Flutter By Wednesday x2!

Oh happy day, it's Flutter By Day and it's also Leap Day! How you will you spend your extra day? I'm working and then I hope to craft tonight!

After taking off last week due to no mojo, I have two creations to share today. I had hoped to finish more but I ran out of time.  I finally got my desk and chair cleaned off. I spent hours coloring on Sunday!  It's been months since I touched my copics to color a full image...it was rough going at first but I think I'm back on my game :-)

Anywho, this week's Flutter By Challenge is an open one - just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation!  If you play along you have a chance to win a prize from the fabulous Susana of Susana's Custom Art and Card Design.  Susana so kindly sponsored the team with stamps to use this week - thank you Susana! Click {HERE} to enter your creation and find links to the rest of the team to see what they created.

I received the Fairy Good Hair Day from the Victoria Case Fairylicious Collection. Isn't she adorable? It took me two attempts to color her but I am pleased with how she turned out.  I paired her with some new Bo Bunny Ambrosia paper also from Susana's store. There are lots of new papers there, I did leave some for the rest of you to buy, he he :)

Here is my 2nd creation using last week's inspiration challenge. I finished it Friday night but didn't have much time to blog over the weekend.  It's also for Week #8 of the 52 Week Challenge, I've managed to still get a page a week done even though I haven't shared them all here.  For this layout I used various pieces from the My Mind's Eye Lost & Found collection and the sketch I used from Sketch Inspiration.

This is the first page that I've scrapped for my wedding album. I can't wait to scrap more of the photos!

Thank you for fluttering by today :-)

Get Messy with Birthday Sundaes!

Good morning!

This week's Birthday Sundaes challenge is to "Get Messy"! Create a birthday card using lots of inking, paints, mists. You get the idea. Make a mess and of course, have fun doing it! Don't forget to include a birthday sentiment/wording on your card front.

Our sponsor for this week is Couture Stamping by Candice Fields, an independent CTMH consultant and former Birthday Sundaes DT Member! Candice is giving away the CTMH Fashionista stamp set, shown below. Candice is also offering Birthday Sundaes fans a 10% discount during this challenge. You can find her store HERE and her blog HERE. To receive the discount, please email your order directly to Candice at stampinpearls at gmail . com (remove the spaces).

Here is my creation~

To make my card, first I punched 3 circles and added them to my card with repositionable adhesive. I stamped the sentiment and then ran the card base through my Cuttlebug with the Seeing Spots folder.   I then sprayed my card with 3 different Glimmer Mists - Lemongrass, SWAK, and Dazzling Diamonds. I did a few layers of each (and ended up with a warped card lol - it's safe to say I lack patience in waiting for things to dry!).  I then removed the circles so that I'd have the white spots to add my buttons. Just a tip when using the adhesive, do not use a lot. I used a bit too much and my paper tore when I took the circles off. 

I had tons of fun making this card and hope you will join us this week! The Design Team knocked this challenge out of the park - once again! 

Inspiration Challenge @ Flutter By Wednesdays!

Happy Wednesday!

Did everyone enjoy the Flutter By Wednesdays "Anything with Wings" challenge last week? I fluttered around a bit and saw lots of great entries!

This week Danni is challenging us to use the following inspiration picture for our creation and remember to add a butterfly, fairy or angel!

Isn't it pretty!  I just LOVE Gerbera Daisies, especially pink ones!

I hope to have a project to share soon...the mojo just hasn't been visiting me lately.  Be sure to visit the FBW blog to enter your creation and visit my fellow DT members, links are on the sidebar!

Birthday Sundaes #44

This week we have a super fun challenge and welcome a new sponsor to Birthday Sundaes!

We are challenging you to create a stair step birthday card. This includes center step and side step cards too!  Check out the tutorials HERE, HERE and HERE, if you need help in creating one of these fun fold cards. The Design Team has done a fantastic job with this challenge. All 3 types of step cards are represented below! Don't forget to include a birthday sentiment/wording on your card!

Our sponsor this week is~

Stamp Fairy has the most adorable digital images and we thank them for supplying the DT with images to use for this challenge.

The lucky winner will receive the following prize~



You can enter your card {HERE} and see all of the DT cards on the blog as well. My team did a fantastic job this week!  I hope to have a card ready to share mid-week or so. Last week wasn't that great of a week here.

Anything with Wings for Flutter By Wednesdays!

Yes, you read that right! This week's challenge at Flutter By Wednesdays is all about the wings. Anything with wings is acceptable on your creation for THIS week only!  Click {HERE} to enter your creation and check out the links of my fellow DT sisters to see what they made this week.

I could have used so many different stamps for this challenge but as I was gazing around my room, my eyes landed on this pretty bird :)  Super quick and easy card!

Supplies~
Stamps: Bird Collage & Everyday Sayings - both by Hero Arts
Paper: Carolina Breeze by Teresa Collins
Ink: Memento
Copics: Y15, Y17, Y19
Other: Queen & Co rhinestones


Thanks for fluttering by today!

