happiness always & Happy Easter - PPC-CC50 DT

Here are my two creations for the Picture Perfect Creations - Color Combo Challenge #50 - Early Espresso, Peach Parfait, & Pretty in Pink. Sometimes I really suck at these color combo challenges. Other times they just fall right into line. This one was a challenge for me, mostly because I didn't have anything Peach Parfait. So I matched it as closely as I possibly could. The second card was actually my 1st attempt. I liked it but found I wasn't "IN LOVE" with it. The first card was done last and I found I "Loved" it just a little bit more. :O)
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Betty aka ZacksNana
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happiness Always - CCT107 MONO MANIA

happiness Always - Cute Card Thursday Challenge #107 Mono Mania. I saw a similar card to this in my May 2010 issue of CARDMAKER Magazine. It works perfectly for this challenge. I used 3 shades of grey and one whisper white cardstock from Stampin' Up! I ran the middle shade of grey through my Cuttlebug using the harlequin embossing folder. My stamps are from Kaiser Crafts and Stampin' Up! I stamped with Imprintz white pigment ink and embossed with Up Town silver powder. I used my Martha Stewart picket fence border punch on a 2 x 12 inch strip of white computer paper for my frilly matte under my medium grey scallop circle. The pearls on my scallop are from Kaiser Crafts. My velvet flowers are from 7 Gypsies. I added little irredescent pearls to the centers. Ribbons are from RAKs.

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Betty aka ZacksNana

happiness Always - PCP CUTTLEBUG-ERS #60

I can't believe we are up to challenge #60! But we are and I found, through visiting a random blog stroll Ikki's Cuttlebug Cupboard and this card in paticular.
She did her card a little differently but for the most part the directions are the same.
Below are my instructions following Ikki's guidelines.

First I used the D'Vine Swirls folder across the card embossed, lightly inked and added 2 score lines.

The 2 half circles DO NOT OPEN. They were made by cutting the 2nd largest scalloped circle, which I embossed with the Victoria folder and slightly inked and matted on a piece of light blue I cut with the largest pinked circle die. Then cut in half. By punching 2 eyelets and joining together with ribbon from the scalloped edge - you get the effect that it will open. I stamped the "happiness Always" sentiment using the Whimsical Words set from Stampin' Up!

Ikki also says, "If you used vellum or a lightweight paper you could wrap a full circle round the card."

So PAPERCRAFTPLANET CUTTLEBUG-ERS CHALLENGE #60 is to emboss, emboss and cut...

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Betty aka ZacksNana