Practical Scrappers - Transparency & Sketch challenge

My friends daughter Hannah is 12 years old and already an amazing photographer! She took these pics of my Mia (on left) and Gianna (on right) on her Iphone and edited them in Photoshop. I told her that I was going to hire her for their first birthday party which is coming already next week after I saw these photos!! Especially because she was just playing around.

The challenge this week over at Practical Scrappers is to use Transparencies, Vellum, or Acrylic Accents. This is a perfect example of why I love Practical Scrappers. I have had this Transparency pack from Colorbok FOREVER! At least a couple of years. So when this challenge came up I found a beautiful saying on one of the transparencies and simply rounded the photos and put them on top of the DP. To me the photos were everything so I wanted to keep the photos as the main focus and have them stand out.

Also this week at Practical Scrappers there is a wonderful sketch challenge designed by our very own Sasya. I just loved this sketch and knew I had to give it a try. This is another page I did for my friends scrapbook album that I am making her. I left some blank space for her to journal in when she receives the album.

So stop on by and try your hand at this great sketch. I would love to see your take on it!!

Summer Fun!

When I saw the challenge over at Cuttlebug Challenges I knew exactly what paper I wanted to use. I just got some new CTMH Best Friends Forever paper pack and these had PERFECT colors to use! I did this LO for my friends album. I grabbed a bunch of summer pictures from the stack she sent me to set the theme for the challenge over at Papertake Weekly and used the sketch over at The Scrappiest. This is such a great blog filled with such inspiration!! I just love it because it gets my jump started on my LO. I can stare at pictures forever not knowing what I will do with them. But once I saw this sketch, BOOM I was rocking and rolling. I actually cranked this bad boy out while the girls were napping. Probably the fastest LO I ever did all thanks to the sketch, the theme and the colors all picked out for me ahead of time!

THANK YOU!!!!

I also used my Cuttlebug and Nestibilies to cut out the tags.

Celebrating the Month of June Sistah' Style

Hello Everyone!

Today over at The Sisterhood of Crafters we are celebrating the month of June in our newest challenge. The challenge is to make a brithday card using light blue, white, cream and include pearls on it. After stamping mine I realized that I didn't use a Happy Birthday stamp so I added a saying inside. OOPPPSS!

Supplies:

Various scraps
CTMH Treasures Stamp Set
Stampin up ink
CTMH adhesive pearls

I hope you come and celebrate June with us over at the Sisterhood!!!!

PK Glitz Ink - Sketch Time!

Talk about getting down to the wire!! Geez! I used the basis of the sketch contest going on over at PK Glitz for my layout. They have a great prize to win. I don't have any of their products but I would love to try them out so I hope I win..giggles... Sorry that the pictures are crummy butI just stink at taking them!

The challenge over at The Pink Elephant was to do a summer themed page so I picked a fun picture of my friends daughter playing in the sprinkler/hose. I added some texture for the challenge over at Delightful Sketches by using MS glitter, sewing, and using Ultra thick embossing powder of the water drops and on the hose. The ribbon also has some texture to it as well as the 3D sticker.

I left some areas on the right side of the page for her to journal on. Of to eat some lunch...I'm starving and it's not even 11:00am yet! Guess that is what happens when you are up at the crack of dawn!

Practical Scrappers - Using up some ol' Felt

The challenge this week over at Practical Scrappers is to use some felt, fabric or tulle. My fellow DT members have done a fabulous job as always so make sure you stop on by their blogs to check them all out. I choose to use some Martha Stewart Snowflake felt that I bought on clearance a couple of years ago but never used.

The pictures I choose were of my son playing in only like 2 inches of snow but he thought it was the best! Sadly about 3 weeks later he had passed away so I am glad that he got a little taste of snow!

I used up some letters from Paper Studio which I ran thru my Xyron and topped them off with some coordinating paper. I reran the letter "O" thru the Xyron again and covered it in Martha Stewart Tinsel Glitter.

Peachy Keen Recipe Card Challenge

I know my brain is fried but geezzzzz! This was suppossed to be posted yesterday but when I scheduled it I put the wrong date in..SORRY! So I am reposting it today!

