Thanks sew much & a Happy Birthday

I'm using this super cute freebie image from Birdie Brown  and entering it in the freebie challenge over on that site. I used all paper from my scraps, chipboard button, ribbon, flower and some bling florish. I did change the "so" to "sew" and now it makes sense with the "sewing" image! :D

Also, today is a very special day as it is my Ash's 17th birthday...and this is what 17 looks like!!  She is such a cutie, such a sweet girl and a huge blessing in my life.  I'm so glad she is a much better kid than I ever was!! ;)  whew!

King of the Throne!!

I put together this card for Ash to give to her dad for Father's Day. She is away at a youth camp with our church and won't be back until late Saturday, then I have to get her to her dad so she can spend Sunday with him.  I think it turned out cute and love that little skunk, he's so cute. Plus, Ash's dad and I have been divorced for about 10 years and I think the skunk fits.....(but not in the cute way!!)  0_o   I kid, I kid..........ah,  no I don't!  ;)

Inside of card

I used the sketch from Card Patterns

and put it together using my stash of paper, the outhouse/skunk is from Campin Critters cricut cartridge and then I just inked things up.

I'm entering the following challenges:

Cards for Men-Father's Day
Stuck on You Sketches-All about Fathers
+Penny's Paper Challenge- I love you Dad
+Paper Playtime-Vacation, camping is vacationing, right??
+Tammy's Scrappin Corner-For the boys/Father's Day
Fantabulous Cricut Challenge-Father's Day

Hope your Friday is a good one!

Just Keep Swimming

Made this card tonight using Create a Critter cartridge for the fish, sand, starfish, and seaweed.  the bubbles I heat embossed and glittered them and then added a bunch of white bubbles with a white gel pen, and then glittered on the fish.  Love that fish, too cute!!!

I'm entering the following challenges:

+Cupcake Inspirations-based on this pic!

BBTB2-Water theme

+The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog-Die Cuts or Punches




Glad it's Friday, been a long week, I've had some sleeping issues this week....tossing and turning, looking at the clock all night, it's so frustrating. I'm not very happy when I'm over tired and tend to be real onery, it's a good thing I have an amazing husband who puts up with me, even if I don't deserve it. Hoping to sleep better tonight...and at least I won't have an alarm clock going off in the morning. Yay for sleeping in!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!

Friendship

I got this adorable digi stamp from The Paper Shelter, they have some super cute images, and I chose the mermaid because my daughter absolutely loves anything to do with mermaids.  I colored her with copics, used stickles on her starfish and on her tail, I used glossy accents on some of the water, used some sea themed charms from my stash, distressed the paper a little bit and added the pelican .  I think she is adorable and have a special friend that I will be sending this to.  I used the sketch from Mojo Monday, but didn't get it done in time to enter the challenge.

I am going to enter the following challenges:

+Paper Playtime Friendship card with sentiment

+Sentimental Sunday-whimiscal

+Crafty Catz- Lets hear it for the girls

+Tammy's Scrappin Corner-Distress

                                                           + Gingerloft- under the sea

Sweet Sunday and a challenge

I love Sundays, except for the fact that Monday comes next, but for the most part, I love the more relaxed feel of the day, the after church nap, the time to just reflect on life, scrap a little, journal a little, do the things that I don't normally get done on the other days.  If I could make the time on Sunday slow W.....A......Y down, that would be even better!!


Anyway, on this Sunday, I made a card for a couple challenges.  I used a doodlebug card base, punched a heart into the card and layered black cardstock behind it, I also used the "you are Loved" stamp that I got at the dollar bin at Michael's, punched out a few more hearts and added ribbon.  This was quick and easy and I love when quick and easy happen!!! 

I am entering this into the challenge over at The Paper Players  &  CAS-ual Fridays 

and here is my card!

Hope you all enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!!  :)

Dynamic Duos and the Happiest Place on Earth

So...it's Saturday morning and I've got a couple of exciting things going on today! 

1)  There is a new challenge blog called Dynamic Duos making their debut today.  This is a weekly card challenge and here is how they are breaking up by week. I got this right from their blog.

