VLV & more challenges...

It's another "about face" weather day...so warm and sunny yesterday...so cool and rainy today! This card is for the following challenges:
Flourishes "Spring Has Sprung" - use blue, green, yellow.
Viva la Verve - sketch.
CCEE - add a doily and/or lace.
Forgotten Stamp Friday - ink up a stamp that hasn't been used in 6 months.
I used Copics to color the image and added yellow Stickles to the center of the waterlily. Here is the list of supplies I used:
STAMPS: Waterlily Set (Flourishes), Happy Hello (Verve) - sentiment.
PAPER: Text Tile Green Boutique DP (PTI), Spring Moss, Aqua Mist & Lemon Tart (PTI), X-Press It Blending Card.
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: MS border punch, Lace trim, Lacey Circles Nesties, Adhesive pearls, Copics (Y13, Y15, Y18, Y19, YG00, YG03), Corner Chomper.

Spring Has Sprung

You'll need your sunglasses for this one, but with spring comes color...and it's so great to see flowers popping up and adding color to the outdoors once again! This card is for the following challenges:
Free 4 All - How does your garden grow?
Forgotten Stamp Friday
CCEE Stampers - Use a cutie patootie image wearing something green
Sew Many Cards - sketch
I colored this sweet SU image using Copics and added tiny rhinestones to the flower centers. It's layered over a Martha Stewart doily tag found at Michael's. Some metal dot stickers in the corners and this was an easy peasy card to complete. TGIF and I'm off work and able to enjoy this warm weather!
STAMPS: A Flower for all Seasons (SU)
PAPER: Salt Air Mini Deck (Cosmo Cricket), Blue Bayou, Neenah Solar White
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Circle Nesties, MS doily tag, Rhinestones, Metal dot stickers

More Monday Mojo

This card uses the JUGS challenge layout and the colors for the Inkspirations Challenge - So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Rose Red, White. This image is an old retired one from SU, but every spring I enjoy getting it out and coloring it again. That also qualifies this for Jessie Rone's Forgotten Stamp Friday challenge. This was a different sketch and one I hope to use again. Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
STAMPS: Spring Bouquet (SU)
PAPER: DP from 6x6 SU paper pads, Rose Red, So Saffron, X-Press It Blending Card
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Copic markers, Square brad, Grosgrain ribbon (SU), Corner Chomper

Last of the Valentines

I really didn't need another Valentine card, but it just seemed to work out that way when I saw Teresa Kline's great sketch for the Viva la Verve challenge on SCS's Verve forum. I found this heavy, glittery red CS at Mike's last week and wanted to die cut it using the Verve heart die. I kept it CAS, adding the sentiment on a banner die from Lil Inkers. This was the first time I inked up this little sentiment and I've had the set for over a year...qualifying this for Jessie Rone's Forgotten Stamp Friday challenge. This is also for the Free 4 All challenge on SCS to use a royalty theme using reds, purples or golds. I chose red and added pearl bling along with the sparkly heart to create the 'royal gem' feel to the card. Plus, it seems the queen is always holding roses in pictures, so this is a rose for the queen!
STAMPS: Hearts on Fire (Verve)
PAPER: Text Style In Bloom DP by PTI, True Black (PTI), Neenah Solar White, Glitter CS
INK: Versafine Onyx Black
ACCESSORIES: Verve heart die, Prima, Vintage button, Baker's twine, Sentiment flag die, Pom pom trim, Pearl bling

Barbie Inspired

Steph's Inspiration Challenge on SCS was to be inspired by a Barbie website. I chose this Dolly Forever designer doll and was inspired by the colors and those funky layered boots! A rolled felt flower was layered over a scallop circle then anchored with a button and yarn. I dusted off a stamp from the Terrific Tags punch box by SU that hadn't seen ink for a VERY long time and popped it with dimensionals. This qualifies for Jessie Rone's Forgotten Stamp Friday Challenge which is helping me with my new year's goal to regularly use some older stamps. Petals-a-Plenty EF by SU was used to emboss the Sahara Sand base layer. I layered 3 strips of large scalloped Raspberry Fizz (PTI) borders (EK Success punch) and added lace and black pearls. It's pretty much a CAS card...at least for me! It's a global warming temperature of 15 degrees tonight! Think it will be a night for wearing socks to bed! :-)

Love is...

Jesse Rone has started a fun new challenge - Forgotten Stamp Friday - where we are to dust off old stamps and ink them up...stamps that we haven't used in at least 6 months. I pulled out this Verve set that was released beginning of 2010 and I don't recall inking this sentiment since then. I used Amber's Viva la Verve sketch challenge on the Verve forum on SCS for the layout. I had a wonderful day of shopping with girlfriends in Fredericksburg and our fave stop of the day was Scrapdoodles! This was heaven on earth for stampers and scrapbookers...sooo many different supplies that it boggled our minds! The ribbon and lace used on this card was from this store.
STAMPS: Love's Flower (Verve)
PAPER: Key & Heart Mat Pad by Martha Stewart, X-Press It Blending Card
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
ACCESSORIES: Rhinestone stickers (Mike's), Ribbon, Lace, Primas, CB, Labels Eleven Nesties