Sending Big Hugs

 Hello friends ... 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!
I enjoy a fun sketch to get my creativity started and the one over at the Paper Players caught my attention.  Only a couple of days left to play along so I'd better hurry!!! 

 Here's the sketch they are offering:

 

 and here's the card I came up with . . .

 

 I've had this Unity paper pack called 'Ghostly Moonlit Gardens' in my stash for awhile now and thought this might be a good time to showcase it.

 

 The floral sticker in the circle is from the Paper Studio and the sentiment panel is a fabulous stamp & die set from the TON.

 Challenges to share in:

Sweet Stampin' - Flowers (ends 6/5) 
Make My Monday #278 - Say It With Flowers (ends 5/31)

Wishing you a wonderful day ahead!

As always . . . 

CAS - Thinking of You

 Happy Hump Day All!

Today I'm playing along in the current AAA Cards Challenge #315  - a sketch challenge this time.

 

 One of my cousins has been ordering thinking of you cards for her church every couple of months so I thought I'd get started on another group of cards for her so I have them available when she contacts me next.  This sketch is a very CAS (clean & Simple) design that will make for some quick cards.

 

 I've used the Paper Studio sticker flowers for the corner focus and from my 'Doni Collection', I've used a sentiment stamp from Simon Says titled 'Sending Happy Thoughts'.

Challenges to share in:

Make My Monday #278 - Say It with Flowers (ends 5/31)
613 Avenue Create May Challenge - ATG w/optional May Flowers (ends 6/6)
Crafty Catz #714 - ATG (ends 6/4)

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!

As always . . . 

Polka Dot Fun

 Happy Day Crafting Friends!

Today I'm playing along in the fun 'Polka Dot' challenge 
over on the Just Add Ink Challenge Blog. (ends June 3rd)

 

 Here's what I've created . . .

 I've had this old Memory Box 'Peony Oval Frame' (#99907) die cut and at the ready for awhile now.  It was cut for another project then not used.  And, since I used a polka dot paper for the framing I thought it would be perfect for this fun challenge.

For my background, I've used a Sunny Studio 'Dots & Stripes pastels paper pad. (Dots on one side / Stripes on the other). 

 

 My sentiment panel is from Heartfelt Creations and Nuvo Crystal Drops were also used for a dimensional embellishment.  Tombow markers were used for coloring.

Wishing you a fabulous day ahead!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!!

As always . . .

Color Dare

 Happy Memorial Day Monday!!

Today I'm playing along in a fun color challenge over on the
Color Dare Weekly Color Challenge Blog (ends June 4th). 

 

 With my recent purchase of cardstock (see yesterday's blog post here), I had no doubt I could match the colors they are looking for.  And with this challenge being a Clean & Simple design style, it took me a matter of minutes to create this card.

 

My sentiment stamp is from Stamp Simply and called 'Birthday Sentiments'. 

 Have a great day everyone!  

Challenges to share in:

Krafty Chicks Challenge #821 - CAS (ends 5/26)

 
Try it on Tuesday Challenge - Keep it Simple (ends 5/26)

 Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!!

As always . . .

Colorful . . .

 Happy Memorial Day Weekend to all my USA family & friends!

Today I've created a couple of cards to share over on the AAA Colourful Challenge.
Here's their color palette for this month.

 

 

 

 A long time crafting friend has decided to sell off ALL her paper crafting 'schtuff' and go into quilting so I went to her garage sale and bought all her paper.  The 6x6 paper pack I've used on today's cards are from her sale.  NOT that I needed MORE paper but I couldn't pass up the amazing prices she was offering.  She sold EVERYTHING ... 
Needless to say ... I'm not going to need card stock for awhile!  LOL
Will also be sharing with other crafting friends!

 

 

The paper pack I referred to above is from 
Crafter's Companion and called The Fairy Glade.

 

 Here are the two cards I created . . .
 I've used the same paper for both cards ... but on Card #2 
I flipped the one panel over to show the reverse side .

Card #1 

(close up) 

Card #2

 (close up)

I finally have all my outside mulching, flower planting done so now it's time for a little inside house cleaning and even more crafting.  

ENJOY what ever you're doing this weekend!

Challenges to share in:

Moving Along with the Times #189 - One or More Butterflies (ends 5/31)
Pearly Sparkles #119 - One or More Butterfly (ends 5/31)

 Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by today,
I appreciate it more than you'll ever know!!

As always . . .