Thank You! PaperBlooms Challenge

This week at PaperBlooms the challenge is to make a card using the sentiment "Thank You".
Simple enough, right?! That is the beauty of it! You can make pretty much anything! Leah's PaperBlooms add so much beauty and dimention to any project! And you can find them HERE


You do not have to use Leah's PaperBlooms in order to play along, so come on, lets see what you all can come up with! I cant WAIT to see everyone's Thank You creations!

The Details:

Stamps: Cheep Talk (su)

Paper: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, kiwi kiss & Riding Hood Red dsp

Ink: Baja Breeze, Chocolate Chip, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss

Accessories/Tools: Riding Hood Red taffetta ribbon, Chocolate Chip taffeta ribbon

Leah's PaperBlooms

Circles Circles everywhere PaperBlooms Challenge

Hello Everyone! Welcome to another great PaperBlooms Challenge! For the next two weeks, we challenge you to make a Circle card! This leaves the door open for SO many possibilities!
For my card, I chose to back my circle with large scalloped octagons to give it some depth and wanting to continue the circle theme, I used this circle patterned piece of Holiday Lounge dsp and a snowman with his cute little round head from the Clear Dollar Stamps Snowman Wishes stamp set. And as a final touch, I added some "saraha sand-ish" handmade embellishments from Leah's Esty Shop, PaperBlooms.
Remember, you do not have to use Leah's PaperBlooms on your project in order to play along, but, they are available by clicking on the link above AND she takes custom orders! Need a certian color to go with your Christmas cards? Just check out PaperBlooms!

The Details:

Stamps: Snowman Wishes (CDStamps)

Paper: Sahara Sand, Taken With Teal, Holiday Lounge dsp,

Whisper White, Watercolor Paper

Ink: Ruby Red, Sahara Sand, Taken With Teal, Stazon JetBlack

Tools/Accessories: Large Circle & Large Scalloped Octagon Nesties,

Sponge, Aqua marker, Ruby Red Brad, Paperblooms

Thank you to everyone who participated in our Monochromatic challenge of the last two weeks! You all inspired me with your great creations! I cant WAIT to see what you all come up with this week! Circle Away my friends!

Monochromatic Mania! PaperBlooms challenge

Hi Everyone! It is time once again for another great challenge from Leah & the PaperBlooms challenge blog design team! This week, our challenge to you is to make a monochromatic card! Fun, right? Yep, and way more challenging than I thought it would be! lol .. I once again, made my card kind of backwards, first completing the entire focal point before even planning out my layout.. lol..
Before I get into the details of this card, I want to extend a big THANK YOU! to everyone who participated in our sketch challenge from the last two weeks! It has been so inspiring to see everyone's unique take on the same sketch!
For this project I chose to use my new stamp set from My Favorite Things, called How Sweet it is. I paper pieced pretty much the entire stamp! I had my doubts, but went ahead and completed it. Mainly it was the recliner that I didnt like, but if you look at it from a distance, it looks okay.. lol.. Paper piecing is probably my favorite technique, although sometimes I wonder what I was thinking when it gets so detailed! ha ha..
This challenge has an infinate number of possibilties! I cant WAIT to see what you all come up with! Remember, you do not have to use Leah's beautiful blooms to participate in our challenge, but if you would like to check out the elegant and gorgeous blooms Leah has to offer, please check her Esty store by clicking HERE. Not only are her creations gorgeous, but she takes custom orders! What more could you ask for?

DETAILS:

STAMPS: How Sweet it is (MFT)

PAPER: Whisper White, Rose Red, Rose Red dsp

INK: Stazon JetBlack, Rose Red

ACCESSORIES/TOOLS: Labels Trio nestie, sponge, Rose brads,

Circles embossing folder, watercolor pencils

TECHNIQUE: Paper Piecing

It's Sketch Time at PaperBlooms!

Hi Everyone! It is time once again for another great challenge at PaperBlooms! Where have these last two weeks gone? For that matter where has this year gone? It seems like my little boy just turned 5, and today, (Sept 23) is his 6th birthday already! {sniff} its a big day here at the Bryant household, Grammy and Bob are here from Washington for a visit and Daddy sent (way too many) birthday presents from Iraq. This is the first year that my husband has missed our son's birthday, which is a pretty amazing when you consider he has been deployed for about 4 years of Connor's 6 years on this earth!

Ok, so I am easily sidetracked ...

