If I had a Flower...

This card came about as a test run for a swap card that I'm working on (and if any of you HAS swappers are listening, trust me, it will look vastly different!)  But I need to test out my layout & measurements.  The only thing I'd do differently on this version if I was to make it again, is to do black zigzag stems, as the taupe thread doesn't show up enough:

Patterned papers are Wings; Cardstock is Vineyard Berry, Juniper, Black and Colonial White; Stamp set is Thoughts of You; Black Hemp; Black Mini-Medley buttons, Licorice Opaque Pearls; Black Ink - all CTMH; Scallop border die is Taylored Expressions; Spellbinders scallop circle die.

Color Throwdown Challenge #126 & Waltzingmouse Sketch #32

For this week's Color Throwdown Challenge, I tried something similar to my "bloom" card from a few weeks ago, using the new Bohemian Alphabet and some hand stitching.  I used this week's Waltzingmouse Sketch.  Here is the sketch and our colours for the challenge:

Cardstock is Garden Green, Crystal Blue, Cocoa & Colonial White; Stamp sets are Bohemian Alphabet & Thoughts of You; Inks are Garden Green, Crystal Blue & Chocolate - all CTMH. Spellbinders Nestabilities die.

Another H2H card

Okay, okay... I'm on the design team so I can't officially enter the challenge!  This is the card that was floating around in my head all of last week - but my Bohemian Alphabet stamp set hadn't arrived yet!  I struggled for a few days to get past it, and finally worked out my other paper pieced card.  Sigh.  The original was probably going to have a row of pleated paper instead of the scallop, but I'm very happy with how this turned out.  So here goes:

and here's a close up of the stem - I free handed the design, poked holes and then stitched it with our embroidery floss:

All supplies are CTMH: Stamp sets are Bohemian Alphabet & Thoughts of You; Cardstock is Chocolate, Pear, Sky Blue & Colonial White; Inks are Pear, Sky Blue & Chocolate; Chocolate Ribbon Rounds; Green Embroidery Floss; Corner Rounder.

An upsie-downsie version

Here is an upright version of the same card I posted for the Play Date Cafe Challenge this week.  I loved the colours together so much that I wanted to make another!  So I decided to make this my husband's card for our Anniversary next week (#16!)  I thought the Cherish the Moment set worked perfectly.  You can't see it too well, but I put a little sparkle next to "anniversary" on the little rectangle.  I didn't chalk this one, or distress the cardstock - I like the clean look, too.

Play Date Cafe Challenge

Here's my first card for the Play Date Cafe Challenge!  This week's colour challenge was to use Purple/Lilac/Lime Green in a card... so I tweaked it a bit with some CTMH colours (they're way prettier in person - I may have to rephotograph it in daylight!):

All supplies are CTMH: Stamp sets are Thoughts of You and Cherish the Moment; Cardstock is Pansy Purple Textured, Petal and White Daisy; Inks are Black, Sweet Leaf, Petal and Pansy Purple; Ribbon is Smokey Plum; Pewter brad; Autumn chalks.