Paper Minutes - Spring Flowers

Here is my entry for Paper Minutes (Spring Flowers). I have used one of my small watercolor paintings for my image.

The 3 Muses - Paper Minutes Challenges

I made this card today for The Three Muses challenge (outside the frame - birds or other). I have my brown framed card sitting on a turquoise cardstock in order to photograph it. The butterfly is attached only on the body.

I am also entering this in the Paper Minutes challenge (colors of orange, turquoise, brown).

I will permanently back my card face to the turquoise before sending it on to someone as a greetings card.

Since everyone else did digital, I made mine into a digital too.

See below:

Paper Minutes - sketch

Paper Minutes gave us a complex sketch to make a card. I have used several newly acquired decorative papers to do mine. Also the blue background stamp is from one that I cut out from craft foam. I used a shiny blue acrylics paint.

Paper Minutes - sketch

Here is my entry for the Paper Minutes challenge. I made everything from double-sided papers so the petals can be bent up to show the undersides.

Paper Minutes - Blue and White

My entry for Paper Minutes is totally blue and white. The background is the blue and white security liner from an envelope. The ribbon did go straight across but it slipped in the scanner. However, I like it better this way.

Lächeln ist die Seele Küsse.

Summer red and lime green tag

This tag is for Paper Minutes (red and lime green) and Tag Tuesday (summer).

The background was made digitally using Dezinaworld background and some brushes I designed. I printed that off and found this delightful lighthouse that was white and red. (The house looks gray in the scan but it really is white.)

Blogger Troubles for TIO & Paper Minutes

Finally I can post my entries. The top one is for Tag it On and the theme is Faces. I used for the background an enlarged photo of an antique postcard. The stamp is by Hearts in Touch.

The lower photo is my entry for Paper Minutes. I used a paper napkin that has the rose and old writing on it. The image is from ACF.

Three in One Entry

Here is my tag for Tag Tuesday (Arbor Day) and for Paper Minutes (olive green, cream, and rose), and for Created by Hand (ribbons). Normally I try to avoid doing multiple challenges with one entry because I end up not doing justice to any of the challenges. However, all three fit in so well that I hope this is ok.

Paper Minutes - sketch

Paper Minutes has a sketch this week. I am not good at sketches but this looked like one I could do. The asian images were sent to me by Frankie, a fellow blogger.

Paper Minutes

The 3 colors selected for the theme for Paper Minutes are brown, turquoise, and mint. Here is my entry.

Paper Minutes - 3 colors

Paper Minutes wants us to use the colors: petrol, blue, and white in our cards or other art work this week. I found the word: petrol in wikipedia saying it means a dark blue-green.  So here is my version of using these three colors.

Thanks - Red and Green

Paper Minutes wants us to use red and green but not Christmasy. Here is my very simple version of the theme (very busy day ahead of me).

This also works for Created by Hand: thanks.

Fun with ATCs and Paper Minutes

My ATC is for two challenges: Paper Minutes (brown, yellow and pink) and Fun with ATCs  (flowers).
Background: Cardstock is sprayed with Moon Shadow mists.
"I love you a latte" - stamp from Swirly Stamps,  is heat embossed.
The flower is from a Martha Stewart punch.

Cup and saucer - Cuttlebug folder was used on Bazzill cardstock.

The ATC with yellow flowers is one of my watercolors I did last week.

Happy Birthday and Orange, Blue, Black

I hope this card is orange, blue and black enough for Paper Minutes challenge this week. With the Happy Birthday greetings, it should satisfy the requirements for Crazy Amigo challenge (Birthday). This is my Li'l Redhead, who usually wears a red and white shirt and has a tan straw hat.

Mice ATCs

Here are two mouse ATCs. The top one is for the colors given for Paper Minutes (Red, Rose, Green, Brown).  The second one is for Fun with ATCs where the challenge is to use the sketch given. It uses the same colors so it can also be for Paper Minutes.

Paper Minutes & Created by Hand

With all this snow on the ground, I am ready for spring to come. So I decided to do a springlike entry for Paper Minutes (triangle) and Created by Hand Challenge (anything but square or rectangle). 

I started with a dark green Bazzill card stock and randomly placed two-sided green floral foil over the surface. I placed 3 ribbons on that. Next I colored with watercolor pencils a bunch of tulips I had stamped. I finished the tulips by clear embossing them.

Paper Minutes 98 - sketch

Given a nice sketch for this week's challenge, I created this card for Paper Minutes. The background paper is a bought one. Usually I create my own backgrounds. The Li'l Redhead, of course, is my own design and painting.

Green and Rose -Paper Minutes

I don't have the same shade of green or of rose as the inspiration piece, but I think this is close enough. Rose and green are the challenge color combination this week for Paper Minutes. I used this heart shaped stamp and my baby picture.

Take a Break - Tea Time

Paper Minutes has as its theme this week: Relax. I am a tea drinker, not much of a coffee drinker, so I chose this Dover image of two friends sharing a relaxing moment.  Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog has as its theme: Tea Time.

Paper Minutes #95

I used the sketch provided by Paper Minutes to make this card to welcome a new baby. The image is from Dover Publications freebies. The maple leaves are digital brushes from Photoshop Elements. The butterflies are brushes I made myself.