CC230 Essence of Love and some pictures of my girls!!!!

Happy Wednesday everyone!!!

Our girls are back to school since Monday and I'm loving it - LOL!!! My house is sooooo wonderfully quite and I enjoy myself big time :)!!! I have some photos for you at the end of the post!!!

Today I want to share a card I've made for yesterday's CC230 - using Close to Cocoa, Blush Blossom, Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral and Whisper White. Even though the last to colors were optional I used the entire combo on my card!!!

I must admit these colors put my grey cells into overdrive - LOL!!! They are soooo pretty together, but not a combo I would chose - KWIM???

After thinking really hard I decided to use on of my Essence of Love Set. It's perfect for multi-colors!!!






















I used my matching SU Markers to color straight onto the image!!! After I stamped it I bedazzled the flowers with some Dazzling Diamond Glitter.

The Sketch is from the Viva la Verve Sketch from a few weeks ago.


~Supply List~

Stamp Set: Essence of Love (retired Stampin' Up)
Ink: SU Markers - Blush Blossom, Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa
Cardstock: White, Close to Cocoa
Design Paper: Wisteria (BasicGrey)
Accessories: Styled Silver Ribbon Slider (SU), Silver Pearls, Berry Sorbet Twill Ribbon (PTI)
Technique: Coloring with Markers

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As mentioned I want to share some photo's of my girls 1st day back to school!!!

Sarah is a 6th Grader this year, Rebecca started 3rd Grade and our little Mimi is in Pre-K.....!!!






Hope you enjoyed the card and the photos????

Have a great day!!!

Hugs ~S~

CC205 I'm here for you, SC215 Thinking of You

Hello everyone!!!

Miriam and I went shopping in Savannah yesterday....and when I came home I checked the CC205 - what beautiful colors Emily has chosen!!!

Of course I had to play right away. As soon as I was done I planned on posting it here on my blog, but instead I had to take my two daughters Sarah and Miriam to the doctor. Nothing serious.....both of them caught a head cold that has been going around at our schools....!!! Well, our Rebecca had it last week and of course if one gets it, the other one will get it too!!!

By the time I came home from the pharmacy last night my husband said he wasn't feeling so great either - oh no....I can handle the girls, but having a sick husband is worse - KWIM - LOL?!!?

Okay - here is some info about my card. My card measures 5 1/2" x 5 1/2". The colors are Pink Pirouette, Perfect Plum and Old Olive. The Stamp Set is from Innovative Stamp Creations - *Natures Silhouette I*.

I colored the image with Perfect Plum and Old Olive Markers plus Pink Pirouette Ink. Next I layered the image onto Pink Pirouette, Whisper White and Perfect Plum CS. I used a Spellbinder Ribbon Tag and stamped the sentiment from the There She Goes - *Here for You* Set in Old Olive Ink. I tied it with the *Plum* Satin Ribbon from Martha Stewart. At the end I dressed the card up with the Martha Stewart *Butterfly Punch* and some small Pearls (Michael's).

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Here is the card I made for SC215.

I used the same colors as above for the CC205 - Pink Pirouette, Perfect Plum and Old Olive . The Set is *Essence of Love*. I used the same Markers on the image plus Pretty in Pink.

To dress it all up - I added the piercing around the image , bedazzled the flowers with Dazzling Diamond Glitter plus added the Silver Brads.

Hope you like it??? ~TFL~

CC166 Essence of Love

I think the Color Combo and the Sketch Challenges are my favorites....How about you???

Of course when I saw today's CC - I thougth hmmmm - that's interesting, but as soon as I have pulled the Cardstock's together I liked it!!!

So here is what I have done with the Pumpkin Pie, Soft Sky and Ruby Red colors....

I have sponged the Whisper White CS with Soft Sky first. Then I have used my Pumpkin Pie and Ruby Red Marker's randomly on the stamp. I love to do this, because you never know what the end result is.....and I think you can't do wrong with any CC - LOL!!! I also love to add the Diamond Glitter on the blooms - love the *sparkles*!!!

Very simple to do and always a great card!!! Hope you like it to??? ~TFL~

WT159 Thinking Of You!!!

Happy Day!!! Hope you are having a good one....

The weather here in the South is really warming up now and that makes me very happy - can you tell, my card is bright and cheerful?!?

When I saw today's "Way to Use it" challenge - it's about spraying (pls. find out more on SCS) I had to use Beate's Marker Misting Technique!!!

I don't recall trying it before - so I knew it would be perfect for this challenge...

Not only did I use the Misting Sprayer I also used the best smelling stuff in town - which is a Shimmer
Body and Hair Spray from Bath and Body Works!!!

I know you probably think I'm bananas, but I thought it would look great - which it does - unfortunately my camera does not pick up the beauty of the shimmer..., but it smells super good - LOL!!!

Let me start at the beginning - I used Whisper White as my base. I used Real Red and Old Olive Markers and colored the image from the "Essence of Love" Set. Then I used the Yoyo Yellow Reinker and touched the flower parts with the "Fantastix" coloring tool or you could use the Aqua Brush without water in it.

After coloring everything I used my Misting bottle and held my stamp a little further away and
sprayed water on it!!! I love the result a lot!!! I had to let it dry just for a minute and then placed it onto Real Red CS. Then I sprayed the yummy Shimmer Mist on it and added some more Dazzling Diamond Glitter. I raised this panel with Stampin Dimensionals.

The wonderful Ribbon is from Micheal's. The sentiment is also from the same set and I inked it Real Red. Of course I had to add my small red Rhinestone Brads from SU - VOILA!!! ~TFL~

Have to run and bring my dog "Rico" to the Vet really quick for his shots and then I'll have the BLOG CANDY ready!!! So don't forget to stop by again......see ya

CC158 Essence of Love

For today's Color challenge #158 - it's Kraft, Sage Shadow and Orchid Opulence!!!

First I was not sure about this combo, but now I'm loving it!!!

You need to try it - it's wonderful!!!

For my card I used the Kraft as my card base. The Orchid Opulence scalloped rectangle is done with the Nesti and the image was colored with OO and Sage Shadow Markers. I added the Dazzling Diamond Glitter on the Orchid Opulence flowers....

The Ribbon is from American Craft Collection and I tied it with the new "Styled Silver" Hardware.

The sentiment is also from the same set and I stamped it with Orchid Opulence and pierced right underneath the sentiment. ~TFL~

LSC #159 Essence of Love

Going back to basics is the theme for today's LSC #159....for details please jump over to SCS!!!

I love...love...simple cards!!! Sometimes less is more - right???

I have to admit when I saw the "Essence of Love" set in the new Occasion Mini...I wasn't a big fan at all!!! But after seeing all the wonderful cards I just had to buy it!!!

Here is what I have done - I started with Marigold Morning as my base card. For the image I used Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie and Rose Red Markers. After I stamped it I "bedazzled" it with Diamond Glitter and sponged it with Rose Red.

Then I layered it onto Purely Pomegranate and raised the image with Stampin Dimensionals. The yummy PP Satin Ribbon was added and the sentiment was stamped.....~TFL~!!!