Stamp Act: Serendipity Stamps ~ Valentine & Easter DT Challenge.....

Hi!

I will have 2 posts for you today so check back around 1 for my Jbelle post! In case you have stopped by for the details on the Jbelle Tuesday challenge, it is a sketch this week and can be found HERE!

This month's DT challenge for Serendipity Stamps was to make either Valentine or Easter cards! It was a nice break from Christmas cards to make the 2 I am going to show you today. It makes it even more enjoyable when you LOVE the images you are using!!! Here is my Valentine/Mother's Day card ~

The base of this card is Barely Banana with a mat of Sage Shadow and then Vintage Cream from PTI. the decorative mat is first Chocolate Chip CS and then one of the patterns from My Minds Eye Be Loved Collection. I ran the striped paper through my Cuttlebug using my leaves embossing folder. I then added some pink May Arts lace and some off white ribbon I had in my stash that I have NO idea where I got it!!! The image is by Serendipity Stamps and is called Heart Topiary and can be found HERE. I stamped the image on Vintage Cream CS using Black Momento ink and then colored using a combination of Copics and Prismacolor pencils. I cut the image out and matted it on first Pink Pirouette and the another piece of polka dot DP from the same MME collection. I cut the 2 mats using my Labels Four Nesties. I then added Zva pearls.

Here is another card I made using Serendipity Stamps ~

The base of this card is Whisper White and was embossed using my Swiss Dots embossing folder just at the bottom of the card. The stamped the darling Easter Chick image using Basic Black ink on Whisper White CS. I then colored using a blender pen and Apricot, Tangerine, Banana, Mustard and Artichoke ink pads as well as my Prismacolor pencils. I cut the image out using my oval Nesties and then matted on a scalloped oval of Tangerine Tango CS. The decorative leaf paper is from My Minds Eye Bloom & Grow Collection and was punched at the bottom using my Martha Stewart flower border punch and then matted using Artichoke CS. I added some scrap white silky ribbon and Zva clear rhinestones along the border. The final little detail I added was some white flock on the little chickie using my Quickie glue pen.

For some more inspiration and beautiful creations, please visit my teammates blogs here ~

Thanks for stopping by and I'll be back at 1 with my Jbelle card! Have a great morning!

~Lynda