Hello Everyone! As I have mentioned before I am a proud member of the DT over at
Peachy Keen Stamps. This is only my second challenge and I am already having a blast!! This week our challenge was to do a recipe card and it was hard for me because I had to try to find a recipe that would be small enough to fit on a card. When I tell you that you need to try this recipe YOU NEED TO TRY THIS RECIPE!!! Everyone I make it for demands the recipe. It is very good and very easy to make. On the ingredient list it doesn't show Cool Whip but you will see it listed in the directions so make sure you buy it if you plan on making it.

I used a piece of 6X6 cardstock for my recipe card. I stamped the background with
PK-101 Medium Polka Dot Print on the green cardstock.

For the faces on the strawberries I used PK-532 Simple Sallies stamp set. One of my very first PK stamp sets was PK-539 Funshine Faces - Sour which I used for the Lemon. For the bowl I cut it out on my Cricut and then embossed it with my "Morrocan Screen" Cuttlebug folder. I used some ice cream cut for the cool whip from my cricut and accented it with Stickles. Don't those Oreos look good enough to eat!! LOL!!

I was planning on making a little 6X6 album with any/all recipe cards that I make since everyone is always asking me how I made this or that. I figured when I was done I would have a nice little gift to give to somebody. This was going to be my first recipe card for the album but the idiot I am had it on my desktop and spilled icetea all over it!!!! Thank goodness I took the picture first!

Come on over and play along with us this week over at Peachy Keen Stamps. There is some great prizes and I look forward to seeing some amazing recipes!!!

All Dressed Up

I am currently doing an album for my friend who is paying me to scrapbook her family. This will become part of a 2page layout eventually but there was just one picture of her daughter all dressed up and I wanted to showcase it. I wanted to have a string of pearls coming out of the shoe but as I ws trying to do it, the string broke and pearls went everywhere!!! So I switched to these adorable adhesive pearls from CTMH.

I cut the shoe out in 3 layers. One was the base and then I cut out two top layers. I used the same DP for the first two layers but I left the base DP alone and inked up the second layer for a darker shade. Then I had this beautiful vellum with swirls and flowers on it and cut that out to go over the darker shade. I had the flower left over from a different project so I figured what the heck and stuck it on. I used chipboard letters from Paper Studio and ran them thru my Xyron. I covered the letters in DP that will be used on the opposite page.
Sorry about the pictures but they were taken late at night.

I followed the sketch over at Priscilla Styles. I added the shoe for the challenge over at Frosted Designs, pearls for the challenge at Pixie Dust Studio. I used flower DP which You can't really see for the matting and a flower to the shoe for the challenge at Papertake Weekly. Over at Cuttlebug Challenge blogspot they asked us to make it personal with a picture. I also used my swiss dot embossing folder on the blue matting which I realize now that you can't see!!!!!!!

So this is my birthday so far......

Just another day right? Today is my birthday and so far I have received several dirty diapers, a couple of bites on my shoulder as well as an early AM wake up call from my little girlie goos. Guess they were just impatient to wish my Happy Birthday. I will probably eat left overs all day and the only way I would get a birthday cake is if I made myself one...geez haven't had one of those in about 5-6 years!! Sadly I will probably spend the day by myself with my little ladies doing chores or food shopping since hubby is working.





But I did get something to brighten my day. Early this morning my doorbell rang and it was the two young boys who live behind me standing there each with handmade cards for me. I just started to tear up because that is what it's all about. Those things are what I treasure the most..handmade items!

Anyways I figured I would spend what time I had doing something I enjoy...crafting...maybe I will be humming in the back...Happy Birthday to me...LOL!

Here is a layout I made of my friends daughter. I am working on the second half of it as we speak. I used Locker Talk and Winter Wonderland Cricut Cartridges as well as the MS Lattice Edge punch. Awhile back I picked up the Big Bite and never used it. I actually broke that out and used it on the large eyelets.

