Two Cards in one post, oh my!

This morning was pancake morning at our house (I've discovered a lovely vegan pancake recipe for Lent that we've been enjoying. This morning was pumpkin with chocolate chips.) and then I got to run adult errands All By Myself while my hubby took care of the boy. I actually got a few things accomplished before noon, imagine that! Unfortunately, since the weather turned nice, my legs have started to swell and my feet resemble sausages more than feet (although my husband says because it is Lent I can't say that around him because it makes him crave sausages...okay, so my feet resemble Gimme Lean instead) so I'm thinking I'm going to have to spend more time with my feet up in the next month and half. Oh well. At least the swelling is late in the game this time 'round. With my son, I wasn't in regular shoes from the second trimester on!

Ok, so I have two cards to post and just wanted to post once today, so you get a special treat!
The first card uses this week's Diva Coffee Break Designs sketch and my own color inspiration. I saw a girl wearing a dress in these colors on St. Patrick's Day and thought it would make a great color combo for a card. I turned the sketch on its side (mostly because the piece of whisper white I wanted to use was that length) and got busy with my markers. I made the Taken with Teal ribbon by markering some white grosgrain, which worked well. The rhinestone brad was really a last minute addition.

As in, I was taking the photograph of the card and decided to add it. I pulled the card out of the photo tent, gently pried the panel away from the dimensionals (usually this doesn't work out well for me, but this once it did!) and carefully inserted the rhinestone brad. Voila! I think it added just the right finishing touch to the card.


The second card is one I made yesterday using the Splitcoast sketch for this week plus the Stamping 411 color inspiration for the week. My husband's cousin just had twins by C-section and I wanted to send them a nice card. The colors made me think of the Love Bug set for some reason and I thought it adapted well for a twins card. Plus the sketch worked great with the idea I had in my head! I watercolored the images using my Aquapainter and markers (the trick to doing this with a small image is blot, blot, blot. I had a tissue in my hand and after every stroke I blotted the tip of the painter on it). I created the Elegant Eggplant dsp by stamping the small bloom from Bella's Bloom very close together on the cardstock with Versamark.


Supplies, Together Forever Card:
Glorious Green, Night of Navy, Taken with Teal, Whisper White cs
Together Forever stamp set
Jet Black Staz-On, Glorious Green, Night of Navy, Taken with Teal Markers
white grosgrain ribbon
rhinestone brad
dimensionals
scallop edge punch

Supplies, Twin Love Bugs Card:
Elegant Eggplant, So Saffron (textured) Old Olive cs, Watercolor paper, Old Olive dsp
Love Bug, Hugs and Wishes, Yummy, Bella's Bloom stamp sets
Versamark, Jet Black Staz-On, Elegant Eggplant, So Saffron, Old Olive markers
1 1/4", 1 3/8", scallop circle punches
Wide oval/large oval punches
modern label punch