Purple Blossoms and Butterflies

Happy Sunday! Today is my last post over at the Flourishes blog as the January Limelight Designer. I stepped out of my comfort zone to use some purple shades to create this Blossoms and Butterflies card. Please click here to see the entire card :)

A BIG thank you to Jan Marie and Julie for letting me be part of the Flourishes Team for January and for letting me play with some truly beautiful stamps

I'm ready for Spring...

Are you? We have been having so much rain here lately that it was time to break out some Spring stamps just to make myself feel better :) It's Sunday and time for another Limelight post over at Flourishes, so if you would like a little taste of Spring, be sure to pop on over there to see the rest of this card :)

Happy Sunday everyone!

Limelight Nasturtiums

Hello all! Happy Sunday to everyone :) I hope that you are all enjoying a wonderfully relaxing morning like myself. This is just a little sneak peek of a post that I wrote for today over at the Flourishes blog. You might want to pop by there if you have a moment because this card might put a summer smile on your face :D

Peek-a-boo Cherries

Happy Sunday everyone! You want to know what that means to me? It's my first day to show off on of my Flourishes creations over on their blog. If you have a moment then please hop on over to take a peek at the bigger version of my Peek-a-boo Cherries :)

Have a GREAT day!

Pssst, wanna know a little secret?

This is just a little teaser of the last announcement that I promised to make, but you will have to click here to find out what it is ;) 2011 is off to an amazing start and I just have to say that I'm thrilled! :D

A Poppy for the Papertake Weekly Challenge

I got a chance to participate in this week's Papertake Weekly Challenge that is sponsored by My Creative Classroom. The challenge this week was a sketch and I have to admit, that a sketch challenge is my favourite kind of challenge :)




I finally got a chance to step foot into my craft room after being away camping for most of the month of August. It felt a little strange to pick up my card making supplies and being creative! But I quickly got over the foreign feeling and pulled out this gorgeous set from Flourishes that I have been itching to get inky for quite some time! lol




I stamped the poppy three different times and watercoloured various pieces of it with my aqua pen and Tombow markers and then paper toled it to be 3Dimensional. I then placed the poppy onto my sponged background and then added the little frame that I made with my Nestabilities. I paired up the poppy with my Martha Stewart twig punch to created the fun leaves and added a sentiment from on of my sets from a rather large direct sales stamp company.

The Gina K ivory card stock was run through my cuttlebug and then sponged and distressed to warm up the paper to blend it with the tones of the designer papers. I rounded all the corners with my Chomper Tool and stitched most of the edges with coordinating threads.

I had a great time with this sketch and don't forget to play along this week as the girls from MCC are donating a $25 gift certificate for this week's prize and it can be towards the class of your choosing :)


Card Recipe:

Stamps: Flourishes - Poppy Patch, Serene Spring
Paper: Gina K Ivory, Dk Brown, Basic Grey DP, Watercolour, 7 Gypsies DP
Ink: Lt Brown, Dk Brown, Mustard, Dk Green
Accessories: Sewing Machine, Cuttlebug, Embossing Folders, Nestabilities, Ribbon, Brads, Sponges, Pop Dots, Distressing Tool, Corner Rounder, Aqua Pen, Tombow Markers, Martha Stewart Punch, Scallop Edge Punch