Sledding

Our youngest had a birthday party this past weekend for a friend, and they live on an acerage near here.    The party included sledding and being pulled by a quad on a sled....needless  to say he had a fabulous time.  I thought this image from Stampin' Up would be perfect for the birthday boy, using the SFYTT sketch this month, and some fun papers by MME - Merry.    

Very simple use of the elements.  Boys don't like fussy stuff :)  I did add some cut Spellbinders snowflakes along the bottom for a border on the horizontal strip.  Don't you just love his paper pieced shirt?  :) Makes me smile!  

Stamps:  Stampin' Up! - Merry Crittermas, Little Friends;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Baja Breeze, Flourishes Classic White, MME - Merry;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Spellbinders Snowflake Die, Standard Circles Die, SU - Snowflakes Embossing Folder, SU - Buttons, Dimensionals, Copic Markers

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Sledding

Round Snow Men

I picked up a pack of MME's Merry 6 x 6 paper from Michaels and the cutie little snow men were begging to be made into a card.  I paired it with my old SU set Snow Buddies, and they look like they were made for each other.  I love all the round little snow men and their chubby bellies.  Especially paired with this week's Mojo Sketch with lots of round elements.

The white background snowflakes are embossed to add texture, and I added a little touch of glitter on a 1/8 inch Scor Tape strip along the bottom because I thought it needed another touch of shine, and to ground the images.  Coloring on the little snow men with copics, and Spellbinders Circles and Picot Edge Circles.  Too cute :) And another card for the stash!

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Round Snow Men

Promises to Keep

Everytime I read the Word I find great Scripture and I think, "oh, I should remind my kids of this verse".  Well I finally did something about that!  I've had this Triple Clip Board from SU for so long with the intent of doing something with it and I finally found the right project.  So, here is a clip board to display Bible verses for us as a family to be reminded of.  And it hangs on the cupboard on the breakfast bar where they get their dishes each morning for breakfast.  

I want my kids to be surrounded by Bible verses that encourage them, speak truth and help them each day with reminding them of God's promises, and this way I can add new verses each week.  I've combined SU Sale A Bration papers, modge podge and buttons to the base of the board, pretty ribbons and twines to accent the clips and then the individual cards are stamped with an MFT letter set.  I'm not wanting it to look too perfect in the lettering so you can see it's not all perfectly lined up.  

A shot of the buttons and verse card details.

The pretty ribbons are seam binding and twine.

Center shot of this Bible verse.  The best thing?  Just the other day our son reminded his Dad about one of the verses on the board this week :)  

Here's one last shot that I took as I was working on the project a couple of weeks ago, you might recognize it as one of my Project 365 photos.   This is the board without the verses on top.  So pretty!

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Promises to Keep

He's A Small Wonder

Our wee little nephew that lives here just turned one.  At the time of his birthday he and my brother,  sister in law, my niece and my parents were all in Mexico, while we were braving the cold here :(  So we're celebrating his birthday after the fact, but hey, he's one he won't know the difference :)

Oh he's just precious to me.  So, I worked on a card I might use for him for his BDay.

Precious right?  It's new to me from SU!  Called Everybunny and I've paired it with lots of new SU thingys, new papers, new embossing folders and frames and twine....a bunch of fun stuff. 

Colored up with Prismacolors. 

And here's the handsome little guy himself a few weeks ago.   Cuter than cute and imitating someone razzing his tongue.  I love his baby-ness and I'm a little sad he's growing up so fast!  

and here he is playing a game pulling my Dad's beard.  So funny, Dad pretends it hurts and he giggles :)

Back late Tuesday night gang with Flourishes February Sneak Peeks!

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He's A Small Wonder

Love You Sweetie

Just doing a little Valentine's Day playing :)  I used the Greeting Card Kids and Little Friends sets for the cutie Valentine girl and the sentiment.  I colored with Copics and also paper pieced her dress with these great papers from Basic Grey - Indie Bloom.  This was last week's Sketch Challenge over at SCS. 

A doily heart punch along the bottom and the pretty SU Sizzlit buttons on top, a touch of skinny velvet ribbon and a few tiny rhinestones, make for one sweet little Valentine!

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Love You Sweetie

Perfect Adventure

Hello on this late Sunday night!  I made this card for someone I know who is turning 50.  I love the sentiment "every day is the perfect adventure", because you know what?  No matter what your age, you have the chance to look at each day ahead as a gift, and the perfect adventure.  I know she'll agree.  

