A Second Set of Twofers.....

Hello everyone: Well, I'm happy to see there's still time to sneak in The Twofer Challenge with these cards, both created using an old 

Flourishes set called "Calla Lillies"

And here they are individually.

This is a Bridal Showe Card.

When I was growing up, my sweet maternal Grandma had huge pots of these flowers in the patio and little backyard of her house, these flowers were all white with the bright yellow center, I never saw Calla Lillies in any other color.

I colored these flowers with Prismacolor pencils, the sentiment is from a retired SU set called "Teeny, Tiny Wishes", the filigree die is from Mariane Designs.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from a retired SU set called "Hand-Penned Holidays", the border from SU "Delicate Details".

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Here's my Twofer.

This is a Sympathy card.

Once again I used my Prismacolor pencils, I really love how the white pencil makes the card stock even whiter. I decided to use browns instead of black for my card base and pattern paper, I think it gives this card a softer look. 

The sentiment is very simple, stamped with gray Stazon ink.

I thought about using a few pearls but decided to let the flowers stand-alone.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like

The sentiment and the flower are from the "Calla Lillies" set.

I want to play along with the following challenges.

Twofer Card Challenge

Daisy Chain Challenge "Flowers"

Cupcake Inspirations

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

XO

Maria.

A Delicious Garden Twofer.....

Hello everyone: The fabulous ladies at the TWOFER CHALLENGE never cease to surprise me, each challenge prompt word has been fun and, well.....challenging too. Here are my cards, together first then, individually.

I wish I had a thumb GREEN enough to grow these amazing Veggies, the most I've grown is a few herbs and a couple of tomato plants that, amazingly enough, gave us some pretty nice tomatoes last year. 

But this gorgeous pile of veggies from a Power Poppy set called "Farmers Market" makes you feel like an expert gardener.

This is a "Get Well" card.

I stamped the image on watercolor paper with Versafine black ink, clear heat embossed it and colored with Sakura Koy watercolors, the pattern papers are from a retired line from Lili of the Valley, the "get well wishes" sentiment is from a retired SU set called "Teeny, Tiny Wishes", the other one from an old flourishes set called "From the Garden".

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 This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The sentiment is from Penny Black, the apples from the same Power Poppy set.

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Here's my Twofer card.

This is a Birthday card.

I stamped this image the same way but this time I did a bit of fussy cutting on the bottom veggies, the "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from SU "Teeny, Tiny Wishes", the "Way to Grow" from the Power Poppy set.

I added a strip of striped paper I save from all the Power Poppy stamp sets I get, I cut it to put the sets on their plastic envelopes, I think it's so colorful and it looks really awesome as an added detail, don't you think?

The little watering can is a button from my stash.

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This is how the INSIDE of my card looks like.

The border is from SU "Bordering Blooms", the sentiment from Penny Black and the little sprig of Chives from Power Poppy "Sage Advice"

I'm playing along with the following challenges.

Twofer Card Challenge

A Place to Start

July Challenge "Anything Goes"

Crafty Friends Challenge

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

XO

Maria.