Seriously?

I put together this card this morning for the latest Paper Players Challenge #256:

I rarely make square cards after making so many for Operation Write Home, I'm wired for A2.  This was fun to be "square" and I felt like I had soooo much more room!  My card is 5.25" x 5.25" and I actually have an envelope to mail it in...score!

Like everybody I know, I'm a little Bird Crazy.  I watercolored the quirky birds with Distress Markers and then die cut.  I struggle with their expressions sometimes so felt I had to add a little sarcasm with the sentiment from Paper Smooches.  The branch is a piece of corrugated cardboard that I swiped a brown ink pad over.  The little leaves are from a tiny little punch (Recollections, I think).  The digi cloud layer (free download at Birds Cards) was glued on top of another piece of corrugated cardboard inked up with Distress Ink on the edges.

Seriously, aren't they weird but a little cute?  Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Cards in Envy: When Nature Calls

Happy Monday and time for a new challenge over at Cards in Envy!  The theme this time is "When Nature Calls" and your A2 (no lumps or bumps) card should feature something found in nature.  I went with a bug theme because what would nature be without bugs?

 

 

If anyone can have a favorite bug, I think mine is ladybugs.  Short story:  Years ago I had a beautiful rose garden that became infested with aphids.  My husband went out and bought a bag of ladybugs...who knew?  Anyway, 150 ladybugs were going to save the day and eat all of the aphids per the nursery expert.  We released them in the backyard and they promptly ALL flew over the neighbor's yard and stayed there.  Did you know that ladybugs do NOT come when called?

 

Anyway, my card uses cute buggy DP (The Paper Studio), scalloped dies (My Favorite Things), and stamps, sentiment, and dies from The Stamps of Life.  Add a few hearts and googly eyes and you have a ladybug hug ready to be sent to someone special.

 

I hope you'll join in the fun at Cards in Envy!  We can't wait to see how nature calls to you!  Have a great week!

Cards in Envy Challenge: Pretty in Pink

Happy Monday and welcome to another fun challenge from Cards in Envy!  The new theme is "Pretty in Pink" and your A2 card should feature mostly pink colors and, of course, fit in an envy without big lumps and bumps :-)

I'm not usually a pastel girl, but I've been trying to be "softer" and I had found this delicious pink cardstock in my stash.  Using the stripe cover-up die from MFT, I die cut a white layer and a pink layer.  Covered the back with wide Scor-Tape, inlaid the pink cutouts in the white layer and mounted it on the same pink cardstock.  I used a Tim Holtz stencil and Delicata silver ink to create a small background and layered Sizzix Triplett Flowers, adding some silver thread and black/white polka dot leaves and sequin centers.  The sentiment is from The Stamps of Life.  So soft and girly!

 



I really hope you'll show us your pink side and join in the challenge.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Hello, Doodle Pantry Fans!  Today I'm posting a card for Tuesday Morning Sketches #296:

Doodle Pantry is once again sponsoring over at TMS this week and I went with one of my favorite images and sentiment this time of year called "Rubber Boots."  Maybe because in my neck of the woods, rubber boots are very fashionable (and necessary)! 

I hope you'll play along and if you use a digi image, Doodle Pantry's AIMPDC #4 is just a click away!  Thanks for stopping by :-)

I'd also like to enter the following challenges:
Crafting From The Heart #55 - ATG
Digitally Sweet Challenge #133 - ATG
Craft Your Passion #257 - ATG

A Couple of Cards

Happy Friday!  Today I'm posting a couple of cards for Operation Write Home.  The first one is for the Our Daily Bread Designs April Challenge to create a masculine card.  ODBD sponsors OWH card shipments based on the number of entries.  I'm also entering it into the Crooked Stamper Sketch Challenge #3:

 

The anchor die from Spellbinders Inspired collection had never been used (what a surprise :-).  I used silver metallic paper for the anchor and the sentiment (Lawn Fawn) was anchored with tiny staples.

 

The second card is using OWH Sketch #251:

 

I went with a generic love card, using yummy DP scraps.  The cardbase is TSOL Bubblegum and the die cut flower is from Sizzix' Flower Triplets. 

 

That's all for today!  If you get a chance, please check out the kids card challenge at Cards in Envy and the Earth Has Music Challenge with Words 2 Scrap By!  They are collaborating with Shopping our Stash this week...it's a two-fer!  Have a wonderful weekend :-)

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches #295

Allergies or a bad cold?  I'm not sure but it has sure put me out of action for a few days.  After the cold medicine kicked in, I decided to make a card for Tuesday Morning Sketches #295:

I usually do a little flipping with sketches but I decided to stay true this time.  The cold medicine makes me a little loopy so who knows what could happen!  My card is using an image from Doodle Pantry's "Little Lighthouse" set and a sentiment from Avery Elle.  I love the little heart at the top which I colored with Wink of Stella and covered with Glossy Accents.  The wave background is a Darice embossing folder and the oval die cuts are from MFT.

 



Thanks so much for stopping by.  If you're looking for some more fun challenges, please check out the W2SB and SOS collaboration this week and, if you use a digi, link up to the Doodle Pantry's Ants in My Pantry Digital Challenge #4!

W2SB Challenge #16: The Earth Has Music

Are you ready for another W2SB Challenge??  April's theme is "The Earth Has Music" and my I-Team card is in honor of all those birds chirping away in my backyard.  Ahhh...what's better in the morning than a cup of coffee (or two), a beautiful sunrise, and the birds starting the day with a song?

This card began with one of Tim Holtz' Bird Crazy stamps, stamped on Ranger Watercolor Paper.  I love their quirky look!  I watercolored the bird and background with Distress Inks (Pistachio, Tumbled Glass, Seedless Preserves, Mowed Lawn, and Squeezed Lemonade).  I used a stencil and Pistachio Distress Ink to create a background on Lemonade cardstock (TSOL), die cut a square, and mounted that layer over the watercolor paper.  The sentiment (Momenta) is one of my all time favorites, stamped in VersaFine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed.  For the final touches, I added a musical vellum banner layered over DP and polka dot ribbon from my stash . 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you'll join in the fun over at W2SB and share your projects with us!  Happy Spring!