This is a really lovely SU! Set called On the Grow.  The scooter sold me.  I just love the cute factor here, especially with the wire basket on back. Colored with Copic Markers (G21, G24, B0000, B02, B72, E43, W1, W3, W7, R14, R22, R27, R01).  And wait till you see the little puddle I put under the scooter....

I colored it up and then added Crystal Effects overtop to give it that shiny effect.  It's so cute!  Papers are Basic Grey Picadilly.  

I've used last week's Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday Sketch, I love the detail in it and the many layers.  

Okey-dokey....off for tonight.  Catch up with you later this week, and I hope that you find this day to be the perfect adventure :)

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Perfect Adventure

Autumn Sky

When the new SU! Catalogue came out I purchased a few sets that I thought were cute and in almost all cases - colourable :)  Here's one of them!  It's called Little Friends, and I think it's adorable, I love the sweet whimsical designs, cute kids and open lines.  I was reading Marianne Walker's blog the other day and she focussed on how she colored up her new blog banner (which is gorgeous) - including the really cool streaky spotted sky - so I was playing around with the sky on this one.  I'm still not sure I achieved the effect I was going for - it's more spotted than streaky, but it was fun to play.  In essence you color up the sky (B21) in more of a streaky motion and then come back with a colorless blender to pull away the color and add more of the dotted feel.  My streaks weren't looking right so that's why it all became dotted.  Then THAT looked a little too dotty - so I just used a swirly motion with my colorless blender to smooth it out a little, and soften the effect.  

I pulled out an old sizzix embossing plate for the burgundy fish-tail pennant hanging down and embossed it in paisley to match the feel of the designer paper (also SU).  

Here's a list of the Copics:  B92, B95, B97 (jeans, flag, balloon), B21 (sky), YG93, YG95 (Grass), R39, R59, R89 (bows, flowers, shirt stripes), E13, E31, E97 (Wagon), YR02, E31, E97 (Bear), Y21, E31(Hair) E50, E00 (Skin).  

Back tomorrow with a sneak peek of something FUN for World Card Making Day!  

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Autumn Sky

A Big Basket for Easter Eggs

Hello again everyone!  Crazy...more than one post in 24 hours!  But I'm back with the Sketch Card I wanted to finish up today.  It's an Easter theme :)

Here's Mr. Bunny on his way looking for Easter eggs, and the BIG basket is waiting for him to find them.  :)  I was originally going to have him hold that basket but you can see it's way too big for him to hold and still look alright.  So today's sketch challenge at SCS was perfect for the two focal points.  

Outside of the copics I used to color, everything else is SU, though the paper is retired, I love it's boyish plaid and stripes.    

Ok gang, laundry is calling me!  I'll be back tomorrow with another Easter card, I just HAVE to use some of my Easter stamps before Easter is over!   You don't mind hey?

Stamps:  Stampin' Up! Picnic Parade, Teeny Tiny Wishes;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Baja Breeze; Paper:  Kraft, Always Artichoke, Baja Breeze, SU! DP, Flourishes Classic White;   Accessories:  Big Shot, Square Lattice Embossing Folder, Copic Markers, Kraft Seambinding, Scallop Punch, Dimensionals, Piercer, 1 3/4 Circle Punch, Sponge

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A Big Basket for Easter Eggs

Spring in My Step

Good, good day everyone!

We've had some happy news in our house.  Earlier this year our daughter applied for an IB Program (International Baccalaureate) at a High School she very much wanted to get into, it's out of our district, and they are almost always over subscribed in applications, so getting in is not a guarantee.  We've been waiting on pins and needles and got the call today, she's IN!  Woo HOO.  She'll be going to school with one of her very best friends from church, lots of other kids from church and one of her best friends from JH.  We're so grateful!

AND, son #1 applied for a special program in the Junior High he'll be going to in the fall....we also found out last night, he's IN!  And he's overjoyed, so are we!  It's amazing how much energy you put into "waiting", but we also feel so happy to know our kids are in the palm of God's hand, and we're looking forward to what next year had in store, despite the crazy-ness of having a HSer, a JHer and an Elementary kid!

