Framed Bluebonnets

Flutterby Wednesday - FBW147 Open Challenge
Color Throwdown - CTD134
Kitchen Sink Stamps - 10MC12 

This week Flutterby Wednesday is hosting an open challenge.  Anything goes as long as you have a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation.  I've been itching to ink up my Kitchen Sink Stamps and got my color recipe for these bluebonnets from a card by Lynn McAuley.  Then I followed the 10 Minute Challenge layout for this card and I've discovered that I really need more acrylic blocks, haha!  It takes time to keep switching stamps on the blocks when inking up all these layers.  I love the depth you get with the finished image though!  {grin}  I confess that this 10 Minute card really took closer to 30 minutes. 

The shimmery blue cardstock is Sparkle Abysse from Paper Temptress.  I cut out a window with a Labels Ten Nestie and popped up the panel with dimensional tape.  The small "thanks" is from one of the freebie stamps that you get with any KSS order. 

Thanks for fluttering by today!

Stamps: Bluebonnets from Kitchen Sink Stamps
Paper: Neenah Solar White and Sparkle Abysse from Paper Temptress
Ink: Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories:  Labels Ten Nestie, Dimensional Tape

Seeing Green

Flutterby Wednesday - FBW146 Color Green and/or Carly's Sketch #26

Sketches by Carly - Sketch #26

SCS Clean and Simple - CAS110 Out of the Box

Sentimental Sundays - #46 Go Green

Creative Card Crew - Green

Raise the Bar - #57 G.R.E.E.N. Acrostic

This week at Flutterby Wednesday we want to see you using the color green and/or Carly's Sketch #26 for your creation with a butterfly, fairy or angel.  I chose to combine the challenges on my card using Dandy Wishes from Paper Makeup Stamps.  I have used some yummy papers from Paper Temptress again - Basis Light Green and Emerald Metallic.  I love how sparkly the Metallic cardstock is!  And if you click on the photo for a close-up, you can see the stickles on the dandelions better.  {grin}  And here is my acrostic for the Raise the Bar G.R.E.E.N. challenge (isn't that a clever idea?!) Great sketch, Ribbon, Embossed panel, Emerald metallic paper, New stickles.

Thanks for fluttering by today and I hope you'll play along with Flutterby Wednesday this week!  {wink}

Stamps: Dandy Wishes by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Emerald Metallic and Basis Light Green from Paper Temptress
Ink: Handsome Hunter
Accessories: Aqua Stickles, MS Butterfly Punch, Ribbon, Dimensionals, SU! Finial Press Embossing Folder

Daisy Silhouette

Flutterby Wednesday - FBW#145 Inspiration Photo
SCS Clean and Simple - Silhouette Card

This week we have an inspiration photo for our Flutterby Wednesday challenge to use with your butterfly, fairy or angel. Isn't that a gorgeous scene of daisies against the blue sky?  It reminded me of the Stampin' Up! set Upsy Daisy.  One of my son's teachers has been sick and in the hospital.  I had her in mind as I made this card and I plan to send it to her today.  I clear embossed the flowers on a piece of Sparkle Blanc cardstock, then brayered over them with my Blue Breeze Kaleidacolor ink pad.  I {heart} how the sparkle shows through the ink giving me a glittery blue sky.  I chose yellow for the butterflies and frame because of the yellow daisy centers in the photo.   I used Solar Yellow Pearlescent paper that has a wonderful pearly sheen and gives such an elegant touch in a simple way.  And finally, the sentiment is from Paper Makeup Stamps. 


Thanks for fluttering by today and I hope you'll get inspired with us at Flutterby Wednesday this week!

Stamps: Upsy Daisy by Stampin' Up!, sentiment by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Neenah Solar White, Blanc Sparkle, Solar Yellow Pearlescent from Paper Temptress
Ink: Versamark, Memento Paris Dusk, Kaleidacolor Blue Breeze
Accessories: Clear EP, MS Butterfly Punch, Brayer

Hoppin' with Chelsea

Today we are celebrating the March/April release for Paper Makeup Stamps with a blog hop! You should have arrived here from the ever-talented Shaela's blog.  If you didn't, you can click here to go back to the beginning at the PMS blog.

