Brids of a Feather Special Moments

This card was inspired by today's Inspiration Challenge - IC337 - Red Envelope - at Splitcoaststampers.  The item I chose from the Red Envelope site can be found here: 
Red Envelope.
The bird stamps are from a set called "Birds of a Feather" by See D's Stamps, and the sentiment is a Just Rite stamp.
The tree is done with a Darice embossing folder and sanded on Core'dinations paper.
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Friendly Birch Tree

This card was inspired by the Clean & Simple Challenge - CAS168 - at Splitcoaststampers.  It was a color challenge to use chocolate, green & white or cream. 

The stamp set is Birch Tree Paintings from innovativestampcreations.com. This is one of my favorite stamp sets because it reminds me of my favorite tree in our front yard.  I just love it!  I colored directly on the tree and grass stamps with watercolor markers, huffed and stamped.
 
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Cherry Blossom Birthday Wishes

This card was inspired by the following challenges:
1. Splitcoaststampers Technique Lovers Challenge - TLC371 - Faux Pressed Flowers; and
2. Mojo Monday - MOJO235 - sketch.
The cherry blossom stamp is from Inkadinkadoo. The faux pressed petals were punched from paper. The background papers were dry embossed and sanded on Core'dinations paper.
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Birthday in the Tall Trees

This card is for today's Inspiration Challenge - IC325 - at Splitcoaststampers.

The inspiration piece I chose - shown above - can be found here: http://calgarycraftedgifts.com/metal.htm . I love this beautiful metalwork, and the scene immediately made me think of my tall trees embossing folder. tfl
Also entering this here:
http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - It's a Man Thing;
http://2sisterschallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - anything goes.

Tree of Love

This card is for today's Featured Stamper Challenge - FS262 - Kathy Bradley's (101AIRBORNE) gallery at Splitcoaststampers. What a great gallery she has! Wonderful inspiration! Her card found here - http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1832780?&cat=500&ppuser=213393 was my inspiration for this card.
I used lavender/purple scripted dp for my background instead of black and white, mounted on dk purple cs instead of black, made ticketed corners, dyed white pearls with lavender copics for the corners. Added lavender ribbon from my wedding 5 years ago instead of black. tfl

Also entering this here:

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/ - clean and simple

Dreaming of Spring

This card was inspired by the beautiful picture above that I saw at creaturecomfortsblog.com.

Today's Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use It Challenge - WT360 - was Repetition - so I stamped my cherry blossom branch from Inkadinkadoo repeatedly to make a pretty cherry tree. Dry embossed the blue background, added some SU butterflies with chocolate pearl trim, and white ribbon bow.

The sentiment is Stampin' Up's Because I Care.

The butterflies are to meet a challenge - FBW188 - at flutterbywednesdays, to use butterfly, fairy or angel.

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Welcome to the Neighborhood

This card is for 2 challenges at Splitcoaststampers - TLC362 (Double Vision) and CAS155, inspiration from this picture:

Started out with a barely banana card base, which I dry embossed. Then I used Stampin' Up pastels and cotton ball to color my sunset background on white watercolor paper, then stamped my evergreen trees from Stampin' Up's Plant Hope set in Mellow Moss and Handsome Hunter. Over that is a little house I cut with a cute little QuicKutz die. Drew the "geese" in and popped my window die up over it all. The "Welcome..." sentiment was done on the computer, and inside it says "to the neighborhood!". tfl

Friendship Tree

This card is for 3 challenges:
1. Splitcoaststampers' CAS153 - Sketch;
2. Splitcoastampers' TLC316 - twine; and
3. Color Throwdown Challenge - CTD174 - soft sky, daffodil delight, river rock and soft suede.
First, I used pastels and a cotton ball to make the 3 color blocks, using die cut negatives as stencils. Then I stamped the tree and sentiment from Innovative Stamp Creations' "Birch Tree Paintings" stamp set. Added twine and button, and rounded the outside corners. On the inside, I stamped some grass and butterfly from the same set, and a sentiment which says, "May your day be as bright as mine is when I think of you!", which is from a set of Friendship sentiments I got at Michaels a long time ago...sorry, don't know who made them. tfl

