Flowers and Coffee Make Me Smile!

3 Cards posted, please scroll down to see deets and challenges, along with pics of cards!

Notice the first picture, the hammer and flower...that's what I used to make my first card...

HAMMERED FLOWER...and this is what I got!

The flower is a Dianthus from my flower bed. I picked the petals off 'carefully' and laid them front side down on a piece of natural white SU! card stock. I placed a sticky tag over it to keep petals in place and then gently hammered over the petals. I repeated it with the leaves from the same plant but they didn't work quite as well as I would have liked. I also played with rose petals which worked well and was able to make a butterfly shape with them. Then I tried my African Violet petals and that did not work at all.

Note: after hammering you will need to brush of the remainder of what is left of the petal, CS will be wet, so lay it flat and let it dry, it will tend to curl, so DS tape it securely

And this is the inside of the card. I used the oval cutout from the front of the card.
I am entering in the following challenges:

(I have been having Internet connection problems this week, swore at my Internet service, then figured out it was my computer [I hope] and fixed it myself. Now we'll see how this works!  Point being, I missed a couple deadlines, but I'm listing them anyway as they were my inspirations for this card)

1. Cas-tastic Challenges   A touch of green
2. Creative Card Crew pink and green
3. ABC Challenge - V is for Vintage
4. Cooking it up with Katie   Recipe: Wings, Petals and Pink
5. Humble Pie Stamps   flowers and lace
6. Sir Stamp a Lot Challenge butterflies and blossoms
7. Totally Gorjuss add bling
8, The Wildflower Patch  distress
9. Flutterby Wednesdays   flower and butterfly
10. A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge     celebration
11. 365 Cards, Day 87    All Natural, hence the hammered flower
12. Little Red Wagon birthday
13.Quixotic Paperie emboss, the pink strip is dry embossed
14. Friday Sketchers great sketch, but too late to enter, darn computer!


COFFEE SPIN!
The next card is one that I knew I had to do as soon as I saw the sketch 365 Cards, Day 84, Super Sketchy Sunday.  I  bought the Rustic Stack (DCWV) some time ago just because of this one piece of Pattern Paper. When I drink tooooo much coffee, I swear this is how my whole body feels! Then I just spin and spin and get nothing done!

This is what the 'inside' looks like on this easel card.

I am entering this in the following challenges, and if I am tooooo late to enter some challenges, I still want to give credit where credit is due!

1. ColourQ   colors: Certainly Celery, Ballet Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip, + kraft

2. Crafty Creations Challenge     use favorite stamp, mmmm, smell the coffee!
3. Tuesday Throwdown    any image you can color
4. Delightful Sketches add texture, coffee spill is Distress stickles
5. Gingersnap Creations use a quote
6. Allsorts Challenge    a tag
8. Rosiedees  Challenge easel card
9. 365 Cards, Day 84, Super Sketchy Sunday.

And the last card is: A SIMPLE SMILE!

Since I have a table that I use in a word document, I could refer to it and make another card while I blamed others for my Internet woes! This card is inspired by the following challenges:


1. 365 Cards, Day 86   KIS(S) Keep it simple, stupid! 
   Although some 'thinks' it means Keep it simple, sweetie!
2. Corrosive Challenge  to keep it clean and simple
3. Cute Card Thursday  no designer paper
4. Simplicity by Late Blossom  CAS card with image and sentiment overlapping
5. Stampin' Royality  colors,  Rich Razzelberry, Certainly Celery, and Pretty in Pink

That's all for today.
Off to mow (wasn't it just yesterday!) and hopefully get some of the housework done.

I know KL, but if I keep saying it I will eventually do it!