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Monday, April 23, 2012

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday # 166

Hi there! Are you ready to play a fun challenge? Heather is this week hostess and want us to play Bingo!
Here is how to play,  just choose three items in a row to use on your card. Either straight across (horizontally), up and down ((vertically) or diagonally.

For my cards I went with vertically, using bling, die cut and emboss.
The images in all are "Beach Life" by Flourishes. I loved creating this scene with this set.
My base frame  die cut is Spellbinders. Which I also embossed.  Added pearls as my bling.
I masked off the horizon and sponged in my background with Memento's. Stamped the trees in and colored them with Copic's. I extended the shore by stamping the shoreline and stamping half of the image again to the shoreline.
I stamped the shoreline in London Fog and went over all the lines with white pen. Here is a book mark I made out of the first one that I messed up on!! Hey it work's!
My last card is all the same just in different colors.
I hope you can play along with us and you can see all the details here.

Sadly this is my last week as Guest Designer, I really enjoyed working along with these incredibly talented ladies, it was quite a honor!!  I love playing with these stamps!!


Be sure to check the rest of the teams beautiful cards.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week.

Thursday, April 5, 2012

For My Mom

Hi there! Just wanted to share with you, something I made for my mom. I made this out of clear craft plastic, the finished size is about 3 1/2 x 4 1/2.
I love this set and I know my mom will love this bookmark! The stamp set is by Flourishes " He is Risen", the image was colored with Copic's . Isn't this a beautiful image? I'm going to give it to her tomorrow, that way she will have it for Easter services.







A close up of the back, which can be used also for marking a page. Sorry I didn't take a photo of it in a book.


Thanks for stopping by and have a great week-end!!!

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #163

Hi there! I was so excited about being asked to be April's guest designer for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge!!! I have fallen in love with these beautiful designed stamps and it is such a honor to be among such talented designers.

Today's challenge is hosted by Beate and the challenge to to make a birthday card. How easy is that? Always need birthday cards, right?



For my first card I used" Flourishes "He is Risen" and the sentiment is from 'Kid's Play". I cut out a oval from Spellbinders and sponged it with SU .
I used a Memento black marker and applying it only to the part of the image I wanted to stamp, using the huffing technique I stamped right on the oval. The card base is Spellbinders lattice frame.




Using the same stamp set I used the single Lily image, colored with Copic's and cut them out. The card base is Grand Nestabilities and scored in half. Using a smaller die I cut out a piece of DP. The background foliage is from Flourishes stamp set "Spring Ephemerals" and the sentiment is again from "Kids Play".


For more inspiration check out the rest of the teams gorgeous creations.

Kazan Clark (guest designer)


Hope you get a chance to join in and you can find all the info here.
Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Spring is Here

Hi! Is spring really here? I'm ready!! I finally got to play with my stamps today and made some corner bookmarks for some challenges.
I used this really adorable stamp set from Flourishes that I just got and couldn't wait to try. I colored the bunny with Prisma Pencils and cut the image out. To keep with Joan's challenge I used a envelope and Spellbinders border for the edge right through both sides. The DP is "My Mind Eye" The Stamp is by Flourishes " Spring Has Sprung".



Here is a view of the the back. (Can you tell this is a old book?)



I had so much fun and wanted to try a different border, so here is another bookmark using the same stamp set. I used the largest die of Spellbinders Lattice rectangles.


This is for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge to make a Easter card or project. I think this would be a nice Easter gift with a book. Also I'm entering this in Joan's Gardens challenge.
#10
  • Create a corner bookmark using the corner cut off an envelope. You can use an envelope from "junk" mail.
  • You need to cover the front and back
  • Be creative and let us see what you can come up with.
  • Tutorial will be Selma's blog for cutting measurements
Well this was really easy to make but now I need to clean up the mess I made. (looks like I made 10 cards)
Hope your day is going well and thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

SC377 Wild About You!

