Colorful Tuesday...

I just want to say that I love SU!'s Real Red! It is so hard to find a nice red and they have really hit it on the nose with this one...the only problem I have is that it is hard to photograph - but maybe that's just me!! Today was the color challenge over on SCS:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=239259

What a great combo! Here is my first...
These images are by DRS Designs - link on the right...
I love this butterfly image but I honestly did not feel like coloring today! So...I found a piece of patterned paper in one of my Provo Craft slabs that was close to sage and stamped on that with black craft and then embossed with clear embossing powder. I watercolor a little bit of red on the image to give it a little umph!

I matted the image several times and wrapped some gold cord around it. I cut a strip of sage, cut it with my scallop scissors and adhered some black rick rick I found at Michaels on top of that! The red panel is raised on pop dots as well as the focal point. I added some gold brads to the sage panel. It is hard to tell in the photo but I stamped the lower portion of the card with my stained glass stamp in red...just for something different! I used my slit punch on the upper corners and added some piercing.

My next one is stamped with some clear stamps I found at Joanns a few weeks ago. I really like the design - funky flowers with some words, the thinking of you sentiment and some solid images like squares and solid leaves, etc... What I don't like about them so far is they don't stick all that well! The stem kept flopping off my block...maybe I just need to clean them (although I just opened them)...we'll see. The image they produce is clear though so I guess I can deal with some floppiness!

Doesn't it look warm outside?? It's not! They say we may get some snow here in CT this week - gosh, I hope not!! I am ready for Spring...please!!! Sorry, got off track there...for the focal point on this one I stamped off the background flowers and then stamped my popped images on scraps and cut them out and then...popped them! I used my 1/8in hole punch for the flower centers...I adhered them with my two way glue pen. I embossed just one side of the card and then added some ribbon. I made some photo corners...adhered one with a brad and voila!

I found an easy way to make photo corners...maybe I saw a tutorial or saw some mention of how to do it...I really don't remember now (its also possible that I combined assorted tips) but I think I may do a tutorial very soon...so stay tuned...I'm also working another blog candy giveaway...just in time for the graduation season that is approaching quicker than we think!

See you soon...