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This card is for My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge and it was truly a challenge for me! It turned out to be brighter and busier than I care for, but I'm calling it a done deal! Here's what I used...
STAMPS: Greetings 4 You (SU)
PAPER: A Walk in the Park (Echo Park), Early Espresso, White
INK: Chocolate Chip
ACCESSORIES: Banner and Rickrack Die-namics by MFT, Butterfly Embosslit by SU, Pearls, Primas, Chocolate baker's twine.

Get Your Diva On

I was excited to see this month's Get Your Diva On challenge...another chance to win a guest spot as a Verve diva! Amy is this month's hostess and she has challenged us to use fabric. A great opportunity for me to break open my new package of Glubers - the large adhesive circles that were revealed at the last CHA show. Wow...do they ever make rolled fabric flowers easy to put together! I had leftover fabric from sewing a valence for the youth S.S. room at church...LOVE the turquoise, spring green and touch of chocolate in the print! Julee's leaf die was perfect to add some foliage! The background is a combination of embossing on turquoise CS and DP run through the Big Shot using the top note die. My last Verve order had baker's twine wrapped around the tissue - a great freebie that was put to use with the button topper! Hope you have a wonderful day!
Here's what I used...
STAMPS: Bloom & Grow (Verve), Faithful Phrases (Verve)
PAPER: Tempting Turquoise, Rainbow Sherbet (SU), White, Textured green from my scrap pile - sorry, but don't know the source.
INK: Certainly Celery, Versafine Onyx Black.
ACCESSORIES: Leaf die (Verve), Gluber, Fabric, Button, Baker's twine, Adhesive rhinestones, Tag die (Verve), Flower lace trim by Wright's, Top note die, EF

Peas Get Better Soon

It's getting late, so will make this a quick post! Mothermark's Teapot Tuesday Challenge is to bring veggies...or...anything that will help a garden grow. The destination is Debbie in Oviedo, FL, who is in need of some postop cheering up. For more details, go to this link to read the whole story! I used Jen's May sketch for Sketch For You To Try.
STAMPS: Baby Button Bits (PTI); sentiment was computer-generated.
PAPER: Garden Variety by Cosmo Cricket.
INK: Wild Wasabi.
ACCESSORIES: Blossom & Circle Nesties, Buttons, Rickrack.

Certainly Saffron Bride

Joanne has presented us with some wonderful spring colors for this week's Color Challenge: Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Blushing Bride with a dessert option to use flowers. The layout is for Karen Giron's Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge - tweaked to an A2 sized card. Here's what I used:
STAMPS: Bliss by SU.
PAPER: DP from SU's Hello Neighbor pad, Certainly Celery, Blushing Bride, White.
INK: Blushing Bride, Certainly Celery
ACCESSORIES: Labels Eleven Nesties, Circle Nesties, Fancy Tags die, Adhesive rhinestones, MS butterfly punch, Kaiser silver pearls, Plaid EF by Sizzix.

Mojo Monday

Can't believe another week has rolled by and it's time for a Mojo Monday Challenge - this time the sketch is by Debbie Carriere, a sweet online blog friend, who is super talented with papercrafting! I decided to plan ahead and create a Father's Day card for my dad. His fave color is blue, so I thought the papers in the Stella & Rose "Hattie" pad would be perfect. I stamped the DAD image on a Versamark pad then stamped it on Chocolate Chip ink and embossed with clear EP to give it a sheen & more clear cut color. Freud has a name for people like me because I'm not happy with the slightly crooked line of stamping on the blue panel - Grrr! But, I think I will just live with it as it is - lol!
STAMPS: Protector by Verve
PAPER: Stella & Rose "Hattie" papers by MME, White
ACCESSORIES: Labels Sixteen & Labels Twenty-one Nesties, Twine, Mini rolled roses Die-namics by MFT, Buttons, Large star punch by SU, Star Die-namic border by MFT, Petal roller tool by Imaginisce - a must to get a tightly rolled rose.

Birthday Poppies

It's a beautiful, sunny Mother's Day and I'm so glad I'm off work and can enjoy the time at home. Following church, we opted to avoid the crowded restaurants and just have a cookout at home. We ate in our new sunroom and enjoyed the breeze through the screens without fighting any bugs! This card is a CASE of Jo (aka reddydyisco) who is the FS this week on SCS. She has a number of poppy creations, but I went with her colors in this card. I used the masking technique for the images and colored with Copics. The layout is for the Totally Gorjuss sketch challenge and it also works for the Play Date Cafe Challenge to be inspired by this picture using red, yellow gold & white. I'm also entering this card in the Crazy 4 Challenges to use lots of flowers.
STAMPS: Poppy Patch (Flourishes), Sentiment Flags (Lil' Inker Designs).
PAPER: Modern Homemaker (OA), Summer Days (Echo Park), Real Red, White.
INK: Memento Tuxedo Black.
ACCESSORIES: Nesties, Adhesive pearls, Button, Baker's twine, Copics.

Going in Circles

Lots of bright colors for the CCEE stampers' challenge and the layout is using the Card Patterns sketch. This was a quick and easy card to throw together! I love the new tag dies by Verve with so many sweet little sentiments to fill the tag. Here's what else I used:
STAMPS: Friendly Phrases (Verve)
PAPER: Nana's Kids by DCWV (a bargain find at TJ Maxx)
INK: Versafine Onyx Black
ACCESSORIES: Corner Chomper, Prima, Leaf embellies by Recollections, MS Doily Lace punch, Adhesive trim by BasicGrey.