The Flower Challenge #88 - Add a Heart

Hello! After a month off for a holiday break, The Flower Challenge is back with new challenges for 2024!

This month is a fun one - Add a Heart! I love making valentines, and love Valentine's Day. Probably because of all of the fun chocolate! But my favorite color is also pink, so there's that!

Today I am sharing a card made with Spellbinders Sealed Blooms. I also used the retired Postal Cover Panel from Reverse Confetti. My sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

I hope you will join us in the month of February at The Flower Challenge - and welcome our new team member, Vicky, too!

Ten Days to Christmas!

 Ten days to Christmas!

No long post today, just a wish for a blessed Christmas Day and to share one of my favorite verses. I have it in my living room on a tapestry that I keep up all year long - a gift from my husband many years ago! And you can hardly read it without the accompaniment from Handel's Messiah, right?

"And His name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace." -- Isaiah 9:6

We hope that you will join us for The Flower Challenge this month and Use Gold on your creations!

Stamp Simply Supplies:

• Jesus
• Luxury Pearlescent Gold Cardstock
• VersaFine Clair Nocturne  Ink
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Ovals - Standard
• Craft Consortium Festive Flora 6x6

Other Supplies:

• White, Burgundy, Sage, Suede cardstock
• Sizzix Seasonal Sketch
• Kaisercraft Plum Pearls
• foam tape
• liquid glue

My Favorite Poinsettia Color! What's Yours?

It's December! Can you believe it?! We have a new challenge at The Flower Challenge and it's perfect for the holiday season - Use Gold!

It's no surprise that I love pink, and that my favorite poinsettia color is also pink. I like the delicate color of the leaves. So I knew the Christmas Poinsettia Star (PFS) had to be pink - with gold!

I chose some beautiful metallic papers from CutCardStock for my background mats. I stamped the poinsettia on Bristol in Versamark ink, and then embossed with Ranger Gold embossing powder. I watercolored using my Kuretake paints, and fussy cut. 

I stamped my sentiment (from String of Lights - PFS ) in Versamark and embossed that on the music paper. I tied some gold metallic thread (Kreinik) around the top for extra shimmer. I love how it turned out!

I hope you will join us at The Flower Challenge this month!

Warm Wishes

Scroll down to see my sketch card for Freshly Made Sketches! 

Good morning! We are halfway in our November challenge at The Flower Challenge and I am here today with  inspiration and an invitation to join us! I was inspired by teammate Nancy’s card two weeks ago, and decided to make a Christmas card with a poinsettia!

 

I started with a vellum layer on the bottom of the floral, and then built it up with two more layers of yellow cardstock. I did some slight shading with Copics and added the die cut black berries. Some white seam binding (Really Reasonable Ribbon) and black gems (Picket Fence Studios) finishe the card. I wish the photo showed the glossy black and white stripes on the patterned paper (Kaisercraft)! 

Our challenge is open until November 25, and I hope you will join us! Find all the details and more amazing inspiration from the DT HERE.

Immortal Love

(Scroll down to see my Stamp Simply New Release post!)

Good morning! We're halfway through the birthday celebration at The Flower Challenge and I am here today with more inspiration and an invitation to join us!

Today I am featuring FOREVER LOVE by Visible Image Stamps. This is a perfect wedding card or valentine using non-traditional colors. I created a Distress Oxide background, and then embossed the rose, barbed wire, and sentiments using WOW! Embossing Powder (In the Navy). I painted the inside of the bloom with watercolor markers. To finish, a few coordinating gems were added for shine, and Delicata Gold ink was pounced in various places for added shimmer.

I love the way the Navy EP has a deep color, but isn't black! The mat is Antique Gold from CutCardStock, with a Black cardstock base.

Our challenge is open until October 25, and I hope you will join us! Be sure to wish Aileen and Viv a Happy Retirement from 7 years of challenges! That's dedication! Find all the details and more amazing inspiration from the DT HERE.