I designed this layout around the following challenges:

A Crafty Little Place Sketch challenge

The Playdate Cafe Color challenge
A Spoon Full of Sugar Cute & Girly challenge
The Pink ElephantScrapbook challenge

Well I am off to heat up some leftover beef enchiladas for breakfast...yummy...why be healthy on your birthday????

Birthday invites for the girls

Okay I know I call myself Last Minute Lisa but this is ridiculous. I purchased a set of cards on clearance that came with ribbon and everything all I had to do with print on them and WAAAHHLLLAAAA I was done. Actually they are considered wedding programs but heck they would work right? Well I decided to finally sit down today and get them printed out for my girls birthday party which is in a couple of weeks. Now I realized why "programs" are different than cards even though they look the same!!!!!!aaarrrggghhh they don't come with any envelopes!! The programs were an odd size so it wasn't like I could add something out of my stash. My original plan was to get these in the mail today. I sat around trying to come up with a card that I would be able to mass produce with ease and not waste alot of paper, glue etc.

SO what did I do??? I turned to my ever so trusty Peachy Keen stamps and came up with a card. My girls are having a watermelon themed birthday party. It sounds unusual but I got the cutest Watermelon outfits from Gymboree and based the party around that!! Crazy I know...

I used standard white cards from Recollections that CAME with envelopes. I printed out the most recent picture of my girls (came off my cell phone)on cardstock. It's not the greatest picture and defintely wouldn't be my first choice but I had about 2 hours to make about 25 invites. Sounds like alot of time but when you have to hand stamp, color, cut and glue each one ...geez you just don't know how much time it actually takes.

I used my PK-276 Flower Center stamp set to randomly stamp the circles in red and green. I love this stamp set because I use it for soooo many other things and not just for the center of flowers. Very versatile. I pretty much made my own DP right on the cardstock...no gluing needed! Then I PK-239 Faceless Fruit Stamp set to stamp the watermelon. I cut it out after coloring it with Copics. I used my White gelly roll pen to add a splash of color to the eyes and some dashes around the outter edge. This is another indispensable item I own!! I got this directly from Peachy Keen's website and it was only like $1.69. I highly suggest getting several of these.

On the inside I have all of the birthday information printed out on colored cardstock and cut out with my Nesties. Simple but cute for the time I had to knock them all out. Hope everyone would like them..sometimes I wonder why I just don't go out and buy a pack for like $3 or $4 dollars but then I remember how special my children are.......it's all worth it!!! Just wish I had taken more time to plan them.

I entered this into these challenges:

Stamp Something "2 of these challenge" I used two different sized stamps in two different colors. Heck I even added 2 baby girls :)

By the Cute and Girly Celebration challenge
A spoon Full of Sugar Cute & Girly
C.R.A.F.T. birthday/celebration challenge

Using your patterened paper - Practical Scrappers

I finally got some pictures printed out of my twin girls that are now almost one year old. YIKES!! This is the first layout that I have ever done for them. I tried to use paper that matched the clothing. I was excited because it was from a paper pack that I haven't used yet. This was literally a lazy day. We just decided to take the girls outside and sit in the grass. THAT"S it! I gotta tell you, I haven't done that for ages and it was sooooo relaxing.

The challenge this week over at Practical Scrappers is to use patterned paper. I used some DP from K&Co and found some matching 3D stickers/embellies to go with it. The picture isn't the greatest but I am trying to get better at that.

Hope that you come and join us over at Practical Scrappers. We love to help you get thru your stash and actually use it!

On my way to Germany...I wish!

We are traveling to Germany this week with the Sisterhood! Last time we traveled to Scotland and this time we are on our way to Germany. I was honestly stumped with the Germany challenge. Even though my husband is half German I don't know much about the heritage or culture. I was the one that went to Octoberfest and had wine!!!! I was so excited when I looked thru and found some beer stickers that actually had GERMAN LAGER on it. So I came up with this quick card using the German colors along with the stickers.

So if you want to get away for awhile...even if it is just for a couple of minutes, come on over to the Sisterhood Of Crafters and share your German inspired creation with us.

