Hello Wonderful

It has been quite a busy week and before I know it, it is already Thursday but I haven't got a chance to post my projects finished over last weekend.

This card is one of my faves from last weekend:

I like the Skylark paper a lot and that lends to part of the reason that I like this card.  Interestingly I first had this card upside down (the doily was in the top right instead of bottom left) but I accidentally turned it this way and liked it better, so I carefully peeled off the sentiments and rotated them to this way.

Do you see the Sweet Leaf circle mat inside the Lagoon doily?  It is actually a recycled piece.  When I first made the card I cut the doily in Sweet Leaf cardstock but I didn't like it that much.  I cut the same doily in Lagoon, much better.  I still wanted to use the Sweet Leaf doily somehow - so I cut out the circle and used it as a mat and the outer rim of the doily is trimmed into pieces that are scattered on the card.  I guess this is quite a good way to recycle it. :)

I'm linking up my card to:
Heart 2 Heart Challenges - Color Challenge (Sweet Leaf and Lagoon)
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Crafting Musketeers - Monochrome

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Hello

Happy Easter everyone!  I hope everyone is enjoying this special day with love, laughter, joy and yummy food.

I am sharing a quick post today so I could go back to my beloved chocolate -

I used Close to My Heart Cricut Art Philosophy to create this window card and I love love love window card! The card sketch is based on the one from Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge:

Internet connection at home has been interrupted, I hope it will be resolved soon so I will be able to link up my card to various challenges.

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Fun with watercoloring

Watercoloring is very popular these days.  If you are spending some time in blogland you know what I mean - you see watercolor in one form or another everywhere!

I am jumping on the bandwagon and try it out!  This is my first attempt:

I've used three reinkers to create the watercolor background:

I put a few drops of reinker on a plastic plate, then mixed each one with some water to dilute it for a bit.  I grabbed a paint brush from my stash and started to paint the watercolor paper with broad strokes to get the watercolor background.  My first attempt did not turn out good enough but this second one made me happy.

I think solid or silhouette types of stamps works best with this kind of background.  This Dreamer stamp set is just perfect for this.  I stamped the three images in Cocoa, then when I looked at my not-so-good watercolor background, I stamped the butterfly and the "dream" on it, fussy cut them and pop them up onto my card.  How I like the idea to recycle that piece! 

I'm afraid that the picture does not capture the dimension well but I hope you could still see the shadow behind the butterfly and the word "dream."  It is pretty cool in real life.

I didn't think of this beautiful color combo myself, I got the inspiration from Color My Heart Color Dare:

the color combo over at Pals Paper Arts is very similar:

 I attempted to create the watercolor background thanks to the challenge at Just Us Girls:

 My card is also linking up to:
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Craftitude - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things with Wings

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Happy Easter

While I was making more and more Easter cards based on this card I shared a couple of days ago, I can't help but wondering if I could modify it a little bit so the prep work becomes more interesting.  Guess what?  I used another stamp set in the middle panel and voila, another Easter card:

It's the same paper and same sketch.  All I changed was the focal image.  I still got to play with coloring. :) 

If you need a few last-minute Easter cards, this is a good option. 

My card is linking up to:
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Easter
Cuttin and Stampin - Easter
Stampavie and more - Easter
Divas by Design - Easter
Cute Card Thursday - Easter
CCEE stampers - Easter
Moving Along with the Times - Easter
Hanna and Friends - Easter
Jo's Scrap Shack - Happy Easter
Addicted to Stamps - Photo Inspiration

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Happy Easter

I'm still working on my Hello/Friendship cards but when I was preparing for yesterday's card the bunny reminded me of another bunny image.  Then I realized that I should prepare a few Easter cards.  I used one of my all time favorite sketches from Originals.  You can't believe that I like it so much that I do not even have to refer to the cutting diagram in the book because I have the measurements in my head!

I like this sketch because it is easy, simple but classic.  It can be used for all occasions and good for both horizontal and vertical cards.

For this card, I used the Lollydoodle paper, Sweet Leaf cardstock and the Some Bunny stamp set from hostess rewards sets.  The images were colored with ordinary color pencils and some Watercolor pencils from Close to My Heart.

If you need a few quick Easter cards, this is a go-to option.

My card is linking up to the following:
Cards in Envy - Easter
Artistic Inspirations - Easter animals
Craftin Desert Divas - Anything Goes
Created with Love - Easter
Lexi's Creations - Easter
The Paper Nest Dolls - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap! - Anything Goes

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Hello

I'm continuing my project of preparing Hello/Friendship cards.  As I was thinking of my friend while making this card, I can't think of anything better than something playful for her:

This is a simple card but I do like it a lot!  The bright colors of the card surely give me a lot of positive energy and I think it will bring happiness to my friend!

I'm using the sketch from Sketchbook Saturday:

Too bad I missed to deadline to link up but I can't resist to play along. :)

My card is linking up to:

My time to create - Wildlife

Sweet Stampin - Easter

Time 4 scrap - Easter

Bearly Mine - Spring

Aud Sentiment - Easter/Spring sentiment

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

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Friends Forever

I think it has been a while since I said Hello to those that do not live close by.  How about sending them a friendship card?

I do not make many friendship cards but I like making them a lot because even though not all my friends are crafting they like my cards and they reply with a letter that tells me how they are.  That letter coming through the mail man means so much to me!

I love the Ivy Lane paper from Close to My Heart.  I like the color combo of green and purple.  Did you know that these colors are exclusive to the Ivy Lane paper?  They are so pretty.  I was at first a bit intimated by these special colors but everything I needed is in the workshop on the go, so there is really no need to look further.

This card is perfect to link up to the Color My Heart challenge:

It is also linking up to
Creative Card Crew - Animals
Cards in Envy - Anything Goes
Paper Nest Doll - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge - For a Friend
Just Inspirational Challenge - Family or Friends

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