Today I have two things to share (and no..there is no baby news, we are done there, LOL!)... First is a card I made for my mom for Mother's Day! She used to stamp and I benefited from her retiring twice :o)
I always tell her anytime she wants to try it again, I will help her pick EVERYTHING out (wink!). I know my mom likes this color combination and she loves birds (she even wants an iPhone so she can look up a bird she sees when she walks) so the CB folder was a must! I just love the Elegant Flowers stamp set from Gina K. Designs. I think it is so easy to use for a wow effect and I obviously can't have enough flower stamps :o) I used my little stampin' spots and colored the edges of the flowers with my Pumpkin Pie marker to create some depth.
I also have some exciting stamping news to share... I am on the
Creative Vision Design Team. It is quite exciting and look forward to creating for this company starting in June. They have a lot of unique clear stamp sets that will be great for both cardmaking and scrapbooking. Be sure to check out their website if you get a chance, you will like what you see. There is a set called Bike Week (think... hogs) that is just too cute! :o)
The colors for this were inspired by the colors in the Tuesday Trigger over on the Moxie Fab Blog. I loved the blue/peach color combo and used some Webster's Pages patterned paper and layered some Delicate Pink Trim with some Crochet Trim. I used the one of the labels from Lovely Labels and the flower and sentiment are both from Elegant Flowers. The edges of the Luxury Ivory cardstock were lightly sponged with Antique Linen Distress ink.
I have to cards to share today that I made from the 2 Sketches 4 You challenge blog. The first one uses Kazan's sketch and the stamp set Fairy Tales. I can't seem to get enough of this adorable frog! I wanted to keep the card simple and used Kraft and Green Apple cardstock as well as some patterned paper from Garden Variety.
...is for the Bonus sketch by Kay Sibley. I used Pure Luxury Ivory, Old Olive (out of Green Apple...boo-hoo), Webster's Pages patterned paper and a variety of stamps (Lovely Labels, Inspiration Mosaic and Elegant Flowers). I think the sentiment is so pretty and it fits perfectly inside of this label from Lovely Labels.
Thanks so much for the sweet comments from yesterday's post. I am very honored to have this opportunity as Guest Designer for Gina K. Designs and can't wait for my box of goodies... It is going to be a GREAT release and have so many ideas already :o)
I used the crackle background stamp and bleach to create a cool background on Green Apple cardstock. I love the yellow that popped up as a result of the bleaching...it just tied the colors together so well from the focal image. I used the beautiful butterfly from Hope is Faith as well as Bold Flowers and Elegant Flowers for this card. 
Leigh Ann has combined a group of girls called Sketch Girls and twice a month we will share cards made with our interpretation of the sketch. She has formed her own sketch blog HERE and will be keeping a list of the sketches we do each month. If you are like me and need a starting point with creating a card, this is your go~to place! Here is the card I came up with:
