Garden Party Card

This delightful image was a freebie from Delightful Inspiration. Want to get a freebie next week? Head on over and learn how you can get freebies every week just by playing along :)
Here is my card that I am giving to a wonderful person I know who is recovering from a double mastectomy. Today was her first day out and she really was enjoying the spring weather. So I thought I would send along a cute note with her son tomorrow letting her know how lovely it was to see her! The inside reads :Spring is a time of new beginnings.

So the card didn't turn out as I wanted. I was having a rough day today (and of course I left things til the last minute-oops) So here are my learning tips:  (enjoy the chuckle at my expense)
1) When using glitter, wait until it dries before you decide to colour the rest of your image (or keep baby wipes close by for your hands)
2) When dry embossing on the BigShot, make sure you turn your paper the right way. Otherwise instead of 'popped up' dots you get indents.
3) When using the coluzzle, dont' pick it up and move it half way through cutting. Believe it or not its hard to match up and may cause your oval to be a little off (giggles)
Have a great night!

Stamping Vacation Challenge -no fancy borders

What I love about Stamping Vacation is you have a whole month to play each of their challenges. That suits my schedule well, between the hubbie and the kids some times crafting is hard. Oh poor me, can't craft 24/7-lol.
The challenge that I am entering this time is called No fancy Borders. I had this cute little monkey from Stamping up on my desk and went to work. I love this sock monkey! I paper pieced him, stamped the background in bananas, and then added some glitter.

Have a great night!

Monochromatic Pinks at Stamping Vacation

The challenge until tomorrow at Stamping Vacation is to use pinks. I used an image from a Day for Daisies. Have you seen their stamps? You should go check them out, the artist is uber talented! Anywho, here is my card entry:

The glittery tag is hard to see but it says happy, so this card can be used for many occassions. have a great night!

Penguin Bunny Easel Card for Hambo Hoedown

The challenge this week at Hambo Hoedown is to create a easel card using their cute Penguin Bunny image. This image was a freebie for playing last week.

I twisted my easel card slightly for a different look. Papers are basic Grey, and stamps are from SU. You have til Tues to play along :)

When I grow up -challenge time!

I made a card using a new circle sentiment image from La La Studio. There are a few different sentiments in the set but I thought this one went best with my card. The image was a freebie from Sassy Cheryl -isn't she cute?
Here is my card that I am entering into Stamping Vacation's Challenge Fountain of Youth-playing dress up.

You have until April 20th to play along for a fab prize, so head on over to Stamping Vacation and play along!

Little House on the Prairie Card

Here is a card I am entering for one of the month long challenges at Stamping Vacation.  It's called 'Watched This" and the theme is Little House on the Prairie. Well, I have a small admission. I have never seen this show. Yes, it was on when I was little but I never had an interest in it, perhaps because I was often called "Laura Ingalls" as a teen.  I do know that Micheal Landon was in the show and suffered from cancer. So with that limited knowledge I made this card of 'hope'. It's called an easel card and I got this image from an internet colouring page.

The sentiment reads: Why let worries weigh you down when hope can lift you up? Hope you find a little inspiration from it :)

Spotty Dotty Watering Can

It's Challenge time over at Delightful Inspiration.  This week the images we were given included 2 watering cans, sentiments, and butterflies. Did I mention they were free? Yep, play along and Faith will email you a free image the next week! Here is my card this week:

Have a great night!