Three for Three

Happy Saturday, peeps!  I should be cleaning but instead I am posting three cards for three challenges that I made yesterday; I was intent on using some of the Ornate Garden Suite products!  Here's the first one, and it uses a sketch from Fab Friday:

I used a sentiment from Here's a Card, and I did some tricky die-cutting with the Ornate Layers die to make it smaller:

 Some flowers and "greenery" were diecut with the Ornate Borders dies, then it was embellished with some ribbon from the Ribbon Combo Pack:

The next one uses a similar layout, but the color palette from Just Add Ink:

This was a bit of an experiment, and I am still not quite sure if I like this or not....lately I have been gravitating more to white backgrounds, but I think Rococo Rose is such a pretty shade, I thought I'd try embossing the large Ornate Style image in white craft ink, then doing some coloring with a blender pen and inks:

Just not sure about those gray leaves!  Anyway, I wanted to see how the embossing would hold up if I embossed it with the Subtle EF; not too bad, but it does take away a little of the detail:

For my sentiment, I diecut a Smoky Slate piece using the Stitched Labels dies, then did some more tricky diecutting with a Stitched Rectangle die so my sentiment could peek through:

Finally, another sketch challenge from TGIF:

I think this gold and Mint pattern from the Ornate Garden DSP is beautiful, so I used it for the back panel, embossed some Gold Foil with Gold embossing powder and used a feather from Positive Thoughts:

I heat embossed the sentiment in Gold as well, then I tucked in some Gold Thread behind the leaves, and although it's hard to see, there is a vellum piece at the top and bottom of the layers; another diecut from Stitched Labels dies, trimmed down to the very edge:

 Since my kitchen floor is calling to be mopped, I'll not do my "recipes" today, but if you have any questions, shoot me an email!  Enjoy your day and be blessed!