Pink roses on yellow - round panel card

The recipe for this card spells the word TULIPS:

T is for the looped trim and also for texture.
U is for unusual item:  I embellished my round rose panel with a star that had fallen off from a scarf (pictured below)! So the letter U is also for used (in the sense of re-cycled) item.
L is for the loops in the punched trim, and also for the two silver leaf-shaped sequins, and for the lines I drew with a gold marker pen.
I is for the image and also for an item that has been re-cycled (which is an Easter egg packaging box - you can see part of the product picture in the previous post).
P is for pink roses and also for the pearls I used to embellish them with.
S is for the sentiment, and also for the sequins.

Challenges:
In Joan's Gardens Ch. 04-25-13;

Pink roses on yellow - square panel card

The recipe for this card spells the word tulips:

T is for the trim (under the panel) and also for texture.
U is for unusual item: I used one half of a bead on my card. That's because I had run out of dew drops, I resolved to sawing a pink translucent bead in half.
L is for the loops (in the punched trim) and also for the leaf I hot-glued to the roses.
I is for the image and also for an item that has been re-cycled (which is an Easter egg packaging box - you can see part of the product picture below.)
P is for pink roses and also for the panel they are on.
S is for the sentiment, and also for the sequins I decorated the rose petals with.

Challenges:
In Joan's Gardens Ch. 04-25-13; DRS Designs Ch. #67 (pastels);

Black and white sympathy card in lace curtain style

  

I cut a panel from lace fabric and added a lace trim underneath. Then I cut a narrow ribbon out of a roll of wide floristry ribbon and made a small bow.

I decorated the lace flowers with clear gem stones and the one above the bow with a piece of hair decoration. It's from a set that I have picked up for very little money, thinking that I would use this in crafting rather than for its intended purpose - they are little glitter glue stickers in the shape of a flower with a gem stone in the middle.

The product is kind of funny so I have added the picture to this post, along with the detail from my card. Somehow I'm not keen on decorating my hair with stickers - nor the idea of having to comb them all out afterwards - but some people obviously do...!

The recipe for this card spells the word TULIPS:
T is for the trim (under the panel) and also for texture
U is for an unusual item I used which is the hair accessory - see detail photo and product picture below
L is for lace
I is for an item that has been re-cycled (the fabric)
P is for the patterned panel
S is for the sentiment and also for sympathy

Challenges:
In Joan's Gardens Ch. 04-25-13; 

Birthday tulips in the snow

Being asked what this card depicts, I would say it's tulips in the snow next to cross country skiing track... Well, it's either that or else it's an abstract design. 

Note that the pink tulip's stem (that's the one in the middle) is blue - there were no green stems left in the sticker set I used , and it contained only bright colours so this was the darkest of them.

Sympathy card with black and white flower ribbon

The twig is a stamp from DRS Designs, I heat embossed it in silver and embellished with a ribbon bow. Underneath is a printed organza ribbon and a narrow gingham ribbon.

Challenges:

White and blue with felt butterfly

Continuing in the butterfly spirit...

The top of this card is stamped with Polka dots, a background stamp from DRS Designs, and heat embossed. 

Below that you can see a sentiment ribbon which I colored from the reverse with watercolour pencils. 

Then comes a white faux grosgrain ribbon with debossed roses, dotted with sequins, and below that a length of white sequinned ribbon, embellished with an ornate felt butterfly. 

Challenges:

Blue and white butterfly trail

I'm not sure how I feel about card designs that don't have a centre focal point, but every now and then I seem to end up with one that I just can't NOT make if you know what I mean. Here some faux stitching along the edge is all that holds the two focal points in this card design together.

I placed a lace butterfly on top of a dotted foam butterfly and embellished it with a sticky back jewel and a trail of sequins resembling rain drops which are going to fall on the flowers.

Above the sentiment ribbon - which I colored in from the reverse with a blue Copic marker - is a foam flower with a sequin flower on top, and two fabric flowers with beads in the centre.

Challenges:
At Joan's Gardens Ch. #11-4-13; 

Blue and white birthday basket

This cardstock in a cloudy blue and white pattern reminds me of the sky on a nice weather day - it somehow makes the white basket appear as if it floats like a hot air balloon. It is cut from a wallpaper sample, decorated with a gingham bow and a button, two butterflies and three kinds of flowers: fabric, jewel and brad (the white one).

Challenges:
At Joan's Gardens Ch. #11-4-13, PanPastel UK Ch. #15;