Mushrooms

I tried the no line watercoloring on this image from Unity Stamp Co. I inked it with Crushed Curry, then colored with Daffodil Delight alcohol markers. Two Letraset ProMarkers were used for the sage color.

I was inspired by Unity's Show and Tell facebook color challenge to use Sage and Mustard. I added a background stamp to the card base and looped linen thread held in place with glue dots. The sentiment was die cut with an Elizabeth Crafts label.

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Love Without Limits

Today starts a new Color Challenge at Splitcoast Stampers! We are to use Sahara Sand, Crumb Cake, and Crisp Cantaloupe.

I've used this floral image and sentiment from Unity Stamp Co. monthly kit. The flower is colored with ink, and a blender pen onto shimmery White card stock. With the large size of the image and sentiment, I only added a few extra embellishments to keep the focus on them.

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Spring Green

I made this card to join the challenge for Double D's. They have a pretty green color board for inspiration.

I love the fresh, clean look of green and white. Makes me think of everything that comes with Spring! I took at least 5 photos of my card, and just couldn't capture all the greens correctly. My card is much brighter in real life.

The floral image is from the Butterfly Basics Stampin Up set. After stamping, I took a lighter ink and the blender pen to color it in just a little. Then added some Wink of Stella to it.

The sentiment is from the SO this is Love Unity kit, and is punched and surrounded with ribbons and green rhinestones.

Thank you for taking the time to visit, have a creative day!

Bingo Color Challenge

A new color challenge has been posted for this week at Splitcoast Stampers, and it is a super fun one! There is a bingo color board. You get to choose which row of colors to use, and this time there is a prize to be won!! Go check it out, and play along with us!

The colors I've chosen are the four corners, Strawberry Slush, Pear Pizzazz, Soft Suede, and Soft Sky. The pretty designer paper, Love Blossoms, from Stampin Up has close enough colors to the board, so I showed it off by making a multiple layered card.

The sentiment comes from a Unity kit called Undeniably You. I wanted a larger sentiment panel to break up the patterned layers. A few soft sky candy dots added in the blues.

That's all for me today....thank you for visiting, and have a great day!!

Easter is on it's way!

Today I've made a diorama card using a stamp set I received from Joy Clair called Easter Eggs.

I'm joining in the monthly Joy Clair challenge, which they want you to follow this picture board.

I stamped, colored, and fussy cut the chickie and eggs to use as the diorama background. Added a little fringed grass with my scissors. The front was decorated with a few different punched shapes, and the sentiment that comes with the stamp set. Here is another angle of the card:

Joy Clair featured me on their blog last Friday. We were out of town with no internet service, so I got quite a surprise come Monday morning!! They also sent me this stamp set for free. I was/am just so tickled about the whole thing :) Here is the link to my featured post if you'd like to check it out.

Thank you for visiting, and Thank you Joy Clair for the stamp set and challenge!

Birthday Celebration

 I'm joining in the monthly Paper Smooches challenge, which is Birthday's. I've chosen the Best Buds stamp set, and stamped, colored, and fussy cut the floral banner image. Alcohol markers were used to color it in. Then stamped the sentiment which is curved to fit the banner.

I also used the PS duo 1 die as a backdrop for the image, keeping white on white for a clean look. A little matching twine was all that I needed for an embellishment.

I am also sending this to the Paper Smooches guest designer search as well.

Thanks so much for visiting!

Color Challenge Guest Designer

Today starts the new month of color challenges at Splitcoast Stampers, and I have been asked to be a Guest Designer. Here is my first card.

The colors to use this week are Real Red, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, and Wild Wasabi. The dessert option is to add floss, ribbon or twine. The link for this week's challenge is here.

I've used a Joy Clair stamp set called Paisley Bouquet. I stamped the wrong side of the flower image first to give it a solid background, then stamped the right side with the darker ink. I also made a mask for the one flower so it wouldn't stamp over each other.

The frames were made with the ovals framelits, and I wrapped some twine around the red one, which is popped up with dimensionals. The card base is stamped with the SU woodgrain background stamp, and I added a few candy dots and rhinestones. The flower centers also have some Wink of Stella on them, but it may not show well in the photo.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set, and I punched it out and attached it to the top. If you'd like to join in this week, click the link above!

Thank you for visiting today!