Happy Thursday

Hello.  I'm popping in on a Thursday with 2 cards I made this week.  First up is a card I made in support of my friend, Sandie's post about Purple Day--the international day to raise awareness of epilepsy.  Please click here to see Sandie's post and learn more about Sandie's story and epilepsy.  Also, there is a blog hop starting on Sandie's blog, with lots of prizes along the way.

For this card, I used Memory Box Flower Power stencil and a trio of Distress Ink purple inks.

I am entering this card at Memory Box Challenge #47: Flower Power and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Anything Goes.

I also played with my new Hero Arts Pet Turtle stamps to make this fun belated birthday card.  I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches #381, rotated 90 degrees, and am also playing along at Addicted to Stamps and More #334: Clean and Simple, Addicted to CAS #155:  Green, and Less is More #391:  Take 3.

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Time Out #131...Reminder...Wishing You a Wonderful Birthday

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is 'Inspired by Words' and since we are celebrating the 5th Birthday of Time Out, the words are all about birthdays.

I had some fun stamping and then coloring these festive birthday candles from Concord & 9th.  I wanted to focus on the 'birthday wishes' portion of our challenge, and thought of making a wish and blowing out the candles.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Kara, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.   Stamplorations is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run another week.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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CASology Week #336...Ocean

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is OCEAN.  I am in love with the little turtles in PTI Salt Air Fauna, so put them in the ocean for a little swim in this card that will be perfect for me to send to a friend or family member who just needs a little support.

Now it's your turn.  How does OCEAN inspire you?


As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:

1. One main image
2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
3. Limited layers & embellishments
4. Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

I hope you play along this week.  We are sponsored by STAMPlorations.

This is a 2 week challenge...more time to play along (or play twice for twice the fun!)

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the our Guest Designer Asa and the CASology design team.

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Time Out #131...Make + A + Wish

It is time for a new challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is 'Inspired by Words' and since we are celebrating the 5th Birthday of Time Out, the words are all about birthdays.

Our sponsor this challenge is Stamplorations, and I used World Birthday Cakes  to make my card.  I pulled out some fun ink colors, created a mask for my cake, and then stamped it a bunch of different times.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Kara, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.   Stamplorations is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run for 2 weeks.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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CASology Week #335...Earth

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is EARTH.  Seemed to me the perfect time to pull out Glorious Globes.

Now it's your turn.  How does EARTH inspire you?


As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:

1. One main image
2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
3. Limited layers & embellishments
4. Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

I hope you play along this week.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the our Guest Designer, Helen and the CASology design team.

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Time Out #130...Reminder...Unique

There is still time to play along with our current challenge at Time Out.  Our challenge this time is 'we challenge you to be....  We are challenging you to be UNIQUE.

Our sponsor this challenge is Catherine Pooler, and I was lucky enough to get several of her fabulous ink colors to play with.  I decided to create a whimsical winter scene, with some very unique penguins in Party Dress, Lime Rickey, Aquatini, Something Borrowed and Flirty Fuschia.

Please head over to Time Out to see more inspiration from our Design Team and Guest Designer. Our Guest Designer this week is Elizabeth, so please stop by her blog to see what she has created for this challenge.   Catherine Pooler  is our sponsor for this challenge.  Details for the prize are on the Time Out Challenge Blog.


This challenge will run another week.  I hope you will take some Time Out of your busy schedule to play along with us.

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Puppies and Llamas

Hello and happy Wednesday.  I had a little crafty time this week and created this fun and funny birthday card for Sherlock to send to a friend.  I am entering this card at Just us Girls #477: Birthday, Seize the Birthday: Make Us Laugh, and CAS(E) this Sketch #311.

Next up is this little scene I created with my Memory Box Llamas.  I noticed several of the DT samples for Addicted to CAS #154: Fluffy challenge used llamas, so I decided to pull mine out also.  I am also entering this card at AAA Cards #135 (die cut, stamped image, coloring), Inkspirational #181:  Use Your Stash, and Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge: Create a Scene.

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CASology Week #334...Funky

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another challenge at CASology.   This week, our cue word is FUNKY.  I pulled out this fabulous shoe stamp from Stamplorations, colored it in some funky and crazy colors and my card was done.

Now it's your turn.  How does FUNKY inspire you?


As always, remember the following CAS guidelines when creating your design:

1. One main image
2. Lots of open space, uncluttered
3. Limited layers & embellishments
4. Quick & easy to recreate (Note: It may take a while to create a design you like, but once you have that design, making more should be a piece of cake!)

I hope you play along this week.

Please head on over to the CASology blog and gather some inspiration from the our Guest Designer, Claire and the CASology design team.

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3 Cards from Saturday

I did not have as much crafty time as I had hoped this weekend, but I did make a lot of progress on the sweater I am knitting.  Just 3 cards to share.  

First up is a card using MFT Birthday Bear & Friends, and I am entering it at MFT Color Challenge #112 , MFT Sketch Challenge #426, Just Us Girls #477:  Birthday, and AAA Cards #135: One Plus Three plus Friends (stamped image, die cut, coloring + of course the bear is sharing his cake with his friends).

Next up is a card for Laurie's Fabulous Favorites over at PTI.  The challenge this week was a favorite PTI accessory, and I pulled out some oldies/goodies.  Several years ago, I bought a bunch of colors of embossing powders and also rhinestones, and I used both of these on my card.

I followed the sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch #311 and am also entering this card at The Paper Players #431:  Spring Fever.

Last up is a card using Memory Box Dogwood Blossom Outline die that I am entering at the Memory Box Flower Power challenge.  I cut this die several times out of different colors of paper, then pieced it back together.  I am also entering this card at Inkspirational #181:  Use Your Stash and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge:  Anything Goes.

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