Merci Beaucoup!

 I've been making Thank You cards lately...here's one with quite a bit more detail than usual. But I really wanted to use my "old-fashioned" ladies stamps again, so this seemed a good enough excuse.

The color scheme was chosen to fit a challenge...as were a few other things.

Such as the layout

Lots of sparkle on the lady on the left as well as on the Merci Beaucoup die cut.

Here's my list of ingredients:

Inks- TH Distress Ink "antique linen" & "vintage photo"

Markers- Spectrum Noir, MEPXY

Stamps- Stampabilities "Vintage Flourish", SweetStamps "Italian Handwriting", "Parisienne Collage", & "Margery", JustRite "Fleur de Lis Labels 23"

Foam squares- Paper Studio "Sticky Doos"

Printed Flower- K&Company "Watercolor Bouquet Layered Accents"

Rhinestones- KaiserCraft "Ice Blue"

Pearl sprays- Zva Creative "Chocolate Swirls"

Stickles "Star Dust"

Glue Dots

Handmade rolled flower

Card stock & doily- from my stash

Challenges:

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com - #73 No Designer Paper

http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.ca - #100 Anything Goes

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - #162 Swirls

http://thekraftjournal.blogspot.com - #164 A Color Challenge

http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com - #211 Bits & Bobbles, include flowers,

buttons, print/sentiment

http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com - #242 Sketch

http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #125 Anything Goes

Guest Designer for Inkspirational Challenges!

Hello, Friends!

Today I'm showing you a card I made for one of my favorite challenges: Inkspirational!

And it really is very inspirational for me...great ideas and designs, challenging themes and color suggestions! I've joined the challenge several times now and had fun with each one...but today is even more special...they asked me to be a guest designer for the new challenge that starts today! I'm so honored!

They asked me to case one of the cards made by one of their fabulous DT members, Sandie (yes, even spelled the same as my name!) and here is the card I chose:

Very pretty, don't you think?

And here is how I "cased" it:

*A Bridal Shower Card*

My youngest son is getting married in May and I got to go to my future daughter-in-law's first shower recently...this was the card I gave with her gift. It doesn't show up very well, but there is lots of sparkley Stickles on the LOVE LOVE, and the sequins are pearly irridescent.

So what do you think...did I case it properly?

On the inside I did not add the Stickles...and purposely left plenty of room to sign the card with a personal note added.

Ingredients

Stamps: Sandylion "Love",  CDS "Medallion de Fleur",  Verve "Ps. 37:4", 

Stampin' Up "Best Wishes", Studio G "Celebrate", J Sharpe "Congrats"

Inks: Studio G "Lt Turquoise", "Dk Aqua"

Glitter: Ranger Stickles "Star Dust"

Sequins: Gutermann "Blue Pearl"

Card stock: white and lt. blue- Paper Studio

Challenges

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #125 Anything Goes

http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.com - #73 No Design Paper

http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.ca - #100 Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Please hop on over to Inkspirational for this week's challenge and to check out 

all the great stuff the DT has come up with again!