Another Color Challenge at GAB!

Hey Everyone!! It's the first Saturday of the month and time for a color challenge at GAB!!

This week our colors are Kiwi Kiss, Rose Red and Tempting Turquoise. Since Kiwi Kiss is a retired color, you can also use Old Olive, Pear Pizzazz or any other color that is comparable! I chose Old Olive for my card.

With Mother's Day only one day away, I made a Mother's Day card using the Flower Fest set from the Summer Mini Catalog. I fell in love with this set when I saw it and knew I had to have it! This set reminds me of stamps that retired several years ago and I miss this style SO much because you can do a lot with these!

I stamped my images in StazOn Black ink on watercolor paper then colored them with my ink pads and aqua painter. I have become extremely fond of watercoloring lately and I have to tell you all that Diana Gibbs over at Stampin' with Di really inspired me to give it a try! She does such beautiful work all around but her watercoloring is AMAZING! So thank you Diana for your inspiring cards and fabulous shares!

One last thing before I share my card, I just want to wish all of you wonderful mother's out there a VERY Happy Mother's Day! It's such an amazing and rewarding part of life and experience to be a mother!

Stamps: Flower Fest, Something to Celebrate

Ink: StazOn Black, Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red

Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red, Watercolor Paper

Accessories: Scallop Oval Punch, Rhinestones, Old Olive Ribbon,

                     Perfect Polka Dots EF, Aqua Painter, Sponge

Paper Players Challenge #45

I was so pleased with the way my Fabulous Florets card came out the other day that I decided to make another one in blue for the Paper Players Challenge #45 this week!

The leaves are embossed with the new Wild Wasabi embossing powder. I used Pacific Point and Marina Mist with the Aqua Painter to color the flower that I had stamped in StazOn Black. I added a ribbon this time and took away the rhinestones, also used the blueberry crisp dp instead of Beyond the Garden!

Enjoy!

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Back with another Mother's Day card share today! I found this layout on another blog and can't for the life of me remember where, so if it's you, THANK YOU for your inspiration and PLEASE let me know so I can give credit where it belongs!

I made this card using the Manhatten Flower EF both for the background AND the dress cut-out. I just thought this was the CUTEST thing when I saw it and have been wanting to give it a try, so I thought I'd make it into a Mother's Day card!

The dress is watercolored using Concord Crush and Blushing Bride ink pads and the Aqua Painter.

I used Perfect Plum and Pear Pizzazz card stock for the background.

Fab Florets

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Today's share is made using the Fabulous Florets set. I am in LOVE with these beautiful flowers!!

I was asked to make 24 Mother's Day cards today (yes, 5 days before) by 4 different people.

SO... here's the beginning!

I used the new Beyond the Garden DP in my background with Daffodil Delight and then ran it through the Square Lattice EF. The leaves are stamped with versamark and then I embossed with the new Wild Wasabi EP. I just LOVE the colored embossing powder. I'm crossing my fingers and hoping we will see more with the new catty!! I stamped my flower with Black StazOn and then used my Melon Mambo ink pad and Aqua Brush to color my flower. I am REALLY new to the watercoloring techniques but I am having so much fun playing with it and find that things look so much nicer when they're watercolored. I mounted the image on a piece of Pacific Point CS to give the card a little more color and then added the sentiment included in the Fabulous Florets set. 

So on a personal note, I just had to share with everyone... our 7 month old son learned how to sit up AND crawl this past weekend!!! Now he is trying to stand! CRAZY boy! Our oldest son (Caiden) will be 2 in a month.... Amazing how time flies when you're having fun! I can't believe I'm a mother to 2 kids let alone a 2 year old! I feel like it was just yesterday that Caiden was turning 1! Guess it's time for me to start working on some invites and arrange a party for our little man. I was really hoping to have his party at a park this year BUT having a party in Phoenix at a park in June tends not to work out so well...

Anyone have any suggestions on where to have a 2 year olds party aside from home or at a park????

I'm off to bed. Gotta make 13 more Mother's Day cards tomorrow! Be sure to check back tomorrow for some more inspiration if you're still making your Mother's Day cards!!