Inside of card
This is my first card for the Sweet Spot Sketch Challenge.

Everything used on this card is Close to my Heart except for the ribbon and Dew Drops.

Blue Ribbon Paper Pack.
Whimsical Wings and Fringed Phrases Stamp Sets.

This card is 5.5" x 5.5".

Stitching is done by hand with embroidery floss.

It's hard to tell in the scan, but there is clear glitter on the butterfly.

Endless Friendship

It's been a while since I last posted. There just doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day. Not to mention that I found sketch challenges to participate in. This blog hopping can be bad news. All I want to do now is create during my granddaughter's nap times. So much for house work!!!

This card uses all CTMH products. The colors are from Jeanette's Color Me Monday Challenge

Colors are Pansy Purple, Petal, New England Ivy and White.

Stamp Set is D1354-Endless Friendship.

The stitching was done by hand with Embroidery Floss.

There was a lot of work to this but sometimes I just love to express my creativity for something other then my clubs and gatherings.

Be Yourself

It's been so long since I last posted any artwork. I just haven't been in the creative mood lately.

Here is a 5"x7" card using the May09 SOTM, Be Yourself.
Colors are black, white and Watermelon.

I also used the big flower from the Constant Campaign for this month.

Butterfly Wings

This is a 5x7 Sympathy card made for my niece Barbara whose husband lost his 21 yr. old son.

Papers are from the Unforgettable paper pack.

Colors are Sorbet, Juniper and Desert Sand.

The flowers are from the Aspirations Stamp Set.

Butterfly Wings

This is another 8 x 3.5 card.

Colors are Desert Sand & Sorbet CS.

Juniper & Sorbet Inks.

B&T is from Unforgettable.

The flowers are from the Aspiration Stamp set and the stamp kissing is using the Intrinsic Backgrounds stamp set.

Butterfly Wings

This is an 8 x 3.5 size card.

Unforgettable paper pack used along with Aspiration Stamp Set.

Cocoa ink for the wording and VersaMark Pad and white Embossing powder for the butterfly.

The inspiration for this card came from a similar card made by Bren Yule.

Butterfly Wings

Here is another 5.25 x 5.25 card.

Paper is Creative Basics Emporium Collection.

Ink colors are Twilight and Sweetleaf.

Butterflies are cut out and Prisma Glitter added to wings.

Butterfly Wings

Here is a card that I made for a Workshop/Gathering.

The size is 5.25 x 5.25. I wanted it to be 5.5 x 5.5, but I bought the wrong size envelopes.

Anyway, the paper is "Creative Basics Emporium Collection". The sweetleaf paper is from Emporium Level II paper Pack.

I first inked the butterfly with VersaMark ink, then Sweetleaf ink and tamped on the green B&T. I then covered with clear Embossing powder and heat set.

I stamped the wording with twilight ink and heat embossed.

This is a card from a technique challenge from SCS last Monday. It took me a whole week to get around to trying it. I thought my club members would enjoy making it.

The directions are on my technique page.

Stamps used are Easter Eggs (Feb.09 SOTM), Bunny Love & March Word Puzzle.

Colors used are Tulip, Sorbet, Juniper and Desert Sand. also used a cotton ball to apply blue chalk to the background to look like the sky.

The eggs are stamped and then clear EP is applied and heated, then cut out. If I make another, I think will also heat emboss the tulips on the front of the card also.

This picture is my original sample so please excuse any flaws.

Here is the fourth Bunny from the stamp set "Bunny Love".

This one I used as a Valentine. The bunny is actually blowing bubbles, but I used the punched out hearts from my heart border as the bubbles.

The Heart with "Some Bunny Loves You" is actually two solid eggs from the "Easter Eggs" stamp set, stamped together to make a heart.

The paper is from "That's Amore" paper pack.
Colors are Chocolate, Tulip and Blush.
I used Liquid glass on all the punched out hears and liquid applique heated for the bunny's tail. I used card sketch 214 from SCS.