My card features the new Chelsea Fairy and I love how it turned out using Carly's Sketch  and Paper Temptress papers!  Such great texture and sparkle.  {grin}  You can check out the details in the recipe below. 

Before you hop to Dawn's ewe-nique blog, don't forget to grab your letter!  And please come join us in the PMS forum at 9pm EST tonight for the Release Party when the stamps go live in the PMS store!  Winners will be announced from the sneak peek comments and the Facebook Fan contest.  And there will be lots of fun chatter and games too. 

Stamps: Chelsea Fairy and Little Moments by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Neenah Solar White, Canyon Brown Classic Columns, Monterey Sand Classic Linen, Russo Incandescent by Paper Temptress
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Rich Cocoa
Accessories: Spica Clear Glitter Pen, SU! Ribbon, Dimensionals, Copic Markers W1, Y15, Y21, YG03, YG67, R22, R24, R29, E31, E35, E51, E53, E57, E93
Challenges: Carly's Sketch #25

Aurora's Dolly

Today is another Sneak Peek day at Paper Makeup Stamps for the March/April release and it is a Fairy Day!  I have used one of the coordinating stamps, Aurora's Dolly, who of course goes with Aurora!  Click here to go to the PMS Blog and see what the new fairies look like.  {wink}  And while you're there, be sure to leave a comment for a chance to win the entire release - yay!  Then the "You're Invited" sentiment is the freebie you can get this month with any order while supplies last - gotta love freebies! 

My layout was inspired by a couple cards from the featured stamper's gallery at Splitcoast, Corie Foster, here and here.  I love how she cut a shape out of the panel off-center.  I am such a "everything's gotta be straight and balanced" kind of thinker, that a design like this jumps out at me.  {grin}

I am on a kick using Paper Temptress papers lately too!  I made a resolution to organize my overflowing stash of papers and I now have these set up in their own bin where they are so easy to look through and choose, instead of in a pile buried under my table.  How could I have treated such pretty papers that way for so long?!  Here I have some Amethyst Metallic and Laser Black Glossy Lustre.  Love the shimmer and sparkle they give to the card.  Aurora's Dolly herself is colored in with a blender pen and ink on Neenah Solar White. 

I'm so glad you stopped by for a visit today!  Remember that we'll have our blog hop on Monday, March 7th starting at 7am EST where you can collect letters for a 15% discount code off the new release.  The stamps go live in the PMS store at 9pm EST when we have our release party in the PMS forum.  We'd love to have you join us for some fun chatter and games (and there's always talk about yummy food, so bring a snack too! - LOL)

Stamps: Aurora's Dolly and You're Invited by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Amethyst Metallic, Laser Black Glossy Lustre, Sparkle Noir and Neenah Solar White by Paper Temptress
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Blush Blossom, Almost Amethyst, Pretty in Pink, Barely Banana, Basic Gray
Accessories: Black Gems, Circle Nesties, Blender Pen, Stardust Glitter Pen (wings), White Gel Pen (dress trim)
Challenges: Splitcoast Featured Stamper FS212

The Other Side

It is time to start some sneak peeks for the next Paper Makeup Stamps release on March 7th!  My card features a larger sized rainbow from the Rainbows & Raindrops Additions set and one of the new Word Art sayings.  I colored the rainbow with chalk pastels for some easy blending between colors and added some white flock to the clouds for some fuzzy texture.  {grin}  The raindrops on the Ruche paper are all sparkly from a Sakura stardust glitter pen. 

Be sure to visit the PMS blog to see all the sneak peeks from the other Makeup Artists today and leave a comment there for a chance to win the entire March/April release!  Then come back tomorrow when I'll have another sneak peek ready to show you.  {wink}

Stamps: Rainbows & Raindrops Additions and You're My Other Side by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Neenah Solar White & Sky Blue Crepe Ruche from Paper Temptress
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Chalk Pastels, Sakura Stardust Glitter Pen, Piercing Tools, May Arts Ribbon, White Flock, 2-Way Glue Pen
Challenges: Splitcoast Clean and Simple CAS108, Sentimental Sundays #44 Anything Goes,  Cupcake Inspirations CIC100, Cute Card Thursday #154 Signs of Spring,

Lemonade Sketch

Cardabilities - Sketch #26


Paper Makeup Stamps is sponsoring this week's sketch challenge at Cardabilities.  One lucky participant will win a $15 gift certificate!  Be sure to check out some more samples from the Makeup Artists on the PMS blog. 

