With a little Asian flair...

I was immediately drawn to this background stamp from Fiskars. I bought the set, not knowing for sure what I would do with it. The other night I stamped it and just started playing with my Copics - before I knew it, I had a beautiful background for a fun Asian inspired card. The sentiments and lamps are from the same set, but the Geisha is from an Inkadinkado set. I painted the flowers, kamono, and sentiments with a mixture of interference red pigment powder mixed with some water and just a drop of white glue. This gives those elements a wonderful shimmer that either showed way too much or not enough in the photos. I ended up loving the effect it had on the feel of the card.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel - #8 - Color It

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

A Spoon Full of Sugar - #157 - Ribbons and Bows

Cute Daisy May - Pile on those Flowers

Scrapbook Sisters - #41 - Anything Goes -DT call

Deep Ocean Challenge - #2 - Flowers

Emerald Faeries - #3 - Petals

Hoping your day is tops!

Favorite Things

I found both this stamp and the sentiment in the dollar bin from Studio G (Hampton Arts) and was excited to make this cheery and cute card to send to my bestee. Although it's small and the coloring couldn't be very detailed, I still love the way it came out. The paper is one of my new favorites from DCWV - georgeous colors and richness! I used my Cricut to cut the frame, then handstitched around it and the base. The flower is just looped ribbon sewed together with a large green button in the middle. I liked the way this one came out!

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

Ribbon Carousel - RCC6 - sketch

Truly Scrumptious Challenges - #58 - Summer sparkle

Sundays with Crissy - June challenge - Here Comes the Sun

Paper Sundaes - #73 - Girly Girl

A Spoon Full of Sugar - #155 - Here Comes Summer

Now it's off to mail this one!

B-Line Designs / Shabby Chic

Another amazingly cute image from B-Line Designs inspired this wonderfully feminine and shabby chic card. I loved coloring her with my Copics and popping her up on a double image. I added handstitching around all the paper edges, then curled them slightly to add to the shabby vintage feel of the image. I added some lace and pearls on top of a sheer ribbon, then tied a bubbly bow to frame the collage of roses/blooms. A few more pearls and a small sentiment finished the look.

I will be linking this card to the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - challenge 154 - Flower Power

Paper Sundaes - Vintage / Shabby Chic

Ribbon Carousel - RCC5 - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - #56 - Sketch