Mother of All Blog Hops-Poppies

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Tonight I am featuring stamps from the TSG Poppies set that was recently released.  Can I tell you how much I love, love poppies and especially our uber beautiful California Poppies.  The flowers were embossed two times on watercolor paper with Gold EP and then watercolored with Tombow markers.  The second set of flowers were cut out and popped up over the first.

There's alot for you to see tonight, so I won't keep you. So I will send you on to Belinda's awesome blog for some more eye candy.





Hugs,

Somer's Flowers

Hi there!

The card I have for you today is for last week's Potluck Friday challenge over at StampTV. My fellow Center Stage Spotlight Design Team member Deb Felts challenged us to create a soft and femine card. There was a special reason for this challenge, Deb lives in Florida near where Somer Thompson and her family live. This card will be sent to Deb and she is going to give all of the cards to Somer's Mom so that she will know how much people are thinking about her during this terrible time. If you would like to create a card and send it on, you can find the information in the challenge thread here.

I stamped the iris in Black Stazon ink onto Arches 140# cold press watercolor paper and used my Tombow markers to watercolor with. The image was cut/embossed with the Nestabilities Classic Octagon die. I turned it a bit and layered to a light pink octagon and then popped that up with a little foam tape to the print cardstock. Some lavender satin ribbon and clear gems (that I colored with Copic marker BV11 were added to finish off the card.

Stamps: Elegant Flowers (GKD)
Paper: purple (Bazzill), print (PTI), pink (Worldwin), Arches 14# watercolor paper
Ink: Stazon Black
Extras: Ribbon , Gems, Nesties, Copic BV11

P.S. Notice something new? I'll post more about the change later.

Hugs,

Iris Thank You

Happy Monday everyone! The card I am sharing today is one I made just for the heck of it. No particular challenge or class was in mind. All stamps/paper/cardstock used was from Gina K's Floral Frenzy Kit. I embossed the Iris's with Egyptian Gold EP on Canson 140# cold press watercolor paper and then used my Tombow markers to watercolor. I added a bit of Diamond stickles to the centers of the flowers for a little extra bling. If you have any questions, let me know.

hugs,

California Poppy

Good Monday Morning! I will be off to work soon, but wanted to share this card with you first. Being a Cali girl, I have always loved Poppies, but lately I have really been getting into them. When I saw this image from CHF, I knew I had to have it.

I embossed the image with detail gold EP onto Canson 140# cold press watercolor paper (yes, paper matters) and then used Jerri Kay's Tombow watercolor technique for coloring. I was lucky enough to take her class at CHA and all I can say is WOW!

I used various shades of yellow/orange/green for this card. I didn't keep track, but if you want specifics I will pull them and let you know. The green and orange cardstocks are from my stash and the print is from Basic Grey's Marrakech line. A friend sent me a few pieces from her 6 x 6 pad. Note to my paper buyer (need this too!) The ribbon/trim is from Maya Road (I think), I have had it for awhile now. The buttons are from various places. I used my Nesties for the oval and scalloped oval.

Oh, I must get ready for work.

hugs to all,