Mod Squad - Teal & Purple

Dear Ones~
Whew, I wasn't sure if I was going to get this post done before the deadline for the Mod Squad Challenge this week. We were asked to use teal and purple, 2 of my favorite colors together!!!!

Here's my card:

I stamped the GKD Fabulous Frame by Melanie Muenchinger onto GKD Turquoise Sea card stock so I didn't have to color in the borders. The oval was cut out of the Fabulous Frame image, and then the frame was popped up on the white card stock so that the oval is recessed. I used my Brusho Crystal Colors for the awesome, vibrant watercolor. You can't see it too well, but I splattered gold over the colors. The watercolors were done on watercolor paper, and then I paper pieced it onto the Fabulous Frame image. The hummingbird is colored with Distress Markers on watercolor paper and fussy cut.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD White and Turquoise Sea Card Stock

GKD Fabulous Frame Stamp Set

GKD Stamper's Favorites Stamp Set

Brusho Crystal Colors in Turquoise and Purple

Spellbinder Shapabilities Feather Die

Distress Markers

Fine Tech Pearl Colors for the Gold Splatters

Delica Golden Glitz on the Feathers

GKD Fine Gold Embossing Powder

Wink of Stella

Liquid Pearls in Peacock

I am also entering this card in the STV Monday Challenge.
Thanks for stopping by, I adore your comments. Stay warm (and well), my friends!!!

Just Us Girls Challenge - Color

Dear Ones~
Well, I think I may live. Finally on the downward side of this mean virus. Please, wash your hands, break out the sanitizer, and don't get in anyone's face that has this. YOU DON'T WANT IT!!!

Welcome to this week's 

Just Us Girls Challenge 

We are going to play with color ~ green, orange and blue. 

Aren't these colors GORGEOUS???

Here's the card I came up with:

It was so much fun to use these beautiful colors!! This card is going out to a dear niece, hope she likes it.

Here are the ingredients:

*GKD White, Jelly Bean Green, Turquoise Sea Card Stock
*The Crafts Meow Typically Teen Stamp Set 

used for Background Splatters

*Simon Says Stamp Cupcake Party Stamp Set, 

designed by Kristina Werner (love her!!)

*HOTP Patterned Paper

*GKD Inks - 

Turquoise Sea

Green Grass

  Sweet Mango

*Glossy Accents

*Wink of Stella

*Judy Dots

The Just Us Girls Challenges are so much fun. 

Each week there is a new topic, and all the girls on
the Design Team are uber talented,
so there's lots of inspiration. 

If you have never stopped by, you should really check it out!!

Thanks for looking, I adore your comments. Oh, and stay WELL my friends!!!!

Sweet Wren

Dear Ones~
Well, I'm on day 11 of the virus from #$%^. This one has really kicked my rear end. Hubby has it too. But the good news is that I'm on the downside of it. Also good news is that it hasn't put a damper on my creative vibes. I'm happy about that!!
Today's card is for the Mod Squad Challenge - just make a thank you card.

Here's what I came up with:

I am so in love with this little sweet bird image. It's part of a set by Gina K Designs called Winter Wings. All the images are of birds like this. I spritzed the background with the Tim Holtz Spritzer thingy. I love the splatter it created.

Here are the ingredients:

GKD Dark Chocolate Card Stock

Strathmore Watercolor Paper

GKD Winter Wings Stamp Set

Distress Markers

Thanks for stopping by, I adore your comments! Oh, and stay well, my friends!!!!

Just Us Girls Challenge - Stencils

 

Dear Ones~
Welcome to another challenge at Just Us Girls!  This is Trend Week, and the chosen trend is STENCILS. There sure are a lot of possibilities with this one!

Here is what I came up with:

I have not used stencils a great deal, so was kinda perplexed as to what I wanted to do. I found a stencil that I had purchased some time ago because I just liked the pattern, pulled out my texture paste, and smeared it over the stencil on some white card stock. After it was dry, I decided to get out my Brusho Crystals and add some color. So I wet the whole thing really well and applied the crystals. Well I had a soggy hot mess, but it was pretty, so I decided to just let it dry. With all that texturizing paste it took FOREVER!!! Had to let it dry over night. In the end, I think it turned out beautifully. I die cut a pinked circle frame out of Turquoise Sea Card Stock and ran some gold thread all around it, then put it behind the feathers. Kinda hard to see the thread in the photo, but it's there. And I think the sponged gold on the feathers is really nice!!

