Vintage Wildflower

Back from a weekend out of town and looking forward to this weekend when my sons and families come to visit. The weather is supposed to be very pretty...sunny and even reach 80 degrees at least one of the days . Yea!
I'm really looking forward to that!!

I want to honor Bridget aka bfinlay with this card. She is Featured Stamper this week on Splitcoaststampers and has a beautiful gallery of cards. I chose this one to case. I really love the CAS look of her card.

I am entering my card into these challenges:
Paper Sundaes#60-Keep it Simple
One Stop Craft Challenge #122-Clean and Simple
Simon Says Stamp-Anything Goes
Little Claire's-#2-Flowers

Recipe:
Stamps: Heartfelt Creations -Vintage Wildflower 2 PreCut Set, Stampin'Up! Whimsical Words
Paper: PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Old Olive, Hobby Lobby black cardstock
Ink: Memento Tuxedo black
Accessories: Spellbinders Peony Nestabilites to cut flower, Martha Stewart Classic butterfly punch, QuicKutz leaves die cut, Copics

Fuchsia and Pearls

Bbrrrrr...I'm freezing. Cannot get warm because we have had those wonderful days of warm weather, then it turns cold again and it is almost unbearable. I went out to eat tonight and I'm sure the air conditioner was on and the temps were in the 40's outside. It can' be just me that freezes in those places, can it? Of course, you see all the people working in the restaurants in short sleeves. Makes you just want to ask them if they're comfortable because the customers sure aren't. O.K., I'm through venting over this...maybe.

Then, it was on to Jo Ann's to get ribbon for my card. I wouldn't have spent nearly as much time in there if it had been as cold as the restaurant. And, that would have probably been good. Have you ever noticed that no matter how much ribbon you have, you never have the right shade or the width you want or whatever. Of course, when I got in Jo Ann's I went wild in the button section and purchased several and I'm using one on this card. I just love pretty buttons.

I'm using a stamp set/die cut from Heartfelt Inspiration for my Fuchsia image. I absolutely love it. I colored it with Copics and added pearls to the swirls. For my strip behind the image, instead of patterned paper, I used VersaMark and embossed the Fuchsia image to make my design. I stamped the single Fuchsia twice, cut with the matching die cut and popped with pop dots. Added my sentiment, ribbon, and button.

To make this card, I used inspiration from the Guest Designer's card at Case Study-CSC30. It was such an elegant card and I had so much fun making my version. I tried to keep her sketch as closely as possible with the image I used.  The card is made by Julie Tilman:

I'm entering my card into Simon Says Stamp-Anything Goes
Southern Girls Challenge - Use Flowers
LOTV's Challenge Blog #87-Say It With Flowers
Digi Doodle Shop's Best #50-Pearls
Paper Pretties -PWC144-Ribbon

My card will fit the Stampin' B's Design Team challenge this week to use bling.
I'm also entering my card into the QFTD51 challenge on Splitcoaststampers to honor  Jill aka Quillister. I see she has a card in her gallery that is really similar to this so it would be a perfect case for her card. How lucky can I be?
I'm going out of town and have no time to do another card until next week.

Recipe:
Stamp: Heartfelt Creations Exotic Fuchsia precut set, Mark's Finest Papers-Our Family Tree for sentiments
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin'Up Choclate Chip
Paper: PTI white cardstock, Stampin'Up! Chocolate Chip and Soft Suede, K&CO dp (unknown name)
Accessories: Heartfelt Creation Springtime Medley die cut (matches the single fuchsia stamped for my card), Martha Stewart  French Scroll punch, Kaiser pearls

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.

Congratulations

The Featured Stamper #213 this week on Splitcoaststampers is Neva aka n5stamper. I cased this card of hers.
Actually, I failed to notice this was a card she had cased that belonged to her daughter. Hope they will both like my card.
Don't you just hate when you photograph a card and tweak and tweak and can never get the color like it was on the card? I used every kind of light possible, including daylight. After doing everything I could and getting nothing but blue, I decided to let it be.