SEND CARDS TO SAM CAMPAIGN!!!

I am reposting this as I saw it on Pixie Dust Studio's website. It is a wonderful campaign to join. For a child so young to be fighting a battle this harsh is just heartbreaking. We can help put a smile on this little boys face by sending him cards daily. My next challenge cards will be made for Sam. I hope and ask that you will repost this on your blog. If not, please simply put a card in the mail to this young boy. Read below the story as it was posted on Pixie Dust Studio's blog.


Send them to Sam is a card campaign.

I am challenging all you talented ladies to help little Sam fight Cancer. Sam is a wonderful and strong 5 year old boy. His battle with Cancer is just beginning. He was diagnosed with Stage 3 Lymphoma this week. He has a very tough fight ahead of him. I would love everyone to join me in helping Sam fight this and WIN! Sam will be in the hospital for many months. I am starting a campaign to fill his days with tons of cards from all over the globe. What fun for Sam to know that people from all sides of the Earth are supporting and thinking about him. I am going to give him a map book and a ton of stickers. He will put a sticker on each location that his cards come from. How awesome would it be to cover the whole Earth with stickers from people supporting Super Sam. This will be a great adventure for Sam to watch the LOVE and SUPPORT from every corner of the globe. Lets each set a personal goal of one card a month, one card a week, or one card a day.
Keep them coming so he never stops looking forward to the next card delivery.

Ladies with a humble heart, I ask for your support in this Send Them to Super Sam campaign. I will provide updates from time to time to let you all know how Super Sam is winning his battle over Cancer. When he is victorious over Cancer we can all celebrate together in honor of the wonderful and brave Super Sam! I welcome anyone and everyone to join Pixie Dust Studio in the Send Them to Sam Card Campaign! Please take this blog blinkie and post it and link it back to the Pixie Dust Studio Super Sam link. Help pass this Campaign message along..lets spread the word, lets share the news. Cards are needed to help a little boy and his battle with Cancer!


Please send Cards and well wishes to....

Presbyterian/St. Luke's Medical Center

1719 E 19th Ave

Denver CO 80218

ATTENTION: Samual Humphries

It would also be great fun to include the Super Sam image on the inside, back or envelope or mention SUPER SAM ...that way Sam will know that he is a Superhero and he can win this fight!

Home is where the heart is!

A friend of mine just bought her first home so I wanted to make her a card. She was very excited that it was brick so I knew I had to do a brick house. I stamped the house out and cut out all the different layers and mounted it with pop dots for dimension.

Supplies used:

Close to my Heart Emporium paper for the clouds
Close to my Heart Around the Block stamp set
Stampin up! Ink
Copic Markers
Prismacolor pencils
MS glitter for the windows

Challenges I submitted this card to:

Your Next Stamp - Cut it out & pop it up
Simon Says - Sketch
Pixie Dust - Cut it

Around the World with Create a Critter

Today I started like 10 projects and didn't finish one. I literally would get halfway thru a project and get an idea for another one and drop what I was doing. I couldn't focus AT ALL!!! By the end of the day I was determined to come up with something to show for the time I spent in my craft room.

I just love the Create a Critter cartridge for my Cricut. When I saw the "AROUND THE WORLD" challenge over at Crafty Creations I figured it was a perfect opportunity to use the cute little Panda on the cartridge. I combined it with the challenge over at Paperplay which was to use the color brown along with some other color(s)and the challenge at
Cricut Cardz was to use 3 circles and any cut from a Cricut Cartridge. I also entered this into the Creatalicious Orient themed challenge.

"Punch-It Out" Friday

Good morning! Over at Practical Scrappers the challenge this week is to use punches. One lucky winner will get 3 images from Wink Wink Ink!!

I gotta say that I just love this blog!! It actually helps me use my stuff. Now I know that sounds silly. My husband said to me "but you already use your stuff". It's not the same. I have so much stuff that I forgot I even have or would not normally go to on an everyday basis. I am now trying to use paper that I normally wouldn't as well as tools and embellishments.

