Dance in the Rain

When I saw the new Designed2Delight set Dancing Mice, I knew immediately I wanted to make a card using just a sentiment. The mice are adorable, and I'll be creating with them soon for sure, but first I wanted to use this wonderful sentiment.

I used Card Patterns sketch #108 for the layout. I'm also entering it in the Dutch Dare Card Challenge #106~distressing.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful week!

Card Recipe:
Image: Designed2Delight Dancing Mice
Ink: Printer, PTI Sweet Blush
Paper: PTI ssw, Sweet Blush, SU Mellow Moss, BG Capella
Embellishments: nesties, MFT rolled rose die, Kaiser pearls, sewing machine, sponges, distressing tool, Cherry Lynn doily die, EK success border punch

Teen Ian

My mother in law needed a card for a teen boy, so I thought of Ian immediately. I haven't inked up this set from The Greeting Farm until now.  I think it came out pretty cute. I love this image and should use it more! Just need more hours in my day!

I used the sketch from Eat, Sleep, Stamp, Sketchy Thursday #123 for this layout. Tracy has the greatest sketches posted every Thursday! I'm also entering Cards for Men challenge #7, embossing (both Kraft panels are dry embossed). And My Partner in Crafting Crime, challenge #23, use at least three buttons.

Card Recipe:
Stamps: The Greeting Farm
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Palette Umber
Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, SU Certainly Celery, Bordering Blue, DCWV Latte Stack
Embellishments: copics, nesties PTI buttons, string, cuttlebug embossing folders, dimensionals

Tilda with Bunny

I just got a few new Magnolias and inked this one up right away. I used the Friday Sketchers sketch #147 from last week for the layout.

The colors aren't traditional Easter colors, but I wanted to use some of my my new DCWV papers, these are from the Cotton Stack. I saw lots of the new stacks at Michaels, and it was hard not to get one of each, lol. But, I resisted and just got one (for now)!

Thanks so much for dropping by. I appreciate all the kind comments and words you leave, it really is a bright spot to my day.

Hope you are having a wonderful week.

Card Recipe: 
Stamps: Magnolia image, Verve sentiment
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, SU Summer Sun, DCWV Cotton Stack
Embellishments: copics, nesties, stickles, Wild Orchid Flowers, K and Co rhinestones, MS leaf border punch and leaf punch, SU ribbon, dimensionals

Spring Chickie

Happy Sunday, the weekend is flying by as usual. Earlier this week I saw this sort of center step card on my blogging buddy Kendra's blog. Loved her card so much I decided to try one of my own. Super easy and really cute!

This image is Spring Chickie from Whimsy and Stars. Love her fun get up! She is just full of style with her dress, leggings and hat, love it! I was going for bright and cheerful here (lol, in case the colors didn't give that away). I'm planning to pop this one in the mail on Monday to my Chemo Angel woman. Hope it will bring her a bit of sunshine.

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

Challenges:
Sweet Stamps challenge 7~center step cards
Totally Gorjuss -  Spring Has Sprung
Card Makin' Mamas - 2W, 2E - animals
Polkadoodle - C10 - the Spring has sprung
Stamp Something - something Spring
Stampin With The Dragon - 2W – bring on Spring
Totally Papercrafts - cuddly & cute
Amber's Crafts and Stuff - 1E - use diecuts
Fab 'n' Funky - 1E, C10 - more than one fold
Fussy and Fancy - 2W - use a zipper or feather

Card Recipe:
Image: Whimsy and Stars  Spring Chickie
Ink: Printer
Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, SU Yoyo Yellow, Cosmo Cricket Delovely
Embellishments: copics, stickles, ribbon, MFT border die, nesties

Drew's Cupcake

Today we are having a new challenge on the Card Ideas blog. It is a create your own holiday challenge. Here is my card! My made up holiday is "Cupcake Day". Love cupcakes of all sorts, so I thought this would be a great excuse to bake and eat some cupcakes.

This image is Drew's Cupcake, it is one of the newer releases from Designed2Delight. Hope you will check out the challenge and join us.

Card Recipe:
Image: Drew's Cupcake from D2D, senti from Stampendous
Ink: Printer, Palette Noir
Paper: PTI ssw, Orange Crush, SU Yoyo Yellow, DCWV Citrus Stack
Embellishments: copics, stickles, nesties, MS border punch, rhinestones, white gel pen, crystal effects, dimensionals

Phindy's Friday Challenge

Scroll down one post for the Magnolia Christmas all year long blog hop.

TGIF! Friday means it's time for a Phindy's Friday Challenge. This week the challenge is all about animals. Check out the selection of animal images in Phindy's Place store. The image I picked is called Off We Go. It immediately reminded me of my three boys with their daddy. So now I've got Father's Day covered, just have to remember where I put it, lol!

Hope you will join the challenge this week. You don't need to use a Phindy's image to play along, but you will be entered twice if you use one, so that is pretty good incentive, plus they are super cute! And check out all the design team samples for this week, there are some wonderful creations!

Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you  have a wonderful weekend!

Challenges:
Cards For Men~sketch
The Sisterhood of Crafters~Let's Here it for the Boys
Stampavie and More~For a Boy
One Stitch at a Time~something for the boys
2 Sisters Challenge blog~Furry Friends
Card Makin' Mamas~animals

Card Recipe:
Image: Phindy's Place Off We Go, sentiment from PTI
Ink: Printer, Palette Umber
Paper: PTI ssw, Kraft, Blue Brocade, Chocolate Chip, DCWV Latte Stack
Embellishments: copics, MM brads, dimensionals

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to the third Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long blog hop for 2011. The ladies from the Magnolia-licious Yahoo group have a hop on the 25th of every month.  By December, you have a good selection of Magnolia cards ready to send. I participated in most of the months last year and really enjoyed it.

You can find the order of the hop on the Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog. And Magnolia-licous on line always has the best selection of Magnolia stamps, if you see something you need while hopping. If you arrived here from Angelique's blog you are in the right place. Now hop on over to Lauren's blog and see what she has crafted up for this month. Thanks for hopping along with us, hope you will join us on the 25th of March!


Challenges:
ABC Christmas~F is for Freebie and sketch (didn't use their freebie)
Christmas Cards All Year Long~March challenge (3 patterned papers, 3 brads)
ABC Challenge~Q is for quilting/sewing
Crafty Creations~in stitches
Dutch Dare Card Challenges #105~celebrations


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Magnolia Edwin and sled
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper: PTI ssw, Scarlet Jewel, SU Old Olive, MM and October Afternoon patterns
Embellishments: copics, nesties, crystal effects, sewing machine, Recollections brads and jingle bells, SU gold cord, Hug Snug seam binding, dimensionals