Flower in Adversity WT262 MMSC45

Today's card is for 2 challenges:

1. Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use It Challenge - WT262, to make a card of encouragement and send it out today; and

2. Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge - MMSC45.

I used more of my homemade flowers and background paper that I made by cutting flowers with the Cricut and scattering them on white cs and spraying with 2 colors of Shimmer Mist. The background is cuttlebugged with one of my Asian embossing folders and the sentiment is computer generated. tfl

Flowery Get Well CC262 TLC264

This card is for Splitcoaststampers Color Challenge - CC262, and Try a New Technique Challenge - TLC264. I stamped the flower and colored it with Shimmers and stamped the sentiment. Cut out with Nesties, cut another scalloped oval and cuttlebugged it with Swiss Dots. Cuttlebugged my homemade DP with the Birds and Swirls folder. The DP was made by scattering flowers cut with my Cricut over a piece of white cs and spraying with Shimmer Mist. I used the Cricut flowers themselves for the center of my flower. tfl

Dragonfly in Lace WT259

This card is for Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use It Challenge - WT259 - to use lace or something that reminds you of lace on your project, found here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=481715. The image is digital, the lace cut out with my cricut and cuttlebugged, background cuttlebugged. The panel in back of the lace is one that my friend, Amy, and I made quite a while ago with alcohol inks.

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Oriental Red Birds OSA Layout#37

This card is for Oriental Stamp Art Yahoo group's Layout Challenge #37. The frame is digital, accented by gold paint pen. The gold panel is cricut using the Storybook cartridge and colored with gold ink then outlined with Bic Mark-It in dark brown. The bird panels are digital from Dover Publishing printed on blue cs and then colored with Bic Mark-It markers. The background paper is DCWV Far East stack. tfl

Christmas Angel for Mom MMSC19

This is a Christmas card for my Mom-in-law. She loves angels and when I saw a card made with this stamp the other day, I just knew I had to get it. The whole set is just beautiful! It's by Inkadinkadoo. I used the layout from this week's Midnight Madness challenge (MMS19) found here: http://priscillastyles.blogspot.com/2009/09/midnight-madness-week-19-mmsc19.html. tfl

Fun with Amy

Amy & I got together Friday and Monday and had fun making 3 cards and a post-it note holder/pen combo. Here they are. tfl

Dragonfly Dreams SC242

This card is for Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge (SC242). Most of the background papers were different background techniques done with my stamping friend, Amy. The #3 panel is cricut and the leaves are diecuts sprayed with Shimmers and veins added with Shimmering Pearls and stickles. The panel that the dragonfly is sitting on was a piece of a demo done by a lady at CHA. tfl

Leaves of Peace (CAS28) and Pots of Gold (TLC234)

The top card is for Splitcoaststampers Clean and Simple Challenge (CAS28), to make a masculine card. I love this new stamp I got at CHA. I stamped the leaf multiple times on glossy white cs and heat embossed. Sorry that blogger turned it sideways. Jeesh.

The bottom card is for Splitcoaststampers Technique Lovers Challenge (TLC234), gold leaf pen resist. I used my gold metallic paint pen and a stencil I created with my cricut. The other gold panel is a botched attempt at faux metal...knew it would come in handy for something...lol. I used glimmer mist for the bg for the flowers.

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Bird Song CC225

This card is for SCS Color Challenge (CC225), using kraft, so saffron and night of navy. I love this sentiment! tfl

Blue Daze SC232 CTD46

This card is for 2 challenges:

Splitcoaststampers Sketch Callenge (SC232) http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=441977 ;

Color Throwdown (CTD46) http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/.

I painted the white border made with my Cricut with gold Blingz, and heat embossed the flower for some shimmer.

