Geranium thanks

This card is for MFTSC68. Love this sketch!!! I've been looking for a reason to try out my new Raspberry Tart DSP and what better to try it on than this Scented Geranium stamp from MFT?

My base card is Whisper White with layers of Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, and Raspberry Tart DSP. The next element is more of the same, with different DSP, with a striped Kiwi Kiss ribbon as the next element.
The focal image is stamped on Solar White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers (see below for colors used). It was then cut/embossed with a circle Nestabilities die, matted on Rose Red, also cut and embossed, and is up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment was stamped on Solar White with Tuxedo Black, punched with the small oval punch, and matted on Rose Red and Kiwi Kiss, also punched with ovals. Some Dew Drops from the Primary Colors collection finish it off. Bright, but I like it!

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~Recipe~
Stamps: Scented Geranium (Annie LaPointe for MFT)
Paper: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red, and Raspberry Tart DSP (SU!); Solar White card stock (PTI)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/circle Nestabilities; 3M foam squares (craft store); ribbon, small oval and oval punches (SU!); Dew Drops (Robin's Nest)

A kind word... Color Throwdown #30

It's time for another Color Throwdown Challenge! Today's colors were chosen by LeAnne and at first glance they really were a challenge, LOL! Tangerine Tango, Brilliant Blue, and Ballet Blue. BUT, as soon as I got this new stamp set, A Kind Word, I knew the first time I colored it that this little girl she was gonna have red hair--she reminds me so much of Raggedy Ann! So, I just went from there with the other colors. I'm using the sketch from a High Hopes challenge. Great sketch!

My base card is Very Vanilla with a layer of Brilliant Blue, both of which had the flap corners rounded. The next layer is Tangerine Tango. The next one is first Very Vanilla on which I used my Martha Stewart eyelet border punch and then Ballet Blue that I ran through my Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots folder. The next element is bright blue gingham ribbon (see this, Tammy?!) The focal image was stamped on watercolor paper with Basic Black ink and colored with SU! markers and a blender pen. It's matted with Tangerine Tango and Brilliant Blue, and is up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment was stamped on Very Vanilla with Basic Black, timmed, and one end punched with my Word Window punch. It's also up on foam squares and it's other end is tucked under some Prima flowers anchored with a bright blue brad.

C'mon over to the Color Throwdown blog and play along with us this week. If you upload your card to a public forum, please use the keyword CTD30 so we can see your beauty all in one place. And if you play, you *could* be picked as our Featured Stamper and a guest designer! Hope to see you there!

Be sure to check out what the other team members have come up with this week:
Broni Holcombe--Splashes of Watercolor
Cathy Indelicato--Crafty Thoughts
Danielle Kennedy--Wild Dragonfly Designs
LeAnne Pugliese--Wee Inklings
Tammy Hershberger--Stamp Happy
And our guest designer for the month, ! Congratulations, !

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~Recipe~
Stamps: A Kind Word (SU!)
Paper: watercolor paper, Very Vanilla, Tangerine Tango, Brilliant Blue, and Ballet Blue (SU!)
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: 3M foam squares, brad (craft store); Primas; eyelet border punch (Martha Stewart); Word Window punch (SU!)

Buttons and Bows and WHAT???

This card is for SCS Inspiration Challenge #167. Inspiration was to come from this site: The Artful Bras Project. I chose the bra called Buttons and Bows and Boobs. All of the bras were very creative, to say the least! It's also for Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenge. I think this is the first time I've done one of these. Different for me, but that's a good thing. It was fun and I really like this card.

My base card is Whisper White with layers of Old Olive and Pretty In Pink card stock. The next elements are first Old Olive, then DP from Basic Grey's Urban Prairie 6 x 6 pad, both layers of which were cut/embossed with circle Nestabilities dies. The focal image was stamped on Solar White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers (see below for colors used). It was matted on Pretty In Pink then Old Olive, and is up on 3M foam squares. The sentiment was stamped on Solar White card stock with Pretty In Pink from the same set and punched out with my Word Window punch. It's matted with Old Olive that was cut/embossed with a Nestabilities label die. I sewed on a pink button and mounted it up on foam squares. Two more buttons accent the top right corner. I really am liking this card.

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~Recipe~
Stamps: Think Pink (MFT)
Paper: Whisper White, Old Olive, Pretty In Pink (SU!); Urban Prairie 6 x 6 pad (Basic Grey)
Ink: Pretty In Pink (SU!); Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/circle Nestabilities; 3M foam squares, DMC emroidery floss (craft store); buttons (my stash), Copic markers

Lucky Fluffles

This card is for TECC #55. It's time to do St. Patrick's Day so here's my first one.

My base card is Whisper White with layers of Garden Green and Barely Banana, then a layer of DP from Karen Foster's Green Houndstooth and Provo Craft's Good Luck. A green ribbon was wrapped around this and snugged down with a punched shamrock and a yellow button from my stash with some natural hemp. The focal image was stamped on Solar White card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copic markers (see below for colors used). It was then cut/embossed with a circle Nestabilities die, as was the Barely Banana layer. The Garden Green layer was cut/embossed with a scalloped circle die and the whole thing was popped up on 3M foam squares. A little green rhinestone accents the center of Fluffles' shamrock.

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~Recipe~
Stamps: Lucky Fluffles (Stampendous)
Paper: Whisper White, Barely Banana, Garden Green (SU!); Green Houndstooth (Karen Foster); Good Luck (Provo Craft); Solar White (PTI)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug/Nestabilities; 3M foam squares, ribbon, hemp, rhinestone (craft store); shamrock punch (Martha Stewart); button (stash)

Definitely a stretch

First, I want to wish everyone a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

This card is for two challenges: SCS Ways To Use It #205 (use fabric) and Limited Supplies #207 (stretch yourself--use two or more things on a card that you don't normally use). I think this is the first time for me with both of these challenges and I must say they were fun!

For the Limited Supplies Challenge, the things I did that I don't normally do (actually, there are three things on this card that I've *never* done on a card before): 1) use fabric; 2) sew; and 3) distress cardstock. I'd been planning to use fabric, as evidenced by the fact that I had some Crafty Secrets Cotton Scraps in my stash. But this made me pull 'em out and use 'em.

My base card is Very Vanilla with layers (couldn't totally go wild, now could I?) of Pumpkin Pie, Barely Banana, and Sage Shadow with a strip of russet ribbon across the middle. The focal image is from the Winter collection of Cotton Scraps and was sewed onto Very Vanilla card stock, layered on Pumpkin Pie, and is up on 3M foam squares. All card stock was distressed with the back of my scissors blade. Pumpkin colored brads accent each corner and that's that! Certainly not like anything else in my gallery but I think I like it!

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~Recipe~
Stamps: None
Paper: Very Vanilla, Pumpkin Pie, Barely Banana, and Sage Shadow (SU!)
Ink: None
Accessories: scissors; 3M foam squares, brads (craft store); Crafty Secrets Winter Cotton Scraps