Bride and Groom Dancing

 Hello friends! Welcome back to my little corner of blogland! I have a "Wedding" card to share with you!!

This 5.5" square card features Mo Manning's "Bride and Groom (Dancing)." You can find this beautiful digi image HERE in Mo's online store.

A side-ish view . . .

My Card "Recipe" . . .

Image printed onto Copic X-Press It cardstock

Cardstock, DPs, Ribbon, and Sentiment stamps: Stampin' Up

Pearls: My stash

Star Dust Stickles

Roses: Wild Orchid Crafts

Copic Sketch Markers & Colored Pencils

A peek at the inside . . .

Be sure to check out ALL of Mo's sites . . .

* Dream Team Blog HERE for daily inspiration

* Mo's Facebook Clubhouse HERE for contests, sneak peeks, & sharing
*Mo's Patreon Page HERE

* And don't forget to join us over at Mo's DP2 Challenge Blog HERE for monthly challenges plus a chance to be one of Mo's Guest Designers for a month! 

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

Betsy's Wagon

Springtime is all about new beginnings . . . like weddings!!

This 5.5" square card features Mo Manning's "Betsy's Wagon" (which comes with all kinds of goodies for mixing and matching and merging)!! You can find this fun digi image set HERE in Mo's online store.

A close-up . . .

A side-ish view . . .

A peek at the inside of the card . . .

My Card "Recipe" . . .

Image printed onto Copic X-Press It cardstock

Cardstock & Sentiment stamps: Stampin' Up

DPs: "Hydrangea Lawns" by Dress my Craft

Dies & pearls: My stash

Roses: Wild Orchid Crafts

Copic Sketch Markers & Colored Pencils

And one more view . . .

Be sure to check out ALL of Mo's sites . . .

* Dream Team Blog HERE for daily inspiration

* Mo's Facebook Clubhouse HERE for contests, sneak peeks, & sharing
*Mo's Patreon Page HERE

* And don't forget to join us over at Mo's DP2 Challenge Blog HERE for monthly challenges plus a chance to be one of Mo's Guest Designers for a month! 

Thanks for stopping by . . . and, as always, for your kind comments! See you soon!

On Your Special Day . . .

Happy weekend!! Yay! Don't you just love the weekend? I do!! Do you have any fabulous plans?? I should do some laundry and maybe do a little cleaning . . . but I am definitely spending the majority of the weekend in my studio!! Wheet whoo! I have a little card to post here, though, before I start working on my next "masterpiece" hehe!

This is a commission for my brother-in-law who needs a "Wedding" card for his cousin. He wanted it "not too fancy" . . . and, I gotta say, this is as "not too fancy" as I generally get! hehehe!! Hope he likes it! I've used an adorable Lili of the Valley stamp called called "Carriage for Two" . . . available HERE at LOTV's online shop. Oh, and that fun "grunge" sentiment is available at LOTV too - right HERE. Here's a close-up of this sweet image . . .

I've been experimenting with watercolor papers . . . this paper is Arches Cold Press watercolor paper 140#. I think I prefer it to the "Hot Pressed" paper since it stands up to my "overworking"! Here's a side view . . .

And one from the other side . . . 

 My Card Recipe . . . 

Very Vanilla, River Rock, & Chocolate Chip cardstock: Stampin' Up

DPs: "French Kiss" by Glitz

Edges lightly inked with Creamy Caramel ink: Stampin' Up

Tim Holtz Distress Ink pads, refills, & markers
Very Vanilla ribbon: Stampin' Up
Roses & lace: Wild Orchid Crafts
Heart tag and border dies: Magnolia

Pearls: My stash
Inside sentiment: Stampin' Up
"Love" charm:: The Charm Store
Mr. & Mrs. sentiment (front) & inside sentiment: Whimsy

Here's a peek at the inside (that thing on the top is a decorated pocket for a gift card) . . .

And one more . . . "artsy" view . . .

Challenges . . . 

Stampin' for the Weekend: Use Lace

Crafty Ribbons #40: Anything Goes w/a Ribbon
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
The Ribbon Carousel: Spring is in the Air

And that's it for me!! Hope you enjoyed your visit ! Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll be back soon with a new Sugar Nellie project! Hugs . . .

Here comes the bride...and groom!

Looking for today's Sugar Bowl project?

Just scroll down.

And I can tell ya . . . it's a cutie (if I do say so myself!) 

Well...hello again, my lovelies!! I've been a busy little mama . . . or in my case, grand-mama!! Still recovering from vacay...and trying to shake the nasty cold I've managed to catch!! I've decided that I won't get rid of it until I give it away! Any volunteers? Nah . . . I thought not! Well, let's talk about my new card for this week's cool challenge at Mo's DP2 Challenge Blog, shall we? Our hostess this week, Sheila, is actually taking a bit of a break for health reasons. But, she did give us a cool "Bingo" card to use for this week's challenge . . . soooooooooooooo . . .  let's play . . .

