Island fun...

Hi everyone! :)

With summer in full swing here in Missouri I thought I'd bring you a little summer fun today! For this little gem I used my all time favorite DeNami flower stamps...the Hibiscus'.

I just love fun and bright cards. I used lime green, orange and hot pink...they just scream summer!! I used several different stamps since I made my own background. I just love the little palm leaf because you can stamp the solid one in a light color then stamp the "colorable" one over the top of it in a darker color. Even if your stamps aren't perfectly on top of each other, it still looks great...kinda like you meant to do that ;)  . The addition of hot pink sequins and a fun paper ribbon treatment just tops it all off!

Stamps:

• small solid palm trees
• small solid bamboo leaf
• small bamboo leaf
• medium bold hibiscus
• small solid hibiscus
• sending you sunshine

That's it for me today...see ya on Friday!!

Bright & Bold Hibiscus

I originally had a different post scheduled for today. On Sunday I made a little card for the current CAS-ual Friday challenge but I was over there earlier taking a peek at what the other gals had submitted and saw a card so similar to mine that someone would think I copied...I simply can't enter it now! I spent quite a bit of time on it and even made 2 versions, what a bummer! Ahhh well, I'll still post it sometime right here so all is not lost I guess. But don't ya just hate when stuff like that happens...what are the odds?? Well, on with today's post!

I came up with plan B and decided to make a little something that not only fit the current CAS-ual Friday challenge, but like yesterday's post, fits my challenge right here on the Addict blog too.

Here's my take on these challenges...

I just love the brightness of this card. The lime green cardstock is so bright and bold against the black card base. I added some pink hibiscus flowers for a fun summery card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Pink hibiscus

Today I have a bright and fun card for your viewing pleasure. I really liked the layout I came up with for last months DeNami color challenge and decided to try it out again.

For the flowers I wanted a soft look for the coloring and a bold look for the outline. To get the look I wanted, I took a piece of white cardstock and "distressed" it using a light pink Memento ink before stamping the flowers in a darker pink and fussy cutting them out. Whatcha think? And seriously, where have these hibiscus stamps been all my life?? I just bought them in the last couple of weeks...WHY didn't someone tell me what I was missing??? I think this must be my new favorite...sigh...love :)

Please leave me a comment and let me know what you think....good or bad....or even better - what would you have done differently??...crafty minds wanna know!