Beccy's Place Roses

It has been a while since I have played along in the monthly challenges at Beccy's Place so I was excited to use some of her beautiful images in my card this week.

This is Beccy's Ribbon Roses in Color. I added some of my new glitter from Silhouette and it matched so beautifully with the colors that she used.

A bit of dry embossing, an oval Spellbinders die and sheer/satin ribbon and I was done.

If Beccy's is a new blog for you, why not stop by for a visit. She is always sharing new images, tips and ideas. Her challenge runs until the end of the month.

Happy Day!!

Focus....

Glitter and embossing, how fun!

I saw a technique that was new to me the other day while surfing the net where you mix glitter and clear embossing powder, so I decided to give it a whirl.

I combined some of my new PK Glitz transparent pink glitter with the embossing powder and after stamping Flourishes "Peony" image with Versamark, I scooped the mix and heat set. I will for sure be using this again. Love the way the glitter sticks so beautifully on the card. I fussy cut the flower and sponged the edges with pink ink.

I then stamped the leaves from that same stamp and hand cut.

I have also been loving seeing the mix of embossed images as a background. I punched 4 scalloped squares running each of these through different embossing folders. 

I layered these onto another piece of the Bazzill pink card stock that I had stamped my flower onto.

I then used foam dots to attach to the card base which I had run through a swiss dot folder.

 I am again entering my cards at 

  Moxie Fab World -- Focal Point Challenge to celebrate the new Card Design Handbook 

  Flourishes Sprinkles on top where you add glitter, beads, flower soft...it's up to you.

You have until August 31st to enter the birthday challenges at Flourishes and until September 24th  at Moxie Fab World so plenty of time.....so please check these both out.

Sweet,sweet lilacs.....

I hope you aren't getting tired of my posts celebrating Flourishes 5th birthday because I am having a blast playing in them. 

This card is for the "Sweet Celebrations" challenge where we are to use a focal image or sentiment that is sweet and lilacs to me are the sweetest! 

I can remember growing up with lots of lilac bushes around our home and the sweet scent that was around each Spring, to this day the smell of lilacs take me back home.

And I have also been sharing cards for the Moxie Fab World Card Design Handbook challenges. 

This one is called Gallon/Quart/Pint which is about finding balance in your colors. If you use 3 colors: use a bunch of one color, a little less of one and just a bit of the third.

As you can see my gallon color is the purples, with a quart of green and just a pint of yellow.....how fun was this!

I stamped this beautiful lilac bunch from Flourishes Lilac set after coloring it with Stampin' Up markers and filling in with Tim Holtz distress inks in peeled paint and milled lavender. Adding glitter from PT Glitz and a few purple gems. I also added some of the yellow glitter to the wings of the bee.

I hope you will stop by at both of these sites and take a look around and I am sure you will be hooked just like me.

Card Details:

Paper: Gina K heavy weight white, Stampin Up

Other: Cuttlebug embossing folder, Studio G gems, PT Glitz glitter, Stampin' Up certainly celery satin ribbon, Scalloped oval Spellbinder dies

Ink: SU markers, Tim Holtz distress inks

Stamps: Flourishes Lilac set, Peony set (bee)