Happy Birthday Flower and a Give Away!

I just realized that both challenges I did this week involved purple....could that be the new "in" color?

This is my card for this weeks color challenge at Jeanette Lyntons Blog. Be sure to go by and take a look, because she used these colors for some manly cards.

Supplies from Close to My Heart

Garden Green Cardstock

Twilight Cardstock

Smoky Plum Cardstock

Cocoa ribbon

Smoky plum ink

garden green ink

cocoa ink

foam tape

twilight corduroy brad

Pansy purple embossing powder

Versa mark ink

Spot on Background stamp

From me to you stamp set

other-

Martha Stewart doily

paper crimper

cuttlebug scallop circle die cuts

And because I cut extra scallop circles I made some more to give away!

Just leave me a comment to win these 3 flowers and doilies.

I will use random generation to pick a winner on Sunday evening or Monday morning.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Readers Choice Combo No. 3

OK-I am loving this color combo! At first I thought it was way to many colors, but I just love them all together.
Supplies from Close to My Heart-
Colonial White Cardstock
Pattern paper from You Rock
Cocoa ribbon
Smoky Plum ink
Olive ink
Garden Green ink
Olive Marker
blending pen
Olive watercolor pencil
foam tape
In the month of May stamp set
Everyday celebration stamp set
Dream stamp set (Petite Perks)
other
thread

Tie card

One more Father's Day card-Really simple and quick!

Supplies from Close to My Heart-

Twilight Cardstock

Sweetleaf cardstock

White daisy cardstock

twilight ink

chocolate ink

chipboard brackets

square brad

In the month of June stamp set

A little everything stamp set

Father's Day Gel Card

Father's Day is just around the corner, are you ready? Have you found your gift yet? This super fun gel card was inspired by my favorite crafter, blogger and video maker Tresa Black. If you want to know how to create a card like this watch her video here.
Supplies from Close to My Heart-
Back Country Paper Pack
Chocolate ink
Outdoor denim ink
Olive ink
silver ink
black marker
edge distresser
foam tape
chocolate bitty brads
Say it with style stamp set
Campin Fever stamp set
other-
baggie
hair gel

Enjoy today

ETA:The Martha Stewart Doily came from Michaels-I looked and looked for them and almost missed them. They were hanging with the stickers and none of the doily was showing so they will be hard to spot at first. Here is a link to a picture of the packaging. Hope that helps you all!

I am finally getting caught up. Even though this week was a short week for me at work (Memorial day holiday on Monday) it sure felt like the longest week in history! I am glad to have today off for a little craft therapy!

For this card I used the color combo from Jeanette Lynton's blog this week. I also used a Martha Stewart mini doily that was inspired by this post.

Supplies from Close to My Heart-

Cocoa Textured cardstock

Dutch Blue Cardstock

Bamboo Cardstock

Garden Green Cardstock

Dutch blue ink

Cocoa ink

Desert Sand ink

Bamboo ink

foam tape

paper flowers

dutch blue button

sparkles

Giggle caps stamp set

Sans letters stamp set

other-

graph paper

Martha Stewart doily

H2H9-Mini Pocket and Tag

This week the challenge over at the Heart 2 Heart blog was to use this sketch--we all know how much I love a good sketch!
For this card I used a store bought tag and created a pocket the holds a hidden message.
Supplies from CTMH-
Chocolate Textrued cardstock
Baby pink cardstock
pattern paper from Top stitch
Chocolate ink
twinkle brads
heavenly blue ribbon
circle punch
suade flower
love struck stamp set
other-
tag from Office depot

Last Weeks Colors

I am falling behind, with the holiday this week, I can't seem to get caught up. This is the color challenge from Jeanette Lyntons blog last week. It has been a work in progress for days....
I used a template for the card holder that I created a long time ago for this set of 3x3 cards.
You can find the template here






Supplies from Close to My Heart-
Garden green cardstock
White daisy cardstock
Crystal blue cardstock
Autunm terracotta ink
Crystal blue ink
New England Ivy ink
Pattern paper from Felicity collection
circle punch
Other-Ribbon and rhinestones