Kathy's Lily Pad Palette for March

I had time to make another card last night and had been eyeing Kathy's colour palette challenge over at the Lily Pad and decided to give it a try. Plus, it's being sponsored by Purple Onion Design, do yourself a favour and go and browse around their shop and you will be quite taken in by some of their really fun images.

And for my card I used one by Stephanie Ackerman called "Cracked Egg - Chick".  It's too funny! I hope you like what I made!

Paper: cardstock (PTI)
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Spun Sugar DI
Stamps: POD
Other: Pearls (Hero Arts); Nestabilitie Die

I paper pieced the image with the two different colour cardstocks after stamping the image in black ink and heat embossing.  I also inked the edges of my card with some Spun Sugar distress ink and I really love the subtle softness it added.  For me, finding those three little pearls in my stash was the cherry on the cake.

I think I am going to send this as a surprise card to my niece Megan in South Africa. She won't be expecting it which makes it all the sweeter!

One more sleep and we will be off to Disney!  Natasha can barely contain her excitement, and I am probably not far behind her!  My hubby on the other hand is going to have to work really hard on being patient, he is dreading the queueing, but a saying I learned here in the USA, which is totally appropriate for this adventure, he basically needs to "suck it up"!  Which I am sure he will, even if it is going to be an effort!

Have a wondrous weekend!

Love You

I was very touched to find out that Agata has nominated me for the Liebster Award!  That was so sweet and kind of her, and I will make sure to pass it on to those creative people out there who constantly inspire and motivate me, some of them unknowingly!  (I'll do that in another post as I need to rush off to my daughters Rodeo Show at school today!)

As we browse through blogs our brains pick up on ideas that we then use in some shape or form later, without making the connection where that inspiration comes from!  Of course, sometimes, when we are very LOW on mojo, we ask permission to CASE someone to give us a kickstart!  I am thankful to so many of you out there for constantly inspiring me and helping me to look at something in a different way, thank you! 

Here is a card I made using a Purple Onion Design stamp.  It's one of the beautiful flowers that came in the Pot-a-Flower set!  It's nice and big and I did not want to add anything to it.

(Edit: it appears I forgot to mention that I was adding this card to the current SSS Challenge which is Anything Goes!  Sorry!  Thank you Mandy for pointing it out!)

I simply coloured the flower with my Copic markers and matted it on a piece of patterned paper (still trying to get rid of all those scraps) before adhering it to my notecard which was stamped with the Hero Arts Envelope Pattern stamp in their Iris Chalk ink.  That bold sentiment is from Papertrey Ink!  I eventually got that set, I have been looking at it since it was released, a LONG time ago!

Ok, got to go, or else I am going to be late!

Have a really super Friday!

Pot A Flower

I had been eyeing out the lovely whimsical, and large, flower stamps over at Purple Onion Designs and received the ones I had ordered yesterday (thanks Michelle for the super quick mailing and the little added gifts!).  So today I made a card using the Pot-a-Flower stamp.

I hope you are not bored with the colours I chose, same as yesterday!  Firstly, I really love them but more importantly I have challenged myself to try and use up any scraps of paper I cut into instead of simply adding them to my already large pile of scrap pieces!  And then when I am left with very tiny bits, (that for some unhealthy reason I am unable to throw in the bin), I get out a punch and punch out something, mostly butterflies!

I purposely did not add a sentiment although I was considering a small "Hi".  This is unusual for me, but I'll add something on the inside when I decide what I am going to do with it.

I basically paper pieced the flower and the pot.  I used the MFT Double Scalloped die-namics die to create those pretty edges.  And, I used some punched out butterflies (Martha Stewart punch) and a little pearl here and there.  The notecard is Hero Arts.  The pot and yellow flower centre are popped up for dimension.

I will add that I did allow myself to try out the March Simon Says Stamp Card Kit of the Month.  I wanted to see the benefits.  When I got it  I realised that I actually already have all those designer papers, but, the kit won't go to waste.  The positives is that for people who struggle to co-ordinate items this is  an awesome solution.  You also get a page of sketches that you can use as a starting point. 

I'm going to add this card to the current challenge over at Simon Says Stamp to use three different papers.

It cooled down drastically overnight and the wind has been roaring at 30mph!  So it's another different and beautiful day!