It's a zoo....

It's officially a zoo over at GingerLoft Challenges!  Tami wants to see all your animal theme projects!

She has lots of animals in her digi shop.  Many are for sale and lots are free.  Just go in and look around.  The freebies are all mixed in.

I love the pandas that she has in the shop.  This one was just begging me to play with him!

Isn't he beautiful!  Really easy digi to work with.  Color the bamboo and a little shading around the image.  Then just embellish the card.  All of the papers here are from my stash! (bonus)

I think it ended up being a fairly elegant card.  The inside has a simple white panel with "Hello" for the sentiment in the center.

Challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  It's a zoo - animal theme
Hiding in my Craft Room:  Use glitter (striped glitter paper)
Card Crafters Circle:  To die for - die cuts that is
Hot Shot Craft Blog:  One for a boy
DYSU:  Layers
Paper Play Challenges:  Critter/s
Sarah Hurley Challenges:  Die Cuts

Recipe:

Image:  GingerLoft Designs

Stash:  Papers, Atiyou spica glitter pen

Coloring:  Copics

Die Cuts:  Spellbinders

Love

While we are all so interested in Valentines and Love, GingerLoft has jumped right into the middle of the bandwagon with their own challenge.  It runs for 2 weeks (as usual, LOL).

Whiile you don't have to use a GingerLoft digi to play, why not go check out the store and find the perfect image for this challenge!  Tami has great images that are just waiting to be colored.

I am playing with her 'Love postage stamp' today.

and inside.........

The postage stamp was printed out 4 times, each in a different color on X-press paper from copic.  The shading is done with copic markers.  No real coloring on this one! 

The twine is from The Twinery.

The heart button and ribbon is from my stash.

The DP is from a MS holiday pack.

The sentiment is from Create with TLC

: )  Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  LOVE  (DT card)

2 Sisters Challenge:  Pink, Red, White

Digi Designs:  Valentines

One Stop Craft Challenge:  For the one I love

My Sheri Crafts:  Love is in the air, must use at least 2 hearts.

Annabelle Stamps:  Say it with hearts.

CardmadFairy:  Hearts

Crafty Ann's Challenge:  Love is in the air

Delicious Doodles:  All loved up

Fairy Tale Challenge:  Love, love, love

Fussy and Fancy:  Polka dots (back DP, red with pink polka dots)

Sweet n' Sassy:  Valentines Day (with a digi)

Bling it on:  Love

By the Cute and Girly:  Love is in the air

Cute Card Thursday:  Buttons and Bows

Digi Doodles Shop:  Love is in the air

MAWTT:  Have a heart

Shelly's Images:  All tied up

Hubert is in the snow

SNOW.  That is the design requirement for the current challenge over on GingerLoft Challenges.

Definitely NOT what we have here!  110 MPH winds, 3 inches of rain in 2 days, flooding, roads washing out, sink holes.  Now that we have, and have had for a week now.  UGH!

Today, at least, it is only windy.  Not much rain, and believe me, we don't need any more rain for a couple of days!  One town just north of me had 4.95 inches of rain in 24 hrs.  TOO MUCH!

But I digress.  SNOW is the concept for this challenge.  What better way to showcase snow than with some snow flakes and a couple of penguins all ready to start their snowball fight.

I used some sticky back half pearls for the stack of snowballs!  Thought it was a cute idea.

The snow flakes are one of the Michaels $1 punches and some glitter paper.

The die cut is Spellbinders, the sentiment is punched with the SU word window.

The sentiment is from Heather at Fresh Brewed Designs. 

The ribbon is from my stash and I followed directions from a tutorial over at Dustin Pikes place,

The snow flake brad is from my stash.

The DP is DCWV photo stack.  The is torn vellum under their feet for ice and snow.
Colored with copics, SU dazzling diamonds glitter is everywhere.

Hope everyone is have a safe and dry January!

:  )  Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  Snow (DT card)
Dream Valley Challenges:  Animals
Pan Pastel:  Use 2 of something
The Crafty Pad:  Something for a boy
The Hybrid Chick:  Punches/Dies (used both)
Copic Challenge Group:  Copics, picture inspiration
Rogue Redhead Designs:  Use vellum
Send a Smile 4 Kids:  Anything goes for a kid
Delicious Doodles:  Winter Wonderland

White on white

Cruising around blog world today (while watching football!).  It  is amazing the amount of talent and creativity that is out there for everyone to see and share in.

