Pretty Little Flowers

Just a few flowery cards I made today to finish up all the Hope You Can Cling To Challenges. I must get my box made up this week and sent off to the MD Andersen Center in Texas, which is where all these Hope cards are going to help raise money towards cancer research and care.

This first card is for a ton of challenges! Hope You Can Cling To #17 to use paint, A Passion for Papertrey's colour challenge to use peach, green and brown, Make It Monday's Challenge #39 to build a background using multiple stamps and colours, for Cupcake Craft Challenge #166 to use leaves and for SC357 for the sketch! Phew! I just got my new Spring Moss ink last week and it is such a gorgeous colour. I didn't have this one in the old inks, so can't compare it, but it's luscious. Can't wait for all the other PTI inks to come out now! (I got Aqua Mist too, but not tried that one yet!).

Recipe:

Turning A New Leaf from PTI Daydreamer from PTI Groovy Guava Cardstock/Ink Retired Melon Berry Ink/Cardstock from PTI Spring Moss Ink/Cardstock from PTI Chocolate Chip Ink/Cardstock Stamper�s Select White Cardstock from PTI Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon from SU Folk Art White Acrylic Paint Chocolate Pearls from Quixotic Paperie Circle Nestabilities Lacey Circle Nestabilities

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My next card is for Hope You Can Cling To Challenge #31 to use a style that is not your own - well CAS cards are definitely NOT me, so I thought I'd go with one of those and this one still took me forever to do! I used the gorgeous colour palette from Play Date Cafe's Challenge #106 to use pink, yellow and grey. This is colour swatch from their challenge.

And this is my card for it.

Recipe:

Beautiful Blooms II from PTI Think Big Favorites #5 from PTI Confetti White Cardstock Daffodil Delight Ink/Cardstock Going Gray Cardstock Retired from SU Tim Holtz Distress Ink Iced Spruce from Winter 2011 Collection Petals & Paisley DSP from Stampin' Up Retired Light Pink Gingham Ribbon from SU Beautiful Blooms II #1 Die Collection from PTI Buttoned Up #2 Die from PTI

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My final card for this post is for Hope You Can Cling To Challenge #30 to use frilly paper ribbon - I even impressed myself on this one! I pleated some DSP and then stitched the pleats down with my sewing machine! First time ever! Might develop a thing for sewing on cards now I've got the hang of my machine! This one is also for Colour Create's Challenge #83 to use Turquoise, Hot Pink and Ivory (although there's not much ivory!), Friday Mash Up's Challenge #31 to use heat embossing (my sentiment circle is heat embossed) and/or make a thank you card and for Viva La Verve's Sketch #1 for November.

Recipe:

Thankful Accents from Verve Melon Mambo Ink/Cardstock Tempting Turquoise Ink/Cardstock Naturals Ivory Cardstock from SU Versamark Island Oasis DSP Retired from SU My Mind's Eye Pretty Please Patterned Papers Circle Nestabilities Clear Embossing Powder from SU Marianne Design Creatables English Rose Dies

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And that's all for this post. Thanks for stopping by