Mother's Day is Near!

Card ingredients: Verve's "Because of You" set of 16 VS-09-015, Tim Holtz Alterations Texture Fades-Fancy Frame 657197, Distress ink peeled paint, versamark and white embossing powder.

Card ingredients: Penny Black "delicate pattern" background stamp #40-047, Colorbox chalk "Blush Rose", Vivid Olive ink for the JustRite "just because" mini sentiment set, Sizzix 3D Flower Bigz Die, Creative Memories maple leaf punch, Spellbinders labels twenty and satin ribbon.

Ingredients: Hero Arts designer paper, HA #CL498 sentiment,
Sizzix/Hero Arts stamp & die-cut set #657776, Sizzlits  "Vintage Lace Edge" #557413

Watercolor Pom Pom

The Wonder of Watercolor Challenge at Moxie Fab World

 ........ Color without boundaries ......

I was playing around with my newest purchase of this Hero Arts "Pom Pom Flower" stamp and some Distress inks and actually loved the results!The pillow colors are very intriguing.  I'm usually happiest when the colors are inside the line, but hey "Be happy! it's all good! (sentiment by PrintwWorksCollection). The border is a QuicKutz Cookie Cutter "Flowers" die. Also a black brad added to center of flower.

Pink Wedding Roses

The Inspiration Challenge at SCS takes us to the website Windsor. What lovely goods there!

I was inspired by this beautiful Roses and gold necklace. 

I used Sizzix Tattered Pinecone die for the largest rose and Sizzix 3D Flower for the four smaller. The background embossing is Tim Holtz Fancy Frame and the sentiment is JustRite.

Simply Mother's Day

For the Clean and Simple Challenge at SCS the hostess presented the colors of turquoise, green and pink. I, do, love stamping and fussy cutting vellum. It'se a fresh and light approach to this CAS card.

 I adore the subtle turquoise dots in the vellum under skirt. 

Distress ink shabby shutters adds to the softness. 

Mother's Day cards are not just for my mother but 

for all the women in my immediate family so I'd better get started!

Magnolias for the Bride

Moxie Fab World 

Tuesday Trigger: Magical Magnolias! Being a Southerner I could not resist making my version of the beautiful magnolias in the inspiration photo. I used memory box "Norrland Flower"  and "Flutter Vine" dies to form the buds and branch. Each flower was cut twice in pink and yellow. My background is a Magenta bouquet stamped onto vellum and heat embossed in white powder. 

It is the season for weddings!

Happy Gingham Easter

WT420 
For the Ways to Use it Challenge at
Splitcoaststampers today our challenge hostess asked for a little gingham in our project.

Well, this designer paper from an Martha Stewart's 2008 "Playful Blue and Green Paper Pad" was perfect! I love all kinds of green so going green was easy. The lace border is Sizzlits, the vellum flowers heat embossed in white and fussy cut are from the Artful Stamper and the sentiment stamped in Vivid Olive  is from Great Impressions.

Monochromatic Thank You

The Learning Technique at SCS - TLC422 ~ Monochromatic Madness  

I used a Magenta flower wood mount stamp by first stamping the image onto green card stock. I then stamped onto white vellum. Both were heat embossed in white powder and the vellum flowers were fussy cut and popped up. I added some extra green with copics. The sentiment is by Verve

Stamp image onto green card stock and partially onto vellum with versamark ink

Heat emboss image in white powder with heat gun and fussy cut the vellum flowers with scissors

Color vellum flower center with lightest marker and leaves on green panel with darker markers.
attach vellum flowers with pop dots or foam adhesive in the center of flower

Copic colors used: YG03 yellow green, YG63 pea green, G99 olive

Egg-stra Special

CT0313  MARCH GALLERY THEME 
Fan Club members at Splitcoaststampers are bringing in springtime!
The CENTRAL THEME: Just Hatched - Spring has sprung

I chose an easter theme using the INSPIRATION this photo 

I selected four colors from the Inspiration photo and die cut with chevron die and fussy cut the Verve stamped eggs and hatching chick. The flowers are made with the Martha Steward daisy punch (my favorite).