While trying to pretend that I DON'T have a cold coming on, I saw there were a couple of challenges out there for 'white on white', 'Christmas', 'Holidays', etc.  You get the idea, there are alot of challenges out there!!  LOL  I decided to give another go at the 'White on White' challenge (which also happens to fit with alot of others at the same time!  Ha!)

and inside.....

It is really quite pretty and sparkly in person.  All that white is just a little blinding!  LOL  You should see the first pic I did with it against my normal white background.   WOW

Much easier to look at on this darker one.

Image:  GingerLoft Designs - Winter Tree

Sentiment:  SU stamp

Dry embossing:  Spellbinder snowflake stencil (first time using one, not to sure yet, hmmm)

Window die cut:  Spellbinder

Snowflake dies:  Sizzix

Flourish dies:  Die-namics (finer flourishes) and Mariannes (bolder flourish)

Glitter:  OCL 'sugar' glitter

Brads and ribbon from my stash.

: )  Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Come and Get it Challenge:  Anything Christmas

Dream Valley Challenge:  Sparkle

Pan Pastel UK Challenge:  The great outdoors

The Hybrid Chick:  Make it Sparkle

The Ribbon Girl:  Jingle all the way to Christmas

Craft Your Days Away:  Buttons or Bows

Crafty Hazelnus's Christmas:  Mainly Monochromatic (can't get much more monochromatic!)

Designed 2 Delight:  Let it Snow

Di's Digi Designs:  All White except the image

Drunken Stamper:  Monochromatic

One Stop Craft Challenge:  Let it Snow

Simply Stampin' Challenge:  Snowflake Sparkle

FairyTale Challenge:  Christmas

Fun with Shapes and More:  Cold as Ice

Pattie's Creations:  Christmas

Simply Create Too:  All about Christmas

Totally PaperCrafts:  Let it Snow

Bling it On:  It's Christmas!

Creatalicious Challenge:  Christmas and make sure it Sparkles!

Winter tree, yet again!

I have repeatedly said how much I love this image.....Winter Tree by Tami from GingerLoft Designs has to be one of my favorite images to work with of all time.

This is my 3rd Christmas using it and is still my most requested card!  It has great shading which makes is quick and easy to color, add some glitter and Ta-Da!

Today I added some lace at the bottom of the card so that I would fit in with the new challenge at GingerLoft - "Fabric, felt or lace"

Isn't this beautiful!  I know, I know, I say that every time that I use this image, but, well, Isn't it?  LOL

Image:  Winter Tree, GingerLoft Designs

Coloring:  Copic Markers, Memento ink

Window die cut:  Spellbinder

Flourish Die Cut:  Vintage Flourish, MFT die-namics

Snowflakes dies cuts:  Sizzix winter flurry (SU)

Tag:  Scribbles by Sandy

Glitter paper:  SU

Glitter:  Sugar from Our Craft Lounge

Embossing folder:  Swiss dots, CuttleBug

Pearls:  Liquid pearls in opal

Brads and Lace:  stash

Remember to enter  to  win a free copy of  My Memories suite 2 by Polaroid!

The drawing is on November 21.  You can read about it HERE

: ) Gale 

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  Fabric, felt or lace (DT card)

Paper Sundaes:  Use digi image

Ellephantastic Challenge:  Weather related

Do it with digis challenge:  Texture

Crafty Catz Weekly challenge:  Use a digi

Floweret:  Christmas card

Miami Doodles:  Christmas card

Polka Doodles:  Swirls and Pearls

Inky Impressions:  Glitter it up

BINGO anyone?

The GingerLoft Challenge blog is starting it's newest challenge!  It's BINGO!

These are your choices.  Draw a BINGO line  through three and get to creating.

Once again, I have used my favorite GingerLoft image.  The 'winter tree' is so easy and quick to work with.  Tami did an outstanding job of shading the digi so that a little color goes a long ways!

To fit the challenge I used a GingerLoft image (duh!),  I dry embossed the background and used ribbon.  The choices on the BINGO card make this an easy challenge to join!

