Happy Birthday, Adelaide!

This past Saturday, our good friends Melanie and Greg had a birthday party for their daughter, Adelaide. She is exactly one week older than Arwen. . .they are BFFs! :) If you can believe it, I forgot the card! Sometimes my brain just doesn't work right when I have too many things going on. LOL So, I'll have to mail her card to her, or give it to her when we see her later this week. It's just not the same without the present, though. . .at least not for a kid! I know Melanie will like it though. :) I used the sketch from Our Creative Corner for this card. I used my Dress Up Lily stamps from Pink Cat Studio too. I stamped the wings on the pink polka dot paper, cut them out, put them through the Xyron and then dunked them in glitter. They are so nice and sparkly! I'm sure Adelaide will LOVE the sparklies! Thanks for stopping by today! Hope your week is off to a great start! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Dress Up Lily, Lily and Tweet (Pink Cat Studio); Paper- Blossoms & Butterflies Stack (DCWV), white (Georgia-Pacific); Ink- Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Accessories- Threading Water punch (Fiskars), circle punches, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Regal Rose grosgrain (SU), paper piercer.

Beate Weekend Sketch #49

Another weekend and another one of Beate's Weekend Sketch Challenges! Woo hoo! I have been dying to use my Billy stamps from Pink Cat Studio since I got them. I just haven't had a chance. My one nephew turned 2 this past week so I thought I'd make him a birthday card using this sketch. I thought this image would be perfect for him. Make sure you stop by to see what Beate, Cambria, Jenn, Laurie, Lori, MaryJo, and
Sharon have come up with for the sketch. I'm sure they are awesome as usual!


Thanks for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Billy (Pink Cat Studio); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine); Paper- Fall Blossom DS, Certainly Celery, Basic Black (SU), olive (The Paper Company), white (Georgia-Pacific); Accessories- brads (Making Memories), corner rounder, plain circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders), 1" circle punch (SU), Copic markers, paper piercer

For the Boys Challenge

Last week, Lauren and I were chatting and we decided to challenge each other to create a gift or party favor with a boy theme using the same stamp set. I don't have this set yet (and I stress YET) :), so Lauren sent me some of these Pink Cat Studio stamped images for the challenge. I decided to go with a Cowboy Party theme for Isaac's 1st birthday. His birthday isn't until November, but there's nothing wrong with thinking about it early, right? (Lauren's son, Noah, has the SAME birthday as Isaac. Correct me if I'm wrong, Lauren! Before I was about to have Isaac, Lauren assured me that he would be a wonderful boy because his birthday was a good day!) My first idea was to make the invitation like a "WANTED" sign using "Billy's" face as the picture. Under the picture, I would stamp a "cowboy name" for each child invited. Shown here are "Billy the Kid" and "Wild Cat Colton".
Some other names my husband and I came up with for some family and friends are Rootin' Tootin' Reid, Maddy Oakley, Ado Adelaide, Duke Lucas, Alamo Alden and Sasperilla Steele to name a few. The treat bag is made from a brown lunch bag that I added distressed Kraft cardstock to the front and back. The straps are hemp twine and are laced through tabs made with the large oval punch. I added some fringe by cutting slices in some Chocolate Chip cardstock. Inside the treat bag is a package of pretzel rods, a red bandana and a little notebook made with my Bind-It-All. I figured I could add other little toy items for the actual party. Billy was colored in using Copic markers.

I really enjoyed this challenge! After coming up with the idea, the most challenging part was thinking everything through BEFORE touching the images, because if I messed up, I couldn't just stamp another image! LOL Now make sure you go and check out Lauren's FABULOUS take on the challenge! I'm sure she will WOW you just like she did me! Thanks, Lauren, this was a lot of fun and you can rest assured that I HAVE to get this set now! :) Thanks for stopping by today! Have a wonderful day! SUPPLIES USED: Billy (Pink Cat Studio), Dot Invitation, Classic Alphabet, Rough Edges Alphabet (SU); Paper- Kraft, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White (SU); Ink- Onyx Black (Versafine), Chocolate Chip (SU); Accessories- large oval punch, large star punch, cello bag (SU), hemp twine, Bind-It-All, sponge, Copic markers

Lily and Tweet Mojo

It has been such a long time since I've done Julee's Mojo Monday Challenge. I was determined to do it today since TWO kids were napping at the same time. . .that's a record! :) When Pink Cat Studio released their Lily and Tweet and Dress Up Lily sets, I got them right away. I just LOVE them and loved everything the Design Team had done with them, those enablers! LOL I especially loved these stamps from the Lily and Tweet set. I think it's the performer in me that's attracted to sets like this. So showy and fabulous! I ran the scalloped circle through my Xyron, attached the image circle and then poured pink chunky glitter over the edges. I applied some glue on the boa and added glitter there too. I almost used the "glamorous" sentiment, but I thought I could use the "thank you" more. Don't you love it when you use stamps that have been sitting there uninked? I know it makes me feel better! LOL Have a great day! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Lily and Tweet (Pink Cat Studio); Paper- Regal Rose, Rose Red, Whisper White, Basic Black (SU); Ink- Black Onyx (Versafine); Accessories- Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder, Mega circle punch, Giga scallop circle punch,Regal Rose, Rose Red, Apricot Appeal markers (SU), wide rose grosgrain (SU), rhinestone brads (Darice), Chunky Sprinkles glitter (SU)

More Dirty Dare

This was another card I made for yesterday's Dirty Dare. This was for Sweet Miss Daisy's Pet card challenge. I don't do many "pet" cards because I've always been allergic to most animals, but I have a few "pet" stamps that worked for the challenge. I haven't used my Pink Cat Studio stamps in a while. I really do LOVE these stamps! I used my Prismacolor markers to color the kitty. I think I'm starting to get the hang of these markers! I just have to keep practicing! :) Thanks for stopping by! SUPPLIES USED: Stamps- Pink Cat Studio; Paper- Wild Asparagus, Taken with Teal, Whisper White; Ink- Basic Black; Accessories- May Arts ribbon, paper piercer, Prismacolor markers, horizontal slot punch, Making Memories brads.