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Monday, December 4, 2017

May Your Days Be Merry & Bright for Wild Orchid Crafts

Hello, everyone and happy Monday!! It's my turn to post on the Wild Orchid Crafts blog and I'd love for you to stop by if you have time :) I have a couple of Christmas cards to share with you today featuring flower making foam and other items you can find in the Wild Orchid Crafts store.

I chose non-traditional Christmas colors for my cards, including the Pale Peach Flower Making Foam I used to create the poinsettias. For the centers, I used Ivory Small Double Headed Pearl Stamens. The papers are from an old My Mind's Eye Christmas stack.

I also used pale peach Cottage Roses and Open Roses, White Frosted Berry Spray, White Pearl Spray and Self-Adhesive Pearls.

Some close-ups:

I am entering these in the following challenges:

1) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
2) Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
3) Jo's Scrap Shack Funday Friday - Anything Goes
4) Dies R Us Challenge #86 - Christmas Carols (White Christmas...even though my card isn't ;)
5) Chouxchoux Paper Art Visions of Sugarplums Challenge - Christmas/Winter

Wild Orchid Crafts Products Used:

Pale Peach Flower Making Foam ~ MKX-723

Small Ivory Double Headed Pearl Stamens ~ MKX-238

Mixed Peach/Orange Cottage Roses (25mm) ~ QVR-044

Pale Peach Mulberry Paper Open Roses (10mm) ~ MKX-018

White Frosted Berry Spray ~ MKX-600

White Pearl Spray ~ MKX-539

Self-Adhesive Pearls (3mm) ~ MKX-506

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Have a great day :)

Friday, December 1, 2017

DL.ART DECEMBER LINKY

Happy Thursday and December!! Wow...Christmas really will be here soon!! A new month means it's time for a new monthly challenge at DL.ART and the theme as always is, Anything Goes You could always substitute a Thank You card. If you use the code LF222, Diana will give you a 10% discount to shop at DL.ART. And if you haven't done so already, check out her new store here!!

For my cards, I used Floral Cover Plates A and B from Altenew. I love these!!

I popped foam tape between the layers for added dimension.

This beautiful ribbon is Burnt Leaf from the Fall Bundle. I also used Twine from Diana's shop.

This beautiful ribbon is Pumpkin Spice from the Pumpkin Spice & Latte Bundle. The tag is from My Craft Spot and the sentiment is from K Andrew Designs (both are no longer in business).

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to DL.ART to see the amazing projects my design team sisters have created for today's challenge. Then link up your Anything Goes project. I can't wait to see what you create :)

Thursday, November 30, 2017

Lemoncraft Challenge #11 - Be Merry

Happy Thursday!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!! It's time for a new Mood Board Challenge at Lemoncraft!!

Here is the mood board to use, with the theme of Be Merry:

For my cards, I used papers from the Christmas Carols stack. Impression Obsession Pine Branches and IO Pine sprigs were used, as was an IO Joy Frame. The ribbon is from DL.ART.

For all the details on the challenge, visit the Lemoncraft Blog. I hope you will play along!! I can't wait to see what you create :)

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Birthday Wishes to You for Lemoncraft

Hello, everyone and happy Wednesday!! I am having a hard finding time to get in my craft room and I don't see that changing for the next few weeks. The holidays are racing towards us and I'm not prepared at all!! It's my turn to post on the Lemoncraft blog and I have a few cards to share with you today using papers from two Lemoncraft paper collections, which you can find in my ETSY Store.

My first set of cards was created with the beautiful new Violet Silence paper collection. I used papers from the 12 x 12 set, the Basic stack and images from the Vintage Time 016 and 018 image sheets.

Some close-ups:

For my second set of cards, I used papers from the Christmas Carols collection.

I used papers from the 12 x 12 collection, the Ephemera Cards, and images from the Vintage Time 012 and 013 sheets.

Close-ups:

I'm entering these in the following challenges:

1) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
2) Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes
3) Jo's Scrap Shack Funday Friday - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

Have a great day!!