Tilda in Brown Tones

Just one card this evening for one challenge:

http://dutchmagnolialovers.blogspot.com - #55 "Photo Inspiration: Brown Tones"

I plan to send this one to one of the older ladies from my church who can't get out and about any more.

List of ingredients:
Magnolia stamp: "New Years Tilda"
(colored with Spectrum Noir markers and colored pencils)
Spellbinders die: "Labels 20"
Background DP: K&Company "TC Blossomwood"
Martha Stewart border punch: "Doily Lace"
Rhinestones are Basic Grey "Bling It- gold"
Computer generated sentiment
Ribbon, CS, doily are all from my stash

Thanks for stopping by!

Encouragement & a Hug

Good evening, All!

Finished one more card today...which was supposed to be a simple one. But...I sometimes just can't make myself 'keep it simple'! 

Ingredients:

Magnolia stamp - "Cozy Family: Sister & Brother"

Our Daily Bread stamp - Bible verse

Cuttlebug embossing folder - "Madison"

Fiskar border punch 

Creative Memories "Corner Rounder"

Stampabilities Dye Ink - "Black"

TH Distress Ink - "Antique Linen"

DP (blue) - K&Company "Julianne"

other cs & buttons - from my stash

Challenges:

http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com - "Anything Goes + 2 or more buttons"

http://craftybloggersnetwork.blogspot.com - #10 April "Anything Goes"

http://thedutchmagnoliachickies.blogspot.com - #43 "Colors: Red, White, Blue + a little Orange"
http://vssweetideas.blogspot.com/ - #10 "Anything Goes"

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #76 "Anything Goes"

http://Mojomonday.blogspot.com - Sketch #290

CAS Card

Quick post for a couple challenges!

Here's my CAS card:

The green card stock has textured dots, its from my stash....brand????

The print cs is K&Company "Merryweather"

Get Well stamp is Bildmalarna

Memento "Bamboo" ink

Old buttons from my growing button stash!

I'm entering this one in:
http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com - "Anything Goes" (w/ 2 or more buttons)

http://casethissketch.blogspot.com - Sketch #24

Oops! Well, so much for THAT idea...missed the sketch challenge by 30 seconds!
WHY do I wait so long??

A Springtime Cup of Tea...or Two!

Once again a challenge I wanted to make a card for has the theme "Tea for Two" and I really wanted to use the adorable House Mouse stamp I have called "Feeling Rosey" with Maxwell sitting IN a cup of tea. But since its tea for TWO I thought I'd try doing a reverse stamp. I was surprised how well it worked! I stamped the image on my rubber mat for embossing in my Cuttlebug, then laid my paper on it and pressed evenly. I colored them both using Promarkers, Spectrum Noir markers and a few colored pencils, overlapped the reverse one so you can't see the tea bag tag which printed backwards, of course! So here it is:

The yellow rhinestones don't show up well in the photo but do catch the light nicely when held in your hand or propped for display.

The 2 challenges being entered:

http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com - #142 "Springtime"

http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com - #108 "Tea for Two"

A Rainbow of Colors

Good evening, my Friends!

Thanks for stopping by!

Today I had a few minutes to finish this spring-colored card. I used a whole rainbow of colors: pink, peach, yellow, aqua, green and ivory.

The Bible verse on this card is one of my favorites; it is not one of the Ten Commandments, but is, rather, a summary of them...the heart of them. If we would love the LORD our God with our whole heart, soul and strength, all the other commandments would be much easier...they would come naturally.

I'm not sure what I will use this card for...probably a "Thinking of You" card.

For now, I am entering it in a few challenges:

http://ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com - #150 "Scripture or Hymns"

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com - "One Paper Taker" (one patterned paper)

http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com - #15 "Embossing"

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - #113 "A Rainbow of Colors"

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #76 "Anything Goes"

http://mojomonday.blogspot.com - Sketch #289

And here is the list of things I used for this one:

Cuttlebug embossing folders - "D'vine Swirls" & "Swiss Dots"

Bible verse - Our Daily Bread "Scripture Series 3"

Lg Dots patterned paper - The Paper Studio

Pizzazz Aplenty - pink & yellow blossom, flatback pearls in pink & peach

Scalloped circle stamp - Martha Stewart "Hearts & Flowers"

Offray ribbon - olive green

Zots glue dots

Satin roses, paper rose, doily, card stock - all from my stash

A Little Humor....A Little Wine

Good evening! Here is a card I made for my dear little mother...she does enjoy a little glass of wine in the evening! I know she will get a kick out of this 'cause she knows my sibs and I love to tease her!

The following 2 challenges asked for something with a bit of humor included so I will be entering this card in those:

http://thedutchmagnoliachickies.blogspot.com - #42 "Comic" (something funny)

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com - #89 "Humor"

My little list of ingredients:

Card stock - K&Co "Julianne"

Ink - TH Distress "Antique Linen" & Memento "Black"

Sentiment stamp - Riley & Company "Funny Bones"

Magnolia image - "Tilda with Wine Bottle"

colored with Promarkers, Memento markers, Spectrum Noir markers, and colored pencils

Ric rac, flowers, rhinestones - from my stash

Spring is Coming!

Spring really IS coming to Michigan! This week is rainy but warmer and my tulips are up at least 6" already! I'm just starting to see a bright green tint in the woods...gotta love it!

Several challenges are asking for "Spring" themed cards/projects, so I made another one!

This one involves a new technique...new to me anyway! It is called "Wax paper Resist Technique". I saw it on the SweetStamps Blog...its is their monthly technique challenge for April. I thought it might be difficult to do...but wasn't! I tried it on the wrong kind of paper the first time and the results were disappointing...very pale colors and designs, but this time I'm happy with the results. I always think of bright spring green, new grass, blue skies and sunny days for Springtime....so that's what I put on this card.

I used a Sizzix embossing folder, "Flourishes, Dots" and also a Cuttlebug folder, "D'vine Swirls" with the wax paper to get my background. The flower is from StampingScrapping.com; button from my stash, leaves are stamped using "Fade Out Leaf" from Stamps by Judith; "Spring" is a stamp from Imaginisce.

Challenges being entered:

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - "Wax Paper Resist Technique"

http://clearitoutchallenge.blogspot.com - "Spring is Coming" + stash: flowers

A Very Feminine Sympathy Card

Tonight I finally finished a sympathy card just to have on hand. I've meant to to do that for several weeks, never found time, until I looked at the sketch I used. Because it seemed clean and simple I knew it would work. What do you think?

I'm entering this in 2 challenges:
http://perfectsentimentschallenge.blogspot.com - #73 "Sympathy/Thinking of You"

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com - Sketch #15

Ingredients:

Sizzix embossing folder - "Flourish, Floral 2"

Pizzazz Aplenty flatback pearls - "pale pink"

Sentiment - computer generated

Stamped image - JustRite "Cast All Your Cares"

Dies - Spellbinders "Labels 20"

Print card stock - K&Co "Julianne"

Solid cs and ribbon - from my stash