Bunch Of Daisies

Happy Sunday!

I hope you`re not completely intimidated by the colors of this card... Orange is in fact my daughters favorite color, and she suggested that I should do a card in that color. And...so I did!

I colored the image with Marvy Le Plume Markers and Distress Inks, and aged it a bit with Vintage Photo (Distress Ink).
And as you see, I`ve got my brand NEW spellbinders dies!! Oh boy, do I ever love those lacey dies! They are actually square shaped, but I made them a bit longer to fit the image.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: Stamps: Bunch Of Daisies by I Brake For Stamps, Archival Ink Coffee, Distress Inks, Marvy Le Plume Markers, Spellbinders: Labels Fourteen, Lacey Squares, Pearls, ribbon, eyelets, butterfly from Karen-Marie Klip, Papers: Graphic 45.

Goldfinch!

Happy Tuesday!
Summer vacation is over, and soon the kids will be back at school... Even though It`s sad to see the summer fade, It`s great to get back to everyday-routines!
I`ve spent the last couple of days getting organized before everyone is off to school and work:)
For the card I`m sharing today, I`ve used a GORGEOUS image from Serendipity called Goldfinch. I decided to do the monochromatic look and colored it in different shades of blue, using Distress Inks.



I kept the layout pretty simple, and added some piercing around the edges. I also added some Distress Ink (Antique Linen) to the edges to give it more of an aged look.
The outer border is made from the Lotus Borderabilities Petite Die Template by Spellbinders.

As always - thank you so much for stopping by!

Bring Back Beautiful Challenge!

Hi all and welcome to the very first Flourishes Bring Back Beautiful Challenge! This team was started by Flourishes to truly showcase beauty in card making – whether it just be in a beautifully colored image, a fabulous way to incorporate an embellishment or a new twist on a card layout.

Today kicks off our first challenge with a look at one of the things that can evoke a lot of beauty in card making – COLOR! Here’s your challenge: pick your favorite medium – watercolor, colored pencils, markers, alcohol inks… the sky is the limit! I used Rangers Distress Inks as my coloring medium:



Show off your color and join us! Link up your Bring Back Beautiful Challenge creation here to enter. If you upload to SCS, please use the keyword BBB01. You have until August 31st to enter!



As we unveil our challenge for September, we’ll share our True Beauties – those card makers who wowed us with this challenge! Winners will be featured on the Flourishes Blog and will receive a True Beauty blog button to display proudly on their blog! Also, check out what my amazingly talented fellow team members made for this challenge:

Beate Johns
Becca Feeken
Cindy Coutts
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Michelle Woerner

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies: Stamps: Waterlilies by Flourishes, Archival Ink Jet Black, Rangers Distress Ink Reinkers, Spellbinders: Classic Ovals Lg, In Spades Pendants, In Spades Borderabilities Petite, pearls

Spellbinders Guest Blogger IIII

Happy Thursday!

Thursday is here again, and that means I have another Sneak Peek for you! This is my fourth and final post as guest blogger at the Spellbinders blog. And I have to tell you, it`s been such a pleasure! I love working with Spellbinders dies and can`t wait to see the new release die templates in July... Please go to this post at Spellbinders blog to see the full project with directions.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Spellbinders Guest Blogger III

Happy Thursday!

I`m back with another sneak peek of my third card for Spellbinders! If you would like to see the whole card with tutorial, click here.

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope you enjoy summer as much as I do;)

Kazan`s Sketch 54 - Train Engine!

Happy Saturday!
I`m so excited to show you this new image by Serendipity! It`s called Train Engine, and It`s perfect for masculine cards!
You see, my intention was to create a real masculine card with this image... BUT I couldn`t help myself, and reached for this gorgeous baby blue DP. Soo I decided to turn it into a baby card;-)
I colored the image with Distress Inks, but really - this image is just as gorgeous without coloring...
The layout was based on Kazan`s Sketch 54.

As always - thanks so much for visiting, and have a wonderful weekend!



Supplies: Spellbinders: Labels Eight, In Spades Pendant, Decorative Photo Corners. DP from Basic Grey and Ladybug and Friends, Martha Stewart border punch.

Spellbinders Guest Blogger II

Wow, Thursday already! Time really flies by too fast... I`m back with another sneak peek from my second post as Guest Blogger at Spellbinders. To see more, simply click
here.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Spellbinders Guest Blogger I

Happy Thursday!
Just stopping by with this little sneak peek... It`s my first post as Guest Blogger at Spellbinders and I am super excited! Hope you`ll stop by their blog to see more here.
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful evening!

CCT 114 - Merci Bouquet

Happy Friday!

It`s been so long since I joined a challenge, so when I saw this weeks challenge at Cute Card Thursday - No Designer paper - I thought I`d enter this card. I used one of the images from the beautiful Merci Bouquet set by Layers of Color, and colored it with Distress Inks.



I used these Spellbinders dies; Labels Six, Fancy Tags, Decorative Photo Corners and Long Classic Rectangles LG. The punched border is from Martha Stewart.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a wonderful weekend!

Winter Fenceline...

Happy Friday!
Just stopping by with a card I made a few days ago, I haven`t been able to post it until now. I`ve used a winter image from Serendipity, called Winter Fenceline.
Even though it`s a winter image, I chose to work with warm yellow and orange. I stamped the image and sentiment with Versamark and heat embossed with black embossingpowder. I created the sun by sponging with Distress Inks.
Papers are MME and Prima, borderpunch from Martha Stewart.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and thanks a million times for all your encouraging comments!! Have a wonderful weekend:-)

Woohooo!