Valentine - Be Mine

This is my valentine to my sweet hubby. I created while he was making dinner tonight...nothing like waiting until the last minute. LOL! 

I started with last Friday's Viva La Verve sketch challenge - perfect for playing with lots of patterned papers!

Here's my take using Verve's Love Notes set - inked up for the very first time and I also opened up my Echo Park Yours Truly 6x6 pad for the first time. (and now it probably collect dust until next year LOL!)

We had a great night. Dinner and then we watched a movie - Larry Crowne. Love both Julia Roberts & Tom Hanks!

I am also sharing my card with these challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges - Valentines Day

Celebrate the Occasion - #50 Valentine's Day (must use a heart)

Crafty Catz - #119 Valentines

Card Makin' Mamas - #38 - Valentine

Thanks for looking! 

Bday Sundaes #43

Good morning! I hope everyone is having a good weekend!

We have an inspiration challenge for you this week at Birthday Sundaes!


Create a birthday card using the following picture as inspiration - it must include a HEART and a birthday sentiment on your card front! Click {HERE} to enter your card!

Photo Credit: http://www.mysweetandsaucy.com/2011/02/valentines-day-treats/

Here is my take~ quite different than I imagined but I wasn't in the mood to color (well that and I still haven't cleared my desk of stuff that I need to sort and get rid of!) I did have fun making it though. Got to use a few new dies that I've been hoarding!

The layout was inspired by this week's Cards & Things sketch - love their sketches!

Supplies~

Stamps: Sweetest Cupcakes by My Pink Stamper

Paper: Basic Grey Nook & Pantry

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Other: Layered Hearts MFT Die-namics, Jumbo Monarch MFT Die-namics, Kaiser rhinestones, pop dots

Fluttering with some Mojo!

Good morning and Happy Wednesday!  I just realized that this is my 850th post! Wow!!

It's time to flutter again with FBW and this week we have a fun recipe challenge for you!

All you need is LOVE (and don't forget to include a butterfly, fairy or angel!!)


L = 2 or more layers
O = odd number of embellishments
V = use the color violet on your creation
E = use any color except red

This was so much fun to create!

I used this week's Mojo Monday sketch which I fell in love with as soon as I saw it.

You can enter your FBW creation HERE and be sure to visit all my teammates - I'm sure they created some fabulous work to share!

Supplies~
Stamps - Birthday Greetings by Sweet 'N Sassy Stamps
Paper - Papertrey Ink cardstock and Basic Grey Indie Bloom dp
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Other - Martha Stewart punch, Kaisercraft bling, WRMK edge distresser, pop dots, MFT Die-namics Sweet Stack labels, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder

Super Boy for Birthday Sundaes

Good morning and Happy Superbowl Sunday! I'm not a football fan but I'll use it as a good reason to get together with friends and have a fun time!

Easy peasy challenge this week at Birthday Sundaes! Simply create a new birthday card and remember to include birthday wording/sentiment on your card front. Please click {HERE} to enter your card and see what the DT created this week!

This week's sponsor is Karen's Doodles and they provided some cute images for the DT to use.

The lucky winner will receive 3 digital images of their choice. 

Here's my card using Super Boy! I'm trying to get practice making boy/male projects since I'll have a new nephew in May :) 

I went with a kraft theme since I didn't have a flat surface to color on at the time I made this card.  A different look for me but I think it works! The designer paper is from the MME Kraft Funday - Happy Days paper (psst...it's on sale at SCACD right now!) The cardstock is all from Papertrey Ink and the sentiment is from the Hooray for Birthdays set by Scrappy Moms Stamps. Such a fun and versatile birthday set! I used my gold spica pen to add a few highlights to Super Boy.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Happy February and FBW #188

Good morning and Happy February! It's a rainy dreary day here but it's oddly warm and I don't have to go to jury duty so I'm a happy girl!

It's time for the first Flutter By Wednesday challenge of the month and it's an open one. Just remember to include a butterfly, fairy or angel on your creation. This week we are sponsored by Rhoda Design Studio and the lucky winner will receive a $20 gift certificate to shop there! Some of the DT used digis provided by our generous sponsor, so be sure to check out their links when you enter your creation {HERE}.  Links are also on my sidebar!

I was inspired by the last few days of nice weather to create a springy card using up some Echo Park Country Drive scraps from recent layouts.  I saw a card recently on Kristina Werner's site using up lots of bitty square scraps and said I certainly can do that (many, many times with all my scraps LOL!)

I have to say the first month of the year went by so quickly but I'm ready for February! Lots of fun stuff coming up this month including two Big Picture Classes - 28 Cards in 4 Weeks and The Curious Scrapbooker's Field Guide.  I signed up way back in December so I'm excited it's finally time! I also hope to scrap more and finish up some of my reorganization in my scraproom. I'm trying to take my time with it so I don't get bored and get sloppy.  So far everything is looking GOOD!

Have a great day and thanks for fluttering by!