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Timeless Midnight Serenity MMSC4

This is a card I made last night for 2 challenges:

Midnight Madness (MMSC4) at http://priscillastyles.blogspot.com/ for the sketch;

and Fluorishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC18), using frames at http://www.flourishesnewsletter.blogspot.com/

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Spring Thoughts CC215, Caardvarks

Today, I combined challenges: SCS CC215 color challenge, and Caardvarks "Trees A Crowd" challenge. I cut multiple tree branch images with my Cricut using the Storybook cartridge, piled them up to make a tree. Then I stamped a tree trunk from a SeeD's set and paper-pieced it all together, using markers to make it all come together. I also did some chalking around the tree with gray chalk. I then used pink stickles to make little pink blossoms on the tree. On the side, I placed a brad in the middle of that section and wrapped silver cording around it. The background paper and the tree trunk are made of recycled wallpaper samples. Hope you like it. tfl

Thinking of You SKEEM IC176

Here is my card for today's SCS Inspiration Challenge (IC176), using the website SKEEM for our inspiration. I was inspired by this piece: http://www.skeemshop.com/SkeemShop/product_detail.cfm/c/42/product/Sea%20Spray. Used my cricut to make the little black fluorish and rub-ons for the white flowers. tfl

Birdsong, WT214

Here is my submission for SCS Ways to Use It Challenge (WT214), using a frame on your card. My frame is my birdcage cut from my cricut. I used wallpaper samples for the cage and the background paper inside and out. I stamped the little bird and set him on the pirch. Brads in the silk flowers, and voila! tfl

Flowers for A Lovely Lady

I created this card today for my husband's aunt, who is a lovely lady and just turned 99 years old in Lockport, NY. I used today's SCS TLC215 challenge for the layout and the colors from STVCC7. Inside it will simply say "We love you very much, Aunt Ang!".

I cut the flower pot , the little garden stake and the flowers out with my cricut and Walk In A Garden cartridge and cuttlebugged and stamped them. I used a mesh background stamp on the biggest flowers, and just stamped the pad directly onto the centers. I used some leaves from a little bucket of bubble bath flowers and put little dots of stickles on them for dew drops.

I like the way this came out. Hope you like it too. tfl

Good Luck WT209 & ST PATRICK

Well, today must be my lucky day!!! While waiting for today's SCS Ways to Use It Challenge (WT209), I made this card for my mil, who is having cateract (sp?) today. Then I came back to check and today's challenge was to make a card with green!!! YEAH!!! I'm also entering a pic of the inside. Of course, I will write a little personal note inside, but wanted to show this since it is the only rubber stamping on the card. The cover is made with a cricut design studio file done by Capadia of Capadia Designs http://capadiadesigns.blogspot.com/. I love her work, and the fact that she shares it with all of us. tfl

Valentines

Here are some valentines I made today. tfl

CC203

These are my entries for SCS Color Challenge CC203, garden green, baja breeze and pacific point. I started out with version 1 with the patterned paper on the bottom, and my dh stopped by to get his work phone and said he thought it would look better without the patterned paper on the bottom, so...since I wasn't really sure myself, I took it off and replaced it with a sentiment. Still not sure...what do you think? Sorry about version 2 being sideways...sometimes Blogger does this and I can't seem to change it. Jeesh!! tfl

Good Friends- Good Shoes FS100

Here is my entry for SCS Featured Stamper Challenge (FS100). The card I cased is here: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/ga...amp;ppuser=362

I changed the layout from landscape to portrait, used a different stamp, and weaved ribbon on the side of my scalloped base card that I cut with my cricut, using cricut design studio. I also cuttlebugged the edge.

I photographed it next to a framed pic that my sister, Kat, sent me for Christmas. I think they go great together, don't you? tfl

Anniversary in the Islands CC196

Well, I had started the components in Design Studio for my Cricut for this card last night, as I needed an anniversary card for my sister. This morning I found out she is going to Antigua for her anniversary, hence the cuttlebugged waves on top. Not necessarily the direction I would have taken originally, but I wanted to follow today's color challenge too, so...but, I do like the way it came out. No stamping on the card, but I did stamp a pretty heart on the envelope. tfl