I made this card for my friends first Mother's Day. She has waited almost 40 years to become a Mother so I wanted to make her something special. I decided to use paper that is a bit out of my comfort zone. I used the lattice punch for the border across the card. I used a scallop circle punch for the flower and the MS branch punch for the leaves.

Supplies:

Stamps ~ Stampin up! & Inkadinkado
Paper ~ K by Marcella
Punches ~ Martha Stewart branch punch and lattice punch
Unknow scallop punch
Mounting dots

FRIED???? Need a good laugh???

Boy am I getting bad at posting these things! I thought I had this posted and I guess I didn't!!! Maybe I should send this card to myself!!!!!!! LOL~!

The challenge this week over at THE SISTERHOOD of CRAFTERS is to make a funny card or something that would just simply make you laugh! My sisters did just that with their creations. I don't know about you all but I could always use a good laugh!!! Especially when I read that laughing burns calories..heck for the first time in my life I wish I was a hyhenia!

I have a friend who is going thru some rough times and she said that her brain was just fried. She has a wonderful sense of humor. The first thing that came to mind was an egg for some reason. I hope this will put a smile on her face :)

Supplies:

Cricut "Just Because" Cartridge for the egg
Mounting Dots to give the egg some dimension
Recollections paper
Peachy Keen PK-490 Everyday Character Faces
Making Memories Rub-On letters

Quick scrap card made during nap time

I made this quick scrap card while the girls were napping. This is one of those cards that you think you can crank out real quick and easy but hit nothing but obstacles. I was going to stamp the eye but embossed it before I could an then I got ink all over my bird so I had to ink it up. But since nap time just ended I just went with it.

I made this for the Townscrapper's Pink & Purple challenge,
the ABC "U is for Unused challenge and the Creatalicious "Wings & Flower" challenge (wings for the bird and flowers on the paper).

WOW...Some more good News for me!!

Maybe I should play lotto! I am not used to having good things happen to me since I have some pretty crummy luck. But this weekend I was asked to be on the DT over at
Peachy Keen Stamps!!!!! I was so excited and honored of course I said yes!! I have been using these stamps for years. I started out with just the faces and have grown into all of the others she has to offer. When I stamp on textured paper the image comes out soooo clear like I printed it on the paper. The quality is 100% there and how can you not love the adorable images??? These have become my favorite stamps to use and I use them daily.

I had only a couple of hours to get my submission in for this week and I was told not to worry about it that I could start next week but I wanted to get it done. I spent most of that time working on another card that well let's just say it didn't come out right so I switched. The challenge this week was to follow a sketch.


I recently purchased the Once Upon A Princess Cricut Cartridge since I have twin girls and figured it would definitely come in handy. When I found out that Peachy Keen was coming out with faces for these little darlings I was ecstatic!!! The faces are kinda ugly that come on the cartridge which is why I didn't buy them it at first. I used some scraps from Basic Grey, Martha Stewart glitter on the wings, stickers from K & Co., rhinestones from Recollections, Prima flowers and of course my
PK-640 Princess Face Assortment stamp set. Again I didn't have much time at all to come up with this card but I think she came out cute!


The challenges run every two weeks so there is plenty of time to come join along. The prize this week is the huge stamp set that I used on my card PK-640. It consists of 27 different stamps. Hope to see you there!!

Wishing I could get a hug from my angels on mother's day

Today is Mother's Day. I am happy but sad at the same time. I realize how strong I can be when I thought it was impossible. I realize how weak I can be at the same time. One moment I can be smiling and happy but the next crying my eyes out. I am angry one moment and extremely grateful the next. I was dealt a horrible hand in life but I am learning how to play the cards I was dealt. I am grateful today for my twin girls. They truly are the air I breath and what keeps me going. I am so happy that they are in my life but it is bittersweet. I wish, I wish with all my might that I could get a hug from Mikey & Annie tonight...

I miss you my sweetpeas! It's not the same without you.........

My favorite color & gem!!! Emerald!

I had this post scheduled and for some reason it didn't post. I am guessing it had to do with the person behind the keyboard but oh well.

