Tulip Bouquet

The snow from last week end is quickly melting so I'm once again "thinking spring". This card is for the great color challenge at CR84FN. The beautiful 'spring' colors for this challenge are Lavender, Gray and Chartreuse. I used the sketch from Card Patterns to design my card.

The "tulip bouquet" stamp is from Repeat Impressions, Embossing folder is Sizzix, edger is MS and the pearl brad is from the Eyelet Outlet. the ribbons and pearls are from Michaels. The image was colored with Copic markers. The tulips and paper edges were highlighted with ultra fine glitter.


Here is the lovely inspirational photo. Be sure to check out the super verse on this one!

This is the sketch that I used to create my card.

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.

Celebrating LOVE

The great challenge this week at Card Crafter's Circle is to make a Valentine 'celebrating love' or to use 'hearts' in your creation. I think I'm the only person on this earth who doesn't 'LOVE' Valentine's day cards and the color 'RED'. So that being said the question is  "how do you make a Valentine card with out  RED"? Here is my version of  'LOVE' and 'HEARTS' for Valentine's Day.

As you can see I fulfilled all of the requirement.  If this doesn't 'celebrate love' I guess I don't know what does. I even included a 'LOVE' charm under the bow and 'HEARTS' on the top right corner. Let me introduce you to Jack and Ginger.....this fantastic image is from Mo Manning Digital Pencil.  It was colored with Prisma colored pencils. The dp's are from HOPT and Fancy Pants, the edger is MFT, the entwined hearts are from Cuttlebug and the bow is seam binding that I dyed to match Ginger's skirt.

As you get older my wish for you is that you may all 'celebrate love' just like Jack and Ginger.

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.

Best Foot Forward

Happy Valentine's Day 

This is the second week of the month so it is a 'judged' challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches. Each member of the DT will visit your blog so put your best foot forward......we'll be visiting you.   Since today's date is 2-14, the twist for this challenge is to use 2 ribbons, 1 embellishment and 4 layers. Wait till you see the marvelous creations from the DT!

The sponsor this week is DRS Designs, who graciously supplied some of the team members with great images. This card was made with one of their images.

The image was stamped twice and colored with Copic markers. The second image was fussy cut and layered with foam tape over the first one. The background was lightly stamped with a Hero Arts Envelope Pattern stamp. The sentiment from Flourishes was embossed with gold embossing powder, ovals are Nesties, the die cut strip of butterflies is from Memory Box, the butterfly charm is from Fire Mountain Gems and the ribbon and pearls are from Michaels. Stickles were used for a little "Bling"!

Some members of the DT made 'scraplings' with their card...check them out! What a great idea!

This is the lovely sketch, from Jessica, that was used for inspiration.

Go get your papers and start designing.......I'll be visiting and I can't wait to see your creations.

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.

Winter's Return

My 'think spring' mantra didn't work over the weekend because in a 24 hour period we got 16 inches of snow! :-(  To brighten my day I went looking for some colorful challenges. I found exactly what I was looking for at Play Date Cafe. The colors at the Cafe are bold and bright this week. I used these colors to create a 'Best Friend' card that includes a flower for the challenge at Our Creative Corner. Maybe these bright, bold colors along with the flower will bring our 'springtime' weather back! Ha ha ha. Who am I kidding after all it is only February!

The 'buggie' background paper and the striped paper is from a Debbie Mumm pad. The stamp and sentiment are from Inky Antics and the 'bee' die cuts are from a Cuttlebug die. The rhinestones, ribbon and flower are from my stash. I used a combination of Copic markers and Prisma colored pencils to color the image.

This is the inspirational photo from the Cafe.

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.

Mojo 227

Time for another great sketch challenge at Mojo Monday.

I opted to forgo the usual frilly feminine card and instead decided to try a masculine card. My baskets of completed cards are overflowing with pretty female cards but every time I need a card for a man I have to make one. This year I will try to improve my masculine designs and fill a 'man's' basket.

The map is actually from a page in an old atlas, the movie reference is from an old Movie Guide book that my DH thought he threw away. Ha! I rescued it from the recycle bin and stashed it away. The highlighted movie is 'American Grafitti' because it was the only move that I could think of that had an old vehicle similar to the stamp. Since then I have thought of many other movies...I'll have to write them down for future reference. Maybe I could fill my 'man's basket with antique vehicle cards? Ha Ha. The car stamp is Stampendous and was colored with Prisma colored pencils, the birthday sentiment is actually a gold sticker that I colored with a Copic marker (I sponge a little white on the area under the HB sticker so it was easier to see) and the piece of plaid paper is from my stash. The zigzag strip was embossed with one of those small edge Cuttlebug folders (have to try to use these more!) then faux stitching was applied with a gel pen. The glass area of the car was filled with glossy accents and the chrome was highlighted with a Silver metallic pen.

