Celebrate Spring Whites

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Spring is trying its best to break through!The trees are full of beautiful green leaves and the lawn is definitely announcing the onset of Spring because now it is begging to be cut every week..the joy and pain of Spring.

There has been a lot of Spring weddings and most of them are white, ivory or cream with a touch of color here and there.

A friend of mine challenged me to create a card that would reflect these soft subtle colors and I decided to hang out with a little white on white.  That combination does add a bit of style class and elegance regardless to the theme.

So that is what I have to share with everyone today.

1.  A Full Cup

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I carried the white theme on to the inside using an embossing folder for dimension and attention.

I created this card using cardstock, embossing folders, a bit of lace and the help of my dies and punches.

2. Thank You With Elegance

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Another card where I used card-stock, embossing folders, punches and dies and a piece of ribbon.

Hope you like them.

Thanks for stopping by
Hugs from Texas
Lesia

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I hope everyone, that celebrated the resurrection of Jesus was filled with the spirit and open to the many blessings that commemorates this miraculous event.

As I sat on my patio this Easter Sunday I couldn't help but notice how calm the wind was and how the temperature of the day was cool and crisp; perfect patio weather.  I thought out my design while sipping a cup of coffee and noticing that the trees in my yard were in full bloom, boasting their resurrection of life and my grass seemed to be growing a bit fuller.

This scenery along gave me inspiration to visit my craft room for another round of pure tranquility.  So here I am my friends having completed two cards to share with you.  This simple layout can be converted to celebrate multiple occasions so I can see this being used in several of my next creations.  But today I created two cards to celebrate our Moms.

Both cards were created using the same layout but different paper collections and some minor changes with the embellishments.  Below are both cards.

Card 1

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Card 1:
DP:  MME Happy Day
Card-stock #65
Ranger Distress Inks
Spellbinders Label Four, Foam Dots, Ribbon, Bling


I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Little Patch of Crafty Friends - #7 Anything Goes (4/16)
Glitter and Sparkle - #131 Anything Goes (4/10)
Classy Cards and Such - #79 Simply Yellow (4/09)

Card 2

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Card 2:

DP:  MME Market Street
CS:  Recollections 65
Distress Inks
Spellbinders Label Four
Offray Ribbon
Spare Parts Flowers

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Craft Your Passion - #256 Anything Goes (4/12)
Crafting From The Heart - #54 Anything Goes (4/12)
613 Avenue Create - #118 Anything Goes (4/10)

Thanks for stopping by.

~Lesia~

Spring Colors

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NewsFlash! I was selected as one of Dream Valley's Top 3!!!

YEAH!!!!  Now on to my project for today.

Today I have a really bright and colorful card to share with you. Needless to say that playing on this side of the color wheel doesn't come naturally to me.  I struggle getting the right combination in the right amount when using the lighter colors and I do the same when I use pastels.

Using these colors are definitely outside my comfort zone but I was encouraged (more like pushed) by my family and friends to give it a try.  So I agreed to allow my grand-daughter select the colors for my next card and this is how it turned out.

I'm not that thrilled with it but according to my grand-daughter I did just fine and that's good enough for me, but you can leave me your thoughts...I'd love to read them.

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I started out thinking I would make a small A2 card but that quickly changed as I decided that I need to add a bit more flavor and of course I want to try my luck in a few challenges.

I used Designer Paper from My Minds Eye and layered it up to add dimension.  I also used a stamp and die set from Cuttlebug to create the flowers and used pop dots to make it appear to float.

Using a neat technique I learned from YouTube I was able to color the flowers with my copics without damaging the embossing the die created.

The inside is quite simple with a few designer papers adorning it and a blank space for a personal message.  Below is a list of the products I used and the names of a few challenges I'd like to enter.

DP:  My Mind's Eye
CS:  Recollections 100#
Distress Ink
Cuttlebug Vine Die
Copic Markers
Hero Arts Stamp
Recollection Pearls

Challenges I'd like to enter are as follows:

Mod Squad Challenge - Tick Tack Toe (4/6)
Inspiration Destination #27 - Anything Goes (4/6)
Fab 'N' Funky #253 - Lots of Layers (4/5)
Crafty Creations #286 - Anything Goes 'no foolin' (4/12)
Crafting By Design April Challenge - Anything Goes (4/25)

Easter and Spring

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Spring is here and that means there will soon be birds singing and flowers will start to add color to the world. For those of us who believe and celebrate the birth of Jesus, we also prepare to celebrate Easter to commemorate his resurrection.

We also have the Easter Egg hunt and the best decorated Easter Egg contest.  Just another holiday for families to remember, share stories and have fun bonding time with each other.  I say grab each second and savor the moment for the next one is not promised. 

Of course there has to be time to add a bit of crafting time in, and with crafting you can always find a way to follow the theme at hand.  This time its "Easter" and here is what I decided to create as part of my contribution to this season.

