Polka Dotted Birthday

 

Another wonderful Verve sketch by Diva Amber.  I cheated a bit in that I left off a layer, but love this sketch so much I'm going to make a second one using the extra layer so all is good in the end LOL!

Wanted to combine the sketch with this week's Annabelle Stamps colour challenge as it involves some fabulous fall colours.  Was a bit hard getting into a "fall" mood while desperately craving spring, but just love the colours so it didn't take much to twist my rubber arm :)

Polka dots still abound and I am just loving this MFT flower die!   Went with some "green eyed" Susans versus the brown eyed ones as it was too much brown.  A very well used Happy Birthday Verve Plain Jane and I have a card made will in advance for a very good college friend of mine who also loves these colours. 

We are in day two of a three day teacher "protest" so there is no school.  Needless to say, the kids are thrilled with the extra days off.   Next week is the beginning of their two week Spring Break so they are basically getting a three week spring break with just two days of school this Thursday and Friday.  We are taking advantage of the impromptu time off by connecting with friends we don't get to see that often.  Truly hope this whole issue gets settled quickly.  Education system needs an overhaul....for everyone's sake....

 

What's In It?
Stamps:  Happy Birthday Plain Jane (Verve)
Paper: Dots and Stripes (Echo Park), Early Espresso, More Mustard, Old Olive
Ink: Black
Accessories:  Lacy Square Nesties, MFT FLower Die, Sizzex Leaf Die, 1" Mustard Grosgrain Ribbon, Button, Twine, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

Creating For Fun With Annabelle

 

 
This Annabelle Stamps sketch was a fun one to work with so decided to play along this week.  I combined it with this week's CR84FN challenge as I just loved the colour combination of kraft, yellow and grey.

My starting point was this wonderful Paper Salon striped paper.  Love both sides of this paper as the flip side is lavender.  Think I need to pick up a few more sheets next time I'm at  my LSS - hoping they still have some!

A pretty straight forward card with lots of things I love on it:  my new heart circle nesties (thanks again Tanis!), scallops and Verve's flutterby and charming oval dies.  Quick and easy with some black accents to finish things off.  However, now that I look at the picture, I'm thinking the addition of some embossing to the circle element would have been a good idea - may have to go back and try it to see if I like it.  Darn hindsight....maybe I should just make it common practice to take a picture of my card, look at it, and then decided if I need to add/change anything before I post it.  Welcome to my creative woes LOL!

Just realized the kids have their two week Spring Break starting March 12th (unless the teachers go on strike before then).  Lost a week in there somewhere as I thought I still had two weeks to go.  That flu bug really messed me up!  Time to start planning some activities and outings along with some spring cleaning the kids can help with, which I'm sure they will be just thrilled to help with - NOT! (insert evil mommy grin lol).

Have a great day!

 

What's In It?
Stamps: Birthday Phrases (Verve)
Paper: Grey, Kraft, Paper Salon
Ink: Black
Accessories:  Scalloped Edge Die (PTI), Heart Circle Nesties, Charming Oval and Flutterby Die (Verve), 5/8" Yellow Satin Ribbon, Black Half Pearls, Buttons, Twine, Glue Dots, Dimensionals