STV Challenge - Case the DT Cathy

I made this for the Stamp TV Free For All Friday - Case the DT Cathy challenge from last Friday which is Cathy!  Love her style and I went back in the archives and picked this one from 2009.  Love her card and was inspired to create one just like it using the same set, A Year of Flowers.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

CP125

A quick card to share that I made using the Card Patterns 125 sketch.  I wanted to keep it more simple and combined it with Suzanne's Mix It Up Monday challenge ~ Monochromatics on Stamp TV.  I used A Year of Flowers, Pressed Flowers and the sentiment is from Stenciled Spring.

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Blessings,

Pressed Flowers SG13

When I saw this sketch I thought some flowers lined up would be perfect and what better set than the new Pressed Flowers (which by the way goes perfectly with A Year of Flowers). I love two-step stamping and stamped the flowers first in Pretty in Pink ink and the outline using Memento Dandelion. The center of each flower was just perfect for some buttons so threaded with some pale pink organdy ribbon, tied in a knot and adhered with a glue dot. I used the GKD colors Innocent Pink, White and Lemon Drop for this card and the patterned paper is more of that gorgeous Webster's Pages.

We sure would like it if you played along. Here is the sketch:
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Be sure to stop by the other sketch girls designers for even more inspiration with this fabulous sketch! The Sketch Girls: Annie, Julie, Alyssa, Harriet, Tiffany, Randee, Bonnie, Amber, Katie, Jessica, Sara, and our Guest Designer Amy
Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!
Blessings,



Card Deets ~
Stamps: Pressed Flowers and A Year of Flowers
Cardstock: Innocent Pink, Lemon Drop, White and Webster's Pages Post Card from Paris/Sweet as Cherry Pie 6x6 pad
Ink: Pretty in Pink, Memento Dandelion
Accessories: Fancy Tags, Border Punch, Buttons, Pink Organdy, Fancy Tags

Tuesday Trigger/Olympic Challenge

I made this for two challenges over on Moxie Fab...the Tuesday Trigger and the Olympics of Stamping Challenge and made this Thinking of You card. I used the stamp sets Lovely Labels, Pressed Flowers, A Year of Flowers and a sentiment from the Eclectic Summer STV kit. I love the yellow, black, and kraft combo and am ready for spring!
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Blessings,



Card Deets ~
Stamp: Lovely Labels, Pressed Flowers, A Year of Flowers and a sentiment from the Eclectic Summer STV kit
Cardstock: Black, Kraft, Ivory and Basic Grey June Bug
Ink: Memento Black, Dandelion and London Fog
Accessories: Jumbo Black Brads, Gingham Ribbon, Label 4 Nesties,

Sketch Challenge on STV

I am so excited to be the hostess for the sketch challenges over on Stamp TV for the next 3 months. I hope you can join us and create a card using this sketch....if so, you will be entered to win a stamp set of your choice valued at $24.95 or less!


I made two projects using this sketch. The first is a card and since December is so busy, I want to keep the sketches themselves CAS (Clean and Simple), but obviously my card is FAR from it! I ended up layering and layering..and didn't know when to stop, LOL!

The next project I have to share today is a scrapbook page I made using this same sketch. These pictures are from our recent vacation out in the mountains of Virginia. We always work in a hike or two when we are anywhere near the Blue Ridge Mountains.


I do hope you can join us over on STV, you can find all of the details for this week's challenge HERE.

**Personal news...We did manage to decorate our Christmas tree on Tuesday night, but sadly all three kids are battling colds! :o( I am just thankful it is nothing more than a virus and look forward to them feeling better! Thanks so much for stopping by and I do hope you have a wonderful day!
Blessings,



Card Deets:
Stamps: A Year of Flowers, Holiday Cheer STV Kit
Cardstock: Rocket Red, White and Basic Grey June Bug
Ink: Versamark, Real Red and Pink Pirouette
Accessories: Nesties, Brads, White EP, Basic Grey Bling

Scrapbook Page Deets:
Stamps: Happy Camper,
Cardstock: Soft Sand, Chocolate Kiss and unknown dp
Ink: Creamy Caramel, Memento Rich Cocoa, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Brads

Single Sunflower

I hope you had a great weekend.  I sure did...I took over the kitchen table and stamped like mad at every opportunity I got.  I am pleased with quite a bit I made and look forward to sharing :o)