On the inside of the card:

Image:  Winter Tree, GingerLoft Designs

Sentiment:  Our Craft Lounge

All die cuts:  Spellbinders

Coloring:  Copic markers

Glitter:  Our Craft Lounge

Stick pin:  Handmade

Ribbon, buttons and brad:  from my stash

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenge:  BINGO (DT card)

A Gem of a Challenge:  Cold and Frosty

Little Claires Designs:  Christmas

SSDS:  Monochromatic

Wee Memories:  Brads, buttons or bows (I used all three)

Bah! Humbug!:  Use those die cuts

Card Makin' Mamas:  Use your die cuts

Crafty Purple Frog:  Sparkle

Crafty Ribbon Challenge:  BINGO (glitter, button, handmade embellishment)

Crimbo-Crackers:  Anything goes - must be Christmas

Fall colors

Well, the deer is cut and wrapped! (except for the backstrap and one pack of steaks, really good!

DH is still going out with his hunting buddy (he hasn't got his deer yet) so once again I get to play all weekend long!   Good for me, not so great for any housework, laundry, etc.  LOL

Today I am posting a card using the image "Fall Collage" by GingerLoft Designs.

This is a beautiful and versatile image.  I love the faces on the leaves!

I tinkered with the image in Word and printed the image in that rusty orange color instead of black.  I printed it twice so that I could cut out the second set of leaves and the second clock.  They are colored and then put on the image with pop-dots.

The matting is black cardstock cut with a spellbinder.  There is clear fiber around the picture, between the image and the mat. The streaks of rain and the drops have Glossy Accents on them.  The leaves and ribbon are from my stash. The leaves were green wo I played with my copic markers until they looked like fall instead of spring!  Once again I have used this wonderful DP from DCWV.  If you haven't used one of their Photo Stacks, you really don't know what you are missing!

The card is 4 X 4.

:) Gale

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  Fall or halloween (DT card)

Card Cupids:  Color orange

Paper Sundaes:  Fall

RRR:  Fall, must use ribbon

CES Challenge Blog:  Forever Autumn

SSDS Challenge:  Falling for you...anything with leaves

Fussy and Fancy:  Fall or halloween

Crop Stop:  Falling Leaves

Rainbow Lady's Challenge:  Falling Leaves

Delightful Challenges:  Colours of Fall

Fall is here!

Fall is definitely here.  Nice cool nights that make for easy sleeping, rainy days and the DH out hunting.  Only......he is a ride along because  HE GOT OUR DEER!

If you can't tell, I love venison.  We had backstrap and eggs for breakfast yesterday!  Yummmm!

Now, onto cards.  I got to play in my craft room for a couple of hourse today!  Too much fun.

The first card is a fall card using a GingerLoft image;

The image is from GingerLoft.

DP from DCWV

Leaf image from Our Craft Lounge

Coloring with Copic markers

Sponging with Memento inks

Twine from The Twinery

Liquid pearls for the bling

Die cuts and border are all Spellbinders.

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Our Craft Lounge:  Fall or Halloween

Crafters Cafe:  Fall with orange, yellow and brown

Creative Stamp Friends:  Autumn colors

NettieG's digital Gems:  Fall/Autumn colors

The Pink Elephant: Photo  inspiratiion

ECP Challenges:  Fall or Thank  you



Orange is the Color

Autumn, halloween, fall...................all wonderful reasons to use orange in your art work. That is if you are like me and rarely use orange, and need a reason!  It has been raining here pretty much non-stop since yesterday morning.   That pretty much slaps you in the face with with fall,   Orange screams 'halloween' to me so that is where I had to go for the challenge over at GingerLoft Challenges today!

The wonderful spooky pumpkins are from Tami at GingerLoft designs.  The candy corn DP is from DCWV Photo stack.  I used a versa-mark pen on a few of the top candies and used clear embossing powder on them.  Gives dimension without having to  do 3D.  Makes for much cheaper mailing costs!But then I went and ruined the postage costs by fussy cutting out 3 of the pumpkins and their vines and putting them on the card with dimensionals, LOL!

The sentiment is cut from the 'October 31' cartridge on my cricut and outlined with a glitter pen.  The ribbon and eyeball stickers are from my stash.  The image is cut out and backed with Spellbinder die cuts doing an outside the box technique (see lower left pumpkin).   Of course, all the coloring is with my copic markers. (doh!)

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  The Color Orange (DT Card)
I Did It Creations:  Use Orange
Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Halloween
Tando Creative Challenges:  Spooktastic
Just Some Lines:  Fall Colors
Frosted Designs:  Fussy Cutting
Art  Impressions:  Halloween
Crafty Ribbons Challenge:  Pretty Spooky
MAWTT:  Spooky Halloween Cards
Stampin' B's Design:  Halloween Card

Don't forget the PARTY that starts tomorrow!