O Christmas Tree IC313 WT351

This card is for Splitcoaststampers' Inspiration Challenge - IC313 - and was inspired by a Christmas ornament by Christopher Radko at

http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/christopher-radko-christmas-ornament-holiday-centerpiece?ID=574583&CategoryID=30599&LinkType=PDPZ1. I started out with the faux letterpress technique used in Thursday's Ways to Use It challenge - WT351...didn't really like the way the background came out, so did a die cut oval topper cuttlebugged with snowflakes ef, colored the raised embossing on the tree and the ornaments. Glossy Accents on the ornaments, stickles on the garland and star, some die-cut snowflakes with rhinestones and a snowflake ribbon. Started out as a simple card, turned into this !!!! hehe...You never know sometimes! tfl

Birthday Snow WT351

This is a birthday card for our nephew, Andy. He moved from Florida to Virginia last year, and since they do get a lot of beautiful sparkly snow in the winter, thought he would like this. For inspiration, I used the Ways to Use It Challenge - WT351 - at Splitcoaststampers - to use faux letter press. I brayered my tree folder with bordering blue ink and ran it through. At first, I was kind of disappointed in the coverage, but for this card, it actually worked to my advantage, as it looks like blowing snow. Then I did the same with the Happy Birthday folder and cut out a part of it for the sentiment. Added torn "snow" and Stickles and it's done. Very sparkly and pretty in real life. tfl

5th Anniversary Card

Today is our 5th Wedding Anniversary, and I made this card for my dh. I used the challenge at Splitcoaststampers to use embellishments we are thankful for - F4A90. Well, I don't know if everyone would consider embossing folders embellishments, but they are one of my favorite things to use on cards. They just add so much texture and interest. I did the embossing and used chalks and copics for coloring. tfl

Autumn Thanks TLC350

This card is for Splitcoaststampers' Technique Lovers Challenge - TLC 350 - No Stamps Allowed. I used my new embossing folder by Darice...LOVE this ef! Embossed it onto Core'dinations cs and sanded, then colored the leaves with watercolor markers. Printed the thank you and did some more dry embossing and chalking. Oh, and the leaf is from a beautiful weeping birch we have out front. tfl

Autumn Thanks

This card was inspired by the above picture from Week 1 inspiration challenge from http://justinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.com/.

I've also drawn inspiration from
Challenge #22 - Embossing and/or 3 or More Layers at http://heartsonginspirations.blogspot.com/. I heat embossed my image and then used watercolor crayons and an aquapainter on them. Stamped the THANKS on the side, added a cute little glittery leaf button with some raffia, and Voila! tfl

Trees of Hope WT340

This card is for today's Splitcoaststampers' Ways to Use It Challenge - WT340 - chalkboard technique. I stamped my image on Night of Navy cs with white ink, then chalked over it with green chalk. I didn't really like the dullness, so I just had to bling it up with "snow" with my diamond Stickles. A few little stars, some gold rhinestones, and now I love it! Hope you do too! tfl

Christmas Wonderland with Deer

This card is for 2 challenges to make Christmas cards:

1. Christmas Card Challenges Week #38 - glittery Christmas card - found here: http://christmascardchallenges.blogspot.com/;

2. Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - CHNC Challenge #34 - found here: http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/.

The card is all done with embossing folders, sanding on whitewashed Core'dinations paper, and Stickles. tfl

Christmas Wonderland F4A78

This card is for today's Free 4 All Challenge - F4A78 - at Splitcoaststampers - to use dry embossing as your main focal point. This is right up my alley, as it is one of my favorite techniques. I used another of my favorite things - core'dinations paper - to emboss the trees and the sentiment, then sanded to bring out the beautiful blue-green color on the back. Added stickles, a piece of wrinkled sparkly ribbon for snow, and there you go! I love the way this came out. Hope you do too!

Priscilla's Tree

What a fun image Priscilla has made and the MMSC99 sketch this week at priscillastyles was perfect for it. You can find this digi at priscillastyles store The color challenge C4C82 at Crazy4Challenges was just right too! I used copic markers to color my image panel and dry embossed chocolate/mint core'dinations for my bg paper. Love this corrugated paper! I love the way this came out, hope you do too.