Celebrate Spring!

Designer paper is Basic Grey Porcelain, stamps by Stampin' Up. I made the rolled roses out of Pink Pirouette and Pretty In Pink cardstocks.

Wedding Wishes

This is for another VSN challenge, to make a wedding card. Paper is Basic Grey Cappella, Nestabilities frame, Stampendous image embossed in silver. Attached some silver rings with white satin ribbon.

Autumn Splendor

I love the colors of fall. For this I chose this lovely Indian Summer designer paper by Basic Grey and available at Mark's Finest Papers. The stamp set is the new release also by MFP called A Walk In The Woods for the tree, the leaves are from the set Autumn Fun. Both were embossed in copper and I added some Blushing Caramel Twinkling H2O's to the leaves for additional shimmer.

Owl Be There Blog Hop Day 4

Today's set is called Owl Be there and is tremendously versatile!! I used the owl and branch stamped in chocolate and a darker brown and the colored in with Copics (now available at MFP). The cardstock, sweet little charm and ribbon are all from Mark's Finest Paper also. Designer paper is Basic Grey Infuse.
The second project is a tile coaster. Owl was stamped in brown StazOn then highlighted with markers. I could have waited just a bit longer before applying the color, it streaked and feathered a bit. Heat setting with your embossing gun should speed up that process. Sprayed with a sealing spray and adhered cork backing to use as a coaster.

Greenhouse Garden

I used the Greenhouse Garden set for the flower and the Elements of Style set for sentiment. Basic Grey Capella paper with Very Vanilla and Going Gray cardstocks by SU.

Bloomin' Beautiful

I love the Moxie Fab website as a source for daily inspiration. The Tuesday Trigger for this week is this vase of roses. I used the soon to be retired Stampin' Up Bloomin' Beautiful set colored in Copic markers along with Basic Grey Two Scoops designer paper and matching brads, SU Buckaroo Blue cardstock and white taffeta ribbon.

Homemade Ice Cream

The challenge at SCS today was to make an ice cream card. I didn't have any current ice cream stamps so I had to make a "homemade" image. Two Scoops designer paper by Basic grey on More Mustard card base. The ice cream cone was made with the bottom part from the old retired SU set Perfect Party and the top was a cupcake stamp from Cupcake Birthday from Mark's Finest Papers. Sentiment (Short & Sweet from SU) was stamped on a real wooden ice cream spoon.
Rich Regals brads and mustard grosgrain ribbon by SU.

Birthday Butterflies

I was so happy to have won a new stamp set from Mark's Finest Papers new release blog hop. This set is coming out in May and is a wonderful collection of sentiments, ladybugs, butterflies, and a gorgeous carnation. Love all of the images!
For this card I used the butterfly and birthday sentiment from that set and the silhouette berries from SU's Autumn Days with Basic Grey's Figgy paper.

Basic Grey Inspiration Challenge

I used the Mellow paper pack for the gold dp and the clouds dp for the main image panel. I embossed the Flourish Edges stamp by Basic Grey in clear on the gold paper and in Mustard on the main image. Carte Postale sentiment and bird by Stampin' Up with Bordering Blue and Very Vanilla cardstock, vanilla taffeta ribbon and cream half pearls. Small blue pearls by Recollections, Fleur de lis Spellbinders and Labels Four dies for frame.

My Matryoshka

This card was inspired by my little collection of nesting dolls I have shown here. I used the colors from both on my image that was colored using a variety of Copic markers. The sketch is from the SCS challenge today and is a great way to use some of your designer paper. This one is Basic Grey's Infuse with Stampin' Up's Soft Suede cardstock and the epoxy brads from the current Occasions mini. Hope you like it!

Abundant Hope

Hope you are all having a wonderful weekend. This is a short post since we are having another gorgeous sunny day today~ so off we go!
Abundant Hope stamp set by Stampin' Up with Basic Grey Lilykate paper, Kiwi Kiss and Pink Pirouette cardstocks.

Bella Blossoms

Splitcoast has Virtual Stamping going on this weekend and this is my first challenge card. We were to use a big flower and a round shape. The flower is from Bella Blossoms (just retired, boohoo) and Basic Grey Porcelain design paper.
Come on over and join in on the fun if you are not busy!

Backpack

I used SU textured cardstock Basic Gray for backpack body and Basic Grey June Bug paper for plaid. I had a red plaid metal lunchbox similar to this when I was little so this designer paper was a lot of fun for me. The template for this can be found on SCS. Silver eyelets, black Vintage brads, and 1/4" black grosgrain ribbon also used.

Apron Gift Card Holder

This is for my sister's birthday, and apron gift card holder, the card or money slips into the front pocket. This was inspired by today's SCS Inspiration challenge with the apron shown in picture. This is a super simple design, I got the pattern from Mirkwood Designs. Supplies used were Basic Grey Porcelain paper, Whisper White cardstock and the eyelet border punch, white eyelets, and taffeta ribbon. Pierced all around edges.
Happy Birthday, Patty!!

Artful INKables Blog Hop!

Welcome to Artful INKables blog hop this morning.If you have arrived here from Toni's Blog, please visit Dawn next, we have lots of fun samples to show you today :)

This set is called Fairy Whimsey, an adorable set of 7 stamps. I colored this pretty fairy with Copic markers, added some Dazzling Diamonds to her wings and popped her out on dimensionals. The paper is Basic Grey Euphoria and I stamped the sentiment in Rich Razzleberry on the bottom.

The second card uses two stamps also from this set, the baby fairy and the flower. I colored the image in Copic markers, added Dazzling Diamonds to the wings with Dusty Durango and Soft Sueded cardstocks, Razzleberry Lemonade paper, Buttons Latte.

Music a La Carte

I love this new music set from Artful INKables I used the guitar and sentiment and Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter paper. I was going for 12 "guitar strings" as my embellishment but I didn't want to completely cover up that pretty paper.
Kristin from Artful INKables has started a new Featured Stamper Program so check out her blog for details. She also has a wonderful Bare Rubber sale going on that you may want to check out.