Before getting on to the challenge at hand, I want to thank each and every one of you who participated in our last challenge, "Bling it up" ! I was personally inspired by all the awesome creations you all came up with! I love how we can come up with so many different interpretations from one idea! Be sure to check the PaperBlooms blog to see if YOU are the Featured Artist! If not, dont give up, this challenge could be yours to shine with!

For the next two weeks we have this sketch challenge for you to be inspired by:

Nice one, right? There are SO many possibilities with this one! I cant WAIT to see what you all come up with!

And remember, you do not have to use Leah's paperblooms on your project to play along! If you would like to find out more about these amazing hand made embellishments, check out Leah's Esty Shop! They are beautiful and she even takes custom orders! What more can you ask for? ;)

Here are the details on my card:

STAMPS: Beautiful Butterflies (CDStamps)

PAPER: Tempting Turquoise, Pink Passion, Whisper White, Kalidescope dsp

INK: Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange

TOOLS/ACCESSORIES: Modern Label Punch, Top Note die, sponge,

circle & labels 2 nesties

tempting turquoise brads, butterfly bloomies from Leah's shop
Thank you for stopping by my blog, and for saying HI! It really does make my day!

Bling it Up!! A Sparkely PaperBlooms Challenge

Hi Everyone! The time has come again for another great and fun challenge over at the PaperBlooms challenge blog! These last two weeks went by so fast! Where did the time go? I cant believe we are already a week into September! I am excited to tell you about the challenge at hand for the next two weeks. But before we get to that, I would like to say Thank You to everyone who participated in our "It's a Flower, but it's Not" challenge. I am personally inspired by everyones individuality and creativity!

And dont forget to stop by the PaperBlooms Challenge Blog to check out the Featured Artist from this last challenge! Maybe it is YOU! If its not you this time, dont be discouraged, try again and it could be YOU next time ;)

Ok, on to this two week's challenge. We challenge you to Bling It Up! Add a bunch of sparkle and bling to your project. How fun, right? (if you havent noticed, I think pretty much every challenge is fun ;p ) Once I sat down to work on this challenge, this super adorable stamp set: My Little Ballerina illustrated by the extremely talented Shawne. I thought of the cute dots on the skirt and it seemed a perfect place to add some waterfall stickles for bling. I also added the stickles to the rhinestone brads to make them even more sparkely and fun.

And remember, you do not have to use Leah's paperblooms on your project to play along! If you would like to find out more about these amazing hand made embellishments, check out Leah's Esty Shop! They are beautiful and she even takes custom orders! What more can you ask for? ;)

Here come the details:

Stamps: my little ballerina (cdstamps)

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Mambo Melon

Razzleberry Lemonade dsp, (su)

Ink: Stazon JetBlack, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry

Tools/Accessories: Label 4 & mega curved rectangle nesties, Word Window

Stickles, Rhinestone Brads, Crushed Curry & Melon Mambo ribbon,

Dimentionals,Watercolor pen, Leah's PaperBlooms

Thank you for stopping by my blog today! I can't wait to see what you all come up with! It will be so fun to see all the sparkle and bling! Yeah!!

Paper Blooms Challenge -- Use a Bloom but not as a Bloom

Hi Everyone! The time has come again for another great and fun challenge over at the PaperBlooms challenge blog! These last two weeks went by so fast! Where did the time go? It seems like time has sped up a bit since my son started Kindergarten, which is good? I dont know... anyway, I am excited to tell you about the challenge at hand for the next two weeks. But before we get to that, I would like to say Thank You to everyone who participated in our "Home Decor" challenge. I am personally inspired by everyones individuality and creativity!

And dont forget to stop by the PaperBlooms Challenge Blog to check out the Featured Artist from this last challenge! Maybe it is YOU! If its not you this time, dont be discouraged, try again and it could be YOU next time ;)

Ok, on to business at hand. The challenge is to use a bloom (or flower) for something OTHER than a flower! Fun, right! I love a challenge that makes you think outside the box! There are SO many great possibilities out there! I have been holding onto this particular idea and bloom for a couple months now just waiting for the opportunity to try it out. Mind you , it was just an idea and when I sat down to my craft table, I was not convinced I could pull it off! I mean how was I going to get a bloom to look like an umbrella on a card? Well, determined to make this work, I went ahead and made the card leaving a space for my "umbrella" and I took my bloom and generously covered one side of it with Glossy Accents, bent it over a fat pencil and let it dry. Once it was dry (it took quite a while) I secured the ribbon to the now stiff bloom and affixed the umbrella over the skunk, who is raised up with a couple dimentionals, with a few glue dots.

