Time for my first project for Shelly's Images! Whoo Hoo! I am soooooo excited to be part of this talented group of ladies! Thanks so much for having me, ladies!
My card features the awesome image, My Pad, from Shelly's Images. I love this image because of its versatility, and darn it he is just cute! Wouldn't you just love to find him floating in your pond? He is available, right now, and on sale for a limited time, so pop on over and grab him for your very own! you can find him, and lots of other fantastic images at Shelly's Images store. Keep coming back and browsing the store, too, because there are lots more wonderful images being released.
I went with birthday for this card, because my cousin has a special birthday coming up and she absolutely loves frogs! Since its a frog, I went with a mostly monochromatic color theme, with some pink thrown in, and another little splash of colors in the ribbon. The layout is a combination of sketches from Sunda Sketch & Stamp and Sketch #79 from Card Patterns. I got creative with the one from Card Patterns and moved the elements all around to fit on my lattice cut card. For the card base, I used white cardstock with a lattice pattern cut into one side. The patterned paper is from my stash. After adding the paper, I decided to fill in the rest of the white space by sponging it with a green ink pad. (This is a new technique for me.) The image is colored with Promarkers and then cut out and mounted with foam mounting tape, for dimension. The ribbon is from my stash. The sentiment is from Stampin UP and is punched using the oval and scalloped oval punches. Lots of fancy cutting on this card! I added pink flowers for dimension and to give the card that little extra something that it seemed to be missing, without them. I love the look of the scrunched pink flowers.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Challenge #73 Cool It at Digital Tuesday
Recipe Time at Papertake Weekly (3 flowers, 2 pieces of ribbon, 1 sentiment)
Birthday at Kah Wink E Dink
Challenge #22 Birthday at Meljen's Designs
Challenge #36 Pink & Green at Penny's Paper Crafty
Ribbon or Lace at For Fun Challenges
Challenge #34 Hot! Hot! Hot! (Frog on lily pad reminds me of summer)at Charisma Cardz
C.R.A.F.T 65 Milestone Birthdays at C.R.A.F.T
Challenge #9 Anything Goes at Aud Sentiments
Thoughtful Thursday 0024 Something That Starts With An A (Animal) at Other Lovelies
Challenge #6 Monochrome at Sarah Hurley Challenges
Challenge #31 Keep It Plain and Simple at Totally Papercrafts
Week #67 Park Inspiration (Frog & Flowers) at All Sorts
Challenge #37 Anything Goes at Bee Crafty
Challenge C4C52 Lattice at Crazy4Challenges
AS24 Pretty In Pink at Aly's Sunday Challenge
Try A New Technique at Whimiscal Ink Sorority
Sketch #79 At Card Patterns
Challenge #20 In The Forest, at Wee Memories
Challenge #1 Anything Goes at Crafty Emma's
Challenge #28 Girly at One Stitch At A Time
Flower Power at Cowgirl Up
Challenge #18 Fussy Cutting at Just Scraps
Challenge #35 Sketch at Sunday Sketch & Stamp
TD03 Flower Power at Tiffany's Doodles
Challenge #18 Clean & Simple at Sentimental Sundays
Challenge #33 Summer Inspiration at Crafty Sentiments
Challenge #74 Photo Inspiration (colors) at Cupcake Inspiration
SMC#24 Happy Birthday at Sew Many Challenges
Challenge #106 Something Digital at Cupcake Crafts
Challenge #59 Add A Little Nature (frog & flowers) at Pollycraft
Challenge #16 Anything Goes at Daisy Doodles
Aww sammi this is great
ReplyDeleteFantastic work!! Thanks so much for joining in with us at OSAAT ‘girlie’ challenge this week, good luck and hope you can join in again soon
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Paula xx
Great card, love the lattice work
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us this week at OSAAT & for CES 1st Challenge, hope to see you again next week!!
hugs shell xx
This is great,love it.Thanks for joining us at CES Challenges and good luck.Elisa.x
ReplyDeleteWhat a great card Sammi! Thanks for playing along with us again at Penny's. Good Luck!
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Beautiul card. Thanksfor playing with Cowgirl Sunday Challenge.
ReplyDeleteRosalien
How cute! I love that sentiment. Thanks for joining us at Aud Sentiments and don't forget to enter in our monthly drawing going on right now.
ReplyDeleteLovely card, thank you for joining us at CRAFT Challenge this week and good luck!
ReplyDeleteJo and Tigerlover.
Lovely card, thank you for joining us at CRAFT Challenge this week and good luck!
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What a fabby card Sammi! Thanks for joining us at CES Challenge and hope to see you there next week! Sheena xx
ReplyDeleteVery elegant, love it. Thank you for joining us at OSAAT this week and good luck with all your challenges :)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card. Thank you so much for sharing this with us at For Fun Challenges this week.