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I decided to create one card around the arrival of Spring, so using lavender and white card-stock, some bling and an array of flowers I came up with this Easter card.

I do like how it turned out and I was very pleased that I was able to use my Creative Expression dies to create this.  This particular collection came with 6 pieces and the detail on each piece is just amazing.

I truly think I am going to have a lot of fun playing with these dies.


I can feel my imagination running wild and I'm anxious to start sketching and seeing what all I can get to fall out of these old gray cells of mine.






I'd like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafty Boots - Challenge "Spring"
Crafty Cardmakers - #135 "Spring Has Sprung" (4/10)
Craft Your Passion - "Anything Goes" (3/29)
My Creative Moments - Challenge #4 "Think Spring" (3/28)
Get Creative - Challenge #11 "Must Use A Die Cut" (4/3)

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My second creation was more around Easter with the bunny and all.  This image is from Mo Manning and I think she is just a little darling. She was colored with a combo of Copic and Spectrum Noir markers.

The designer paper is Graphic 45 combined with standard card-stock from Hobby Lobby.

I added lace ribbon, a few flowers from WOC and a sentiment I typed out on my computer.

On the inside I used the remaining paper and added a blank space for a personal message.

The little strips of lavender was cut using a really old edger I had from MS, back when they were green.








I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Dream Valley - Challenge #102 "Easter" (3/27)
Crafting From The Heart - Challenge #52 "Anything Goes" (3/29)
Artistic Inspirations - Challenge #128 Anything Goes/w "A Twist of Easter" (3/28)
Love To Scrap - Challenge #50 "Anything Goes" (3/30)
Eureka Stamps - Challenge #133 " Think Spring" (3/28)

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Hello my crafty friends and followers.  I have been feeling a bit under the weather with temperatures that are up one day and down the next, and my allergies aren't making things any easier to deal with. Between COPD and allergies I'm not real sure which one is causing me problems these days.

I do have a bit of good news though.  Through all this confinement to my house I decided to try out one of the Creative Expressions die by Sue Wilson.  They were a bit outside the price range I am accustomed to investing but nonetheless I went forward with my purchasing mumbling and complaining the entire time and then they arrived and I did my happy dance while the memory of the price I paid floated away.

They are really very nice and excellent quality and the cut was clean after two passes.  I did get confused when one of the dies didn't cut but silly me it was an embossing die included to compliment the cutting dies.  I can't explain the many ways you could use this die but I did see several on YouTube and pinterest and then decided to give a go.

Here is my bright and cheerful card that I think turned out pretty cute.  Oh and did I tell you the dies are large enough to create a 6 x 8 card easily.  Anyway let me move along to the sharing part.

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I created this card using Creative Expressions "Noble Dies" Collection - Classic Adorned Rectangles.

The collection comes with an embossing die as you can see in the white frame.  I also used the small oval die for the sentiment and the center die was the intricate die in the center of the card.

At the bottom of the card I used one of my EK Success edgers to create the flourish outline.

On the inside I used the same colors and added a piece of designer paper stamped with a sentiment and silhouette butterflies.  For the personal message space I used the negative from the original die I used on the front.

This was the first of many cards that I hope to create with my new dies but for today this is truly all I have energy to do.

Don't forget there is still time to join in our "Anything Goes" challenge and don't forget to vote and add your name in our "Bonus Challenge" for more chances to win.  

Sending Hugs From Texas

Lesia

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Hello my crafty friends and followers. 

Beginning March 2015,
challenges at Mema's Crafts
will be offered on the
first Monday of every month.
  

This means more time for you to create your project and join in the fun.
The challenges will always be Anything Goes (create what you want) with a theme.  

Some challenges won't have a theme at all which will make it even easier for you to stop by and play with us. So remember to stop by for a visit
and join the challenges.
 
Now for this month's challenge which is
 "Anything Goes"
I'd like to share what I created using a KennyK image.

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The image I  used is called Present Surprise and you can see it here. Before I printed the image I merged it with the words Happy Birthday using my PC.  Then I printed it using onto 85# Solar White Neenah paper and colored it with my copics. 

The designer paper is the "Mother Goose" collection from Graphic 45.  It was such a fun paper pack with lots of color I thought it would make a great birthday card for a little boy.  Not shown here (because I forgot to hot glue it down) is a red bow tied just below the image in the center.  It does add a little character to the card.

On the inside of the card I followed with the designer paper and used the same border punch to break up the colors.  

The card-stock is either Paper Studio or Recollections...I can't really tell since there isn't a barcode or anything on the back. 

This was a very easy card to make and it will be fitted inside a black envelope that sports a gold border to match the card.

The Copics I used were:

R39, 37, 35 (top and shoes)

C8, C7, C5,C3 (the gray)

B97, 95, 93,91 (Blues)

YG63 and 61

YR17, 19

E23, 29, 55

Hope my card has inspired you
to come and play with us
and don't forget that once
you play with us in our monthly challenge
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Hugs From Texas~Lesia~

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