CPS #254 & cQc #126

Here's a birthday card I created for my husband's Great Aunt:

I used this week's colors from ColourQ:

And this week's sketch from CPS:

This cute little apron stamp is from Market Street Stamps, and so is the "souper" sentiment!

The border die is from PTI, and all the patterned papers are from a SU DSP pack. The circles were cut out of SU and PTI cardstock with a SU 1 inch circle punch. The twine is from The Twinery.

I'm not sure where the little clothespin is from, I just happened to find a bag of them at work in the craft closet, but it was just the right color and went perfectly with the theme of this card.

I decided to do the polka dots on the bottom layer because the cQc photo inspired me to do so. I ended up only working half a day yesterday and came home and rested, and now I feel almost back to normal, I'm even going to go to Zumba this morning (but take it easy). After going to this frozen yogurt place two separate times and getting sick in the middle of the night after each (the first time was in FL when I got so sick and had to be quarantined from the babies in Oct.!), you can bet I won't ever be going back there!

PTI February Blog Hop & cQc #125

This month's PTI blog hop challenge was to make an interactive card, and boy was I excited since my release package came in just in time! I used the Movers and Shakers Spinners die and the Scrambled Eggs set and die to create this little card for my niece or nephew (haven't decided which one yet, hehe).

I took advantage of using this great color combination from Colour Q. You can check out the challenge yourself, here.

Check out what this bunny does...he moves!!

All of the cardstock is PTI. The patterned grey paper is from SU. The fence punch is from Martha Stewart. The ribbon is Canyon Clay from PTI. I got the sentiments to go along the path like that by bending them on my clear block before stamping.

The only thing missing was a cute cottontail! Which unfortunately I only had pink and it just didn't look right. Now off to check out all the other blog hop cards, thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend :)

Happy Birthday, Cathy! (Surprise Blog Hop) & CPS 5th Anniversary Challenge Day 12 Sketch #118 & cQc124

I have been so fortunate to get to know so many wonderful crafting friends through our mutual love of stamping, and Cathy is no exception! Because of the 12 Kits of Christmas group I'm in, I was able to add so many new talented friends including Cathy, and Joyce (who set up this special hop in Cathy's honor!). Both of these ladies (and all the rest in the group) are incredibly talented, and I'm so honored to have my name linked with theirs. So without further ado, Cathy, I hope your birthday is your best one yet!!

This card was created with another sketch from CPS's 5th Anniversary challenges.

I also used the colors from this week's ColourQ challenge on Cathy's card.

This cute little bird is from the Market Street Stamps set that I won during their last release :) The spiral notebook punch is from SU, and so is the ribbon, and the 3 circle/scallop punches. The sentiment is from PTI and all cardstock is PTI.

The Chevron Stripes are from PTI, and the twine is from Divine Twine.

Joyce actually got a group of us together to surprise Cathy, so make sure to go and check out all the other cards created for her. Just click on the links below :)

Joyce
Renee
Kim
Marybeth
Jeanne
Sharron
Jessica (You are here!)
Kara

cQc #121 & CPS #252

I found this adorable Sweet Shoppe Stamp set on Scrapbook Steals a couple of weeks ago for half off, and I just couldn't resist :) So I ordered it and didn't think much else of it until I get a text at work from my husband worried that our CC had fraud on it because he called the bank and they'd never heard of the vendor, and all it said on the statement was "Steal Network" or something like that, lol. But if you haven't checked it out, you should! That place has some great deals. Now on to my card:

I combined the colors from this week's ColourQ and this week's CPS sketch in my card.

The cute little mushrooms came in the Gnome set. The woodgrain is a SU background stamp. The die is a Nestabilities die.

Aren't they just so cute?? And I loved the sentiments that came along with them, too.

The wide ribbon is from SU. I used my corner chomper on the corners, and popped up the mat and the gnomes. I think this color combo worked really well on this card.

Happy Saturday! Thanks for stopping by :)

cQc #119 and Card Patterns #148

I had a very productive cardmaking day yesterday, and here's another of my creations for two challenges that I haven't played along with in awhile:

I used these colors from this week's ColorQ challenge:

And this sketch from this week's Card Patterns challenge:

Isn't this little girl sweet? It is a My Favorite Things stamp. I remember seeing someone using it at PTI's Stamp-a-Faire, and ever since then I wanted her. I just found her the other day at my local stamp store. The rolled rosette and the resin flower are both from Suzanne.

The pattern on the pink paper is from PTI's Background Basics: Retro. The floral paper is also from PTI. The grey paper is from an old SU DSP pack. The ribbon is also Melon Mambo Swiss Dot SU ribbon.

The scallop punch is also SU. Her shirt is stamped with PTI's Background Basics: Polka Dots. The sentiment came with the little girl stamp. I think that this card turned out sweet, but good grief it took me forever!