And remember, you do not have to use Leah's paperblooms on your project to play along! If you would like to find out more about these amazing hand made embellishments, check out Leah's Esty Shop! And she takes custom orders! What more can you ask for? ;)

On to the details:

Stamps: Cute Critters & Christian Critters (sentiment) CDStamps

Paper: Basic Grey, Whiper White, Pink Flamingo dsp

Ink: Basic Grey, Stazon Jet Black, Baja Breeze, Green Galore

Accessories/Tools: Scallop Octagon & Tag Trio nesties, Leah's bloom,

Ticket Punch, Sponge, Glossy Accents, Ribbon from Scrapbookpal.com

Thanks for stopping by my blog and for the wonderful comments! I cant wait to see what everyone comes up with!! This one will be FUN!! Happy Crafting!!

It's not a Card Challenge Paper Blooms Challenge

Hi Everyone! The time has come again for another great and fun challenge over at the PaperBlooms challenge blog! These last two weeks went by so fast! Where did the time go? I am excited to tell you about the challenge for the next two weeks. But before we get to this week's challenge, I would like to say Thank You to everyone who participated in our "Peek-a-Boo" challenge. I am personally inspired by how many different takes there can be for one inspiration!

And dont forget to stop by the PaperBlooms Challenge Blog to check out the Featured Artist for the peek-a-boo challenge! Maybe it is YOU! If its not you this time, dont be discouraged, try again and it could be YOU next time ;)

Ok, on to today's business .... the challenge is to Not Make A Card. That is right! Do not make a card. This time, we challenge you to Make a home decor piece, whatever you'd like. Sounds like fun, right? I always love thinking outside the (card) box and do more with my supplies. This challenge was just that, a challenge because when I have made things like this in the past, I am making them with a certian person in mind or for an occasion gift. So today I had to find inspiration elsewhere. I had a totally different idea going into this project, when I say totally different, I mean totally different, as in I had some chain, decorative paper clips and square and circle metal tags out. Yeah. Sometimes I just dont get what I am thinking! LOL

And remember, you do not have to use Leah's paperblooms on your project to play along! If you would like to find out more about these amazing hand made embellishments, check out Leah's Esty Shop! She takes custom orders AND offers free shipping! What more can you ask for? ;)

Here are the details:

Stamps: Heard from the Heart & Cheep Talk (SU)

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Chocolate Chip

Paper: Pink Flamingo dsp (su), Tempting Turquoise, Summer Sun

Accessories: Leah's handmade crocheted PaperBlooms

Summer Sun corduroy brads, glue dots &

a picture frame I had around the house

Thanks for stopping by! I cant wait to see what you gals come up with! I know it is going to be spectacular! Now go forth and craft! LOL

The Pink Elephant #26 Recipe Challenge

Good Saturday Afternoon everyone! Today I went in the craft room with a purpose. Not only to participate in a challenge or two, but I needed a Thank You card for some sweet RAK that came in the mail today, and my go-to box is just about empty! So, I had a little fun with this one. This one is for the recipe challenge over at The Pink Elephant. The challenge is to use 3 brads,1 flower and dsp. I ended up using two stamp sets from two different companies, dsp from Basic Grey and my "sun" is a handmade crocheted flower from Leah's Esty Shop. My 3 brads are also from Basic Grey, two are with the sentiment and one is the center of my sun/flower. I paper-pieced the dsp onto the tank tops and undies - Kraft paper is under leaving the clothespins popped up a little bit. ;p Thanks for stopping by and for sharing your thoughts!

Here are the details:

Stamps: Season of Friendship (su) & Hanging Out (CDstamps)

Paper: Barely Banana, Kraft, Lime Rickey dsp (basic gray)

Ink: Basic Grey, Soft Suede, Glorious Green, Green Galore, Only Orange

Accessories: Lime Rickey Brads, handmade flower (leah's esty shop)

"Peek-A-Boo" PaperBlooms technique challenge 7/29

Hi Everyone! First of all I would like to thank each of you for your great participation in the PaperBlooms challenges! I personally am inspired by each one of your creations, So Thank You!

Next, I would like to welcome Carla to the PaperBlooms design team! Visit her blog to check out some awesome creations! Also check out the rest of the design team for even more inspiration : Shelly, Rose, Sherry, & our leader, Leah.

Ok, now on to this week's challenge! The task for you all to tackle is to make a peek-a-boo card. "What??" Well, make a card like usual, except, hide your sentiment somewhere on your card.

