Blues & Chocolate

Blues and chocolate~~~YUMMERS!!!

I dabbed the ends of these Meadow Green leaves in Cup 'o Joe brown before pressing my stamp down.

ColourQ Challenge #241

I added some gold designs with the stems from the same stamp set~

I am loving those leaves and since I'm all botanical like....

Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Botanical

Well I got way more card making done then I thought I would today...YESSS!!!!

stamp: Papertrey Ink Meadow Greens

ink: Memento Teal Zeal,Versamark,Hero Arts Cup 'o Joe

die: Papertrey Ink Meadow Greens

paper: Simple Stories Color Vibe 2,Georgia Pacific white

Washied a Panel

I washied a panel on this card~

 tossing in my hat for the

Gallery Idol.

Might as well give it a go, right????

stamp: Papertrey Ink (Meadow Greens,The Sweet Life)

ink: Hero Arts Soft Cantaloupe,Versafine Onyx

dies: Papertrey Ink (The Sweet Life, Mat Stack 3)

Tape Works

Petals and Wings

I water-colored a wee bit for my card today.

It seems to be all the rage!

It really is fun...even if you do it sparingly.

A butterfly and flower is all that's required for Verve's

Petals and Wings May Diva Dare.

My color choice was taken from the

Fusion Challenge

  and

 three images are lined up for

CAS-ual Fridays CFC131

Monday is here again...how long did I blink?????

stamps: Verve Beautiful You

ink:Versafine Onyx,Tim Holtz Mustard Seed

die: Spellbinders Postage Stamp

paper:Georgia Pacific cardstock

other: Tim Holtz water brush

 

Your Kindness

I'm growing into a "paper" person...and this paper is my newest favorite.

sigh.

There are so many colors to pull from!!!

I am loving the greens at

Inspired By #115

and the fence backdrop.



Spring here is blooming GREEN so far~so even though my card doesn't sport flowers...the promise of flowers is implied by the green, green, greens from Meadow Greens. ;)


I'd say the focus is on a third of my CAS creation...


CAS-ual Fridays CFC131

Have a safe and beautiful Friday friends. ;)

stamp: Papertrey Ink Meadow Greens

die: Papertrey Ink Meadow Greens

ink: Versafine Onyx,Versamark

other: Recollections Citron embossing powder

paper: Studio Calico Wanderlust

Black and Green

Whew, made it to Thurs., how about you????

Any card making day is a good one in my book....

For this card,

I pulled the green/lace black combo from a dress at

Runway Inspired Challenge #59

SUCH ELEGANCE AND POISE~

definitely a style to emulate.

I not only made a card...but gifts to give some teachers.

Any gift-making and DELIVERY day is a huge step of accomplishment for me!

I'm submitting this to Word Art Wednesday #132: Anything Goes

The free verse that these sweet designers offer is :

I have no problem designing this and that....but actually getting the nitty gritty stuff done to hand out and bless someone is like climbing Mt. Everest for me!!!

I prayed about what to bless my girlies' dance teachers with and I was moved to buy a few goodies here and there.

The Lord motivated me to make it all pretty like (my daughter commented that the potted flower looked SO MUCH BETTER than if I had just thrown them in a ziplock bag and handed it to them), HA!!!

I stumbled a bit with the pots...but by the fifth one...I had the system DOWN PAT.

;)

Isn't that how it goes??? 

sigh.

Those little gifties got themselves out the door and were used to hopefully bless the recipients who faithfully motivate my girlies.

Many times, what makes me stumble....is feeling like my gift is "not enough" ~I can be a REAL PERFECTIONIST.

It can be PARALYZING to say the least.

ugh.

Hate that about myself.

However, with God's grace...I do what I can and then humbly hand my gift over...praying for the recipient to feel blessed and loved.

He enables me to push past my "ugh, it's not perfect" to "ok, this will do". ;)

Enough of my blabbering....God bless you all!!!

Card:

stamp: Sweet 'n Sassy Anniversary Innies, Papertrey Ink Meadow Greens

ink: Versamark,Versafine Onyx

other: Recollections Citron embossing powder 

paper:Echo Park Style Essentials, Studio Calico Wanderlust,Georgia Pacific white

die: Spellbinders Wonky Rectangles,Papertrey Ink Meadow Greens

Potted Gift:

Silhouette Cameo Designs: Snapdragon Snippets 3d Terra Cotta Pot, Lori Whitlock 3d Tulip,Silhouette 3d Tulips leaves,American Crafts grid tag

paper: Bazzill

Throwdown Sunshine Cluster

One layered card to feature today....

There's a super fun technique to try at

Make It Monday #164

Cluster Stamped Sentiment hosted by Heather.


I used these gorgeous colors (or close to them) from the


Color Throwdown #291

It's Monday again and I'm hanging in there, LOL, how about you????



stamps: Papertrey Ink (Hello Sunshine sentiment,circle ray and solid circle,On the Links triangle,Happy Trails splatter,City Scene circle)
ink: Papertrey Ink (Hawaiian Shores,Enchanted Evening),Memento Pear Tart,Versamark Ink
paper:Georgia Pacific white
other: clear embossing powder