More Daisy

Hi there,
I am still playing with Uniko's Pure Florals -Gebera Clear stamp set.  This time it is the bloom full on.

I stamped and heat embossed with Rangers Liquid Platinum on Bristol, then colored with Zig markers. I cut it out with an MFT stitched arch die and added the sentiment from a SU set. A second arch was cut to make this a shaped one layer card.  the card is small, but that bloom is fabulous.

I am entering the card to Time Out Challenges - Spring, option One layer, and The flower Challenge - Shaped card.

              

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A Daisy Thank You

Hi there-

I gave up crafty shopping for lent, and during that time I was blessed with a few challenge wins that included crafty products.  

Along with several other prizes a stamp set of the winners choice was graciously provided by Bev of Uniko Studios (thank you!), as a prize from their recent 6th birthday challenge.

I fell in love with these Gerbera Daisies.  I love that they come in such bold colors.

I love coloring flowers, and one of my most favorite ways is to heat emboss and then add color with Zig Markers - the colors are bold and beautiful.  I also rubbed a little distress glaze on the bloom after it was dry to protect it from renegade rain drops.  This card is headed across the ocean..

I'd like to enter this card into several challengs:
AAA Cards - Favorite Technique 
Double D Challenges - Twine
The Card Concept - Photo
Addicted to Stamps and More- Make your mark



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W2CB Guest I-Teamer

Hi There,

I had  a card win over at Words 2 Craft by for their February challenge.  Along with a prize I was asked to be a Guest I-Teamer by Sybrina.  I quickly accepted the offer!  Thanks so much to all the team over at Words 2 Craft by.

The words for the April/May challenge are:

No Winter lasts forever, no Spring skips its turn. April is a promise that May is bound to keep, and we know it.  -Hal Borland

 Ya all know I love the flower cards, and I have some darling flower stamps.  It was just a matter of choosing!  I chose Simon's Cosmo Background. I left 5 blooms with only the centers colored to keep the card a bit lighter.

Come on over and join in, you have until May 2, 2018 11:59pm EDT.   I'd love to see you in the gallery!

Happy Memory

Hey There!

Temps are starting to move into the higher digits here...we may open windows tomorrow!

I have wanted this stamp set for a while now, and thanks to a lucky win, it and the matching dies are in my stash.

Every  time I see the sentiment it takes me back to my teen years, and trips to the beach with my girlfriends and my Mom.  She'd tell us were the cute guys were after taking walks along the beach.

On one trip an entire bag of doritos was stolen by some rowdy gulls. They walked up in a group, one to distract us, I am sure, while the other two pecked at the rapidly disintegrating bag and tried to fly off with it...I'm not sure who won the tug of war between the gulls  I just know I laughed  and laughed that day.

I am entering this in two challenges.  Case this sketch-266, and Shopping our Stash - Headed to the Beach.

All stamps and dies are from MFT.  Memento Ink and  Color It Art Markers were used for the birds and sentiment. A left over piece of glitter cardstock made for a sparklie ocean. 

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Thank you

Hi There,

I have no thank you cards left in my stash.  I need to replenish quickly.  The easiest way for me to do that is to break out the flower stamps. There are a couple of diecuts on this card and I am submitting it to Die Cut Diva's.

This was the first time I stamped and colored over a stamped panel and I think it worked out well.  I used SU watercolor background in soft vanilla for the color wash.  I let it dry overnight, then I stamped the flowers from Avery Elle in Memento Tuxedo black over the panel and colored with copics (R02, 12, 22) I wanted a coral-like shade on the lilies.  I diecut the painted panel with a stitched rectangle die from Simons and added an oval die cut frame from MFT to  highlight the blooms.  The sentiment was heat embossed in white on top of a copic colored strip of paper then fussy cut and placed just to the left of the blooms...because I left a smudge of ink there and it needed covering up!  After the work of coloring no way was I tossing this out!

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Inspired by all the little things GD

Hi there!

I was thrilled to be asked by Darnell to be a featured  Creative Guest Artist over at Inspired by all the Little Things and I said yes immediately.  I'll be guest designing twice this month. Thank you so very much Darnell.

Here is the first inspiration photo:

Ya all know I love the flowers and I was inspired by the line of blooms in the vibrant and soft colors.  My card is simple, made with Hero Arts Tall Flowers stamp Copic colored with a few sequins added.  The sentiment comes from MFT.

I am hoping you'll stop by Inspired by all the Little Things and play along; this challenge is open until April 20th.

I am also entering this to Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge's 9th Birthday Challenge, and  A blog named Hero -Use your favorite Hero Arts product.



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April Bizzare and Unique Day

Hello~

I have several poppy stamps and it was time for them to come out to celebrate California Poppy day - April 6th.

When I lived in California, one year my Mom and I planted poppies in the yard we had them in red, yellow-orange and hot pink.  So you'll know where my inspiration came from.  My stamps are Hero Arts (red); Penny Black (yellow) Technique Tuesday (pink). All were colored with copic markers and stamped in SSS barely beige ink so I could get a no-line look.

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City Crafter 406

Hi there,


There is a gorgeous blue flower card over tat City Crafter 406, and I made me want to grab my Copic's and color.  So I did.  I still had some extras on my desk from other cards - I often cut multiples of dies just in case I mess one up I'll have another handy.

Here is the inspiration photo:

 

Its a beautiful arrangement of roses and other delicious layers.  My current style of cardmaking is more towards the clean and simple, but on occaision I do enjoy the layers.  

Here is my take on Samra's lovely card:

 

The die is from PTI, the flowers and sentiment are from Avery Elle.

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March Card Chain Challenge

Hi there!

Another card for the card chain challenge.  Sign up is here.  Its simple; sign up, make a card, mail it and get one back.  There are many themes each month, enough to inspire anyone's creativity.

This month my card is going to Canada, the challenge is international. If you don't want to send internationally just sign up behind a US participant. 

The options this month include: Spring/Insects/Friendship;  Stamps/Diecuts; colors of yellow, green and blue; and the sketch below.

 

I'm a bit of a rebel,  I went with the colors  added Spring, and kinda sorta played with the sketch...I may have moved a couple of elements and turned it on its head!  

My panels are cross stitched rectangles from MFT,  sentiment is from W&W, tulips are from Clearly Besotted, and the scalloped edge is courtesy of PPP scalloped borders 2.

Thanks for stopping by!~

Sometimes an idea takes time and still evolves

Hi there,

May this Easter be filled with joy for you and all those you love.

I made several versions of this card for Easter.  Others were layered, some with blue backgrounds, some with drawn crosses and some masked and simply inked like this one. The flower and leaf images are from AI watercolor stamps.  The sentiment is from Avery Elle. .



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