An Easter card

Hi!!! Here's an Easter card I made using a new PI, who I think is sold out at the moment - just tried looking for her on the site and couldn't find her! Anywho, I paper pieced her dress and colored everything else with copics. Used some dp I've had a while (yay!) and ruffled some ribbon around the edges. Nesties, sponging and brads finish it up. I made this using a sketch from MFT and for Flourishes release challenge.

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Shabby MFT flower girl

Hi all! Here's my latest card for this months' MFT guest designer challenge - Shabby Chic! Whatcha think? Too much? I have to say that I had a BLAST making this card! It was one of those where you just keep thinking, "oooh, what else can I add??!". The card base is kraft and I used a combo of crate paper and MME designer papers. I pieced her cute little dress and jacket, the rest I colored with copics. The doily behind her is from a pack of Martha Stewart ones that I got a while back. I made the half rosette myself - *side note~I'm sure it's much easier with a die!* The little strip of scalloped kraft (next to the dp that's yellow with flowers) is from the MFT banner die. It's supposed to be the top part of the banner, but I thought it made a cute border. I added liquid pearls to it, though most of it is covered by everything else! ;) I cut out some kraft using the dizzy border dienamic from MFT and covered the middle with some lace trim. The main layer that she's on is up on dimensionals. I broke up the sentiment so that it fit in my Verve die. I poked a hole in one end, added some MFT twine, an antique button and a cute little key to dress it up even more. Lots of sponging on the sentiment die, the doily and the black-ish dp layer. I roughed up the edges of the main layer that she's on and the yellow flowery dp. Here's a close up of the sentiment detailing:


Oh, and don't forget the bling! I added some swirls to the left and two little ones on the upper right! Ok, too much description?!? Hehe, sorry! Hope you like it! I'd just be thrilled to PIECES if I won!!! ;) Oh, I almost forgot!!! I finishes the inside, too! Nothing too fancy, just another bit of dizzy border, matching dp and that sweet girl stamped off to the left.

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First a la mode card!

Hi all! After spending a good part of the day at the zoo, I came home and finished up a card that I'd started last night. This one was made for MFT's latest sketch challenge. I've had my eye on this particular a la mode for the longest and finally broke down and bought it! My mornings just aren't right if I don't get my coffee! ;) I colored her with copics and cut her out with that out of the box method, I think it's called. She's also up on dimensionals, as is the sentiment. I happily used up some of my dp stash (October Afternoon here) and some bling to finish it all off.

Thanks for taking a peek! Hope you're all enjoying some pleasant weather - I know we are!

Get some butta...

'Cuz I'm on a roll! HA! I made this for 4 challenges! Today's sketch challenge on SCS, two of Flourishes' blog challenges and once I was done, I realized it fit Joanne B's Blogaversary challenge! Love how things work out sometimes!
I loved how easy the SC was for today, so I started there. I stamped the Gerber daisies from Flourishes onto SU's newest pink cs. I used copics to highlight parts of the flowers. I then sponged and distressed that layer. I finally broke down and used some of that scrumptious MME Stella and Ruby dp you see almost everywhere these days! Is anyone else like me and doesn't like to waste dp? It looks like I've used a nice big piece of that pretty paper doesn't it? Nope, I cut out a rectangle in the center, which is obviously covered up by the main images. Now I have a good sized scrap to use on another card! Moving on... I used that fun dizzy border die from MFT behind my sentiment and added some twine (I think this one is the honeydew, picks up the green in the dp) and popped it up on dimensionals. The butterfly has stickles on its wings and is also up on a dimensional. Ok, any clue as to why my stitching is coming out backwards? I swear I didn't sew it upside down! Just showing off my sewing skills there, ha!

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A trio of challenges...

Hi all! Hope everyone is enjoying their spring break - well, at least it's spring break for us! I'm so grateful to have some time to do some spring cleaning and STAMPING! ;)
I made this card for three challenges. One is today's color challenge over on SCS. I haven't posted a card on the same day as a challenge since last summer, I think! The other challenge is MFT's weekly sketch challenge. And the final challenge is Joanne B's blog challenge. You had to pick three things from a list she gave and my 3 are faux stitching, kraft paper and twine. This is my first Fred Bear stamp from MFT and let me tell ya, he was SO fun to color! I colored him with an aquapainter using suede and baja inks. I used copics for the grass, a gold copic spica pen for the flower centers and a white gel pen for the flower petals. Fortunately, I was able to use some of my new twine, also from MFT, and their newest border die, which I think is called the dizzy border, but it seems to be sold out. My mini rolled rose has liquid pearls in the center because I didn't have the right size pearl bling to put in there. I decided to not put a sentiment just yet, because I'm finding myself short on birthday cards lately.
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Hello... Is this thing on!???

Thought I fell off the face of the Earth, huh? Ha! Nope, just a busy, busy mom. And I must apologize for the fact that I don't post in weeks and here I go making another pink and brown card! Well, I needed this one for a coworker's baby shower. I used MFT's sketch from last week. The stamp set is from Flourishes, but the sentiment is from an SU set. The bassinet was embossed with white ep. I'm thrilled that I used up some old dp! Added taffeta ribbon, a corduroy brad and some pearls. Ah, and I added a little faux stitching to the sentiment banner.

Oh, and here's what I've been doing a lot of lately...


Watching any one of my three boys rounding bases! Yes, sir, baseball season is HERE!!! I'm also working on getting a little side job going, but more on that another day.

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Ready for another PI?

I hope so because I can't put these things down! :) And I don't know if it's me, but I can't NOT paper piece them?! It's just so easy to do and I love making their clothes coordinate with whatever dp I'm using! I also paper pieced her shoes and the cupcake "icing". This is for another fun MFT sketch challenge over on SCS. I colored the rest of her with copics and added a little watercoloring using regal rose ink around her to help her stand out some. The sentiment is from the same set, except I stamped the words individually so that they were on top of each other, rather than in one line so that I could easily punch it out. And yes, I had to add a couple of those sweet mini rolled roses with bling centers! Also added some brown pearls to the bottom scallops. She's up on dimensionals, in case you couldn't tell, with a cuttlebugged cocoa layer and some satin ribbon. Voila! Wish I could've stamped more since we had a SNOW DAY on Friday - yes, down here in southeast TX!!! Sadly, we didn't get any snow, just some not so fun ICE! Ick! So the boys made due with what Mother Nature delivered, as you can see here:


Some icicle, huh?! Hehe! Alrighty, thanks for poppin' in!

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