Going Green

It's almost Friday & I survived another week of training.  I can finally say I've learned a couple things, so it isn't all a mystery.  Hopefully things will be clicking faster & faster & I'll discover I really can do this job!  Can't wait to move to my 1/2 time schedule.
ODBD Shining The Light Challenge HERE is to use mostly green or something recycled.  I knew I wanted to use my new stamp of Robert Frost's poem from Quote Collection 1, but took awhile to figure out what to do to make it into a card.  I inked the stamp with Memento markers Cottage Ivy & Rich Cocoa.  They stayed wet enough to clear emboss the image.  Then I added more green to the trees.  I scribbled the marker on an acrylic block & used a sponge to add the color to the edges.  Finally I decided to use 2 of the printed papers from American Crafts Botanical collection with a strip of white satin ribbon & lace.  The layers are mounted with foam tape & the card is finished off with the buttons.  Just realized this card qualifies for Flourishes Timeless Tuesday challenge this week HERE, since I used the diagonal elements of buttons, ribbon & emboss.  I'd love to hear what you think.  Thanks for coming by.

It's a glorious day!--plus a card

Amazing April weather--feels like summer!  We took the doggies for a day trip to check out the lake where we boat.  The docks are in water & the marina will open very soon.  The 2 open loops at the campground had a lot of people & we were surprised by how many boats were in the lake.  The water would be freezing, but guess they were fishing.  Thought you might like to see a picture of me with Blitz & Keesha.  You can see the top of snow-covered Mount Jefferson in the background.

Now for my card.  I used the vibrant colors from PDCC128 HERE to make my Flourishes TT card where the challenge HERE is to use your favorite stamp set.  Not sure I can say I have a favorite from Fourishes, but the Medallion Motif ranks way up there!  It's one of the stamps I knew I wanted as soon as I saw it in the pre-release post.  The image is colored with COPICS RV19 & YR04 after being embossed in black.  The same markers color the butterfly from the Butterflies & Blossoms set.  The butterfly is covered with Distress Rock Candy Stickles.  The Recollections hard molded flowers are also edged with the same markers & Stickles.  I haven't used this All Night Media punch in ages, but glad I didn't get rid of it now.  The center dies are Spellbinders Labels 9 & a circle.  I had to trace & cut the Flamingo Pink one by hand for the size I needed.  The gems are also colored with RV19--love being able to do that!  Foam tape is used to attach the Medallion panel & die cuts & tiny pearls finish off the card.  I appreciate your visiting & leaving me a comment.  Wishing you a great week.

S-P-R-I-N-G

ODBD challenge HERE this week is to use 3 of the letters in the word "Spring" for embellishments, materials or the image.  Yes, I do know it's Spring & I'm not sure why I seem to be into using black right now.  Oh well, here's my entry using
S--Song, Satin ribbon, Stickles
P--Pink, Pearls, Punch
R--Ribbon
N--Nestie
G--Gray, Gems
My first ODBD stamp is Friends.  I've always loved this song.  I embossed it with black on gray cs & used Spellbinders Labels 9 to make the pink frame.  The border punch is MS.  The focus piece is mounted with foam tape, as are 2 of the flowers.  The pink flower has a little Stickles for sparkle.  Thanks for stopping by & letting me know what you think.  Almost the weekend & it's supposed to be near 70 degrees at least one day.  We all have cabin fever, so may take the doggies & go for a drive to the beach or the lake.  Hope things are going well wherever you are.

Pears

I used to do a lot of gold embossing & now it's been awhile, so decided to go with black & gold for my Flourishes TT entry this week HERE.  I'm using the Pears set & I embossed the complete pear image again, cut it out, brushed on Shimmer Spritz Sparkle & attached it over the base image with foam tape.  The background doesn't show in the picture, but the blossom image is embossed with clear ep on the gold glimmer paper & then sponged with Distress Ink antique linen.  The punch is MS.  After the gold & white trim is added, the panel is attached with foam tape to the card front.  Running out of time, so I'll keep this post short.  Thanks for stopping by & hope you have a great week.

DeNami Design Ravishing Ribbons Blog Hop

My first DeNami Blog Hop & I'm so happy you've come by.  I couldn't resist participating with the theme being ribbon--one of my favorite embellishments!  I knew I wanted to make a woven ribbon background since I hadn't used that on a card in a long time.  I also wanted you to see one of the butterflies in the new cling stamp set Fancy Flutters.  I stamped 3 times on white cs & 3 times on vellum using Color Box Sky Blue, Fresh Green & a combo of Apricot & Canary to make the peach color.  I just added pearls & stickles after they were attached to the ribbon.  The card is finished off with the beige ribbon tied in a bow & the DeNami greeting stamped at the bottom in VersaFine Onxy Black with 2 more pearls.

If you got here from Annette's blog HERE you're right on track.  
Next you'll want to see what the fabulous DT member Dana has for you HERE. 
If you get lost just head to the DeNami Design Blog HERE.

• You have until April 16, 2012, 11:59 pm PST, to leave comments on all the blogs (to be eligible for a prize).
• DeNami is giving away THREE $20 gift certificates to their website! One gift certificate will go to a random participant (DT members not eligible) plus there will be TWO gift certificates awarded to TWO people who comment along the hop!

Have a great Sunday and enjoy the hop!

Flower from a heart & a butterfly

Started my PTI MIM (here) card at the first of the week.  Finally I put all the pieces together into a card today.  The challenge is to make a diecut flower without using a flower die.  I used the large heart die by Memory Box for the first layer by cutting the hearts in 1/2 & mounting them into a circle (not in the order they were cut, if that makes sense).  The small solid butterfly die by Cuttlebug is used for the top layer of the flower.  This double-sided pp is by Colorbok, as is the matching diecut border.  I got them in a close-out for almost nothing!  The PTI greeting is from the Year of Flowers Collection.  Thanks for visiting--it means a lot to me.  Don't forget to check out the DeNami Ravishing Ribbons Blog Hop tomorrow.  I'll give you a hint--my card has ribbon used in a way you've never seen on any of my cards.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Mother's Day

I don't have a mom or grandma, but my sister does infant foster care & has for many years--truly a "baby person"!  She loves to get cards from me so I'll send this to her.  I'm brain dead from trying to learn a new job, but decided to see if the other side of my brain could come up with something so I didn't miss ODBD Shining The Light Challenge HERE.  This week's theme is new life & that can be represented by flowers.  I finally made a card with the flower image from Don't Worry.  It's colored with Distress Ink milled lavender & some green & brown markers.  The Fancy Labels image is stamped with VersaMagic Ocean Depth & cut out with the compatible Spellbinders Label 17 die.  The pp is Chatterbox I've had for a long time. Pearls, gems, lace & ribbon are added for this feminine card.  The greeting is a new DeNami cling stamp that I masked so I could stamp each word separately.  I appreciate your stopping by & I'll catch up on visiting all of you this weekend.