Follow Your Dreams...

My latest card is an easel.

Had fun with this one!

Loved digging out all my JustRite stamps and combining sets.

  

The challenge this month is "Wings".

 

The airplane stamp is from "Going Places Vintage",

the Carte Postale is from "Greetings from Paris",

and the sentiment, "Follow Your Dreams"

is part of the OLD, OLD set "All Occasion Nested Sentiments".
 

 

 

 

I heated embossed everything I could ink up,

and then carefully colored the plane with Copics markers.

The little airplane charm and metal gears are from Michael's,

and the paper is DCWV, "Cinnamon Luster" stack,

with the map background stamped with an old world map from

my very, very old stash.

I hadn't made an easel card in a long time, so I was feeling crafty! Also, I love to work with 6 x6 cards, so this worked as a SQUARE card also!

 

Let's just say, I really tore up my room for this one! LOL!

 

This terrific challenge can be found at

JustRite Inspiration

and goes until Wednesday, August 21st,

so you still have time to enter!

Also, entered at:
Cards for Men (use Metal)
Here Come the Boys (Square card)
The House That Stamps Built (Wings)

Word Art Wednesday
 

And as always, thanks so much for reading my post today!

Please leave a comment so I know ya'll are out there!

 



Botanical Part Three, a Lily Tea Cup!

Ok, I keep saying the last one was my LAST one...but I have really, truly enjoyed working with these botanical stamps so much that I can't STOP! Each card has been so different, and the message so varied, that I feel like each one has a personality of it's own!  These are the ones I have a hard time parting with...LOL. But when I started making cards, I told myself that they are not for me to look at for years to come, but to bring joy and happiness to someone, even if only for a day. 

Between the sparkle green background paper and the heat embossed tea cup, this card really looks terrific IRL!  I am getting my use out of my Copics these days, and really think I am ready to take some serious classes.  It's hard to see in the photo, but even the wires are shaded slightly to appear more 3D.  This cup stamp is one of my favorite purchases this summer, so far....  Of course, the Stampin' Up botanical stamps that I picked up at a yard sale for almost nothing is WAAAY up there, too!

Supplies:
Paper:  DCWV, "Songbird" and "All About Girls"
Stamps:  Stampin' Up, "Lilies"; October Afternoon, "Vintage Labels"; and Verve, "Kindred Spirits"; Layers of Color, "Chicken Wire Tea Cup"
Copics Markers
Zva pearls

So, once again, this card is for the Moxie Fab World "Fanatical about Botanicals" challenge.

Also entered at : Crafty Catz (No Pink or Blue)
Paper Cutz (Anything Goes)

Key to my heart....

My favorite colors, red and black!

Supplies:

Paper; DCWV, "La Creme" matstack;

Key stamp, Stampin' Up; 

Sentiment, Paper Inspirations

Pearl; Zva Creations



This card was made for and entered into the challenge at

Sassy Lil Card Sketches .



Grow where you are planted...

---Scroll down to read about the great
Blog Hop that Elmer's and X-Acto
are sponsoring tomorrow!---

I know you see this quote often and everywhere, and it does have a sweet ring to it. But, I have to say, I disagree with the belief that you grow best where you are "planted".  I think you have to "uproot"  yourself from familiar settings and experience many different places and many various things in order to reach your full potential. Of course, in that regard, I should be a friggin' genius!

But I willingly admit that I'm no philosopher...so here's my take on it.

I was totally inspired by the Stamping Background Color Trends Challenge at     Embellish.  

I loved what the Design Team did with the vivid teal and red.

My little card:

Not only did I stamp the background mesh fence, but I heat embossed it in silver to look just like wire.  I really love the way it turned out!
And I was able to practice with my Copics a bit on the veggies!  Sorry about the shadows. It is really hard to take pictures this late at night, even with the best of lighting in my "studio". (Otherwise known as my converted bathroom corner vanity! LOL!)

Can't wait to make more of those little folded seed packets! 


Supplies:
Bazzill Cardstock
Chicken Wire Stamp: Stampin' Up
Seed Packets and Tomatoes: TPC, Victory Garden Stamps
Copics Markers
Spellbinders, Nestie:  Large Deckled Rectangle
Stock teal ribbon
Zutter Distrezz-It-All

                   Join the Blog hop !
Click here to go to  Elmer’s {Craft & Tell} on
June 11th & 12th!!!   Check out how you can win a huge prize from Elmer's and X-Acto!
There's a great line-up of designers with some terrific projects!  I can't wait to see the fantastic ideas!

Hero Arts and Embellish toss down the gauntlet!

I love it when two great companies come together and offer fantastic prizes for amazing challenges! Here's one I particularly enjoyed!

The Embellish Color Challenge added the fun of Hero Arts



I used the colors shown and even had more fun using one of my Hero Arts stamps! I love the fun, easy way this card came together!

Tag stamp was made with Hero Arts, Travel Journal Stamp set, and heat embossed in Stampendous Pearl Sapphire. The map was stamped with StampinUp and heat embossed with black.

Try your own hand at joining the challenge to win a cool Hero Arts prize!

Embellish Magazine (Text Color Trend Challange)
Saturday Challenge (Clean and Simple)