I am Guest Hostessing the IC Today! Come Play!

See my updated For Sale post with pictures HERE.

Today I am excited to be Guest Hostessing my favorite challenge at Splitcoast - the Inspiration Challenge! I hope that you will check it out and play along!

This week’s Inspiration Challenge comes from a site that makes me long for spring! Charleston Gardens Home and Garden Collection has a wide variety of indoor and outdoor items for any size garden. I chose this beautiful clock/thermometer for my inspiration piece and came up with this:

I stamped my image from Artistic Outpost in Memento Black ink, and then cut out using my Grand Calibur and a Spellbinders die. I sponged on Antique Distress Linen ink, and then added some Kaiser Champagne pearls. The leaves are a new-to-me Sizzix die and the bird is a Martha Stewart punch. The Cuttlebug embossing folder was perfect for my theme.

3733 Bird Clock/Thermometer by Charleston Gardens

There are many really neat garden items at this site. Come play along!

Other challenges for this card:
Catch The Bug - February Anything Goes
Drunken Stampers - Use Something New (Sizzix die)
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Die Cut or Punches
 

Stamps: Serenity by Artistic Outpost

Paper: Naturals Ivory, Basic Gray, Basic Black, PTI White, Stash DP

Ink: Memento Black, Antique Distress Linen

Accessories: pearls, Sizzix die cut, Spellbinders die cut, Kaiser pearls, Cuttlebug EF, MS bird punch

Why Does She Sing?

For today's SCS Sketch Challenge 227....

I turned the sketch and made my decorated edge a separate flourish (Just the Edge by Bazzill Basics Paper). The little half flower at the top of the card is hardware by Close To My Heart (Edge Anchor in Indian Corn Blue).

I needed a little stamping therapy today, so chose some of my favorite colors and designer paper! Stamps are by Artistic Outpost.

I am adding one bottle of beautiful Shimmerz to my Blog Candy. Be sure to read about it here, and post on that same post to be eligible! I will be back tomorrow with something else to add!

Stamps: Serenity by Artistic Outpost
Paper: NQN, Bella Bleu, Whisper White
Ink: NQN, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: hardware by CTMH, brads by The Paper Studio, Just the Edge (Bazzill), paper flowers, fabric trim, Nestabilities