HOORAY!

Summer's almost here and I've got a card full of bright summer colors!

I used the color inspiration from ColourQ 

and

the sketch from the Deconstructed Sketch.

I used the "Janie's Girls" stamp set from Hot off the Press.

This set has 7 of the cutest little girls I've ever seen

and they are so much fun to play with.

This one reminds me of some of the outfits my daughter used

to put together and sometimes still does, but don't tell her I told you that!

Thanks for taking a look!

Latte Birthday Wishes

I found a cute, free digital image over at bearywishes.com and thought it would make a fun

birthday card.  I used the sketch for the current challenge at Freshly Made Sketches and the

color combo at Color Throwdown as inspirattion.  I'm also linking up to
Seize the Birthday for Anything Goes.

I think I've said it before that cute and fun is not usually my card making style

but I'm really enjoying printing and coloring these digital images I've found.

Maybe I'm reverting back to my childhood! 

Anyway, hope you all have a great weekend and as always,

 thanks for taking a look!

52 CCT Past Sketch Challenge

This is my last post as GDT for 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown.  I've had a great time this
month and am so grateful to the team for making me feel so welcome!  This week it's time

to pick a past sketch for your Christmas card creation.  The sketch I chose is from

November 2012.

I used an Inkadinkado stamp set called "Ornate Christmas" for my snowman.  The
snowman was first stamped and embossed, colored with spectrum noir markers and
glittered.  I then fussy cut him and foam taped to an embossed oval.  I embossed the large
white panel, added the snowflake ribbon and finished up with some pearls.  I hope you
take a look at the design team's inspiration at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown and
link up your own creation.  Thanks for taking a look!

Tulips Just for You

Wasn't quite sure I was going to get a card done to link with the Color Throwdown

challenge this week, but I made it with a few hours to spare! 

Here's the color combo to use...

and what I came up with.

I used a digital image from birdscards.com and colored it with spectrum noir markers.  It

was fussy cut and adhered to die cut circles. I did some dry embossing, die cut some
banners and stamped the sentiment. The sketch is from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge
where you can choose a past sketch to work with. This is sketch #179.
Thanks for taking a look!

Andrew by C Thru the Woods

I made a couple of Father's Day cards using the large Andrew stamp from The Boys in

the Woods Series by C Thru the Woods Clear Stamps.  The first one was made with the

color combo over at Crazy 4 Challenges and the other is in a related color combo.

The first one was done by stamping Andrew twice, once on white card stock and the

second on kraft card stock. I colored the white version with pencil colors and then fussy

cut his pants and hair from the kraft card stock and paper pieced to better match the colors

for the challenge.  I die cut the turquoise and orange circles and then embossed the orange

one. I die cut the banner and added the letter stickers spelling out Dad and finished with

some enamel dot stickers.

The second was stamped once, colored with pencil colors and fussy cut. I die cut one 

circle and embossed. The sentiment was computer generated and die cut. I finished with 

enamel dot stickers. If you have trouble finding stamps that are masculine you should 

check out C Thru the Woods! Thanks for taking a look!

Birthday Tulip

Today I have a card made with inspiration from the photo challenge over at Just Us Girls

and the sketch at Freshly Made Sketches.

This one was pretty quick and simple. I used a digital stamp from birdscards.com which 

I colored with spectrum noir markers, fussy cut and added to an embossed panel. I 

finished  up with a greeting sticker and some pink pearls. I am also linking up to CASology

and Seize the Birthday.  Thanks for taking a look!

52 CCT Stash Challenge

Hello! It's the 4th Saturday in May and time for a new stash challenge over at

52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown where I'm having a great time as GDT this month.

The challenge this time is to use something old, new, borrowed, blue. Match at least two
of these items in your stash and create!  Here's what I came up with.

As you can see I definitely used something blue.  The ornament stamp is a new one for me.
The ribbon I used is probably at least 15 years old. So I was able to match up 3 of the 4
things. I hope you take a look at what the design team came up with and come up  with your
own creation to link up at 52 {Christmas} Card Throwdown! Thanks for taking a  look!