I came up with this quick card for the challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters. The challenge this week is to use the color Emerald green on a card for a wedding, anniversary or a Congratulations card. I of course didn't realize that I didn't take a picture of the inside showing the sentiment that fit this challenge. After I took the picture I saw that some of the flowers were covered up so I moved the big pink flower over to the right to show the flowers underneath.
The challenge this week is being sponsored by
DigiSparkle. The winner will get a voucher to her store which will give one lucky person about 10 digi's!!! How awesome is that!!! So stop on by and play this week and get your chance to win this great prize. Remember you have to be in it to win it!

Exciting news!!!!

I am so excited!!! I am now a proud member of the
Practical Scrappers design team!!! I wasn't even going to try out of the DT because the very first challenge week I had a prior commitment but I figured what the heck. Much to my surprise I got the position but then worry set in. I was volunteering that week and I didn't want my first project to be a poor example of my work. The week this layout was due I volunteered over 80 hours but somehow I fit this in between cooking, volunteering and oh yes sleep!! But I just told myself I will do a better job next time!

I am just so excited because I LOVE Practical Scrappers. I played along with their challenges whenever I could because they made me use my stash/hoard. It makes me happy when I do that :)..giggles! This week the challenge is to use stickers. I don't know about you all but I have tons but somehow I never get to use them!! For this project I used these huge monogram letters I had by Making Memories. But the stinky thing about it was the package only came with one of each letter so every phrase I wanted to do I couldn't. I finally came up with the word creations on the bottom and started to lay out the letters only to realize that they didn't fit...arrrgghhh!! The piece of paper I used is exactly the way I found it in my scrap pile. I didn't have to cut it down or anything and decided to work with the angle cut that was already there. I am doing a scrapbook for my neighbor's son who creates all of these cool things for with his Legos. This will be the opening page to the book.

Come on down and try your hand at the challenge this week and have some fun!!!

Want to take a trip to Scotland? Visit the Sisterhood!

This week over at The Sisterhood of Crafters we are taking a virtual trip to Scotland :) The challenge this week is to make a project that has anything to do wih Scotland. I choose this adorable Westie from Delicious Doodles. Teri's images are truly a work of art and it cracks me up that she calls them doodles!! I can't even draw stick figures. If you want to get your hands on some of her images then make sure to take part in the challenge this week because one lucky winner will get their choice of 3 stamps from her store. How wonderful is that!!!!!!

I submitted this card to the
CAS - tastic challenge and the Practical Scrappers. I wanted to keep it simple and have the doggie do all of the work :)

The quickest card ever!

Last night I wanted to do a card but I was really tired. I knew that today was gonna be busy since I have 2 doctors appointments and I have to get ready for my sister coming in to visit tomorrow. I didn't want to miss some of these challenges so I came up with this card half asleep and in about 10-20 minutes. It would of been quicker but I never ever can make up my mind!!

I used CTMH Treasures stamp set and some unknown scrap paper that I have had forever. I cut out some white paper with my Spellbinders Nestie and added some ribbon that I have had forever . Then I mounted it with some pop dots for added dimension.

I based the sketch on Mojo Monday's challenge and the color scheme off of
SPCC color combo #42. I was so excited because I had all of the colors!! I love her color combos because I would never think to use some of the colors she lists together. I then added a "THANK YOU" stamp to fullfill the challenge over at Charisma Cardz.

My recycled project in honor of Earth Day

Hello Ladies! This week I was in charge of the challenge over at The Sisterhood of Crafters. This challenge is sponsored by DigiSparkle and she is offering up a prize to her shop for one lucky winner - so stop on by and play along!

In honor of Earth Day I challenged everyone to alter an item or recycle something that you would normally throw out. This is one of my favorite things to do because I can challenge myself to literally turn trash into a treasure. Since I am redoing my craft room I thought that I would make myself a sign for my door...why not?? All the kids have them right??? Plus I wanted to actually use some of my supplies.

