Going in circles

I made this card inspired for the photo inspiration for the Give a Crafter a Cookie Challenge.
The image is from Faerie Song, black embossed on a purple circle.  I added a few doodles with white gel pen and embellished with with a skeleton leaf, flowers, bow and a butterfly charm.  There is a brad hidden under the ribbon that allows you to swing the bottom and top layers of the card open.

this card is for these challenges:
Give a Crafter a Cookie #23 -- photo inspiration
Papertake Weekly -- No square cards
Clear It Out -- purple
The Paper Shelter #212-- use circles
Butterfly Challenge #35 -- use a talisman (charm)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday -- shape card
Simon Says Stamp Monday --anything goes
Word Art Wednesday #192 -- anything goes

Spring brings birds

Well, it is finally beginning to look and feel like spring -- a few weeks behind the norm for here, but I guess we take what we get, right?
I'll dedicate today's card to the bluebirds I've seen flying around. We have a couple of bluebird houses that look exactly like the birdhouse on the left up here (except most of them aren't painted, as my husband found out after painting one that birds prefer the wood unpainted).
The three birdhouse image is a digi that I printed out a while ago, so I'm sorry I can't give credit for it. The birdhouses are colored with pencils. The sentiment comes from a Stampin' Up set.
The papers are from a Making Memories Stack, and I added twine and a chipboard button to finish the card off.
I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Sketch Saturday, Sketch 304
Paper Players 190, three of something (three birdhouses, obviously)
Challenges 4 Everybody, Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge, Spring has Sprung
Word Art Wednesday #127, Anything Goes.

Guess I shopped the stash

I don't really have a good system for storing digis, so I sometimes am surprised to find an image I've never used before. I came across this cutie from Paper Cupcakes recently and thought it would make a fun card. The sketch is from Sketch Saturday #229.

The girl is colored with pencils and matted on black The red print is from Pebbles. (I like how it has a similar flower to the one on the girl's hat.)  For the sentiment, I black-embossed on vellum and used black half-pearls to hide the adhesive.

The card is for the following challenges

Sketch Saturday, sketch 229
Simon Says Wednesday, Use Pearls
Papertake Weekly, Anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody #31, Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday #121, Anything goes

Watercolored effect

This is one of the stamps I demoed for Rubbernecker Stamps over the weekend.  To get the watercolor effect, you ink up the stamp, add some details with markers, and spritz it with water before stamping.  I love this image, and it works perfectly with the technique. 

The sketch is Sketch Saturday # 295.

This card is for these challenges:

Sketch Saturday, sketch 295
Challenges 4 Everybody #34, Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly Challenge, Anything Goes
Loves Rubberstamps #89, Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday #118, Anything Goes

Embossed flowers

This is a quick and easy card I made using the current Feeling Sketchy sketch #72.

The flowers (Stampin Up) are black embossed, with  gel dots at the centers. A bow of dotted ribbon is set where the two flowers cross. The flower panel is mounted on a piece of printed vellum cut with scalloped edges. The sentiment (Hero Arts) is popped up for a little dimension,  and I used a matching red dot to tie it in with the flower panel.

I'm entering this in these challenges:

Feeling Sketch #72
Challenges 4 Everybody #32, Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday #102, Anything Goes

Thinking towards Thanksgiving

Well, give me a taste of fall and my imagination runs wild. This week it ran all the way to Thanksgiving, so I made a Thanksgiving card.

The main image is on a piece of kraft cardstock. I was going to try a sepia technique (from the Technique Junkies Newsletter.  I saw a Christmas card using the technique at the Holly Jolly Christmas blog and I loved it), but I just couldn't make it look right. It's supposed to be mainly white highlighting, and I just wanted to add more color, so I went my own way and added color.  The center of the sunflower is covered with brown flocking, and I just love running my finger over it.  I'll probably wear the flocking off before sending the card out.

Details:
Stamps:  Mark's Finest Paper
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Creamy Caramel (sponged on edge of main image)
Paper:  all from a very old stack, either ProvoCraft or DCWV
Accessories:  Flocking, colored pencils, OMS; ribbon

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Tammy's Scrapping Corner #80, Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody #29, Anything Goes
365 Cards, Day 263, Garden Scene  (it's a fall garden scene)
Word Art Wednesday #98, Anything Goes