Birthday Party Across the Miles

Welcome to this Fantasy Birthday Tour for sweet friend Taylor VanBruggen.  Since we couldn't all be together today to throw a party we're having a virtual Birthday Party Across the Miles and everyone is invited to come along! 

You should have come here from Melody Rupple's blog, but if you didn't you might want to start this Fantasy Birthday Tour at the beginning on Jami Sibley's blog. 

The birthday card that I created for Taylor uses the stamp sets Friendship Blooms (with coordinating Leafy Branch die) and In the Park, along with those sets I used the supplies from June's Key Ingredients Kit (which will be available June 15).  The Basic Grey designer papers, ribbons, flowers and brads are all so pretty this month, you're going to love them!

  

What's a fantasy party without fantasy gifts? If money were no object, this would be my gift to you Taylor a personalized matching mother and daughter pearl bracelet set.

Taylor I hope you enjoy your day! 

I also used today's Sweet Sunday Sketch to help me create Taylor's card, Karen has another fantastic sketch this week and we hope you'll play along.

To play along create a card using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch, then go to Karen’s blog The Sweetest Thing and link your card so we can all see your creation! 

Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using this week’s sketch!

Karen Motz: Paper Playhouse

Sarah-Jane Kale': Janeybell

Vicki Burdick: It's a Stamp Thing

Jen Tapler: Jen Tapler Designs

Dana White: Dana's House of Cards

Karen Giron: The Sweetest Thing

 Please hop over to Taylor's Blog and wish her a Happy Birthday today, I know she would appreciate it!

Next up on the Fantasy Birthday Tour is Lisa Hjulberg.

SSSC120/CTD144 - Create a Cupcake

Well hello there, thanks for dropping in!  I hope you're enjoying your weekend.  Here in Michigan we've had a cool rainy spring and so many of us have been wishing for some warmer weather...well we got it yesterday.  I was almost 90 degrees and muggy yuck, I'm hoping today is a little cooler since I have flowers to plant.

Today is Sunday and time for the Sweet Sunday Sketch #120.  For my card I created a CAS (clean & simple) birthday card using the SU stamp set Create a Cupcake and the fun colors from The Color Throwdown #144. 

I started out with a melon mambo card base, then a pumpkin pie layer that was embossed using my perfect polka dot embossing folder.  Then I added four punched out circles of retired SU designer paper.  The cupcake image was stamped on a white 2 3/4" square piece of card stock and I added a melon mambo mat.  Across the lower front of my card I used a scallop border piece, a strip of melon mambo and added my ribbon and bow.

To play along create a card using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch, then go to Karen’s blog The Sweetest Thing and link your card so we can all see your creation! 

Be sure to visit each of the Sweet Sunday Stampers below for more samples using this week’s sketch!

Karen Motz: Paper Playhouse

Sarah-Jane Kale': Janeybell

Vicki Burdick: It's a Stamp Thing

Jen Tapler: Jen Tapler Designs

Dana White: Dana's House of Cards

Karen Giron: The Sweetest Thing

CR84FN30/CPS#117 - Tea for Two Thinking of You

TGIF everyone!  For it being a short week because of Memorial Day last Monday it sure seem long.

Today I have another card that I created using the CR84FN30 Color Challenge and the Card Patterns Sketch Challenge.  I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Tea for Two along with the coordinating teapot die and the set Mega Mixed Messages for the tag, the Taylored Expressions Medium Scallop border die and Leafy Branch die, the Mini Rolled Roses My Favorite Things die, some My Mind's Eye designer paper and the SU Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, cardstock and ribbon.  Quite a combo of different products all from my favorite companies.

I actually really like this card and I'm usually my worst critic.

Card Patterns #117 - Make a Life

Hello!  Today I have a card that I created using the Card Patterns Sketch #117 and the SU stamp set Occasional Quotes.  For my inspiration I used the first roses of the summer from my garden (see photos below) which are blooming right now.  The roses are huge pale pink English climbing roses and look like pink tissue paper flowers and I wanted to try and recreate that in a paper flower.

I started out with a crumb cake card base and corner rounded the bottom corners, then added a pretty in pink embossed layer on the bottom portion of my card, a row of eyelet border in the middle and SU retired designer paper on the top. Then I added a 3/4" vertical strip of crumb cake down the center of the card and some pink taffeta ribbon.  It may be difficult to see (click on the picture for a close up) but after I stamped my sentiment in the center of my die cut circle I stamped the rose image from the SU stamp set Elements of Style in pink pirouette, some fully inked and some stamped off.  Then I sponged along the outer edge of my circle with crumb cake, attached a mat and added it to my card front.  For my rose (see photo below) I punched three Extra Large Fancy Flowers, one in pretty in pink and two in pink pirouette, and three circles (1 1/4", 1", 3/4") all in pretty in pink along with three hand cut leaves in crumb cake. All of the pieces below were wadded up into tiny balls, unfolded and the edges were sponged with pink passion ink (the leaves with CC) and then layered together with glue dots with the bottom layer being a pretty in pink Fancy Flower and center being the smallest circle which I then added a large pearl to.  I added my antique brad and bows above and below my circle then added my hand cut leaves, tiny tag and rose.

I had to cut just a few to bring inside.

This is a picture of our garden along the side of our house. 

The flowers are just starting to bloom.

Thanks for stopping by!