Vibrant Thanks

Hello everyone: I'm always praying that you and your families are doing well during these sad and troublesome times, please stay healthy and safe.

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My card today is done with a beautiful Summer flower.  Zinnias come in all the colors of the rainbow, mine is yellow.

I'd like to think that this flower is enjoying a gorgeous sunset, and those busy little bees are having one last nectar drink before going home.

The image and the sentiment are from a Power Poppy set called "Vibrant Thanks", unfortunately, is sold out.

The corner die cut is done with a Tim Holtz Alterations Mixed Media Dies.

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This is the INSIDE of the card.

I sponged the top with a honeycomb stencil, the sentiment is from a Power Poppy set called Pure Prairie Spirit.

I want to play with the following challenges.

Color My Heart Color Dare

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday Challenge

"In the Summer Garden"

Thank you for visiting today.

Stay healthy and safe.

XO
Maria.

February is for Irises.....

Hello everyone: Welcome to another challenge over at SHOPPING OUR STASH.  The theme this time is "Fabulous February" and that means it's all about the beautiful flowers of the month, Violets or Irises and the color Purple, so we hope you find some time to come and play along with us.

This is the card I made to inspire you and I hope you go check out what my teammates created for even more inspiration, we can't wait to see you in our gallery.

This card was created with this image from an old Flourishes set called "Beauty Within" (2010), I love it because it looks like a stain glass window.

I stamped it on a piece of soft lilac-colored card stock with Stazon black ink and colored it with Prismacolor pencils and paper stumps dipped in Gamsol.
The pattern paper is from Lili of the Valley (discontinued), I die cut the corner with a die from Tim Holtz "Alterations"
The sentiment is from the set, I just added a few enamel dots for a bit of bling.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The lace top is from a retired SU set called "Delicate Details", the sentiment and the little Iris on the bottom are from the same set as the image in front but I stamped the words inside a frame from the retired SU set called "Four Frames" that came out back in the 2011-2012 Catalog.

I hope you come and play with my teammates and me at the SHOPPING OUR STASH and the TRY STAMPING ON TUESDAY gallery, we can't wait to see what you create.

Thank you for stopping by, your comments always make my day.

XO

Maria.