Here are the ingredients:
GKD White, Turquoise Sea, and Vibrant Violet Card Stock
Clear Snap Shattered Glass Stencil
Deco Art Dimensional Effects Paste
Brusho Crystal Colors
Spellbinders Shapabilities Feather Dies
Spellbinders Pinked Circle Dies
GKD Blue Raspberry Ink, Sponged on the Feathers
Delica Gold Ink, Sponged on the Feathers
GKD Hello Sunshine Stamp Set for Sentiment

If you have never participated in the Just Us Girls Challenge, I encourage you to give it a try. The topics are always fun, and I think you will find a lot of inspiration from all the talented designers on the team!!

So that's it. I had a lot of fun making this card. Some of my favorite colors here. Thanks for stopping by, I adore your comments. Oh, and stay warm, my friends.

Just Us Girls Challenge - Winter

Dear Ones~
I have the honor and great privilege of being Guest Designer over at the Just Us Girls Challenge Blog for the month of January. These are once a week challenges with a different theme each week. Always fun to participate! All the designers are over-the-top talented, which makes for great inspiration.

Here is the challenge for the first week of the new year:

 

The theme is WINTER. How timely, right? There are so many different possibilities with this theme. Here is the card I came up with:

Those flourishes remind me of snow swirling around in a gust wind. The pale blue color might be reminiscent of ice covering a lake in winter, and I love using the snowflake dies with glitter paper, like the sparkle of snow on a sunny winter day.

Here are the ingredients:

Gina K Designs Pure Luxury White Card Stock

Martha Stewart Create Pastel Paper Pad

Recollections Christmas Glitter Pad

Cuttlebug Snowflakes Embossing Folder

Impression Obsession Snowflake Dies

Cheery Lynn Mini Flourish Die

Gina K Designs Let It Snow Stamp Set

Thanks for stopping by. And do consider participating in these fun and easy challenges. Go visit the blog for more info:

http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/ 

I adore your comments, stay warm my friends!

Happily Ever After

Dear Ones~
This will be a quick post for today. I have been very busy with Christmas preparations, as have all of you I know. But I wanted to get this card into the Mod Squad Challenge for this week, Frilly Fun. We are to use two or more dies.
This card was made for the wedding of a dear friend. Her theme was winter, so I thought the snowflakes were so appropriate. Here is my card:

I used several different snowflake dies, a Spellbinders label die, and lots of glitter and silver embossing powder.

Here are the ingredients:
GKD White Card Stock
Recollections Christmas Glitter Pad
Impression Obsession Snowflakes Dies
Spellbinders Labels 4 Die
Sentiment from my Stash
GKD Ultra-Fine Silver Embossing Powder

Thanks for stopping by. I adore your comments, hope you are having a wonderful holiday!!

Chocolate Snowman

Dear Ones~
Today was a "me" day and I got to play in my craft room. As with most of us right now, I have been very busy with Christmas preparations and the like. SO MUCH FUN!!! But my time isn't my own. Today I have made a card to enter in 2 challenges. STV's Monday Challenge, to do something with Winter Chocolate; and The Mod Squad Challenge, to do something with Snowmen. So I decided to make a Chocolate Snowman!! There's chocolate Easter Bunnies, right. Why not a Chocolate Snowman. And yeah, they prob'ly have 'em.

Here's my card:

He kinda looks like a bird in the photo with his little carrot nose, but not in real life. I glittered him all up and made everything sparkly. And the swirl is gold instead of white, like snow would be. The hat and scarf are paper pieced with some GKD patterned Christmas paper, but it's very old. I don't think they make it any more because I couldn't find it in her store. If anyone knows the name of the pack please enlighten me.

Here are the ingredients:
Hex Die by QuickKutz
GKD Ivory Card Stock.
Recollections Espresso Patterned Paper
 GKD Let It Snow and Snowman Wishes Stamp Sets
Cheery Lynn Designs Swirl Die
Gold Foil Paper from my Stash

Thanks for taking the time to stop by, what with the busy-ness of the holidays and all. I adore your comments!!! Oh, and stay warm, my friends!!