Meljen's Designs Challenge!

Today there is a new challenge at Meljen's Designs! Our challenge is to use Pastel colors on our card or project! You could possibly win free digis by playing in our challenges, but you must use a Meljen's Designs digi to play!!

My cute card uses the pre-colored "I Heart You Badge" digi!

 

 

What If Wednesday - Rose Heart Wreath

Today is the "What if? Challenge" over at "The House That Stamps Built" and I am using "101-P, Rose Heart Wreath" from Repeat Impressions. Check out the rest of the design teams magnificent creations for the sketch challenge!

Featured Stamper...

That's right! I am the Featured Stamper on Splitcoast Stampers this week!! I'm so excited and honored to be chosen! It's so wonderful seeing so many card makers going through my gallery and picking out a card they like, then trying to recreate another card like it! It's called CASEing a card and it's the highest form of flattery in my opinion. Click HERE to see how it all works!

Happy Birthday, Julie!!

I want to wish a very special lady the Happiest of Birthday's ever!! She's the perfect definition of a friend and I am so blessed to call her mine!!  Happy Birthday, Julie!!

My pretty card uses a pre-colored digital image from Fred, She Said called "Hollyhocks".

Card Recipe:
Hollyhocks Digital Image from Fred, She Said
Paper: Victoria Gardens by Echo Park, Bazzill Cardstock, Doodlebug Glitter Paper
Embellishments: Glossy Accents, Recollection Pearls and Rhinestones

Thinking of you...

Sweet n' Sassy has a new release and I just fell in love with several of the stamp sets: You and Rose Collage! I can see a lot of cards in my future made with these delightful stamps! I created a Cascade card (a new technique found HERE (the originator) and HERE). And here's a Gallery on Splitcoast Stampers filled with samples!

Card recipe:

Stamps: Sweet 'n Sassy Rose Collage and You Clear stamp sets
Paper: Stampin' Up Designer Paper Beau Chateau, Doodlebug Glitter Paper
Punch: EK Success Corner Rounder
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copic Markers: B21, E50, E51, E53, G12

7 Kids Color Challenge...

It's Challenge #40 for the 7 Kids College Fund and the theme today is "Colors - Red, Pink and White". I had fun creating this sweet card for Valentine's Day. I used the Light Pink Honeycomb paper from the 7 Kids store, and made darling hearts for Nora to rest on. All you have to do is trace half a heart onto the honeycomb paper than open it up. It's as simple as that! It comes in a variety of colors as well!

For my creation, I used Laying Nora, Light Pink Honeycomb Paper, and Be Mine - Just Because Popcorn Bear.

My card is also doing double duty for the Belli Challenge where you need to make a card or project with a Heart on it!

Designer's Choice Challenge...

It's time for the Designer's Choice Challenge over at the House that Stamps Built! Miriam is the next designer up and her challenge was to make a card with Heat Embossing! I used a different approach to the ordinary heat embossing by stamping my snowflakes on glossy paper with Versamark and embossing with clear powder. Then I dabbed on Alcohol Inks all over the card, including the snowflakes. Once the ink was dry, I took the heat gun and reheated the embossed snowflakes and the alcohol inks shifted to show the white cardstock underneath. A fun technique you should try. You can see another card HERE where I used this same technique.

My stamp is  "8917-I, Snowflake Outline (lg)" and my sentiment is "4601-H, Snowmen fall..." by Repeat Impressions.