A Little Birdie Told Me

Wow..it's been almost a full month since I've posted anything!  In mid March I went on a scrapbooking/cardmaking retreat with my daughter Emily.  She worked on her scrapbooks, I worked on making cards for Operation Write Home.  I will be posting several cards I made in the next couple of days, but first I wanted to post this one I made for my sister Mary's birthday.  This digital stamp called "Spring Enchantment" is from the Paper Shelter.  I thought she was very cute & the bird made me think of the Inkadinkado stamp I have that says " A Little Birdie Told Me It Was Your Birthday".  So I colored her up with my Promarkers, and laid the card out following a sketch that for the life of me I cannot remember....maybe it was "Sieze the Sketch".  Anyway...since her birthday is at the start of spring, and that's when all the birdies come back to play...I thought I would use some pastel spring colored paper on her card.  The striped background paper & light green paper I diecut using Spellbinder's Fleur de Lis Rectangles were from a small DP Collection called Emma's Garden by Jennifer Ellory.  It was free with the purchase of a Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine I bought.  I pierced the rectangle around her just to add an extra interesting touch.  The rest of the paper, buttons, jewels & flower were from my stash. The flower was white and I colored it with a Promarker so that it matched closely with the blue paper I used. And it was a little crazy adding each one of those green gems separately around the die cut ( I thought I would LOSE my mind)!! But I think it turned out pretty & I hope my sister likes it!!  Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!

Challenges Entered:

ArtbyMiran Anything Goes

Sweet & Sassy Use A Bird

Craft Your Passion For the Ladies

Party Time Tuesday Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Special Lady

TTCRD Anything Goes

Just Inspirational March Challenge Anything Goes

Simon Says Anything with Buttons

Paper Pretties - Piercing

Creative Moments Anything Goes/ Option Things with Wings

Paper Shelter Spring Delights

Always Something Creative Anything Goes

Clear It Out Challenge Anything Green

Stamping For the Weekend Spring Colors

Cut It Up Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays Flowery Springtime

Sassy Studio Designs Pretty Pastels

Happy Birthday Emily

My eldest daughter Emily turned 36 years old yesterday...so hard to believe that much time has passed since I delivered her!! She's already joking what an old hag she is!  She's a wonderful daughter, and runs a house with six of our grandchildren & her husband Jason.  I don't know how in the world she survives...I only had two girls & one boy.  This is the birthday card I made for her.  She likes her glass of wine in the evenings, and this cute Mo's Digital image called Party Girls seemed perfect!   One of Emily's favorite colors is green, and I think the pink & green panel look good together on the card. I colored her with Promarkers & followed the sketch & color inspiration from Your Next Stamp's monthly challenge to create it.  I was looking for a happy birthday sentiment, but came across a free sentiment "How Bad Can Good Girls Get?" and it made me chuckle ( I knew she was headed out that night with her girlfriends to celebrate her birthday!)  Sorry, I have no idea where it came from.  Anyway...I used a Spellbinder die to mount the sentiment on with foam dots, created the strip across the lower end with an EK Border Punch, and added some colored pearls.  All the items used including the paper were from my stash.  Inside the card says " Kick up your Heels & have a Happy Birthday".  I hope she likes it!  Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!

Challenges Entered:

YNS Challenge # 9

Little Miss Muffet Anything Goes

Catch the Bug Challenge Anything Goe

Party Time Tuesdays Anything Goes

I Love Promarkers Use Die Cuts/no Punches

Sweet Stamps Challenge - Favorite Colors

Sir Stamps A Lot March Challenge

One Sweet Challenge - March Challenge

Challenges 4 Everybody Anything Goes

Crafts Galore - Use a Stamp or Digistamp

ABC Challenge - G is for Girls

Simply Create Too - Use only your stash

Open Minded Crafting Use Something Green
Lia Stampz - For a Special Lady
Mojo Monday Tall & Skinny
TTCRD Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Anything Goes
Clear it Out Challenge 3rd Year Anniversary
TSC Anything Goes
Pile it On Challenges
Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper
Deep Ocean Just for a Girl
The Doodle Garden Anything Goes
Hobby Cutz Celebrations
Off The Rails - Geometric Card
Sister Act Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin - Cute
Totally Gorjuss Birthday
Just Inspiration Monthly Challenge
Country View Challenges Blogaversarry
Gruffies & Guests For A Special Female
Sunflower Field Designs March Challenge Birthdays
Savvy Handmade Cards Going Green

Christmas in February

Digital Stamps 4 Joy is having a monthly progressive Christmas Challenge this year.  They offer one of their FREE Digital Christmas images each month, and as long as you use that current months image to create & post a card to their challenge, you could win a prize!  And you will automatically be sent the next month's free Christmas image to create another challenge card!!  Of course I just finished creating my card for this challenge & hopefully I have not missed the deadline for entering!!. I colored the image with Promarkers and then punched it out with a Marvy Circle punch, then a Marvy Scalloped punch.  The white border is a Martha Stewart Ribbon punch. The red ribbon is from my stash!  I will be adding a sentiment and mailing this card to the Send A Smile 4 Kids organization for their use.  Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!!

Challenges Entered:

Send A Smile 4 Kids Challenge- Punches & Die Cuts

Digi Stamps 4 Joy February Christmas Challenge

Fly Away

I made another set of cards for Operation Write Home this week using this adorable Penny Black stamp called Fly Away.  I thought it was so super cute, and I thought it would make a cute "Missing You" card.  I colored it with my Promarkers, I don't have the name of the stamp set I used for the sentiment, but I punched the circle out using a 1.5 Paper Studio punch.  The scalloped red die cut behind it is from Spellbinder's Beaded Circles set.  I think it turned out pretty cute, hope the soldiers like it!  Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!

Challenges Entered:

Send A Smile 4 Kids - Punches or Diecuts

Sentimental Sundays - Pack a Punch

Scrapbook Stamp Society Anything Goes

Eureka Stamps Animal Friends

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody Anything Goes

Totally Paper Crafts - Spring

Through the Craftroom Door

Divas by Design - Rubber Stamps Only

Digisstamps4Joy - Die Cuts or Punches

Sweet Stamps - Anything Goes

A Very Special Card

My grandson Kenny is being baptized this coming Sunday...it is a truly joyous occasion!!  He came into our family as a foster child at around 5 months old, and his adoption was not finalized until this past year when he was almost 3 years old!  He is such a spunky, smart, mischievous little boy, and we just love him to death!!  From early on I told my daughter whenever I looked at him....he is the actor/comedian Woody Harrelson's double because of his dimples & infectious smile!! Not the best resemblance picture here, but can you see it???  Anyway....I made this card for his baptism and although the pictures of it are horrible, I thought it came out really pretty!!  Not entering in it any challenges, but if you happen to stop by, hope you enjoy it!!