Cards in the Past.

Good morning, it's been awhile and I've been trying to get back to blogging.  With my grandson here he has helped me a lot on the computer in trying to get picture downloaded and teaching some tricks.  So I think that maybe I can try getting some old pictures of cards that I have made quite awhile back but was never able to get them up.  So we will try now.

The one is here is my very first Magnolia that I did for a friend last spring 2011 for helping me get a real good deal for a flight to Atlanta.  So I had to do a Girl picking Peaches since GA is the Peach State.

I don't remember all the paper that I used, but it was done in Pencil and I added Flower Soft by the fence. If I remember right I colored her face with Copic Markers.  She was also fuzzy cut. Hope you enjoy her as much as I enjoyed do it for a big Thank you to S.

Thanks for stopping and please come back again.

Back in my Groove

It's about time I get back to posting and believe I have quite a bit to post, but won't get get all finished tonight.
I'm enter the Joan's Gardens weekly challenge and it's do tomorrow.  Although I've had my card finished way before this challenge came up, I knew I had to go ahead and enter.  I don't meet all the requirements, but I did do a Vintage Card, have feathers(no not chicken), could be a "Great Blue Herron", but I'd  have to climb upon the roof to see if he left a feather.  Yes this is true, he was on our roof for over 15 hours.  I will post pictures later.

Back to the card.
I use Kaiser DP for the background, Bazzil CS, Polynesian Oval by Cherry Lynn, Inkadinkado stamp, and feathers, tiny rose buds. Face is colored with Copic markers, and Prisma pencil.
I have always love hats and that's why I fell in love with this stamp.  I have about 40 or so hats in my collection, many from my high school years, along with a few of my Mothers and Sisters. I have an old black velvet one that was my Grandmothers and is over hundreds years old.  Many other new and antiques one and some that I have even made myself.

So now here is my card for the Challenge.  Hope you enjoy it as my as I enjoyed making it.

Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge

I know I'm late in getting to this, I took the pictures last night, but the operator is not sure of how to do things yet.  So we'll try it today.

Check back later because I am adding more.

I JUST LOVE PURPLE

    
       Just wanted to share one more card for everyone to see at Joan't Gardens during her JustRite Stamps challenge she is hosting this week with a wonderful change for prizes ( see lower posting).

  

      For this card I chose the violets from Plant a Little Love Set from JustRite Stamps.  Which Joan has for purchase at Joan's Gardens.  I wanted to use more lavender designer paper, but nothing popped out for the beautiful violets.

  
     Supplies:

      JustRite Stamp - Plant a Little Love Set
      Spellbinder Dies - Lacey Circles,  Circles
      MS Punch - Doubles Loops
      DCWV - Mariposa Designer Paper
      CTMH - Diamonds (lol) on Violets
      Bazzill - Cardstock
      K & Co. - Butterflies
      Ribbon from My Stash

  
      You still have till 6 a.m.,March 10th to post of card for the challenge, there are wonderful prizes to be given to 3 lucky guest.  Check over at Joan's

      Until later,

      Gretchen

A BIG THANKS!

    A big thanks goes out to everyone that has posted such wonderful comments on my blog.  It been a great big boost of confidence for me.  I worked with my hands ever since I can remember and card making and scrapbooking  are fairly new to me.  Well somewhat.  I'm working on a new card for Joan's Garden JustRite Blog Hop and hope to have it posted by tomorrow.  Wish me luck.

Till later
Gretchen

Forgive my errors of my ways this morning.

  First of all thank you for all the nice comments,  I am sorry the pictures were not on the blog this morning.    They were there last night when I went to bed.  Something happened overnight, but thanks to a very good friend that came over this morning we got all the kinks worked out.  So I hope next time won't be as bad.

Thanks for hanging in.

P.S.  Sorry about the picture Barb.

Joan's Gardens JustRite Challenge and Blog hop

           Good Morning,  I have been asked to be a guest designer for the second Joan's Gardens blog hop and Challenge with the Grand Prize from JustRite Stamps. It's worth over $191.00, can it get any better than that.  What a terrific honor this has been for me to be a part of this hop.  I so like JustRite stamps.

      For my card I started with a folded 5 1/2 x 7 3/4 pink CS topped with Mariposa DP and then a double sided MS garden trellis punch in white with a pink satin rushed ribbon.
       The focal point was the roses from JustRite new set Greatest Joy.  I stamped the design twice and colored both with Prismacolor pencils. I cut out the roses and ribbon and popped them up to give them depth.  A little bit of fine glitter was added to the bow.  I used a SB oval die to cut the white oval out and the next size up using the same Mariposa DP which was the embossed with a CB folder.  The white heavy vellum SU was cut using the SB beaded oval and then hand embossed using a stylus.  Tiny pearls were added between the beaded oval as well as at the top and bottom of the pink matt using SB Labels 8.  I tried several new techniques on this card that I have never done before and am quite please with the end results.
 I hope you enjoy my card and the rest of cards along the hop.

 This is list of bloggers

Carla
Donna R
Giovanna
Glenda
Gretchen   that's me
Kris
Lana
Mary Anne
Nancy
Selma
Sharon
Sue
Vicki
Joan’s Gardens

Later

Gretchen