Painted Morning Soft Thanks

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 572 - Getting Real Wild in the Mist of the Pacific with dessert of twine, floss or ribbon.
I used my SU Markers to paint on the pacific blue and wild wasabi inks on the image for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 575 - Paint Your Stamps. I used some Ranger Red Glitter embossing powder and heat embossing the sentiment on the front for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 366 - Glittery Sentiments. I tied some red and white twine after matting on pacific point cs. I inked that stamp using the marker and stamped the sentiment again on the front of the envelope.

For the inside I stamped the image again huffing on it and without re-inking then inked up the sentiment using the real red marker and stamped over the image.
Now let's go to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Morning Soft, All Year Cheer I 
Paper: white, pacific point 
Ink: Versamark, copics, SU Markers - wild wasabi, real red, pacific point 
Accessories: twine, Ranger Red Glitter EP, copics 
Techniques: heat emboss, CAS, Painted stamps

Because I Care I Made this for you

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 581 and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 571 - Wonderful Party with Pizzazz and for dessert - flowers. Well I think I covered them both.

Do you know someone or are you one of those type of people, like myself, who just can not leave well enough alone? I was just not satisfied with just the flower on the inside so I stamped the sentiment in pear pizzazz over the stem. MISTAKE that can not be fixed. Oh Well. I have to go to work now so I can afford to stamp another day. LOL
RECIPE:
Stamps: Because I Care 
Paper: White, Wisteria Wonder Pool Party, Wild Rose Studio Lilac Mist DP 
Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz 
Accessories: dimensionals, ribbon, oval punch, square punch, stickles, white jel pen 
Techniques: 3D, fussy cutting, copic coloring

Love and Sympathy Simply Soft

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 566 - Doing the mambo wearing Pink and eating Pumpkin Pie. Hold on to your hats ladies as this is a single challenge for me today. GASP!!
I stamped the flower image in momento tuxedo black then colored with copics and added some stickles because. For my white front panel I stamped the sentiment on the front in melon mambo then adhered to the white card base after adding the pink ribbon.

The inside was stamped with the flower 2nd generation stamping in pretty in pink then the sentiment in pumpkin pie both from the SU set Love and Sympathy. The envelope was stamped also in melon mambo.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Love and Sympathy, Simply Soft 
Paper: white 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, pretty in pink melon mambo, pumpkin pie 
Accessories: ribbon, copics, stickles 
Techniques: copic coloring

A Lotus of Thanks

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 564 - Make A Toast to 2016 where we were to use the cracked glass technique. My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 573. My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 563 - Island Lagoons with Pizzazz. I was in a lull Monday thru Wednesday and just could not decided on what to make until today. I used soft sky on the solid image then stamped off last lagoon for #2 and inked again and stamped the 3rd image on top of the other images. I LOVE how it turned out. I stamped off with pear pizzazz for the solid stem then inked again and stamped the 2nd image on top.
For the inside I stamped the solid in soft sky very lightly then stamped the sentiment in island indigo over the flower image. I stamped the Thank You in island indigo on the front side of the envelope. Now off to work for a short day and to begin a long weekend. As we head into 2016 I pray that everyone will be safe and in good health all year. May God surround you and your families with a hedge of protection.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Lotus Blossom 
Paper: white, Island Indigo, Pear Pizzazz DCWV - Cafe Mediterranean 
Ink: soft sky, Island Indigo, Lost Lagoon, Pear Pizzazz 
Accessories: ribbon, eyelet 
Techniques: 3D, Cracked Glass

A Lotus for your Birthday

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 556 - Tempting Red Petals, for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 559 - A CASe In Point where I choose today to CASE my ROSE BIRTHDAY CARD and used a technique that I loved called TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE 551 - COLOR BLOCKING WITH CARD STOCK. This is also for Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 350 - To Grandma's House we go. I know nothing about my father's mother since I was 3 yrs old when my parents divorced and my mom moved us from Indiana to GA with her mother. She passed away when I was only 4 but I do remember everyone talking about how she could stick her thumb in a pot with dead flowers and bring them back to life so this is in the honor of those memories. I color blocked with primrose petals and real red cs the top layer of the flower and the HB sentiment. I embossed the tempting turquoise panel with Darice Brick Wall embossing folder.