I've stamped for some challenges at Splitcoaststampers.  I never get to do that anymore.  It was fun! This one was for the color challenge, with the colors of Concord Crush, Crumb Cake (Kraft - I'll never get used to calling it Crumb Cake) and Ivory.  I used the SU Sale A Bration set and colored it up with Copic Markers, and used my NEW Spellbinders (Fleur de Lis Rectangles) to frame it up.    The centre bloom is popped up...and again to me the pic looks a little fuzzy.  :(

Here's a bit closer, I added some dots into the outline with my Stampin' Write marker in Kraft to match the blossoms.  

I hope to get a sketch challenge card done Wednesday and I'll post it here too                              

Tidbits:

1.  I'm getting really close to 300 000 hits and 300 followers.  At that sweet 300 grand mark I'll be having some SWEET Blog Candy that I've been saving up for...so stay tuned!  I'm excited to say thank you to you my readers :)

2.   Lately I've had more friend requests on facebook, and you'll also notice I haven't responded.  There's a reason  - honest.  Facebook for me is primarily ministry related.  My husband and I are Youth Pastors and we work with minors.  So, facebook is primarily work (as in ministry) and personal.  And because I work with minors I need to be really careful what's on my page and who sees it.  So, in that way I'm pretty private.  Just so you know - I don't post anything creative or any of those type of notices or links there.  I try and keep my two little worlds separate.  Blog for creative, fb for personal and ministry.  So, that's the FYI for you, I'm really not trying to be a snob or anything!

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Spring in My Step

The Bird and the Tree

How was your Valentine's Day everyone?  Did you get to tell someone you loved them? Or how much they mean to you?  I feel so very blessed to have a family and friends that I love!  And my sweetheart and I are doing our Valentine's Day date tomorrow, and I'm looking forward to it!

I recently bought this pretty new set from Stampin' Up! from the Occasions Mini called Nature Walk.  It's very me.  Botanical feeling, vintagey....pretty details.  So, I colored up the pretty bird and branches with Copics and then paired it with some really fun Jenni Bowlin paper that I had from a while ago.  Seems like they are made for each other doesn't it?  

I stamped the branches on the DP behind the image that I had also colored, cut out and popped up.   I like the layering it gives.  And aren't the words on the pages really great?  You can also see in the closeup that I gave the bottom third of the card a little texture too.

And above is the Copics I used.  Tad bright on the sunlight in that one!  

Thanks for dropping by to see me today!  

Stamps:  SU!  Nature Walk;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Riding Hood Red, Kraft, Very Vanilla, Flourishes Classic Ivory, Jenni Bowlin  - Mini Papers - Red Line and Red/Black Line Extension;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Victorian Embossing Folder, Kraft Seam Binding, Kraft Corduroy Brad, Dimensionals, Round Slit Punch, Piercer, Copic Markers.  

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The Bird and the Tree

Christmas Cutie

I have had this gorgeous little girl colored up for at least a month...and just no time to put her together in a card, so when I saw this week's Mojo Sketch I thought, that would work great for her.

These Vintage Kids are probably one of my favourites from the SU! Catalogue this year, the set really captures sweet vintage, and has nice lines for coloring.  I colored her up with Prismacolor Pencils and OMS and cut her out and popped her up.  Then I lightly colored in the background softly with the pencil too, almost the look of Northern Lights. 

It's a great sketch to work with, so it's super simple otherwise!   Pretty ribbon, pretty papers (Memory Box Tinsel and Basic Grey Jovial).  

Thanks for stopping by!  I'll be back late Tuesday night with the NEW Release Sneak Peeks from Flourishes!  Woo Hoo!

Stamps: SU! Greeting Card Kids, Merry Crittermas;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Textured Bermuda Bay, Flourishes  - Classic White, Memory Box Tinsel, Basic Grey Jovial;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Rectangles Nesties, Scalloped Rectangles Nesties, Square Nesties, Scalloped Squares Nesties, Bermuda Bay Dotted Ribbon, Scor Tape, Dimensionals, Prismacolor Pencils, OMS, Piercer, Rhinestones. 

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Christmas Cutie

Merry Christmas with Critters

I am realizing that I better get going with some Christmas cards .... I'm not typically a mass producer with my cards I send at Christmas....so it's one at a time for me, and time is ticking!

I just got an order of SU in last night and it was fun to look at my new sets and pull this one out today for the SCS Sketch Challenge.

I took this in bright (probably too bright) sunlight....but you can really see the white pop :)!    It's called Merry Crittermas from SU and I've colored it with copics.  Aren't these little raccoons cute?

