Monday, August 27, 2012

Create with Connie and Mary & Simply Stamping Challenges {To My Friend}

This is my second post for the day, if you are looking for the Merry Monday Challenge, please click here.


Good morning blogging friends! I was up entirely too late last night, my mind racing with teaching ideas for the year! This time of year, no teacher can sleep! LOL! So I went in search of some challenges to play and came across a delightful new challenge called Simply Stamping and the always fabulous Create with Connie and Mary ChallengeSo I went to work! I loved the pretty colours at Simply Stamping and the CCMC Sketch was fabulous, I decided to flip it up to make a vertical card.


My card is very clean! I used the Stripes Embossing Folder (my fav) for the background of Very Vanilla! The flowers come from my absolute favourite new set called Summer Silhouettes. It is such a pretty set! I inked up my butterfly in Calypso Coral and the flowers use Pretty in Pink and Old Olive. I couldn't resist adding some bling with my gemstones...love those!!! Thank you to both teams for wonderful inspiration!!

{Supplies Used}
Stamps: Summer Silhouettes, Friendly Phrases, Papillon Potpourri
Inks: Calypso Coral, Pretty in Pink and Old Olive
Papers: Subtle DSP Pack, In Colours 2011-2012 DSP Pack, Very Vanilla, Old Olive
Extras: Jewels, Butterfly Punch, Stripes Embossing Folder, Big Shot

17 comments:

  1. Beautiful card Lesley! Love the addition of the butterfly too!
    Lynn

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  2. Ohh such a pretty card, I love the different shades of pink. Your butterfly is beautiful.

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  3. Another perfect creation in pink for pinning!!

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  4. Ohhh!! This is so soft and pretty! I love how you flipped the sketch! The butterfly is a perfect addition! Thanks for playing the challenge at Create with Connie and Mary!

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  5. Love those images on your super pretty card Lesley can't wait till we can order them.

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  6. Lesley, this is stunning!! I love the color combination and you did a terrific job with the sketch. I wish I had this set to duplicate it. Beautiful!

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  7. Oh this is so gorgeous!! Love it! The rounded corner really adds a little something to all these layers! Thanks for joining in the SSC! xx

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  8. Love your twist on the sketch! So pretty! Thanks for playing along this week at Create with Connie & Mary!

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  9. These dandelions and butterflies just beg to be put together! So pretty in pink!

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  10. Yuppers, this card has it all: lots of layers, fab textures and (of course) the color PINK! You know I'm swooning over here...ahhh!! Gorgeous!! :)

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  11. Love at how you turned the sketch to accommodate your images and such pretty colors! Thanks for playing along this week in the Create with Connie and Mary Thursday Challenge!

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  12. Love it Lesley! All those layers are so yummy and that stamp set is one of my faves too!

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  13. You flipped the sketch and I love it! Great colors. So soft and pretty! Thanks for playing the Create with Connie & Mary Challenge this week!

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  14. Oh...love it flipped and the narrow panel in the center! Also love the soft colors! Glad to see you back and stamping! My DIL is a teacher and said exactly the same thing last night (couldn't sleep because she was thinking of school things...) Thanks for playing along with the sketch challenge this week on Create with Connie and Mary!

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  15. Such a beautiful card Lesley, so pretty! You did a great job with both the colour and sketch challenges!
    Thanks so much for sharing this lovely card with us at Simply Stampin' and I hope you join us again soon! Ruth x

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  16. Wow - this is a beautiful card. You have done a fantastic job with the colour combination from the challenge.
    Thanks for joining us this week at Simply Stampin'.

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  17. Fabulous card Lesley, love how you used the colours and I am liking the new stamp set! Thanks for joining in with this week's Simply Stamping' Challenge! Kirei x

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Thank you for stopping by! I appreciate the time you took to leave me a little stamping love!!
Lesley :)