Easy peasy lemon squeezy right?

I have to admit, this one had me stumped. I called my best friend, Cassie to toss some ideas around, and in the midst of talking about other ways to play peek-a-boo with my sentment, this stamp set from There She Goes jumped to the front of my mind and we were off to the races. I actually made the coffee cup before I made the card. It is not unusual for me to make cards kind of backwards. lol

And remember, you do not have to use Leah's paperblooms on your project to play along! If you would like to find out more about these amazing hand made embellishments, check out Leah's Esty Shop! She takes custom orders AND offers free shipping! What more can you ask for? ;)

Here are the details:

Stamps: CoffeeCafe from There She Goes

Paper: Soft Suede textured, Throughly Modern dsp (su), whisper white, bermuda bay

Ink: Soft Suede

Accessories: PaperBlooms hand made embellies, summer sun & kraft corduroy brads (su),

soft suede ribbon, hemp twine

Tools: Paper crimper, Labels 3, Ticket corner punch

Technique: Peek-a-Boo, Paper piecing

Very Punny Animals! Paper Blooms Inspiration Challenge

Welcome to the July 15th PaperBlooms Challenge! This week, it is an inspiration challenge. Your inspiration is to use an animal as your main focus with a punny sentiment. Sounds fun, right? Clear Dollar Stamps carries a wide variety of punny animals to choose from, as I am sure may other sites do, but, I am partial to Clear Dollar, so I chose to use this cute turtle from cute critters. So, play along with Shelly, Rose and I. And of course, the very talented Leah. Leah is the very talented lady who creats all these beautiful handmade paperblooms crocheted embellies! They are so amazing, check out Leah's Esty shop! You will be happy you did!

Ok, here are my details:
Stamps: Cute Critters (CD stamps)

Paper: (all stampin up) Old Olive, Chocolate Chip, Pumpkin pie, Pumpkin pie dsp, watercolor paper

Ink: Old Olive, Kiwi Kiss, Pumpkin pie, Chocolate chip

Accessories: Chocolate chip corduroy brad, mosaic embossing folder, handmade bloom from Leah's Esty Shop

Tools: Labels 3 and Dahlia nesties

Remember, you dont have to have any of Leah's amazing blooms to play along, but if you want, you can check out what she has to offer HERE. She even takes custom orders! I cant wait to see what you all come up with!

No Rectangles Allowed! PaperBlooms shaped card challenge

• I am so excited! This is my official debut as a member of the PaperBlooms design team! Yeah! Joing the design team along with me are Shelly and Rose. And of course bringing us all together is Leah. Leah is the very talented lady who creats all these beautiful handmade paperblooms crocheted embellies! They are so amazing, check out Leah's Esty shop! You will be happy you did! On to today's business:
  
  Today's PaperBlooms Challenge is to make a shaped card. No Rectangles Allowed. Sounds fun, right? I could not wait to get started on it. And, as per the norm, the card did not turn out like I first thought in my head. That is okay, if I think too much, they tend to get ruined. ok, to get back on track ... My shape for this card is the large scalloped octagon nestability. Dont worry, if you dont have nestabilites, there are plenty of other ways to make a non-rectangle card. Be inventive!
  

• Stamps: Beautiful Butterflies (clear dollar stamps)
• Paper: Pretty in Pink, Lovely Lilac
• Ink: Stazon Jet Black
• Tools: Large Scalloped Octagon Nestabilities, d'vine swirls embossing folder
• Accessories: Handmade Butterflies from Leah's Esty Shop, dew drops
  
  Remember, you dont have to have any of Leah's amazing blooms to play along, but if you want, you can check out what she has to offer HERE. She even takes custom orders! I cant wait to see what you all come up with!

Paper Blooms #12 Challenge - Be Inspired

Today's challenge at paperblooms today is to be inspired by what surrounds us.. What inspired me was the upcoming Independance day holiday and the fact that my husband is currently deployed AND the the leftover negative dahlia nestie I failed to toss out! I had my paper blooms spread out all over my table checking out all the great shapes and sizes all available at Leah's Esty Shop. This big red one caught my eye, paired with the negative dahlia, I grabbed not quite navy, real red and naturals white cardstock and this card was born. I cuttlebug embossed the not quite navy with curvy flowers and added a little dimention to my flower with a soft satiny ribbon from clear dollar that I tied a knot and threaded thru the middle of the flower. The sentiment is from stampin up's friendship flowers set, it has the some of my favorite quotes/sayings to add to a card! I first intended this to be a landscape layout, and just like always, the card took on a life of its own and it is now a portrait landscape!

