Mother’s Day Challenge

The challenge this week is to make Mother’s Day cards (details are listed below). I have my first card for you and I really like how it turned out. I pulled out some of my Sweet Pea DS paper (trying to use it up before it retires at the end of the month. I loved the Teal with butterflies and went with that idea. Since the paper is pretty busy I decided to use an…

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My Attempt at a monochromatic card

Edited after picture! Today I played with an inspiration challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments. There was a picture collage that you were to use and create a card or project . When I saw the picture I was drawn to the ivory shell pillow. I thought it would be fun to create a monochromatic card using Very Vanilla. I used the Perfect Details template to make the back layer and added to card base with…

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Lacey Yellow and Black Daisies

Yeah, it’s hump day!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love, love, love today’s card. I love daisies and I used the flower from Fifth Avenue Floral that looks like a daisy to make this card. The picture doesn’t show it but it is very sparkly as I used my clear Stardust gel pen on the flower. There was a challenge at the Caardvarks blog to use lace on your card. I had ordered a couple of different kinds of…

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Some Workshop Cards

I had a great time last night. I went to another demos workshop. We had 5 designs and made 3 of each for a total of 15 cards. There were 8 of us there and we were able to complete all the cards. Here are 2 of the cards we made. The first card is pretty self explanatory. You punch the hearts twice then put the designer series paper behind. The second card was created…

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Cute Valentine Card

Well did you survive the cold weather this weekend? I hope you were able to stay warm and stamp a little. I started pulling some goodies for my blog candy. I will take the picture later today and post it so be looking for it. Today’s card is very cute (IMO). I began with the image from the Diva Coffee Break Designs blog. I than started thinking about the sketch and pulling it apart to…

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Hoping for warmer weather!

I have so much to do I am not going to chat much. I used the color challenge from Pals Paper Arts blog and the sketch challenge from the Eat Sleep Stamp blog. Here is the sketch and my creation. inside of card Stampin’ Up Supplies Stamps: Asian Artistry, Fifth Avenue Floral, Upsy Daisy Paper: Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Soft Suede Ink: Crushed Curry, Old Olive, Soft Suede Accessories: Old Olive ribbon, Antique Brass brads,…

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