Absolutely Positively Birthday

I really enjoy participating in all the great crafting challenges out there, but I must admit that winning prizes is awfully fun too! Recently, I was the lucky winner of a Simon Says Stamp gift certificate, and it helped me finally get my hands on this CAS-ual Fridays stamp set that I've had my eye on for some time.  

I stamped the sentiments with watermark ink & heat-embossed with a neon green powder from Recollections. Man, it came out so great! The black piece was embossed with a dotted chevron folder.  

The chevrons are made with an SU! double-sided paper using SEI's Patchwork Chevron Technique. The arrow-patterned paper is by Pebbles, Inc. and has been in my stash forever; I edged it with a fluorescent blue Copic. The card base is a bright turquoise.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Inkspirational #103: Geometric
Ooh La La Creations: Add a Sentiment

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Unlock Your Potential - March Challenge at UnstampaBelles

The UnstampaBelles March challenge is Unlock Your Potential with the twist of Use a Key.
I made a card for my brother-in-law's family, who just moved for his super new job.

The house, including the pieces, are from Karen Burniston's "Holiday House" die set from Elizabeth Craft Designs. The inside pop-up design is from Cricut's Simple Pop-Ups cartridge.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Crafty Catz #314: Use 3 Different Papers
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper: Anything goes with Patterned Paper
QKR Stampede #181: Recycling (blue mesh is from packaging)

Update: This was the winner Crafty Catz #314!

Be sure to check out the fabulous projects by my teamies and hope you'll join us this month at UnstampaBelles!


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Rude Rabbits

This isn't an original idea; I know I've seen it before, but I just couldn't help myself!

The grass was stamped in an olive green distress ink & a light green chalk ink, using a rubber stamp from my stash.  The chocolate bunny & Peeps, from a Miss Kate's Cuttables' "Easter Candy" set, were cut from shiny papers on my Silhouette Cameo. I used clear alphabet stamps to stamp the sentiment onto wood veneer speech bubbles. Super-simple and fun!

Inspiration/Challenges:

MFP Stamps Challenge #10: CAS card + Bunnies + stamping
My Time to Craft: one layer card

Silhouette Challenges #35: Anything Goes with the Silhouette

Pilin' On the Green...plus 2

The theme this fortnight at Pile It On is Green + 2 other colors. I used this Butterfly Flowers Silhouette by our sponsor, Bugaboo Stamps.

I used a Jillibean shaker card kit for this; I really like how the paper inks up. I used a light pink for the top prtion, and black ink & black glitter paint for the bottom. The black stripes are a black glitter tape. The green stripe is a different kind of glitter tape; I've been hoarding both for some time! The circles are cut out with the "Fun Filled Rings" die from Spellbinders Celebra’tions collection.

Inspiration/Challenges:
Allsorts: Feminine
Craft for the Craic: The Luck of the Irish
Crafting for all Seasons: Add Some Sparkle
The Crafty Addicts: Anything Goes/ Spots or Stripes
Creative Moments: Anything Goes/ optional twist use a sentiment on front of project
Shopping Our Stash: White OUT (no white paper allowed) + Stash (paper, glitter tape)

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Girly Cards at Crafting with Dragonflies

This fortnight at Crafting with Dragonflies our theme is Girly Cards. I made a card for two of my favorite girls in the world...my nieces.

The image is a pre-colored & fussy-cut topper from LOTV, although I did add a bit more color with Copic markers. The purple patterned papers are from Graphic45's Secret Garden collection (somehow appropriate!) and the card base is a plain purple paper. I cut the frame with 2 scalloped, sqaure dies, and decorated it with adhesive half-pearls. The top portion is a pearly paper that I punched with an MS punch & wrapped with an ombre ribbon. The sentiment piece is the same pearly paper, cut with a YNS die & stamped with a Clear Art Stamps sentiment. I added two heart-shaped brads & inset them with more half-pearls.


Inspiration/Challenges:
Jade's Sparkling Butterflies: Anything Goes/Monochrome
NordSalten Hobby club: Dies/punches
Pearly Sparkles Challenge: Girlie and Pearly
YNS Challenges #34: Sketch (+ YNS die)



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