I stamped the sentiments on the inside and envelope in tempting turquoise ink. I hope you like it and off to work I go. Have a blessed day everyone.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Birthday Greetings - Joanne's 
Paper: white, tempting turquoise, Real red, primrose petals, wild wasabi 
Ink: Tempting turquoise 
Accessories: Lotus Blossom die, HB die, Cuttlebug, Brick Wall EF 
Techniques: 3D, color blocking with card stock, CAS, dry embossing

In the gap Because I Care

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 553, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 543 - No Gray Days in Lucky Bermuda, and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 546 - Mind the Gap. I turned the sketch on it's side for today's to allow for the gap. I stamped the flower in black and colored with copics then cut it out and popped it up on the limeade panel after dry embossing with checkerboard EF. I also stamped the flower on the inside in basic gray after stamping off once then stamped the sentiment in Bermuda bay.

I stamped the small flower on the front of the envelope and on the back of the envelope the other image also in Bermuda bay. Hope you like it. Will show some love after I get home from work. Off I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Because I Care 
Paper: white, basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, Lucky Limeade 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black ,Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay 
Accessories: dimensionals, twine, white pearlex 
Techniques: dry embossing, fussy cutting, 3D 

Wild Rose Birthday

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 533, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENG E# 523 - Melons and Chocolates in my Garden, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 526 - Punch and Pleat, and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 317 - Bulb or Bulb Flowers. I used my stamp-a-ma-jig and did some 2 step stamping with Wild Roses then cut out the roses and leaves to attach where I wanted them. I punched some MME - Home dp using Martha Stewarts grass border punch then scored and pleated it to go under the roses. The sentiment is from Full of Life stamped and matted in melon mambo. I used choc chip cs for my base.

 

I cut out and attached another rose to the envelope, for the inside I adhered some white cs and stamped Happy Birthday on it. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Wild Rose, Full Of Life 
Paper: White, Melon Mambo, Chocolate Chip, My Minds Eye - Home dp 
Ink: Melon Mambo, Garden Green 
Accessories: Martha Stewart Grass Border, stamp-a-ma-jig, dimensionals 
Techniques: Pleated Border, 3D, 2 step stamping

Mirrored Spring Posies

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 522 - Whispers of Smoky Wisterias, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 525 - Mirror Mirror, Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 316 - No Patterned Paper and Monday's MOJO MONDAYS SKETCH CHALLENGE # 389. This will finish me in my crafty cave until Wednesday next week :( I miss my daily stamping time.
I used a new stencil on sponged smokey slate gray on smokey slate gray cs. I punched old olive cs using my Martha Stewart grass border punch. I stamped the mirrored image (the one in the middle) on white cs then stamped the rest of the width then colored with BV20, 31, 34, YG91, 93, & 95 copics. Covered the seam with some ribbon. Stamped the sentiment from Spring Song in wisteria wonder and matted on wisteria wonder. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Pocket Full of Posies, Spring Song 
Paper: White, Smokey Slate Gray, Old Olive 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black ,Wisteria Wonder, Smokey Slate Gray 
Accessories: ribbon, MS Grass Border, Heidi Swapp Stencil, Tone on Tone 
Techniques: Stenciling, Mirroring

Flowers for a Friend

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 531, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 521 - Lagoons of Daffodils, strawberries and pears oh my, and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 315 - Ribbon. I used ribbon as my flower stems and popped up one of the primas. I used a Fiskars border punch for the daffodil delight cs. I stamped the sentiment in lost lagoon even though it looks like black. Love how this quick and simple card turned out. Great layout to play with today.
RECIPE:
Stamps: All Holidays 
Paper: white, Daffodil Deight, Strawberry Slush, dp 
Ink: Lost Lagoon 
Accessories: Dimensionals, Ribbon, Fiskars Border Punch, 
Techniques: Ribbon flower stems, Clean and Simple

Thoughts and Prayers Pop Up Diorama

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 529, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 519 - Blackberries and Pears Poolside, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENG E# 522 - Pop Up Diorama, and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 313 - Think Spring.

