Cork Card......Sailing the High Seas

Joanne, hostess of the Stampin' B's Design Team-challenge #123, wants to see some clouds on our cards this week. I took the easy way out this time and just stamped a few clouds, cut them out, and popped them on.
I have been wanting to stamp on cork for some time and thought this was the day. I didn't realize how easy it would be to do that. I bought sheets of QuicKutz cork that had an adhesive back and it stamped beautifully. I then paper pieced the sailboat and punched my waves with a Fiskars punch called Boundary Waters.

Challenges I'm entering:
Die Cut Dreams Challenge Blog #95-Holiday Fun
Paper Playtime #52-Projects with Water
Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog #65-Summertime

Recipe:
Stamps: Stampabilities Sail Boat, Sentiment is Stampin' Up! Well Scripted, A Muse Artstamps (clouds)
Paper: PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Kraft and Night of Navy, scrap paper for waves, dp is unknown
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Fiskars punch called Boundary Waters, QuicKutz cork 
 

Vines and Flowers

My card is for three challenges. On Splitcoaststampers today, the QFTD was Joanne aka

sleepyinseattle. I cased this card, changing the image and sentiment. I used an embossing

folder by Tim Holtz called 'Bricked'. Also, on SCS, the Free for All challenge was to use a color wheel and use 'opposite colors' on the wheel. I chose red and green.

I did the embedded image technique. I stamped my image, added my flowers and butterflies and then I ran all of it through the cuttlebug with the embossing folder. I really like this technique

I also made my card for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge #3 to make a clean and simple card and use

bling. I added the rhinestones in the centers of my flowers and around the sentiment.

Recipe:

Stamps: Stampabilities -Vine background and SU Well Scripted

Paper: PTI white cardstock and SU Real Red

Ink: Memento Bamboo Leaves, Dandelion, and Potter's Clay

Accessories: Martha Stewart classic butterfly punch, Martha Stewart Flower Patch punch (using only the flower)

Stampin' B's and Award

Faith is hostess of the Stampin' B's Design Team this week and asked that we use bling. I used some gemstones and really blinged up my butterfly's bottom wings with jeweled gold embossing powder. I added some antennae with wire I had purchased earlier just for this purpose. The butterfly is two layers popped up.
I first had a blue ribbon I hated but brought out the blue center of the butterfly. I disliked it so much (and couldn't remove it) that I added my brown, crinkled ribbon over it, so now just a bit of the blue peeks through.
This is not my favorite card and I don't think I'll enter it into any challenges. Did you ever have one of those cards you would just like to do over but  there is no time?

Recipe:
Stamps: Close to My Heart-Butterfly Wings, Stampin'Up! Perfect Punches
Paper: PTI white cardstock, designer paper (unknown)
Ink: Memento New Sprout, Tangelo, StazOn jet black
Accessories: Copics, rhinestones, wire for antennae, Creative Imaginations "Beloved" for sentiment label, brown crinkled ribbon, blue ribbon, Stampin'Up! Modern Label Punch, clear deep impression embossing powder, jeweled gold embossing powder

I was given this wonderful award from sweet Peggy at The Nutty Cardmaker. She told me it is to highlight newer blogs. Mine was started 8 months ago so I believe it could be considered very new. In order to receive this award, here is what I should do:

 --Post and blog about the Liebster award and show the bloggers I have chosen for this award 
--Let the chosen know I selected them
--Copy and paste the award on my blog

Kathy   Entering Kathyville
Krischir   Purple Night Owl
Bonnie   Stamping with Klass ( Bonnie's blog is a good bit older than mine but I think she should have this award just the same.) I don't think she will mind being spotlighted.

All of these girls are such wonderful cardmakers that I have the good fortune of knowing through this wonderful craft of ours.