Happy Birthday, Peggy!

Happy Hump Day! I got DH out the door and came to sit in my craft zone and get a challenge (or 7) done *wink* My card qualifies for the following challenges today:

• Paper Works - "to use cupcakes anywhere on your card or project."
• Stacey's Stamping Stage - color combo - Act 27
• Lord Have Mercy - sketch challenge
• Fussy and Fancy Challenge Blog - make a birthday card with some type of "sweet treat" on it
• Pile It On! - "Make it Sweet"
• Stamp With Us - "Birthday"
• Stamping Royalty - "Use Your Punches"

...here is my cutie patootie birthday girl:

Stamps: Short & Sweet, Mimosa - Cupcake (Bildmalarna); Paper: Certainly Celery, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White; Ink: Versafine Black, Basic Black; Accessories: celery satin ribbon, button, linen thread, markers, white gel pen, dimensionals, oval punches, oval scallop punch, cuttlebug border embossers

The weather man says we are in a "winter storm warning" for our area and we can expect 12-15 cm of snow and/or rain today and tomorrow. I am hunkered down with candles lit, great tasting coffee and laundry has been started. I am hoping to be back later on today with more installments! My workshop has been postponed so I don't have to run out tonight...more time for stamping :) Yay me!! See you soon - stay warm!

Shhhhh...can you hear that??!??

.......it's Q-U-I-E-T here! NO KIDS!! Now, don't get me wrong, I totally *heart* my kids :o) but a day off of school and the whole house to MYSELF is such a treat these days hahaha...both kids are at friends houses for the day and so I will do some laundry up and create - either in my craft room or I'll work on some afghan projects I need to complete...or BOTH! HA!

Scrapmaster's Paradise has a very "masculine" color challenge this week so I decided to make a birthday card for a good friend of ours. I had to find a sketch to go along with it, so I hopped on over to Friday Sketchers.



This is the sketch challenge from Friday Sketchers Challenge Blog. I knew I wanted to use Lovely as A Tree as my main image (my good 'ol manly standby stamp set lol)....

...and this is what I came up with.....hope you like it. I'm not too sure about the pearls on there, but I guess they are on there now :) Hope he enjoys them too HA HA HAHA...:o)


Recipe:

Stamps: Lovely as A Tree, Teeny Tiny Wishes
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Creamy Caramel, Basic Grey, Naturals Ivory
Ink: Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Sizzix embossing plate, sizzix dots embossing folder, grey satin ribbon, paper piercer, dimensionals, oval punches, scallop oval punch, scallop edge punch, spiral note punch, dimensions, adhesive pearls

Rainy Get Well...

Here's my other card that I made with the Kraft/Chocolate combo....Her name is Belinda Bumberboots from Stampingbella...isn't she just ADORABLE??? Hope all of my Canadian PEEPS are having a fantastic Canada Day! I know I am....

Happy Stamping!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!), Belinda Bumberboots (Stampingbella)
Paper: Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White
Ink: Timber Brown Staz On
Accessories: Not Quite Navy, Crushed Curry, Bordering Blue, Soft Suede markers....dazzling diamonds, scallop oval punch, oval punches, chocolate pearls

A Fabulous Friend....

I am practising my coloring with re-inkers and water pens....i need to work on shading. This cute girlie girl is called "Lattebella" and she's from Stampingbella. I just *heart* coloring these cute images! I have one more card to do, but I'm not sure I'll get the coloring done tonight or not....I might leave it and do it tomorrow on Canada Day! :)

Have a super night and thanks for poppin' on over....

Recipe:

Stamps: Oval All, Lattebella from Stampingbella
Ink: Timber Brown Staz On
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa DP, Whisper White
Accessories: scallop oval punch, large oval punch, Not Quite Navy re-inker, Close to Cocoa re-inker, Crushed Curry re-inker, chocolate half-pearls, dimensionals, sponge dauber