Feel Better Flowers

Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge #153 has the layout that I have followed in creating this card. I changed it some as you can see from the sketch ...

I merged some of the squares and elongated the others. My stamps are from Gina K. Designs (the ladybugs) and Layers of Color (sentiment). The flower is unknown although I think it may have come from the $1 bin at Michael's.

At Crafty Contagion, the stamping together divas are making green cards; that is, they are using the color green. I'm hoping this card has enough green to qualify -- after all, there are the mats, the flower stems, the banner and the pearls -- they're all green! Of course, the ladybugs had to be red -- they would have looked a little strange if they were green!!!

Betty

Remember Happy Moments

Here I am, getting out of my box again! This is a one layer card and as per the challenge at Less Is More, it is a one layer card with a bird. All of the birdie stamps come from a Clear Art Stamps set that I bought used from Nina Bracket last year. Couldn't find a name for the set but there was a number on the back -- 139. The sentiment is Autumn Leaves, Remember -- got it on sale at Wal-Mart a good while ago. The name of the background stamp is Solid Block Group, by Stampabilities. Vicki Dutcher reminded me about the ink, spritz and stamp technique in one of her recent posts and this is what I did with the blocks (which is one large stamp, by the way).

Crazy 4 Challenges 119 is requesting a monochromatic blue card and Just Us Girls 119 has a technique challenge; they are asking for a collage card (mine is a collage of stamps -- I guess it could also be a collage of blues).

Last, but certainly not least, Stamping Together Divas has a love challenge. It can be a valentine or a love card. Along with "Remember Happy Moments", my card also says "Love Warms Every Nest". I thought that this might be a good card for a mom whose little bird is leaving the nest -- she has many happy moments to hold close to her heart and the joy of knowing that she provided a warm nest for that little one, who is now not so little any more!

Later,
Betty