Thank you for stopping by and for sharing your thoughts!

Clear Dollar Weekend Color Challenge #24

This weekend's clear dollar color challenge over at paper craft planet hosted by Lisa features some very fun summer colors!! This week, the colors are (su) chocolate chip, real red, taken with teal, lovely lilac (optional) and white for the neutral. I have not used this stamp set, Walk in the Park the Clear Dollar SOM for May, as much as I would like so I was determined to ink it up today, and here is the result! I stamped the tree 5 times and then stamped the flower/leaves in the three colors onto a whisper white large curvy rectangle nestie and mounted that on a chocolate chip curvy rectangle nestie one size larger. I stamped and cut out the tiny butterfly from the beautiful butterflies stamp set from Clear Dollar and aheared them to the trees with a dimentional. The ribbon I used for a background is also from clear dollar stamps. The sentiment is once again, from clear dollar, but I do not remember what it is called, I found it in the clearance bin. Finally, my finishing touch is the paperbloom butterfly! These little guys are SO CUTE!! These butterflies can be found at the very talented Leah's Esty Shop along with a variety of other great blooms and embellishments! Well that should about cover it! This challenge was alot of fun! Thanks for stopping by and for sharing your thoughts! It really means alot to me to hear what you gals have to say :0)

The Daily Dare #21 Color Dare

Once again, I had an idea of how my card will turn out, and it ends up totally different. This is my first stab at the daily dare/color dare blog challenge. The colors are bashful blue, so saffron, pumpkin pie and riding hood red. I just

L O V E this stamp set designed by Kim Teasdale at Clear Dollar Stamps, and these colors seemed perfect to go ahead and watercolor the peonys with! I stamped the flower on watercolor paper with stazon jet black and watercolored them in each of the thee colors with so saffron in the center of each flower, I cut them out and then pondered for a while on what to do next. Finally I decided to use bashful blue embossed with d'vine swirls for the background and I cut a frame from the large curvy rectangle nesties using the second and third largest ones. I tied a piece of riding hood red taffeta ribbon on the left corner and then arranged the flowers in the frame. I used the second to smallest labels 4 nestie for the sentiment which is stamped and sponged in riding hood red. I added a little basic grey bling on around the sentiment just for fun, and the final touch is my little butterfly from paper blooms. This little guy came in the mail today and I could not wait to use them on a project, and where else would you expect to see a butterfly but in with flowers.. You can find these butterflies and other great blooms at Leah's Esty Shop the possibilites are endless with these adorable adornments! Thanks for stopping by and for sharing your thoughts! It really brightens my day!

Paper Blooms #11 Challenge Rollin' on Dubs (lol)

Ok, so this card is kind of silly... It is meant to be a little on the funny side. We have all seen them, cars and trucks driving around with huge tires and a window sticker declaring that they are "rollin' on dubs" as if that is not painfully obvious by the large tires rolling under their vehicles. Maybe everyone has not seen this, but we saw it alot when we lived in Georgia/Alabama. LoL..

Anyway, I will move on... Today's challenge over at the paperblooms blog is to create a project with a man of influence in mind / father's day. Wanting to incorporate paperblooms on a "man's card" added an extra challenge, and this is what I came up with. I used the truck image from the Loads of Love stamp set (su) and watercolored it with real red. I then I cut two real red smallest circles from the circle nesties and affixed my paper blooms"tires" onto the red adding my "hubcap" silver large 5/8" (su) brads. I cut out the truck and affixed it to the whisper white circle nestie that I sponged with basic grey and pacific point. I then affixed that to a basic black scalloped octagon nestie (second to the largest). I added the two strips of pacific point dsp from good morning sunshine dsp and one strip of black stitched ribbon (from scrapbook pal). The sentiment is from clear dollar stamps stamped on real red with the edges sponged in basic grey. Welp, that about covers it! Thanks for stopping by and for sharing your thoughts!

Paper Blooms #10 Challenge

The challenge this week over at Paper Blooms is to use three blooms or flowers on your project. I used three blooms from Leah's Esty Shop where there are some super cute blooms for a great price! Today I chose to use my blooms as balloons with my sock monkey set (su). I first chose the monkey and which papers I wanted to use to paper piece her clothes with. I chose some scraps from pink flamingo (su) for the clothes and for the top note die (su) background. I used hemp twine for the balloon strings and adhered them to the card using mini glue dots. The sentiment is from the congratulations hostess set (su).. I chose it over other congratulations that I have because of the ........ below the word. I felt it mirrored the dots on the monkey as well as the repetitive floral pattern on the tempting turquoise pink flamingo dsp top note die background. The card is barely banana, pretty in pink for the back top note die and pink flamingo dsp for the rest. These colors came to me because I have two friends who are going to have babies in a few weeks. They are both having girls, but with these colors it could be for a boy or a girl!

