BIC13 - Kind Thoughts

It's Tuesday again... - that means it's time for Beate's *Be Inspired* Challenge!!!

This time Beate has picked this very elegant Bedding. I instantly thought of my favorite Color Combo - Close to Cocoa , Soft Sky and Whisper White!!! Don't ya just loved those colors???

Of course I had to combined this with the "Kind Thoughts" Set -I'm always drawn to it - and I think it's also perfect for the Inspiration Piece because of it's pure elegance!!! Hope you like the pearls with it...I had to dress it up for the occasion - LOL!!!

The card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2". I have also pierced right below the sentiment. The Ribbon and the "Corsage Pin" are from Michael's.

Hope we have inspired you to play along?!?

I'm already off to take my daughter to her doctor's appointment...Have a great day!!! ~TFL~

LSC166 Kind Thoughts

Hello everyone!!! Happy TGIF!!!

I wanted to download the card I have made this morning for the Limited Supply Challenge and I have gotten so sidetracked with reading and printing out your recipes that I finally decided to take a break and post my card.....

Can I just say that you all absolutely ROCK!!! I love all the recipes and I'm so trying each and every one!!! We'll grill tomorrow and my shopping list is so long - LOL!!!

I also hope that you have been inspired to try some of these yummy recipes yourselves?!?

I'll post some of my favorite recipes for grilling soon - if I don't get sidetracked again - LOL!!!

Back to the the card I have made today for the LSC #166 - we had to use circles only!!!
Isn't that a great idea??? I have been wanting to make a circled card for a while and it was a great challenge to participate in!!!

I have scored my White Cardstock in half and used my "Circled Coluzzle Template" to cut out my card. Then I have taken my Soft Sky Prints DP and cut it one size smaller with the Coluzzle.
I have done the same thing with the Close to Cocoa and Soft Sky DP panel. Then I wrapped the Satin Ribbon from Michael's and the Soft Sky DS Ribbon around it.

The main image is from the "Kind Thoughts" Set and I have stamped it in Close to Cocoa and used the Blender Pen to color the inside with Soft Sky Ink. I have centered a matching Rhinestone Brad from "Deja Views" and raised the image with Stampin Dimensionals onto a Close to Cocoa CS. Both were cut with the scalloped cricle Nesti's.

The sentiment was also inked in Close to Cocoa and I have pierced right below it!!! To finish it all off I have tied a Satin Ribbon on top of the card. ~TFL~

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FS64 Kind Thoughts

Today's Featured Stamper is
Michelle aka "Sf9erfan".

I don't know Michelle, but I can tell you that her gallery is exquisite!!!

You can check her gallery right here.

I wasn't sure how much time my girls would give me to stamp today and I have already lost precious time drooling over Michelle's gallery......that I've decided to settled for a card that I didn't need to change much...since Michelle's cards are so gorgeous anyway....!!!

Here is the card I have cased. These are the changes I have made:

- I have used a different Stamp Set
- I have pierced a border
- I have used a Grosgrain Ribbon instead of a Taffeta Ribbon
- Plus I have used less layers of Cardstock to fit the image.

Michelle's card was made for a Color Combo Challenge so I definitely wanted to keep the wonderful colors - Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery.

Hope you have time to enjoy Michelle's gallery and find some time to case one of her gorgeous cards too!!! ~TFL~

LSC162 - Kind Thoughts

Here is my take on today's fun LSC #162 challenge.
We have to use a white background and we are only allowed one other color....!!!
No black and white...., for me no problemo - it's right up my alley...- LOL!!!

I love, love.....white and red together - so powerful!!!

The other thing I like lately are the Sketch challenges - so I combined Wednesday's LSC #170 and todays LSC #162 together and out came this card.

I just can't keep my hands of this beautiful new Set of mine "Kind Thoughts" - I guess the butterflies are
doing it to me....LOL!!!

For the pierced trail behind the butterflies - I have used a pencil first to see where and how I wanted them. Then I used the piercing tool and gently pushed the holes in. I kind like how it turned out!!!

