Bold Blooms

Hello!

I hope you are enjoying your summer. Summer is wrapping up here and school just started.  Not sure how that can even be!  

I pulled out a Creative Worship Stamps floral and colored it with Copics.  An old background panel on my desk was the perfect backdrop.  Yes, I am still using up bits and pieces in my stash.  

 The image was fussy cut out and adhered to the background panel.  I outlined the flower centers with a white gel pen.  A sentiment from Stamp Simply was stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink.  

a few clear sequins finish the card.  

I am linking up to The Color Dare Challenge~

As well as~

Sketch Saturday~

And Word Art Wednesday~ Anything Goes

Have a wonderful weekend !  

Lee Ann  

Trust in the Lord

 Hello and Happy Summer!

I took a hiatus and went to Florida for a month to take care of my father after he spent 3 months in rehab.  I was itching to get back to crafting and it was one of the first things I did when I got home. 

I did need a little inspiration to get me going so I used the colors in the Inkspirational mood board challenge.  

I pulled out my Jane's Doodles floral stamp set and colored the flowers with Copics.  

The flowers were fussy cut out.  I used a watercolored background which had been clear embossed with a retired background stamp from IO Stamps.  Then I used my favorites, Ken Oliver Colorburst Powders to paint the background.  

I used a piece of this background on the card base and popped up the flowers on some scrap cardstock and adhered them to the panel.  The sentiment is from Stamp Simply, from the Encouragement Stamp Set.  

I am trying to use some of the product that has been in my craft room for years so I added some pearls and enamel dots to the card and called it done. 

I am also linking up to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Emboss It and Word Art Wednesday.   

Thanks for stopping by! 

Lee Ann

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	Ken Oliver Color Burst Watercolor Powder Blick
3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	Versamark Ink SSS | scrpbk
Canson XL Watercolor Pad SSS | Blick	Gina K Connect Glue SSS | scrpbk
Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk	Wagner Precision Heat Tool SSS
MISTI SSS

Using Leftovers

 Hello, Hello!  

Do you have certain card layouts that you return to over and over?  This is one of my favorites~

I used a few bits and pieces I had in my stash- a yellow card front die cut that I cut down, a yellow circle die with stamped background, a scrap of aqua patterned paper and  one of my favorite floral images from SnSS My Savior's Love Stamp Set.  

The aqua paper was die cut with the same die as the yellow card front die cut and the pieces were inset into the yellow die cut.  the flowers were colored with Copics.  The sentiment is a stamp from Stamp Simply and is stamped with Versafine Claire ink.  A few SSS Moonshine sequins finish the card.  

I am linking up to Cut It Up Challenges- Send Me Flowers

Have a wonderful weekend!  

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	Gina K Connect Glue SSS | scrpbk
Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk	SnSS My Savior's Love Stamp Set SSS
Hero Arts Unicorn White Ink Pad SSS	MISTI SSS

Blue Beauty

 Hello Friends!  

Every now and again I like to look through images, die cuts, card bases etc. that are in the 'did not use' pile.  This card base has been in my stash for at least a couple of years.  It was time to use it! 

Watercolor paper had been, well, watercolored and the green watercolored leaves were die cut with a Simon Says Stamp Die, Outline Clustered Leaves; I kept the negative space leaf shapes.  Then the blue piece was die cut with the same die.  I only used a portion of that background piece.  The white outline was inset into the blue background and then glued down to the card base.  The green pieces were then inset into the outline leaves.  

I finally decided that all it needed was a big flower to finish the card, so I stamped and colored with Copics one of my favorites from SnSS, True Beauty.  I fussy cut it out, added some scrap cs behind it to pop it up just a bit, adhered it and then stamped the sentiment with My new favorite sentiment ink, Versafine Claire Nocturne Ink.  Scripture sentiment is from Stamp Simply.  

I added a few SSS Moonshine sequins to finish the card.  

I am linking up to TGIF Challenges~  #TGIFC473

Cut It Up Challenge- Flowers

The Flower Challenge~ Color your Flower

Triple B May Challenge~

Word Art Wednesday

Thanks for stopping by! 

Lee Ann  

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	Simon Says Stamp Assorted Moonshine Sequins SSS
Versafine Onyx Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk
Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk
Canson XL Watercolor Pad SSS | Blick	Simon Says Stamp Outline Cluster Leaves SSS
Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk	MISTI SSS

Spring Bouquet

  Hello Friends and Happy Resurrection Weekend!  

I played in the challenge over at Word Art Wednesday and I was blessed to win a gift certificate to Top Flight Stamps.  Goodness, did I have fun looking through hundreds of stamps.  One of the stamp sets I selected was a Jane's Doodles Stamp Set from Creative Expressions.  I just love this bouquet! 

The flowers are yellow and purple; the flowers were reading a blue and I had a hard time trying to edit them so they looked purple.

  

Anyway, the flowers are colored with Copics- I got my BVs and Vs out again- and fussy cut out.  

I used the sketch from Atlantic Hearts Challenge~ 

And the colors are from Color My Heart Color Challenge~ 

I cut the bouquet in half, and adhered it to the white background panel and that was adhered to the cardbase.

The sentiment is from Stamp Simply- the scripture stamps are simply divine!  I popped up the sentiment strip with strips of paper and adhered it between the floral halves.  I few SSS Moonshine Sequins (as usual) finish the card.  

I am also linking up to Word Art Wednesday- Anything Goes. 

Thanks so much for stopping by and have a blessed Easter!  

Lee Ann 

Supplies used in today's project(s)

Copic Sketch Markers SSS | Blick	3M Scotch ATG Advanced Tape Glider SSS
Neenah Classic Crest 80# Ream Smooth Solar White Cardstock SSS	Versafine Onyx Black Ink SSS | scrpbk
EK Success Cutter Bee Scissors SSS | scrpbk	Tonic Craft Guillotine Trimmer SSS
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink SSS | scrpbk	Versafine Claire Ink Nocturne SSS | scrpbk
MISTI SSS