I used paper from last years Christmas line Ski Slope, as well as the felt snow flurries from last year and this years new snowflake embossing folder (really pretty!). 

What I hope you can see above is the touches of glitter I added with my Spica pens over top of the copic coloring it adds a nice touch of subtle sparkle.  And by shadowing with BG0000 around the Critters, tree and snow it gives the feeling of them being grounded, and standing on the snow on the ground.

So what about you?  When do you start your Christmas cards, and how many do you make?

Recipe:  Stamps:  SU - Merry Crittermas;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Flourishes Classic White Cardstock, Ski Slope DSP;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Northern Flurry Embossing Folder, RHR Taffeta Ribbon, Scallop Punch, Dimensionals, Piercer, Felt Flurries, Copic Markers (BG72, BG75, BG78;  R14, R27,  W3, W7, E25, E27, E29, YG11, YG13, YG17, YG91, Spica Glitter Pens)

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Merry Christmas with Critters

Super Simple Saturday

Arg!  Ever have one of those days?  3 kids running three different directions, playdate, birthday party, babysitting....Mom runs to pick up the birthday present, get it home...need a card.....look in stash....NO boy cards!  What?  No boy cards???  Grrr.  Need a very quick and simple card for a pre-teen boy.... Birthday Party in 30 minutes!

So this is super simple, CAS.  What I like about it is that I tried the new Crimped Diamond Tutorial from SCS this week, really easy and a neat effect, and I like how the twill for the sentiment also matches the crimped pattern on the card and runs on the diagonal.  But, other than that....Extreme Dirtbike SU set, some sponging and brads and that's that!

Recipe:  Stamps - SU Extreme Dirtbike, Teeny Tiny Wishes;  Ink:  Soft Suede;  Paper:  Soft Suede, Confetti Cream;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Oval Nestabilities, Sponge, Twill Ribbon, Antique Brads, Dimensionals. 

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Super Simple Saturday

Sweetness

We took the kids to a movie this afternoon, Despicable Me 3D, and I had the best time.   Seriously, I laughed out loud, and giggled like a little kid through the whole movie, and it had such sweetness to the story too.  A great family date if you haven't seen it yet.  Stay through the credits too, there's some really funny 3D stuff at the end.

On my first SU order of this new catalogue I debated between a few sets to add to my new paper colors order, and I chose this one first.  It has such sweetness to it, and so very fun to color.

Aren't these girls precious?  And very fun to color - oh did I say that already??? :)  You get the picture.  I loved pairing them with this new paper too.  It has such a nice graphic quality to it.  The only non-SU thing on here is that I colored the image with Copic Markers (tons of them too).  I used Jen's SFYTT for this week and just reversed the panels alignment.

I did a little ribbon folding on sticky strip to get the puckered effect and added some folded ribbon *leaves* to the felt flowers.  I left it sentiment-less right now.  Somehow it would have taken away from the card.  I can always add it inside when I know what I need it for :)

Just an FYI too, I've spent quite a bit of time going through my stamping cupboard and purging things that I no longer will be using.  As a former Demo, I had a whole LOT of SU stamps, and now that I'm not demo-ing any more, I really can't justify having all of those stamps that I won't be using anymore.  So, later in August, I'll be listing all of these sets (100+ of them) for sale here on the blog, priced very very reasonably.  I've sorted through them all and taken pictures and priced....so look for it in a few weeks.  I still have to figure out the shipping costs etc.

Alright...hope you're having a lovely summer Saturday evening or hope filled Sunday day - depending on when you see this.  Thanks for popping by!


Recipe:  Stamps:  SU - The Nicest Things;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Pear Pizzazz, Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, Flourishes Classic White, SU Greenhouse Gala DSP;  Accessories:  Copic Markers, Big Shot, SU Lattice Embossing Folder, Taffeta Ribbon, Felt Flowers, Sticky Strip, Dimensionals, Piercer, Scallop Border Punch.  

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Sweetness

Kid Friendly

We had a busy but fun weekend so far.  Our middle son had his friend party for his 11th birthday.  We did an ice-skating and swimming party at a great facility near us.  Last time we did a party like this for our daughter a year and a half ago I think, our youngest son (then probably 5 years old) tried ice skating for the first time and he did not like it.  He adamantly said "NO I'm not doing it anymore"  It was a bit of an episode actually.  He was so afraid and just couldn't get his balance.  But now he's six and he said today he'd try again and with a happy heart he did great.  I always delight in seeing the kids keep trying at something and then succeed. 

