CTD187 - Little Bitty Bird

It's time for this week's Color Throwdown Challenge!

Joan is our hostess for this week and she's chosen some lovely colors and a great inspiration photo to get our creative mojo going.

For my card I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Little Bitty Bird Additions along with the coordinating bird dies.  I started out with a chocolate chip card base, then for the top portion of my card I used a piece of lavender lace that I embossed using the perfect polka dots embossing folder.  For the bottom half of my card I used some SU designer paper and for the center I die cut a piece of white cardstock using the SU Top Note die and cut it in half and trimmed it down so that I could use it as a border for my image.  After stamping and coloring my image I added some small rhinestones to the centers of all the flowers along the bottom of the picket fence and popped up my bird images using foam tape.

Be sure to check out what the other design team members have come up with for this week's Color Throwdown challenge!

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Julia Aston - Create with Julia - as our April Guest Designer

I hope you'll take the time to play along with the CTD challenge this week!

SSSC156 - Happy Birthday Day

Hello there and Happy Easter! 

It's time for the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

A few weeks ago I created this card using the layout below and Karen had emailed me after to ask if we could use it as today's Sweet Sunday Sketch.  So I hope you like the sketch and I hope you'll join in and create a card or project using it.  I can't wait to see what everyone creates!

For my card today I used the Papertrey Ink stamp set Happy Day along with the coordinating die, banner die, Taylor Expressions scallop border die and My Favorite Things rolled roses die.  The designer paper is My Mind's Eye and the colors I used are basic gray, crumb cake, taken with teal, cherry cobbler and daffodil delight.  The vertical banners on my card measure an inch wide and four and a quarter long.

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
Denise Marzec - The Paper Landscaper - Our Guest Sweet Sunday Stamper

Thank you for visiting today and may you have a blessed Easter with family and friends.

Boston Terrier Love

Hello friends!  Today I've got a card and some pictures to share.  The card that I have is a thank you card that I created and sent last week for my friend Wanda Guess who is an extremely talented card maker, photographer and blogger.  A few weeks ago I received a package in the mail and inside was the pretty card you see below and a cute Boston Terrier rubber stamp.  I was smiling from ear to ear when I saw what was inside, Wanda's surprise made my day!  Wanda knows that this last January, as my Christmas gift from my husband I received a Boston Terrier puppy and named her Molly.

Below is a picture of Molly the day after she was born.

This next picture was taken on the day I brought her home.  Every time she took a drink from her water dish her back legs would tip off the ground and she'd go head first into her dish.

This is the most resent picture of Molly, she loves to sunbath in front of the windows.  She's a really sweet dog, very loving, playful and wants to be near you all the time.  She's one of the best Christmas gifts I've ever received.

Thanks for popping in!

EDIT:  I've had several people ask where the Boston Terrier stamp came from that Wanda purchased, so here is the link: http://www.paper-source.com/cgi-bin/paper/item/Archie-the-Dog-Rubber-Stamp/2901.010/871510.html

CTD186 - Hello There

It's Wednesday and time for the Color Throwdown Challenge.

Danielle is our hostess this week and she's chosen some great colors for us to create with.

For my card I went with a clean and simple look and used the Papertrey Ink stamp sets Framed Out #2 and Background Basics: Chevron Stripes.  I've used the My Mind's Eye designer paper from the inspiration photo so many times and love it but I wanted to use the colors for this week's challenge in a bold way.  I decided to use the Chevron Stripes stamp set to create some fun background pattern and a horizontal strip of tempting turquoise with score lines and rhinestones drawing attention to the Framed Out #2 set as my focal point.

Be sure to check out what the other design team members have come up with for this week's Color Throwdown challenge!

Barbara Anders - Paper Pursuits

Broni Holcombe - Splashes of Watercolor

Danielle Kennedy - Wild Dragonfly Designs

Joan Ervin - Stamping With Passion

Kristin Eberline - Mindless Creativity

Lori Tecler - Inking Aloud

Tammy Hershberger - Stamp Happy

Wanda Cullen - Cullen-ary Creations
Kerri Michaud - Cards by Kerri

Welcome Julia Aston - Create with Julia - as our April Guest Designer

I hope you'll take the time to play along with the CTD challenge this week!