A Daisy Bouquet

Even though there is still plenty of snow on the ground and the temp is not very nice today, it is spring. Sap has been flowing and family has made 10 gallons of Maple syrup so far. Yummmm! So good. Sap ran like crazy yesterday, so should get another 3-4 gallons of syrup with today's boiling. 

Another card with purples. What can I say-they were on my work table and they all went together. Guess you can say this is a scrap card, 'cause all but the daisy image came from scraps-even the card base.

 

Use Kraft	Shaped card	Stitches (real/faux)
Sentiment	Digital Image	Die cuts
Punches	Flowers	Charm

The bouquet of daisies is a digi image, but I have no idea where I got it. The 'vase' is a Jolies Mason Jars' sticker. (I wish I had bought more than one pack of these! They are so neat!) The pattern paper I know is K&Co., just not which pack. Colored with Copic markers.  I cut it out with SB Long classic rectangles, matted with SB Deckled long rectangles. Butterfly is SU butterflies embosslit. I have no idea what the sentiment stamp is-this was already stamped in my reject basket. Punched it out with SU Word Window puch, mat puched with SU Modern Label punch. Finished off with 3 clear rhinestones.

Entering this in the following challenges:
Creative Knockouts #83- use dies and puches
Fab N Funky -Bingo I used the middle horizontal- Sentiment, digi image & die cuts.
Crazy for Challenges #C4C280 create a card or project using a daisy/daisies as your inspiration

Hope spring is blossoming in your neck of the woods. My crocus bed is still buried and the ones on the south side of the house need to be replaced. Have no idea what happened to them-used to be a lot of them there. Have to replant this fall, I guess.

Shining the light

Wow! Where does the time go? Been awhile since I posted again. I have been making cards, just have not had time to post.

For today's card I used the ODBD Lantern stamp, stamped with SU Pear Pizzaz ink, and colored in the lantern and leaves with Copic. All the papers are Stampin' Up Whisper White, Old Olive and Pear Pizzaz.

I used a simple layout and kept the overall design clean and simple. I used Spellbinder's Labels 11 for the image & mat, and Simon Says Stamp Tilted Banner Sayings and Folded Banners die for the sentiment. 

Entering this in the following challenges:

Operation Write Home-Our Daily Bread Designs April challenge-masculine

CAS Colors and sketches #118-Monochromatic- Greens

Addicted to Stamps and More 139-clean and simple

613 Avenue Create #118 - Anything goes

Shy Violets?

Another sunny day in Upper Michigan! But still cold although not as bad as it has been. Should have found time for a walk today. Oh, well..........

Getting down to the end of the violet rub-ons. I have one more card to share after this, and 2 more rubons to use. They may have to wait. We'll see.....

This is a bit of an unusual size for me (it's the size of regular 6" envelope), but I just couldn't cut up that background piece of cardstock. It was so pretty with the lattice embossing. Well, I guess the Darice embossing folder is called wire fence, but still, it looks like lattice. I took a little liberty with the sketch, but it really is just a bit longer, all the rest of the elements are there.

I will enter this in the Fab Friday Challenge #58- the sketch

Items Used: SU rhinestones, DCWV light orchid cardstock, purple cardstock from scrap bin, Old Olive cardstock, K&Co. patterned paper (from scrap bin),  Shimmering violets rub-ons, Darice wire fence embossing folder, foam dimensionals.

Violets again

Sunny but extremely cold here this morning! But spring is just around the corner-and then I will have some real violets to enjoy. Meantime I'll enjoy these.............

I'm down to just a few of the shimmering violets rub-ons left.

I will enter this in the following challenges:

Creative Knockouts-Lots of Layers

Craft Hoarders anonymous-How I Love Thee: have the word love on

Crafty Cardmakers and more.....  -- Stripes

Papertake Weekly- Take you pick -- There were several choices and I picked the color challenge-cool colors, blues purples and greens

Products used:

Paper: Co-ordinations Foundations cardstock (dark purple), Neenah Solar white cardstock, SU old olive cardstock, DCWV light purple cardstock, and I don't know what the stripe is.

Accessories: Royal & Langnickel 'Shimmering Violets' rub-ons, Spellbinders Labels 18 & 25, and Fancy Tags 3; Stampin' Up Word Window and Modern Label punch, Ek Success border punch, SU rhinestones, foam dimensionals; Hero Arts All Occasions Messages, Momento Grape Jelly  Ink.

Violets, Take 2

Here is number 2 of the cards made with the Violet rub-ons. These rub-ons are sooo pretty. Hope my cards are doing them justice.

I  will enter this in the following challlenges:

Impression Obsession: Happy Birthday

Tuesday Throwdown: Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create: Anything Goes option of Birthday

Kept this card on the simpler side. These pictures just don't do those violets justice-they are so sparkly in actual life. 

Anyway, here are the products used:

Rub-ons: Royal & Langnickel Shimmering Violets

Papers: SU Lovely Lilac (I think), SU Old Olive, Whisper White, Bazzil Purple

Accessories: Impression Obsession Word dies; Cuttlebug flourish boarder embossing folder, silver border stickers., SU Rhinestones colored with Copic marker V17 Amethyst, foam dimensional squares

Violet Love

I have been challenging myself to use up some of my stash. Right now I am focusing on ALL the rub-ons I have accumulated. And there are LOTS of them. These Lovely Violets are so pretty, and the quality of the rub-on is excellent. I've tried some that it's almost impossible to get them to stick completely.

Even the papers used here are mostly from my scrap bin stash:)

I will enter this in the following  challenges:
Sketch Frenzy Friday: SFF021315 & Craft Hoarders Anonymous: February Challenge - How I Love Thee

Items used:
Papers: background is from a  DCWV Halloween pack; and small blocks are Paper Pizzaz.
Cardstock: SU Whisper White,  DCWV light purple, SU Old Olive and I'm not sure what the dark purple is as was from my scrap bin.
Accessories: Royal & Langnickel 'Shimmering Violets' rub-on; Sizzix 'Love' word die, Spellbinders Labels 25 (white); SB JustRite Nested Oval Medallions; SB Picot Edge Circles, Recollections rhinestones

More of Mr. Hedgie

Well, today we have Mr. Hedgie taking a little relaxing time under the shade of a lovely daisy. I just can't get enough of these little fellows. On a gloomy, snowy winter day they go a long way to cheering me up:)

   

I stamped the Penny Black 'Lazy Days' image with Momento Tuxedo Black on Gina K Pure Luxury white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. I used just the card sketch from the Fusion Card Challenge, which deadline I missed, of course. Anyway, I like the sketch, so that's okay:) He is cut out with Spellbinders Labels One and matted on SU Blackberry Bliss CS cut with SB scalloped labels one. I adhered him to the card base with dimensional foam.

Other items used are:

SU Hello Honey and Lost Lagoon cardstock; SU Moonlight design papers, SU Teeny Tiny Messages,  SU flag punch, & SU Blackberry Bliss Ink.

As well as the Fusion Card challenge I am entering this in the following challenges:

Scarpy Land-Anything goes with any brand die Scrapy Land sells

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge-All Creatures Great and Small, any animal

Addicted to Stamps #131-Anything goes

Operation Write Home Our Daily Bread Monthly challenge- Animals