Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!

Oh Rainy Day! It has been pouring here for three straight days and after tonight it will be three nights too! Along with the pounding rain we have had strong winds and lots of flooding. I should be sick of all of it but I figure for it being March in New England it could be worse, this could all be snow and we would be buried in it until June! Tomorrow we should see some clearing and then sun and warm temps into the 60's by the weekend. All this rain makes for a good crafting time.

This card is for week 2 of Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge. I hope you all got a chance to play along with us last week. The cards were all wonderful, so many talented ladies out there!

This week the challenge is to make a card to celebrate St. Patrick's Day! I am Irish so it was always a day for a dinner of corned beef and cabbage and lots of wearing of green. All of the lady's cards this week are sure to inspire you to play along with us! So dig out your Basic Grey Paper and start creating.

When I saw this cute image from Sassy Cheryl's of a boy in a kilt trying to play the bag pipes I fell in love with it. Knew I had to have it for this card. Her digis are so cute that I had to buy a few more so you'll be seeing those soon on my cards.

This card fits the following challenges

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations Challenge #2-This week the challenge is a St. Patrick's Day card and don't forget to use Basic Grey paper on your creation!

Hope Stamps Eternal Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #50-The cupcake this week has 3 leaf clovers on it. My first thought was St. Pat's Day and the luck of the Irish! Do I feel lucky?

KL SNS Challenge #21-I love the sketch they have this week. Lots of room for your own interpretation!

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge #74-The challenge this week is "Anything Goes" and seven lucky people will win their new stamps that they just released!

Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge 6-This challenge fits right in with my card because the challenge is to use the color green on your creation. I have lots of "GREEN"!

Cupcake Craft Challenge 82-The challenge this week is "Going Green". Perfect color for this time of year and this holiday!

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge 33-Their challenge is to use green on your card, at least 1/3 of your creation has to be green! Not hard on a St. Pat's Day card

Digital Tuesday Challenge #50-The challenge this week is to make as St. patrick's Day card or a card with lots of green! I have both so I'm all set to play!

Supplies
Stamps-Sassy Cheryl's digi stamps, Hero Arts (saying)

Paper-Basic Grey Origins Paper Pack, SU Garden Green CS, Papertrey White CS

Inks-Copics, SU Bashful Blue and Garden Green Inks

Accessories-Nesties, Cloudmaker, Recollections Clover Jewels, Hero Arts Pearls and Jewels, Stickles, LSS Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I have created. I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you have left for me. You definitely put a smile on my face!

Happy Creating,

Mary

In Bloom!!

I definitely have Spring Fever. It has been in the 50's and sunny here for quite a few days. I have seen some crocuses coming up and the kids are wearing shorts to school! What better says Spring than bunnies. I love to color bunnies and all the papers are bright and colorful so it puts me in a really happy mood. I think some of the cutest bunnies are the High Hope ones. This was a free one from them last year that they sent with my order for waiting quite a while. This is the first time I got to color and use it so it seems like a brand new stamp.

I love this striped DP because it is glittered on some of the stripes, a nice added touch. I finished this card when I got together with friends to stamp and laugh this past weekend. The dotted paper was in my sister's stash and worked perfectly with the dots in the striped DP. Don't you just love when everything goes together effortlessly.

I used some new products on this card that I couldn't resist buying, the glittered brads around the bunny are We R Memory Keepers and the Glitter Buttons are American Craft Elements I found them both at my LSS in Westford, MA. The silver heart charm was from the clearance bin at Michaels, I love digging in there to see what I can find for a steal!

Here are the challenges that this card is for

Sketch and Stash Challenge 30-This was a great sketch challenge and the twist to this challenge is to use new stuff you have couldn't resist having! I am so weak when it comes to new things to play with!

