Card no. 99 - Inky Challenge

Hello there!  It's Wednesday and we have a brand new Challenge for you on the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog - this week it's Flowers. Make sure to enter!

I have used these gorgeous papers by American Crafts (I've been using them a lot lately) and (of course) the super-duper cute Lili's Present stamp.  I colored her with Copics & ProMarkers (with few ShinHans), I added a lot of Sticles & even Glimmer Mist. I did a little 3D layering using foam squares.

I made a banner with my Spellbinders (Nested Pennants & Nested Lacy Pennants) and tied them together with Pink Paisley's Twine - absolutely delish! BTW. The lace is from JoAnn's (they keep it in ribbon-by-the-yard section). Flowers are Prima, the branch is punched out with Martha Stewart punch.

The Front View

I've got my inspiration from the fabulous layout at Sunday Sketch & Stamp Blog - Challenge # 51, City Crafter is celebrating their birthday & what a better challenge than Happy Birthday Cards, Pear Tree Designs is challenging us to use Lace. Yum! BTW - wonderful Mina from PinkPuds has made a card using all these challenges on her blog. I like to "cruze" around the Blogland to search for new challenge blogs - and a lot of ladies use different challenges.

I also added the April Cute & Girly Challenge over at By the Cute and Girly.

The 3D Detail

Enjoy!

Oh, my next card will be my #100, so I think I have to put together some yummy candy.... hmmmmm ....

Card no. 94 - Sweet Lily of the Valley Card

Happy Saturday! For many this is the weekend! For me nothing changes - lol - stay at home mom. :) We also had absolutely crazy week - not busy, but just looong - I've been sick & the kids were eeeextremely whiny (oh, my goodness! that's one thing - and few more lol - that can drive me totally crazy). Anyways, my hubby has to work this weekend (AGAIN!). When I ask if he could stay home he says: "Flu doesn't know weekend, people get sick on the weekend .." and off he goes ... *sigh*

Anywhoo, it's almost midnight - by the time I finish this post it will be past midnight - and I just finished this little baby. Papers are Bazzill Basics & S.E.I. Image is lovely Lily of the Valley stamp and (of course) colored with my ProMarkers & Copics, added a bit of bling with Star Dust Stickles. Gorgeous rosy ribbon is American Crafts (oh, my - love them all) & flowers are from 7kidscollegefund.com - they were white, I just sprayed them with Tattered Angel's Glimmer Mist in Daisy Yellow. Rhinestones are from JoAnn. The finished card was "glimmered up" with Glimmer Mist in Iridescent Gold. I also used Martha's not-so-new-now Cherish Hearts Border punch.

Hope you're having a great day & happy Sunday!

The Front View

The Image Detail

Challenges:

Friday Sketchers - # 142

Cute Card Thursday - Shiny Happy Cards

One Stop Crafts - Birthday Card
City Crafter - Cute stuff

Dutch Dare - Sparkle/Bling

I did it Creations - Bling it up

Papertake Weekly - Putting on the Glitz

I almost forgot the whole purpose of this card - I made this card for Lily of the Valley challenge (plus many more) - which this week is your favorite colors - as some of you know - that's YELLOW (for me) & red. Bright and happy!

ENJOY!

Card no. 88 - Sweet & Simple

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Hope this one will be as good as 2010 or better.

I decided this year, that I will not make any resolutions - I pick a word - a word that should mean something - and live up to that word.

My word for 2011 is "Appreciation".

I even started a "little" diary where I will write (ideally) every day what I appreciate about that day, who & why.

We went to see Cirque du Soleil today and it was FANTASTIC!!! WowZies! Absolutely fantastic. If you've never gone and are thinking about it, it's worth seeing! The acrobats are truly stunning.

Today's card was made yesterday, but I haven't had a chance to upload it, until now. It's very simple and I thank the wonderful Alice from Alice's {Little} Wonderland for the brilliant idea. She is super talented and I juuuust love how beautiful and simple her cards are. Her blog is one of few I visit pretty much daily.