I stamped directly onto my aqua(or blue, ugh) paper, embossed with a white, deep impression embossing powder, cut out and popped a few of the leaves. It was finished after I added the sentiment and ribbon.
I am entering my card into these challenges:
Stamptacular Sunday #101-You Lucky Duck-Create a Good Luck, Congratulations, or Best Wishes card or project - Be sure to use a stamp
"Less is More" #5-Pastel Colors
Stampin for the Weekend #5-Spring (use a stamped image)
Simply Create #38-Flowers

Recipe:
Stamp: Penny Black-Windflower, Stampin'Up! Well Scripted
Paper: PTI white cardstock, Hobby Lobby for blue/green
Ink: Stampin'Up! Chocolate Chip
Accessories: white, deep impression embossing powder, Offray ribbon

Sunflowers by the Water

I have visitors this weekend so needed to make a late night post. I wanted to play this week with a new challenge, For Your Inspiration #1. They have a wonderful photo to be inspired with. I thought of my sunflowers as reaching for the sky as are The Dubai Towers. The towers were on the water so I added that, also.

I'm using a custom large sunflower die that coordinates with the Harvest Blessings set from Our Daily Bread Designs. I colored the flowers with Copics and sponged the sky and a bit of sun. Added the fence, sand (Flower Soft), and the water (designer paper).

I don't do many scenes but I rather like this one with those wonderful flowers rising up....after a long winter.

I'm entering my card into these challenges:
Simply Create #38-Flowers
Little Claire's Designs #2-Flowers
The Pixie Cottage #59-Sketch and /or Spring-Flowers

I also got inspiration this week from EtsyInspired#129. They are giving us inspiration this week from Desired Things shop. My inspiration came from the seeded flower on this wonderful journal:

It is really beautiful and reminded me of the seeded centers of my sunflowers.

Recipe:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs-Harvest Blessings set
Paper: Stampin'Up! Chocolate Chip, PTI white cardstock, My Mind's Eye-My Journey, The Paper Studio-Textured Waves
Ink: Memento Dandelion, Cantaloupe, and Danube Blue
Accessories: Martha Stewart fence border punch, sponges, copics, Flower Soft Sand

My Favorite Flower-Tulips

Today on SCS, the Queen for the Day #50 is Kim aka Luv Flowers. I chose to case this card of hers.
It is a really simple card and I don't think there is much explanation needed. I stamped my tulips three times and cut out the bloom and popped up twice. Of course, there is some paper tearing.

I am entering my card into the challenges:
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog  #23-Birthday Wishes
Cute Card Thursday #154-Signs of Spring
Scrapbook Sisters #25-Spring

Recipe: Stamps: Heartfelt Creations-Semper Augustus Tulips, Stampin'Up! Well Scripted
Paper: K&CO Hannah 6 x 6 paper pad PTI white cardstock
Ink: StazOn jet black
Accessories: EK Success rick rack punch

My Sunny Friend

I am just a bit sad this morning. I was expecting my son, dil, and little 2 year old munchkin to come from Georgia for a visit this weekend, but due to an accident in my dil's family and a surgery this morning, they will not be coming. Maybe they will get to come in a couple weeks. Life takes many turns and the plans of men are sometimes interrupted.

Onto my card...is this not a large sentiment? My sis gave me this stamp last week. I think it is really fun and love the flowers on the same stamp. She said it came from Michael's $ bin. I thought it would be good for the color splash at The Play Date Cafe this week. We are to use black and white with a  splash of another color found in this photo:

It was a really easy card with just scoring at the top, added some rhinestones to the flower and a ribbon. Finished!

