SSSC - Happy Mother's Day

Well, I'm finally starting to feel a bit normal.  About 90% - so it's time to get back in the swing of things!

Here's a card I made last week - before the flu - but am finally posting!  It also fits the Simon Says Stamp Challenge - "Anything Goes" Penny Black challenge.

So......who can identify this flower? Is it a Morning Glory?  I've never used it before because I really didn't know what flower it is!  But - I decided to ink it up last week.  I embossed it in white and used my Distress Markers.  Then I flicked some color at the end.  I used a PTI sentiment and then wanted something fun for the bottom of the card.

So - I looked through my felt and had some coordinating colors and decided to try some rolled flowers.  I hand cut leaves and added some  pearls to the center.

Thanks to those who gave me well wishes!!!  Hope you're all doing well :)

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LPC -VV#4 - You're the Best Mom

Lot's of flowers on my blog lately, huh?  I guess with so many spring blooms happening here, I'm inspired!  The Lily Pad Cards blog is hosting the Virginia's View challenge again which is gorgeous Poppies! (pictured under my card) - so I HAD to create a card for this challenge!!

I heat embossed the image on watercolor paper with clear powder.  Then I used a bunch of Distress Inks to color in the image.  I used a Studio G sentiment popped up on layer that I sewed on! Yes...I sewed!!!  :)    Then I added a few dew drops and it needed a little more at the bottom so I made little dots with my Enamel Accents.

You've got until May 3rd to play along - so it's plenty of time to find inspiration from this photo!

Have a great day!!!

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Dahlia Mother's Day

Here I am posting another 'new' stamp!!  This is a Papertrey Ink set.  I am definitely addicted to flowers!

I really didn't know what I was going to do with the card when I started but I stamped the dahlia in white ink in the corner and then was stumped.  I decided to grab my prisma pencils and color in the flower with highlights and then shadows.  I kept going back and forth with the pencils and am actually really happy with the result!

I used my rectangle template and traced around with my white gel pen and added the sentiment in white too!

So, that's about it!!!!!!!!

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Ahhh....Lily of the Valley.........

Yes..........another one of my favorite flowers!!  I wanted to carry these at my wedding but since I got married in February, it was a little out of the question.  These flowers remind me of my grandmother. She use to pick little bouquets in the garden and bring them inside. They smell sooooo good!

I felt like I channeled a little Jill Foster for my card. I've been watching the Penny Black videos and some of her techniques are rubbing off on me!  I'm quite pleased with this card - especially the one corner I rolled up and added the pendant!   I really wanted to sew on the card, but after I glued everything down I was too afraid to mess it up!

I cut out every flower and popped them up. Here's an close up shot:

This is a beautiful Papertrey Ink set in case you want me to enable you!!!


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CFC48/FTL186 - For My Mother

Happy Monday!!!!!!  Hope you had a great weekend!!!  We had a busy one!  Out with friends on Friday night for tapas.  Went to NYC for dinner on Saturday night.  Went to Mohegan Sun Casino on Sunday to celebrate my father-in-law's 80th birthday and are spending a 1/2 day in Mystic, CT today!  I'm going to need a BIG NAP today when I get home!!

BUT.........on Friday - I was able to play around with some new purchases from Papertrey Ink!  My first purchase is the Harvest Berry die and stamp set!  I had been eyeing this set awhile and decided to finally get it along with a few other sets (yah!)

Well, just in time the Clean & Simple sketch #186 came out which worked perfectly for this set.  I also played along with the CAS-aul Friday's 'Opposites Attract' challenge #48:

I'm not sure who makes the sentiment stamp.  There was nothing on the wood block - but I really like it!  Anyways.....not much more to tell, but you will see this set used a lot more in the future!!!

Thanks for taking a look!!

Another Mother's Day Card...

Quick post for today!  Just wanted to show another Mother's Day card I made for the upcoming craft show.

I started off with a Hero Arts background stamp inked up with distress inks.  I used PTI's Floral Fusion set for my main image with memento inks.  A Studio G sentiment and some pearls and voila....all done!!

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SSS103 - Happy Mother's Day

I missed this entry by a day for The Sweet Stop Sketch#103, but I'm posting it anyway!  I made these cards last weekend getting prepared for two craft shows Cindy and I have coming up.  I'm hoping a few people will be thinking about "Mother's Day"!

