A Spoon Full of Sugar #68 & Color Throwdown #59

This sketch and this color combination were the most fun to work with! I had a blast making this card. When I saw the sketch at A Spoon Full of Sugar I thought to myself "too busy", and just wasn't quite sure how to approach it. But the Color Throwdown of Pumpkin Pie, Close to Cocoa & Ruby Red didn't cause me to bat an eye...even tho' orange is not at the top of my favorite color list I seem to work with it a lot, and have grown to love it for card making purposes. The patterned paper is from Fancy Pants, Delight Spice. The sentiment is Stampin' Up A Little Birdie Told Me. And I am absolutely in love with these Friendly Forest foil rub-ons from Colorbok!! Oh, if you're wondering "whooo" is the best...this card is for my daughter Whitney, she's got a thing for owls. She's just begun her second year of Vet School and might need an encouraging word in the form of a card from Mom. (Be sure to be on the lookout in the next few days...I have another darling daughter, so I'll have to be creating another "best" card!)

Just Christmas and Birthday Cards #44 & Cupcake Craft Challenges #56

Of course my first thought when I read the Cupcake Craft Challenge was to use red, white & blue, was "stars & stripes" and all things patriotic. But then, I was in a mood to go out on a limb! So, I went with a lighter blue and steered clear of all things patriotic. Then I figured while I was out there on the limb anyway, I might as well attempt the the sketch over at Just Christmas and Birthday cards. All those circles and swirls really threw me for a loop!! The blue & white elements on this card are out of that Target $1 bin set...I'm telling you, that's been one of my favorite purchases of the summer! The square red brads were another "deal" from the Tulsa scrapbook convention. And the flowers are looking glass stickers from Making Memories. My birthday sentiment is from Stamping Up's Blooming With Happiness set.

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #34 & Corrosive Challenge #28

I just had to pull out my pet card making supplies when I saw the Corrosive Challenge this week was to use a cat theme!! Then I combined the cat card with this weeks Sweet Sunday Sketch, and here's what I ended up with!

Jazzy Inspirations #19 & Card Positioning Systems #132

Happy Labor Day! I hope the most labor any of you have to do is create a card. Ella & Dizzy inspired this week's color challenge over at Jazzy Inspirtaions, the colors of that poster are light blue, purple & white. My sketch inspiration comes from Card Positioning Systems. I was glad to have an opporunity to use up more of that Elegant Eggplant cardstock left over from wedding projects! I punched two hearts out of some patterned paper from a kit from Lora swapped at CardMaker magazine Card Swaps message board. The stamped sentiment came from another swap on the message board and is from Terrie. I added some Elegant Eggplant and some Bashful Blue with my blender pen (since I'm still too cheap to buy markers), along with a dot of Crytal Effects in the center of the flowers to make the image fit the color challenge.

One Stop Craft Challenge #45

I had so much fun making this card! It's based on Nikki's sketch over at One Stop Craft Challenge. Probably the reason the card was so much fun is because it's a shower card for my TAC Angel, who is anxiously awaiting Baby Lily's arrival! I bet you can't guess what Lily's room look like...brown & pink with a bird painted on the wall. I always love it when I have the perfect stamp set for someone's card! I used two Stampin' Up sets, A Little Birdie Told Me and Baby Talk. For the background flowers I used a fun TAC set called Blooming Builders. Other supplies I used include the pink patterned papers & dotted ribbon, which came from Jane in a CardMaker magazine Card Swaps message board kit swap. And probably my favorite element is the pink, flocked flower ribbon from Prima. I don't normally choose flocked stuff, but this was in a bargain package and when I got to thinking about this card for Lily I figured "what the heck"...and lo & behold, I fell in love with it!!

Crafty Creations Challenge #31

Happy Weekend! I'm breathing a sigh of relief that another week of school is over and that it's a long weekend. My class is really full of a lot of little challenges this year. *sigh*
The challenge over at Crafty Creations this week is to use three or more patterned papers. Well, if you know me that was not even a stretch! I am so totally addicted to patterned paper it isn't even funny. Anyway, I thought of this card that was my project at that shoebox swap I went to with Sarah & Heather. We did that right after the wedding and I was sitting on all this Old Olive DSP (Stampin' Up) that was left over from the various wedding projects, and figured I'd let those girls help me use it up. (Of course, we barely made a dent in it, so if anyone needs some Old Olive DSP scraps...I'm your contact!) Now I got the idea for this card from Andrea Walford's blog and from there you can follow her link to yet another similar card. I did change the bow placement, but of course the basic idea for the card is right there! Btw, Andrea does some amazing card making...hers was one of the first blogs I discovered and she continually amazes me with her creativity!

A Spoon Full of Sugar #67 - Distressing

The design team over at ASFOS are looking for distressing on cards this week. I have this card to share from a shoebox share I went to with Sarah and her friend Heather. This is the card that Heather brought for us to make that evening...thanks Heather! I'm kind of in a phase of making "non event" cards, so I didn't put any type of sentiment on this one so that I can use it whenever the mood strikes. I do know that I really like the blue & orange color combo and should probably pull these two colors out together again real soon!