Pretty in Pink with Penny Black

Ok, so I am going to make a handful of these for the OWH campaign, I'm running out of time and I like this one, simple but cute. I change the wording on the bottom and leave it off for some.This card though will is my first and I had a few challenges in mind when I made it. I used the sketch from Janet's Corrosive Challenge Blog. There was a monochromatic challenge at Challenge Up your Life Blog and at Stampavie. At Penny Black's the challenge was Pretty in Pink and I used her gorgeous /my favorite stamp "blush" for the card. At A Secret Stamper they wanted you to use a stamped flower and at the Creative Cottage the challenge is floral. Then at One Stop Challenge it was Love is in the Air. WOW, that's a lot of challenges, and I wasn't really even trying!! LOL!! I hope the soldiers like it to send home to their families. Have a great week! I used DCWV paper and my Penny Black stamp and a Stampin Up stamp for the sentiment. I colored the flower up with my Stampin Write markers from Stampin Up and inked the papers in Worn Lipstick fromm Tim Holtz.

You're an angel

At Stampavie they had the criss cross card for their challenge. I always liked making these, so I thought I would take it on. At Flutterby Wednesdays it was Anything Goes as long as you have an angel or fairy on your creation. At Challenge Up Your Life, their challenge was to have scripture in the background, which I stamped on my cardstock and on my patterned paper. At Jane't Corrosive Challenge Blog, she wants us to Button It up, so I added some button flair to the top of my insert to make it easier to grab at. And then there is Whiff of Joy, and Simon Says,  with Love is in the Air, and with this lovely angel blowing  kisses, you can't get anymore love in the air. I used my Whiff of Joy Sugar Nellie stamp, some of my patterned paper still lying around and on my angels' pants, I cut them all apart and dropped a bit of ink all over my craft pad to create a "tye dye" look to them, that is inspired by my friend Jennifer at the Dragonfly Tea Cottage. She makes the coolest tye dye goodies, check her out if you haven't already.Just so you know, her web site does her no justice, she has amazing works of art there for sale besides amazing food and delicious tea!! Hugs to you all!!

Spring is Here

Today I made a card for my mommy AND it just happens to cover a crap load of challenges!! Yeah for me. LOL! I have never made an easel card before but it was really fun and way easier than I would have thought. So glad I tried it. The tutorial on Whiff of Joy is a really nice and simple one. OK, here are the challenges I covered with my fun card here. Color Dare had the challenge for using celery, rose, turquoise and white in your card, Polka Doodles challenged you to use stamping and wings, Cute Card Thursdays and the Pink Elephant, challenged you to use the color Green, Creative Corner had this great sketch to use, Charisma Cards challenged you to use fairies, Stampavie challenged you to use Spring Theme, and Simon Says challenged you to make it girly. I think this might just be the most challenges I ever hit with one card and I didn't even plan this one out! The paper is from Die Cuts With A View the Tea Party paper pack and the fairy is from the Bella stamps, I heat embossed the green dots on the tiny tea cup and added glitter on her wings. I popped up my text to keep my easel card standing up. Hope you like it and hope my mommy does too, that is who it is being mailed to.