I made this card for a fun Sketch Challenge over on Stamp TV and even combined it with the Potluck Friday challenge which was to use sunflowers on a project.  I love the big sunflower from Melanie's stamp set A Year of Flowers and stamped it with Memento Black and colored it with my Copics.  I don't have the exact yellow I wanted, but created a more subdued yellow by combining it with a caramel Copic.  The designer paper I used is Basic Grey June Bug, which I LOVE...I almost didn't buy this one, but so glad I did.  I love red/yellow together and find this card quite cheerful and I don't generally like bold brights colors and patterns, but this I *love*.  It just makes me smile :o)

Well, I have a busy day here.  It is the first day of VBS this week and I am teaching the 4 year olds.  I haven't done this age group in years and have some fun things planned and look forward to working with them.  By the time I come home, my youngest will go down for a nap and maybe, just maybe I can stamp some more. 

A Year of Flowers Scrapbook page

I have really enjoyed using A Year of Flowers the past few days.  I knew this set would be perfect for the scrapbook sketch challenge over on StampTV.  Erika Martin comes up with the best sketches each week and I look forward to getting my GKD stamps all inky.  If I can create scrapbook pages using stamps, I am one happy stamper!  

I made this using the beautiful large flower inked in Regal Rose. Then I also stamped the flower using Regal Rose Craft Ink onto some scrap pieces so I could cut them out and pop them up on dimensionals (with an added button of course!).  The leaves were stamped on Certainly Celery scraps and I used glue dots to adhere them to the back of the flowers.  This is a page I am really tickled with how it turned out...  These photos were taken about a year ago when my youngest was a newborn.   My oldest just loved cuddling with her youngest brother...he is too busy to cuddle for long now though! *~*

Check back early tomorrow morning...(as in early, early) for my sneak peek of a new Gina K. Designs stamp set to be released Thursday night!   Have a great day!

A Year of Flowers Blog Hop

Melanie has A Year of Flowers Blog Hop going on her blog through tomorrow.  All you have to do is create a project using the stamp set A Year of Flowers and post a link on Mr. Linky.  You can find all of the details on her blog.   It ends tomorrow and the winner will receive the new stamp set she has coming out this week.  Knowing Melanie and her designs, it will be AMAZING!  I created two cards and had a hard time deciding between the two so am just going to post them both *~*. 

Brocade Blue Floral

I love the clean layout of this card. The flowers from A Year of Flowers were stamped on Brocade Blue cardstock and then highlighted with a blue Copic. Afterwards I paper pieced them into position and was able to go over the edge so didn't have to be so careful about cutting the image. Trust me, I learned that from many mistakes ;o))

Have a great day!

Pink Tulip

I am rather drawn to using the stamp set A Year of Flowers lately and used the colors Wild Wasabi and Regal Rose for this card. I stamped the Tulip flower with Regal Rose Craft Ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder to give it a nice edge and colored it in with Copics. The background Wild Wasabi panel was put through the CB Stylized Flowers folder. I thought it needed a little something and this gave it the effect I was looking for. It is a busy day here so need to get to it. Have a great day!

Floral Trio

I made this card using the stamp set A Year of Flowers for the Color Challenge on StampTV. The challenge was to combine green and pink and we could use any shades of those colors we wanted to. I decided to use a favorite color combination: Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery. I colored the flowers with Koh-i-Noor pencils and blended it with Goo Gone. I also went over each flower with Clear Embossing Glaze.

We enjoyed Easter yesterday and I am already looking forward to scrapbooking some of the photos we took from our day. Just need to get them to to photo lab! Have a great day!

STV Color Challenge

Earlier this week I had the chance to do a Color Challenge from StampTV which was to use the colors Lavender Lace and Old Olive. I inked up my new A Year of Flowers stamp set and colored it with Koh-i-Noor pencils. I believe this is a pansy (I am not up on horticulture at all so forgive me if I am mistaken) and thought it would be perfect for this color challenge.
The background on the Old Olive layer was stamped with a leaf and also the Canvas BG from SU.

The past two days have been busy... It turns out another one of my children decided to get sick :o) Honestly, I don't think we have made it a straight two weeks this year without someone getting a virus or other illness. Any free time I have had this week has been in geared towards organizing my craft area. I bought some craft cubes from Michael's and have been trying to organize my *chaos*...it is quite an endeavor I assure you!
Have a great day!