Hot or Spicy Recipe

Morning!

Happy Friday! This week has been crazy busy, so I am THRILLED that the weekend is almost here. It's a long weekend here in the States too as we celebrate Memorial Day. Looking forward to 3 days off! Hope you have a great weekend and some fun things planned!

Today I have 2 cards to share with you. One for Just Magnolia and the other for Stamp Something. But before I get to those, I want to announce the winner of my Stamp Something blog hop candy. Thanks to all who entered and hopped with us for the past week. We appreciate all the support and continued participation in the challenges. I also wanted to say a HUGE thanks to my partner in crime, Erin for all the fun we've had these past 2 years! It's been a great ride and I'm happy that we've shared it together! Hugs!

The winner of my prize, as chosen by random.org is...
Here are your random numbers:

80 

Timestamp: 2010-05-27 23:20:54 UTC

That would be #80 - Kona Jamie
Congrats Jaime! Please contact me with your mailing info and I'll get that out to you ASAP!

Just Magnolia

Now for some cards...
Our challenge this week at Just Magnolia is Hot or Spicy. We'd like you to interpret this in your own way, but some ideas are hot colors, summery colors/images, spicy colors/images, etc. Please remember to use a Magnolia image to qualify for the blog candy prize.

I decided to go with hot and used some summery colors and papers. I love this sweet image and I thought she would be perfect in purple. So I've colored her with Copics and then added some Stickles accents. The papers are BG Koishi in pretty purples and greens with a floral design, which I think is great for a summery feel. I've used the sketch from Stamp with Fun. The edges have been punched with a SU! border punch and I've embellished with ribbon, pearls, cherry blossoms, and a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps.

This card also fits the challenge at:
Your Next Stamp: Use a border punch

Stamp Something

And now I have my card for Stamp Something. This week we have a fun recipe challenge for you and it fits our month long birthday theme too. We'd like to see you use designer paper, ribbon, a bow, and a tag. Kind of like wrapping a present!

I got this sweet stamp from my friend Janna for my birthday and thought she would be perfect for this challenge. I was inspired by Dena's card over at Colour Create and decided to use the Colour Create challenge too. The challenge was soft green and light aqua, so pretty aren't they! And this BG Koishi paper was a perfect match for the challenge too. I've used the sketch from Lili of the Valley and embellished it a bit. I've also done some dry embossing on the white layer behind the image and on the top half of the card. I've embellished with stitched edges, sticky gems, ribbon/bow, cherry blossoms, roses and a tag sentiment from Whimsy Stamps.

This card also fits the challenges at:
Charisma Cardz: Circles
Delightful Challenges: Texture
Quixotic Challenges: Emboss It

Well, thanks for visiting today. I hope you have a great Friday and a fabulous weekend! Be sure to check back here on Tuesday for a new Whimsy Stamps Digital Stamp release! Lots of fun new images and sentiments will be available at Noon EST!

Until then....

Happy Stamping,