Christmas in July!

I can't believe the year has passed it's halfway mark and is rushing down-hill towards December! And thanks to Flourishes, they're really challenging our clocks!  This card is an entry for 3 challenges:

1.  Meljen's #68:  Follow the recipe - 1 x Bow, 3 x Brads, 1 Circle!
2.  Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #128 - Christmas in July (FTTC128)
3.  Simon Says Stamp - Shaped cards

The image is Meljen's Christmas Tree. I dressed it up with 3 brads, a tiny bow and added some glitter (see close-up below). And it's of course layered on another circle which is mounted on a scalloped circle card base.
Note on the card base:
After I had cut out the scalloped circle, I shaded the edges with Crushed Olive (Tim Holtz DI) to fit in with the green of the tree, but left the inside and back layer white.
Spellbinders used: Petite Circles Small, Scalloped Circles

Flourishes challenge FLLCJUL02 - Copy Cat!

For this Flourishes Challenge we had to look through any of the Flourishes teams and find one of their creations as inspiration to copy. I picked Stacy (aka Twinshappy) and here is her gorgeous card that I copied:

Here is my card:

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The brown card base is Bazzil cardstock, the blue/turquise layer is Tim Holtz/Ranger Distress cardstock. The focal image is from the Garden Silhouettes stamp set and the sentiment from Nina Brackett's "Fanciful Tags" (both sets available from StampTV).  The focal image was colored by applying Memento Markers directly to the stamp before stamping. Colors used: Cottage Ivy, Lulu Lavender, Potter's Clay.
Spellbinders Labels 8 was used.

Flourishes challenge FLLCJUL01 - Get Sketchy!

Here's a fun challenge from Flourishes, Get Sketchy. And here's the sketch we had to use as our inspiration:

And here's my card:

The embossed background was made using a Spellbinders Impressabilities die and after embossing, rubbing Tim Holtz Spun Sugar and Antique Linen directly over the paper. See GinaK's technique video.

The front pink layer (pink Bazzil cardstock) was layer on top of patterned paper from a Prima paperpack, "Reflections".

The focal image and sentiment are both from GinaK's Enjoy the Sunshine set. The umbrella was first stamped in black on white cardstock and the re-stamped on patterned paper. The 'crown' of the umbrella was cut out and paper-pieced on the line image. The rest of the umbrella was colored using Memento Markers (Lulu Lavendar, Rose Bud, Canteloupe). This was cut out using a Spellbinders Petite Oval and layer on Scalloped Petite Oval in the same pink Bazzil cardstock. This was layered on top of brown Bazzil cardstock (same as back layer). This focal image section was popped up with 1/16" 3D dots.

The pink edging was covered with Sakura Glaze Pen - see close-up below:

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Flourishes challenge FLLCJUL11 - Farm Fresh!

This card is for the Flourishes challenge, Farm Fresh, and is using the CPS layout #226 for this week!

The focal image (GinaK, Enjoy the Sunshine) was stamped in black and then re-stamped on red Bazzil cardstock. The strawberries were cut out and paper-pieced on the line stamp. The leaves and stems were colored using Memento Markers (Cottage Ivy, Potter's Clay).
For the background I stamped the strawberries with Perfect Pearls Gold on brown Bazzil cardstock.

Close-up of background:

Spellbinders dies used:
Scalloped Circles small (Largest and 2nd largest sizes)
Squares small

Flourishes' Timeless Tuesday #125 (Friend)

Here's my entry for the Timeless Tuesday challenge # 125 from the Flourishes website. We have to make a card with "Friend" on it.

Sentiment: GinaK "Enjoy the Sunshine"