The challenge is divided into weekly "themes"...


Week 1-Bold and Sassy-bright, happy colours

Week 2-Subtly Yours-soft, romantic colours

Week 3-Black Tie-one colour plus black and a dessert option

Week 4-Monochromatic-same colours in different hues (light/dark)

Week 5-Mix and Match-we choose one colour and you add the other colour to ours to create your own "Dynamic Duo".

 
I'm excited about this blog because first..it sounds like a ton of fun playing with the "themes" each week, and second because I'm the guest designer for their very first challenge!!!  They held a facebook contest to see which colors would be the first used and they picked mine!!! 
 
Here is the challenge button...how cute is that!!! 
 

And here are a couple pictures of the card/gift card holder that I made. I used lime green and aqua and then neutrals of black and white. I'm really excited to be the first guest designer and I know I will be playing along with these challenges on a regular basis.  You all should go check out them out over at Dynamic Duos and play along with them!

2) In little less than an hour, we are heading south....all the way to the California Coast!!  My sister and her family, me and the husband and my kids, and our parents are renting a house in Huntington Beach for the week.  I'm so looking forward to a few days with a beautiful change of scenery (beach) and for fun (Disneyland)  I think I'm not going to want to come home!!

Happy Weekend to ya'll. :D

Critter Sketch Challenge #113

I used this sketch over at Critter Sketch Challenge to make this card.  I used these cute clear Snag 'em stamps from Imaginisce and stamped up a bunch of sea critters. I used aqua, orange, black and white, used my border punch from Fiskers, some ribbon, some stickles and added some stitching.  I really like the color combination and think the black really helps it stand out.  I think those little sea creatures are just too dang cute!!

Thinking of you

This card is based on this sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches.  I used a chipboard flower from Bo Bunny's Sophie collection, and tried to compliment the colors on the flower.  I added butterflies and gems, and kept it real simple.  You should head over and play with their sketches.........go on, you know you need some crafting time!!!  ;)    I actually got to come home early from work today and started crafting early..YAY for more crafting time!  :D

I am also entering this card into the following challenges

Paper Playtime-Anything Goes

Tammy's Scrappin Corner-Anything Goes

365 Cards-Loud

Made this card for the 365 Cards-Loud challenge

I totally love these fun papers and have used them for several tween/teen pages!

  I thought this would be a fun card to send to my  husband if he ever went away for an extended period of time......not that that will happen, but ya never know, if work took him out of town then he might be gone for several days.  It's good to be prepared!

My day today has been a tad bit boring, Fridays at work are usually always slow, I'm just trying to make it to 5:00 and then looking forward to a date with the husband.  Ash is on her way up north to an orchestra state competition and will be gone until real late tomorrow night.  I'm also going to go see The Hunger Games tomorrow with my mom...I can't wait to see the movie, I've waited for the crowds to die down, so we should be good!

  I'm also going to CRAFT!!  Yay!!  So, that's what I have planned for the weekend.

  Anyone have anything really fun going on? 

A Simple Happy Birthday

My Ash and I made this simple birthday card for her friends birthday. Well, actually I made it, and she picked the colors and which image to use.  She chose the snail from Create a Critter. The grass is from a strip of green cardstock and I used Martha Stewart scissors to cut the blades...I think it turned out cute!  The sun is from a flower that I had made and just cut the excess off.  I'm entering this into the following challenges.

Birthday Sundaes 

Craft Your Passion

Cupcake Craft

Incy Wincy Designs

lexi's Creations

Make it Monday

A note of thanks!

I used this challenge over at The Paper Variety to make a thank you card for my co-workers. They were super sweet and threw a luncheon in honor of my upcoming wedding. I've worked with some of these people for 8years, they've seen me at my worst-just after my divorce and gave me moral support when my ex was giving me a hard time and fighting me at every turn, they are as happy as I am that I have a really great guy in my life and will be tying the knot soon!

Here is the sketch..............

The card based from the sketch!

And...the man I will be saying "I DO" to in two weeks!!!