Sunday 10 June 2012

This week's The Oulawz & StampTV Challenges

Hi there,
I'm back this week with a birthday card which I'd like to enter into two challenges:

The cardstock is GinaK pure luxury in Ivory and Grass Green. The rose and tulip images are from Melanie Muenchiner's Pressed Flowers stamp set and stamped in Memento Grape Jelly, Lilac Posies and Bamboo Leaves. I stamped the pink rose first, then stamped it again on a Post-It note and fussy-cut it to create a mask. I then stamped the leaves, stems and tulips with the mask in place. The sentiment is from Theresa Momber's Whimsical Wishes stamp set and stamped in Memento Sweet Plum. The ladybug is from Melanie's A Year of Flowers set and stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copic R27 (I also added some Glossy Accents to make it pop). I ran the card base through my Cuttlebug, using an embossing folder with a flower image. I also rounded the two opposite corners of the cardstock (base and image) using a corner-rounder punch. The seam binding ribbon is from the Cat's Pajamas and the pearlies are from my stash. I punched the purple flourish using my wave flourish punch.



This is a picture of the inside
The sentiment is from Theresa Momber's Whimsical Spring stamp set and is stamped in Memento Lilac Posies.

This is a picture of the matching bookmark:

I ran one half of the Ivory cardstock through the same flowery embossing folder and stamped the Bible verse on the un-embossed half, using Memento Lilac Posies. The verse is from the GinaK He is Risen stamp set.

This is a picture of the complete set:
The sentiment on the brown bag is from the GinaK Nature's Greetings stamp set and is stamped in Memento Bamboo Leaves.

Challenges:
I would like to enter this card in the following 2 challenges:
StampTV Center Stage Alumni Blog Hop Colour Challenge: Using Pink, Purple & Green (plus neutral colours)
The Outlawz Monday Greeting Card Challenge: Fight the Filthy Fly Moth (summer, bugs, picnic)

Thanks for looking!
Hugs,
M

10 comments:

Cheryl Wright said...

Gorgeous, Madeleen. Love the matching bookmark too!

Nana Griffin said...

What a lovely card, book mark and bag! A very beautiful job on the flower.

buggin2stamp said...

Beautiful card inside and out. And a fabulous bookmark as well. Thanks for playing along.

Hannelie said...

Dis n pragtige geskenk stelletjie! Mooi bly!

Mary said...

Beautiful spring card Madeleen, masking is such fun

Lagene said...

Gorgeous card & tag & gotta love the fancy brown paper bag!

Angelica Schmidt said...

Gorgeous card, tag and paper bag!

Cheri said...

Stunning card and I love your design. Thank you for joining the CSS DT color blog hop challenge.

ChelleBelle said...

I am amazed at the creativity and combinations with such a fabulous outcome. Lovely!

Betty Neville said...

Really gorgeous set Madeleen! I love how you used the flowers - thank you for the inspiration, and for playing along!