Hey there! How is everyone? Here is a card I made for the sketch challenge over at SCS. I used the newly released stamp set by Theresa Momber "Wild About You" by Gina K. Designs. I colored the elephant with Copic's and the DP is DCWV and the card stock is by Gina K. Designs.


Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by.

Friday, March 16, 2012

CSS -ALUMNI MARCH BLOG HOP

Welcome to GKD STAMP TV's CSS ALUMNI COLOR CHALLENGE for MARCH. Today's challenge is provided by Melissa.
You should have arrived here from the very talented Cheri .



Now about my card: I decided to make a shaker card as a few weeks ago Alex (a stamp tv member) had a shaker card challenge and I missed it and I still wanted to make one. The stamps are from Gina K. Designs, Gina's "QUITE A CATCH" and "BEACH BUM" by Rupa. This adorable image is one my favorites and I have seen so many cute cards using it. I colored the images with Copic's. The card stock and brads are also from GKD. The DP is Bo-Bunny. The sand is a mix of Microbeads. Gina has a Tutorial on making a shaker card here.


You will want to leave a comment as you hop along because on Tuesday morning March 20), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs and that person will receive a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs Stamps!
The next stop ON THE HOP is the ever so talented Joy. If you came here without stopping, you can start from Stamp TV here.

Hope you enjoy the hop and find some inspiration. Good luck and thanks for stopping by.

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Another Noon Time Challenge

Hi, I'm back again with another challenge card. Another Noon Time challenge at Flourishes.
The Front and Back Challenge. Which means we are to use the same image on the front with main focal image and use the same image to make the back ground. I used Flourishes "Sweet Violets". Colored with Copic's. I sponged with Memento "Cantaloupe" front and the back.


Well it is time for bed ,have a great week and thanks for stopping by.

FLOURISHES NOONTIME CHALLENGE

Hi there! I'm back with another challenge card, this time for Flourishes Noon Time Challenge as they ready for March release. This one was oh so easy "make a circle card. I decided to make a masculine card as I don't make them often and I dearly love this gorgeous stamp. I decided to leave it CAS. Not sure if this is a Rainbow trout but I colored it like it was.
Okay, the stamp set is "WHAT A CATCH" from Flourishes. This is much prettier in RL as I added just a little Sakura in clear star but it doesn't show up in the photo.


I sponged in the background with Memento's and colored with Copic's.
Hope you like it and if you get a chane to play the challenges over at Flourishes you could win this month release.
Thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

GKD Anniversary Challnges

Hi there! Happy Anniversary Stamp TV!! It's 3 years this week and I have been with them from the beginning. I have learned so much from the tutorials and have thank Gina for putting together such wonderful video's. This week was their March release as well. Been a lot of challenges going on and I have been trying to get in as much as I can. The cards here are all from Theresa's new set "Wild About You" by Gina K. Designs.
This is for Theresa's challenge to make a one layer sponged background.



This is for Cat's challenge to make a 4x4 card with matching envelope.



I had so much fun making this I made another for the same challenge.


Making this short today but if you want to know anything I did to make these just let me know. Thanks for stopping by.

Monday, March 12, 2012

Going Green!

Hi there! Hope you all are doing well. Today I made a project for two different challenges. Not easy for me to do, I usually do just one at a time.
Now for the info on my box. The box is a Laughing Cow cream cheese container. I seen these done for some time now Carol did some Halloween themed ones that were adorable.
Then Selma posted her gorgeous one for the sample on Joan's Gardens challenge. Selma has instructions on how she did it on her blog here.


The image is from Theresa's set "Whimsical Spring" by Gina K. Designs. I colored it with Copic's and sponged around it with Memento.
Here is another view.



So I'm entering this in Brenda challenge on Stamp TV "Going Green" and Joan's challenge here are the requirements:
  • Use a recycled box, preferably round
  • Color theme can be your choice
  • Use some Lace
  • Use Pearls and Flowers
Well that is it for now , hope you have a good evening and thanks for stopping by.


