing to the edges of the patterned paper, as well as the main panel.  I popped up the pennant trim as well as one of the bluebells for some additional dimension. 

 

 

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white; SU! Pool Party; Stamps and Dies:  Verve; Inks:  Stampin Up! Old Olive and Pink Pirouette, VersaMagic Spring Pansy; VersaFine Onyx Black; Patterned Paper:  Teresa Collins

 

Friday with A Jillian Vance Design...

Hello friends!!  Popping in to let you know that I have a post up today on the A Jillian Vance Design blog.  I hope that you will take the time to pop over and take a look.  Here is a little peek:

 

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all things...

Hello friends!!!   We have had some silly weather here in Western Washington.  Yesterday it was rainy and cold and told we have sunshine and warm!  I will definitely take the sunny and warm!  Have a card I made using the Reverse Confetti March Sketch for You to Try.  I think I will post this to the current Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday since I do have stamping on it, as well as the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge of anything goes.

Yesterday (when it was rainy and cold) I made a quick trip to the best paper crafting/stamping store in my area Impress Rubber Stamps to get just one thing... a box of envelopes.  But, of course, I walked out of there with a few more things... including a super cute pad of Teresa Collins Nine & Co papers.  I used those for my card.  The stamps and dies are Reverse Confetti.  The lovely Love Blooms set and matching Confetti Cuts dies.  Followed the sketch quite faithly... most of the time I'm just not super creative, lol!  Anyway...

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  Recollections white; PP:  Teresa Collins; Stamps:  Reverse Confetti; Dies:  Spellbinders plain circles; Confetti Cuts; Inks:  VersaMagic Straw, Pumpkin Spice, Sage and Spanish Olive; VersaFine Black Onyx; Yellow Stickles

 

PTI March Blog Hop...

Hey friends.... thought I would play along with this month's PTI blog hop.  After the February release I got the "Blue Skies" collection and have been wanted to make something using the products and the blog hop was the perfect chance.  Love the aqua/yellow color combo in the inspiration photo!  I kept things very simple and came up with this little card:

 

That cloud cover plate is just about one of the most clever things I have seen lately and I just love how the finished piece came out.  I did trim off some of the bottom so that more of the sunshine would appear through the clouds.  After I layered everything up I added some Crystal stickles to some of the clouds for a bit of sparkle.  Posting this to the current Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge:  Anything Goes.

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Supplies:  Cardstock:  SU! Pool Party, PTI Lemon Tart; Recollections white; Stamps and dies:  PTI Blue Skies; Inks:  SU! Pool Party, VersaFine Onyx Black; Crystal stickles

Wednesday with A Jillian Vance Design...

Hello friend!!  Popping in to let you know that I have a post up over on the A Jillian Vance Design blog.   I hope you will take the time to pop over and check it out.  Here is a little peek:

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oh happy day...

Hey friends!!!  Popping in with a card I made for a couple of challenges, CAS on Sundays (a sketch) and Essentials by Ellen Pin-Sights challenge.  Don't you just love that saying... "oh happy day"?   It almost wasn't a happy day for me because the stamp set that this sentiment came from almost didn't make it to my house!  I had ordered a few things from Ellen Hutson last week and since she is just a few miles (well more than a few... maybe 30, lol) up the road from me I knew I would get it right away.  The package was due to arrive on Friday, but much to my surprise it wasn't in my mailbox even though the tracking said it was delivered to me!  So. Not. Happy!   Called the post office and let them know that I didn't get it.  I had a feeling it had been delivered to the wrong house and thankfully I was right when my nice neighbor (who got it instead of me) brought it down on Sunday afternoon.  YAY!   My order included the Essentials by Ellen Bold Blooms stamp set, the matching dies and the Bold Blooms stand alone dies.

The second Essentials by Ellen challenge is a photo inspiration one.  I took my inspiration from the colors uses (black, gold and white), as well as the strips on the bench.  I die cut the scribble blooms and leaves from black and gold glitter cardstock.  The stripped paper is from the My Mind's Eye Mint Julip 6x6 pad. The sentiment was stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black ink.  Given that I have a ton of patterned paper you would think I could find a piece that had black and white strips on it, but not so!  I had to hunt around to find the piece that I used for my project!

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