Seeds of Happiness for Mom

Edited to note this card was chosen as City Crafters Artist Spotlight May 10th, 2011.
Hello~

Just jumping on to share another card I created for Mother's Day! Those who are married know that you must come up with not only one card, but two for Mother's Day! This one is on the way to my husband's Mom.

I used the colors from the City Crafters Challenge Blog as my inspiration.

Such a beautiful collection of flowers. So, keeping with the floral theme in the photo, I used a die cut from K & Company.  The tag is stamped Mom from the set Let's Rock by Wilson Designs.  My cardstock base is from Stampin' UP!, and the Designer Paper is from Me & My Big Ideas.

I am also playing along with My Craft Spot: We love you, Mom.

Hope your Mother's Day is filled with much love and appreciation!

Thank you so much for popping over to visit!

My Craft Spot Challenge 4

Good Friday everyone!

It's a glorious day and I hope everyone is going to be able to spend time with friends and family this Easter weekend! I am a little sad as the hubs won't be with us, but not too much longer. We have family in town and it's been wonderful catching up with them, so that is part why I have not been able to post and the other part has been because I have started working on getting ready for things I can't share yet. tee hee!

I have a quick card for you for a challenge at My Craft Spot. The challenge is to create a Get Well Card! I always need those in my stash! Kimberly creates beautiful cards with her Cricut, and I miss mine so much at the moment!

In the photograph my beautiful fluffy bow looks squashed, but it's not! I love you cardmakers who are able to photograph your cards so beautifully! :-) 

Well, we are off to enjoy a Marine Discover Cruise and hopefully we will see some dolphins and manatees! 

Enjoy the rest of your day!

HB2U!

**This is my second post of the day, for my Off the Wall Craftiness Post please go here. Thank you! :-)**


Hi!

I am always in need of Birthday Cards, so I like to make extra because I never know when I may need one in a pinch. I took this opportunity to a combine a couple of challenges to make a quick card today.

I am using the sketch layout from Skipping Stones Designs 72. The colors from CR84FN.

I am also going to enter this card at My Craft Spot, where the challenge is to create a birthday card with a tag. This worked out perfect since that was part of the layout for SSD layout! Love it when that happens! My sentiment is from Wilson Designs Gnomebody Like You. My paper is an assortment. The cream polka dot is from American crafts, The pink stripe was still on my table left over from working on my Off the Wall Craftiness Project. It was a paper pack from Me & My Big Ideas. The Pink Medium Polka Dot Strip is from DeNami Designs.

I hope you have a great weekend! I hope to take the short stuff to an easter egg hunt this weekend! 

Friends Cherish Each Other's Hopes...

Hey there!!

I have another card to share with you inspired by the color challenge at CR84FN.

Here is the color inspiration board!

I created the card to bring together equal amounts of color for balance. I didn't want any one color to dominate.

True friends are a treasure and I just love the sentiment on this diecut. I have been lucky enough to have many wonderful people come in my life, but only a handful are lifelong friends, and they are the ones that are happy for you and cherish your dreams too, and they are the first ones to reach out when things are not all "dreamy" and stand by you through thick and thin.  Yes, I cherish my friends and I cherish their hopes and dreams too! 

I have had a lot of comments about my card style lately.  I lightly touched base on this in my interview at Fascinating Fridays.  I don't like to put myself in a corner to any particular style. I tend to create based on my moods, time, and sometimes I will draw inspiration based on a challenge, a magazine, shopping, or just whatever flows together.   A perfect example is my post yesterday which is VERY different from today!  It was partly driven by the theme challenge, and the other part my son.  He is at the age where primary colors are so fun and they are colors he enjoys, so I had a great paper collection staring at me, and my card was born.  I have been asked what my comfort zone is, and I am not sure I have one. As of today, I am creating without my full range of crafting supplies/stamps/dies, so I have had a lot more fun embellishing.  (Although those cards cost more to mail! hmm...{wink}) 

Thanks for visiting with me today!  

JUGS sketch has gone Pink-a-licious

**Wahoo! This card was chosen by Hand Stamped Sentiments as an Artist Pick**
Good Morning!

Were you able to make your rounds to check out the Design Team for the Wilson Designs' release?  You still have time to leave comments for your chance to win the set free! Who doesn't want free stamps? Just scroll to older post and leave a comment for your chance to win.

I'm joining in the FUN on a couple of challenges. JUGS Sketch 78 and Hand Stamped Sentiments Pink-a-licious color splash! ME loves  ME some PINK! 

I am a stamper at heart, but I love embellishing cards more and more with diecuts and fun little dressings like doilies, buttons and bows! It's hard to see, but at the base of the card, I stamped a delightful decorative stamp from Crafty Secrets French Mail set using Memento Angel Pink. 

Adding some embellishing touches such as beautiful pale pink angel wings from MemrieMare with a resin rosette to the center also adding some Martha Stewart roses in pale pink.  The sentiment diecut is from K & Company. I added some dazzling diamonds glitter (however not showing up in this photograph)

I am also playing along with Flutter By Wednesday: Open.

I'm SO happy you popped in today! Thanks for all your kind comments you have been leaving! It just warms my heart! 

Have a Pink-a-licious Day!

A Friend...

Hi All,

It's been one of those weeks, but I thought I would try and sneak a card I worked on the other evening after putting the little shorty to bed. I hope you checked out the Wilson Designs inspirational sneak peeks. If you are reading this today then you still have time to comment on my post for a chance to win the new release. Just follow down or go here.  Check back tonight at 9:00 p.m. EST for the release.

My card uses the colors from CR84FN color challenge. Kraft, Green, and Brown!

I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch layout. 

I took a plain ol' doily in the baking section and VersaFine Vintage Sepia and sponges it to get the right shade I was looking for!  The beautiful green pattern paper is from a Me and My BIG Ideas paper pack. My Polka Dot was created by yours truly using DeNami Designs Medium Polka Dots.  Two different ribbons are layered for the side panel design and they are both by American Crafts!

The beautiful flower is by Recollections. The sentiment die-cut is from K & Company. 

Thanks for taking a look with me today! Hope you have a FABULOUS Wednesday! Hope to see you back tonight!

Hugs!