Muse Card Challenge #133

Hey there, crafty friends ~ The incredibly talented Michele Ferguson has provided inspiration for this week's challenge at Muse! Here is her beautiful card:

Don't you just love that gorgeous patterned paper? And, paired with the butterfly...Swoon!!! Well, unfortunately I don't have a variety of floral patterned papers, so in the end I decided to create my own using a stencil. Here is my card:

So, I used the Hero Arts Large Lotus Stencil pattern for the background, Brusho water colors for the solid butterfly, vellum for the detailed front of the butterfly, and gold foil cardstock for the die cut sentiment. I added a few pearl gems and mounted the panel on to a turquoise card base...and that was it! I must admit that I tried to create my own pattern using my floral stamps, which was an epic fail...then tried using some pretty striped papers from PTI, but that was thrown in the bin, too! Does that happen to you, too?

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I really appreciate it...and of course, your lovely comments! Have a great weekend,

 

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ATSM Challenge #162 - Make Your Mark

Hi there ~
It's time for another fun challenge at Addicted to Stamps, and this time our theme is 'Make Your Mark'! That means you can use pencils, markers, inks or whatever you like to color with...

Our sponsor for this challenge is QKR Stampede, and they are offering three free digital stamps as a prize for the winner!

 Here is my first card:

A few weeks ago, I won a gift card from the Altenew Blog Hop, and I ordered this really pretty 'Hello' stamp called Quilled Elegance! I haven't played with my colored pencils in a long time, so I dusted them off, stamped my image onto Kraft cardstock with white pigment ink, and colored it in rainbow order.  I embossed the border with the MFT Stitched Rectangle from Blueprints 13 and matted the a2 panel with Bazzill Marshmallow cardstock.

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Two of my sweet blog friends gifted me with some goodies over the past few days, so I decided to create a second card:

So, for my 2nd card I attached the pink embossed panel which was sent to me by Michele (Thank you again!). I was having trouble working with the Zig Clean Color Brush Pens, and Betty suggested that I try Strathmore Bristol cardstock, and sent me a few sheets to try it out...well, let me tell you, what a difference! (Thank you Betty!). I'm loving the smooth finish on this paper, and for the first time, I enjoyed playing with my markers! I colored in the flowers, leaves and sentiment, and I'm very happy with how they turned out :) Lastly, I added a few PTI Rainstones and some Liquid Pearls to the centers of the flowers...and that was it!  

I had a lot of fun creating my cards...If you also love coloring, come on over and check out all the beautiful inspiration by my teamies, and join in the fun at Addicted to Stamps Blog! 

I would also like to add the 2nd card to the Happy Little Stampers September CAS Challenge - Coloring. Thanks, Loll ;)

Have a great week, and thanks so much for stopping by,

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CAS(E) This Sketch #140; SSS Flickr Challenge #27

Hi there crafty friends ~
 I haven't played along at CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge in a while, so with a few new goodies, I thought it would be fun to throw my hat in the ring! Here is this week's sketch by Chrissy Larson:

And, here is my card:

I started by using MFT's stitched panel from Blueprints 13. I love the cute images in this Mama Elephant 'Sunday Stroll' set, so I stamped and colored this little guy with Copic markers, and perched him on the musical notes from PTI's 'Songbird' stamp set. The balloon and sentiment are from ME 'Woodland Gifts'. Lastly, I blended SSS Sea Glass ink around him, added a few star sequins, and that was it!

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I also want to share two cards I created for this week's SSS Flickr Challenge. We are being asked to use 'Complementary Colors'... (colors that are opposite on the color wheel). Here is my first card:

I stamped the cherries from SSS 'You're So Sweet' stamp set and colored them with Copic markers. I added the sentiment, and the really cute 'Little B' sticker, a gift from my sweet blog friend, Michele (Thank you again!) onto a PTI vellum banner. Lastly, I added a touch of Wink of Stella to the cherries, a few clear sequins, and mounted the panel onto the scalloped die cut.

By the way, the white dots on the cherries are a reflection from my camera flash :) 

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For my last card, I die cut the coffee cup and blended aqua ink to create an ombre effect. I used the SSS Curved die and die cut the heart and sentiment in Berry Sorbet. The upper portion of the card is SSS woodgrain cardstock.

Thanks so much for hanging in there for this long post...I hope your week is off to a great start ~

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