A Little Birdie Told Me

"A little birdie told me (front)...It's your birthday! Have a fun day. (inside)" This sentiment is computer generated and seem to be perfect for this image. I am entering this into two challenges:
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Make your own flowers (challenge #85)
Friday Sketchers - A sketch, which you can see below

The image is by Stampavie, "My Little Friend by Rachelle Anne Miller" and is colored with Prismacolor color pencils. Printed paper is Cosmo Cricket's Earth Love collection. Cardstock is Bazzill. Flowers are made with using punches by EK Success.

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. Thanks for stopping by to check out my card.

Basic Grey and Pink Elephant Challenges

I set some goals for myself at the beginning of September that I hope to accomplish by the end of the year. While most are not really fun ones....like cleaning out closets and other boring but necessary things, one goal I set for myself is actually fun. That goal is to use all the stamps that I bought during my buying spree these past few months that I haven't used yet. This image I used for this card is the first time I have used it and it was perfect for two challenges that I am submitting it for. The first is Basic Grey's embossing challenge. Besides embossing of some kind on your creation you are required to use something from the Basic Grey line. My yellow, orange and orange printed papers are from the Basic Grey Lime Rickey collection. The second challenge is for The Pink Elephant Challenge blog which is a sketch this week. I have posted the sketch below.


Supplies:
Image: Playtime by Stampavie / Rachelle Anne Miller
Sentiment: Heidi Grace
Ink: Memories
Printed and solid papers: Lime Rickey collection by Basic Grey
Cardstock: Bazzill
Tools Used: Spellbinders Nestabilities and Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Embellishments: Ribbon and brad from "my stash"
Techniques: Image colored with Prismacolor Colored Pencils and chalks. Dry embossing with embossing folder.
Completed Card Size: 5 1/2" x 6"

Giving Shelter by Rachelle Anne Miller / Stampavie Stamps

I think my"mojo " took a vacation but it has finally returned with a three-fer! The challenge over at Roses On Paper is flowers and an added twist is you are also suppose to combine the challenge with at least one other challenge. You must also use a Magnolia, Rachelle Anne Miller, Sarah Kay or Greeting Farm image. I chose to use a Rachelle Anne Miller image called "Giving Shelter". I love this image and how fun it is to color it with a bit of whimsy.

As luck would have it the current challenge at Stampavie is also flowers and the use of a Stampavie image which includes the Rachelle Anne Miller line. That brings me to challenge #3 which is a sketch that I myself created. Some of you might recognize it from a few posts ago. Each week on the CK/ Paper Crafts message board we take turns hosting challenges to keep our mojo going. This past week was my turn to host a sketch challenge. I chose to use this sketch that I had created last month when needing a layout for a card I was making for another challenge. I have had a lot of fun with this sketch and have really enjoyed seeing what others have created using it. You can find the sketch HERE. For the flower part of the challenge, I have the flower in the image which I cut out and pop dotted for added dimension. I embossed the pink and yellow circles with a floral print using a Cuttlebug Embossing Folder and I made two flowers to pop dot on by using the medium and large Paper Shapers Retro Flower Punches.



Supplies Used:
Image: Giving Shelter by Rachelle Anne Miller / Stampavie Stamps
Cardstock: Bazzill
Printed Paper: Backyard Snap by American Crafts. Stripe by American Crafts
Tools: Spellbinders Nestabilities, Martha Stewart Picket Fence Border Punch, Cuttlebug Embossing Folders, Paper Shapers Retro Flower Punches
Buttons by Lasting Impressions
Embroidery Floss
Techniques: Image colored with Prismacolor colored pencils and blended with Gamsol.
Completed card size: 5 1/2" square

Thanks for stopping by!

Stampavie Challenge #3 - Circles

The challenge this week over at Stampavie is "circles" and of course your creation must also include a Stampavie image. I kind of hesitated on doing this challenge because recently it seems like I have been doing a lot of circles on my cards and I do not want to appear to be in a rut! LOL! I missed their first two challenges though and didn't want to miss another so......circles it is! I chose a design by Rachelle Anne Miller, Lily and Milo / Rainy Day by Stampavie. I stamped the image on a circle and included buttons for my flower centers as my circle elements on my card.

Supplies Used:
Image: Lily & Milo (Rachelle Anne Miller ) by Stampavie
Cardstock: Wausau
Printed Papers: BasicGrey
Ink: Memories
Offray Ribbon
Spellbinders Nestabilities
Prima Flowers
Buttons by Lasting Impressions
Stickles / Diamond
Techniques: Image colored with Prismacolor colored pencils and blended with Gamsol.
Completed card size: 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Stampavie's current challenge ends May 17th and then a new one will be posted. Be sure to check it out. Thanks for stopping by!

Not A Challenge, Fairys, Mushrooms and Ladybugs

I love to participate in the many different challenge blogs as much as I can but every once in awhile I just like to sit down and make a card. Such was the case with this one. This image is a recent purchase I made from Simon Says Stamp......which I highly recommend this company. Excellent service and reasonable to free shipping depending on the size of your order. I have listed my favorite shopping places to the right in my sidebar and there you can find a link to Simon Says Stamp.

This image is from Stampavie and is from the Rachelle Anne Miller line called "Lily Magic Fairy Ladybug Mushroom. I colored the image with Prismacolor Colored Pencils and blended with Gamsol. Cardstock is by Wausau and printed paper is a scrap from my paper stash. I used Spellbinder's Nestabilities to cut my shapes. Sizzix die was used for the curly Q vine and a Martha Stewart heart border punch. Prima flowers were added with a Glitterati rhinestone center to finish off the card. Completed card size is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you liked my card!