Cute & Cuddly at Sentimental Sundays

Hi everyone!  Welcome back for another fun Sentimental Sundays' challenge!  This week's challenge is a theme challenge - "Cute & Cuddly" - so interpret that how you wish and run with it.  :)  I absolutely {heart} my Pure Innocence girlies and think they are some of the cutest stamps out there so that's what I decided to use for my card. 

I went off in search of a color challenge and found this one over at Colour Q that would work PERFECTLY with my "My Umbrella" set:

This week's sponsor at Sentimental Sundays is Heart Song Designs and they have just started a weekly sketch challenge.  I had so much fun participating last week that I was THRILLED to get a sneak peek at this week's sketch and use it for my card:

Stamps: My Umbrella (MFT)  Ink: Concord Crush  Paper: Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss, Concord Crush, SU! DSP  Accessories: Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Nesties, buttons, Bashful Blue satin ribbon, twine, paper piercer, Scallop edge border punch  Copics: Colorless blender, E00, E01, E25, E31, E33, E35, E37, E51, BG15, BG49, BV17, YG23, YG95, B000

Thanks for stopping by today!  The kids are off for Spring Break this week so I think I will be hanging out with them a lot... See you on Thursday for sure for a new 4 Crafty Chicks challenge - there's still time to enter this week's "Eyelets" challenge!

When Was the Last Time YOU Used an Eyelet???

Hi everyone!  So?  When *was* the last time you used an eyelet or two?  I must admit that I have a rather extensive collection of eyelets that don't see the light of day very often.  I have a feeling that many of us are probably in this same boat so this week's challenge over at The 4 Crafty Chicks (brought to us by Lori) is to use eyelets somewhere on your project.  They can be big or little but they've gotta be eyelets.  :)

I found this lovely, serene, springy color combo over at the Just Us Girls challenge blog and, even though they aren't my *typical* colors, I went for it...that's why it's a *challenge* right?

I came across a new challenge blog the other day - Heart Song Inspirations - and it's a sketch challenge so I thought I'd give it a try and used their second sketch:

I promise that I really *did* uses eyelets...they are jumbo ones and I originally didn't plan on having the bows on my card but....ummmm...  Did you know that ribbon doesn't *really* like to be punched through with a Crop-o-dile?  So, my bows are an attempt to hide an "oops!"

Stamps: 1 Chronicles 16:3 Plain Jane (Verve)  Ink: Baja Breeze  Paper: Pink Pirouette, Soft Sky, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, SU! DSP  Accessories: Pink Pirouette grosgrain ribbon, jumbo eyelets, Crop-o-Dile, Nesties, paper piercer, chipboard swirl, MS glitter, Crystal Effects

I hope you will play along with us at the 4CCC - dig out those eyelets and get creative with them!  Can't wait to see what you all do!  See you all later - enjoy the rest of your week!