3 Cards--3 Challenges

I've made quite a few cards in the last couple of days, but haven't got around to posting, so I'm gonna try to post a few challenges in one.  So grab a coffee/tea/coke (whatever drink you like) and here we go . . .

Embellish Color Challenge w/ Embossing:
I love the vibrant pink of the flower in the inspiration photo:

Here's my card (pink polka dots are heat embossed--you can sort of tell on the bottom right of the card, and the blue is a lot more vibrant IRL):

I made the flower out of . . . get this . . . the elastic corners of an old fitted bed sheet!!  I was cutting up an old flannel sheet into rags, and when I was trimming off the elastic corners, I was left with this:  

. . . which made me think of rolling it up to get something like this . . .

I hand stitched it at the bottom to keep it together, added a button to the centre, and Voila!  I got this flower:

Curtain Call Act 27:

Some more vibrant pink flowers--this time with beautiful peonies (one of my favourite flowers--they smell just as good as they look!!)

I just got Wplus9 Studio's new Woodgrain Silhouettes stamp set and was super excited to ink it up.  This is the first card I made with the set.  (You'll be seeing a lot more cards with that set--I'm really liking it!!)

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger--Pool Inspiration:

Don't you just to jump right into this picture and lounge on that couch with a cool beverage?  Sure beats the cold and windy weather we've been having the last couple of days.

I loved the crisp white on the couch, and since there was a tree in the photo, I had to use my new large woodgrain stamp.  I stamped it a few times and then set it with white embossing powder.  I also loved that hint of aqua peeking in the corner of the photo!

Pheww!  Enough posting--I want to go get inky!!

Thanks 4 your time!