I decided to try a pop up diorama flipped on its side and with ovals. It works. LOL.
I used one of my all time favorite sympathy sets and inked up the flower with SU coordinating markers then huffed and stamped on white. I used the punched out oval on the inside of the card to layer the sentiment.
Hope you like it. This will be it for me until Monday as I have to be up at 4am to work the rest of the week :(
RECIPE:
Paper: White, Blackberry Bliss, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party, DCWV Mediterranean dp 
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party Accessories: ribbon, dimensionals, oval punches Techniques: 3D, Pop Up Diorama

Lottus Spring Blossoms Pop Up Diorama

 

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 519 - Blackberries and Pears Poolside, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 522 - Pop Up Diorama, and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE #313 - Think Spring. I decided to add my pop up at the bottom, you know I have to be backwords right? LOL. I love this new stamp set from Stampin Up. I stamped of twice for the 1st solid image, once for the next layer and direct stamping for the 3rd part of the image. After looking at the sentiment and taking a pic I decided to replace the dots on the sentiment with bling. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Lottus Blossom 
Paper: White, Blackberry Bliss, Pool Party, dp 
Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Pear Pizzazz, Pool Party  
Accessories: bling, ribbon
Techniques: Pop Up Diorama

All Holidays Mother's Day for MIL

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 512 - Bride in the Berry Meadow and Monday's MOJO MONDAY'S SKETCH CHALLENGE # 379.
I found this darling digi image in my enormous stock of pre-printed images and had to dust off my copics. I have not used them in such a long time and almost forgot how. I still wish I could color as good as most of you here on SCS but it is what it is and I am just thankful to get to play again today. My sentiment is from All Holidays and stamped in Rich Razzleberry. I used old olive to ink up the embossing folder then embossed on blushing bride. This will go to my MIL in May. She loves my handmade cards. Hope she likes this one too.
RECIPE:
Stamps: All Holidays, Digi Pansies 
Paper: White, Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride, KI Memories Doilies DP 
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, old olive 
Accessories: Ribbon, Copics, Cuttlebug, CB Victorian EF, Glitter Pen 
Techniques: Dry Embossing, dry embossing inked 

Simply Soft Joyful Heart

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 494 - Wild Gray Melons, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 497 - Curve the Sentiment, and Monday's MOJO MONDAY'S SKETCH CHALLENGE # 361. My 2 step stamping did not turn out like I wanted so I took the opporutity for improvement and colored with copics then added some stickles for shine. I used a button for the cirlc and treaded some gray ribbon thru the button and tied it twice. Hope you like it. I was so happy to have the opportunity to play along this morning. I miss the daily challenges every day but to do them I would have to get up a 2am rather than 4 am to go to work. AINT HAPPENEN. LOL!!
RECIPE:
Stamps: SU-Simply Soft, SNS-Joyuful Heart   
Ink: Basic Gray, Melon Mambo, Wild Wasabi
Accessories: copics, stickles, ribbon, Quick Kutz button die
Techniques: 2 step stamping, copic coloring

Simply Soft Blessings From Heaven

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 487 Soft Soft Pear Crisp, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE #490 Stamp, Punch, Separate, and Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 354.
I found the perfect colors in some new dp I bought many months ago and have never used for today's color challenge and had to play along. I loved the TLC from Monday but was not able to play until today. I stamped the image from simply Soft stamp set in black twice then the solid part of the flower image in crisp cantelope using my stamp-a-ma-jig for alignment. After complete assembly I applied some stickles to the flower images. The sentiment is popped up on dimensionals. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Simply Soft, Blessing From Heaven   
Paper: SU Very Vanilla, Crisp Cantelope, Pear Pizzazz, Ki Doilies Paper Pad
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black, Crisp Cantelope, Pear Pizzazz Accessories: Maurvy Circle and Scallop Circle Mega Punch, McGill 15/16" square punch, dimensionals, stickles, soft Sky Ribbon, stamp-a-ma-jig, corner punch
Techniques: 3D, Stamp, punch and separate, 2stamp stamping  

 

All Natural Thank You

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 446 - Crazy Suede Starfruit, Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 449 - Faux Whitewashing, Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 240 - Pinterest Inspiration Photo, and Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 313.
How could I not put all of these together when they all fit so well. Thanks for setting it all up for me.
I had fun with this creation even if I may not have done the TLC right. Not sure if I did or not but I did finish it. My circles ended up WAY bigger than I needed but again Oh Well. It is what it is.
Hope you like it.

