Soft vellum Hellebores

Good morning!  I could not resist creating with the beautiful Hellebores again. They are just so beautiful and the variety is amazing. These are a bit on the softer side since I printed them first on vellum paper then on the cardstock. I colored the blooms from the backside of the vellum to give them that softer feel. Adhered the vellum over the printed cardstock print and added a Spellbinders die cut panel edge to the top to hold part of my sentiment.

A bit of scrap designer paper to the edge panel and a few enamel dots to the vellum. I did add some sparkle to the stems leaves for a final touch on the vellum which you can actually see in the photo. Yea! Maybe vellum cardstock is the trick with sparkles and me. ha ha!!  Who knows! I really like the what the softness comes out using the vellum paper. Thank you for stopping by today, hope you have a wonderful day! 

Ali's 30th Birthday

Good morning. You are probably thinking this is not a "normal" 30th birthday card? Well the person this is for happens to LOVE and I mean LOVE giraffe's. This is perfect for Ali. She just recently finished a 8 month pack backing trip across the Europe and Africa with her husband. Yes they decided one week that they needed to take a leave from their jobs and backpack across part of the globe. ACK!!! They knew if they did not do this now before children they would never get to do it. So they each oacked one backpack, GASP!!! and headed off.  They blogged about all the places they were travelling to each week for us. WOW! They saw some AMAZING places and some scary places, yikes. What and adventure!!! I lived vicariously through their blog. hee hee  That is something that is WAY OUT of my comfort zone ladies.  :-)  Anyways... this card is for Ali! 

This also gave me the excuse to get this digital giraffe that I have wanted for a long time from Mo's Digital pencil called G-Fa Giraffe. After he was printed on white cardstock I colored him with various Copic markers. Scored a border around the edge and added my birthday sentiment to the right. Die cut the 30 with a retired WOJ die light and added sparkles to the arrow and number tag. A few sequins and some sparkle to finish it off. Voila! I know she is going to just love this and that is what makes me happy.  :-)  Thanks for coming by today. Have a wonderful day. 

FS466 Butterfly Birthday

This weeks Featured Stamper 466 is Gunilla aka gunilla.holmqvist. A very elegant and sweet style of creations to choose from. I cased this Instead of Flowers card to case. Kept the butterfly theme, color theme, square card, distressing and stitching. Changed the squares to an oval, moved the butterflies around, added vellum and jewels. My stitching is fake unlike her beautiful stitching she added. Enjoy your week Gunilla! 

My creation uses the beautiful Majestic Monarchs as I do love these butterflies. They are stamped on white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. Once colored I delicately cut around the edges so that I could pop them up on the card. My designer paper is from an older pack of paper called Baby Mine from Carta Bella. Yes I need to use what designer paper I have since I tend to not use much yet I continue to buy it??? ha ha  Before they were adhered together pulled out my distressing tool for the edges and added some faux stitching. Adhered to the card base and added an oval instead of the squares in her creation.

Since the wings are spread out the easiest way to keep them from going flat is to make a box instead of having this in an envelope. So I created a square box to hold the card.  :-)  You can check out my square box tutorial that I did a few months back if you wanted to make your own. This one is a half inch smaller than the tutorial but either one work to hold a square card. The sentiment is from a retired Flourishes stamp set. Finished it off with some sparkles on the butterflies and a few jewels. Voila! I hope you can find sometime to stamp today! Have wonderful day. 

Tall and thank you

Good morning and happy Friday! Over at Power Poppy we are issuing in our first challenge of the year. How exciting! Our host this month is the talented Tosha with a tall and thin card AND a new technique or something new to you. 

I hope you will join us again this year of some fun challenges. Remember to link your creations over on the Power Poppy Blog. 

Tall and thin cards are so nice and I forget they are fun to make. Wondering what my new is? Well how about a new year and a new challenge? I totally forgot about the new part when I was creating. Yikes!!! Now don't you go forgetting or I will be in trouble.  :-)  
I started with a die cut Spellbinders edge at the bottom since I knew I wanted the fancy edge. Then to pick the flowers... Fresh bouquet of color was needed with our snowy driveway and yard we have had lately. hee hee So I went with Countryside Bouquet Deluxe stamp. Stamped them on white cardstock and colored with various Copic markers. A simple vellum panel with my sentiment and a few enamel dots. Oh and yes of course, the sparkle on the green stems for a final touch. Voila! Hope you enjoyed my tall and thin card today. Looking forward to seeing your creations.

Check out the Bloom Brigades creations:
Allison Cope 
Christine Okken
Cindy Lawrence
Julie Koerber
Kathy Jones
Katie Sims 
Leslie Miller
Tosha Leyendekker

Welcome Hellebores

Good morning! Today is the first Instant Garden release of 2016! Are you as excited as I am for the new designs Marcy is going to show us this year? You should be! ;-)  This beautiful flower is called Hellebores. A few other names it is referred to are Christmas Rose and Lenten Rose.

 Very interesting facts behind this flower and the hybrids are fantastic. Google it sometime and see what comes up, you will appreciate the variety. Hellebores can be found in the store NOW! 

My card today is on the softer side and a birthday card. Several coming up that I need to work on along with more thank you cards. The petals are colored with Copic markers with just a hint of sparkle added to the leaves when done. Some faux stitching around the border of the designer paper pack called Blushing Rose. Wrapped some lace trim and matching ribbon around the center. Finished it off with a few scattered pearls and a few for the corner. Voila!

You will find a full list of the talented ladies creations over on the Power Poppy Blog! Enjoy! 

FS465 Sweet smells

This weeks Featured Stamper 465 is Kathy aka Kathy LeDonne. What a sweet gallery and even sweeter person. I choose this Nose to Nose card to case for obvious reasons.  :-)  I kept with the same colors, two mice, similar flowers and changed the rest. Congrats and enjoy your week! 

These mice are just so sweet and I love coloring them. I stamped this House Mouse called  Lavendar Dreams onto white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. I just love this shimmery purple cardstock! Die cut a Spellbinders edge to the bottom and added some textured circles to the back panel. Finished it off with a few silver pearls and some stickles. Voila! 

Bring on 2016

Happy 2016! Can you believe it the new year is here and ready for what awaits. The Dirty Dozen Christmas challenges are ready for the new year as well. The January challenge is called Just keep wrapping, just keep wrapping. You can find all the details and post your creation in the Dirty Dozen Forum HERE. Happy Stamping! 

It should be no surprise to you that I have snowman Christmas wrap as I adore them. This paper is double sided and this side has all the tiny postage stamp like ones on it. I die cut them using a stitched rectangle die. The back panel has textured snowflakes that I added a bunch of sparkles too along with the snowflakes in the snowman panels. A die cut snowflake in the shimmery paper and my sentiment. Voila! Happy 2016!