Impression Obsession Challenge - Happy Easter

Hello crafty friends,

I'm submitting this card to the Impression Obsession Challenge running until April 2nd.   The theme is Happy Easter.     

This card kind of evolved on it's own.  I started with the stamped egg carrots and added the bunnies around them.  When I was done it looked like a section of an Easter mandala.   

Thanks for stopping bye.  

Scrapy Land - Challenge 110

Welcome to Scrapy Land Challenge 110, craft friends...

Here's the card I made for this challenge using several dies... 

I started this card by die cutting the Rose Cutout Border from a 8x8 sheet of ombre pattern paper and also from black card stock.   I did the same with the Exotic Butterfly die making sure the position of the butterfly and the ombre pattern matched in tone to the Rose Cutout Border section, which it would be mounted onto.  

As a last touch, I added the "hello" word die from a Spellbinders set.  I was going to add a "spring" word die at the bottom of the card, but I couldn't find one... which gives me an excuse to go shopping LOL. 

Exotic Butterfly die is not currently available, but there are several other butterflies available.  I personally love that this one comes with a shadow die.  

Hello die is not currently available, but there are several others here. 

Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  The winners... one selected randomly and one selected by the Design Team will both receive a $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.  Until next time... take care.

Impression Obsession Challenge - Sending Hugs

Hello crafty friends,

I've had this card sitting on my desk for days, and still I procrastinated so long that I almost missed entering the Impression Obsession challenge running until Mar 19th.   I used the big and beautiful Verbena Blossom and the sweet Baby Bunny on my card. 

Thanks for stopping bye and wish me luck w/my last minute entry.

Scrapy Land - Challenge 109

Welcome to Scrapy Land Challenge 109, craft friends...

March and the hope for nicer weather and Spring is finally here.  For this challenge I created a simple "thinking of you" card using the Sizzix Tim Holtz Garden Greens dies.   This set of leaves contains 9 dies that are so versatile, because they can be used alone or grouped together.

For my card i used several of the dies cut from different scraps of green card stock.  I created a cluster in the center of my landscape orientated card front, which was backed with a modern black and white  striped pattern paper.

Next I created a fishtail banner and glued my trimmed "THINKING OF YOU" (IMPRESSION OBSESSION) sentiment onto it. 

Lastly for a little pop of color I added some Nuvo dots in three shades of red.

Some extra good news... we are having a Design Team Call, click HERE to get all the details.

Thanks for stopping bye.... I hope you'll join us for this challenge.  The winners... one selected randomly and one selected by the Design Team will both receive a $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.  Until next time... take care.

Impression Obsession Challenge - Flowers

Hello crafty friends,

The Impression Obsession challenge running until Mar 5th has a flower theme, so I used the larger flower cluster from the Sweet Celebration stamp set to create a circle wreath element for my card.  I die but the circle first and then stamped the flowers around the circle.  I used Distress Oxide inks for all my water coloring.  Next I stamped the "Happy Birthday to You" sentiment from the old Birthday Cakes stamp set (sorry, can't find it on IO's website).  I kind of messed up here, because i should have stamped it a little higher, so it could be seen after I added the stamped cake element, which I popped on foam tape for dimension.

Thanks for stopping bye... wish me luck.