Birthdays are the Best!

Hi there! It's been one crazy day here! My cable modem went up and I've been on the phone half the day with the cable company trying to get my computer working...how did we ever live without email and the internet? Anyway, a short trip up the road to the cable company and a new modem...now we're back in business.

I'm going a little outside my box again for this one. I'm not traditionally a fan of yellow. But I have some new goals...remember the one about playing along with my favorite challenges? So, here I am using Mona's fabulous color challenge palette of peach, yellow and light pink! It reminds me of sherbet on a summer day!

I have been also trying to use my new (to me) stamp sets that haven't been used yet and this is one of them! I love PTI stamps and this Blooming Button Bits set is so much fun to play with! I stamped it with Memento Bamboo Leaves and added all three colors of the palette in my buttons. The border is punched with a Martha Stewart around the page punch and I added a little sheer pink bow to tie it all together!

Here is the CR84FN color palette...


Challenges:
CR84FN9 - Yellow, Peach and Light Pink
Papertrey Paper Dolls #29 - Simplilcity
Stampin' Royalty #53 - Birthday
Really Reasonable Ribbon #15 - Something New (image) plus ribbon

Sweetest Holiday Wishes...

Hi there! I'm so happy to share this card with you...it's my first Whimsy Stamps Digital Design Team card!

I just love the Meljen's images available at Whimsy Stamps and as soon as I saw this one, I knew I had to use it! It's called Christmas Cupcake! There are so many things I love about it...the scalloped top on the wrapper and the ribbon running through it...and the swirls of frosting topped with a few sprinkles! Who doesn't love sprinkles! And the little holly sprig gives it the perfect touch!

I colored my image with Copics and layered up the background with a scalloped and smooth circle cut with Spellbinders dies atop this sparkly dp from My Minds Eye. This week's Meljen's challenge is Sparkle and Shine, so I got out my Diamond Stickles and "frosted" my frosting! I followed the Card Patterns sketch this week, so I added a little ribbon, a Prima flower, a Doodlebug candy brad and some Making Memories felt holly leaves! The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Holiday Button Bits set.

Whimsy Stamps has a great week in store for you too. Right now at the Whimsy Inspiration Blog, you can join in on the Fan Favorites Week festivities by linking your own Whimsy creations...you just might be chosen as a Fan Favorite! Check out all the details...HERE!

Challenges:
Meljen's Challenge #34 - Sparkle & Shine
Card Patterns #91 - Sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges #64 - Circles
Creative Cottage #27 - Someone Special at Christmas
Stampin' Royalty #46 - Patterned Paper
Totally Gorjuss #57 - Not So Traditional Christmas Colors
Simon Says Challenge - Sparkle

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Wherever you are...

Hi there - I've been busy at work these days, but I have managed to squeeze in some time to get crafty! I love this color combination and I have been wanting to use this paper for a while now. I put together the perfect combination of challenges to use them! The main focus of the card is the sentiment to go along with the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge this week and I just love bows on my cards (if you haven't noticed!). Also worth mentioning is the Simon Says Challenge that is helping a very worthy cause. Here is the LINK to get more information about the Caring Hearts Card Drive.

I used one of the sentiments from Flourishes Windows to the World set, cut it out with my Spellbinders die, and inked the inside edges with Ranger Distress Tea Dye ink using a sponge blender. I made my own sentiment for the inside on the computer. I recently attended a stamp show where I purchased this Heartfelt Creations die set made by Spellbinders that included this elegant corner flourish. I cut it out twice and put them together as a frame for my sentiment. A few purple pearls add a little touch of bling. All of my edges are inked with Memento Sweet Plum.

Challenges:
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #89 - Sentiment focus
Stampin' Royalty #42 - Ribbons
Sweet Stampin' #48 - Ribbons
Our Creative Corner - Embellishments (die cut, ribbon, pearls)
Caardvarks - Inside and Out
Simon Says Challenge - Thanks

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Merry & Bright

I was shopping yesterday and came across the most adorable little tag pack from Kaiser and in it was this adorable vintage image of two little girls and a sweet little dog looking into a room where a Christmas tree is little with candles. What intrigued me about it was not only the super cute image, but the colors of it. I would never think of using these colors for Christmas, but somehow it works!

