Garnet

.......that was what I saw when I looked at the spectacular inspiration board for this month's Pin Sight's Challenge .  What a gorgeous array of color!  Here's my entry:

supplies: cream, green, and 3 shades of deep red cardstock, Bold Blossoms, Painted Hugs, red sequins

I was obviously taken with that gorgeous bouquet and the sparkling rings, but oh that red velvet cake.........

Some happy news!

Hi everyone!  I'm so pleased to tell you that I'll be a guest designer at the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog all this month of December!  Many thanks to Joy Taylor for recruiting me - I know we're going to have lots of fun!  I hope you'll join me every Wednesday this month as I play along with the Design Team!

This week, Joy has provided a beautiful photo montage:

{images courtesy of Pinterest}

Beautiful, isn't it?  My eye went right to the music and the many greens, so here is my take on it:

I used these Hero Arts stamps: Classic Holly, Music Background, and Sending Holiday Cheer, these Spellbinders Nestabilities dies: Classic Oval Large and Scalloped Oval Large.  I also used old paper distress ink for the subtle music behind the holly branch, and I coated it with Glossy Accents to give it dimension.  

I hope you'll join us this week at the Simon Says Stamp blog - there's a $50.00 gift certificate up for grabs from the Simon Says Stamp Superstore!

                            

Play Date Cafe challenge #84

Here is our photo inspiration this week at the Play Date Cafe:

I found this printed dp as part of a new K&Company mat stack called Watercolor Bouquet and I thought it represented all of the colors fairly well, so I designed the whole card around it.

supplies: cream parchment and lilac cardstocks, K&Company "Watercolor Bouquet" die-cut mat pad, The Paper Studio "Textured Light Pink" dp, Lasting Impressions "limeade checks" dp, PTI flower dies and  BoBunny "Raspberry Dot" dp, Northwoods sentiment, Hobby Lobby lace, Hero Arts large flower gem