Flowers for My sweetie

I did this card for a sketch challenge over at Stamp TV. I had colored this the other night and wanted to do something with it. I started playing around and decided to make it into a Valentine Card after I found the pink I wanted to pull out the pink in the flower. I used a piece of softly printed ivory paper for the back stripe that goes under the oval I punched it with a Fiskars punch and then edged it with a sponge and some Distress ink to pull out the color of the oval. I die cut the small hearts and stamped love on them to cover up the saying that was hanging on the Jar.
Lastly I edged the card with distress ink to pull the whole card together.
I plan on giving this to my husband for Valentines Day.
I hope you get inspired to play today!
Donna
I needed to do something under the oval and I did not want to put a saying so I did a small collage of silk flowers,brads and some heart charms on a oval nestibility the same paper as the oval mat.
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me"

Erma Bombeck
Writer

Just us Girls playing along ...

This is the year I said I would try some more challenges and so here I go. My first Just us Girls Challenge.
This is my take on the sketch. I do not usually use these bright basic colors but I had stamped these cute puppies in a truck from a friends stamp set and had them all colored for months now so as I was cleaning I decided They needed to be made into cards instead of being put back in the to do pile.I used a big grommet and black paper to give me that tire look I wanted on the side. I colored the truck and puppies with copic markers.
I hope to join this challenge again in the future.
Donna
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me"
Erma Bombeck
Writer

Melanie Muenchiner celibrates 2 years with a Challange

Melanie Muenchinger is celebrating 2 years with her blog. She has challenged us to do a card with one of her stamp sets she has designed for Gena K Designs.
This is my card I am entering to help her celebrate.
I inked up the cuttlebug embossing folder with a light tan ink and ran it thought and embossed it. ( This is a challenge Gena K is having on Stamp TV. She has a tutorial there on how to do it.) I stamped the saying (SU) and then die cut it with a spellbinder die. Before I took it out of the die I used a copic marker and an air can to soften the edges around it.
I stamped the flowers with a reddish momento ink and a green momento ink for the leaves. I then colored them with copic markers. They were then cut out and added to the card with pop dots do add some dimension.The rustic look of the back ground really is a nice background for the Brighter orange flowers. I hope you like my take on Melanie's " A Year with flowers" stamp set.It is a favorite of mine.
Have a great day!
Donna
" When I stand before God at the end of my life, I hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say,"I used everything you gave me"
Erma Bombeck
Writer