I decided to play with it and use it for the JustRite Friday challenge that calls for the colors of Fall...because that's exactly what these are...rich, peachy tones, browns and greens! I paired it up with some Basic Grey poinsettia printed green paper and then added another surprise I found...snowflakes on a creamy off white and beige paper. I made my own striped paper using JustRite's Victorian Nested Frames border and stamped it several times onto a piece of plain cardstock. My sentiment comes from the Christmas Nested Sentiments and Verse set and is stamped onto the dp with ColorBox Dark Brown ink.

I got these new Petaloo flowers yesterday too! So beautiful! I added some sheer organdy brown ribbon, a little bit of patterend rubons to the image and a few Queen & Co. pearls. If you look closely, I even added a tiny bit of Flower Soft (who is the sponsor of the JustRite challenge) to the tree where the candles are peeking out from the branches!

Challenges:
JustRite Friday Challenge 040 - Fall colors
Mercy's Tuesday Sketch 96
Stampin' Royalty #42 - Ribbons
Sweet Stampin' #48 - Ribbons
Our Creative Corner - Embellishments
City Crafter Challenge #27 - vintage

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Take a Guess...!

I hooked you in with that title, didn't I!?! Actually, this Candy Corn Shaped Card from The Cutting Cafe' is going to be used as a ballot for the kids at my daughter's costume party to take a guess how many candy corn are in this little jar and whoever is closest...gets to keep it!

With this Candy Corn Shaped Card cutting file, you get the card base, a shaped piece and the top and bottom layers of the candy corn to cut out in whatever you like in any order you like! You want white on the top...do it...yellow on the bottom...do it...you can do whatever you want with these versatile cutting files! I added a little polka dot bow and a little bling with some Stickles! I didn't want to embellish this too much because it will get handled a lot that night! The words on the front are from the JustRite Stampers Times Roman font set...I love that you can customize anything with these fonts!

Challenges:
Fussy & Fancy #21 - Halloween
Stampin' Royalty #41 - Halloween
Really Reasonable Ribbon #10 - Halloween
Cupcake Inspirations #81 - photo inspiration
Pile It On #41 - Kid Themed Halloween
The Creative Cottage #25 - Halloween

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p.s. there are 426 candy corn in the jar!

It's Your Birthday...Happy Birthday!

Hi there - it's my day off, but I've been so busy...making treats for a cheerleading bake sale, making locker decorations for the high school soccer team and making this card to share with you!

This card gave me a chance to play along at some of the challenges I have missed in the last few weeks. I'm lovin' this little freebie image called Bo from Tiddly Inks. Their challenge this week is to use one of their animal stamps. I colored him with my copics and then I paired it up with some great papers from my stash and paper-pieced the balloons to match! These little sentiment stamps are a couple of my faves from The Cat's Pajamas You Say It's Your Birthday set.

I used the Mojo Monday sketch, which is a miracle I got that one done in time, and I incorporated the Moxie Fab World Offset Scalloped Challenge in this one...it's not too much since it's a Boy or Man's Birthday card! My color inspiration was from Picture Perfect Creations and the plaid, stitching and stars satisfy some of the other challenges!

The Challenges:
Tiddly Inks #21 - Our Pets
Mojo Monday - Sketch #156
Picture Perfect Creations #30 - Blue, Green, Brown
The Creative Cottage #23 - Boy Birthday
Moxie Fab World - Offset Scallop Gallop
TCP Tuesday #126 - Mad for Plaid
Copic Oz #2 - Card for a Man
Stampin Royalty #37 - Stitching Madness
Little Red Wagon #46 - stars

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! Stay tuned early next week for some very exciting news and some blog candy!