Another Stately Flowers Card

Hi there!  Hope your week has been good so far!  I'm scrambling a bit to make up for the holiday this week. Before I head out for the afternoon, I'm popping by to share another card I made with Melanie Muenchinger's gorgeous set, Stately Flowers 2.  Melanie was sweet enough to post it on her blog today.  This time I worked with the beautiful goldenrod image.  Each of Melanie's floral sets have such gorgeous and realistic flower images and they pair beautifully with so many different sentiments!

Here is my card:

I made another CAS card to allow the beautiful flowers be the main focal point of the card.  Again, I went to the internet for some inspiration photos to guide mu coloring.  I started with a 5 x 7 card base of Gina K. Designs Heavy Base Weight White.  I cut a piece of Layering Weight White and embossed it with one of the Sizzix Birds & Wreath embossing folders.  I matted this panel with Pure Luxury Wild Dandelion and Grass Green.  I stamped the goldenrod image from Stately Flowers 2 and the butterfly from Melanie's Make A State-ment set with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored them with Copic markers.  It's hard to tell, but I highlighted the flower and butterfly with Spica pens.  I popped up the butterfly and added a green silk bow.  My sentiment is from one of Melanie's earlier sets, Arranged With Love (another fave of mine).

Thank you for stopping by and Melanie, for sharing my card!  Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Timeless Tuesday #151 (and more)

Hi there!  Happy Monday!  I hope you've had a nice weekend!  It was a 3-day holiday weekend here in the US, so it was kind of a busy one for me.  I didn't have much time in the craft room, but I did manage to finish a card I was making for two challenges I like to do: Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #151 (photo inspiration) and The Paper Players #78 (color challenge).

Here is the photo inspiration for the Timeless Tuesday Challenge:

And here is the color inspiration for The Paper Player's Challenge:

Here is my card for the two challenges:

Lucky for me, the colors were very similar for both, so I went with the colors as my inspiration from the Timeless Tuesday photo.  I started with a card base of GKD Heavy Base Weight White which I cut with my Spellbinders Labels One Grand Nestabilities in the Grand Calibur.    I cut a smaller panel of Cryogen White Iridescent with the largest of the regular Labels One Nesties.  I cut a third panel first with the Cheery Lynn FRM15 Lattice #2 die then the same Spellbinders Labels One die so I could layer the lattice over the Labels One diecut.  I stamped the crocus from Flourishes A Year in Flowers 1 set twice with Memento Tuxedo Black onto Cryogen White and colored both flowers with Copics (YG25, YG23, YG21, G21, G20, R14, R22, R20, R00).  I cut out the whole image from one and just the flowers from the other.  The flowers were popped up on foam tape over the base image to add dimension.  I cut a flourish from SU Pear Pizzazz with the Cheery Lynn Tropical Flourish die and layered it on the lattice. The crocus image was popped up on the flourish.  A soft pink May Arts silk bow finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by!  I appreciate your visits and hope to see you again soon!

Calendar Girls Hop With Create With TLC

Good morning!  The moment we've all been waiting for has finally arrived!  It's time to hop with the TLC "Calendar Girls"!  Today, Paulette from Create with TLC is formally introducing the new design team and what better way than with a fun blog hop filled with fabulous creations to inspire you!  But that's not all!  Paulette has generously provided two freebies for you to pick up at every stop on the hop!  If you arrived here from Marsha's awesome blog, you are in the right place.  If not, you'll want to head back to the Create With TLC blog and start the hop from there so you don't miss any of the team's gorgeous creations or the fantastic freebies!

By now, you've seen that each designer is creating projects with a calendar theme.   You will be able to grab calendars for two months at each stop and when you've finished you'll have a full year calendar!

My first month was August:

Here is the card I created:

I went with a vintage style.  My patterned paper is from the GCD Studios Antiquities collection by Donna Salazar.  I added a doily cut with the Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily die. The doily and calendar were rubbed with Viva Decor Old Gold Inka-Gold. A quadruple-loop plum silk bow, a Prima antique rose and a few plum adhesive pearls finished this card.

