Never Ending Love Song

Hello and happy Monday my friends! I have another Wplus9 Design Studio card to share with you today, showcasing the soon to be released Just A Note stamp set. The set includes an elegant yet fun flowing line of music, which I stamped on either side of the circle cut out.

The sentiment was stamped and heat embossed in white onto Pure Poppy cardstosck, then adhered under the circle cut out. Isn't that font just gorgeous, it's a perfect fit to this gorgeous set. If you haven't seen them yet, check out Dawn's creations using this set. Also, stop by Karrianne's and Elise's blogs to see their gorgeous cards using Love Birds. Then stop by Savitri's blog to see all the wonderful projects she has created.

Thanks for popping by today, hope you have a great start to your week!

Maile

Never Ending Love Song: Card Measures 4 3/4" Square

• Stamps: Just A Note (Wplus9)
• Ink: PTI True Black & Versamark
• Cardstock: PTI True Black, White & Pure Poppy
• Accessories: White Embossing Powder & Coluzzle Circle Cutter

Big Button Blossom

Hello my friends! The rain is still pouring down here, it's been coming down all week and there are still three more storms on their way. I'm not complaining though. :) In my opinion we don't get enough of this weather here!

Now onto the card... I call this the Big Button Blossom. The flower was cut using Blossom Nestabilities, cut a circle from the center and filled it with white and green buttons.
Hand cut the leave, embossed them with swiss dots and distressed the edges. Stamped some white polka dots onto the base and attach a sentiment after distressing the bottom edge of the strip.

That's it from me today. Hope you are having a great week and talk to you later!

Maile


Thinking Of You: (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: Beyond Basic Borders
• Ink: Berry Sorbet & White
• Cardstock: Kraft, Berry Sorbet, Spring Moss & White
• Accessories: White, Spring Moss & Ripe Avocado Vintage Buttons, Edge Disstressor & CB Swiss Dot Embossing Folder

Polka Dot Paradise Color Challenge

Hi my friends, hope you had a great weekend!

So I did do some crafting this weekend, just not as much as I though I would have. We got a lot done around the house and took a fun off roading 4X4 trip on Saturday, with my hubby and son. I did have time to create a card for the Embellish Polka Dot Paradise Color Challenge...Aren't these colors fabulous! Love that flower too! Here is what I came up with...

Using burgundy, orange and light orange cardstock, tearing and distressing the edges, then layering, I created a neat gradient color effect. I stamped and heat embossed the cream card base with tiny polka dots, from Polka Dot Basics II, in clear embossing powder. The embossed dots are such an awesome detail, I really LOVE the way it turned out! You have to try it! Click on the photo for a closer look.

Wrapped the edge with twine and tied with a button. Layered the leaves, from Beautiful Blooms that were stamped in orange then with cream polka dots, under the button. I chose this sentiment, from Men of Life, for the card because of it's polka dots (after all this is a polka dot challenge too). Then finished the card off with two more buttons and rounded the bottom corner. I am really happy with the way it turned out!

ETA: The latest challenge over at the Moxie Fab World Blog is Gradient Is Radiant, gradient which is achieved by color changing gradually. What a coincidence, a couple of days after I posted this card this new Moxie Fab Challenge was posted and I already had the perfect card to post. Stop on by and check out the other fabulous creations that have been submitted and give it a try your self.

Thanks for stopping in today, I hope you enjoyed your visit with me today.

Maile

Thinking Of You: (All PTI unless noted)

• Stamps: Beautiful Blooms, Polka Dot Basics II & Men Of Life
• Ink: Burgundy & orange (from craft supply) & Vintage Cream Ink
• Cardstock: Vintage Cream (PTI), Burgundy, Orange & Light Orange (Core'dinations)
• Accessories: Buttons, Twine, Clear Embossing Powder & Corner Rounder

Gettin' My Brain In Gear

Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!

Do you ever get stuck on a card, just can't make it work, and have to walk away? It happens to me quite often. Anyways today's card was one of those cards...

I started on it yesterday and knew I wanted to work with this topiary image and I thought it would look great pair with embossed leaves from In Bloom. So the original color combo was ripe avocado, brown, kraft and cream. I played around with different layouts, different buttons, whatever I could think of! Nothing was working! So I though enough is enough and left to go to my work out class. I guess getting a good buns kicking work out must have kick my brain into gear! As soon as I got back I took one look at my card and thought "COLOR!" So that's when the raspberry fizz came into play and everything else just fell into place.It's kind of hard to tell in the pictures but the leaves are embossed with clear embossing powder. The topiary pot was stamped a second time and cut out, then mounted with dimensional adhesive for a little bit more dimension. For the selection of the buttons, I thought it would be neat to pair a fun textured button (top, but it's hardly noticeable) with a simple one (bottom).

I think it turned out all right, considering the struggle I had with it.

Thanks for stopping in! I hope you enjoyed spending a little time with me today.

Maile

From Me To You:

• Stamps: Everyday Button Bits & In Bloom
• Ink: Dark Choc. & Versamark
• Cardstock: Dark Choc., Ripe Avocado, Kraft, Cream & Raspberry Fizz
• Accessories: Apron Lace Punch (Fiskers), Raspberry Fizz Vintage Buttons & Twill Ribbon, DMC Floss & Clear Embossing Powder