Wedding - JJ and Annie

                                                                      

 First of all, my apologies for the terrible image - I need to work on my blogging skills - and also figure out how to arrange my photos.  It worked yesterday and not today!

Front of card:  shimmery cs; Cuttlebug border die; Sizzix embossing folder; sheer ribbon, SU Wedding Elegance sentiment; half pearls

Inside: (This is a tip.) I try to incorporate something from the invitation on my cards.  This time I used an actual part of the card - they had an overlay of vellum with initials (in light purple) and a swirl accented with a gem.  I took the entire overlay, trimmed on three sides, and used the folded piece on the inside of the card.  I printed the verse on a piece of the same shimmery cs, adhered inside the folded vellum.  I adhered this to the inside of the card with double stick tape.

Sketch:  http://www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Shining%20the%20Light%20Challenge

Wedding:      http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/

Embossing:   http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/

                      http://glitternsparklechallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ 

                       http://www.vssweetideas.blogspot.com/

Ribbon:         http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/

Sentiment:     http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/

Tip (not theme)      http://toptiptuesday.blogspot.com/

Pearls and swirls:   http://cardmaniachallenges.blogspot.com/

Any:              http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com/     

                      http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/

                      http://notjustcardschallenges.blogspot.co.uk/

                      http://thepapernestdollschallenge.blogspot.com/

                      http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2015/05/dlart-may-linky-challenge.html

Guest Designer

What a pleasure to be able to be the guest designer this week at Anonymous Stamps (at One and Only Design).  Actually, I was asked to do this a few weeks ago, but we were ready to take off on our month long cruise to western Europe and transAtlantic, so the appearance was deferred a few weeks.  On this site (http://anonymousstamps.blogspot.com/) you will find quite a selection of digis - for free!  What an opportunity to add to your collection!  Check them out.
This week the challenge is "Baby it's cold outside - seems like cold loving penguins are perfect for this one!  Thanks, Anonymous Stamps, for this opportunity.
Baby, it's cold outside:  http://anonymousstamps.blogspot.com/
Feeling cool:  http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/
Sketch (flipped) Stash  - snowflake EF; ribbon:   http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/
Inspiration - my inspiration was a row of critters):  http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/
Any:  http://treasuredtimesrubberstampschallenges.blogspot.com/
          http://www.vssweetideas.blogspot.com/
Good ol' Days (I think the patterns give this an ol fashioned feel):  http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/
Black & white with one other color:   http://liastampz.blogspot.ro/2014/10/challenge-76-black-white-1-other-color.htmlhttp://liastampz.blogspot.ro/2014/10/challenge-76-black-white-1-other-color.html

Fantasy in green and purple

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This week I procrastinated (more than usual) on a couple of challenges because I frankly could not come up with an inspiration.  Finally I recalled this pre-colored digi that has been in my files for a long time.  It is one more image that I saved without crediting the source, and I cannot recall where I got it - most likely a freebie.  Please let me know if you recognize it as I would like to give credit for it.  I used an embossed bg (Sizzix) and a CB border die to create the trellis - there is not much to see but it does kind of make me think of a ladder. 
The DP is Paper Studio, and the sentiment from Riveting by SU - which I cut with deckle scissors.  The stars are very shiny foam chipboard stickers - I got a large package of them on after-Christmas clearance.  I though they were too shiny -yet still worked for a masculine look.  I used a piece of chalk to smear a bit on one - rubbed it in a bit, and got purple stars with a bit of glitter. 
Sketch:   http://sketchyfriday.blogspot.com/
Cuttlebug with green and purple (CB - embossing and trellis strip):  http://cuttlebugmania.blogspot.co.uk/
Any:  http://www.vssweetideas.blogspot.com/
Fantasy image:  http://www.trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/

May you be blessed

There are so many people in need of encouragement - this verse does just that.  The stamps are ODB - the sentiment from Happy Birthday and image from Faith.  I colored with Prismas, and trimmed a bit to fit the layout.  I have seen so many gorgeous cards with cut outs - I used a Fiskars punch to achieve this.  The embellishments are negative pieces.  The bg layer was put through the CB twice (different directions) to leave the smooth area for the sentiment.  When ever I do this there seems to be an uneven "seam" - the strips help hide that.
Sketch, with encouraging sentiment:  http://twistoffaithcards.blogspot.com.au/
Nature, God's creation:  http://www.ourdailybreaddesignsblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Shining%20the%20Light%20Challenge:
Any:  http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/
Any:  http://www.vssweetideas.blogspot.com/