Tag You're It #86 - Selective Coloring

Hello....popping in with a real quick post this afternoon. I finished up my tag for the current challenge over at Tag You're It #86 - Selective Coloring. I used WP9 - Doodle Buds and the sentiment is from PTI - Borders & Corners. Love the look of orange and black (that's the Giants fan in me talking) and yellow too, gives my tag a really spring look. 

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your day!

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #410

Hello...popping in with one card for the new challenge at Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #410. I love Dr. Seuss stories, always a favorite in my classroom so I thought this would make a sweet birthday card for my daughter's best buddies cat Lucy. You can't really see this from the photos but I added some Wink of Stella to the red stripes and fish hat and the fish bowl is coated with Glossy Accents. I hope you will find the time to play along with us. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by...enjoy your day!

Also entering my card in the Create with TLC Challenge - Anything Goes

The Challenge #81

Hello...I have one card to share today for the new challenge at The Challenge #81. I pulled out some NBUS, Happy Wishes from WP9. They have been floating around my craft room for quite some time and I thought they would look amazing in this week's inspiration colors. I hope you will find the time to play along with us this week! Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by....enjoy your day!

The 12 Kits of Occasions - August Edition 2014

It is that time again...time for our 12 Kits of Occasions post and what a kit we had for this month. Kara from K and R Designs put together a kit filled with so much wonderful patterned paper, dies and even a new stamp set from WP9 and it is all about birthday's.  Kara is giving one of these sets away on her blog (the link is above), so please leave a comment for your chance to win.
I completely forgot to tell you about our wonderful guest designer this month...Alanna from Alanna's Spot in the World. She is an amazing card maker and about as sweet as they come. Be sure to stop by her blog and welcome her this month. 

I have 5 cards to share with you today and like with most of our kits, lots and lots of left overs to play with for my 12 Kits revisited post next week.  Kara, thank you so much for your wonderful kit, looking forward to seeing the rest of the creations from our group. Thank you so much for stopping by...enjoy your holiday weekend.

For a list of all the supplies used in this kit, you can find them on our 12 Kits of Occasions blog.

Fusion Card Challenge and WP9 - Birthday Celebration

One of the nice things about a 3 day weekend is that there is also a short work week...yipppeee! I hope all of you had a fabulous weekend. I spent yesterday cleaning and then made 2 cards. My first one is for the current Fusion Card Challenge #4, I was inspired by Cathy's card, those sheep are just too darn cute.  I love peeps, I know, I know, I am sure many of you think they are disgusting but there is just something about them I love. Not being a chocolate lover, there is not too much else out there.  When I first got Lucy (my silhouette) I had to have the cut file for peeps and now I have the chance to use it.  

My second card is for this weeks birthday celebration over at WP9 and the theme this week is Trend Watch. It usually takes me a bit to get on the band wagon with new ideas or supplies. I have to say I was not keen on sequins when they showed up but with a bit of arm twisting from one of my stamping friends (and she knows who she is), I jumped on and have not looked back. I love these little guys, so many amazing colors and they look so wonderful on cards. So my card is showcasing sequins...thank you so much for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Ingredients

Peeps

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White, SU - Pink Pirouette 

Ribbon: Britex

 Pearls: SU

Stamp: Penny Black - Happy

Dies: PTI - Tiny Tags Tremendous

Lemonade

Solid Card Stock: Michael's - White and PTI - Pure Poppy

Patterned Paper: Lawn Fawn - Pink Lemonade and PTI - Pure Poppy

Stamps: WP9 - Milk & Cookies 

Dies: WP9 - Milk & Cookies and PTI -Loop de Loop

Doily: SU

Sequins: Neat & Tangled

Ink: VersaFine - Black and SU - Real Red

2 Cards for Tuesday...

Just a quick post today with 2 cards, the first one for the current challenge over at Curtain Call - Cuppa Cocoa and the second card is for WPlus9's birthday celebration! They just turned 4 and I used my favorite set from them, Milk & Cookies.  Thank you so much for taking time to stop by...have a fabulous rest of your week!

