Missing You in Alabama

Good morning!  Phew!  It's been a busy week so far and it appears to be continuing!  Sorry I haven't been blogging as much this week.  I hope to catch up and visit everyone later in the week.  Right now, I have a quick post to share another card I made with Melanie Muenchinger's gorgeous Stately Flowers 2 stamp set.  I am finding so many uses for the beautiful florals and great sentiments in this set!  This time I did a simple "missing you" card.  I miss so many of my friends since I moved to Alabama!

Here is my card that Melanie posted on her blog:

I started with an A6 card base of GKD  Pure Luxury Green Apple and layered with Bubblegum Pink and patterned paper from the Basic Grey Sweet Threads collection.  I stamped the US map from Melanie's Make A State-ment set with Versamark and Memento Bamboo Leaves onto Cryogen White and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  I stamped the top sentiment, also from Make A State-ment with Versamark and Angel Pink and embossed with clear EP.  The Alabama on the bottom is from Stately Flowers 2.  I added a little pearl heart over Alabama on the map.  I stamped the small camellia from Stately Flowers 2 and colored it with Copics.  It was cut out and popped up on foam tape.  A satin bow and another pink pearl heart finished my simple card.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks, Melanie, for posting another of my cards!  I hope to be around a little later on to visit your blogs!

Another Stately Flowers Card

Hi there!  Hope your week has been good so far!  I'm scrambling a bit to make up for the holiday this week. Before I head out for the afternoon, I'm popping by to share another card I made with Melanie Muenchinger's gorgeous set, Stately Flowers 2.  Melanie was sweet enough to post it on her blog today.  This time I worked with the beautiful goldenrod image.  Each of Melanie's floral sets have such gorgeous and realistic flower images and they pair beautifully with so many different sentiments!

Here is my card:

I made another CAS card to allow the beautiful flowers be the main focal point of the card.  Again, I went to the internet for some inspiration photos to guide mu coloring.  I started with a 5 x 7 card base of Gina K. Designs Heavy Base Weight White.  I cut a piece of Layering Weight White and embossed it with one of the Sizzix Birds & Wreath embossing folders.  I matted this panel with Pure Luxury Wild Dandelion and Grass Green.  I stamped the goldenrod image from Stately Flowers 2 and the butterfly from Melanie's Make A State-ment set with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored them with Copic markers.  It's hard to tell, but I highlighted the flower and butterfly with Spica pens.  I popped up the butterfly and added a green silk bow.  My sentiment is from one of Melanie's earlier sets, Arranged With Love (another fave of mine).

Thank you for stopping by and Melanie, for sharing my card!  Enjoy your day and see you soon!

Another Stately Flowers Card

Good morning!  Hope your weekend is off to a great start!  Before I head out, I'm popping in quickly to share another card I made with Melanie Muenchinger's gorgeous new stamp set, Stately Flowers 2.  As soon as I saw it, I knew I would use this set for so many different types of cards!  The beautiful florals and versatile sentiments are perfect together!

Here is my card:

This time I went with a more subdued color palette since I was making a sympathy card.  I started with a card base of SU Ruby Red and layered with patterned papers from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Rosy 6x6 pad.   I stamped the small camellia from Stately Flowers 2 twice on Cryogen White and colored them with Copics.  I added some Gold Liquid Pearls dots to the flower centers.  They were cut out and popped up on foam tape.  I added a doily made with the Cheery Lynn Polynesian Sails Oval die. Everything was sponged with a little Antique Linen Distress Ink.  A few adhesive pearls finished off my card.

I used the Mojo Monday 222 sketch for my layout and the colors from the Colour Create Challenge #87 (red, sage green and cream).

Here is the Mojo sketch:

and the Colour Create inspiration photo:

Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and see you soon!

Stately Flowers

Good morning!  Happy Wednesday!  I'm off to an early start and hope to get a lot done today!  Before getting to it, I have something fun to share this morning!  I was so thrilled and honored last week when the super-talented Melanie Muenchinger asked me if I'd like to make a few samples to showcase her latest Gina K. Designs stamp set, Stately Flowers 2.  If you been following the last couple of GKD releases, you know that Melanie has illustrated the first two sets in her Stately Flowers series.  Each month, she will release a new set with a different collection of state flowers and corresponding sentiments until all the states are done!  What a brilliant idea!  In addition, Melanie has a companion set called Make A State-ment that has lots of great sentiments that work perfectly with the state flower images!  These sets will be perfect for your card-making and scrapbooking projects!  Anyway, this month's set has the state flower for Alabama, where I recently moved.   I know I'm going to get a ton of use out of this set!

Here is my first project with Stately Flowers 2 and Make A State-ment that

Melanie shared on her blog today:

I started with a card base of GKD Pure Luxury Heavy Base Weight White and layered with Pure Luxury Lipstick Red.  I embossed and die cut a panel of Layering Weight White with the Marianne Designs DS0912 folder and layered that so the red cardstock showed through the holes.  Camellia is the state flower of Alabama and I used some photos from the internet to guide my coloring.  I stamped two each of the small and large camellias from Stately Flowers 2 and colored them with Copic markers.  I added a bit of yellow Stickles to the flower centers.  I cut them all out and popped them up on different levels to add some dimension.  The top sentiment is from Make A State-ment and the bottom one is from Stately Flowers 2.  I matted them with Lipstick Red and popped them up to finish my card.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great day and hope to see you again soon!