Get Well Dena

This card was made for my sister. She was diagnosed with thyroid cancer yesterday. They removed a 4cm cyst from her thyroid last Thursday. The doctor also removed a small nodule while he was in there. The cancer was in the small nodule. She goes back into surgery on Thursday to have the rest of her thyroid removed. God is in control!!!!

This is a full sized card, one full 8.5 x 11 folded. I wanted to make it big and fill it with love. I tried to use the Color Combo Challenge today but added Chocolate Chip so I did not stay with in the complete realm of things.

I colored the tree with the markers and tapped the tree with the Pretty in Pink and Riding Hood Red.

Stamps: Watercolor Vine Jumbo Wheel, Lovely as a Tree, Think Happy Thoughts

Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Chocolate Chip, Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, Pretty in Pink

Accessories: Top Note, Big Shot, 1-1/4" Circle Punch, 1-3/8" Circle Punch, Horizontal Slot Punch, Kiwi Kiss Satin Ribbon

Thanksgiving Turkey

Today's Limited Use Challenge was to disguise a stamp or use it for something other than it was intended. So I took my petal stamp and used it as feathers for my colorful turkey. Doesn't he look sad? I think next week I will have to challenge myself to stay away from the Earth Elements family and maybe go at least one layer without sponging....don't think I will make it. Well, this was a fun card to do and I am looking forward to sending it to the party I made it for. I have so many family members and can only be one place for Thanksgiving. Oh and I did manage to use Cameo Coral (pink) in one of the feathers!!

Have a Great Weekend!!

Stamps: Watercolor Vine Jumbo Wheel, Pick a Petal, Holiday & Wishes

Paper: Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla

Ink: Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa, Really Rust, Cameo Coral, More Mustard, Chocolate Chip, Basic black marker for the eyes

Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note, Wide Oval Punch, Small Oval Punch, Double Circle Punch, Photo Corner Punch, Horizontal Slot Punch, Designer Label Punch, Twine

Sketch Flower

Today was the Sketch Challenge. I love the fact that I can use this to start a card. I think it makes it so much easier to have a sketch started. I love to look at the gallery to see how other people interpreted the sketch. it can go in so many directions. The flower was embossed with Perfect plumb and then colored in with re-inkers and the aquapens. I went sloppy since I was cutting it out I did not have to stay in the lines. I then just added some more e\ink tot he spots I wanted to shade. I used the gel pen to make the dots around the edge of the large oval. The ovals I cut out with Coluzzle. I just curled the flower on my fingers after I cut it out. I'm trying to use sets that have been put away for awhile. We have had no snow for a few days so here comes the flowers again! I sponged Pale Plum around the edge of the Whisper White oval and White Craft around the edge of the Perfect Plum oval.

Card details to be posted very soon

Name Frame - Heidi

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas!!!!

We had another baby in our church. She is about a month old now. I usually give one of these as a baby gift. I am just finally getting caught up. I hope she enjoys it!

Stamps: Water Color Vine Jumbo Wheel, Petals Jumbo Wheel, Print Pattern Background, Paisley Background, Flannel Background, En Francias Background, Dotted Background

Paper: Rose Red, Regal Rose, Very Vanilla

Ink: Rose Red, Almost Amethyst, Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Bashful Blue, Apricot Appeal,

Accessories: Hodge Podge Hardware, Rhinestone Brads, 5/8" Regal Rose Grosgrain Ribbon, Very Vanilla Taffeta Ribbon, 1/4" Certainly Celery Grosgrain Ribbon, White Gel Pen

Thank You Blooms

Last night I spent the night with my 2 older boys and our Home Educators group dissecting rats. I hope to get pictures up there later this week. So this morning we needed a thank you card big enough for our group to sign. This is a full piece of card stock folded in half. I went to SCS to check out the Color Challenge for the day. So I went from there. The flowers are popped up on Glue dots.

Stamps: Party Punch Hostess set, Baroque Motifs, Watercolor Vine, All in a Row

Paper: River Rock, Chocolate Chip

Ink: River Rock, Chocolate Chip, Blue Bayou

Accessories: Wide Chocolate Chip Grosgrain, Ticket Corner Punch, Blue Bayou Double Stitched Ribbon, Designer Label Punch, Jumbo Eyelets, Scalloped Circle Punch, Twine