Play some games, create some art and maybe even win a goodie or two.

Come play with us!

:)  Gale

Swing on a Star

Would you like to swing on a star?  I love this new image and sentiment from GingerLoft Designs.

Add a sky and this card is perfect for the 'Make a sky' challenge on GingerLoft.

Some ribbon, a couple flat back pearls and a Spellbinder die cut set off these newbies from

GingerLoft Designs.  Add a sky done with Memento inks and a Stampscapes stamp and

the sky is done.  A little bit of glitter on the moon gives a touch of sparkle.

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Designs:  Make a sky (DT card)
There she goes stamps:  One layer card, POP your image (Moon and sentiment on dimensionals) 
Delicious Doodles:  New to you (just got the image from GingerLoft)
Twisted Sketches:  Get Inky

Playing with a freebie!

What can be better than playing with a 'freebie'?!

That's the challenge over at GingerLoft Challenges for this 2 weeks.  We have taken a couple of

much needed weeks off and are back and raring to go.  Check out the beautiful cards the DT have

made (mine is just below), pick up the freebie for yourself and play along with us. 

Don't forget to read what Tami has to say before posting your card, she a another freebie available

just by reading her comments and doing just one little thing........no...I'm not telling!  Go read it!  LOL

One last note, Tami is looking for a few good DT and it could be you!  This is one of the most laid back

DTs you can be on and Tami is amazingly generous with her digis.  If you want it, she gets it to you and

if she doesn't have it, she designs it for you!  Just put DT after your name on your entry if you are interested i

joining our happy crew.

Now, on to my card using this fortnights freebie........................

Not my best pic...sorry.  The cattails are soft and fluffy.  They have brown sparkly fluff on them.  Almost makes them feel real!  The addition of the white gel pen ripples in the water give the illusion of movement.

recipe:

Image:  GingerLoft Designs

Coloring:  Copics

Ink:  Ranger distress ink (on the embossed background)

Embossing:  Cuttlebug embossing folder

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Cattails fluff:  Our Craft Lounge Sparkly Fluff

Ribbon, twine and dragonfly brads:  From my stash

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  Freebie challenge (DT card)

Color Me Creative #25:  Winged thing-must use copics

Just some lines:  Embossing

Marks Finest #69:  Emboss it

Crafty Sentiment Designs:  No Sentiment

It's all about the sparkle!

GingerLoft Challenges wants to see you shine!  Or, at least your project. 

"Make it Sparkle"

This is a  nice, long, easy challenge so get your craft on.  Then add some glitter, some stickles or anything else that you have that sparkles and join on in.

We are taking a summer hiatus here at GingerLoft and won't be back until August 20th!  That means you can take your time and really put all the sparkle and shine you want into this project!

I did a center step card using Tami's image 'Star Gazer'

She is printed on copic express blend paper (love this stuff!) and colored with copic markers.

The card base is kraft covered in a pale blue mirror paper.  There is glitter on the star, moon and some of the background swoops (or whatever they are called!  LOL)

The fine line glittering in the hair andon the hat are done with a Gelly Roll clear star pen.  There are

Glossy Accents on the eyes and tears of the mask.

The fabric ribbon and the really cool paper ribbon (music strip) are a Kanban product.  I won a bunch of their products from 'Moving Along with the Times' in a challenge a couple weeks ago.

The bling along the right side is from Recollections and the die cut was made with a Spellbinders.

This card may be entered in  the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:: Make it Sparkle (DT card)
Deep Ocean Challenge:  Make a card
Digital Tuesday Challenge:  Bling it up with a Digi
Frosted Designs:  Recipe- I used ribbon and a pearl
OSAAT:  Anything goes
Bearly Mine:  Anything goes

Cowboy Up!

Cowboy Up girlfriend!

Playing with a new digi and, well, it went country on me!  LOL

Isn't this too cool!  Just love the image, the papers, even the colors! 

The card is 6x6.  Really big for me, fun to have all that room!

The main image is from GingerLoft Designs.  The sentiment is a John Wayne quote.  Fits perfectly with the image, doesn't it?! 

The DPs are from Color Blok (pink paisley) and Creative Imaginations (cowboy boots).

The coloring is done with copic markers, the sponging around the sentiments is Memento inks.

The twine is from Jillibean.  The borders are done with an EK success punch and the die

cut is Spellbinders.  The saddle and the cactus are both up on dimensionals.