Good morning!

I have some exciting news to share!!
A couple of days ago I recieved an email from Beth Pingry telling me that I had WON the International Blogger Contest at Spellbinders!!! How lucky am I!!?
You can read all about it here. I am sooo excited about this and can`t wait to get started!
I`m sure you all know how much I love my Spellbinders dies...;-)

Well, before I run off to work; Have a wonderful weekend!

Simple Sympathy...

Happy Monday!

I hope you had a wonderful weekend! I spent mine cleaning up our basement, throwing lots of old stuff...what a refreshing feeling!
I`ve also spent the past week nursing my oldest son who had surgery on his badly broken arm last monday. Unfortunately it was the right arm, but he is much better now, and he`s back at school:-)



I`ve made a sympathy card today, using a couple of images from I Brake For Stamps.
I stamped the leaves two times on a Long Classic Rectangles LG die cut and colored with Distress Inks. I popped up the leaves with dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment on a Labels Eleven die cut and placed it in the middle. The border at the bottom is Fleur De Lis Borderabilities Petite.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a wonderful evening!

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

This is my first (and probably only) Easter card this year...
I found this old image by Joanna Sheen and thought it would be perfect for the Emboss Resist technique. I embossed it with white EP and sponged the background with different shades of orange, and of course I had to add some pearls:)
I used my Spellbinders dies (Fleur de Lis) as background and added satin ribbon.

I hope you enjoy your Easter Holiday, and thanks for stopping by!

Remember the good times...

Happy Saturday!

I have another card in shabby chic style to share today. Again I`ve used one of the images from the Fancy Fleurs set by The Greeting Farm. It is colored with Distress Inks as usual. I made the satin ribbon frame with Spellbinders dies (Lotus Borderabilites and one of the dies from the Lotus Pendants set).

Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a wonderful weekend!

Fancy Fleurs

Good morning!

I have a card to share today! As I was cleaning up my craft room, I found this old image by Pink Poison (which I believe is now called The greeting farm), and I just had to ink it up:) It is from a set called Fancy fleurs.
The image is colored with Distress Inks, and the flowers are popped up with dimensionals. Papers are from American Crafts and Graphic 45.




Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your day!

Tiny cards and Serendipity

Happy Saturday!

I hope you enjoy your weekend!
I`ve made a few simple,tiny cards...
I used Spellbinders dies to create the frame and did the stitching by hand. The flowers and Swirls are also Spellbinders dies. (Petite Border Lotus, Pendant Lotus and floral accents).
The stamped sentiment is from Sweet `n Sassy Stamps. I also added some rhinestones. Thought these tiny cards would be useful for many occations;)







This next one is made with one of the new images from Serendipity. It`s called Table for two. I wanted it to be really "girly" , so I chose a pink/brown color scheme, and added some sweet borders (EK success) and pearls. The image is colored with Distress Inks.



Thank you so much for stopping by, and have a wonderful evening!

Merci Bouquet

Long time no see!

I know...I`m a terrible blogger! It feels like an eternity since my last post.
All I can say is that I`ve been too busy to play:(

A while back I was the lucky recipient of a RAK from my ever-so-talented blogging friend Melody! She sent me the most beautiful stamp set called Merci Bouquet from Layers of Color. I knew imediately that I had to go super soft and feminine with this set, and I kept the layout very simple.

I colored the image with Distress Inks, and created a frame using a Spellbinders circle diecut and an EK Success corner punch. The background was also made using dies from the Fleur de Lis Pendants template.

Thanks so much for visiting, and have a wonderful week!!

Soaring Eagle

Finally Friday!

I`ve always loved the shabby vintage style, especially when It`s done by those who really know how to! I must admit though, that I`m not one of those...LOL! It just don`t come easy to me! Anyway, I really wanted to give it a try, and this is how it turned out.

I used the beautiful Soaring Eagle image by Heartfelt Creations. It is colored with distress inks and cut out. I used Spellbinders dies to create the frame, and the background is cuttlebug embossed. I also added clear EP on the embossed areas and heat embossed. Papers from Cosmo Cricket.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you`ll have a wonderful weekend!!

SC 263 and a simple notecard.

Happy Sunday!

It`s been a while since my last post... but today I have two cards to share. The first one is just a simple notecard for a friend, using assorted Spellbinders dies and a sentiment from Flourishes Gerber Daisies set. The second one is my take on SC 263 on SCS.
I had it finished last week, but as I was going to take a picture of it I noticed that the entire lens on my camera was broken! Someone (no names mentioned..) had dropped my camera to the floor without telling me! Sooo I`ve been waiting for my NEW lens, and finally got it yesterday;)



On this card I`ve used an image called Bowl of Apples from Serendipity. It is colored with Distress Inks. Papers from October Afternoon.

Thaks so much for stopping by today, and enjoy your Sunday!!

OCC - 3D challenge

Happy Sunday!

Thought I`d participate in this weeks 3D challenge at Our Creative Corner. I love 3D projects, and for this card I`ve used a Heartfelt Creations image. It`s called Trumpet Bouquet.
I colored it with Distress Inks, and popped up the hummingbirds for the 3D-effect. The background was cuttlebug embossed (Morrocan Screen), sponged with Distress Ink Antique Linen and embossed with clear EP.
The corners are cuttlebug dies.



I hope you enjoy your day, and thanks so much for stopping by!!