SOS153 - Spice Market Background

It's Tuesday, and time for a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash. This week is Background Check, and we'd like you to stamp your background.
For my card I used a background stamp from Hero Art's  Spice Market collection. Not very original, totally CASEd it from Jennifer McGuire. Can't find the specific post right now, but it's in there somewhere. Stamped the image 4 times with Versamark on different colored scraps of CS (yes, they all come from my scrap box), embossed them with detailed white EP - cut out different parts and layered them.

Challenges:
Come and get it - Lots of layers
4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Rubber Stamping

HOC - Sketch - Purple Poppies

Good morning!  This month at House of Cards we are working with this fabulous sketch layout.

and here is my take on the sketch:

I used poppies from Hero Art and colored them with Prisma Pencils. Then I just embossed the white panel and kept it simple to make the image the star of the show.

I'm entering it into these challenges:
Great Impressions - square card
Pile It On - no designer paper
Top Tip Tuesday - embossing
Bloggers challenge - flower power
Southern Girls - things starting with F (flowers)

Colorful Hexagons

here is the second set of cards I made for my kids' teachers earlier this week, just didn't have time to post :)

I used hexagon background stamp from Hero Arts, stamped it with Versamark on watercolor paper, embossed with detailed with EP and then smeared inks all over straight from the pad.

Messy fun - watercolor paper is forgiving and if something seemed to dark I sprayed it lightly with water and wiped of  some color with paper towel.
Sentiments are just random.. probably each from a different set.

I'm entering them into the following challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges - Hexagons
Sweet Stampin'  - Not Cute
C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Thank You Teacher
Dutch Dare Care Challenge - photo inspiration - I was inspired by all the fun colors in the picture

SOS106 - Geometric Shapes

Good Morning! It's Tuesday and that means time for new challenge at Shopping Our Stash! This week we want you to use geometric shapes.
I took the easy way and made a little brick wall (=rectangle) background from paint chips.

Stamp is from Hero Arts and since I wanted the background to stand out I kept the rest of the card very simple.
Challenges:
Crafty bloggers network - bright and breezy
Addicted to stamps - CAS
Divas by Design - Happy Birthday

SOS68 - 3,2,1... cupcakes!

Good morning! It's time for a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash!  This week we are asking you to countdown- a 3, 2, 1 challenge!   Use three of something, two of something and one of something!  You can have other elements too, but just be sure to specify what you are counting!
 I got a bunch of pom pom trim from my teamie Leslie (thanks Leslie) and was itching to use it. I decided to make a cupcake trim from it. So I dug out my almost forgotten Hero Arts cupcake stamps and started playing.
I used:1 sentiment, 2 cupcakes, 3 rhinestones on each

Cupcakes were paper pieced using Basic Grey Lemonade papers, background is from the same pad. Card base is SU Melon Mambo, same as the pom pom and ink used for the sentiment.

Challenges:
There she goes - something sweet
Card Crafter's Circle - sweet as a cherry pie
Use it Tuesday - anything goes (old Basic Grey and forgotten stamps)

Peacock for all sesons

Ladies over at Hero Arts contest want us to stretch our stamps this month and use stamps for different seasons than they were meant to, or use non-seasonal stamps for seasonal cards.
So I got my new Peacock stamp and started playing:
first I used it for Thinking of You card, I also used Antique Brocade background stamp in the back. Kept it simple, just added ribbon and rhinestones on peacock's tail.

Next I used it for a Christmas card. I was inspired by my Bo Bunny papers. I stamp them peacock onto a piece of DP with Versamark, embossed it with clear EP and sponged the peacock with darker inks. The green background is also from Winter Joy papers, stamped with Antique Brocade stamp. The green looks a bit weird, it's less bright IRL. Sentiment and felt snowflakes are from Stampin Up.

Then I decided to make Thanksgiving card. I used retired SU papers, Prima leaves and Wild Orchid flowers. Sentiment is from Inkadinkado.

I'm also entering them into these challenges:
Crafty Cardmakers - winged things
The Perfect sentiment - animals + sentiment
Paperminutes - combine old and new - new stamp/old papers
Mark's finest papers - Simple Salutations - animal + sentiment

SOS65 - Hero Arts sketch

Good morning! It's Tuesday again and that means a new challenge at Shopping Our Stash. This week it's easy-peasy - use any sketch from any site (current or older), just link back to it.
For my card I used one of the current sketches from Hero Arts sketch challenge - just flipped it and used a butterfly instead of sentiment.

Stamp is also from Hero Arts and it's called Blooming Meadow. Embossing folder is from Spellbinders.

and couple more challenges I'm entering it into:
The Crafty pad - dies (butterfly)
The Cupboard trilogy - embossing

SOS63 - Monochromatic Poppies

Good Morning and welcome to another Shopping Our Stash challenge. This week we would like everybody to use their favorite color and make a monochromatic project.
I played with my poppies from Beautiful Blossoms set and here is my card:

Image is colored mostly with Prismacolor pencils, couple swipes of Copic here and there. Paper is from Webster's pages and the ribbon is colored with Copic marker (those markers are useful, eh?)

Challenges:
Cards und More - anything goes
Lollipop crafts - monochromatic
Totally Papercrafts - monochrome

Pieced Poppies

Here is a card I made for Joan's Garden Challenge - they want us to:

• Use a flower as your focal point
• Use Black and red
• Use an embossing folder
• Have either a stamped or die cut border at the bottom 

and here is my card:

I used Hero Art Delicate Blossoms stamp, paper pieced them using  Bo Bunny Double Dot paper.
The lace started out as red, but I colored it with Black Copic - the red still shows through here and there, but I think it ads interest to it :)

I'm also entering it into the following challenges:

Craft Your Passion - anything goes

Love to Create - punches & dies