Saturday, May 2, 2009

OCC Challenge - Mother's Day!!!

Hey you all!!! Can you believe it's May already???

Okay - I'm really freakin' out , because the end of this month my girls will be on *Summer Break* - YIKES!!! I know these next couple of weeks will fly by in no time.....help!!!

Anyway - I had so much fun hosting last months OCC Challenges!!! Thank you all for playing along!!! You guys rock and it was so fun to see people from all over the world participate - wahoooo!!!

For the month of May - Robin Willis is hosting the OCC Challenges!!! She has challenged us today to create a Mother's Day card/project!!! Make sure to swing by the OCC Blog to see all the Samples and what awesome prize you can win for playing along!!!

For this card I used the beautiful SU Bloomin' Beautiful Set.

The DP is from the Raspberry Tart Collection and I used the layout from the SC169.

The rose image was inked in Basic Black. The stem was colored with a Blender Pen using Kiwi Kiss. The rose bloom was paper pieced with the Raspberry Tart DP.

The sentiment is from the SU Fresh Cuts Set. I inked it in Basic Black and punched it out with the Small and Large Oval Punch. Next I layered it onto the new Scalloped Oval Punch.

Of course I had to use my Silver Pearls again!!! I had a lot of people asking me where to get these Pearls - they are available at Michael's!!! These are a must have for sure - LOL!!!

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Thank goodness the IC178 - Faviana Prom Dresses helped me to create another *Mother's Day* card ( I actually have two Mother-in-Laws!!!). OMG - you have to stop by this store to see all these fabulous dresses!!! I want one of each and the bodies to match - LOL!!!

Since I still had all my stuff out from the day before I decided to go with this fantastic dress!!!

I used the same colors as above - White, Kiwi Kiss and the Raspberry Tart DP Collection. I changed the Stamp Set to Live Your Dream.

This layout is from the SC143.

The sentiment is from a different SU Set - Just So Sayings. It was inked in Basic Black. I punched it out with the Large Oval Punch and layered it onto the Scalloped Oval Punch. I also added some piercing right below.

At last I added the Silver Brads on the outsides and the Small and Larger Silver Pearls on the flowers.

Hope you like the cards and decide to play along with us?!? Just in case you wonder what card I made for my mother.... you can view it right HERE in this post!!! Have a wonderful weekend!!! ~TFL~

27 comments:

Gabriela said...

Silke - Your cards are sheer perfection. I absolutely love what you've done with them.

Caryl P said...

Both cards are very elegant, perfect for a mother (or MIL). And those silver pearls are the perfect touch--somehow I haven't bought them yet!

LorettaL said...

Gorgeous cards, Silke! I have got to check out those dresses!!!

Mary Fish said...

Two impeccably made and beautiful cards. Love those silver pearls! Hugs, Mary

StampOwl said...

gorgeous cards Silke

Dawn Easton said...

Gorgeous cards Silke! Love the colours! So pretty together.

There you go again with those silver pearls...I need them...hehe!

Anne Harada said...

Wow, apparently I am way behind the curve because I just came across your blog today!! What gorgeous, crisp, and classy work!! I love your style Silke! I've added you to my reader!!

Cindy Haffner said...

Silke your cards are gorgeous, so pretty, hugs from Cindy xxoo

Joycelyn Pelkey said...

These are both absolutely GORGEOUS...beautiful layouts and colors...WOW!!!

Denise Marzec said...

I'm tellin' ya girl, look for some things the girls can sign up *to do* over the summer...camps and stuff like that. :)

GORGEOUS GORGEOUS cards!!

Vicki G said...

Silke, your cards and style are so elegant. I just adore everything you do!

Vicki

Amy Sheffer said...

So beautiful, Silke! I really like the silver pearls!

Robin said...

Both of your cards are gorgeous Silke! I love how you use the silver pearls and I so need to get to Michaels and get some. Are they in the scrapbooking section or somewhere else???
TIA

LORi said...

Super Pretty!!!

Joanne (jojot) said...

absolutely stunning

Jennifer Meyer said...

Beautiful cards Silke, LOVE the beautiful colors and detail.

Have a wonderful weekend,
Jennifer :)

Brandi Wiggins-Côté said...

They're both gorgeous, Silke! Real eye catchers. Thanks so much for sharing all your stampy goodness with us!

hugs,
Brandi

Jami said...

Those silver pearls remind me of those little silver ball sprinkles - makes me wanna eat your cards! Love that paper-pieced flower!!

Tosha Leyendekker said...

Both are gorgeous Silke! Love what you've done with these colors, and your sketches are always fabulous!

Melissa said...

Both are stunning!

Many Blessings,
M.

Yvonne Hagane said...

Your cards are amazing every time. What a joy it must be to recieve a card from you!
Hugs, Yvonne.

Jessie/knightrone said...

Completely gorgeous!! LOve them both!!

Carol L said...

Your cards are gorgeous, and I especially love the sentiment on the 2nd one! Beautiful work as always :)
Carol

Unknown said...

Beautifully done, Silke! I love those colors. And they are total perfection...just like everything else you do!

Connie M. said...

These are just so beautiful, Silke! Love your mother's day card...that is one of my favorite SU flower set!!

Stamp and Smile said...

You did an awesome job with hosting OCC last month... I had so much fun playing along when I could! Both cards look like they have FRESH picked flowers on them... ready for Mother's Day!! SWEET... Michelle :)

Trish said...

Gorgeous cards!

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