Stamp With Fun Challenge Challenge #49-This challenge is all about Spring, what a great challenge to start Spring early

Hand Full of Stamps Challenge #18-"Let it Shine" is the challenge, anything that you think of when you hear the word "SHINE". I think of sparkle like the glittered DP, the glitter brads and buttons, and the silver charm, lots of shine I think!

Challenge Up Your Life Challenge #15-This challenge is to have stripes and at least 3 buttons. How much fun is this challenge, I love both of these things!

Quirky Crafts Challenge 23-This is a new challenge for me and a fun one. This challenge is to use buttons and it has to be a cute theme. I love cute!

KL SNS Challenge #20-Button Down the Hatches is the challenge this week. You are to use buttons on your creation. Catchy title for a great challenge!

Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle Challenge SSDS30-This challenge is an open challenge this week and a new challenge that I just found. I love new challenges!

Supplies
Stamps-High Hopes, Hero Arts(saying)
Paper-SU Cool Carribean, YoYo Yellow CS, Papertrey White CS, Bo Bunny and Imaginisce DP
Inks-Copics, SU Cool Caribbean Ink
Accessories-Nesties, MS Lace Punch, We R Memory Keepers Glittered Brads, American Craft Elements Glitter Buttons, Recollection Sticker Pearls, Lss Ribbon, Micheals Heart Charm

Thank you so much for stopping by to see what I created. I really appreciate all your wonderful comments that you leave for me to read. It means a lot to me! Come by again soon.

Happy Creating,
Mary

An Exciting New Weekly Challenge!

I have some really exciting news!!!!!! There is a great new weekly challenge that is starting today, "Going Grey" with Scrap-Creations Challenges. It is being hosted by Kristen Catalano of Scrap-Creations. The great thing about it is that each week there will be a theme for the challenge and the twist to these challenges is that you need to use Basic Grey paper on your creation as well as the weekly theme. The very first one is "CELEBRATIONS" in honor of the the first challenge. You have until the following Monday at 6:00pm EDT to post your creation. Hope Stamps Eternal has graciously offered to sponsor the first challenge and has a fantastic prize, a pack of Kioshi and Green at Heart Basic Grey 6x6 paper packs, so you'll definitely want to play along!

I am very honored to say that I have been asked to be part of the DT team for these challenges.

All of these ladies are extremely talented so I am very excited to be part of the team!

This is the card that I created for this first challenge, CELEBRATIONS. The Basic Grey paper is from one of the new paper packs. The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil. One thing that you can't see in the picture is that the spirals on her dress have been glittered for some sparkle (every party dress should sparkle and shine right?) Hope you like my interpretation of this challenge.

Here are some other challenges for this card

"Going Grey" with Scrap-Creations Challenge #1-This first challenge is "Celebrations" a definitely fun theme. Don't forget your BG paper!

Just Us Girls Challenge #23-a wonderful sketch, I loved using it for this card

Paperplay Challenge week 9-Just Because is the challenge this week, a fun challenge!

Dare You To Digi Stamp Challenge #32-This challenge was to use pearls on your creation. I think I have that covered with this card

The Pink Elephant Challenge #57-This challenge is to create a party invite. Cute idea for a challenge

Saturday Spotlight Challenge SSHP21-The challenge this week is "friendship", This girl and her dog are definitely friends who like to party together, don't you think?

Creative Card Crew Challenge-The challenge this week is for a celebration also. Who doesn't like to create and celebrate it!

Supplies

Stamps-Mo's Digital Pencil, Hero Arts

Paper-DP Basic Grey, CS SU Pixie Pink, Papertrey White

Inks-Copics, Memento Black

Accessories-Nesties, Recollection Sticker Pearls, MS lace Punch, Michaels ribbon, SU Glitter, Prima Flowers, and silver charm(thanks Kerry)

Thank you for stopping by today to see what I created for my first DT position. I hope you will stop by and try out the first challenge! I really appreciate all the wonderful comments that you leave for me to read, it means a lot to me.

Have a wonderful day,

Mary