Leaves of Three

Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #57

I've been busy making cards this week, haven't I? The temps are in the 80's again today and I should be outside but I'm hiding from pollen. Of course, it will catch up with me soon and I'll be miserable for a couple weeks. The Southeast is the worst place for allergies in the U.S. Just look it up. Although, I am sure many suffer elsewhere.

 I've watched my friend, Bonnie, at Stamping with Klass makes such pretty Christmas cards for  the Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge where she is a DT member and thought I needed to get on my Christmas cards again. So, I got out my holly image and went to work.

This week is a sketch:

 



I punched out some 1" circles with a Fiskars punch, handmade a banner, and used a Spellbinders circle nestabilitie for stamping my image. The bow is a Martha Stewart punch, ribbon/bow.
My image is Ornamental Holly Fabric Stamp Set by Rubber Stamp Tapestry. I am stamping on paper, though, not fabric.  It works well on both.

The paper is PTI White, Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive. Ink is Memento Bamboo Leaves. My sentiment is from Hot Off the Press/Christmas Words.

My card also fits the March Christmas Challenge 2013/Dirty Dozen Monthly Themes. It is a challenge for Fan Club Membesr  and is an ongoing challenge so you are welcome to play whenever you please.: SCSCCMarch13. The challenge is Leaves of Green or Three.

Travelling On

It's been so long since I've been able to play in the CASology challenge. I have a bit of time this week and thought I would join. Now, that Spring has arrived (we were in the low 80's yesterday--yippee), I am certainly ready for travel and that is what their challenge is all about this week.  My little van is sputtering along as fast as possible all over this land. Hope it heads to the beach as that is my favorite place.

CASology:Week 39


Recipe:
Stamps-Inkadinkado Layering Scenes Wood Stamp Set-On the Road (using several of the stamps), Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps/Relax a Bit set
Paper: PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copics, Scor-Pal

There's Hope

It's Friday and I'm doing the QFTD159 challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The queen is Jan Keen aka heartsong47 and this is the card I cased, making a few changes, of course. The card is also entered in the  Splitcoaststampers Fan Club Monthly Theme Challenge, Just Hatched. You could use several themes and I'm using the Spring Theme. The irises in my area bloom in April and May and some are already blooming.

I'm also entering my card into the challenge, IBSIC  #52 at Inspired by Stamping. This is a color challenge which I'm showing below:

 

 

I'm not using the tulips as shown in the bowl but an iris instead.


I'm using Kraft, something akin to sage green, and some blue scraps which I think work nicely. I colored the pretty iris with Blue Copic markers B26 and B24. The green leaves and stems are colored with Copic marker G20. The iris and sentiment are from the set Beautiful Iris by Inspired by Stamping (a set I bought with a gift certificate I recently won....Yea!). The border image and image on the sentiment piece are from Delicate Doilies II by Inspired by Stamping. I stamped these in Memento Rich Cocoa and the iris with Memento Tuxedo Black.

After getting the iris cut out with my Stampin'Up! and  embroidery scissors (which were very tiny and I used for cutting inside), I went over the edges with the side of black Copic marker so as not to leave any bits of white pieces showing.

My butterfly is Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterflies/ small no.2 and I cut the top one with PTI linen vellum cardstock and the bottom with scrap blue cardstock.

My sentiment piece is cut out with Inspired by Stamping Fancy Label Dies I. Added a pearl and it is all finished.

A side note:  I am guessing that a lot of you have heard that Google Reader will disappear in July. You can find the info about it here. I'm very sad about this but I guess we have to have change. I've switched to Bloglovin'.  If you want to follow me, and I hope you do, the button is on my sidebar. There are other options besides Bloglovin' if you so choose.

Hope you all have a weekend full of sunshine.

CCEE Stampers-Wings

Kathy Bradley is hostess for the CCEE Stampers  the month of April. She has some fun and wonderful challenges ahead. For this week, she has asked that we make a card with the theme, 'things with wings'-(real or imaginary).

Of course, being a bird lover, that is the direction I took. I recently bought a new bird cage die that also had birds included. My complete recipe of all items used is below.

We hope you'll play along with us this week and show us your winged creations.



Recipe:
Stamps-Inspired by Stamping/Flowers Bloom and Delicate Doilies II
Paper-Stampin'Up! Chocolate Chip, PTI vintage cream, MFP green (not sure of color), Prima Stationery/Botanical Collection dp
Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories-Spellbinders Bird Sanctuary die, Spellbinders Stately Circles die (cut in 1/2), Memory Box Madera Corner, Lime Green Stickles, Lace, Martha Stewart mini cherry blossoms, EK Success PSNLE Symphony lg edger punch, green pearl

Flower Vase

I was asked to be Guest Designer on Splitcoaststampers Queen for the Day challenge this week. The newly crowned queen is Sharon aka smadson and this is the card I cased. I did a little rearranging and
used different dies and added a butterfly. My recipe is listed below.

Hope you all have a great weekend and it is warming up where you are. The last I heard Punxsutawney Phil has now been exonerated after being indicted for lying about an early Spring.  I refuse to listen to him anymore. How about you? LOL

Have a very special Easter.

