best wishes 14

Hi! It's hard to believe my baby turned 28 on Monday! Where does the time go? It seems like yesterday he was just a baby! Well, not really but if you're a Mom, surely you can relate to what I mean :) So many milestones reached along the way, college, marriage and settled into his career...sigh...

Jerry and his sweet wife, April live in San Francisco so I made him a birthday card featuring a cable car image from the PTI Cable-Gram stamp which I colored using Prima Oil Pastels:

I was inspired by the photo shown below for color:

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I'm entering this card in the following challenges: for sketch inspiration, I joined along with retrosketches: 

 and the PTI Create Along with us challenge:

where I was inspired by Danielle Flanders beautiful watercolored blossoms on the card shown below:

Thanks so much for visiting ~ I hope you have a great day / evening!
Be Sweet ;)

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Polk-a-dot Purse! 10

My Little Purse of Plenty!

Hi Everyone! I finally had the chance to make the coordinating purse/gift bag to hold the cards for my girlfriend! I was inspired by Becky's Top Note Purse Tutorial found at http://inkingidaho.blogspot.com. I needed a gift bag to hold standard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" cards, so I got a little creative with the Cricut Expression, and altered her directions to make this size purse. I think this purse is so versatile, I call it "My Little Purse of Plenty!" I am sure it will look great in any color scheme and decorated for any occasion! I am looking forward to making this in many colors and blinged out! If anyone is interested in the altered directions for this size purse, please let me know and I will then post them! I hope you like it! As my mother-in-law would say, "Be Sweet!" Until next time...

Supplies used:

Stamps: SU Flight of the Butterfly, Time Well Spent

Paper: SU Almost Amethyst, Chocolate Chip, Bazzill Chiffon, generic watercolor paper

Ink: StazOn Timber Brown, VersaMagic Jumbo Java

Accessories: Cricut Expression, Cricut Accent Essentials Cartridge, Spellbinders Large and Small Scalloped Circles, CB Swiss Dots embossing folder, SU Water Color Wonder Crayons, Jo-Ann Craft Essentials antique brown brads, EK Success 2" paper punch, Martha Stewart classic butterfly punch, SU paper piercing tool set, We R Memory Keepers XL eyelet, Crop-a-Dile II, generic brown ribbon, clear embossing powder, Bazzill circle paper piercing template,

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Just Buzzin' By! 2

Sweet Bees!

Hi Everyone! When I bought this stamp set I had Spring cards, Valentine cards and just cheerful note cards in mind. These little bees are so cute with a personality of their own! How can you not smile when you look at them?! We are having a cold front here in Phoenix and this card sure makes me cheerful in spite of the "wintry" weather here! I hope you like it. Until next time...

Supplies used:

Stamps: SU Just Buzzin' By

Paper: SU Rose Red, Whisper White, Black, Pixie Pink, generic Watercolor paper

Ink: StazOn Jet Black

Accessories: CB Swiss Dots Folder, Sizzix Sizzlit Flower #8, Heart #4, EK Success 1 1/4" and 1 3/8 " circle punches, SU Pixie Pink and So Saffron Watercolor Crayons, Sharpie Black marker, Jo-Ann Craft Essentials black brads, SU paper piercing tool, 3M double sided tape

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