Marianne challenge

Anything goes is the challenge on Marianne's Divas this month.  All dies on this card are from Marianne and I purchased them from Joan's Garden.  The paper is from K&Co and the sentiment is a gold peel off.  I added some pearls to finish the card. 
Dies are:
Anja's border    LR030
Anja's Vintage Coroner   LR0285
Petra's Ornament for the Center  LR0279

Pink and White Roman Romance

I was playing some more with the shimmer sheets today and the Roman Romance embossing folder by Spellbinders. The embossed card front is on shimmery vellum and then I rubbed over it with ink.  The bow was made from shimmer sheets and it doesn't have white spots on it in real life, I think it must be the lighting.  The bow is a tutorial on Becca's Amazing paper grace blog and they are fun to do.  I added a Cheery Lynn mini fanciful flourish and some glittery pearls. This gorgeous folder and shimmer sheets can be found at Joan's Garden.   

Joan's Gardens Challenge

I made this for the challenge on Joans Gardens.  I chose this pretty pale green and a darker shade for my two colors.  The dies are all spellbinders that you can get from Joan.  Corners are Gold Corner set one, then I used Gold label 4 and the sentiment is on a scalloped oval.  I added pearls and a bow.  The sentiment is from Just Rite's poppy stamp set. 

Marianne's fan die

Joan's challenge this week is to use a fan, lace, pearls and these colors on your creation.   Marianne's challenge this month is to make it girly!! You can order this gorgeous fan die from Joan's Gardens and I added some lace and pearls and peel off saying.  The bow is peach silk with a pearl in the center. 

Joan's Garden and Cheery Lynn challenge

I made this pretty pink card for the challenges on Joan's Garden and Cheery Lynn.   I used a Sissex folder for the background and rubbed Victorian Velvet and Spun Sugar distressed ink over it.  Then I added a lattice 2 by Cheery Lynn and over that I put the French Pastry doily in darker pink and the mini French Pastry doily in light pink centered in that.  To frame these beautiful doilies I used the  Mini Fanciful Flourish,
For the flower I used the new Daisy strip and colored it with orchid marvy ink pad and added a pink pearl to the center. The leaves are rose leaf strip and  flourish leaf strip.  I added a few little pearls to this card to finish it.    

New Marianne die

I love this new Marianne die set LRO236 that I got from Joan's Garden.  I made this for the anything goes at Marianne Design Divas blog.   I used the new die set which includes the solid back and front lattice die, the tall green flourishes and a center piece to match the diamond center.  I forgot to add that one to the card, LOL  The beautiful flowers are the medium and miniature rose dies and the flourish leaf strip from Cheery Lynn which can also be purchased from Joan's Garden.   I just added some gems to the flower center to finish the card and when I decide what I'm going to use this card for I'll add a sentiment to the center.

Joan's Garden challenge pink and white

The challenge this week at Joan's Garden is pink and white.  I started with a cryogen white card, layered cryogen white with a pink piece behind it, trimmed in a gold pen and used a Marianne cut and emboss folder with a border of dots from Cuttlebug along the top.  I used a labels 20 Spellbinders die cut in the center and trimmed it in gold also. Peel off thinking of you on the pink layer and prima rose with Cheery Lynn leaf border and gold liquid pearls for the dots. All of the dies can be purchased from Joan's Garden.  

Joan's Garden challenge for May

I made this for the weekly challenge on Joan's Garden.   Our challenge was: Use a Garden Theme
Use a Sentiment
Make a flower using Flower Soft or micro beads for the Stamen (center)
Use an Embossed Background  
I used a Heartfelt creation stamp and cut out the rose on a second one to pop it up. Colored with copics and distressed ink, a Cheery Lynn oval, Victorian romance corner, Medium and Small rose die with some flower soft in the center and the small exotic butterfly.  The background is a piece of DP from my stash and I ran it through the Kassie butterfly cuttlebug.  You can get all of the dies and stamp from Joan's Gardens.  
Be sure to check out the beautiful card that Selma made for this challenge and all the wonderful products from Joan. 

