Monday, May 14, 2012

KATHY'S LILY PAD PALETTE




The card I made for this challenge also fits the "sweet tooth" challenge at Simon Says Stamp



The cupcake image and the sentiment are from Impression Obsession.  The Spellbinders Nestabilities die is called lacey circles.  And the lattice background is from Hero Arts.  The image was colored with Prismacolor pencils and highlighted with Stickles diamond glitter. I stamped the lattice background with Memento rich cocoa ink on Neenah desert storm cardstock. 

Happy Monday to all!

Friday, May 11, 2012

CFC52 FEATHERED FRIENDS


Here is my card for this week's CAS-UAL FRIDAYS challenge:


The patterned paper is from the Simon Says April card kit.  The ink I used for the image and sentiment is in the new Distress Ink pack and called peacock feathers.  Love this pretty color.  A bit of Stickles to ground the bird and for the eye finished this card off.

Thanks for visiting!

Monday, May 7, 2012

BIRTHDAYS

Here is a card for two challenges:


Simon Says Stamp is three years old!!


And, Hero Arts has birthdays as one of its themes for the month.


The Hero Arts classic tea flower is so pretty no matter how it is used.  Here I decided to just stamp it with Versafine onyx black ink on patterned paper.  The sentiment is from the Hero Arts Find Joy clear set.  I used Ranger black enamel accents for the center of the flower and the dots on the Martha Stewart butterfly punch.  The paper strip at the bottom is accented with tiny black gems from Bo Bunny.

Enjoy your day!


Wednesday, May 2, 2012

CELEBRATE!


It's time to celebrate at Simon Says Stamp!  My card is fairly simple:



A portion of patterned paper from My Mind's Eye Lost and Found 6 x 6 pad inspired this card.  I stamped the Hero Arts sentiment inside the pretty label, added some washi tape and black pearls and was done!  The MME paper and washi tape were part of a giveaway I won from Joy Taylor, and I love them both!

As part of the celebration at SSS, they are giving away 4 prizes!  Such a generous company and their customer service is outstanding. I am also entering this in the Hero Arts birthday challenge.  

Hope your day is a good one!

Hero Arts CL497, My Mind's Eye Sunshine designer paper, Kamoi Kakoshi Co. Ltd. washi tape.

Monday, April 30, 2012

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Trees or flowers??  I love trees and have quite a few tree images, but decided to go with flowers for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge since I have many, many more flower images!!


This flower trio is so much fun to color and cut out.  I used Memento markers to color the image and added some Stickles diamond glitter for some sparkle. The pink marker is the exact color of the Hero Arts blossom notecards that I used. 

Since tonight is the deadline, I am also entering this in the Simon Says challenge which is Anything Goes.  

Thanks for visiting!

Hero Arts Blossom notecards, Hero Arts CL596 and CL493, Ranger Stickles, Memento markers.  


Tuesday, April 24, 2012

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There is a sketch challenge at Cas-ual Fridays this week:


This is definitely clean and simple!!



The images were stamped with festive berries distress ink.  Starburst is from Hero Arts and the sentiment is from PTI.

Thanks for stopping by!

Friday, April 20, 2012

ANTHING GOES

Simon Says Stamp has two challenge blogs - one challenge is more mainstream and one is vintage.  This week on SIMON SAYS STAMP AND SHOW the challenge is "anything goes".  As you probably know, when either challenge blog has this theme, there are SCADS of entries. 

But, it is always worth a try and I wanted to use some new BoBunny decaf vintage double dot paper that my friend, Lin, picked up for me while she was in Florida.  Here is my card:



The sentiment was stamped with walnut stain distress ink on a reverse section of this paper and then diecut.  The doily die cut that is peeking out from behind the labels shape was given to me by another friend, Carol.  The hydrangea was stamped on the dotted side of the paper and a white Prismacolor pencil was used to add some white touches here and there.  A Martha Stewart punched border and some Hero Arts lace were adhered and then I sparkled it all up with some Platinum Stickles (my favorite).   The champagne colored gems are from BoBunny, too.  

Thanks, Lin and Carol, for enabling and inspiring me to make this card!

Hero Arts K5376  Hydrangea  Hero Arts CL380 Truly Appreciated