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

Sentimental Sundays:  Anything Goes

KB Cute Monday:  Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion:  Anything Goes

Little Claire's Designs:  Pink and Brown

Card and Scrap:  Die cut and punch

Divas by Design:  Die cut and punch

Beads, beads, well, maybe pearls...

Add some beads, any kind will do!  (I used pearls).  GingerLoft Challenges is asking you to use those beads!  Tami has lots of images for free and for purchase.  Come and visit the store, get out your goodies and play along.

This image is called 'Flowering tree'.  Isn't it gorgeous! 

Pearls, ribbon and paper are from my stash. (pearls on the edges are liquid pearls!)

The coloring is copics.

Die cuts are spellbinders.

Border punch is fiskars.

Sentiment is from Create with TLC. 

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  Use your beads (DT card)
Stampavie and More:  Butterflies
Amber's Crafts and Stuff:  Summer Time
Delightful Challenges:  Fun in the Sun
Wags 'n Whiskers:  Summer Time

Tie a Yellow Ribbon.....

GingerLoft is putting out the yellow ribbons over Memorial Day.  A special challenge that also emphasizes our thanks to all the current and past members of the US armed forces.  (My dad is retired USAF)\

So, join our challenge, add a yellow ribbon, and remember to thank a veteran!

Both of these digital images are in the GingerLoft store.  Tami has such a wonderful variety of images to work with.

Colored with copics, die cuts using spellbinders and Mariannes, and beautiful yellow ribbon from my stash.

Both cards came together easily.  The sentiment on the second card is from 'Create with TLC'.

And don't forget our very first
BLOG HOP -
ASIAN INSPIRED
starts on the 12th of JUNE......mark this on your calender
and if you sign up now at the GingerLoft site.  You will be in the running for
$10 gift certificate...
It's going to lot's of fun!!

This card may be entered in the folowing challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  Tie a Yellow Ribbon (DT card)

A Spoonful of Sugar:  Things with Wings

DYSU:  Animals

Crafty Purple Frog:   Something beautiful

Card Making Mamas:  Use your scraps (the entire kite card is from scraps)

Frosted Designs:  Summer games, picnics or BBQ 

Allsorts:  Things with Wings

Grow a Tree

Grow a tree.  That is the challenge over at GingerLoft Challenges this fortnight.  Well, at least use one on your project!  This was an easy one as Tami has alot of tree images at her digi store.  Buy one or pick up a freebie and see what you can do.  Remember the old tire swing in the backyard at the old homestead.....

This side view show how dimensional dots are used to raise the tree and tire off the page.  The rope is just some kitchen twine. 

The image and the sentiment are from GingerLoft Designs.  The papers, crow and glitter dots on the right side are from my stash.  The coloring is done with copics.  There is a little sparkly fluff (from OCL) on the clouds.  The label is cut with a spellbinder die.

This card may be entered i n the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges DT card:  Grow a Tree

Anything Goes Challenge Blog:  Home Sweet Home

Pile it On Challenge:  Kids come out to play

Under the Sea

It's a beautiful day, both above water and under the sea!  Today starts the 'Under the Sea' challenge over at GingerLoft Challenges.  Tami has gone out of her way to provide an amazing array of sea life digi's to play with this fortnight.  Check out her store, buy or find a digi and get creating! 

From jellyfish to manatees from sea turtles to dolphins.  Let us "sea" the wonders of the sea:)  The random winner will receive 3 digis of their choice from our Gingerloft store and our top 3 will be the next challenge GDT. 

I couldn't choose so I did two cards as DT for this challenge.

The turtles are stamped on Neenah solar white.  Then, stamped a 2nd time, colored (copics of course), cut out and popped on top of the original image.  The jellyfish were stamped on scraps, colored, and cut out.  I used my flower shaper tool to round out the domes and then popped the domes and glued the  'arms' (?) onto the paper.  Add some DP, ribbon and clear teardrops from my stash.  Put it all onto a card embossed with my CB embossing folder bubbles.  The sentiment is from OCL and punched out with SU word window

This card uses Tami's manatee image.  Isn't he cute!  Colored with copics on Neenah solar white.  Ek success border punch, spellbinders nestie for the sentiment, ribbon and bling from my stash and the CB embossing folder 'bubbles'. 

These cards may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  Under the Sea (DT)
Amber's Crafts and Stuff:  Use digi stamps
Southern Girls Challenge:  Green and Blue
Paper Cutz Challenge:  Anything goes

Show me some Flowers!

