Secret Garden birthday - Freshly Made Sketches #67

My younger sister is having a birthday in the next couple of weeks, and I'm working ahead to get her card done.  She loves flowers but she did not inherit our father's  green thumb. All plants usually don't do well under her care. The flowers I made for this card will hopefully thrive as long as she doesn't try to water them - LOL.  Hope she likes the card.
I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches here to make the card.

 

Stamps:  Secret Garden, Sassy Salutations

Inks: Black Stazon, Versa Mark, SU markers (Baja Breeze, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight)

Papers: Marina Mist, Very Vanilla, Parker's Patterns DSP

Accessories: Secret Garden framelits, Fancy Fan folder, 1/4" Tangerine Tango satin ribbon, Black embossing powder, Tangerine Tango embossing powder, Wild Wasabi embossing folder, Scallop border pumch, Aqu painter, dimensionals

Cupcake Birthday - Freshly Made Sketches #64

Cupcakes are very popular this year.  At some craft shows I attended, there were vendors selling cupcakes, and they sold like "hotcakes".  When I saw the challenge with Freshly Made sketches here I immediately thought of cupcakes and got out my cupcake builder punch and coordinating stamp set.  Here is my card:

 

Stamps:  Create a Cupcake, Friendly Phrases, Distressed Dots

Inks: Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals, Chocolate chip

Papers: Summer Starfruit, Whisper White, Patio Party DSP, Midnight Muse

Accessories: Cupcake builder punch, 2 3/8" scallop circle punch, 1 3/4" circle punch, Dotted Ribbon border punch, dimensionals

Poinsettia Christmas - Freshly Made Sketches #61

Today is a big day for me.  Tomorrow is my Annual Christmas Card making event and I have 14 students coming.  I'm setting up tonight at 5 p.m. and practically have to empty my whole craft room.  It's being held in a beauty salon.
This card is for the Freshly Made Sketch challenge here

 

Stamps:  Watercolor Christmas, Greetings of the Season

Inks: Black Stazon, SU markers

Papers: Whisper White, Lucky Limeade, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories: Petals-a-Plenty folder, 1/8" Old Olive taffeta ribbon, Dazzling Details, dimensionals, 1" Circle Punch

On a Whisper White base card, a piece of Lucky Limeade cardstock which had been embossed only 1/4 of the way up, was attached.

Then on a piece of Whisper White card stock the ivy and holly stamp was stamped on the right hand side and colored.  On a scrap piece of Whisper White, the Poinsettia was stamped, colored and cut out.  It was then placed at the top of the Ivy and Holly.  Dazzling details was applied to the colored images.

Countryside Harvest Birthday - Freshly Made Sketches #43

|Apple growers in southern Ontario have had a real hit this year.  The week of extremely warm weather in March caused the trees to blossom prematurely.  These poor blossoms froze when the cold weather returned.  As a result - no or few apples.
As a kid I lived near an apple orchard, and spent many happy hours picking apples.  I can smell the rich fruity smell of apples growing on trees as I`m typing these words.
This card reminds me of those happy times.
I used the sketch with Freshly Made Sketches here     This is a site I just recently discovered and the idea is to keep the cards simple and fresh looking.   Keeping a card simple is a real challenge for me, but I think I accomplished the task.

The image was colored with markers and a blender pen.

 

Stamps:  Countryside, Sassy Salutations

Inks: Midnight Muse, SU Markers 

Papers: Midnight Muse, Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Comfort Cafe designer paper

Accessories: Blender pen, stampin dimensionals