I was hosting a Mystical and Magical Image Swap on SCS and I got this adorable gnome (and more) from it. So when I saw Michele Zindorf’s card made with the same image I had to try it too. The picture came out a bit “blah” - it’s brighter in real Didn’t do so many layers as Michelle, used a bit different colors and added the ribbon to the bottom.

I really like this set and I didn’t use this set for a long time - so now when I finally got it out I made not one but two cards. 

Making the central image is easy for me - finishing the card with all the layers and embelishment is hard - I had to push myself to get it done

For the first one I brayered the sky (Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze) and sponged the water (Baja Breeze, Not quite Navy). Then I stamped and colored the images - the birds have some silver on them and the card borders too (hard to see on the image). Water marks are done with white gel pen. I don’t have any circle punches (have to fix that in near future) that’s why are the circles a bit uneven…

This second one was done a different way.. the images were stamped, colored and embossed first, then I sponged the sky (Soft Sky).

The card base is more coral than pink, but I think it looks good with the image.

 Another card to my Wonderful Wings collection -  same style as before, just different colors. The dragonfly is colored with aquapainter and inks (tempting turquoise and old olive). For background I used So Safron, Summer Sun and More Mustard inks.

I think I like the pink and red butterfly cards more - but not everybody likes pink and red… right?

There was a reuse, recycle challenge on SCS about 2-3 weeks ago and that’s when I made these cards. They were for my daughter’s teachers.. they are still here cause the last day of school was cancelled because of the snow storm. Maybe you are wondering what’s reused/recycled on these cards - I didn’t have any glossy card stock so I used the card board pieces that comes with SU designer papers… it’s nice and glossy and great for sponging (you just have to make sure it wasn’t bent before - you’ll get a different color line on that place). And it cost nothing unlike glossy CS

I used the Snow swirled set from SU and the swirls are from Inque Boutique Nightingale set. Greeting is from Inkadinkado. The inks are pink passion (mixed up with blue to make purple as I don’t have any purple inkpad), baja blue and brilliant blue. The Christmas tree was cut out and poped up with dimensionals.

I received these beautiful Wonderful Wings (SU) images from Sammysue1975 from SCS and had to do something with them. SO when I found one of the older cards by Michelle Zindorf I had to try it too

I staped the background swirls in Versamark and embossed with hollografic EP (clear EP with sparkles). I colored the butterfly with markers and aquapainter , went over it with Versamarker and again embossed. Then I sponged  the background with Pink Passion and Purely Pomegranate Inks. The small butterfly is from SU Flower Garden set. The edges on the base were sponged with purely pomegranate and stamped with a small curly stamp from Basic Grey (Bohemia).

I quite liked the results, but wanted to try to make it look more simple. So this butterly was done same way as the one before just used turquoise and teal markers for the butterfly and Riding Hood Red for the background… It even fits this week’s SCS color challenge (teal, red and baja breeze).

The cards are quite sparkly from all the hollographic EP - pictures don’t do them justice.