Mother Nature

Our challenge on Flourishes is to make something representing Mother Nature.  Stampin Sisters in Christ is to use something natural, (feathers)  Crafty Friends Challenge and Joan's Garden are the colors and embellishments.  I started this card with a Damask background stamp and the beautiful Butterfly and Blossoms set. I colored the image with copic markers, cut it out with labels 5,  edged it with distressed ink.  The Victorian flourish  from Cheery Lynn was used for the corner, I added a feather and a pearl stick pin to accent it.  Small exotic butterfly from Cheery Lynn and gold peel off borders finished the card.  

Another Joan's Garden challenge

I played with lots of dies today.  The Marianne Corner, MFT flourish, Cheery Lynn flourish, olive branch, Judy's blooms, Roses med and large, Cuties 1, Medium exotic butterfly and Spellbinders corners.  All of these die can be purchased at Joan's Garden.
The pretty paper is adhesive fabric paper from JoAnn's and some Raspberry colored card stock.  Our challenge was to use dies to make our flowers and these Cheery Lynn dies make gorgeous flowers.  My inspiration for this card came from Anneke's blog  She does amazing things with the Marianne dies.

Joan's Garden Flower challenge

Joan has a fantastic flower challenge on her blog this week.  You are to use punches or dies to make your flowers.  I started this with blue Bazzil, layered some lavender CS run through the Kassie cuttlebug folder.  The oval is the Swedish oval frame, with a solid oval for the image.  The flowers are made from Judy's blooms, cuties 1 and cuties 2, leaf die and the small exotic butterfly are all Cheery Lynn dies and can be purchased from Joan. 
This pretty rose stamp is from JustRite sympathy set.  I colored it with copics

Joan's Garden's Tri Shutter challenge

Our challenge at Joan's Garden is to make a Tri Shutter card.  I'm using the darling new set of Cat sympathy stamps from Our Daily Bread Designs.  The saying for this is just adorable, Dogs come when they are called: Cats take a message and get back to you later.  The center saying is Cats leave paw prints on our hearts.  There are also a couple of other sayings with the set.  I used some paper from my stash and a gold pen to edge all of it and then lace and lacey ribbon over it.  The butterflies and birds are a Martha Stewart punch.  The die cut around the kitty is a spellbinders labels 11. This is also going into the ODBD favorite challenge, I think this is one of my new favorites.

Springtime challenges

This cute card is for several of the springtime or Easter challenges.  Cheery Lynn is Easter, Joan's Garden is Easter and Stampin Sisters in Christ.
The Split Coast challenge is to crop your image.
I watched the video on Amazing paper grace on making the card 5x7 vertically and tried it for this card.  I cut some pretty embossed and shimmery K&Co  paper for the background and it has turquoise and green with tiny little purple flowers on it.  I cut my image from Fred She Said with Spellbinders label and then backed it with the Cheery Lynn Polynesian sail oval.  The center of the die has a gorgeous circle doily and I cut it up for the corners.  I colored the image with copics and sponged around the die cut.  I added some Cheery Lynn olive leaves and prima flowers with a Cheery Lynn butterfly  and pearls to  finish the card.

Joan's Garden Easter time

This pretty card is for the challenge on Joan's Garden which is Easter!  I used some pretty DP from DCWV for the background and added a Marianne Design embossing folder.  The cute basket of eggs and flowers is from Signs of Spring by Flourishes.
I colored the image with copics and sponged some TH tumbled glass around the edges.  The fence and grass dies are from Cherry Lynn Designs and I added some leaf flourishes from an EK punch and cut some flowers from ribbon.  The cute little bunny is a glittered one form Michaels and I stuck some baby's breath behind it.  Pretty peel off borders finished the card.  All die cuts are available from Joan's Garden.

