Flowers card

Here's a card I made for Color Throwdown, Freshly Made Sketches, and CAS-ual Fridays:

I used vellum for the first time on a card. The challenge at Cas-ual Fridays was to use acetate or vellum. I stamped on it, then heat set it, so it wouldn't smudge. I made the woodgrain and the flowers to mimic the inspiration photo from Color Throwdown. I really like that photo!

 

 

Materials used:
Paper: Bamboo, Desert Sand, and Smoothie cardstock, Clear Vellum (not CTMH)
Stamps: Card Word Puzzle, Universal Backgrounds
Inks: Cranberry, Smoothie, Sweet Leaf, and Desert Sand
Other: Bliss level 2 Assortment, Cranberry bulk Grosgrain Ribbon, Bronze Bitty Brads

Shabby Tea Card

Here is a shabby tea card using Lucy. I thought it went nice with the Shabby Tea Room challenge from this week. I used the sketch from the Ribbon Carousel.

Materials used:
Paper: Lucy, White Daisy and Baby Pink cardstock, aqua cardstock from my stash (not CTMH)
Stamps: Wonderland WOTG
Ink: Baby Pink, Chocolate, Chocolate Distressing Ink
Tools: MS border punch (not CTMH)
Embellishments: Color-Ready seam binding ribbon, Lagoon Baker's Twine, Craft Buttons, Just Blooms paper butterflies; lace, pearls, and flower from my stash (not CTMH)

Post # 100! Mojo Monday Father's Day

This card is for Mojo Monday, Heart2Heart (Dad), Pink Elephant (masculine), and ColourQ.

My father-in-law lives a long ways away, so I think he will like this card from the 5 of us.

Materials used:
Paper: Lucky Level 2 Paper Pack, White Daisy cardstock
Stamps: Thoughtful Tidings
Ink: Outdoor Denim
Other: Lucky Level 2 Assortment

Blue Lily Card

I made this card for A Day for Daisies. Their challenge was to use something "Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue" in honor of June weddings. I used their lone lily digital stamp and colored it with my blending pen and CTMH inks and markers. The "old" was an old button and pearl I pulled out of a big bag of buttons I got at the thrift store. The "new" was a paper pack I hadn't opened yet- Bliss Bulk. I borrowed a ribbon from my daughter, and the "blue" is all through the card - expecially the lily. I used the sketch from the Sweet Stop.

Materials used:
Paper: Bliss B&Ts, Dutch Blue and Lilac Mist cardstock, white cardstock (not CTMH)
Stamps: Precious Love, ADFD digital lily (not CTMH)
Inks: Dutch Blue, Spring Iris, Lilac Mist, Moonstruck
Markers: Olive, Pacifica, Blending Pen
Other: Brown ribbon, button, pearl from my stash (not CTMH)

Dotty For You card

This is a super modern card with an old fashioned technique called: handwriting. LOL :) I made this using the color inspiration from Inspired By and with the challenges from CAS-ual Fridays (spots) and Crazy for Challenges (circles).

Materials used:
Paper: Dotty For You; Honey cardstock
Other: 1 1/4 inch circle punch, Black Marker

Ciao Card

The challenge from the Playdate cafe made me think of Italy, and the colors were just gorgeous. I've been waiting for an excuse to use Autumn Terracotta because it's such a pretty color. The Photo at For Your Inspiration reminded me of Italy too, so I got out my Ciao stamp set and took some inspiration from the Spring 2011 catalogue.

theplaydatecafe.blogspot.com; foryourinspirationchallenges.blogspot.com
Materials used:
Paper: Elemental B&T, Pacifica, Autumn Terracotta, and Colonial White cardstock
Stamps: Ciao!
Inks: Juniper, Pacifica, Autumn Terracotta
Other: Juniper Ribbon and Buttons

Word art Wednesday, Color Throwdown, and Freshly made

I really wanted to make a card with the Bible verse from Word Art Wednesday today. Unfortunately, my Dear Husband bought me a new computer and I don't know how to hook up the printer, so I couldn't print it off. (It's not unfortunate that I got a new computer, I'm so happy because now everything runs faster! yay!) So I used a stamp I already had. This is a birthday card for my Father-in-law. It was yesterday, so the inside says : "Happy Belated Birthday." I used Card Word Puzzle. My FIL is a pastor who works really hard, so I think he will appreciate this verse. freshlymadesketches.blogspot.com; colorthrowdown.blogspot.com

The flowers from Card Word Puzzle reminded me of the flowers from this inspiration photo, so I random stamped the Crystal Blue paper with Crystal Blue Ink. I did the same to the Taffy with Taffy Ink, and then I direct distressed it with Taffy as well.
Materials used:
Paper: Taffy, Crystal Blue, Baby Pink, and Buttercup cardstock
Stamps: Everlasting Life, Card Word Puzzle
Inks: Crystal Blue and Taffy
Other: Colonial White Ribbon