Easter Flowers....Bring May Flowers...

Hopping along to Easter. 

Hop, Hop, Hop....

It's almost here and I don't want to forget to post this little Easter card for you.  I used a couple different flower punches and hoped to make this card feel like spring?   I used as many spring colors to give this card some spring time life.  Spring happens to be my favorite time of the year.  So let's bring it on!

I love my stamp set from Stampin-Up that has this elegant "Happy Easter" stamp in it.  I just had to use that stamp along with the pretty Easter flowers and added that beautiful cross that represents Christ during Easter and that he arose again for us.  

I used some white pearlized paper giving it a more elegant look and used my Spellbinders Nestabilities larges die cut from Labels 20 to give it an un-ordinary shape rather than making it a square card, (like we most often do). Adding pearls and flourishes help give this a soft effect.  My neighbor liked it so well she purchased this card from me so that she could send it off to family members for the Easter season.

The card reads...

 Easter is not just the

dawning of a new day...

.....It's the dawning of a new life!

Happy Easter

Next week... I'll be back with a couple more cards made with the Marianne Design die cut that I've been using quite a bit.  I just needed to get this one in here for you, for Easter. 

My little grandson and family will be joining us so it will be loads of fun around here for the Easter season.  Can't wait to color eggs and have our Easter Egg hunt outside, again this year.  Hoping your Easter season will be a blessed one?

Happy Easter EVERYONE.....

Stamps: Stampin-Up Stamp Set/"Well Scripted" w/Happy Easter

Paper: Michael's White Pearlized

Ink: Lavender Cat's Eye Chalk Ink

Punches: Martha Stewart Hydrangea Punch, Marvy Uchida Daisy Punch

Embossing Folder: None

Die Cuts: Marianne Design Leaf and Flowers LR0156

Accessories: White Pearls, Cross

Heartfelt Thank You...

I want to extend my sincere thanks to Joan and Selma at Joan's Garden this week after entering my bookmark last week into her Weekly Challenge (#10).  I was chosen randomly and have "WON" this challenge with my bookmark shown in last weeks post.  I run away with a huge smile in my heart.  It's been a pleasure getting to know you and being part of this weeks fun and challenge.  

To see more about this bookmark you can go to my post

Envelope Bookmark Challenge 

here from last week.

Hoping you all have a blessed weekend ....Leanne

Envelope Bookmark Challenge

I usually do not post more than one card a week.  However... today  I have  entered this cute little corner bookmark I made into a "Weekly Challenge #10 at "Joan's Gardens".  I had originally seen a similar book mark done at Selma's Stamping Corner who directed you onto "Joan's Garden" to enter her Weekly Challenge. 

Since I really liked Selma's idea I went ahead and made a bookmark here to match an existing card that I had already posted here on my site two weeks ago. 

I love being able to give a little something extra to a person when I give them a card. I thought this was a good fit to a little something extra to match my card.  I've made other bookmarks in the past but thought this style was a bit different than an ordinary oblong sized bookmark.  The inside of the bookmark has an envelope corner that was cut off diagonally from an old envelope as directed by Joan and covered on the other side with the pink background here to match. 

 I hope this will inspire you to create?

Thanks for stopping by.

Mix N' Match....

Hello stampers...

Today....I've mixed and matched these two cards to show you different ideas with different colors and embellished the card front with flowers while using my Marianne Design Embossing Folder D90507 and Marianne Design Die Cut LR0156.

 I've taken two entirely different Marianne embossing tools and made it look like it's one full embossed card front. 

Laying this card down unfortunately does not help you to see that it is all one piece of paper that I cut and embossed at different ends and then placed real lace between the different designs just to help it look prettier. 

Here is the inside verse I chose for this card.  Whenever, I'm in need for a quick "Thank You" card for someone I think this will be sufficient? Of course, the verse is computer generated.  I first typed my verse and then ran the off white card stock through my computer with verse below, then cut it to size, and began embellishing my card front.

I also put a K & Company dimensional sticker inside both cards next to the verse.  Thus, giving the card a little more character inside when opening the card instead, of just a plane old verse standing alone.

Below are a few more views of the light lavender card.

Laying down again.

A close up of the K & Company dimensional stickers used on this card. 

And here you have a cute little verse computer generated for a

 "Thinking of You" card.

A closer look at the left bottom corner of this card with another beautiful butterfly dimensional sticker from K & Company for you.

I hope these close ups give you a more personal view

so you can get a better feel for my cards?

May your day be filled with God's richest blessings...

Stamps: None

Paper: Whisper White, Light Blue, Light Lavender

Ink: None

Punches: None

Embossing Folder: Marianne Design Embossing Folder D50907

Die Cuts: Marianne Design LR0202,Marianne Design Leaf and flowers LR0156

Accessories: K & Company Dimensional Die Cuts,Mulberry flowers, White Pearls

Sweet Little Thing...

Welcome back friends...

My last post I acquired a couple of new "Google Followers" to my site and new friends who delighted me in their gracious comments.  Thank you and hope you enjoy coming back each week to visit with me here.  I look forward to your next visit with me.

I hope you've been enamored with this new die cut from Marianne Designs as much as, I have?  Seems like there is just so much you can do with this die cut.  I have made several cards with it and I will continue in the next few weeks to share what I have made with you.

I love vellum and put vellum to work here with my card.  I used my embossing folder from Cuttlebug with Motif's or Brocade's on it and embossed it and then cut off the right corner and added plain vellum to that corner by adhering it with strong glue dots to turn the corner over and punched a rhinestone brad to hold it in place.

The rest of the card is simple and you can figure

out my pretty little flowers this time are not homemade. 

Hope you share a little feedback today?

Blessings to each of you out there.. from Leanne

Stamps: None

Ink: None

Paper:  Whisper White, Light Blue, Medium Green

Die Cuts:  Marianne Design Creatable's LR0220, Marianne Design Leaf and Flowers LR0156

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug/Kassie's Brocade,
Stampin-Up Sizzlets Butterflies

Accessories: White Pearls, Prima Mulberry Flowers