School Days

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Here is another card but today's card is for those heading back to school. Our children go back on Tuesday of next week. I made this using throwdown's color palette of the week. I have been following AmyR's great tutorials and have picked up some fabulous techniques. It is thanks to her for the coloring of the background of the center panel. I used watercolor markers on strathmore and I just happened to find a piece with holes for binding which to me resembles note paper. I hope you like!

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Colour Throwdown

Floral Thank You

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I followed an example of a card to come up with my design. I did not have color bursts so instead I used watercolor markers. Funny, I have those same colors on order in color burst but of course they are not in yet. I heat embossed the flower and the sentiment and stamped the hearts with staz on. I had a pice of black sparkle paper so I added a strip of that. To match the color I used a floral patterned paper. This was created for a challenge by Muse.

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Muse

When I saw her card I thought of a loving sentiment in which she was sending love. So I did something similar but thought of saying Thank you along with the love.

Browns

Due to the fact I had to get batteries for my camera I am behind times. This card was made yesterday. I like earthy colors but then I like nature also. This card contains many neutrals including grey but is mostly brown. I like how the different patterns blended together nicely. I am not certain where I got the flower stamps.

I had to keep the image quite dark so that all the patterns would show. The inside is below.

Lemons

If life gives you lemons...make lemonade, is a popular quote...and Lemons is what this card is all about. I followed a challenge for the colors and as I contemplated them I could see fruit. Thus the reason for the card.
Now, everything you see I made including the fruit slices and the glass and straw and even the paper. How? By using my painters program psp. I started using psp in 2002. I learned everything possible about creating digitally. I am also an artist so creativity comes naturally.

This card is also interactive. The pink fruit slice moves to reveal the saying underneath. The second photo shows this best.

The challenge I entered this card in is Color Throwdown.

Christmas CAS

This is today's Christmas card. I will be doing several sales this fall so I know I will need many Christmas Cards. This card is definately cas. Many like simple designs and this is one of my fav's. I followed a sketch by The Paper Players and worked it out with my dies.

White Leaves

Today's card is totally created with dies. Not only are flowers beautiful but so are the little gifts nature provides including shapes of leaves and much in nature. My garden is designed so that different flowers are in bloom at different times but I also designed the garden according to leaf shapes. I hope you like this card as much as I do. What inspired me were bowls. At Splitcoaststampers the Saturday challenge was to be inspired by a bowl or two from this Pinterest Site. The bowls that inspired me were this one and this one.

The inside is quite simple so that different sayings can be added. This card could be used for a multiple of occasions. 

Fashionista Femme

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This card was fun to create! I cannot say how much I enjoy creating cards especially when there is a challenge to be met. I wanted this card to speak of the female language. I wanted it to be fancy yet sophisticated and classy. I always enjoy putting pink and soft blue together because it reminds me of the 1950s. Which provides me with images of Sophia Lauren and other actresses of that time period. Now the dress is much prettier in reality. It sparkles of gold lambe. I wish glitter would show better when captured in photography or in a scan. Oh and the stamped words are indeed pink why they show as purple, I haven't a clue.

Now for the challenges I entered. CD Challenge gave me the idea for the dress. Avenue 613 gave me what I wanted to add by following their create your own challenge.

Challenge Links

CD Challenge - fabulous femme

Avenue 613 - My own challenge - 1) image 2) diecut 3) solid color paper 4) flowers 5) ribbon