WCMD - Mexico

I was only able to make two cards for WCMD - the first one was for PTI's challenge for Japan - this one was to make a card that reflects Mexico. I pulled out one of my Stampin Bella stamps from our stampin cruise to MEXICO because I was all about warm, bright colors, tropical beaches.

PTI Summer Sunrise and Berry Sorbet with some SU! Green and Teal. A little bit of Cuttlebug, some copic coloring and a wee bit of glitter on the sun. Added some shimmery "coconuts" to the center of the tree and a couple of Primas for those "tropical flowers" we see all over Mexico.

Warm wishes seemed to be fitting with the theme - and I now have a card to send to one of my dear stampin friends in either Canada or Montana where they have already had SNOW!

Thanks for stopping by - stay warm (unless you are in Phoenix in which case - ENJOY!!)

WCMD - Japan

I hope everyone had a chance to play with some of the challenges across the web for World Card Making Day. I had grand visions and plans but, alas, things required at home took precedence AND I'm also in the midst of preparing something new for everyone! (stay tuned for more!) I got a chance to play along with the first challenge posted by Nichole Heady at PaperTrey Ink. We were to create a card that was reflective of Japan. I came up with this little goodie.

Since Origami is a Japanese paper folding art, I used some beautiful origami paper that my daughter had given me. It's so beautiful and delicate and shimmery. It made the perfect focus for my card which needed only a few accents to finish it off.

I used the Weekend Sketch #100 from Beate for my layout,  added a few prima flowers, a simple sentiment and some embossing and paper piercing on the Raspberry layer. Here's a close up although you still can't see the delicate shimmer on this pretty paper.

Papers: Enchanted Evening, White, Raspberry Fizz, origami
Stamps: PTI - Mega Mixed Messages
MISC: Primas, pink floral rhinestone embellishment

Hope you had a great weekend - thanks for stopping by!