"BINGO - w/a Mo Image, of course"!!

Now, while I have played Bingo in my life, this is my first Bingo Challenge! I had such fun, don'tcha know! I chose "Flowers, Pearls, & Embossing" . . .  YIKES!! I just realized that it says "DRY Embossing"!! Well, like my sweet friend, Cathy, says . . .  I've stretched the "rules" just a bit . . . 'cuz I am soooooo NOT dismantling this card to add DRY embossing! Mine happens to be WET embossed! Ruh roh! hehehe! Note to self, "pay closer attention to challenge details in the future!" LOL!! Grrrr!! OK, so now that we've established that I'm a scofflaw, how 'bout we take a look at my card?!

This card is actually a commission. A dear friend of mine has a daughter who's getting married. So she wanted something special. She actually selected this gorgeous Mo Manning image from several options I gave her. My "guidelines" were "understated and elegant". Understated?! Seriously?! Have you ever seen me do anything that's elegant and understated?! Well . . . I hope I pulled it off! I quite like how it turned out! Here's sort of a side view . . .

This gorgeous image is called "Bride and Groom" and is available HERE in Mo's online store. So . . . back to Bingo . . . Pearls, check! Flowers, check! Dry embossing, not so much! I actually applied embossing powder (hey, wait a sec, that was DRY! . . . OK, so I think I'm still OK!). As I was saying, I applied Boss Gloss and Dry Opaque White Embossing Powder to some gorgeous metal filigree corners from Wild Orchid Crafts. Then I took my heat tool to the corners. And, VOILA!  White, ceramic-looking corners! Here's a peek at the inside . . .

And an extreme close-up of the sentiment . . .

My card "recipe"...

Image printed on Cryogen White Paper
Cardstock: Whisper White ( Stampin' Up)
DPs: DCWV's "Luxury Stack" (They're kinda pastel aqua blue and beigy silver)
"Cherish" sentiment on front (Stampin' Up)
Inside sentiment: Magnolia
Ribbon: The Ribbon Girl

Flowers & Metal filigree corners: Wild Orchid Crafts
Rectangle Nestie: Spellbinders
Square Nestie: Spellbinders
Small Circle Nestie" Spellbinders
Doily Die: Cheery Lynn (I think)
Nottinghill Keyhole: Melissa Frances
White faux pearls: Melissa Frances
Lace, string pearls, & key: my stash
Copics
Prismacolor pencils

And, of course . . .

So...that's it for me, kids! Hope you enjoyed my little "Bingo" card! Be sure to pop on over to Mo's DP2 Challenge Blog HERE to check out the absolute gorgeousness created my talented DT sistahs!! Then, please join the fun this week at Mo's DP2 Challenge Blog! Just remember to use one (or more) of Mo Manning's images (you can find them in Mo's online stores HERE and HERE)...and follow this week's theme: "BINGO." Who knows, you may be chosen (by Random.Org) to receive a $5.00 shopping spree at Mo's online stores.

I've decided to enter this card into the following challenges:

Wild Orchid Challenge #42 - "Love is"

Crafty Calendar - Love & Marriage

Thanks so much for stopping by . . . and for your kind comments! They make me smile! Hugs...until next time!

Tony & Stephanie get married!!

Hello my lovelies!! You remember my sister, Dee, right? Well...her "baby" boy (who is 6 ft 4 inches tall) is getting married! Sooo, of course, I wanted to make a card for Dee to give the bride and groom...and that's just what I did! She did have a couple of requests:

1. This adorable LOTV image called "I do",
2. Green and blue somewhere on the card,
3. Rhinestones & pearls in the bouquet (because Stephanie is carrying a bouquet made completely from vintage broaches!), and
4. A pocket inside for Dee to tuck in a little $$$ for the happy couple!

And...here's what I came up with...

I used K & Company DPs and cardstock from Stampin' Up - Very Vanilla & Not Quite Navy. Toile and pearls are from my stash. Here's a close-up of this sweet little image...

The cool metal corners & those gorgeous flowers came from Wild Orchid Crafts. I added white embossing powder to the metal corners and then heat embossed them...after that, I sponged a little Creamy Caramel ink (from SU) on the corners...to give them a vintage look. I made the pretty doily with Very Vanilla cardstock and one of my Marianne's Creatables Dies...oh, and those yummy leaves were made with another of my Marianne's dies.

Here's a peek at the inside...

I thought this sentiment was perfect...it's from one of my Stampin' Up stamp sets (sorry...I can't recall the name of the set.). Oh...I nearly forgot...the image was colored with my fave Copics and some Prismacolor pencils to deepen the shading.

I've decided to enter this little card into the following challenges:

Challenge #50 at Anything Goes Challenge Blog

Challenge #98 at Die Cut Dreams (Flower Power)

Simon Says Stamp (Use dies and/or punches)

Sooooo... that's it for me! I hope Tony & Steph like it! Thanks so much for stopping by...and thanks, in advance, for your kind comments!! Until next time, my sweet friends.