My card is also being entered into these challenges:
Little Red Wagon #70-sentiment or greeting only (the flowers are part of the sentiment stamp)
Dream Valley Challenges #1-Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge-Anything Goes
Clear It Out Challenge-Anything Goes

Recipe:
Stamp-unknown name-Michael's $ bin
Paper: PTI white cardstock, black cardstock from Hobby Lobby
Ink: StazOn jet black
Accessories: Queen and Company rhinestones-Out to Sea, crinkled ribbon

The Magic of Music

The Magic of Music Warms the Heart and Soothes the Soul......

How nice to find out this card is featured on SCS Facebook today.

Joanne/Jojot is hostess this week for the Stampin B's Design Team blog challenge #100  and she asked that we do something music related. I first thought of a musical instrument but didn't have an image for that. I remembered this stamp I've had for a long time and have used only once. I think it is perfect.  This card kind of reminds me of a white tie affair or black tie for dress. I feel my hubby and I should be getting dressed for some formal affair.
Hope you'll join us this week for 'music' challenge. Just link your card with the inlinkz tool on our blog.

I'm entering this card into the EtsyInspired Challenge EIC128. What wonderful and interesting inspiration came from The Hidden Alphabet.  I was inspired by these three letters. The letter 'U' reminds me of a heart and the heart image I used on my card reminds me of an 'M'. The letter 'G' looks like part of the clef  on my image. Now, that is a lot of inspiration!!!!

Recipe:
Stamp: Stamps Happen, Inc-The Magic of Music
Paper: PTI white cardstock
Ink: StazOn jet black
Accessories: Say It With Studs from Hobby Lobby , satin ribbon from Hobby Lobby

Lollipops Frosty Pink

Just a quick upload of a card I did almost 2 weeks ago and never got it on my blog. I made this card for QFTD challenge #48 on Splitcoaststampers. It was for 'Queen' Becky aka bigfootbecky. I cased this card of Becky's. I'm not adding it into any other challenges as it was made a bit ago.
Hope everyone is having a happy day of crafting! I will be uploading my Stampin' B's Design Team card later tonight. Stay tuned.

Recipe: 
Stamp: Stampology-unknown name (sentiment, bird, and flourish are all one stamp
Paper: PTI white cardstock, unknown other
Ink: Memento rhubarb stalk
Accessories: Trimmer with wavy blade, Sticky Stitches by Colorbok, Lollipops Frosty Pink by Prima given to me by my friend, Debzi333/SCS

Dilapidated Birdhouses

I'm using the colors from The Play Date Cafe challenge #70. And, what bright, cheerful colors they are!!

 I watercolored my houses and had a bit of a time trying to get the green. Every time I took a picture, it turned yellow. Went back and tweaked the watercoloring and I hope it is close enough. I painted the birdhouses as if they were worn and in need of a paint job. I really love this stamp and haven't used it in a while.

I used my new Spellbinder's Decorative Window Scene die cut (exclusive to Heartfelt Creations)  and removed  the window panes for this one.
I cut my birdhouses away from the sentiment which encircled the card and barely painted the wood and trees with a sandy color. My leaves are from Kraft paper .
No, I did not make the zipper flower I used, although I have seen a tutorial showing how to make it. I was in Wal-Mart looking at ribbon one day and just a bit down the aisle, there it was. I rather like it.

I distressed my paper with a Distressed embossing folder to match the old birdhouses.

I'm entering this card into these challenges:
Crazy4Challenges C4C76-With Spring coming, they want flowers (well, I have one and it's rather large so just count it as two or more. LOL)
Fussy and Fancy-Embossing and /or paper piecing (I dry embossed my paper and frame).
Paper Cutz Challenge #80-Spring (I think my cards SAYS spring all over)

Recipe:
Stamps: Art Impressions (no name)
Paper: PTI white cardstock, unknown dp given to me, Stampin'Up! Kraft, Canson watercolor paper
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Spellbinders Decorative Window Scene die made exclusively for Heartfelt Creations, Tombows, watercolor brush, zipper flower, Sizzix branches with leaves, Cuttlebug Distressed embossing folder