ReplyDeleteAmelia x
Fab card & love the lattice effect.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at CES & Cowgirl Up Challenges.
Hugs Vicky xx
Love the texture you've got with the sponging technique, lovely card Sammi :D Thankyou for joining us at Cowgirls Sunday Challenge XXX
ReplyDeleteWow! Your card are amazing, very beautiful image. Congrats on DT, you doing good job. Thanks for playing with us at OSAAT this week, and Good Luck.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Nataliya.
PS. Just one card so far??????
this is a lovely card. Thank you for joining my garden challenge at Allsorts with this and good luck.
ReplyDeleteGreat card, your background and the trellis give the impression of a garden fence with perfect flowers that match your cute image.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your card with us at CSSC. :-) xx
Lovely card Sammi love the lattice on the side, thanks for joiningus at tpc.Joey.x
ReplyDeleteAdorable! Thanks for playing at Queen Kat Designs Whimsical Ink Sorority!!
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Meredith
Hi there - cute card Sammi. Thanks so much for playing along at Just Scraps.
ReplyDeleteWe are so lucky to have you joining us Sammi! Wonderful card. And holy moly!!!! That is alot of challenges. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is such a cute card!!
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at KWED and sure hope that you will show us your creative work for the challenge that is now posted.
Linda - DT KWED
Gorgeous card - thanks for joining us at OSAAT this week - please pop over on Saturday for our new sneaky peeks game and extra prizes before the new challenge on Sunday :c) xx
ReplyDeletegorgeous card thankyou for joining us at Cowgirl Up this week and good luck xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful creation! Thanks for joining us at OSAAT this wk! Come back and see us on sat when we will be having a sneek peek competition of sundays theme, guess the theme and win a prize! Hugs Rebekah xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute little frog! Thanks so much for playing at Wee Memories!
ReplyDeleteFab card, Thanks for joining us at CSSC and good luck, hope to see you again next week too
ReplyDeleteClaire xx
This is so cute! Thanks for playing along with us at Wee Memories :)
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! Thanks for playing along at cowgirl sunday challenge!
ReplyDeleteMarianne
Cool, what a brilliant sentiment.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments:)
Just beautiful! Thanks for playing at Cowgirl Up! Hope to see you for our next challenge xx Hugs Tina (DT) xx
ReplyDeleteFun card! I Love the layout! Thanks for playing along at Cupcake Inspirations this week!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by the ranch this week ~ nice was to show some flower power!
ReplyDeleteLovely Flower. I like your card. Thanks for joining us at CSSC. Good Luck
ReplyDeleteMonika
Beautiful Card! Thanks for sharing with us this week over at OSAAT for our "Girlie & Picture Inspiration" challenge this week.
ReplyDeleteHugs Jo x
Wonderful Card, really pretty!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing with us this week over at Crafty Sentiments for our Summer Inspiration challenge this week.
Hugs Jo x
Way to rock all those challenges in just one card! Well done!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining MelJens on this birthday challenge!
Sandy, DT memeber
Sweet
ReplyDeleteThank you for joining us at this weeks challenge at Cowgirl Up!
Love the colors! Thanks for playing along with other lovelies thoughtful thursdays challenge!
ReplyDeleteGreat card Thanks for joining us at CSSC
ReplyDeleteBeccy x
Very cute!!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Sew Many Challenges this week!
Hi
ReplyDeleteLovely card!!!
Thank you for joining us this week at CSSC.
Hope to see you enter are next challenges we have a very special one on Sunday 12th September.
Hugs Alison
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Very cute image and lovely card, thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments
ReplyDeleteHow pretty, love the lattice! Thanks so much for playing at Wee Memories!
ReplyDeleteHow cute! Congrats on your new DT position! Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments.
ReplyDeleteVery cute! Thanks for playing along with us at Tiffany Doodles!
ReplyDeleteVery sweet and the lattice on the side is wonderful!
ReplyDeleteThank you for playing with us at WIS this week!
Great card! Thanks for playing along on the Queen Kat WIS challenge.
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wynneth
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Great card - thanks so much for playing along with Tiffany Doodles Challenge this month.
ReplyDeleteVery cute! Thank you for joining us for the Sentimental Sundays Clean & Simple challenge. I hope you will join us for our new challenge on Sunday.
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wow, that's a lot of challenges!
ReplyDeleteGreat card... love that bow!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at Pollycraft this week!
Hugs, Marit.
This is lovely! Thanks so much for joining us in our summer challenge over at crafty sentiments challenge this wk hugs Rebekah xx
ReplyDeleteGreat card!! Thanks so much for playing with us at Daisy Doodles :)
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