A Special Thank You

I can't tell you who this is for (yet) but I wanted to post this card. I used the new sketch challenge from Treehouse Thursday -- Challenge #75

I used several Nesties with one of my favorite new Gina K Designs Stamp sets Lovely Labels 2 - which coordinates with the new Nesties Labels16 dies. The words are from Gina K's  Elegant Flowers. The "swirly" accent next to the Thank You is actually the word TO: (I thought it was a small flourish) so I stamped it a couple of times and used some turquoise bling to "accent" it LOL.  The flower on the right is also from Elegant Flowers - stamped in Potters Clay (stamped off once) then overstamped with Hawaiian Shores. A tiny bit of MS glitter to make it sparkle.

I chose an unusal color combo - chocolate, pumpkin spice,  hawaiian shores and rustic cream.

Edited to add: After I posted this I discovered Elise's Color Cue combo - THESE exact colors! Woo Hoo!!! SO I'm adding this card to this fabulous color challenge: Color Cue combos from WPlus9!

Added some texture to my accent strips with CB folders. Here's a close up of the front panel.

I also decorated the inside with one of the accent stamps from Lovely Labels 2 and the floral from Elegant Flowers.

This is for someone special who has made a difference in my life and I just wanted to say Thank you for that. I'll edit my post later and let you know who I made it for.

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs n smiles,

Birthday Blossom Card

Hi gals - I made a card for this week's JustRite Friday challenge #26.  The challenge was to make a shaped card using nestabilities and it had to be 4" or smaller.

Here's my blossom card.

I started with the largest blossom nestie (3-3/4") and cut from purple CS. I then stamped one of the borders from JustRite's Plant a Little Love set onto white CS. Cut another purple layer from scalloped circle nestie. Stamped the floral image from the Plant a Little Love - colored it and the cut it out with plain circle Nestie and sponged a little bit of So Saffron ink.

I stamped and colored a second image then cut it out and popped it up on dimensionals. A little bit of stickles in the center of the flower for some shine! Now comes the fun part... The two layers of the card are put together with a brad and the card "swivels" open. I used the same stamped border on the inside and stamped one of the new birthday sentiments from Birthday Centers Round.

My sweet friend Hanne from the Netherlands shared this swivel technique with me - she first saw it in a Holiday Cards magazine from a stamper named AJ Otto. SO.... AJ thanks for the cool idea!!

Have a great week, all. Countdown to the wedding... 20 days!
Hugs n Smiles.

Floral Thanks

Just a quick post - I got some new goodies today and just had to play a little. First off I got one of the embossing folders from SU! I liked that it embosses only part of the card front - and it was flowers so how could I resist?! Then I finally got my Labels 4 Nesties... I have wanted this set for a while and it's been out of stock in my usual shopping places. It's even prettier than I thought!

I sponged the Spring Moss nestie layer with Vintage Cream (while it was still in the nestie die) for a softer look, then sponged the ivory nestie layer (in the die) with Spring Moss ink. Makes it sorta look like there are 4 layers going on. I stamped the image and sentiment (from Vintage Picnic) colored the tiny flowers with Copics and the image part was done. For the card, I embossed the ivory layer with the new SU! embossing folder THEN I embossed a triangular piece of ivory with Swiss dots for the corner - a snippet of Spring Moss dotted swiss ribbon to cover the seam, and a few buttons for dimension and I was done.

Thanks for looking! Enjoy your weekend. (Remember to come play along with the My Time to Create Sketch Challenge tomorrow, Saturday!!!)