The gorgeous square Rhinestone Brads are from Stampin Up and I can't believe I haven't used them much...~TFL~

BIC7 - Butterflies

Good Morning everyone!!! I'll be busy this morning and I didn't
know if I would have time to hop on the computer before I'll leave......that's why I'm so early
with my post!!!

I have to sign Miriam up for Preschool... and I have some running around to do.

I want to make sure that little stinker is having a school to go to....she is definitely ready to go 3x a week.
Right now she is only going Monday's. Yesterday her teacher brought her to the carpool and told me that she had cut her fine hair with kids craft scissors - YUP one side is definitely shorter - LOL!!!

The other thing she did was - almost pulled the FIRE ALARM.....oh boy...she would have created some serious trouble!!! We had a talk and we'll see what's gonna happen next week ....
Always something going on with those girls...LOL!!!

Anyhow - today is Beate's "Be inspired" challenge #7. The picture in the left hand corner features the two beautiful "Inspiration pieces" which are lantern's.
They are surrounded by beautiful butterflies.... that gave me the idea for this card.

Since they are made out of metal I thought I would incorporate the color combo my Blog Candy participants have chosen - which are Chocolate Chip, Bashful Blue and instead of Whisper White I had to use Very Vanilla to match the DP. But I hope you like it anyway??? I think it's a gorgeous combo as well - thank you ladies!!!

I started out with Chocolate Chip as my base and the card measures 5" x 5". Then I added a piece of 4 3/4" x 4 3/4" Bashful Blue and a piece of Very Vanilla. I covered the layover with the gorgeous Satin Chocolate Chip Ribbon.

The pretty piece of DP is from the "Au Chocolate" Series. On top I've used the rectangle Nestie's to create the main image.

The butterflies are from my newest Set called "Kind Thoughts" and they were stamped in Chocolate Chip Ink. Of course I had to stamp some extra to create the "paper tole's" or the 3-D image. The butterflies were adhere in the center. The scalloped panel was raised with Stampin Dimensional.

The sentiment is from the same set and I stamped it in Chocolate Chip. I also used the Piercing Tool below the sentiment. To dress it up a bit I added some beautiful small blue Rhinestone Brads from SU and placed them right before the sentiment.

Please make sure you check all the creations from the Inspiration Team. You can find the talented ladies on the left hand side of my blog. I hope we have inspired you and you will show us what you have done too.....~TFL~!!!

WSC41 Kind Thoughts

Finally I had time to create a card for Beate's
WSC #41.

My nice "Brown" man came and delivered a package....had to put stuff together first, before I could play. Included was my newest addition the
"Kind Thoughts" Set....gorgeous!!!

I'm still playing with the color combo's my Blog Candy participant's have chosen as their favorites!!!

This combo was chosen by my friend and frequent visitor Cindy aka "wisteriagirl".

Her favorite colors are - Close to Cocoa, Soft Sky and Whisper White.

I have never used these colors before, so I had to give it a try and let me tell you - they are absolutely beautiful!!! Thank you Cindy for those striking soft colors!!! Love ya....

About the card ....the measurements are 5" x 5". I've made Close to Cocoa my base color and added Whisper White on top.
Then I've created a panel with the scalloped rectangle Nesti and I also started with Close to Cocoa and added a stripe of the Soft Sky Prints DP. A piece of Close to Cocoa was placed in the middle before I added the Double Stitched Soft Sky Ribbon.

The gorgeous Pearl Brads are from "S.E.I" and I believe I've bought them at Michael's. The package comes in 3 different colors - the soft brown, soft blue and red. Perfect match for the Close to Cocoa and Soft Sky colors.

Anyhow - I've also cut both circles with the scalloped circle Nesti's. Before the white one was cut I've stamped the image with Close to Cocoa and then used the Blender Pen to color in the Soft Sky. Another Brad was placed in the center of the image. The panel and the circles were all raised with Stampin Dimensionals.

The sentiment is also from this set and I stamped it also with Close to Cocoa. ~TFL~

I have been rambling on and I've almost forgot to mention that I was also inspired by Beate's super gorgeous card she has made for this challenge and I think I've already told her that I would shamelessly case it - LOL!!! Beate with out you my cards would be just plain ......you are an inspiration to me!!!