So here were the party invites: 

I mixed the wheel from the old pirate set rolled in White Craft ink and then added the whale from the Animal Stories set.  Makes a cute combination for a water related party.  And red is his favourite color.  I added a wavy trim with this Wavy Dotted border punch too.  Super simple.  It's a front fold, and the party details were inside.

Our middle son also went to another BDay party on Friday for one of his really good friends from school.  She's lived across this street since we moved here and they love to play street hockey or bike or jump on the trampoline together.  She's a great fun girl.  So here was her birthday card.  I made it the other night with my SU demonstrator Susan. So it's totally her design :)

Don't you love the tiger striped ice cream and the waffle cone embossed layer?  All items from the Summer mini catalogue.  Way cute I think. 

So - sweet and quick :)  It's a sleepover here tonight with some of the boys from church who came to the party.  I know they've got to be exhausted.  A ball-hockey game in the morning, ice-skating and swimming, then jumping on the trampoline and playing road hockey at home.  Think I'll get them to bed????

Catch you later everyone!!

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Kid Friendly

Song of Spring Flip

A bit of a late post for me today.  It was the first day in probably a month where I didn't HAVE to do something in the day.  And my sweet husband got the kids ready for school and let me sleep in!  I've got a cold that's getting to me, so the sleep was so welcome.

Holly had a cool technique challenge over at SCS that I've seen by hadn't tried yet, so I played around with it.  It's called a Flip Card and the tutorial by Beate is HERE.  The center panel is loose so it flips around from open to closed.  Very fun.  And not that hard to do, if you follow the directions :)  Next time I'll know what I'm doing better so my cuts will be a little sharper.  I'll show you a progression of photos from closed to open.

I used the SU set Spring Song and colored it with Copic Markers.  The outside flower is carefully cut out and popped up. 

Above is a little more open so you can see the inner panel better.

Here is the inner panel flipped in the open side.  Lots of sponging to warm up the scene. 

Above a closeup of the coloring. Isnt' that hummingbird pretty?

And above what it would look like closed - laying down.  Neat hey?  It makes for such pretty presentation!

Below are the Copics I used.  All from Flourishes. 

Recipe:  Stamps:  SU - Spring Song;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black;  Paper:  Kiwi Kiss, Bermuda Bay, Thoroughly Modern DSP, Gina K Pure Luxury White;  Accessories;  Oval Punch, Copic Markers, Dimensionals, Large Brads, Bermuda Bay Ribbon. 

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Song of Spring Flip

A Dirty Girl Challenge

Wow, I can't believe how long it's been since I could play in the Dirty Dozen current and alumni challenge.  But today is finally the day!  Kelly challenged us to an Earth Day creation, since it's Earth Day in just 2 days. 
Requirement - use something recycled on your creation, Restriction - no buttons.

This is my second recycled creation in a week!  It's really making my brain work!  I used a bit of a similar theme....cardboard, but this time I took it apart a little differently.

We just finished using a box and had it in the recycling, I took it out and peeled off both the outer and inner layer of the box to reveal the corrugated cardboard in between.  Then I ran this corrugated layer through my new SU Bird and Branch punch.  It's a little fragile with just being the core of the box, but I carefully sponged the bird and then adhered them down adding some pearls as accent.  Then to match the cardboard, I added some Kraft run through the crimper around the center of the card. 

Happy early Earth Day!  You can find all the other Dirty Girls' creations at Splitcoastampers by using the keyword:  DCED410

Recipe:  Stamps:  Bella Toile Background;  Ink:  Not Quite Navy;  Paper:  Kraft, Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Bella Bleu DSP, Cardboard;  Accessories;  Big Shot, Labels 11, Deckled Ovals Nestie, SU Bird and Branch large punch, Crimper, Kaiser pearls, Dimensionals, Kraft Taffeta Ribbon, Sponge, Bow Easy. 

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A Dirty Girl Challenge

Some Laura Ingalls Spring

As a little girl I remember being fascinated with Laura Ingalls and Little House on the Prairie....I read the books, and I watched the TVshow faithfully (and I had the biggest crush on Almanzo too!).  Now my kids love the book series too.  There's something so fun reading about the *old* days. 

