Happy Mother's Day

Another purple card and I like this one much better. This card is for Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday Challenge #13, which is a sketch this week, and Copic Creations Challenge #3--to use purple.

My base card is Whisper White with layers of Old Olive, Pale Plum, and DP from the Sprout 6 x 6 pack by Memory Box. The four square elements are more of the same with different DP from the pack. An olive green sheer ribbon was tied around in a bow. The third image is Old Olive cut/embossed with a Labels Three Nestabilities die with Pale Plum and Whisper White layers on it, cut/embossed with circle dies. The focal image uses the Siberian Iris from Flourishes' Siberan Iris set and was stamped on Gina K Pure Luxury 80lb paper with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Markers (see below). It was then popped up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment is from the same set and was stamped on Whisper White with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, punched out with a 1 3/16" punch, and matted with DP punched out with the Designer Label punch. I'm liking this card a lot--what about you?

Thanks for dropping by today!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Siberian Iris (Flourishes)
Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Pale Plum (SU!); Sprout 6 x 6 pack (Memory Box)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities; 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); 1 3/16" round punch (EK Success); Designer Label punch (SU!); Copic markers

A kind word is like a spring day.

A spring day--we've had a few but not enough! I took most of last week off to work in the garden but some days it rained, some days it was too windy and cold. I can do cold but not WIND and cold, LOL! So, I got some garden work done but I got to make some cards, too!

We've been given this week off from the MFT Idol contest so I got to do some challenges I'd been neglecting and to try a new one: Copic Creations. I'm hoping to learn a lot about using Copic markers by doing these challenges. The very first challenge is coloring faces and skin tones and here's my attempt.

My base card is Whisper White with a layer of Bashful Blue, then a layer of half So Saffron and half DP from the Whimsy Mat Stack from DCWV. I then added a strip of Whisper White, using a Martha Stewart eyelet border punch with two strips of light blue gingham ribbon across it. I only had 1/4" ribbon on hand--that's why I used two strips--one didn't seem like enough. Then I tied on 3 buttons from the Chloe's Closet collection by Making Memories with light blue Perle cotton. The focal image is from the SU! set called A Kind Word and was stamped on Gina K Pure Luxury 80 lb with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers, of course (see below). It was then cut/embossed with a square Nestabilities die, layered on So Saffron cut/embossed with a Labels Three die and on Bashful Blue cut/embossed with another square die and popped up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment is from the set and is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Another button balances the lower right corner. This was a fun card to make and I got to pull out a lot of Copic markers!

Thanks for dropping by!

~Recipe~
Stamps: A Kind Word (SU!)
Paper: Whisper White, Bashful Blue, So Saffron (SU!); Whimsy Mat Stack (DCWV); Pure Luxury 80 lb (Gina K)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities Square and Labels Three dies; 3M foam squares, ribbon, Perle cotton (craft store); buttons Chloe's Closet (Making Memories); Copic markers; Martha Stewart eyelet border punch