Easter GRACE

Great color combo! This is from the StampTV, stvcctg5, color challenge from Tina. I used Melanie Muenchinger's "a year of flowers", (tulips and ladybug), and Our Daily Bread Designs, "grow in grace", (God's riches at Christ's expense). The sketch is from the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge, MMSC47. I am also linking this to the Our Daily Bread Designs, ODBDSLC7, Easter challenge. And the Moxie Fab World "picking up the pieces" challenge. Wheew!!! Short post but lots of linking! Thanks for visiting!

A card for a Moxie Spotlight challenge

I made over this card, and from the card base up to the ivory layer is all that remains. I wanted to do some paper piecing, paper tole style!!! Kristine Breach, at Stampin' Sisters in Christ Challenges, gave me the idea. This card doesn't qualify for SSCC this week, (Easter Theme w/ paper tole), but I'm working on that. The challenges that it does work for are, the Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential #24, and the Moxie Fab World, Picking Up The Pieces Challenge, that Cath threw down. How fun are these?

This picture is the SSHP inspiration:

I LOVE coffee, so I'm hoping to get more than one card made. I also love this stamp set by Rupa Shevde, "my cuppa' joe" for Gina K Designs.

HERE is a shot showing the paper tole:


AND a shot of the inside:

ODBD 2nd Anniversary-Cotton-ODBD2AC1

This is my entry for the ODBD 2nd Anniversary celebration! Here is all of the exciting information:

Since we are celebrating the Anniversary of Our Daily Bread Designs, we will be focusing on gifts for Anniversaries. Cotton is the traditional gift for the second anniversary. Today's challenge will be to use Cotton in some way…. stamp on cotton, use cotton ribbon, make a cotton flower… get creative.
Be sure to visit the ODBD Blog here, to find out all of the information.

I used Our Daily Bread Designs stamp set "Confirmation". I first stamped the dove in white ink then I stamped a second dove onto white card stock with basic gray ink. I bent the doves wings and tail a bit to give it some dimension, and I added cotton yarn as the olive branch. I'm late getting this posted as I could not find my lace. Found it, as you can see. The frame is from Cornish Heritage Farms, Botanical Bliss-from my Moxie Fab World, winnings.

Also entering:
MMSC44 (sketch) and Color Throwdown83 (marigold morning-I had crushed curry, wild wasabi, melon mambo, bermuda bay)

Forever Friends

Hi everyone! I made this card for the Moxie Fab World Challenge-Diggin' on Doilies & Lace. You need to use doilies or lace on your card. I used lace patterned paper, from a stack I've had forever. The card body and pink panels are Pure Luxury card stock in Pink Innocence, from Gina K Designs. This is the best card stock! I used pretty in pink ink from SU, but it doesn't photograph very well. I masked and stamped a tulip and stem three times. This beautiful flower is from "a year of flowers", by Melanie Muenchinger for GKD. I also used "say it with flowers" for my sentiment, by the same artist.

This card also qualifies for the StampTV color challenge given by the new hostess, the fabulous, Tina Gilliland! Pink & White, stvcctg1.

I needed a sketch, so I went over to Card Positioning Systems for the latest, CPS156 challenge.

Last, but not least the Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential. This week it's about friend ship, in "Hey, girlfriend!!!", SSHP21. I have a feeling this is probably only the first I'll make for this challenge.

I really want to know what you think, thanks for visiting!