Emma Swinging...

Greetings!

WOO HOO...I am at 140!!  The number 40 seems to be popping up a lot in my life lately.  Hmmm...good thing I  not a gambling lady. lol  Stay tuned for some exciting news to come. (teeheehee)

I must have marbles for brains. lol  I created this card as my last card as a GDT for Whimsy Stamps and forgot to post it on Monday.  I was so happy to be an official team member that I didn't schedule this cutie for posting.  I used a Whimsy Stamp original called "Emma Swinging," to create my card. 

Here's my card...

Emma Swinging

I love the purple colors I used to create this card.  I started out with SU cardstock and layered on a shade darker purple cardstock.  I stitched some dp from Bo Bunny "Ambrosia" 6x6 paper pack.  I digitally paperpieced her dress and jacket.  I used digital paper from Whimsy Stamps called Violet Spring papers.  I merged this cutie with a wildflowers background.  I used a MS lace punch and Cheery Lynn's flourish diecut.  The flowers were from my stash and added brads and Stickles to them.  You can't really see it but behind the flourish diecut adn holding up the twine is a real piece of wood.  It is a stick I found in the yard.

Challenge(s):
Oozak Challenge:  Spring Colors
Digi Doodle Shop Challenge:  Anything Goes
Dutch Dare Card Challenge:  Spring has Sprung Bugaboo
Little Miss Muffett Challenges:  May Flowers
Thanks for looking and commenting.

Now get to creating...

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!

Dressed to be blessed!

Greetings!

Okay, I have mentioned before how I love to discover new digi stamp stores.  Well, recently I came across another store thanks to Tammy Ortiz (awesome challenge site). :-)  I was in awe when I visited Jackson's Digital Expressions.  I immediately made a purchase and as soon as I got home from work I printed them off, colored them up and will share one of them with you today.  I instantly connected with these digis and had so much fun adding color to them.

Oh did I mention that they have a challenge blog as well?  Well, they do.  I used the color combo they offered (as a twist) to their Anything Goes challenge to design my card.  I have to admit that when I first saw this color combo, I thought it would be a true challenge.  However, once I sat down and started pulling the papers, embellishments, and cardstock together it took on a life of its own.

Here's the inspiration...

Jackson's Digital Expression Challenge

Here's my card...

Sunday Hat III

As I stated before, I didn't know where to start with this challenge.  So, I colored up my image using Copics.  Once I was happy with her look, I moved on to SU Chocolate cardstock for my card base.  I then added some Bazzill Yellow cardstock.  The dp I used is from Bo Bunny's Zoology 6x6 paperpack.  It was a nice little find as I was going through my paperpacks.  I mounted my image on a Spellbinder's diecut and used a Circle diecut to cut out the image.  I used several different kinds of embellishments on this card, starting with the leaves which are cut from Cheery Lynn flourish diecut.  I also used the two corner decos from Spellbinders.  I finished it off with some flowers from Wild Orchids as well as a little Stickles (my FAV) here and there.  I created the sentiment on my computer and used SU punches to punch it out.

I dedicate this card to all the ladies of my church.  I can remember sitting behind several church ladies when I was younger and imagining that an animal would crawl out of thier huge hats with lots of feathers, flowers and or bows.  My head is waaaaayyy to big to wear a hat (lol), but I do love the look of them with a nice suit and matching purse and heels.

Thanks for looking and commenting.

Now get to creating...

Remember:  There are no mistakes in cardmaking, only opportunities for creativity!