The half circles on this sketch reminded me of the citrus stamp from Freckled Lemonade.  I used some yummy papers from from the Sparkle and Ruche collections at Paper Temptress for a very sparkly card.  I embossed some extra shimmery lemons with Versamark Dazzle Frost ink and clear powder on Sparkle Mangue cardstock.   The red paper is Sparkle Vermillion cardstock and the glass of lemonade was actually stamped on Sparkle Blanc for a shimmery effect there too.  If you click on the photo to enlarge it, I think you can see all the sparkle a bit better.

White Crepe Ruche cardstock gives my background such great texture and it absorbed the ink perfectly for my sentiment without bleeding or omitting any of it.  Love it!  {grin}

Thanks for passing by today!  I hope you'll play along with us at Cardabilities - can't wait to see what you create with this fun sketch!  

Stamps: Freckled Lemonade by Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: Sparkle Blanc, Sparkle Vermillion, Sparkle Mangue, White Crepe Ruche from Paper Temptress
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark Dazzle Frost
Accessories: Copic Markers, MS Bubble Bath Punch, Baker's Twine, Dimensional Tape, Clear EP  

You Make Life Sparkle

Flutterby Wednesday - FBW #124 Lots of Sparkle
Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge - MTSC93
Paper Sundae Challenge - PSC37 Things with Wings
Creative Cottage Challenge - #24 Bling it On
Crazy4Challenges - C4C56 Bling

This week we want you to use lots of sparkle with your butterfly, fairy or angel at Flutterby Wednesday! I just had to use the Shaela Fairy with her "You make life sparkle" sentiment from Paper Makeup Stamps for this challenge. She was colored with copics and then covered with lots of sparkle. Her wings and sparkler have stickles over them and her hair, dress and shoes are highlighted with a clear spica glitter pen. You can see the sparkle better in the close-up photo below, especially if you click on it to enlarge it.



The colored papers are from Paper Temptress and they also shimmer: Lunar Blue Pearlescent, Mountain Rose Glimmer and Noir Sparkle. Then of course, you need gems if you have a sparkly card, right? {grin}


Thanks for fluttering by!




Stamps: Shaela Fairy & sentiment from Paper Makeup Stamps
Paper: GKD Pure Luxury White, Paper Temptress Noir Sparkle, Lunar Blue Pearlescent, Mountain Rose Glimmer
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Copic Markers, Stickles, Clear Spica Glitter Pen, Gems, Dimensional Tape

Christmas in July

Flutterby Wednesday #114 - Christmas in July

I have some fun news! There was a vacancy on the Flutterby Wednesday Design Team and I've been asked to fill that spot for the rest of the year! {doing a happy dance} I just love Danni's weekly FBW challenges and I'm so honored to be asked carry over from my Guest DT work this month. {HUGE smile}

Today's card is clean and simple! I really, really wanted to use an angel for the Christmas in July theme and I think the only one I have is from an old Stampin' Up set called Nativity Silhouette. I decided embossing these images was the way to go and I used iridescent ice powder on the angel to make it glittery. The blue 5-1/2" square is Abysse Sparkle cardstock from Paper Temptress and serves as the base of my card. The Confetti White cardstock is folded in half and mounted on the Abysse paper. The front flap is trimmed up half an inch to show some Gold Metallic Text paper (also from Paper Temptress) that is taped on the inside. I just love how the shimmer of the PT papers set off the shine in the embossed images too. {grin} The saying is from another retired SU! set called City of David.

Thanks for fluttering by today!

