Spring has Sprung with a Twist {PP885} & {PPA130}

Hi everyone! Today I'm posting my card for two challenges! I just Love when that happens, don't you?

The Paper Players has a "Spring has Sprung" challenge #85 and Jaydee thought it was time to make a Spring card. 

 

 

Then the Pals Paper Arts has a "Color with a Twist" challenge #130, and we must use Lucky Limeade, Always Artichoke (or similar colors) and add a color of your choice.

The color of choice for me was Melon Mambo and here is my card.

I finally broke down and tried this cute flower featured in the SAB book. I thought it was going to hard, but in fact, it's pretty darn easy. I used two of the 'flirtatious fabric' patterns for the blossom. Just a few stitches to hold everything together and wallah!

A cute button tied with embroidery yarn to make the center, then the blossom sits atop the die cut leaves. The base is Artichoke, then layered with the lighter green. (can't believe I used wild wasabi instead of lucky limeade! - dahhh). I guess I forgot that from the time I looked at the challenges to the time it took me to go down to my scrap room!

Here's a peek at the inside that will remain blank until I decide the occasion to mail. The flower is also from "Apple Blossoms" set and I thought it worked well with the fabric flower. In fact this fabric flower went together so easy, I made another but this time I reversed the green card stock placements and used the "Fun Flowers" die cuts in the same fabric I had in my stash for the blossom.

 The good news is I did use a lucky limeade button on this one! BUT it's not matching that wild wasabi too well.

The sentiment and random back stamping is also from the "Apple Blossoms" set on both cards. If you look close you'll notice the back stamping behind the blossom and to the left, as well as behind the sentiment. Sorry but this is not a very good photo.

Now before I go... I have to confess one more thing. This morning while blog surfing some of my favorite designers, I made a comment on Ann Marie Hile's blog about OCD. She said she would redo part of her card when her OCD kicked in. I commented that I just don't have OCD and would let it go... too much work.

Well... I DID have to redo my second card!

When I went to glue the inside piece I realized I had glued the front piece on but the card was UPSIDE DOWN... so it opened backwards. What a STUMPER I am. Needless to say I had to rip the front off, turn the card around and reglue the panel on the card front.

 HUGS!

Hootie says " Hoot Hoot Hooray... Thanks for stopping by today!

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     Diane

Change of a Dress - {PPA 100} your favorite technique challenge

Whooo Hoo the Pals Paper Arts is celebrating their 100th challenge! Wowzer wowzer! This challenge says to use your favorite technique....hmmmm that is going to be HARD because I like so many different kinds of techniques. So I thought and I thought and finally settled on a combination... embossing and paper piecing because I LOVE layers and texture on my cards too. I also used some retired and new items; and here's my card.

This card is for a friend that just moved back into her NEW house... but it's really not new, just totally remodeled to accommodate her handicapped sister. The house is 'finally' done and it's beautiful! I started my card by embossing the card front with the square lattice embossing folder and rounding the corners.

I added a layer of the new Wisteria cardstock and punched opposite corners with a rounder.

The focal point features the dress forms from Sew Suite stamped on whisper white and then I matted the WW on melon mambo cardstock and added some melon mambo pom pom trim to one side and popped up with dimensionals.

The form stands were outlined with a silver paint pens to look like metal stands.

I added some Flirtatious Fabric to the forms to resemble one dress done and one in progress. The finished dress has a ric-rac belt and two tiny pink pearls for accents.

I stamped the tape measure from Sew Suite on Just Add Cake DSP and cut it out and added silver paint pen to resemble the metal end on most tape measures.

I tucked a designer button under the mat and on top of the tape.

I also added a scrap of the wisteria fabric to the sentiment and added a tiny pale pink button. The sentiment is from Tiny Tags. I also did the pins in silver paint pen.

Then I popped this up with dimensionals as well.

The inside sentiment is from Humor in High Heels but was so fitting for the card.

"Change of a Dress".... too cute, right? You see, my friend has been living at her deceased mother's house caring for her sister while the construction to handicap her house has been going on, and now she gets to move back home. So it's really not a NEW house, but if you could see the finished product, you'd think it was exactly that!

I had some odd envelopes that match the wisteria perfectly.. so of course I added a few images to finish the envelope for my card. I hope you like it and stop by again soon. Hugs.

Hootie says " Hoot Hoot Hooray...Thanks for stopping by today!

Please leave a comment with your thoughts; I hope you will stop by again!"

 Diane