Easter Wishes

Easter is upon us!!  I found a cute image at Designed 2 Delight that I thought would make a great Easter card.  I used the Sketch over at {Freshly Made} Sketches and also decided to enter the Challenge at The Perfect Sentiment Challenge 26 - create an Easter card with a little "Bling" added. 

I had a scrap of yellow gingham paper that I used as the base.  I then added Close to My Heart papersfrom the retired pack Caboodle.  I had some "crazy" ribbon also from CtMHwith pink, blue and green "stripes"  Seemed perfect for this card.  The image is colored in with Copics.  The sentiment is CtMH stamped in Hollyhock.  For bling, I added a white sheer bow with a rhinstone at the center.

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...and they lived happily ever after

It's Wednesday - I LOVE Wednesday!!  Half way to the weekend and the new Sketch Challenge is posted at Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  The Sponsor this week is Sassy Cheryl's .  I had never been to her site before today and I must say I will be returning - OFTEN!!!  I love the images!!  I am also entering this Card in the Sassy Cheryl's Digi Stamps Challenge.  This week their Challenge #109 is to use soft pastels.  So, I chose an image which I love - Sassy Sally reading to her Teddy Bear.  I colored her in with Water Color Pencils.  I used papers from my stash and found the perfect sentiment on a retired Close to My Heart set.  I used Sweet Leaf ink to stamp the sentiment and ink the edges of the white card stock.  I also found a piece of ribbon to match and topped it off with a lavender button.  A piece of lacy ribbon at the base of the CS finishes off the embellishments.  The image is attached with Pop Dots.  

Show me...

So, it's Wednesday morning, I'm at work and the first thing I did was check in on Sweet Sketch Wednesday.  I like to see what the sketch is and start ideas running through my head while I work...  This week's Sponsor is Sassy Cheryl's Digital Images.  Well, I am in love with her super cute images!!  I did some poking around her Blog and happened upon this challenge - Show me #69.  Post a picture of what you are doing...  I'm sure it's supposed to be crafty, and I will do better next time, but, this is what I am doing right now and I so can't wait to get home tonight (no outside commitments tonight YAY!!) and start playing with the SSW Sketch and an image from Sassy Cheryl's Digis!! 

When my oldest nephews were young (they are now 40!!) they had trouble pronouncing their L's so I was "Sassy" - Love that Cheryl has a character Sassy Sally - I know I was supposed to find this site!!

Now I best get to work - need to get through several piles of paper and finish up some projects...  The fun will begin when I get home tonight!!

all you need is LOVE...

Hope everyone had a great Monday.  I couldn't wait to get to my crafting desk tonight...  I sat in my comfy chair with my laptop in search of some inspiration, and as always, I found some!!   First I went to one of my favorite color challenges The Color Throwdown and loved the color combination.  I then went to Perfect Sentiments.  Their Challenge was to use an Uplifting Sentiment along with this Sketch =) I was all set!  I went with the colors at The Color Throwdown even though I was too late to post for the Challenge... I am happy with how the colors turned out.

The paper and flower are from Recollections.  The card stock is Close to My Heart.  The sentiment is also CtMH from the stamp set D1501 stamped with CtMH Black Ink.  The black sheer ribbon is from my stash...  

I love, love, love Mo's Digital Images!!  I found a sketch I wanted to do over at Crazy 4 Challenges.    Mo's Digital Challenge had a Photo Inspiration Challenge this week.  So I put the two together to come up with this card.  I used the new paper pack Florentiine from Close to M Heart.  The image is colored in with Tombow markers.  And the card is finished off with a sheer ribbon tied in a bow.

Thanks so much for stopping by my Blog - wishing you all a great week ahead!!

I love the sketches at Sweet Sketch Wednesday. This is my favorite Challenge!! The Sponsor is Fresh Brewed Desings this week. I went through my Digi images and chose one of my FBD images for this challenge. The image is colored in with Tombow markers. The Chocolate CS, brads and ribbon are all CtMH. The Sentiment is from Verve. The print DP is from my stash. 

 

Happy Birthday!!

Today I made a Birthday Card for a baby boy's first birthday!!  I used a cute Teddy Bear from The Stamp Fairy and colored him in with Tombow markers.  I used the Sketch from the Challenge at My Favorite Things. 

The papers I used are from the new pack Dotty For You from Close to My Heart - currently available for $5.00 with a $35.00 purchase -available April 17th  through the end of May.  It has lots of great colors, polka dots, stripes...  fun, fun pack!!  e-mail me if you are interested...

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