PERUVIAN LILY #3

Bought this die set by mistake, but decided it was a good  mistake as it makes such a pretty bold card.  I used the colors from the current Altenew Inspiration Challenge.

All the products in my card are from Altenew - cardstock, dies and embossing folder.  I love the curvy leaves ef as it makes such a wonderful subtle background for any florals.  To me this is sort of a backwards bridge card.  Will put a sentiment on when needed.
 

Am also entering my card at Die Cut Divas challenge where the theme for April is flowers.  Altenew is their sponsor this month so my card is right in tune with them.  Also is an entry for SSS Monday Challenge - blooming blooms.

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Peruvian Lily #2

It's time for another TicTacToe Challenge - #268! My card is totally a CASE of a Jennifer McGuire card but I hope that you'll like it and it will inspire you in some way.  Peruvian lilies alstroemeria) have always been my favorite flower - I used to buy two bunches at a time at Trader Joe's and they'd last for several weeks!

I stamped the Altenew lilies with black ink and heat embossed.  Then used the stencils to shade in all the flowers and leaves.  Added some translucent dots to the center bloom and added the little "hello". 

I went down the left side with stencil, any color and flower or it could be almost any which way if you stretch the Mom sentiment to simply saying hello to your Mom!!

Hope you'll join us for this current challenge - it's an easy one - guaranteed!

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PERUVIAN LILIES

Nothing like waiting until the last minute to enter a challenge!!  Just finally was able to buy the "Peruvian Lily" from Altenew and then my friend, LaVon, inspired me to dust off the Karin Markers today.  So my entry for Altenew's Inspiration Challenge for March came together this afternoon!

Used burgundy, canary, curry and lime green and water on Bristol paper.  The embossed background is curving leaves - also from Altenew.

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BUTTERFLIES GALORE!

I can't tell you how long ago I stamped and colored these Pinkfreshbutterflies!  Since then they've been in the envelope with the stamps and stencils. Since it's an "anything goes" challenge, I used some older butterflies. So the other day I challenged myself to see how many DIFFERENT cards I could design.

Went through my embossing folders for some textured backgrounds (SSS leaf canopy and Altenew brick wall). Went through my cache of die cut leaves and then began creating.  After I had them all designed I added a small black enamel dot for the head of the butterfly and spattered all of them with gold.  For two of them I added a sentiment and two will be for future occasions.

I am entering the first and the last ones in Pinkfresh Studio's March Challenge - anything goes.

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A BASKETFUL OF TULIPS

Here's a pretty basket of tulips for TicTacToe Challenge #266.  I think all the elements of the board are in my card except for a good luck symbol!  But for the actual row I used, it's diagonally from left to right - bright colors, spring and free.  What can be more spring than tulips!!

I embossed my basket with a brick 3D folder - thought it made it look like it was woven.  Then I added some shading with very dark brown ink.  I die cut all my flowers from white cs and did ink blending in three shade of pink.  The leaves were all cut from green cs and ink blending with a darker green.  Embossed the background on some desert storm cs.  Did some flower arranging and added the little twine bow and done.  A sentiment will be added when I need a card.

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