pretty in pink

Another card using one of my new LaBlanche stamps, which I made for my daughter's birthday.  She loves pink :)

For this card, I used Prismacolor pencils to color the entire image and background.  A Spellbinders Nestablilities Labels four die for the shape and the pp is Basic Grey sweet threads.  Some Stickles glitter here and there.  I decided to round off the corners of the pp, but not the corners of the card itself.  A happy birthday greeting is on the inside of this card. 

I am entering this in the Simon Says challenge also.

Have a great day!

edited:  oops, too late to enter the challenge - it closed at midnight!  :*(

ANYTHING GOES

For the whole month of September, simon says is celebrating rubber stamping with their second annual "Stamptember" celebration.  And, they are kicking off the whole thing with a fabulous blog hop.  One amazing basket of goodies is up for grabs, along with three $25 vouchers to their store.  Hurry on over, this blog hop ends on the 5th! 

And, the theme for this week's challenge is "anything goes"!  Well, I know a lot of gals who make some fantastic boxes, wall hangings, tins, etc.  But, a card is my preference. 

Since the colors are very autumn-like, I am also posting this on the Hero Arts Flikr group for the current challenge of autumn. 

The image was colored with Prismacolor pencils and the background was done with Ranger distress inks.  Ribbon and black gems added.  The Hero Arts magical background was white embossed and then colored with distress inks also.

Have a great day!

TULIPS

This should be a card for spring; but just acquired another LaBlanche stamp and had to try it out.

The image was colored with distress inks, as well as the background. For some reason, the tulips look pink-ish here, but I used fired brick distress ink, so they really look more red in real life!   I added a flourish (Stampington & Co.) here and there and the word stamp is from Impression Obsession. 

Haven't had time to participate in any challenges this week; time gets away from me!  I do love seeing what all of you talented gals out there create for the various challenge blogs, so keep up the inspiration!!

Thanks for visiting. 

CFC16

Just making it in under the wire for this challenge:

The challenge is to use dry embossing, heat embossing or both.  I decided to use both:

I dry embossed the taupe card with a Sizzix folder.  The Hero Arts hydrangea was stamped with Versafine sepia ink and clear embossed, cut out and attached to the card with dimensional dots.  The sentiment is from PTI and the small frame is from Martha Stewart. 

Thanks for visiting - have a great day!

page maps sketch challenge

My friend, Lin, has been making some fabulous cards for this challenge!  The prize for the challenge is so fantastic that I had to give it a try, too.

This is all done with DCWV citrus mat stack patterned paper and one Hero Arts sentiment.  A pearl from Hero Arts embellishes the center of the die cut flower.  I copied the sketch almost to a T!!!

There is one more challenge I would like to enter; hope I have time tomorrow to get a card done.  From there on out, my week will be much to busy to do any cardmaking :(

Blessings to all!

FOOD AND DRINK CHALLENGE

Here is my card for Simon Says this week:

Pretty much self-explanatory - paper pieced and colored with colored pencils, cut with Spellbinders and layered to a doily and Basic Grey Hello Luscious paper.  The cupcake is from Impression Obsession and the sentiment is from A Muse.  A bit of Stickles glitter glue was added here to the frosting and bow and around the scallops of the die.

Sunny, warm and beautiful here in Ohio today!  Perfect weather for late summer.  Thanks for stopping by!

Lucy's rainbow week

Lucy is having a challenge on her blog this week to make a card using a rainbow of colors.  I know my colors aren't the exact colors of a rainbow, but I like them against the pink checked background:

The sentiment is an old one from Hero Arts.  Hearts are one of my favorite shapes; this is a punch I have had for years.

Hop over to Lucy's blog and check out the details of her challenge.