Some Shimmer, a Flower and some Fruit

Hope you are all having a great weekend - we have had just super summer weather here in New England these past 3 days. And my DH and I celebrated our 11th Anniversary yesterday!

I have three cards to share with you today - one for the A-Muse-A-Palooza 'make a card with bling' challenge, a card for today's Featured Stamper on Split Coast and an Artist Trading Card.

First up is my Amuse card. This cute striped card is made by Amuse and the stamps I used are from the Clear Nature Set and the Essential Ovals Set. The image and sentiment are up on foam dimensionals.

I added orange peel stickles to the trees for my bling as well as Blueberry Ice sticles to the birds wing. I also attached 3 dew drops to the 'lawn' for a little extra sparkle. Be sure to check out the Amuse Blog to see all the fun A-Muse-A-Palooza activities going on - there are prizes to be had!

Stamps: Amuse Clear Nature Set, Amuse Essential Ovals Set
Paper: Amuse Irish Green Note card, white: PTI, Basic Black: SU
Ink: Onyx Black Versafine, Lettuce Adirondack
Accessories: Orange dew drops, orange peel & blueberry Ice stickles, foam dimensionals, oval punches, nestability square, prismacolor markers: green tea, brittany blue, sky blue light, jasmine

My next card is a CASE (copy and selectively edit) of a card made by Diane - today's Featured Stamper on Split Coast. You can see the card I cased here.

When you case you have to change some things - I changed the colors, made it a rectangle card instead of square, and used different stamps - but I loved the layered flower and sketch so used those ideas on my card today. I made my flower by layering scalloped nestability circles. I sponged the edges and cut in on the sides of each scallop then ruffled the 'petals'. I layered one on to the other with foam dimensionals.

Lately, I've started to stamp a little something on the inside of my cards along with whatever sentiment I put in there. I like the little added interest it gives to the inside of the card. Here's what I stamped on this card.

This card also qualifies for the Pretty in Pink challenge over on Caardvarks - to make a card using pink! You should check out the Caardvark challenges also - more prizes to be won!

Stamps: Sentiment: Penny Black, scroll vine - Basic Grey Figgy Pudding winterland
Paper: pretty in pink, pink pashion: SU, White PTI
Ink: Pink Pashion, onyx black versafine
Accessories: pink grosgrain ribbons, scalloped circle nestabilities, foam dimensionals, sponge, cuttlebug, swiss dots folder, Prima artful leaves, foam dimensionals, ticket corner punch.

And, last but not least, is my little ATC (Artist Trading Card). I make one of these 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 cards each month for a challenge I do with Helen (misshelenstamps)over at Split Coast. Helen hosted this month and the challenge was to use fruit on your card.

I used these cute layered stickers that I picked up at Michaels some time ago - a whole sheet of them for $1! The great scalloped lined designer paper is by Narratives. I also added red stickles to give a little bling - the sentiment and stamped blossoms are from PapertreyInk - Green Thumb set. You can see my other ATC's by clicking on ATC in my idex in the right hand coloumn.

Thank you SO MUCH for stopping by!

Stamps: Papertrey Ink
Paper: White artist trading card 2 1/2 x 3 1/2, DP - Coral Notebook by Narratives
Ink: Onyx Black versafine
Accessories: Dimensional Fruit stickers by Punch Studios, xmas red stickles