My Entry For Sketch Challenge 227

I wanted to make a card for my boyfriends kids to give their mother. I had my Simon Says Stamp Stamp May card kit sitting on the table and thought that the papers look like Mother's Day card material even though the kit is more of a wedding theme kit. taking a piece of cream cardstock that came with the kit I made my card base and stamped it with Stampin Up Papillion Potpourri butterflies in Stampin Up soft sky ink and Simon Says Stamps new color pale blush pink. it needed a little something else so I put dots of two way glue down and gold  embossed them. Using one of the prints from the card kit I cut a fishtail at the end of the strip and also did the same thing with the dark grey cardstock and a piece of Stampin Up vellum. the sentiment on the vellum is from Stampin Up all year cheer and is embossed in gold. The blush pink strip and the two dots are cut using MFTs blueprints 9 and the dark grey was hand cut. Lexi and the boys were tickled to death to have this to give to her mother along with a Stampin Up stamp set and of my favorite things Die-namics die.

My Entry For MFT Color Challenge 20

Unfortunately I had a customer pass away sunday. I wanted to make his widow a card to express my sympathy for her loss.

I pulled out my Lavender Fields, Wild Wisteria, Lemon Chiffon, and Daffodil MFT ink pads. I used these colors and Stampin' Ups Beautiful Bunch to create the floral paper. Using Stampin' Up Label thinlets I cut the floral paper, lavender fields and neenah solar white. The butterflies were cut using Stampin' Up Beautiful Butterflies thinlets folder. After stamping my sentiment and layering it all up, I mounted it on a Lemon Chiffon card base. Initially I didn't particular like the color combo. It was just too easter eggy or something,  but I figured it is a challenge so let's see what we can do. I ended up loving the results. I guess that is the point of the challenges, to make you create.

My Entry For MFT Sketch Meets PageMaps

I had picked up the Free Spirit  We R Memory Keepers paper pack and had to create with it. The colors are so beautiful. I started off creating the postage stamps using Stampin' Up Butterfly Basics stamp set stamped in coastal cabana,  early expresso, and hello honey and embossed on the edges in gold. The sentiment which comes from Stampin' Up Butterfly Basics was also embossed in gold. The background piecing was cut with My Favorite Things Die-namics Blueprints 3. Stickles fine glitter in cinnamon was added to the background. I finished it up with wink of stella, a piece of coastal cabana bakers twine and a hello honey button.