Sunflower Sympathies

Good afternoon friends!
I have kind of gotten away from Christmas cards a bit, too give you all a break, lol. I made my first every sympathy card and thought I would share it with you today. The image is by Gingerloft Digi Stamps and can be purchased from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps. It is a very pretty image and I totally enjoyed colouring it.
Here is today's card:

Front of card

 

Close-up of butterfly and dragonfly

 

Inside of card

 

Card Recipe:

Image - Gingerloft Digi Stamps

Medium - CTMH watercolour pencils

Ink - CTMH 'Garden Green'

Cardstock - Recollections

Patterned Paper - HOTP

Ribbon - Offray

Buttons - Recycled 

Punched Die-cut - Label punch from Stampin' Up

Sentiment - Stitchy (owner of Stitchy Bear Digi Stamps)

 

 I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Lollipop Crafts - #87 Anything Goes
The Crafty Pad - #184 To Die For
The Paper Shelter - #78 Anything Goes
Forever Friends - #43 Anything Goes
Addicted To Stamps - #37 Recycle Something (buttons are from a blouse)
The Crazy Challenge - #127 Anything Goes
Fat Pages and Cards With Attitude - #21 Anything Goes/Music
ATC's With Attitude - #21 Anything Goes
Sketchy Colours - #127 Sketch

 

Make My Monday - Colour Wheel Challenge - Week 5 Split Complimentary Colours

 

 

Thanks so much for popping by today to see my card. Come back tomorrow for another card I will be sharing.

Hugs xo

Sparkling Snowman Card

Good Evening!
Tonight I want to share another Christmas card with you. I have made a snowman card with lots of glitter and sparkle goodness. Its also an easel card. I am in love with this style but am anxious to try a criss-cross card; very soon! But, I digress, lol. Back to tonight's card. I made this card in my favourite Christmas colour combination - blue and silver :). My Christmas ornaments are all in these colours with a few pink ornaments thrown in.
There are 2 challenges running this week that just went hand in hand together so this card is being submitted to:
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - June Theme "Snowman"

The Squirrel and The Fox - Challenge #20 Make It Sparkle
Papertake Weekly - Bingo (ribbon, gems & punches)
The Crazy Challenge - CCH #122 A Recipe: Use atleast 3 of the following items Ribbon/Twine, Gems/Pearls, Dies/Punches
Robyn's Fetish Challenge Blog - Challenge #112 Anything Goes
ATC's and Cards With Attitude - CHALLENGE 16 ANYTHING GOES

Sketchy Colors - Challenge #122 Sketch

Here is my card for these challenges:

Fully Open

 Close-up of top section

See how the ribbon sparkles?

 Close-up of bottom section

Here you can see how the snowflakes sparkle

View from the side to show dimension

Card closed up

Supplies I Used:

Cardstock - Recollections

Patterned Paper - DCWV

"Snow Friends" stamp set - CTMH

Punches - Martha Stewart "Aspen Snowflake" PATP and Paper Shapers "Snowflake" punch

Silver Ribbon - Offray

Rhinestones - Michael's

"Moonstruck" (blue) ink - CTMH

For the silver snowflakes, I punched them from Bee Creative 2-sided tape sheets and attached them to snowflakes punched from cardstock. I then covered them with "Silver" Glitter Ritz and added the blue rhinestone.

The falling snowflakes are made with glue and Glamour Dust. I also added Glamour Dust all around the outside edge of my snowman and the outer edge of my sentiment.

The snow on either side of my snowman was made with Flower Soft.

My snowman was coloured with the following Copics: B02, R24, R29 & YR07.

That is my post for today. Thanks so much for stopping by to look at my card. Leave a comment for me and I will comment back; follow me and I will follow you too! I am off the have a look at some of your cards now :)

Hugs xo

Blue, Turquoise & Green Birthday Card

Whew!

I can't believe I actually got this card made, posted (sort of) and linked on time for the Sketchy Colours Challenge #117. I did not realize that their challenge ended in the middle of the afternoon for me. This is the fastest card I have made in a very long time lol. There are a couple of other challenges that I want to submit this card to, just as soon as I catch my breath and tidy up my scrap area a bit.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
Sketchy Colours Challenge #117 -  Blue, Turquoise & Green
Stamptacular Sundays: Challenge #163: Butterfly Kisses!
The Ribbon Carousel:  RCC53 - Gettin' Sketchy with Debbie Carriere
Pile It On:  #20 - Clean and Simple
Simon Says Stamp:  Clean & Simple

Well, I am exhausted and my neck is very sore so I am heading off to bed for some rest. I will be back tomorrow to list the supplies I used to make today's card Thanks for stopping by to visit. Goodnight & sweet dreams.
Hugs xo

A Mother`s Day Card

I finally got another card made! Only 1 more left to make for a Mother and I will be ready for Sunday.

One of the challenges I chose to work with this week is Card Makin`Mamas Challenge 44 - Spring Photo Challenge. Their photo this week caught my attention immediately. Here it is:

This cake looks so yummy. The inspiration I took from this picture is the colours and flowers.

Sketchy Colours had a sketch challenge for us this week. Here is the sketch Marianne designed and gave us for inspiration:

Here is my card:

I just love my Sara Kay stamps and decided to use Zoe Gazing at the Butterfly as my image. I coloured her with the following Copics: B02, B06, B12, E31, E33, G02, R000, RV19, RV23, V12 and Y06. other than the copic paper for my image, all of the other paper is Hot Off the Press. The flowers are Prima and the ribbon is Offray. I used a doily again which is Wilton. I decided to try adding paper leaves with my flowers so I cut them out on my cricut using the Reminisce Accents cartridge and CTMH green cardstock. The gems in the centers of my flowers and up the right hand side of my card are from my stash as is the pink butterfly.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Card Makin Mamas - Challenge 44 - Spring Photo Challenge

Sketchy Colours - Sketchy Colors #116

Addicted To Stamps - mother's day (card for a woman)

Dream Valley -Challenge 31 - For a Special Lady

Paper Sundaes #119 - Mother's Day

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - May Challenge # 10 - Blossoms and Butterflies

Well folks, thats it for me tonight. Thank you so much for stopping by to have a peak at my newest card.

Hugs xo