Blessings,



Stamps: Nativity Silhouette and City of David by SU!
Paper: Abysse Sparkle Cardstock & Gold Metallic Text Paper from Paper Temptress, Confetti White
Ink: Versamark, Sky Blue Colorbox Pigment, Black Colorbox Pigment, Stazon Black
Accessories: Gold EP, Iridescent Ice EP, Black EP, Piercing Tools

The Funnest Person I Have Never Met

Dawn Mercedes is simply the funnest person I have never met! Not in person anyhow. I was blessed to be assigned as her Big Sis in Splitcoast's Divine Secret Sister program 4 years ago. She's so friendly and creative that I had a great time "stalking" her gallery and posts on Splitcoast and emailing her on the side while trying to maintain my secret identity. That's how I first learned about challenges. There was this entire section of Splitcoast that I never knew existed, but how fun Dawn made it look! That encouraged me to start doing challenges and uploading cards to my gallery. And I've continued to follow her on-line and email these last four years, long after our Secret Sister round ended. With my funnest DSS reveal ever on my birthday, btw. {grin}

I now hang streamers and decorate my children's doorways for their birthdays - a new tradition that they just LOVE and I got the idea from Dawn. In turn, they've begun decorating mom or dad's chair at the table when we have a birthday. It's so fun to see them enjoy receiving and then want to give too. We also take turns creating different kinds of fairies to send things to each other and our children. There are a couple Pokemon fairies out there, a gum ball fairy, a rubber stamp fairy, and more! There are some rumors of a Star Wars fairy too, haha. {wink} And, my oh my, she started doing some design team work a year ago and her creations are just amazing! So clever and detailed. I have many new "favorite" stamping sites that I've discovered through her design work.

Another fabulously fun thing about Dawn is she celebrates half birthdays. February 3rd was her half birthday and I just couldn't resist putting together this fun little package for her. I used some pretty papers from Paper Temptress (cocoa crepe ruche, blanc sparkle and vermillion sparkle). I just love how the sparkle papers shimmer and how rich and textured the ruche is - such a yummy combination! Perfect for wrapping that big Hershey bar and scallop heart nesties to go with her BIG heart that freely gives and shares her talent and thoughts on-line. For the card I lined the nestie up beside the fold so that it would only cut across the top and right side of the heart, allowing it to open up on the left side for a message. The saying is from Paper Makeup Stamps new Birthday Cheer set and I added the '1/2' with a red marker.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll visit Dawn's blog and gallery too. :) Have a blessed day!

Paper: Paper Temtress Cocoa Crepe Ruche, Blanc Sparkle, Vermillion Sparkle
Stamps: Paper Makeup Stamps Birthday Cheer
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Red
Accessories: Scallop Heart Nesties, Heart Nesties, Gem stickers, Gingham ribbon, tissue paper, Hershey bar (haha), marker

Van Gogh Tree

The Sweet Shop - SSS36
Splitcoast Technique Challenge - TLC253

It's time for some Christmas thank you cards! I started with this week's sketch from The Sweet Shop. I chose to use Sweet 'n Sassy's charity set Trees of the Field. You can click on the link to read about how it supports Sarah Anderson's family after the tragic loss of her 3yo son Henry a couple months ago.

I covered the tree with dots, Van Gogh style, for Splitcoast's technique challenge. The saying is from Sweet 'n Sassy's Heartfelt Sentiments set. The green ruche paper in the background is from Paper Temptress and it has a delightful texture to it.

I hope all of you enjoyed a Christmas Day full of joy and laughter. For my family, it was a time to reflect on the greatest gift ever given ~ Luke 2:10-11 NASB

And the angel said to them,"Do not be afraid;
for behold, I bring you good news of a great joy which shall
be for all the people; for today in the city of David
there has been born for you a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.

Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day!

Stamps: Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps: Trees of the Field, Heartfelt Sentiments
Paper: (SU) Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze (Paper Temptress) Neenah Solar White, Green Ruche
Ink: Certainly Celery, Baja Breeze, Mellow Moss, Always Artichoke, More Mustard, Close to Cocoa, Soft Sky, Sage Shadow
Accessories: Markers, Buttons, Brad, Circle Nesties

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