Happy Birthday

Hello, and welcome. I made this card for this week's Flutter By Wednesday challenge. It's an open week as long as you use a butterfly or fairy. I've been reading up on mixing DSP patterns, and thought I would give it a try. The three patterns I chose are from the Sycamore Street collection in the upcoming sale-a-bration brochure. Beginning January 22nd you can get it for free. You may choose one item for every $50 spent before tax and shipping. It's lovely paper. I definitely stepped out of my comfort zone putting these patterns together, but I'm pleased with the results. The Perfectly Penned sentiment is embossed with Tangerine Tango embossing powder then cut out with one of the Apothecary Accent dies. (Altered a bit). The Bitty Butterfly punch is from the new mini catalog.
Thank you for stopping by! I will be back soon with another card using mixed pattern papers. I'm getting brave these days...ha.

FBW 171

What a beautiful Sunday we have going on here! I'm working on several projects today, but thought I would take the time and post this super easy card. I have been experimenting with the fabulous My Digital Studio quite a bit lately as I am entering the MDS contest that takes place in a couple of weeks. Danni's FBW challenge is an open one this week, and I needed a flat card for mailing, so I printed DSP from the Urban Garden set stamped (digitally) with a sentiment from Define Your Life. All I did was cut it out and mount it. I added the punched, embossed butterfly, and that was it! After all the detail work that I've been doing on my contest entries, this was a breeze.

Thank you for visiting today. Have a great week!

Danni's Birthday Month FBW

Happy Labor Day! Today's card is for Danni's Flutter By Wednesday Challenge. This week the challenge was to make a celebratory card. My sentiment from the Perfectly Penned set just fit the bill perfectly. The stamp is a digi that I've had forever, and I'm sorry to say I don't know it's origin. I do know it was a freebie. She had a cute crown, but I colored it with a Silver Spica Pen, and it didn't look right. Thank goodness I had some crowns by Jolee to cover it up. The DSP is Berry Blossoms. I'm trying to use it up before Autumn actually begins since it's so summery. I also added Silver Mini Brads (love those!), Jewels Basics, and Pearls Basics.
I thank you for taking the time to visit, and for your wonderful comments. I hope you have a good week.

No Ordinary People FBW

Hello, and thank you for visiting my blog! One of my favorite challenges is Danni's Flutter By Wednesday weekly challenge. (Just click on the butterfly to get there). Last week Danni had a fancy fold card that looked interesting. She mentioned that the Multi Panel Card was easy enough so I had to try it. Sure enough it is very easy. I needed a card for our monthly SU Club that took place today, so here it is. I used stamps from Fabulous Florets and Summer Solstice. The little butterfly is shrink plastic cut with the Bigz Beautiful Butterflies Die colored with a Copic Marker before it was shrunk. A Basic Rhinestone, and the Baja Breeze 1/4" Grosgrain Ribbon finished up this easy card.

Today's club workshop was bittersweet. We had a surprise luncheon, and surprise - you're the hostess for today for Renee who will soon be moving away. I've known Renee for many, many years, as we used to teach together. I picked the DSP, colors, and sentiment for this card just for Renee. We had a fabulous time laughing, stamping, and lots of eating today. God speed, Renee! You will be missed.

FBW 165

Hello to all, and thank you for stopping by! I made two cards for Danni's FBW weekly challenge. This week Danni designed her own sketch. Simply click on her icon on the side bar to take you there.

I used the same measurements for both cards. I was going to ditch the Celebrate Today card because I just didn't like it, but decided that I didn't want to waste the materials or the time. I used the Medallion stamp and one of the Perfectly Penned stamps. The butterflies were cut from the Beautiful Wings Embosslit.

I like the way the Luck card turned out. I used the new Houndstooth Embossing Folder and the new Occasions Alphabet for the sentiment. The white panel is also embossed with the Flower Garden Folder. The DSP is Paisley Petals.The butterfly is shrink plastic cut with the Beautiful Butterflies Sizzix Die, then colored with a Copic Marker.

Here's wishing all of you a wonderful weekend!

FBW Melon Mambo Thank you

Hello everyone! Does this card look familiar? After visiting Danni's Flutter By Wednesday Blog, I decided to use the CAS sketch again. At FBW we were challenged to use stripes, so I just added a strip of striped Tangerine Tango DSP to the bottom. I used the same stamp sets. The new Melon Mambo Scallop Dots Ribbon was perfect along with the lovely Beyond the Garden DSP. I couldn't resist adding a bit of bling.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a great day!

FBW #163 Sunshine Butterfly

Hello, and welcome. I made this shabby chic card for Danni's FBW Challenge. This week is an open week as long as you have a fairy, angel, or butterfly on your creation. The inspiration for this card came from page 121 in the new IB&C. The pretty scalloped circle was cut with the new Perfect Pennants Bigz L Die, the label with Lots of Tags Sizzlit Set, and the butterfly was stamped first with a Butterfly Prints stamp, then punched with the matching Butterfly Punch. I used a small piece of First Edition DSP. I love the sentiment from the new Pursuit of Happiness set...I'm a sucker for quotes. See the speckles? This effect is made using the Color Spritzer Tool and a Stampin Write marker. I've had mine for well over ten years, and forget to use it sometimes. A little Daffodil Yellow Button with a Boho Blossom Punch, and leaves from the Bird Punch, and three Basic Pearls were the perfect additions to finish my card.

Tomorrow is Dorthy's workshop using the beautiful Inspired by Nature set. It promises to be a fun day as we haven't seen a couple of the ladies in a while. I hope you have a good weekend as well. Thank you for stopping by!

FBW #126 & OCC Challenges

Hello everyone on this gorgeous Sunday morning. It's finally cooling off a bit, and feeling a bit more like Fall. Although as I sit here typing this post I have the door open and can hear Grackles chirping, and a Mockingbird singing.

I made this card for two challenges. Danni's Flutter By Wednesday Challenge asked for a Fall theme along with the required butterfly, faerie, or angel. Our Creative Corner (OCC), challenged us to use at least three embellishments. I have been wanting to try my hand at this ribbon technique for a long time. All you have to do is add Sticky Strip to your base, then pleat the ribbon on top of it. It was so easy, I don't know why I put it off for so long. Oh well, such as life. I'm off to start a roast in the Crock Pot, then to "play" some more. Thank you for stopping by!

FBW #110 Scrapbook Page

This week we were challenged to use flowers with our butterfly, fairy, or angel at Danni's Flutter By Wednesday Challenge. I had to stop back by Danni's blog to make sure this scrapbook page would qualify since I couldn't remember if it was for cards only. Well, it said your new "project", so it's a go.

I'm not quite finished with this page yet, but I had to share it with you. I love, love, love, creating tear bears, and haven't made one in a long time. It was such fun that I know I'll do more. The DP, and flower stickers are from the Basic Grey, Green at Heart collection. I'm not crazy about the quality of this picture, and will need to work on my photography skills with scrapbook pages.

I'm definitely seeing the light at the end of the tunnel with my scrapbooking projects that I posted about last week. That in itself is very exciting for me because I won't feel so far behind scrapbooking wise.

Thank you for stopping by! Here's wishing you much sunshine.

OCCSC15 & Danni's FBW #109

This cute card was made for FBW #109 using this week's Our Creative Corner sketch. For Danni's Flutter By Wednesday we were to add paper piecing to our project. I pieced the tree leaves using scraps of SU DSP. All of the paper is by Stampin' Up, and the stamps are A Muse. The little butterflies are from the SU Beautiful Wings Embosslit Die.

I hope you all have a wonderful day! Thank you for visiting my blog.