Wednesday, April 11, 2012

CAS Mother's Day Card Round One


 Trusting you all had a fabulous Easter weekend. Ours was busy, but very, very enjoyable. Always fun to spend time with family and I am so blessed to have such amazing in-laws :) 

This FTL sketch intrigued me so I decided to give it a try.  Think my tank was low after our busy weekend as I had a tough time with it...or maybe I just don't have enough DP options to make it work LOL!  Now that's an excuse to go paper shopping if I ever had one!

Not totally satisfied with the end result, so the competitive side of me says I may just have to give it a second go round to see if I can improve on it.

Thanks for the visit :)



 What's In It?
Stamps: Hero Arts
Paper: Pretty in Pink, So Saffron, Going Grey
Ink: Black
Accessories:PTI Flower Die, Crimper,Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, Scalloped Circle and Circle Nesties, MFT Daisy Die, SU Border Punch, Black Half Pearls, Dimensionals 

22 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Marisa, I think this is just beautiful and is a great interpretation of a sketch that scares me, lol! Love the colours as usual.
xxx

Unknown said...

Don't be daft Marisa!! You can't improve on perfection girl! xxx

Dawn Easton said...

Happy to hear you had a nice weekend with family!!! Always enjoyable!

You used my fave flower die!!! Need to pull mine out soon. Thanks for inspiring me!!!

Vicki Dutcher said...

Very clean and pretty card!

Debbie Carriere said...

Beautiful! Love the pop of yellow!

Christina said...

It certainly looks lovely to me! You always think of the little details like the pearls along the scalloped border. Love the bright yellow flower, too!

TannyP said...

You used swiss dots, my favorite flowers and that fabulous edge....this is a win in my books ;) Buy you go ahead and rock out another awesome card to get me inspired....you always do!

Maureen said...

that yellow just jumps up and yells Spring! It's a gorgeous complement to the pink and white! So glad you had a lovely Easter weekend...hopefully this week will be restful for you :)

Vickie Z said...

I think it's wonderful!!! Love those flowers, Swiss dots always makes me smile and love the font on the sentiment!!!

Benzi said...

Not totally satisfied?. I LOVE it. I like how you used those circle and circle scalloped nesties and the sweet pearls. Of course, the daisy die is awesome..love it in yellow.

Denise Marzec said...

Sooooo beautiful, Marisa!

Tosha Leyendekker said...

What a beautiful card Marisa!! Love the textured panel and that happy yellow flower!! :)

Sue said...

this is so beautiful, I really am inspired to use my PTI flower dies again!:)

Susan (rainy) said...

Oh I think it is lovely! Love the beautiful CAS design.

nwilliams6 said...

I vote you should do another because this is so cute and another would be cuteX2. What a super sketch, love the shape of the panels - really draws the eye to your flower. The little bead on the punched side are wonderful. This is a perfect card for a Punchkateer! Hugz.

Andrea Ewen said...

I think it looks fabulous Marisa...and if the price to pay for having such a splendid time at Easter is a reason to delve more into card making...well I'm there! The colors are perfectly sweet and you rocked that sketch! I'm sure that any mother would really appreciate this hand made beauty... My address is.... :)

Darlene Gabriel said...

I think this wonderful as it is. I love that yellow flower. It really is a very pretty card:)

Maria@Crafty Cre8tions said...

This is beautiful!!! I ALMOST bought that PTI flower die, but then I took it out of my cart. I'm sad now bc it looks so great on your card!
Love the dots on your border on the right hand side!!

Betty Wright said...

Just beautiful, Marisa! Wonderful colors and I just love the touches of sparkle! Thanks for the reminder to use my PTI flower die. I always forget this one. I love the way you used the circle and scalloped circle dies, too. I just go the scalloped grands at Mikes so looking for ways to use some mega circles! Anyway, love the card!

Colleen Dietrich said...

I think this is beautiful! Great sketch, great take on it, too.

Dawn B. said...

You competitive...no way. This is lovely. It is a tough sketch to create with. Great job.

Emily Keaton said...

Now pink, yellow, and green? What a yummy combo!!Reminds me of those lovely smooth and melty mints. Yum!!