Bouquets from a Digital Garden

Hello! I just purchased the Early Spring  Beauty digital stamp set from Artsystamper at Etsy.  It is 30% off for a limited time. I just love the pre-colored images and decided to create some bouquets with them. I love to pick flowers from my garden and make arrangements....it's not much different to pick digital flowers and arrange them in a bouquet for a card. I picked all 3 flowers from the set for the top card and arranged them in a "vase" that I created and colored with a shape from Photoshop Elements.  I printed the flower arrangement on white card stock and added a bit of shading with Copics.  I simply added a sentiment from Doodled Flowers set from Happy Little Stampers using black ink. Attached this to a textured green card base.

For the next card, I "picked" 4 colored daffodils and arranged them with a vase that I created by modifying a digital image from my files.  Again I used the magic of Photoshop Elements to print the digital bouquet.  I added some shadows with Copics and a Happy Little Stampers sentiment with Distress Oxide Inks.  I trimmed the image with a fancy oval die and used an oval mat of yellow underneath and then an embossed mat of GKD Faded Brick card stock. Attached all to a white card base. I just love the bouquets that I arranged with these lovely Digital Flowers.
Challenges:
Artsystamper Digitals Challenge: #14 Springtime. Had so much fun with the Early Spring Beauty stamps.
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Flower Power
Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #386 Anything Goes.
Happy Little Stampers: April  Anything Goes with Dies Challenge
Double Trouble Paper Crafting: Challenge #55 Spring Things-Thing 1 Spring Flowers, Colors, Vase holds Water.  Thing 3-Linked with Artsystamper.

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Take a Slice of Lemon and Make Cards

Hello!  I have an entry for Twofer #24 Card Challenge to use Fruit - use the same stamp, stencil, or die for the prompt on two different designs for two different occasions.  I decided to use a simple lemon slice stamp from Just For Fun to create 2 cards.  For one card I stamped the slice 3 times using masking with Memento inks and markers.  The sentiment was generated using Photoshop.  Added a border of dry embossing to give some texture. Finished with a lime Green cardstock. I will send this for a birthday. 

For the second card, I created  flowers with the lemon slice stamp adding some stems and leaves with GKD stamps. Colored with Memento and Copic Markers.  Used Scalloped oval dies to trim the image and to frame  with Yellow cardstock. Attached to an Orange card base.  Finished with some glitter gems and the word Hello stamped and die cut with GKD stamp and dies. 

Challenges:

Double D Challenges: Saying Hello

Twofer Card Challenge: #24 Fruit

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Life Imitating Art

 Hello! Today I am playing with  the Creative Confetti Challenge Life Imitating Art to be inspired by a work of fine art.  I chose an art print by Georgia O'Keefe called The White Calico Flower for my inspiration (shown below).  I created my design by using Power Poppy digital images Ultimate Poppy (no lines version) and Juicy Straw Berries (just the leaves ).  Using Photoshop Elements I manipulated the images and printed portions of the images  against a background of green leaves on white card stock and trimmed to fit on a mat of black card stock and then attached to a white card base. I added more gray color to the flower with Copic Markers.   The end result closely copied the art work in layout and colors. I finished by attaching a plastic Happy Birthday sticker from my stash.  This does not show very well in the photo because of the glare.

I made a second card using the same design but printed it in a lighter tone...do not like it as well as the first try. I again used Gray Copic Markers to add more color. I inked the edges of the image with Black Copic after trimming and simply attached to the white card base. I used a rub on sticker Thank You to finish. So I have 2 cards to add to my stash.  And used up some of my Sticker Stash.

Challenges:
Creative Confetti: Life Imitating Art




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Happy 100th Birthday

Hello!  I made a very special card earlier this month for my Mother who celebrates her 100th Birthday this Sunday....her birthday is Monday January 20.  Family and friends will be gathering in Bruceton, TN to celebrate this milestone. I created this card using the Cameo for printing and cutting the cake and numbers that I attached to colorful patterned paper of falling confetti. The words were cut with Cheery Lynn and Marianne dies. I enhanced the front with pearls, glittery gemstones, stardust pen and glossy accents. Edged the card with yellow EP.  The inside of the card was designed  and printed  with Photoshop Elements. I included 100 candles, each enhanced with sparkly Stickles on the flames and glittery Stardust pen on the stripes.  A personal message was include on one of the panels but not shown here.  The finished size of the card was 8.5" high and 5.5" wide. 

Happy 100th Birthday, Mother!

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Happy 99th Birthday!

 Welcome!  Today I am sharing a special card that I created for my Mother's 99th Birthday that is later this month.  I made a similar card for her a couple years ago and she loved it so I thought I would repeat my design by adding some more candles and also the Happy Birthday song.  I used Photoshop Elements to create the pages with text  and candles and then added dots and strips of glitter paper and used Diamond Stickles for glitter on each of the 99 Candles. That took a bit of time.  The front with 3 candles was attached to a Pink CS and then I attached 8 pages with 12 candles each printed on white CS.  The Happy Birthday song lyrics and music was printed across the bottom of the pages to which I added glitter dots.
The card fits these challenges:
Allsorts Challenge: Week # 502 Milestones with Numbers
Cards In Envy: It's all about the numbers challenge.  This card is less than 1/4", actually 1/8" so it does fit into an envelope.
Make My Monday Challenge: #87 Use Words or Sentiment.
Use Your Stuff: Challenge 342 As Time Goes By. 99 years is a lot of time gone by!
Crafty Catz: #444 Anything Goes with Optional Twist Birthdays

Photos below show the card as it appears opening.

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Digital Art Challenge

Hello!  Playing something new.....a digital challenge.  I found Digitally Made challenge blog which allows only digitally made projects.  This week's  Challenge #4 is Pets/Animals.   This is not a card but a project of a photo that I enhanced using Photoshop Elements.  I began with a photo of an Alligator taken by my DH at Ding Darling Wildlife Reserve.  I opened the photo in PSE and used an artistic filter to make it look like it was a watercolor painting.  I then applied a theme of Old Style Paper, added a frame, and added texture with a Craquelure feature.  This is my first attempt at this kind of challenge and I have much to explore and learn. 

I like the final look.....might print and use in a frame or use as a desktop.

This is the original photo that I used before any editing. 

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