Well, it's the last Sunday of the month, (okay, I am cheating and loading a wee bit early) and I was in charge of selecting this months challenge. I told the girls that I wanted to see Spring flowers. I wanted to be able to smell them, LOL! After the long winter, who would not enjoy the fresh smell of tulips, daffodils, hyacinths, and just any other posy you can imagine. The next photo is an inside border I created to coordinate with the front.
My base is Grass Green Pure Luxury cs, and a new white I was trying out with Copics called Neena. The flowers are from a set I have had for ages by Close To My Heart. I can't find a name on it, but it has stems, flower heads, bulbs, and even a dirt pocket for an underground view. All of my word stamps are from an Impression Obsession set called Spring Seals. Sponging was done with SU! inks, and 3 of the corners were punched with an MS loopy corner punch. The butterfly and the bee were little guys I found in my stash. Stickles were used for sparkle and the only other embellishment is a single silver brad.I hope you like my design, and don't forget to check out the other creations by our lovely bouquet!
Betty (is on break)
Here is a card that I made a week ago and it has been sitting here waiting to be loaded. I thought it really fit the bill. The stamp and sentiment are borrowed from my DD. This kitty and (I believe) sentiment, are from Penny Black. My card stock is Sweet Corn from GKD with a layer of digital lattice paper I printed off. My sponging is with Memento and coloring is with Copic markers. I cut the sentiment in a free form shape and added Prima's, mustard grosgrain ribbon, and some amber gems, as my accents.
My card base is Sweet Corn cs from Gina K. Designs. I found a great stripy strip in my stash and edged the one side with my Threading Water border punch from Fiskars. I add a little bit of script to my background. My layering cs is Soft Suede from SU! My under panel has a sheet of paper from an antique dictionary. I used words that included "aroma". Ahhhhhh! The rest of the card is all about my Sweet "n Sassy set called Chocoholic. Don't know about you, but that is my idea of sweet!
My first card is for 
I saw this morning a special request went out for a dear person who needs cheering, and I will use it to do just that! 
Use the colors orange and blue
I created this by coloring a Tim Holtz border die called Townscape, with Copic markers. My base is Moonlit Fog card stock, from Gina K. Designs. I placed my houses over an embossed swirl panel, to make it look like a city near the beach. The swirls were highlighted with Colorbox , Frost White. For embellishments I added pink gingham, a 1" circle punch for a sun, and little plastic critters. My sentiment is from an SU! set called Right At Home.
All of the papers are from my scrap bin, except for the gorgeous embossed lattice layer, which was a gift from my friend Carol. Thanks, Carol! I used some spring green satin ribbon and white tulle to balance my roses and then tucked in a few fern punches for my greens. My sentiment is from Amuse and is stamped on a SU! punch out that my DD gave me. All of my sponging is done in SU! Blushing Bride ink.
I used My JustRite, Beautiful Day set and stamped my sentiment and border, then cut it out with a classic oval Nestie. My DP is a single sheet that I had bought in the OBX for a vacation layout (sorry I don't know who made it). I took MS punches, pearls colored with Copic Markers, and embossed, glittered stickers that were from the same beach project, and layered them to create an ocean scene. One of the rules of the hop, is that we can only use JustRite stamps, hence my use of stickers. Sponging was done with SU! inks.
My card is using JustRite stamp set called Beautiful Day. It uses a 21/4 x 3 1/16 holder. My base layers are Pure Luxury card stock colors In The Navy, and Little Boy Blue. The stitching was done on my new Baby Lock sewing machine that Santa brought! The beautiful sentiment from my stamp set was cut out with a Classic Oval Nestabilities, and layered on a Beaded oval Nestie. My iris were colored with Copics and carefully cut and layered. For embellishments, I used lace, pearls, and MS punched butterflies. 
