Buds and Blossoms

It is Saturday here and my feet are finally touching the ground after a wonderful time away at the Spellbinders Retreat - you may have seen my posts sharing some of it with you - if not here is a link to Part I and Part II .

  I am getting back into the 'creative zone' and will have lots to share with you over the coming weeks - in the meantime I am sharing a card I created before I left.  I have used one of the wonderful printed sheets from Crafty Secrets

The divine Spiral Blossom One Spellbinders® Shapeabilities®, adding colour using

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Memento™ Dye Ink in Morocco and an IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™.  The greenery is from the Foliage Spellbinders Shapeabilities® - both dies have been cut/emboss using the Grand Calibur Die Cutting & Embossing Machine.

 

The bling is from Want2Scrap© - Beautiful Bling Borders-Fancy Waves! by Nina Brackett

This card is for the following challenges:

Crafts 4 Eternity Recipe Challenge - Summer Sun

Creative Corner - Anything Goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes 

Totally Papercrafts - Favorite Colors 

Animal Friends Challenge - Summer 

Card and Scrap - Anything Goes 

Crafters Companion - Animals

House of Gilli - Bright Colors/Anything Goes 

Just For Fun - Anything Goes 

Sunshine Mail - Anything Goes

Happy Campers - Summer 

Southern Girls - Things that begin with F (Flower)

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you! 

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God's Blessings to You

Sympathy cards - are always hard to make when you need them, I try to have some on hand especially for the shop where my cards sell, some months they are the fastest sellers - a sad reality.

For my card today I have used the fabulous Spellbinders Rose Creations Shapeabilities® and a retired sentiment from Layers of Color.  The Die has been cut using the
Spellbinders Grand Calibur®

Along with the Foliage Shapeabilities® The patterned paper  is from the KaiserCraft After Five Collection and the bling from Want2Scrap - I love the Swirls Finesse, a favourite.

This card is for the following challenges:

The Squirrel & the Fox - Anything Goes  

Allsorts - Flower Power 

Simply Create Too - Anything Goes

 4 Crafty Chicks - Pearls, Pearls, Pearls 

CCEE Stampers - Sympathy cards

Creative Moments -  Monochrome

 Whimsical Designs -  Anything Goes 

One Crazy Stamper - Anything goes 

Sparkles Forum Challenges - Die Cuts and Flowers

 The Crafter's Cafe Challenge - Anything goes

 

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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Petals and Wings

Cardmaking without stamping is so strange to me - I love how quick it can be but miss the whole creative process....

This card is created using a leftover piece of Webster's Pages paper (love their pages)

The gorgeous Spellbinders Spiral Blossom One Shapeabilities®, that has been cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine

and add some fabulous lace, ribbon and finishing off with the gorgeous Want2Scrap bling - I told you it was quick! LOL!

This card is for the following challenges:

Crafting for all Seasons - handmade flowers

Creative Belli - animals

Paper Pretties - flowers

Little Darlings Challenges - flowers

Creative Mondays - Anything Goes

Hooked on Crafts - Flowers

Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes

Lexi's Creations - Lace and Ribbon

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant - Spring Time

Victorine Originals - Flowers

Anything Goes Challenge - Things With Wings

Tuesday Throwdown - In The Garden

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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