RECIPE:

Stamps: All Natural 
Paper: Cajun Craze, Soft Suede, Summer Starfruit 
Ink: Cajun Craze, Versa Mark 
Accessories: embossing powder, cuttlebug, victorian ef 
Techniques: Faux Whitewash

In Knots Because I Care

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 418 - A Knotty Question, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 427, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 417 - A Certain Bashful Delight and Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 420 - Light To Dark.
I stamped the image in momento tuxedo black then used copics to color begining with the lightest shade and working up to the darkest for the greens and blues. I matted on bashfull blue then certanly celery and popped it up on dimensionals. After everything was assembled I added some yellow stickles to the flower centers. The sentiment was stamped in bashful blue.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Because I Care - SU
Ink: momento tuxedo black, bashful blue
Paper: white, bashful blue, certainly celery, daffodile delight
Accessories: dimensionals, ribbon, stickles, copics
Techniques: light to dark, copic coloring, 3D, knots

Simply Trust God

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 420 - Light to Dark, CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 211 - Sketch and last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 416 - Bashful Raspberry Petals.
I could not resist using the color from last week and a flower image. I started with Stampin Ups set Simpy Soft and stamped the stem image in momento tuxedo black then with my stamp-a-ma-jig TRIED to line up the petal images inking in pretty in pink (which did NOT work well) so I finished the coloring off with copics RV11, 14, 17 & 19 then added some shadding with B21.
My sentiment is from Trust God and is stamped in raspberry ripple on primrose petal cs.
I used pretty in pink, primrose petal and raspberry ripple cs for the 3 strips on the side.
Hope you like it. Now off to work I go.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Simply Soft, Trust God - SU
Paper: white, pretty in pink, primrose petals, raspberry ripple
Ink: momento tuxedo black, raspberry ripple
Accessories: stamp-a-ma-jig, copics
Techniques: light to dark, copic coloring, 2 step stamping

Perfectly Penned Celebration of Spring

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 416 - Bashful Raspberry Petals with a dessert option of Spring. I look so forward to spring and seeing all the beautiful flowers and greenery again.
This is also for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 419 - Puzzle Piece Resist. I have never tried the puzzle piecing with emboss resist so had to try it. I used a white panel embossed with SU's Weathered background stamp and clear embossing powder. I cut and embossed the Spellbinders Flower Pots and in the bottom of the flower pot section I cut and embossed a rose and sponged it with primrose petal ink added a brad to the center and popped it up. The pot was sponged with raspberry ripple. I used bashful blue on the remainder of the embossed panel. I cut 2 different sized roses in primrose petal and raspberry ripple and popped them up above the pot.
I stamped the sentiment from SU Perfectly Penned set in raspberry ripple.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Perfectly Penned, Weathered
Paper: white, raspberry ripple, primrose petal
Ink: bashful blue, raspberry ripple, primrose petal
Accessories: Nestabilities Flower Pot & Rose Creations
Techniques: Emboss Resist, heat emboss, dry embossed, 3D, Puzzle Piecing

Triple Treat Flower with Polka Dots

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 396 - Make Your Own Polka Dots. I made the top layer with pink pirouette cs beneath the primrose petal after punching holes with a hole puncher, then for the pink pirouette panel below that one I glued the punched out holes from primrose petals.
My flower is stamped in primrose petals onto pink pirouette cs then cut out and popped up. I used a button threaded with twine for the center.
My layout is from today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 189 - Sketch and my colors are from last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 393 - Lucky Primrose Pirouettes since they were still on my work table that is what I used.
Now off to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Triple Treat Flower
Paper: dp?, pink pirouette, primrose petals
Ink: primrose petals
Accessories: hole puncher
Techniques: Polka Dots, 3D

Rolled Ribbon Flower Because I Care

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 403.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 393 - Lucky Primrose Pirouettes.
My rolled pink pirouette ribbon flower is for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 395 - Rolled Flowers.
I guess taking almost 3 weeks off did me some good. I saw today's sketch and immediately saw panel 2 and 3 being held together by a button and ribbon so I went for it. I had been dying to try the rolled ribbon flower anyway and really like how this one turned out. I used a quickutz button in the center threaded with some cotton candy baker's twine.
My sentiment is stamped in primrose petals ink.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Because I Care - SU
Paper: primrose petals
Ink: primrose petals, pink pirouette, dp?
Accessories: QK button, ribbon, bakers twine
Techniques: rolled flower, rolled ribbon flower