Remember Me...

This post is for the current Make My Monday Challenge. This time around, we have a Literary Challenge based on inspiration from the cover of the Jane Austen Classic shown below.  

For my card, I was inspired by the young lady, her hat, and the flowering trees.  I began with a beautiful flowered digital paper from Gecko Galz for the background.  The focal image is from Stampsmith. Vintage seam binding, buttons, lace and a paper doily seemed appropriate as finishing touches.  Thanks for stopping by.  Yvonne

Ever After!

Hello!  It has been a bit of crazy week with some family medical issues but I want to drop by tonight with a few posts.  This one is for the current challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and Show called Ever After.  I recently received a new set of stamps by Stampsmith with images and sentiments from The Wizard of Oz and thought they might work for the challenge.  I created grass, flowers and sky line with oil pastels.  The yellow brick road was embossed with a Tim Holtz embossing folder.  The images were stamped on glossy paper and partially tinted with Distress Markers, except for the shoes, which were colored with dark red glitter ink of a Sakura Pen.  Thanks for dropping by.  Best wishes, Yvonne

To the Moon!

Hello!  It's Wednesday, and time for another Word Wednesday Challenge at 365 Cards where the word this week is "Space!" Our sponsor this week is DRS Designs and my image and sentiment are part of their fabulous collection.  I added a bit of Ranger Stickles to the main image and the heart punches by Martha Stewart are punched from dark red glitter card stock.  A bit of turquoise ribbon and my grandson's Valentine is ready to go.  I hope you will join us for your own take on the word "Space."  Best wishes, Yvonne

Emerald Anniversary

Greetings!  I hope everyone had a good weekend.  We've had snow showers, and it is bitter cold, but it could always be worse.  I am sharing a card with you that I made this afternoon for the latest challenge at Electic Ellapu where the challenge is to create an Anniversary Card.  Madeleen is the host and she gave us a table of colors to use for specific anniversaries.  My card will be for my oldest daughter and her husband who will celebrate 20 years of bliss soon, which calls for Emerald Green and White.  I chose to layer a green mat to my card base and addded some geometric ribbon along the bottom.  The focal image is by Stampsmith.  The quote by Victor Hugo is by A Muse Stamps.  The scattered hearts were bits of leftover recycled paper in my stash that I punched with a Martha Stewart punch.  Thanks for dropping by.  Have a wonderful week ahead.  Best, Yvonne

Noel, Noel

It is hard to believe it is once again time for another challenge over at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown!  This week, for Challenge # 4, we are working from the sketch below.  My immediate thought went to blue and white, and my card above is the final result.  the snowflakes are from the Sleigh Ride plate by Artistic Outpost and were inked with a Chipped Sapphire Distress Marker.  The ribbon and bling are from my stash.There's still time to join the fun at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown if you want to get a jump start on your Christmas Cards for later this year!

I am also submiting this card to Artistic Outpost's February Referral Program.  Thank you for stopping by!  Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.  Best, Yvonne

C is for Circus

Greetings! I wasn't planning another post today, but I discovered a new to me challenge that is about to close and I really wanted to give it a whirl.  The challenge is offered by The Craft Barn and the challenge is called Alpha/Dictionary Challenge.  I missed the first week, but I plan to go back and create a piece any how so that I have a complete alphabet set at the end of 2013.  This week the challenge is to create a project around the letter "C."  You will want to check out the blog site for full details if you are interested.  I have always loved dictionaries and spent more hours than I care to admit as a child entertaining myself reading them.  As mentioned in a recent post, I rescued an old dictionary that was going to be thrown away at work before I retired.  With another recent post, I finally gathered up the courage to tear out a page.  So, to join in this challenge seemed like the next step.  I have decided to create an alphabet book that will be 6"x6" with a half inch edge to bind the pages together.  For this page, I chose some beautiful vintage inspired images from Oxford Impressions and colored them in with Distress Markers.  The red seam binding is merely for effect for the photo and will be replaced as I add pages to my book.  Thanks for dropping by and I hope you have a great evening.  

Pretty as a Peacock

It's Friday and that means it is time for another challenge over at Bloggers Challenge.  This week, Lisa asks us to Create Your Own Background. I chose to spray white card stock with three shades of Dylusions Ink Sprays.  The edges were then distressed with Wild Honey DI.  The focal image by Gecko Galz was matted and layered over vintage sheet music.  The sentiment by Hero Arts was stamped on a scrap of sticky back canvas.  A metal charm by Idea-ology, vintage buttons, lace, seam binding and liquid pearls complete my card. I hope everyone has a great weekend.  Best wishes, Yvonne

P.S.  I had some trouble with my photo on my previous post.  I have hopefully corrected that if you would like to take another look!