Recipe:
Stamps-Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps-Dogwood Blossoms (sentiment)
Paper-Stampin'Up! Pool Party, PTI white cardstock PTI vintage cream cs
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Cheery Lynn Exotic Butterflies small no.2, Spellbinders Fantastic Floral One, Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder, QuicKutz pitcher 2 x 2, Spellbinders Splendid Circles, Stampin'Up! Pool Party ribbon, bg embossing folder is unknown

Thinking of You

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Charlene Merrick gave the challenge this week at CCEE Stampers--Oldies But Goodies-pull out and use an old stamp (s) that you haven't used in a looooooooooong time!  My oldie is a Stampendous stamp set called Encouraging Words. I really like this set and thought I would use it for a sympathy card.

I went CAS/clean and simple for my card. I've colored the leaves with Copics and just added a sentiment and it is all finished.

I hope you will check out the rest of the team's cards and join us this week. It is always fun to drag out and use something that hasn't seen ink in a while.

I'm entering my card into these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge-Anything Goes
CAS213-Limited Supplies Challenge

Recipe:
Stamps-Stampendous/Encouraging Words
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories- Copics/G20, G21, G24

Special Days

My card is made for two challenges. One is Inspired by Stamping-IBSIC #51 and for the Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers. The Queen is Val aka Greywolf. I chose this card to case.

Inspired by Stamping is a color challenge using white, orange, and green.

My cardstock is Stampin'Up! Old Olive and  PTI white. The orange is my flower colored with Copics. The gorgeous flower is from Inspired by Stamping/Elegant Flowers and the sentiment from the same company is from the set, Flowers Bloom.

I sponged around the flower, added a QuicKutz flourish and some pearls. My dies are Spellbinders Stately Circles and the ribbon is SU Old Olive

Hope everyone has a fabulous weekend. Unfortunately, this weekend is not in the 70's as last weekend was where I live and I'm very sorry about that.

CCEE Stampers Color Challenge

 

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My mojo has left me and I'm afraid I'm disappointed in my card this week. Several times, I wanted to make another one or re-work this one, but here it is.  Seems as if  when I make a card far ahead of time, I look at it until I don't like it one bit. Guess I should put it away when finished and not look at it until time to post.

Charlene Merrick gave a pretty color challenge this week: Use Pink Pirouette, Rose Red, River Rock, Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla. I had to substitute a couple of those.  I'm using a sketch from Splitcoaststampers SC425.

I hope you'll come over to the CCEE Stampers and check out the rest of the team's awesome cards. Then, we hope you'll play along with our color challenge.

Recipe:
Stamps-Inspired by Stamping/Cute Circles, Dots are Stamps by Judith, Stampendous/Dream Text
Paper- Stampin'Up! Pretty in Pink,  Rose Red, Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, and Very Vanilla, dp is unknown
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Accessories- Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder

White on White for a Queen

If you hear someone screaming, it's me!!!! I have had so much trouble today with my photo editing software. It has caused me to waste sooooooooo much time.

But, I'm here with my card that I usually make on Fridays. It is for the Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers. It is Rita aka scootsv this week and here is the card I cased. I used different dies mostly for the change. I love white on white and just had to make one.

I hope everyone has a great weekend. Should be 74 degrees and sunshine here in AL tomorrow. I've called someone to help with getting my lawn and flower beds in order. I'm going to let him clean out the beds and put down new pine needles and bark while hubby and I tend to other parts of the yard. Hope to get it in shape early this Spring. I'm hoping with someone else doing the beds I won't get allergies. Fat chance!!

Recipe:
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Accessories-Spellbinders Fancy Lattice and Fantastic Flourish Three dies, lg white pearl, Star Dust Stickles, Sizzix Bigz die/flowers 3D

Geraniums

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I've pre-scheduled this card for upload.  My sister is visiting and we're having a great time. Of course, we went to a scrapbook store (a really good one) and shopped a lot. We also have gotten in some card making time.

Today, our hostess at CCEE Stampers, Charlene Merrick,  gave the challenge to use pencils only. No markers, no crayons, no reinkers. Use colored pencils to color your image. Yikes! I was wanting to bring out my Copics. But, I got out my Prismacolor pencils. Guess what? This turned out to be fun and was something I had not done in a long time.
I love this geranium image. It  is from Serendipity-Geranium Lg. I will be glad when I have some of those wonderful flowers blooming on my patio. My hubby built me a large planter, about 7 ft., several years ago and I fill it with geraniums, ivy, and whatever. It is always a pleasure to look out of my kitchen and see it.

This is a side opening card, something I rarely make. I added a butterfly, used my rectangle die, and Martha Stewart tag. All finished.

Won't you come over to the CCEE Stampers blog and check out the rest of the talented team's cards and show us your own card using pencils? We would love to have you.

Recipe:
Stamps-Serendipity-Geranium/Lg
Paper-PTI white cardstock, unknown dp, unknown coral cs
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Prismacolor pencils (without water), Cheery Lynn Designs Exotic Butterflies/small no. 2, green pearls, Spellbinders Lattice Rectangles, Martha Stewart die cut lace tags