Round box and flourish challenges

Our challenge this week on Joan's Garden is a round box.  I covered the box with DCW French country stack papers.  I took the Anastasia border and cut three of them to finish the top of the bottom of the box. I added a little of the victorian velvet distressed ink to the edge of the border.  For the top I used a coordinating piece of paper and a strip of plain around the edge.  I taped ribbon around it and added a double line of pearls.  The top (see below) I used a prima flower over the beautiful Nautical Wheeler doily from Cheery Lynn Designs and started layering flourishes and leaves around the flower. I cut several fanciful flourishes and then cut them up to fit around the flower. I used pine branches and  olive branches to accent the flower.  I added some pearls and flowers from Michaels to finish the top.  You can get these die cuts from Joan's Garden as well as Cheery Lynn.

Doily challenge, and many more

Our challenge this week at Cheery Lynn is to use doilies!!  I took this challenge very seriously, I started by cutting the French Pastry doily and using the Canadian Kaleidoscope and cutting it apart to make the oval on the top and bottom behind the French Pastry.  I then cut a standard circle from Cheery Lynn, laid it over the ribbon and stamped this pretty circle with a butterfly in the center from Botanical butterflies from  Classy Cards I cut an Exotic butterfly medium #2 and #3.    The butterfly #3 fit perfectly over the butterfly on the image. I added some gems to finish the butterflies.  The corners are the inside doily die that is part of the Polynesian Sails Oval and I cut it apart to make the corners.  The Fanciful flourish frames the doily and I added some prima flowers and a pearl stick pin.  Have you seen the beautiful flower dies from Cheery Lynn, they are next on my wish list, you can make gorgeous matching flowers with these dies!! Check them out!
I will be adding this to the following challenges
Just Rite
Classy Cards N Such
Joan's Garden
Cheery Lynn
Best Buds, SCS
Stampin Sisters in Christ

Classy Cards N Such

I just found this wonderful blog called Classy Cards N Such.  I love the challenges on here and this week's is flowers on your cards.  This card is made with the pretty rose from Just Rite's sympathy set, I just love this flower.  I colored it with copics, cut it out and then colored and cut two extra roses to pop up on the image.  I took a 6x12 piece of cardstock, scored at 2, 4, 8, 10 to make this card.  The pretty paper is from Fab Scraps, High Tea collection, gorgeous florals and matching papers, this can be purchased at Joan's garden.   I cut pieces for the borders and the inside and edged them with a gold pen.  I used Cheery Lynn dies for this card,
Border Carnivale
French Flair doily
Classic French Flair
French Flair Scalloped

Countryside

Countryside is the challenge on Flourishes this week.  I started the card with a French Flair scalloped die from Cheery Lynn. The oval is a spellbinder label 10, Parisian accents for the corners.  The stamp set is Swan Lake from Flourishes and I colored it with copics and the sky is weathered wood distressed ink. I added some pretty flower soft to the little flowers to give it dimension.  This card is also for Joan's Garden challenge this week, corner embellishments, green and blue and flowers and an oval.

Joan's Garden Get well challenge

Our challenge this week at Joan's Garden is a Get Well card, green and white and a basket on it.  This pretty basket of flowers is from the Love Sweet Love stamp set at  Flourishes.  The beautiful corner die is a Marianne Anja corner and you can get that from Joan's Garden.  You emboss it first and then cut.  I used some paper from my stash and the die cuts are spellbinders labels 2 for the image and 4 for the saying.  I added some prima leaves and flowers and a MS fer punch.  I colored the image with copics. 

Joan's Garden Challenge, Nature

I made this card for the challenge over at
Joan's Garden.  We were to use Nature as a theme, several layers, glitter and one of the Around the page punches by Martha Stewart or any other punch.  This beautiful stamp set is from Heartfelt Creations Spring Birdies set and I stamped in memento black, colored with copics and then added stickles to the images. I used some pretty DP from my stash and then layered everything with black to accent it. The around the page punch is from Martha Stewart and the oval is spellbinders.  I added some feathers and prima flower and leaves to finish the card.  Be sure to check out Joan's blog, she has some fabulous ideas and things for sale.