The Front View

I used one of my "never inked" stamps - the beautiful Suzette by Kraftin Kimmie - and colored her with ProMarkers & Copics and sparkled her up with some Punch Stickles & Copic's Spica Glitter Pens. What a fun Stamp!

The Image Detail

These beautiful rose flowers are by Prima and the middle one is from Magnolia-licious received as a gift. Thank you, they are truly beautiful!

The Flower Detail

The paper is plain Kraft paper from Jo-Ann's and I think DCWV (not sure about the collection, though). I sprayed the finished card with Tattered Angels' Glimmer Mist in Gold. Yummy!

The card is for my sister-in-law's 30th Birthday (as you can tell). Happy Birthday Em!

The Inside View

Challenges:

Stamp Something - Glitter (Stickles is glitter, right?)

Simon Says Stamp - Time to Celebrate/Party + optional Glimmer Mist/Glitter

Passion for ProMarkers - Anything goes

ENJOY!!!

Don't forget to leave me a comment, so I can visit your blog too!

Hugs,

Card no. 80 - Joy!

Happy Thursday!!! It's been few days .... I am sorry, but I have A TON of stuff going on at the moment and on top of that my eczema (on my fingers) makes it so painful to do anything with my hands... yikes! Sorry TMI.

I just could not resist and had to share another gorgeous Whiff of Joy stamp - Angel delivering the Christmas Tree. I sparkled her wings and ribbon with Stickles. Delicious! I also used one of the new dies (Mistletoe) to add to my flowers - sooo pretty!

Anyways, I can't type very much, so this will be short and sweet - I sparkled the whole card with Glimmer Mist and made "homemade" buttons to match the papers.

I used the Whiff of Joy's Challenge Blog's theme (#91) - Christmas.

The Front View

The Angel

The Flowers & Mistletoe Die

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, DCWV - The Christmas Stack

Stamps: Whiff of Joy's Angel delivering the Christmas Tree colored with ProMarkers, ShinHan Markers & Ciao Copics, Sentiment by Fiskars

Embelishments: Rhinestones by K&Company, Glimmer Mist, Prima Flowers, Brads, Tile Stickers, Stickles

Tools: Spellbinders' Nestabilities - Scalloped Circles & Circles, Labels no. Fourteen, Whiff of Joy Mistletoe Die, Paper Trimmer, MS Scoring Board, MS Branch Punch, EK Success Border Punch

ENJOY!!!

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Card no. 67 - Yet another Wedding card ...

After looking for THE perfect black ink, I've finally found it. Sweet Melodie from Art from the Heart recommended Memento Ink - and yes! That's it! Works like a charm - no embossing needed. Yipeeeee!!!!

Anyways, today's card is another custom request for a Wedding (and at least one more to make too - by Tuesday). I couldn't find any sketch this week that I'd like to go with, so I just did simple layout - nothing too fancy, but the card turned out pretty cute (I think).

Once again, simple & quick. Used a lot of Stickles and this time I even sprayed it with Glimmer Mist (Iridescent Gold) - so shimmery & yummy! I used my Cricut to cut out that gorgeous Monarch Butterfly and added extra pearls for that extra touch. Done and voilà ...

The Front View

The Image Detail

The Butterfly Detail

The Inside View

The Inside Image View

Cardstock: DCWV Shimmer Stack Cardstock, Tim Holtz's idea-ology (Vintage Shabby)

Stamp: Magnolia's Tilda & Edwin from the Wedding Collection colored with ProMarkers, ShinHan Markers & Ciao Copics

Embelishments: Stickles, Ribbon from JoAnn's, Pearls by KaiserKrafts, Prima Flowers, Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels

Tools: Spellbinders - Label number Four, Cricut, SCAL, MS Branch Punch, MS Lace Punch

ENJOY!

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