I took a metal garden frame that I got from the $1 section of Target and a piece of cardboard that was on my floor from a package of curtain rods and just had fun with it. I wanted to pick paper that I normally wouldn't use (busy, bold prints) and see how it would turn out. In the end I really like the combo colors.

I cut the flowers out on my Cricut using the Graphically Speaking cartridge (flower pg. 44). I cut the flowers out from 5" and went down 1/2" till I got to 3" and just randomly layered the flowers until I got the look I wanted using lots of pop dots. I originally had a cute little face in the center of the flower from Peachy Keen but the size of the flower made it look ridiculous so I covered it up with some Liquid applique. The frame is 16" wide so I just simply took some scraps and sewed them together to make up the width then glued them to the cardboard. What made me happy was that I used up alot of my scraps!!!!!! YIPPEEEE

Here is a list of my supplies that I used:

PK-101 Medium Polka Dot print - I used this on the MS Grass border punch

PK-249 Honey Hugs & Bugs - I used the ladybug from this set above the title
PK-204 Lil' Bugs I know it is hard to see in the pics but I stamped these on vellum and then sprinkled clear embossing powder over it. I then colored the reversed side of the image with my Copic markers and cut out. I added some MS glitter to the wings and since I had to cut off the "ears" I used some metal wire from the trees that I just bought and wound them up.

MS Grass border punch
MS leafy punch (forget the name of it)
Bohemian DP
Prismacolor pencils
Copic Markers
Graphically Speaking Cartridge - for the flowers
Hello Kitty Font cartridge - for the lettering
Home Decor cartridge for the birds
Tim Holtz distressing paint - I tried to paint the frame and of course I didnt' prime it or anything so when I woke up the next morning it had all peeled off...but you know I just left it because it looked "distressed"!!

I am entering this into the following challenges:


Lexi's Creation Altered Item
Peachy Keen Stamps You had to use orange & white, stitching, a Peachy Keen stamp and an "upcycled/recycled" item.
Pollycraft's Anything Goes challenge
Cupcake Craft's Make your own flowers
The Pink Elephant's Nature challenge
Practical Scrappers marker challenge
My Time to Craft's On the Spot challenge
Die Cuts R Us Stamped Image & a bird
Delightful Sketches Buttons & Bling
The Creative CottageButtons & Bows

Happy Easter Everyone!

Happy Easter everyone! This is just a quick post since I have to get ready for brunch & church. I haven't been able to be on my blog in the past couple of days because my craft room is currently being put together and I can't even get to my desk. You would laugh if you saw how I had to type this post as well as make the cards for my neighbors last night.
Sadly this was my first Easter not hosting anything big. Easter was always my holiday to have everyone over. So for a change we went to the Army base for a brunch with some friends. I wanted make a card for them but didn't have much time. The night before I spent all I could coming up with these easel cards.

The first one I made for my friend's who just lost their mother. Her favorite colors were purple and lime green so to honor her I stuck with those colors. Those are colors I am not usually used to but I tried. And the other one I came up with playing around with my new Spellbinders cross set. This was the first time I actually realized how to stencil the die cuts! To make them feel even more special I put the cards in an envelope! LOL! I tell all my friends...you know you are special when you get an envelope!.........told you I was a hoarder!!!

I put both of these cards into one post because of my time frame this morning. Sorry!

Supplies used:
Spellbinders Shapeabilities Cross Collection
Stampin up! Ink
DCVW, Pressed Petals & Bazzil paper

Peachy Keen PK-858 Spring Words
Peachy Keen PK-264 Easter Egg Words & bunnies
Peachy Keen PK-263 Springtime Minis

Challenges I entered these cards into:

Your Next St amp's Purple challenge
Simon Says Distressing challenge
Penny's Easter themed challenge
The PlayDate Cafe "The blues" challenge
Magical Crafts FortnightlyAnimal Antics challenge
Cute Card Thursday Easter/Eggs theme
It's a Crafters Companion Easter Theme
Charisma Cardz Animal Magic challenge
Cuttlebug Pop-Up Easter theme
Crafty Creations Anything Goes challenge
Cricut Cardz Anything Goes challenge