Enjoy Nature's Splendor

This is today's challenge for Speedy the Cat's Week 72 -- Use a punch. NOW this was an easy challenge...biggest decision is WHICH punches to use! :-)Here is their website

I used Mark's Finest Products as the stamps..It's Fall mini set and Thankful for You on the inside. They were stamped with Chocolate Brown Memento and colored with Copics and Sakura glitter pens and cut out with Pumpkin die cuts from Spellbinders. Then sponged with Dandelion Memento ink. The cardstock is GKD Dandelion and the dp is Suzanne Brunstom. Inside I used Labels 14 for the die cuts.

I punched the fence with Martha Stewart punch, the owls are with Martha's embossing owl punch and the corners are Crop-A-Dile We R Memory Keepers Deco/Stub chomper.

Added a little brown ribbon cord and some leaves and a bow and It's Fall Y'ALL!!

With Heartfelt Sympathy

This card was for 2 challenges. The first is for Stamp TV  Free For All Friday -- STVFRIJM2 -- which was to make a sympathy card. Here is the website.

The other challenge was for What If? Wednesday - Sketch Challenge S711 from The House That Stamps Built . Here is that sketch. Here is the website.






I used Wild Dandelion GKD cs and K Company dp and used the GKD Heartfelt stamps set on the front and on the inside GKD Wild At Heart and Stenciled Spring sentiments stamped in Danube BLue Memento Ink. The front was stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink and colored with Copics and the sponging was done with Dandelion Memento ink. I cut out the images  with Lattice Rectangles by Spellbinders and also the inside the sentiment. The front sentiment was with Spellbinders Big Scalloped Ovals Large. Added a little ribbon and flower and Sakura glitter pens. I will now have a Sympathy card available to use...but hope it doesn't need to be used soon!

Flowers from Ireland

This is for the Outlines Monday Challenge 16 -- Picture This. The challenge was to use Outline Stamps while incorporating a picture into the design. (here is their website)

This is my interpretation of that challenge. I used Outlines Stamps  C-1051 Thinking of You, H-1192 Fanciful butterfly, E-557 Petal Strip border and then on the inside F-1049 Posy Greeting Center and E-680 Flower Power Square Large. The images were colored with Copics and Sakura Glitter Pens. The picture is a picture taken in Ireland last Spring. Their flowers were VERY bright and deep colored and absolutely beautiful in the flower boxes by this particular park and also some of the vendors that were selling them. They almost looked like they put them in a dark dye to get the vivid colors.

I used a frame card and then added some bling, pearls and flowers. The inside I added a sticker verse and left some room for writing.

Irish blooms in Spring

Nobody's Purr-fect!

This is for thePenny Black Saturday challenge ---Week 167 to make a scene using Penny Black stamps.
(Here is their website)

I used the stamps 237.8K A Whisker Away and 1458J Cat Bath to create the scene on the front. I colored with Copics and Sakura glitter pens, added some ribbon, bling and stickers from Penny Black Stickeroos.. The image was cut out with Labels 8 by Spellbinders. The inside is Nobody's purr-fect sentiment (2380H) in Tuxedo Black Memento and die cut Labels 8 again. Both are sponged with Summer Sky Memento ink. The GKD cs is Ocean Mist and the dp was from my stash. The kitties are telling you what a great friend you are! :-)

Front

Inside

Thinking of You AJ

This is for 2 challenges. The first is for Stamp TV Mix It Up Monday -- use pink, white and my other color is green. Here is the website.  The second challenge is for Speedy the Cat's Challenge Week 71 - Bring on the Bling! Here is the website.

I was easily able to combine both of these challenges into one. The pink, white and green challenge was for one of the members who is having a birthday and also dealing with some health issues....wishing her well and recovery and good luck!  AND for me adding BLING was an extra pleasure!!!

I used Mark's Finest Products stamps -- Little Birds with Big Mouths and Floating Along sentiment on the inside. Also used Tuxedo Black, Bamboo Leaves and Angel Pink Memento ink and colored with copics in shades of green, pink and highlighted with Sakura glitter pens. The images and sentiment were cut out with Scalloped Ovals large by Spellbinders and it was done on MFP cs, GKD white cs and Making Memories Flutter dp. The bling was Say in in Pearls by Prima Inc.

Front

Inside

Boo to You Happy Halloween!

This is for the Make It Monday Challenge at Capture the Moment at Papertry. The challenge was to use at least one Papertrey product and feature the use of colored pencils. (Here is their website)

I used several Papertrey products to create this Halloween card. I started out with Papertrey Hocus Pocus dp, white cs and Papertrey Orange Zest cs. The stamps were Papertrey's Friendship Jar and Friendship Jar Fall Fillers. I also used the jar label die cuts from Papertrey and Labels 10 by Spellbinders. It was all colored with colored pencils and gamsol and then there was some highlights with Sakura glitter pens. I also used Range Crackle glossy accent to on the jar front to give it that glass look. The ink was Tangelo Memento and Tuxedo Black Memento. I added some brads, black lace, pearls,  ribbon and a Halloween card was complete!

Front with the jar fillers and witch's broom

Inside with flying ghosts!

Rumble in the Jungle

This is for the Penny Black  Saturday challenge...Sketch challenge it was. This is the Sketch to recreate using Penny Black Images.  (Here is the website)

The Penny Black Images were elephant song, irrestible and rumble.

Since I had my black and white supplies out, I decided to use them. Used the Paper Studio Black and White dp paper for the various shapes on the front and put it on GKD white cs. I used the Lacey Circles Spellbinders, Labels 11 and Cuttlebug Fanciful Tags for the die cuts and sponged them with Angel Pink Memento ink. Martha Stewart lace punch was also used. I used Spare Parts embellishments of brads and flowers, added a little bling, using Copics and Sakura glitter pens and Ranger Crackle for the eyes.

Here is the front

The inside rumble in the jungle!