Mixed Media Celebrate Cards for Wild Orchid Crafts

Happy Monday!! It's my turn to post on the Wild Orchid Crafts blog and I have a couple of mixed media cards to share with you today featuring flowers made with flower-making foam.

I colored the Foamiran with oil pastels and added small ivory double headed pearl stamens in the centers. The papers are from 49 and Market.

I also used Cottage Roses, Lilies, Hip Rosebuds, White Mulberry Paper Leaves, Skeleton Leaves, Pearl Sprays, Self-Adhesive Pearls and Lace.

Some close-ups:

 Wild Orchid Products Used:

Ivory Flower Making Foam ~ MKX-719

Mixed Peach/Orange Mulberry Cottage Roses ~ QVR-044

Mixed Pink Mulberry Cottage Roses ~ QVR-043

Mixed Peach/Orange Mulberry Paper Lilies ~ MKX-134

Mixed Pink Mulberry Paper Lilies ~ MKX-129

Mixed Peach/Orange Hip Rosebuds ~ GST-019

Mixed Pink Tone Hip Rosebuds ~ GST-014

Small Ivory Double Head Pearl Stamens ~ MKX-238

White Pearl Spray ~ MKX-539

White Mulberry Paper Leaves (30mm) ~ MKX-448

Natural Skeleton Leaves ~ MKX-285

White Decorative Gallon Lace ~ MKX-406

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

Self-Adhesive Pearls (5mm) ~ MKX-506

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Have a great day :)

Vacation Pictures and Candy Winners!!

Happy Sunday, everyone!! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend!! I have winners to announce for my blog candy, but first I have a few vacation pictures to share with you :) Originally, we were headed to Key Largo, but the hurricanes altered our plans. So we decided on San Diego, but on the way there in the RV, we ran into bad weather, including flooding, so we detoured North and ended up in beautiful Colorado.

Unfortunately, this was the view we had of the Rocky Mountains much of the trip as it rained most of the time. This was taken from one of our campsites.

Then one day, the sun broke through the clouds, creating this gorgeous rainbow!!

You can almost see it touching the ground.

The clouds started to break up, revealing blue skies and snow-covered peaks.

And finally you could see the mountain tops :)

We saw lots of wildlife, like this adorable rabbit.

We also saw mule deer, but I couldn't get a clear snap before they bounded away.

There were lots of antelope, but I couldn't get a closer shot of them from the RV.

There were elk everywhere in Rocky Mountain National Park, and in the town we stayed in, Estes Park.

I don't think she liked me taking a picture of her ;)

It was incredible to see these guys walking through the campground and the streets of the town!!

Thank you to everyone who visited my blog while I was away!! I appreciate it so much!! I'm still having trouble getting back into the swing of things. I've fallen behind on Facebook and Instagram. I hope to be back up to speed soon.

And now to announce the winners of the two Lemoncraft giveaways!! The winner of the Fresh Summer set is...

And # 67 is...

And the winner of the Christmas Carols set is...

And #37 is...

Congratulations, Sonia and Pamellia!! If you both send me your addresses (indymermaid @ gmail . com), I will get these in the mail to you!! Thank you all again for entering!! I have another exciting giveaway coming up very soon so I hope you'll stop back by!!

Have a great day :)

Scrapy Land Challenge #76 ~ Anything Goes

To enter my giveaway, click HERE

Happy Wednesday!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!! It's time for a new challenge at Scrapy Land and the theme as always is Anything Goes Plus a Brand of Die Scrapy Land Carries...there are over 55 to choose from!! Play along and you could win one of two $10 gift certificates to shop at Scrapy Land.

For my birthday cards, I used a Memory Box Distressed Windham die for the background. A Cherry Lynn French Pastry Doily was used as the base for the Wild Orchid Crafts flowers.

Tucked under the WOC flowers are Elizabeth Craft Leafy Branch 6 dies, Impression Obsession Foliage dies, and Paper Smooches Foliage 2 dies.

The sentiment is stamped on a Sue Wilson Pierced Flag die, layered over an Avery Elle Dotted Die. Fluttering along the bottom is an Impression Obsession Butterfly. The ribbon is from DL.ART.

Scrapy Land Products Used

Memory Box Distressed Windham

Avery Elle Dotted

Sue Wilson Pierced Flag

Cherry Lynn French Pastry Doily

Elizabeth Craft Leafy Branch 6

Spellbinders Curved Borders (inside)

Paper Smooches Foliage 2

Impression Obsession Foliage

Impression Obsession Butterfly

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

DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge #214 ~ Fall Colors

Happy Thursday!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!! I'm still trying to get into the swing of things after having been gone, so if I haven't been by to visit you, I will be soon :) It's time for a new Thankful Thursday challenge at DL.ART and the theme this week is Fall Colors. If you use the code l01210, Diana will give you 10% off your purchase at DLART.

For my cards, I did a little stamping and splattering on the background layer. Sissal, burlap, fabric leaves and baby's breath were added for texture.

The leaves are Cherry Lynn Fall Leaves dies. This gorgeous ribbon is Burnt Leaf from The Fall Bundle.

The clock is a Tim Holtz die. This beautiful ribbon is Turning Leaf from The Fall Bundle.

The fabric flower is from Wild Orchid Crafts and it's been sprayed with several different Dylusions Inks to achieve the fall color.

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 Fall Colors (or you could always substitute a Thank You card) project. I can't wait to see what you create :)