My Last Challenge as DT Member for H2H.....Sniff, Sniff.....

That is right.  This is my last submission to the Heart 2 Heart Challenges as a member of the Design Team.  This has been a wonderful experience and I want to thank Mary for allowing me to participate with this very talented group of artists.  Welcome to the new Design Team and I cannot wait to see what you come up with for these very fun challenges.

This week our challenge was to use the colors Barn Red, Bamboo, and any color of blue in our artwork.   I have been incredibly busy this week with gatherings and an open house.  I was so tired that I asked my daughter-in-law to tell me what to use on my card.  Pick a stamp set, any stamp set!  She told me to use C1445 Bless This Nest.  I took a nap, got up, and spent the next few hours coming up with this card.

I am so loving this card.  It was the first card in a long while that just went together without too much trouble.  I embossed the barn red flower border from Eclectic Edges (C1450).  The black lines are simply drawn with a ruler and then embossed.  I pieced the bird houses because I wanted to pop them up with foam dots.  There is Glitter Glitz Gel on the swirls on the bird house with the heart and a bitty brad on the other bird house.  I just love adding those little details to my artwork.

Well I couldn't just leave my bird houses hanging in mid air so I used the tree from Splendid Day (D1462) and cut the branches off to make poles for my birdhouses.  Don't you just love them?  Then I use the grass tufts from Trees & Things (D1467) to anchor my poles (and to hide a tiny blue smudge that appeared from nowhere - LOL).

I love the saying from Delightful Things (D1369) and embossed it just above the birdhouses after I second generation stamped a background from Noted Backgrounds (D1412) just to jazz up the background a bit. There is no patterned paper used in this card.  Too cool, huh?  Just lots of cutting...............

Now, please check out the other design team member's projects:

Lorrinda Holman

Debbie Carriere

Jody Gustafson

Haley Dyer

Karen Day

Jena DeVries (Guest DT)

Mary Vogel (Owner)

and then show us how you used Barn Red, Bamboo and your choice of blue for your  artwork.  Then, link it with Heart 2 Heart Challenges!  Your projects must include CTMH products, but do not have to be 100% CTMH.  If other products are used, a list or description of what was used would be appreciated. Remember to post it on the Heart 2 Heart Challenges Blog.  You could win some fantastic prizes from our June Sponsors, Michelle Owen and Romaine Rancier.