I am keeping this entry short because I have an awful headache/migrane that just seems to be intensifying the more medicine I take! Ugh! Thanks for stopping by and for sharing your thoughs!

Paper Blooms #9 Challenge

"Let's get sketchy" ... the title of this week's challenge over at paper blooms And this was a challenge - and fun for me. I kind of had to remember what the sketch looked like so hopefully I hit the major points to it. I first decided on this cuddly panda bear for my focal point. I stamped him with stazon jet black and watercolored him with basic grey and pink pirouette for his nose and paw. I could not remember which parts to leave white, either way, I just had to watercolor his adorable tummy. It is like a toddler tummy, irresistable! Anyway, after coloring and cutting the panda, I was thumbing thru my remaining bits of dsp and I came across this piece from urban oasis (su). It made me think of bamboo, okay sort of bambooish, so I positioned my large circle nestie to capture the "bamboo" just right. I chose the oval dsp, also from urban oasis dsp because of the colors. Then what.. Well, I decided to go ahead and use pink pirouette for the card and for accents in the scallop edge and for the bits of large pinking circle nestie behind the "bamboo" circle. I stamped the sentiment "No Bamboo About It" on pink pirouette, cut it with the word window, my new favorite tool, and sponged the edges with basic grey. I used a scrap of black grosgrain ribbon and three paper blooms to finish it off. Looking at it now, I should have positioned the white bloom a little more to the right.. darn... Anyway! Thanks for visiting and for sharing your thoughts!

Paper Blooms #9 Challenge {emboss resist}

Yeah! It is Wednesday! With all the season finale's finished, and with my husband deployed, I dont really have alot going on, so I look forward to weekly challenges, and I especially love the challenges the ladies over at paper blooms http://paperblooms.blogspot.com/2009/05/paper-blooms-challenge-9-emboss-resist.html come up with! This week the challenge is to make an emboss resist project, which is a technique I had never tried before! I think I am hooked, it was so fun! I used one of my favorite stamp sets:"beautiful butterflies" from clear dollar stamps http://www.newcleardollarstamps.com/servlet/Detail?no=3567. I stamped the butterflies with versamark on whisper white (su) and sponged kiwi kiss, riding hood red, and pink pirouette
(su) randomly over the cooled embossed butterflies. I also stamped a butterfly on white cardstock trying the rock and roll technique using riding hood red and pink pirouette, cut it out and adhered it using a dimentional. I chose bella rose dsp (su) to back the butterflies and mounted that on kiwi kiss cardstock. I used kiwi kiss ribbon, a labels 4 nestie in pink pirouette for the sentiment and finished it off with three gorgeous paper blooms which can be found here: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=6887095. I used rhinestones to affix the paper blooms onto the card. This was so much fun! I loved learning this technique! Thanks for visiting and for sharing your thoughts!

Paper Blooms #8 Challenge

Today's challenge over at http://paperblooms.blogspot.com/ is a color challenge using red, white and blue. Great choices with the upcoming memorial day holiday. I dont have any patriotic themed stamps so I went with a nautical theme. I first chose my stamp set, "boatloads of love" from SU, then proceeded to watercolor it in. Then after much deliberation, I worked on the layout. I seem to be stuck on my large curvy nesties.. (see next post ) I used real red paired with pacific point both dsp and cardstock and ink and I stamped the boats on watercolor paper. Thanks for looking! ! I cant believe I forgot my paper bloom! I had it all set out and everything! ARGH!

Paper Blooms #7 Challenge

This is my submission for the paper blooms challenge which can be found at http://paperblooms.blogspot.com/ The challenge was to use three ribbons. I really wanted to incorporate my newly purchased paper blooms which can be found at http://www.esty.com/shop.php?user_id=6887095

The ribbon is stampin up kiwi kiss cut in half and frayed. The leaves are from "in full bloom" SU. I used the large curvy rectangle nestie, sponged the white with summer sun and the dsp is from "good morning sunshine" SU.

I wish my flower garden looked this cheerful ! Maybe I should plant paper blooms instead!