Saturday, March 10, 2012

More Calla Lilies?


Hi everyone, did I mention how much I love Calla Lilies?I think I did but I just love to color these little beauties. So I'm back with another card using them.
This one is for the color challenge over at Flourishes. The above photo is the inspiration photo.
I used Flourishes stamp set "Calla Lily" . I colored with Copic's. The die's are from Spellbinder's.







Hope your day is going well and I will try not to bore you with too many of the same images.
Thanks for stopping by.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Joan's Challenge #8

Hi, hope the week is going good for you. This is my card for Joan's Gardens #8 challenge. I used this beautiful "Calla Lily" image from Flourishes. Calla Lilies are one of my favorite flowers. The images was colored with Copic's.
A closer view,






Here is what you need to do for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #8
  • Create a card using corner embellishments
  • Color theme should be Blue and Green
  • Add some kind of flowers
  • Use an oval background
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Timeless Tuesday at Flourishes #158

Hello! I made this card for Timeless Tuesday Challenge over at Flourishes. Tammy is hostessing this week's challenge and the theme is Country Comfort! Create anything inspired by country living…. a farm-theme, gardening, country patterns (calico, gingham, plaid), quilts, wildflowers… whatever you interpret as country comfort! I had so many ideas and started to make a quilt card. But my order came today and I just had to play with some of it. One of the set I received is "Spring has Sprung" I grew up in the country and one the things I loved was listening and hearing nothing but the sound of birds chirping. So when I think of country I think of how quiet it was and how lovely it was just to listen. The branches and the bird is from"Home Tweet Home", the sentiment is from "Pears" and the tiny flowers are "Tiny Flowers and Tags" all are from Flourishes.


The images were colored with Copic's and sky back ground was sponged using Memento.
Hope your day is going well and thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Thinking of You!

Hi, my card here is for Cheri's challenge over at Stamp TV. She wanted us to make a card or project using Gina's "Dropped Shadow" technique. I made mine a little different instead of using a solid stamp, I used this Butterfly from Theresa's "Whimsical Spring" by Gina K. Designs. I actually made both butterflies out of it I just cut them in half. I liked how it looked so went with it. Like getting two for the price of one. Hee, hee.


I also used Theresa's "Little Critters" and the sentiment is from "Dogwood and Butterflies" by Gina K. Designs.
I sponged the background with Memento ink pads, the card stock is from GKD and the DP is Basic Grey. The butterflies were colored with Copic's.
Have a great day and thanks for stopping by.

Saturday, February 25, 2012

A Birthday Card

Hello, hope your week-end is going great.
I made this card for the challenge #7 over at Joan's Gardens.
Here are the requirements:
  • Create a card with lots of layers
  • Color theme should be Pink and White
  • Add some dimensional flowers.
  • Use a rectangle and an oval layer
The images are from Theresa's set "Dogwood and Butterfly" by Gina K. Designs. I used Copic's to color the dogwoods, sponging with Memento. DP and card stock is by GKD. The die is Poppystamps and Spellbinders.

Take care and thanks for stopping by.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Timeless Tuesday at Flourishes #157

Good morning!! Today is a beautiful spring looking day!! It is suppose to be in the seventies in the valley today!! WOW!! For this weeks challenge Mona has ask us to make a bookmark using a image from Flourishes. My Lilac tree has buds on it. So I thought of this set from Flourishes would the perfect one for my book mark. The set is "Lilac Set". I used the smaller Lilac image and stamped it twice on Ivory card stock from GKD. I colored the flowers with Copic's and sponged with Grape Jelly Memento. The DP is Basic Grey.
You can find the tutorial for making this bookmark here.



Here is a photo of it on a book page. Mother's Day is coming fast and I think my mom will love this, she loves to read and loves flowers. I can see I didn't have it on the page, oh well you get the idea!! I really enjoyed making this, it was easy I may do more this week.


Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by.