Flowers for Fab Friday

There are so many challenge blogs out there and I've kind of developed an addiction to challenges.  Even though I can't play in many off them, I still have to peek and hope to find time to play with some of my favorites.  Most of the time I do play along with them....in my head, but don't always get it to paper. 

I found a new challenge a few weeks ago.  It's called Fab Friday.   I don't think I'd ever actually entered a card in this challenge, unless they can read my mind (and I really hope nobody can).  But I think I've got one for this challenge.  It helps that it's an every other week challenge.  Here's the sweet sketch.

I used the Spring Garden Bundle from the new Spring Catalog.  It has stamps and dies that all work together.  I used just one of the flowers from this set.

I couldn't find a color challenge that struck my fancy so I used some of my favorite colors, Rich Razzleberry and Marina Mist.

I stamped a second Razzleberry flower on scrap and die cut it.  I die cut another scrap of white to put behind it to give it more body and mounted it with Stampin' Dimensionals.  The leaves were cut and sponged a bit for definition.  A trick I learned from my talented friend Loll!  She does such beautiful work!

The faux "flowersoft" is made by rubbing 2 Styrofoam balls together and collecting the rubbings in a sandwich bag.  A couple drops of re-inker makes it any color you want.  I add it to the center of the flowers with Crystal Effects.

All Supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps: Secret Garden, Curly Cute

Ink:  Marina Mist, Rich Razzleberry, Certainly Celery

Paper:  Marina Mist, Whisper White

Other:  Secret Garden Framelits, Little Leaves Sizzlits, Faux "Flowersoft" (homemade), Crystal Effects, Stampin' Dimensionals

I'm so glad you stopped by.  And thanks so much for your kind comments.  I read and treasure every one.

Enjoy!

Happy Anniversary Darnell

A very special friend  is celebrating her wedding anniversary today.  And a few of us wanted to let her know how special she is to all of us.  So Happy Anniversary, Darnell (and Kevin too).   May you have many more wonderful years together.  Mwahh!

Darnell recently posted a wedding picture and some of the gals thought it would be fun to dig out our wedding pictures to post.  Hubby and I eloped and don't have any pictures.  I wore hot pants, he wore Levi's.   We didn't have much of a honeymoon either.  We got married on a Friday and he started a new job on Monday.  On Tuesday he had to leave to cruise timber in the Dismal Swamp for several weeks.  My first week of married life was spent with my MIL and SIL.  The second and third weeks I stayed by myself with about a million ants that decided they wanted to move in with me.  He got to spend all 3 weeks with snakes and mosquitoes.   I was a New England girl in North Carolina and totally lost.  But I was blessed with wonderful neighbors that looked out for me.  And really glad when hubby could come home to stay.  Ah, the good old days.

I imagine that's more than  you stopped by for.  So here's the card information.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe
Stamps:  Loving Thoughts
Ink:  Encore Silver
Paper:  Whisper White
Other:  Silver EP, Lace Ribbon Border (retired but still available on the Clearance Rack), White Satin Ribbon (retired), Basic Rhinestones, Silver Cord (from my gift wrap stash)

This card was super quick until I decided to add the silver cord with the satin ribbon.  It took longer to tie the knot (pardon the pun) than it did to make the rest of the card.  It made the card a little more special so it was worth the time.

I hope you'll go visit Darnell.  You'll see why we all love her.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

Sympathy Sketch

Sadly, I needed a sympathy card.  And the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch! looked like a good place to start.

Here's the sketch   

I used the perfect colors from the Paper Players Challenge

Edited to add that I'm going to take this over to the CCEE Stampers challenge to do a Sympathy card.

And here's the card...

The door's getting ready to close at the sketch challenge so I'd better skedaddle and get over there.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Thoughts and Prayers, Teeny, Tiny Wishes

Ink:  Basic Gray

Paper:  Whisper White, Basic Black, Basic Grey, Snippets of Pacific Point and Daffodil Delight

Other:  Beautiful Wings Embosslit

I'm so glad you stopped by.  See you soon.

Enjoy!

Merry Monday Old St. Nick

Did you get a start on your Christmas cards last week?  The Merry Monday challenge is a great way to get those cards done before the Christmas rush begins.

This week's challenge is a sketch.

Here's what I did.

I had this Santa image already stamped from a friend's stamp.  The holly is from Winter Memories cut out and added and the sentiment is from he Good Cheer Wheel that was in the Holiday Mini.  I used lots of Dazzling Details so he really sparkles.  

Be sure to visit the other design team members and see their wonderful cards.

Lesley Croghan
Allisa Chilton

LeAnne Pugliese

Nina Forsyth

Wendy Aungst

Narelle Farrugia

Sue Joyce
Sherry Eckblad
Margaret Moody 
Vicki Burdick

Deanna Dean FD

I hope you'll join us at Merry Monday this week and share a Christmas card creation.

I'm also going to take this to play with the Splitcoaststampers Fanclub Christmas Spirit challenge.  This month's challenge is Christmas Wedding.   Something borrowed (the stamp), something new (the embossing folder), Something old, the Good Cheer Wheel.  Nothing blue this time though.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Santa Face (Inkadinkadoo), Winter Memories (retired), Good Cheer Wheel (retired)

Ink:  Jet Black StazOn,, Real Red

Paper:  Real Red, Whisper White

Other:  Circle Nesties (Spellbinder), Delicate Doilies Sizzlit, Dazzling Details, Snowflake EF (Sizzix)

I'm so glad you stopped by.  I really enjoy spending time with you.

Enjoy!

Seize the Birthday

A second post today!

My amazing friend Lesley has started another blog to help us keep up with our birthday cards.  It's called Seize the Birthday.

Lesley will give us a sketch and we use it one week for a girly birthday card and the next week for a masculine birthday card.  What a fun way to keep up with our stash of birthday cards!

Here is this week's (and next week's) sketch.

Here's my girly card.

It's going right in the mail.

And since we're applauding the Birthday Girl, I'm taking this to the CAS-ual Fridays 

challenge. 

Both of these challenges are offering prizes.  Just saying that you might want to check them out.

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Embellished Events

Ink:  SU Markers (Daffodil Delight, Rich Razzleberry, Marina Mist)

Paper:  Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Summer Smooches DSP

Other: Apothecary Accents Framelits, Square Lattice EF, Ovals die (retired)

Thanks so much for the visit.

Enjoy!