I just couldn't put down my new SU set from yesterday, and to me it had a really Laura Ingalls feel to it, especially after I colored it and paired it with this Cosmo Cricket Early Bird paper (I've really gotten good use out of this pad of paper!).  This is Mercy's Sketch this week too. 

This little girl looks just like another of my nieces, so it will be for her, and I know she loves Little House on the Prairie too.  She is colored with Copic markers, and then I antiqued the main image and some of the paper with Ranger Distress Ink - Tea Stain for a better match to the DP. 

See my multiple types of stitch sewing?  Sort of an accident actually, but I like it!  It goes from straight stitch, to large zig zag to small zig zag to straight stitch again. 

And that's it for today!  I'll be back Friday with something Flourishes! 

Recipe:  Stamps - SU A Kind Word;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Real Red, Ranger Distress Ink - Tea Stain;  Paper:  Blue Bayou, Confetti Cream, Cosmo Cricket Early Bird DSP, Gina K Pure Luxury;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Oval Deckled Nestabilities, Kaiser 1/2 Pearls, Flourishes Sheer Dotted Ribbon in Red, Flourishes Cream Crochet Ribbon, Glue Dots, Nestabilities, Copic Markers, Sewing Machine, Pinked Heart Border Punch, Sponge

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Some Laura Ingalls Spring

A Spring Day

How I wouldn't love a spring day today!  But ever since my parents and my brother and sister-in-law left for a tropical vacation....it's snowed every day!  Oh but we need the moisture I guess so I'll have to create spring in card form. 

I received MY hostess order from the last SU club night I went to because I was the hostess this month!  :)  Gotta love that...so I have some new stamps to give some love to. Here's today's

Isn't she just darling????  Sorry the colors are much better and richer IRL, but with the snow day and all my pictures suffer, even under an OTT light....

She's colored with copic markers, and I used the Sketch today from SCS....

When I was an SU Demo I used to feel so guilty about using anything that wasn't SU Only, like Nestabilities, ribbon...whatever.  But, I have a new found freedom to just use whatever strikes my fancy!  This is My Mind's Eye At Home paper deck which has wonderful colors and patterns, Mixed in with two retired colors, Baja Breeze and Blue Bayou.....and a little Marigold morning for sponging on the main image.   I think I'll give this to one of my nieces :)

Alrighty...it's a day of laundry and hopefully some more creating today!  Thanks for stopping by friends! 

Recipe:  Stamps - SU - A Kind Word;  Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Blue Bayou;  Paper:  Baja Breeze, Blue Bayou, Gina K Pure Luxury, My Minds Eye - At Home Blue DSP;  Accessories:  Copic Markers, Sponge, Big Shot, Pinked Circles Nestabilities, Blue Bayout DS Ribbon, Glue Dots, Bow Easy, Pinked Hearts Border Punch, Sewing Machine, Basic Grey Bling It Gems, Dimensionals.

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A Spring Day

Certainly Here for You

Hi Everyone!

While we had a wonderful Christmas and New Year, I have several friends who have lost someone in their family this season.  My heart just goes out to them.  So I have a few sympathy cards to make. 

Today I used the color challenge colors, Handsome Hunter, Certainly Celery and Bermuda Bay.  They have a lovely monochromatic feel to them while still standing out from each other. 

I used this lovely SU set, Friends 24-7, and stamped the flowers on watercolor paper, watercolored them with SU Markers and then cut them out.  The dimension of the flowers really makes the card I think. 

I finally broke into my textured paper.  I love how it looks, yet I seem to horde it rather than use it.  I stamped the damask image on that.  It has a really nice look on the textured paper.

I used my new Martha Stewart Rings punch that my sweet daughter gave me for Christmas to edge the Handsome Hunter section. 

Above you can see I sponged the Oval Nestie shape too. 

Thanks for stopping by.  I'm off to do some errands with my sweetie. 

Recipe:  Stamps:  SU - Friends 24-7;  Ink:  Black Stazon, Bermuda Bay;  Paper:  Certainly Celery, Bermuda Bay Textured, Handsome Hunter, Watercolor Paper, Whisper White;  Accessories:  Big Shot, Oval Nesties, Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Rings Punch, Bow Easy, White Satin Ribbon

, Basic Grey Pearls, Glue Dots, Dimensionals, Sponge, SU Markers, Aqua Painter, Snips, Fancy Label punch

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Certainly Here for You