Here is the sketch that I used to create this card.

Back to creating more masculine cards in my Butterfly Garden.

Pinter-inspiration

***This card won the Pinter-Inspiration Challenge***

The noon time challenge at Flourishes is to make a card based on a 'Pinterest' photo. Earlier in the week I made a black, white and pink card.......the 'Pinterst' photo is black and pink. Not to be repetitious but here is another black and pink card! Two in one week...gotta get some new material.

The stamps are from the Cherry Blossom set. The backgrounds were either dry embossed with Cuttlebug folders or embossed with Stardust transparent embossing powder. Love this embossing powder because it has just a tough of sparkle. The image was colored with Copic markers, the edger is from MFT, butterflies from C C Designs and ribbon and pearls from Michaels.

This is the inspirational photo that I used to design this card.

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.

WOW

***This card was a Top 3 Winner at Card Crafter's Circle***

Due to the apparent lack of outside "white stuff" here in upstate New York, I made a "White on White" card for the challenge at Card Crafters Circle. We challenge you to create a card that is WHITE .... layers of white... colour is allowed on your image, all the rest is to be white!

Cuttlebug, Spellbinders, PTI and MFT supplied the tools necessary to create this marvelously layered card. Who knew that white on white could have so much texture? The image is a stamp from Prickly Pear and it was colored with Copic markers.

To add a little more eye appeal the smaller scalloped oval was sprayed with a Perfect Pearl and water mixture before it was embossed. Ultra fine glitter was applied on the edges of the small oval and on one doily edge.

Love this technique!!! I  have a new fondness for things that are 'white' as long as they stay on cards and not on the ground outside my home!

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.

Paper Pretties

Time for another great sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches. The sponsor this week is Paper Pretties and I used the lovely 'Crocus' digi image to create my card. I'm still 'Thinking Spring', even though it is only February.

The embossing folder is from Sizzix, sentiment is Darcies, ribbon A. C. Moore, banner die from Taylored Expressions and silk flowers from my stash. The image was colored with Copic markers.

The challenge at Paper Players this week is to create a "Flowers" card. I am submitting this card to that challenge.

This is the lovely sketch that was designed by Theresa.

Everyone loves comments, so please stop by the DT blogs and leave them a little 'love' and thank them for their constant inspiration. When you visit the Tuesday Morning Sketches blog...just click on the name above the card and this will take you to their blogs. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.

Black & White & Sketch

Last week was so buy that I almost forgot about the Timeless Tuesday Sketch at Flourishes. As I checked the blog this morning I realized that I still had about 10 hours till the deadline. YEAH!!! enough time to make a card.

As I scrolled thorugh the site I saw the B & W + 1 challenge.  Black and white with a one color. So I decided to combine these two challenges into one card.

The black CS was embossed with white embossing powder and vice versa. The stamps are from the the Flourishes Cherry Blossom set. The image was colored with Copic markers and highlighted with Stickles.  I used a gold metallic pen on the edges of the CS and the center edges were also highlighted with Stickles. MS butterfly punch.

This is the lovely inspirational sketch by Silke. Great sketch.

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.

Ragged Romeo

Tui Nathan, the Guest Designer Coordinator for Our Creative Corner, contacted me a few weeks ago, with an invitation to be this week's GD. I am extremely honored to have the opportunity to be associated with this fabulous DT. If you're looking for inspiration and variety check out both the OCC and Tui's blog.

The challenge for that week is being hosted by Sharon Wheet and this is what she has to say:

"Love is in the Air - make a Valentine's Day item (card, scrapbook page layout, 3-D item, or an altered item) using the colors: Pink, Grey, & Kraft.  Now add some sparkle, (rhinestones, glitter, metal) anything that shines!  And don't forget to include a heart shape."

This is a Mo Manning image that has been colored with Copic markers, embossing folders from Sizzix and Cuttlebug and the rhinestones and flowers are from Michaels. The small hearts were highlighted with PTI Fresh Snow Pigment ink, applied with a piece of Cut 'n Dry. The ribbon was colored with a Copic marker to match the sketch. Why don't you grab some paper and play along with this great challenge, would love to see what you create.

Thanks to Tui and whole DT for giving me this wonderful opportunity. I've loved every moment of this experience.

Back to creating cards in my Butterfly Garden.