Pink-A-Licious

Just realized I can't wait to post this card tomorrow for Flourished TT HERE since I won't be home from work in time.  I'll keep it short and sweet.  My mom died 20 years ago & I still miss her.  This would have been a perfect card for her since she loved pink.  In fact, the grandkids called her "Pink Grammy" since 90% of what she wore was some shade of pink.  The butterfly & greeting are from Flourishes Butterflies & Blossoms set.  I embossed the butterfly in white & then sprayed it with Tattered Angels mists: Snow Angel, Creme de Rouge & Wheatfields.  All the edges are sponged with Golden Glitz.  The patterned paper covering the card & used for the die with the greeting is from K&Co Watercolor Bouquet--another pad I got in close-out.  Eyes want to close, so off to bed.  Wishing all of you a great week.

Pretty In Purple

Another chance to win Flourishes May Release HERE & I love purple, so wanted to enter a card.  Had to keep it simple, so I white embossed this sweet image from Botanical Bookplates & used Distress Ink dusty concord & milled lavender for the resist technique.  This time I focused the darker color in the middle over the image & I think it brought it to life.  The Spellbinder is Labels 22 & I used vellum for the mat.  The sentiment is from the same set. The panels are mounted with foam tape & I finished it off with Stickles, gems & the white textured ribbon tied in a bow.

I've reached a milestone--25 followers!  Thanks to all of you for the help & encouragement.  If you get a chance, check out the DeNami Blog Hop on Sunday, May 20th.  This will be my second time as a participant & I'd love to have you stop by.  (Fortunately, Emily pointed out the correct date of the Hop.  At least I'll be ready & not stressed at the last minute--LOL!)

Home Sweet Home

Springtime in Oregon means rhododendrons.  Thought you might enjoy seeing this one with pinky-peachy blooms, which I love.

Now for my card.  Can't miss a chance to win the new Flourishes release!  The challenge is to be inspired by something around your home HERE.  I chose this lamp that belonged to my grandmother.  I believe it's an antique, but I love it because of the sentimental value & I think it's so beautiful.  I used Flourishes Thinking of You set.  The images are white embossed on light blue cardstock that is die cut with Spellbinders Labels Ten.  The mat is a soft beige shimmer cardstock inspired by the brass on the lamp.  I added a panel of vellum under the die cuts.  I'll probably use this for my thank you card to the gal who has been training me for 3 weeks.  That's a long time to not be able to just do your job like usual & she's been very patient with me. Hope you're having a lovely week with some crafting time.

Butterflies: self propelled Flowers

Do you ever start a card not having any idea what you're going to do?  Well, it's not all that unusual for me, I have to say--This is just one example.  I've been working on Christmas cards to submit for publication, but took a break to do a butterfly card for Flourishes TT HERE (a challenge I try to participate in each week).  I knew I wanted to use the images from Fanciful Flourishes (one of my top 2 favorite sets).  I paged through a stamping magazine to get some inspiration & decided to do some sort of strip near the bottom.  Today when I picked up my Delicata GoldenGlitz ink pad (oh my goodness--it's so gorgeous!) at my LSS I also found these wonderful flat back "tin pin" embellishments & was happily surprised to see that darcie heater designs is from a tiny town here in Oregon!  I did second generation stamping with Memento Rich Cocoa to approximate the color of the design on the pin.  VersaMagic Aloe Vera matched the scrap of green cardstock in my stash, so I used that to stamp the solid butterfly image.  The flourished image is the same second generation stamping.  The edges are sponged with Distress Ink old paper which is also lightly pounced around the butterflies.  The punch is MS, the panels are mounted with foam tape & pearls finished off the card.  Sorry for the funny angle of the picture--hard to keep shine off the pin.  This turned out to be a card I really like--hope you do, too.  Thanks for visiting my little spot in blogland.

Teal & Gray

In the nick of time, finished my card for ODBD Shining The Light Challenge HERE. I had a different design in mind, but sometimes you have to go to plan B--LOL!  I love Quote Collection 1, so decided to make my second card using another of the stamps.  I stamped one of the Fancy Labels in Memento Gray Flannel & cut it out with Spellbinder Label 17.  Then I used Memento Teal Zeal to stamp Helen Keller's quote.  It's matted with teal cardstock cut using the next size up die.  The background embossing folder is by Sizzix for SU & I swiped the gray ink across it.  The layers are mounted with foam tape.  The card is finished off with gray silk ribbon, gems & teal flowers.  Hope you like it.  Thanks for stopping by & leaving me a comment--always makes me smile.  It's almost Friday, so enjoy your weekend.

May Flowers

I didn't want to miss the Penny Black Saturday Challenge HERE, but I seem to be missing my mojo right now.  Decided to just do a simple card using my favorite emboss resist technique with Distress Inks.  The flowers are PB day-dreams, the inks are spun sugar, tumbled glass, milled lavender & scattered straw.  The card front has PB simple scroll white embossed.  The Nestie is Labels 17 & I used my new Darice embossing folder for the mat & the MS butterfly.  The bit of sparkle on the flowers is from Gelly Roll clear star.  So glad you took time to stop by.

Glitter Die Cuts

PTI MIM HERE is to glitter your diecuts.  Gave me a good excuse to get out my new Sizzix Flowers & Vines #3 that I got on sale & hadn't used.  I like spray adhesive to cover large areas to be glittered & it worked great for these flowers.  The embossing folder is Sizzix argyle & I used the debossed side.  The greeting is from PTI Lovely Leaves set & is such a true saying.  My stamping friends have really helped me through difficult times the past year & I so appreciate all of you!  Hope you have a great week.