Think Pink

Hi!!
I am a happy girl today!
I was a Design Team Favourite again this week for Make It Monday. Thank you so much Kerrie for picking my Just a Note card!!

I also would like to thank Leslie from the Come and Get It Challenge Blog for selecting my Back to School card as a top pick.

As you can see I used two other colors with my many shades of pinks. I just couldn't do my flowers with out green leaves and stems! lol!
The flowers are from a 3 different stamps sets by Gina K Designs - Buds & Vases, Friendship Garden, and Purr-fectly Delightful. I stamped the flowers in the frame from Inspiration Mosaic which is also Gina K Designs. The flowers are colored with Copics - YG03, YG25/RV10, RV11, RV13, RV42/R00, R01, R11, R20, R21, R22, R30, R32/T3, T5, T6, T7/C00.
The sentiment is also from the Inspiration Mosaic stamp set and is matted on Spellbinders Labels 17. The flourishes are the new Spellbinders Floral Flourishes.
I added some stickles to the flowers and distressed stickles to the leaves. You can see a bit of the sparkle on the flowers. I finished off the card with ribbon, lace and Wild Orchid Roses.

I am entering this in the following challenges -
Make It Monday - Anything Goes
Heart Song Inspirations - Glitter and/or chipboard (I used Stickles)
iCopic - High Contract Colors (I used several shades of pink)
Two Sisters Challenge - Black & White plus 1 color (I used Pink as my other color) All Sorts Challenge - Flowers & Swirls

Thank you so much for stopping by and enjoy your day!!



Card Supplies:
Stamps: Gina K Designs
Ink: Copics, Memento
Paper: Gina K Designs, Basic Grey Olivia
Other: Spellbinders - Labels 17 & Floral Flourishes, Ribbon, Lace, Stickles, WOC Roses, Sizzix Petals A Plenty EF.

Many blessings to you

Happy Wednesday Stampers!!

My hubby was hit by the flu over the weekend and last night he was finally feeling better. Now I am crossing my fingers that he has not shared his germs with Abbi and I but then there are a lot of people sick at work with the cold bug too so I think I need to cross all my fingers and toes too! lol!

Are you ready for the next countdown challenge card? This one is for the glitter pen challenge and I actually like this one today - lol!
Although it's tough to see in the picture I really did use glitter pens! *wink*
Abbi made a card for this one too and I have her card at the end.
The rose is from Gina's Friendship's Garden stamp set. I wish I would have take a sideview picture because I added a couple of layers to the rose for a bit of dimension. To do that, I stamped it three times, coloring it in then cutting pieces out of two of the roses to pop up on the full rose. One of these days I will be a thinking ahead kinda girl - lol!
I used Spica pens, melon and red, to color the rose.
All the paper is from my scraps and I believe it's all SU with the exception of the white that I stamped the rose on - that is Copic X-press It. It's the best for coloring with copics I tell ya.

This is the card Abbi made.

As you can see she decided to copy my card exactly this time. She did have a bit of help from Mom cutting the paper and tying the bow but did all the stamping, coloring, cutting and assembly by herself. I think she got tired of her quality time with Mom because after this card she was done making cards :)

Thanks so much for stopping by to visit!

I hope the flu and cold bugs have not and do not visit your house!

Gina K Fall Memory Challenge

Good Morning Stampers!

Today I am sharing a couple of cards I made for Gina K's Fall Memory Challenge. You can read all about here in Gina's blog.

I have two fall memories that I will always cherish. The first one is my wedding. Marty and I were married in September. It was a beautifully warm fall day...just perfect for a wedding!

My card for this memory uses the colors from our wedding. Our colors were black and white. I carried a big bouquet of red roses as did my bridesmaids.

Card Supplies: Stamps: Friendship's Garden, Hand in Hand

Paper: Gina K Black Onyx, Misc Red, Copic X-press it

Ink: Memento, Copic, SU

Other: Nestibilites - Ovals, Square, Rectangles, Sizzix EF,

Spellbinder's Labels 10, Pearls, Ribbon

I used the rose from Friendship's Garden and colored it with copics R22, R24, R27, R29, YG07, YG17, YG67, C0 and C1. The sentiment is from Hand in Hand.
The embossing was done with the Vintage Wall Paper embossing folder.

My other fall memory is taking my girls to the pumpkin patch. Now that Ashley is older she doesn't always go with us but Marty and I still take Abbi every year.
There is a farm in the country a few miles from our house that we always go to where you can wander the fields to find the perfect pumpkin. There is also some animals there that the kids could see and even pet a few.

Card Supplies: Stamps: Autumn Beauty, Signs of Autumn

Paper: Old Olive, Chocolate Brown, October Afternoon - Farm Fresh

Copic X-press It

Ink: SU, Memento, Vivid, Versamarker, Copics

Other: Spellbinders Labels 8, Labels, Double Ended Labels,

Twine, Brads

I chose to use the scarecrow and cornstalks from Autumn Beauty because this farm always decorated using cornstalks with pumpkins and course a scarecrow. The pumpkins are from Signs of Autumn. I colored all the images with copics YR04, YR07, YR09, YR15, YR16, YR18, YR21, YR23,YR24, Y35, Y38, E25, E31,E33, E34, E35, E37, B91, B93, B95, B97, YG93. I sponged in the sky with SU Pumpkin Pie, Marigold Morning,  and Barely Banana. For the ground I used the direct to paper technique using Memento's Desert Sand, Pear Tart and Bamboo Leaves.

Thank you for stopping by and letting me share my fall memories with you!