Totally Stampalicious Monday!

Hey everyone!

This will be short and sweet - I thought I had scheduled a post for this card but I *obviously* forgot!  DUH - blonde moment...

So anyways, this week's challenge over at Totally Stampalicious is to use fabric somewhere on your creation.  I think I took the easy way out and fell victim to my felt ribbon.  I was going to use my Cuttlebug and Nesties to cut some fabric flowers but just couldn't find any fabric in colors I was excited about. 

I used this yummilicious photo inspiration from {Cupcake Inspirations} to give me my color scheme - Taken With Teal, Regal Rose and Chocolate Chip:

Paired it with a fabulous sketch from Our Creative Corner Sketch Challenge:

Flipped the sketch 90* and voila:

I think she turned out super-duper cut, don't you?  I hope you'll take sometime to join us over at Totally Stampalicious - as usual, there is a prize up for grabs!!!  :)  Have fun!

TSJune14, CIC 63 & PWCO SS37 for Father's Day

Hello again everyone!

I thought I'd better get my butt in gear and do a card for Totally Stampalicious's challenge this week to make a Father's Day card ... before the week gets away from me.  I went in search of some inspirational colors and sketches and came across a couple of good ones. 

The first challenge is from {Cupcake Inspirations} - a pretty yummy-looking inspiration picture, don't you think?  I decided to use this picture as the basis for my color palette... Cool Caribbean, Gable Green, Pink Pirouette, Chocolate Chip, and Rose Red.

Then I popped over to the Paperworks Co. blog to see what Peg and the girls came up with for us this week and discovered this fab sketch:

I decided to use the Bugaboo Sean stamp from Totally Stampalicious so I had to rotate the sketch to accomodate him:

That'll be it for me tonight... I've got a little boy with a VERY sore sunburn on his shoulders and I'm thinking he needs some mommy time (even if he *is* twelve...).  I hate when kids hurt - makes me feel just as terrible as they do.  Have a great night and if you have time this week, try to stop over at Totally Stampalicious and play along with us... we'd love to see what you make for dad! 

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge & a Card Patterns Sketch

Welcome to the weekend, peeps!

And for those of us in Canada, it's a L-O-N-G weekend!  Well, *some* of us have to work on Monday, but most have the day off...  The weather has improved slightly as it is not raining anymore but it is still cool and cloudy so I made the executive decision to stay inside and CRAFT for a bit today!  I slept in until 10:30, got up to do some "work" and then sat down to a couple of fun challenges.

When I saw this week's inspiration picture over at The Cupcake Inspiration Challenge I started to drool...don't they look YUMMY??  Almost too good to eat....*ALMOST* (I'd TOTALLY eat them up!)  I love the colors and the simplicity of the picture:

I decided to take the colors and the flowers, leaves and polka dots for my inspiration and paired it with the sketch challenge over at Card Patterns - well, kind of... I didn't put the brads/circles in the corners and added a sentiment in the bottom right corner...

Recipe - Stamps: Small Script (SU!)  Paper: Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Gable Green, Whisper Roses, SU DP  Ink: Chocolate Chip  Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch, paper piercer, button, twine, Sweetest Stem Embosslit, Chocolate Chip satin ribbon, hodgepodge hardware

Thanks for stopping by - I hope to get a couple more done today but if I don't, please stop in tomorrow for Stacey's Curtain Call!  See you then!

Sweet Sunday Sketch and a Cupcake Inspiration Challenge...

Here's a Sunday night quickie for you...

I found this yummilicious inspiration picture over at Hope Stamps Eternal's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge.  This is the first time I've played with their challenge and I am sure I will be back again - who doesn't love a delish cupcake to inspire them?

I decided to go with the colors and a birthday theme for my card.  I picked up another new Pure Innocence stamp and knew it would be perfect for Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch if I rotated the sketch 90*:

Stamps: My Balloon (MFT)  Ink: Melon Mambo, Versafine Onyx Black  Paper: Tangerine Tango, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Green at Heart DP (Basic Grey)  Accessories: Paper piercer, Copics, Hodgepodge Hardware, white organza ribbon, button, hemp twine


I just {heart} these images from My Favorite Things and can't wait to get the new one with the girlie in the bathtub!  

Thanks for stopping by - see you in a few hours for my Monday lineup of fabulousness!