I used my new Memory Box stamp again, but this time I cut off the "Adore" part of the stamp.  I embossed with black powder and did some messy coloring again with distress inks.  I used a few of my Cuttlebug embossing folders and a Studio G sentiment.

Here's the sketch:

Since I had everything out...I made another few cards and here's one of them.

Hope you have a great day today!!

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CP102 - OWH Cards

Just a quick post today!  I'm trying to fill my box of Operation Write Home cards so I can mail them out.  Here's a Mother's Day Card I made (well, I made 5 of them) using the Card Patterns 102 sketch.

Papers are DCWV and I used a Studio G stamp.

Here's the sketch:

And Thank you for all your wonderful anniversary wishes yesterday!!!

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Happy Mother's Day!!! (2)

I know Mother's Day was yesterday - but I couldn't post my mom's card until today! So - here it is :)

I stamped this Penny Black stamp with blue and green ink. I added some glue pen and clear glitter on the bloom and shaded around the outsides. I used my EK Success border punch and a PTI sentiment. I used Swiss dots on the green panel but the picture doesn't really pick it up. I brought in some more green with the ribbon on the bottom.
Quick post today. My charity golf tournament and fundraising dinner is Thursday and there is still a lot of work to get done. I don't see myself crafting much this week. If you're interested in reading about the Foundation I'm on - you can visit it here: Allyson Rioux Memorial Foundation

Thanks for visiting! Have a great day!
Maria

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Happy Mother's Day to all you mom's out there - especially my mom and my mother-in-law. I am super lucky to have both in my life and that I have a great relationship with the both of them!

We're headed out to Mother's Day Breakfast with my mother-in-law, so I am able to post this card early - since I don't "think" she's on my blog feed - and if she is - I don't think she'll be logging on before breakfast.

I started off embossing this Hero Arts flower image and then shading it with Distress Inks. I then took some coordinating ribbon and wrapped it around the cardstock along with a EK Success border punch. Finally I added a PTI sentiment.
I've got to get into the habit of taking pictures of the inside of my cards too! Why am I such a slow learner??

Oh well...........again - wishes for a great day to all you moms out there! I will post my mom's card tomorrow!

Thanks for visiting!!

Maria

Mother's Day 1

Happy May everyone! We are going to have a GORGEOUS HOT day here in CT to bring in May! Yipeeeee!
I was asked to make two Mother's Day cards using the distress inks and embossing background, so here is card number 1:
I took three distress inks and blended them on white cardstock. Afterwards I stamped a large Hero Arts swirl background with embossing ink and then heavily spritzed it with water. I stamped it on the blended inks and you get wonderful watercolor markings. I embossed a Penny Black "sparklers" stamp in silver pigment ink and embossed in clear powder. I added some border punching, ribbon, a brad, a PTI sentiment and some floss around the sentiment to finish off the card.

On the inside I used a "Happy Mother's Day" Studio G stamp and a Martha Stewart border punch. (yup - forgot to take a picture!)

Hope you have a FABULOUS Saturday and thanks for visiting :)

Maria

Mother's Day Card

Here's a Mother's Day card Cindy made for Jill - the mom of three yorkies. Hayley, Tyler and Toby. If you look really hard at Toby (doggy on right) Cindy recreated him to have only one eye - since in real life, he does only have one eye! I like the attention to detail!!!

Flower Pot Mother's Day Card

Here is Cindy's card she's giving to her sister in law for Mother's Day. Using the template from the Splitcoast Stampers Flower Pot Card, she cut her flowers and leaves from sizzix die cuts. She also hightlighted the flowers with brads.This is the inside of the card (the slide out portion)

And this is the inside of the card with the sentiment!

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Flower Pot Card

Today's Try a New Technique on Splitcoast Stampers was a Flower Pot Card. I had a lot of fun with this card, it just took me most of the afternoon (I made two of them).


I used the following: Sizzix Tulip Paper Sculpting die, Hero Arts Flourishes stamp for the flower pot, Hero Arts stamp for inside sentiments, Michael's Mother's Day stamp, dimensionals to elevate flower layers, misc. ribbon, scallop punches and basket filler to fill the flower pot.

Hopefully my mother and mother in law don't pop on the blog b/c this is their Mother's Day Card!!!