Ingredients

Cup of Cocoa

Solid Card Stock: PTI - Ivory and Vellum

Embossing Folder: Sizzix - Falling Snow

Die: PTI - Holiday Photo Finishers

Stamps: PTI - Two Feet Deep

Cup, Marshmallow and Steam: Lucy

Ink: SU - Baked Brown Sugar 

WPlus9

Solid Card Stock: PTI - White

Patterned Paper: Lawn Fawn - Pink Lemonade

Stamps: WP9 - Milk & Cookies and Fresh Cut Floral

Dies: WP9 - Milk & Cookies and Lil Inkers - Stitched Rectangles

Ink: PTI - Sweet Blush and SU - Real Red and VersaFine - Black

Surprise!!! Happy Birthday Christina

Something a bit more healthy for your special day?

or something very, very, very sweet...

or maybe something a bit more feminine and whimsical...what ever you choose, wishing you a day filled with lots of special moments!

Happy Birthday Christina!

Joyce our resident birthday blog party planner has put together another fun hop in celebration of Christina's from SeaGlass Papercrafts birthday.  I met Christina through our 12 Kits of Occasions and she is a very talented and crafty lady and about as sweet as you can get, if you have not visited her blog, you will find the link here....be sure to check it out, so much fabulous inspiration!  Thank you again Joyce for taking the time to organize Christina's party.  Be sure to check out all the party animals cards, I know they will be amazing!

Joyce (party planner)

Cathy

Darnell

Jeanne

Jill

Kara

Kim (that's me)

Lynn

Marybeth

Renee

Sharron

Tracey 

CASology #56 - Dessert and Treat holders

Hi....thank you so much to all of you for your sweet comments about my new blog design.  I have been wanting to up date and clean up my blog for some time, I looked on Etsy and found this sweet lady named Jessica and she did it all including the installation, which I would have had no clue how to do.  So thank you Jessica, you are the Best!  

On my card...this one was quick to make and I used more NBUS too, the Milk & Cookies set from WP9, so fun and so cute.  I pulled out some vellum to give the illusion of milk in the bottle.  My card is for this week's CASology challenge, their cue card is Dessert and really what is better than cookies and milk?

I have been busy making little treat holders for an event that I will be attending, they are just so fun, I even fussy cut the lemon wedge.  These will hold the little lemonade packets from Crystal Light but you could really put any fun little treat inside, like jelly beans or candy corn.  Yummy! Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my cards...have a great week!

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Milk & Cookies

Solid Card Stock: White

Stamps: WP9 - Milk & Cookies

Dies: WP9 - Milk & Cookies

Ink: VersaFine - Black and SU - Real Red

Vellum:SU

Lemonade

Solid Card Stock: White

Patterned Paper: American Crafts - Hip Hip Hooray

Stamps: TAWS - Lemon Squeezy

Die: My Creative Time - Treat Holder

Colorthrow Down #250 and ColourQ #197

Happy Sunday! I spent some of the day crafting and more time getting my dolly domestic chores done so I will have lots of play time this week.  I have two cards to share today...my first card is for this weeks Colorthrow Down #250 and they are having a big party over there and you still have time to play if you hurry! They are celebrating 5 years of fabulous challenges! I had no clue they were at the beginning of all this fun of cards challenges but I am happy that they are.  They have some amazing prizes too so pull out your card stock and make a card!

My second card is for ColourQ #197, the colors this week are just so cute! Not sure what it is about that color combination but I just love and so happy I still had time to play along this week.  I pulled out a few NBUS for this card too, thanks Darnell!  I pulled out stamps from both Clearly Besotted - Build a Bug and The Alley Ways Stamps - Gotta Bug? and a new die from My Favorite Things - Grassy Edges.  It is always fun to play with new toys! Thank you so much for taking time to stop by to peek at my cards....have a wonderful week!

Ingredients - All Papertrey Ink unless listed

Bug 

Solid Card Stock: White and New Leaf

Patterend Paper: Orange Zest

Stamps: TAWS - Gotta Bug? and Clearly Besotted - Build a Bug

Baker's Twine: Paper Source

Button: Summer Sunrise

Ink: Summer Sunrise and VersaFine - black

Dies: Lil Inkers - Polaroid Frame and MFT - Grassy Edges

Get Well Wishes

Solid Card Stock: White and Kraft

Stamps: WP9 - Fresh Baked

Dies: WP9 - Fresh Baked

Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus Burst, Lemon Tart and Classic Kraft

Dies: Spellbinders - Circles and Lil Inkers: Flag Tag