Color Challenge

Hi! Today's card is for the color challenge on spiltcoast yesterday. I really love these colors together - Baja Breeze, Soft Suede and Perfect Plum! I used the Fabulous Florets set again. I stamped one flower in Perfect Plum, then I stamped it again to get the lighter color small flower. The Soft Suede piece is also stamped with one of the flowers from Fabulous Florets and then I sponged the edges. The background is from the Greenhouse Gala designer series and I sponged that piece as well. The ribbon is some purple satin ribbon I had (not SU!). I really like how this came out. I definitely plan on using these colors again. Today is supposed to be nice and sunny, finally! Too bad I'm stuck inside at work all day. Let's just hope we have some of this sun over the weekend! Have a nice day!

I'm back with some pics and a card!

Hello everyone! I am back from our wonderful vacation to Costa Rica. We had a great time! The weather was really nice for us there. It was pretty hot and it did rain a little bit but not until around 4 or so in the evening. Which was fine because they we would relax a bit and get ready before dinner. We were told that we were very lucky to see the volcano so clear. Almost everyday we could, at some point, see the whole volcano clearly. It was so cool! We did a bit of relaxing while we were there but we also did some adventurous things like white water rafting, canyoning down the waterfalls and a hike through the national park. I've posted a few pics below, after the details of today's card.



Now on to today's card. While I was away, I got the Fabulous Florets set. I caved and ordered ANOTHER flower set that I didn't think I needed. But of course, I did need it. I made this card for my mother-in-law's birthday that was over the weekend. I CASED the layout from here. Everything else I changed. I used the rock and roll technique for the flowers using Peach Parafait and Poppy Parade. I don't know if you can tell in the photo but I also cut out the centers of the flowers and popped them up on dimensionals. The leaf is stamped in Wild Wasabi. I added a strip of Daffodil Delight cardstock with Daffodil Delight ribbon. Then I added another strip of Pumpkin Pie cardstock that I used the lattice texture embossing folder on. I also punched out a couple of Crumb Cake circles to layer on the Crumb Cake background. I hope you like today's card. I think its fun and bright.
Here are a few photos from vacation. Enjoy!

a lizard in the trees near our room


our balcony


hiking in the national park


the view from the resort


white water rafting


cayoning

Another Sneak Peek

Hello! I have another sneak peek from On the Grow. I used the flower image again from the set. I have been in a coloring mood lately and I just love coloring these flowers. I am doing a swap with about 30 ladies so I used this set for my swap. You'd think I'd be tired of coloring this image 30 times but surprisingly not so much. Once all the ladies receive their swap, I'll post it here. In the meantime, you'll just have to check out today's card. I did a card for Easter to give to my mom. Easter isn't a holiday that you would normally send cards for but I use any occasion to send a card. I stamped the Pink Pirouette piece with the Dot, Dot, Dot stamp and sponged it. Then I stamped the Soft Suede piece with the top portion of the flower stamp in versamark and sponged that as well. I used markers to color in the flowers. I added some pearls to the flowers and added Old Olive ribbon. I love how this came out and I love these colors together. Enjoy!

On the Grow - Scooter

TGIF!! I am so glad it's Friday and the weekend is about to start. I just hope the day goes fast today. We have a wedding to attend tomorrow and then hopefully some relaxation on Sunday. Although I have a million things to do around the house like cleaning and what not. But that is just not fun! Today's card is another sneak peek from the summer mini. It's another image from the On the Grow set. I originally got this set for the flower image that I posted the other day but I think I like the bike too. It's different than most of the other stamp sets I have. I stamped the bike in Stazon, then I colored it in with various markers. It's hard to tell in the photo but the bike seat is cut out and popped up on dimensionals. I stamped the Dot, Dot, Dot stamp on the Soft Suede background. The DSP is from the Greenhouse Gala collection. I then added some Baja Breeze seam binding and a red button. The white bow on the red button is also a sneak peek. It's the new bakers twine from the summer mini. The twine was actually much softer than I thought it was going to be but it was great to work with. I hope you like today's card. Have a great weekend!

Sneak Peek - On the Grow

Wow, it's been quite a while since I've posted. I haven't been doing anything crafty lately. I've been feeling out of the crafty loop. The creative juices haven't been flowing. I even got some new things last week and didn't have any desire to use them... I know, crazy right?!?! But I decided last night that I need to sit down and try to get back into it. So for not doing anything for almost 2 weeks, I think this card came out ok. I used a new set that will be in the Summer Mini which comes out May 1st. The set is called On the Grow. The flower and sentiment are from that set. It's hard to tell in the photo but the 2 flowers with pearls on them are popped up on dimensionals. I used my blender pens and markers to color everything in. Then I gave everything a vintage look with some sponging. I used the damask image from Bliss on the main image panel and on the Concord Crush piece (you can't really see it in the photo). I used the music notes wheel on the Crumb Cake background. Then I finished things off with some Early Espresso tafetta ribbon. I hope you like it!