My second month was December:

Here is my December calendar card:

I kept a similar style for this one as I plan to make a whole year calendar as a gift.  The patterned paper is again from the Antiquities collection.  I added a doily cut from Cheery Lynn's Polynesian Sails Oval die and added a few pewter adhesive pearls to it.  For this card, I also used some other word art from Create With TLC.  These were offered as freebies by Paulette at the end of last year.  I did some sponging with Antique Linen and Tattered Rose Distress Ink.  I rubbed the clock with some Viva Decor Hematite Inka-Gold, then added some Glossy Accents to the clock face, some Gunmetal Stickles to the clock hands and another small pewter pearl.  A triple loop bow of hand dyed seam binding and a Prima vintage button finished my card.

Be sure to pick up your freebies before you go.  Simply right click on the calendar images and save them to your computer.

Your next stop on the hop is the amazing talented Audrey who has something fantastic to share with you!

Have fun hopping and enjoy your calendar freebies!

Oh, and I almost forgot to mention that I used the colors from The Play Date Cafe #114 for my August calendar card.

Here is the PDCC Color Story:

StampTV CSS Alumni Blog Hop

Hi there!  It's me again!  It's time for another StampTV Center Stage Alumni Blog Hop!  This time we have a sketch challenge with a fabulous sketch designed by our very own Melissa Cash!  If you arrived here from Brenda's blog, you are in the right place.  If not, you will want to head back to the StampTV forum and start from the beginning so you don't miss any of the amazing creations the team has to share.

Here is Melissa's sketch:

Here is my take on the sketch:

I started with a 5 x 7 card base of Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight White and layered with Pure Luxury Innocent Pink.  I embossed a layer of Layering Weight White with the Madison Cuttlebug folder.  I stamped the Hawthorn image from Melanie's new set, Stately Flowers 2 onto Cryogen White and colored it with Copics.   I matted it with Innocent Pink cut with the Spellbinders Lacey Squares die.   The sentiment is also from Stately Flowers 2.  It is matted with a tag from Spellbinders Parisian Accents. I added a flourish cut from Fresh Asparagus with the Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die.  I tucked it around the image panel then added a double-loop satin bow with a Prima button in the center.  A few adhesive rhinestones finished my card.

Thanks for stopping by my blog!  Your next stop is the super-talented Cheri's blog.  Be sure to leave a comment on every blog as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (January 17), we will randomly choose one comment from all the blogs and the lucky commenter will win a huge grab bag of fabulous Gina K. Designs stamps!

Have a great weekend!

Card For a Couple of Challenges

Hi again!  I'm back with another quick post because I am going to be busy the rest of the day and I knew I wouldn't get another chance to share a card I made for a few challenges I like to do when I can.  My card is for Sweet Sketch Wednesday #136-73, Craft Your Passion Challenge #92 (mythical creatures) and the Simon Says Stamp Challenge (spots &/or stripes). 

Here is the SSW sketch:

Here is my card for the challenges:

I started with a card base of Papertrey Spring Moss and layered with patterned papers from the Pink Paislee Butterfly Garden 6x6 pad.  The papers had both spots and stripes.  My wonderful image is called Silver Fairy.  She is one of the Wee Stamps by Sylvia Zet.  She can be found as a digi here.  I printed her on Cryogen White Iridescent and colored her with Copic markers. It's hard to see in the photo, but I added a bit of sparkle here and there with Stickles and Spica pens.  I kept my embellishments very simple so the image would be the focal point. I just added some Spring Moss ribbon and two Wild Orchid Crafts roses and that was it. 
Thanks for stopping by again!  There is lots going on for the weekend - a StampTV Center Stage Alumni Blog Hop tonight and the Create With TLC DT Blog Hop tomorrow (January 14, 8:30 AM PST). Hope you'll pop back for both!