GingerLoft Challenge Blog is at it again.  This fortnight the challenge is to Show me some Flowers!

Tami has an amazing number of digi's, both for sale and for free in her store.  Just go to the challenge site and follow the hot air balloons to her store! 

Now, on to the challenge.

 

One of my favorite stamps at GingerLoft is called 'Playground'.  The look on this dog's face just says it all, and so much.  I can see using him for a " I'm going to miss you", "sorry I missed your birthday", "how can I help" etc card.  Acutally, I have used him for all of those!The coloring is with copics.  The pawprint punch is EK Success.  The papers, ribbon, flowers and brads are all from my stash!  (My new years resolution to not buy any new papers until I have used 75% of what I already have (except cardstock) is still intact!)

I love the daisy DP paper used as the background. 

This card may be entered in to the following challenges:
Stamp Something:  Use a digi
Craft Us Crazy:  Be one with Nature
Paper Playtime:  Digi anything goes
Tip Top Tuesday:  Use a favorite (this digi)
Allsorts Challenge:  Card for a teenager
Simply Create:  Use flowers
Sarah Hurley Challenge:  Four-legged friends
Meljens Designs:  Animal
Charisma Cardz:  Four-legged friends
Belli Challenge:  Animal

Our Furry Friends

Today is the start of the new challenge at  GingerLoft Challenges.  Every 2 weeks, a challenge, this time it is "Our Furry Friends", is posted.  Tami has lots of wonderful digital images available in her store.  There are freebies and digis for sale as well.  Go and visit GingerLoft designs, pick up an image and come and play.

This is Bentley.  He is a new image for Tami, and he is just adorable.  Can't you just see him trying to figure out how to get to that hive with the honey.  You know that little round body isn't going to be climbing that tree any time soon!  LOL

Bentley (the bear), the hive and the bees are all on dimensionals.  All of the diecuts are spellbinders, the coloring is copics.  The sponging is with Memento inks.  All papers, brads and ribbon are from my stash.

Bentley also has some Sparkley Fluff from Our Craft Lounge on him for the furry factor! The ribbon is actually dark blue, not black.

This card may be posted in the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges:  Use die cuts

Paper Pretties:  Card for a child

Digital Tuesday:  Use die cuts

Stampin' Royalty:  Use markers

Cute Card Thursday:  Shiny, happy cards

Totally Paper Crafts:  Do it with a digi

Res-Q:  Something that makes you Happy

Gingerloft Challenge-Things that Fly

Sunday is the start of the newest 2 week challenge at GingerLoft Challenges.  This time the theme is 'Things that Fly'.  Tami has a  multitude of images, both free and for sale, that are in her store.  Go check it out, pick something out and give it a try.  Seems like there are more entries every challenge and we would love to have yours be one!  We try to visit all the entries and leave comments, please feel free to check out our blogs as well!. 

For this challenge, I used the GingerLoft image 'Sunflower Collage'.  What an amazingly versatile image.  I proved this by my use this challenge. 

My neighbor of 20+ years passed this week.  Clara will be missed as a staple of our neighborhood.  I made this card for her family on the day of her funeral.  I didn't think to take a side picture of it so I will try to describe the dimensions in it.

The image was printed twice.  The first copy was cut out in  a rectangle, colored and then crumpled up.  I hand smoothed it out and then used Memento london fog ink and rubbed the pad over the white area to pick up the color on the wrinkles.  With the second copy, I again colored the flower and the butterfly.  I cut both of them out.  With the butterfly, the center is directly on the background, the wings are up on pop dots.  Tiny pearls are placed on the body.  For the sunflower, I curved the petals of the flower out as much as I could.  The center of the flower was  mounted directly on the background image and the curved petals were left curved up.  Pearls at the top and on the sides, a black ribbon bow and a SU sentiment finish off this sympathy card. 

Image:  Sunflower Collage by GingerLoft

Sentiment:  SU

Die Cut:  Spellbinders

Colors:  Copic Markers

Stamp/sponge ink:  Memento Ink

Pearls/Ribbon:  my stash

This card may be entered in the following challenges:

GingerLoft Challenges:  Things that fly (DT card)
Stampin' Royalty:  Things with wings
Paper Cutz Challenge:  Any color and theme
Stamping Vacation:  No tags
Papertake Weekly Challenge:  Ribbon and/or pearls