Lots of Luck to You!

I can't believe tomorrow is March already! I've got a cute little card to share using Phindy's Place image Lots of Luck to You. My very favorite part of this image is the way she has her sweater buttoned up crooked, looks like she was rushing and missed one, so cute.

I've used the Friday Sketchers sketch #143 for the layout of this card.

Hope you are starting off you week well!

Card Recipe: 
Stamps: Phindy's Place Lots of Luck to You, senti from PTI
Ink: Printer, Handsome Hunter
Paper: PTI ssw, SU Yoyo Yellow, Garden Green, BG Origins
Embellishments: copics, nesties, crystal effects, MS border punch, button and twine, BG brads

Phindy's Friday Challenge

TGIF! Time once again for Phindy's Friday challenge.  This week it is a sketch (drawn up by Anne-Marije, one the the talented Phindy's dt members).  I love sketch challenges, this one was no exception. Check out all the great DT samples this week, fun takes on the sketch!

I used Stepping Out Katie, she is so cute with her little pram! There is also an African American version called Stepping out Tanya. That image is super cute, too.

I hope you will check out the challenge and play along with us. You don't need to use a Phindy's image to play, but we love to see them if you have them. And when using a Phindy's image, you get two entries!

Card Recipes:
Image: Stepping out Katie from Phindy's Place, senti from SU
Ink: Printer, Melon Berry
Paper: PTI ssw, Melon Berry, Sweet Blush, New Leaf, BG patterns
Embellishments: copics, nesties, MS border punch, SU punches (round and labels), Kaiser pearls, PTI ribbon, 

Magnolia-licious Christmas All Year Long Blog Hop

Hi and welcome to the second 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.  If you arrived here from Jessica's blog you are in the right place.

For my creation this month I used Tilda Hanging Ornaments and Lightening Edwin, from the Magnolia-licious web site, both are in stock right now. I used sketch at Happileigh Scrappin' Challenge (HLSC11) for the layout.

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!


Card Recipe:
Stamps: Magnolia
Ink: Memento
Paper: PTI ssw, New Leaf, SU Pacific Point, MME patterns
Embellishments: copics, nesties, stickles, dimensionals, border punch, metal dots, SU organdy ribbon

A Sassy Sponsorship

Sassy Studio Designs is sponsoring the C.R.A.F.T. challenge this week and it is a color challenge, play along for the chance to win four images. I made this card using the selected colors. I used the Midnight Madness sketch #92 for this one.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you are having a great day.

Card Recipe:
Image:  SSD Reading Rachel, senti from Inky Antics
Ink: printer, PTI Plum Pudding
Paper: PTI ssw, Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon, Spring Moss, and patterned
Embellishments: copics, nesties, Bellas Baubles, cuttlebug embossing folder, corner rounder

D2D Sneak Peek

Well, it is officially Thursday, and tonight the new Designed2Delight image will be emailed to those who played in the Delightful Inspiration challenge last week.  Starting last Thursday Faith allowed us to start sneak peeking the release at 12:00 am on Thursday.  The Card Ideas blog has some other samples for you to see and you still have all day to complete your card with last week's image to earn this one.

This week's image is "daffodil". Isn't this little vase of blooms so pretty? As I mentioned before, they are one of my favorite spring flowers. My favorite variety are the ones with the orange centers, so that's how I colored these ones.  I used the Tuesday Morning Sketch #82 for the card design. I'm also entering Really Reasonable Ribbon challenge #18 (RRR18) which is a spring theme. What could be more springy than daffodils?

I printed off three sets of this image.  I popped up the whole flower first, then I popped up just the flower centers and hit them with a touch of stickles.  I have this little close up to give an idea of the dimension, it looks pretty cool in real life.

Thanks for dropping by today.  Hope you are having a great week.

Card Recipe:

Image: Designed2Delight Daffodil, PTI sentiment

Ink: Printer, Palette Noir

Paper: PTI ssw, Orange Crush, SU Garden Green, K and Co yellow dot

Embellishments: copics, stickles, nesties, foam dimensionals, Michaels rhinestones, SU corner rounder, PTI ribbon, EK success border punch

A Happy Wednesday!

Waking up at 4 am to a screaming 2 year old didn't seem to be such a great start to Wednesday.  I tried to channel Jo aka Super Nanny and her "stay in bed technique".
Didn't really work too well this morning.  So I was in the kitchen having coffee and serving waffles by 5. When I checked my "crackberry" and saw that I had been selected as a part of Mabelle RO.'s Whimsy and Stars guest design team, I was super excited! My whole day changed for the better, lol! You can check out all her sweet images here.

I have two cards to show you today using Whimsy and Stars images. The first uses Alex Birthday.  I used the Create 4 Fun challenge #8 sketch for the layout.  And I'm entering it into the Paper Sundaes #57 masculine colors challenge. For a bit of dimension I printed him twice and popped up his sweet little face on foam dots.

This next bright and cheerful card I made using my Cosmo Cricket Delovely paper, I took inspiration from the bright colors in this pack. The image is called Springtime Basket Bunny.  I think this cheery card will go to my chemo angel buddy closer to Easter. I used the Eat, Sleep, Stamp sketch #118 for this one, but flipped it upside down.

Thanks for dropping by today.  Hope you are having a wonderful Wednesday!  Stay warm and be well.

Card Recipes:
Images: Mabelle RO.'s Whimsy and Stars Alex Birthday, Springtime Basket Bunny, sentiments from PTI
Ink: Printer, Yoyo Yellow
Paper:  PTI ssw, Kraft, New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz, Dark Chocolate, K and Co Patterns, Cosmo Cricket patterns
Embellishments: copics, nesties, stickles, crystal effects, cuttlebug embossing folders, PTI ribbon, buttons and twine, foam dots, American craft brads, Doodlbug brads, SU corner rounder

Image challenge among friends

I have a group of friends on SCS who are having a little challenge. We are all using the same image and making a project with it. Our friend Linda sent us the images to use this time around. She sent this adorable little Tilda. I paired her up with one of my Edwins. I don't know why, but I thought she looked like she was being serenaded.

Just Magnolia~Love You
Use it Tuesday #2~ patterned paper that's been hoarded (I've had this paper pad for quite a while)
Fun with Shapes and More #77~sketch
Bunny Zoe Crafts~Spring-Flowers Everywhere

Card Recipe:
Images: Magnolia
Ink: Memento
Paper: cryogen white, PTI New Leaf, SU Rose Red, K and Co patterns
Embellishments: copics, stickles, crystal effects, nesties, Wild Orchid flowers, Recollections pearls, MS heart punch, sewing machine