The Pink Elephant Guest Designer...TPE #295~Sketch

Hello!

Wow, but Monday appeared quickly! Back to work (sighhh), but it's also time for another fabulous challenge (yayy...) over at The Pink Elephant #295, where once again, I have the honour to be the April Guest Designer.  This week, the team and I are tempting you with a technique challenge...

SKETCH CHALLENGE

Only one card to share today...but I have another made, so stay tuned for later in the week!  I haven't played with my CAS-ual Friday notes for a while, and since a new Taylored Expressions embossing folder (I've had it for a while) needed some attention, well...I went to work.  I did a 'wee' bit of adapting, of course, as I often do *grin*.... 

Please head over (or if you've already been, THANK YOU for coming my way) to see the photo inspired delights designed by

Joni

Kadie

Nance

Sheri

Lori (returning very, very soon)

I'm looking forward to seeing your Sketch Inspired Card in The Pink Elephant gallery! 

Thanks so much for dropping by; your visit and comments add sparkle to my day!

Hugs,

A Cupcake Fantastic Birthday...Freshly Made Sketches #182, Simon Says Wednesday Challenge~Make Your Own Background, Seize the Birthday~Anything Goes

Hello once again,

I made - or more appropriately, I 'tried' to make - a few cards today...and Mr. Recycle ate most of them. Why? Because once again I was messing around with striving, in vain, to create water-colour backgrounds. Does. not. work. for. me!  On the plus side, I went back to my stamps and dies, and created a little sweet something for Freshly Make Sketches #182

Another card for my sister-in-law's kids' birthday cards' stash...

I'm also entering the galleries at:
Seize the Birthday~Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge~Make Your Own Background

So nice to have my husband back home. He's making roast chicken...yummm!

Wishing you a wonderful Sunday evening and THANKS so much for dropping by! Your visit and comments add sparkle to my day!
Hugs,

Sunbursts x 3...Colour Me #67~Subtle, ColourQ #287, FUSION~Elegance, Simon Says Monday&Wednesday Challenges

Happy Sunday, to all,

The skies are blue, the birds are chirping, the peaks of the Three Sisters mountains, though still dressed in snow in spots, are bathed in sunlight: a most pretty morning indeed.

I was a chore-whirlwind much of yesterday (do you remember the Tasmanian Devil character from the Bugs Bunny cartoons? Yep that was me, minus the growls...well, maybe a little bit *grin*), cleaning up, baking up, pizza-dough rising up, and even a bit of crafting up.  My husband came home, a tad travel weary, but still able to carry out our homemade pizza tradition for Saturday evening.  He also came bearing gifts: a cherry pie made by his mom. Yummm!

While he was away, some of my crafting orders arrived (yes...I've done a wee bit of shopping of late...) and I *had* to play with one set, in particular - Clearly Besotted's Sunburst (crushing over, smitten by and in love with these images!) -  to create three cards for a few different challenges.

First up, inspired by Colour Me #67

Second, inspired by FUSION~Elegance

NOTE;  Honoured and delighted that Kimberly selected my card for FUSION Honourable Mention!  THANK YOU!!

Third, inspired by ColourQ #287~

 The thanks looks 'flat' in my photo, but it's actually triple layered, standing out from the background.

I'm also off to:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge~Make Your Own Backgrounds (Cards #1 and 3)

Simon Says Monday Challenge~In the Middle (smaller images are stamped *in the middle* of larger ones...hope that counts)

Wishing you a wonderful Sunday and THANKS so much for dropping by! Your visit and comments add sparkle to my day!
Hugs,

Bam! Pow! Wow! Happy Birthday...Cupcake Inspiration #305, Seize the Birthday~Anything Goes

Happy Saturday morning!

A quick post because one linky is going to close within an hour AND one husband is going to be coming through the door in just a few hours.  *Somebody* has some chores to get done...I made a start yesterday but then was distracted, because the same *somebody* may have received a couple (or a few *grin*) new products while her husband was away.  Stay tuned for a debut (or three) later...

Here's my card, to be added to the 'kids' birthday party' stash for my niece and nephew. Hopefully a 3 or 4 year old 'wanna be' Super Hero will like it...

I took my cue from  Cupcake Inspiration #305 (aren't those fabulous...and the wrappers have city scenes!)

and also sharing over at the Seize the Birthday~Anything Goes gallery

Off to tend to laundry, vacuuming, pizza dough making, shifting my this-week's 'envelope' sized crafting area back to its usual postage stamp-sized space...Card-making is in the mix too (priority-position *grin*)

Hope you have a marvelous Saturday and THANKS so much for dropping by! Your visit and comments add sparkle to my day!

Flowers and Showers...TIME OUT #28~CASE with your own twist, AAA Cards #37~Spring Flowers, Simon Says Wednesday Challenge~April Showers/Spring Flowers, Make My Monday~April Showers

Hello!

I'm on Day 2 of being on my own-some (my husband's visiting his family, on a much deserved mini-holiday) and yes, I'm  missing him, and yes, I have a crafting mess alllllll over the kitchen counter! Cheering the clutter!  What I am not cheering, or even bearing the teeniest hint of a grin about, is the snow that's falling.  Pretty yes, but c'mon...April showers...s.h.o.w.e.r.s!

And that's my segue into my pair of whimsical cards on parade today, and creating them as a 'flower and shower' pair was not intentional.  I made the first one...then found a Verve Rain or Shine stamp set (NBUS...for over a year! Yikes!)...and made a second...

Even though they're both quirky, I drew ideas from sweet, talented Kim, who is our 'inspire-ee' over at TIME OUT #28~CASE with your own twist. Her card: lovely!

Mine...well. certainly not soft, delicate or pastel like hers, but, I do have outlined flowers, similar colours, in bold tones, a sprinkling of leaves and...a black panel (well, part of one) with a white sentiment.  Kinda close...*grin*

My second card mimics the first, only with Wink of Stella'ed umbrellas and an embossed sentiment.

The duo...they are rather wild, aren't they?  See what happens when my husband leaves? I have no one to say, "ummm...maybe not so much..."  Still, I hope they'll make you smile...

In addition to TIME OUT, I'm sharing over at:

AAA Cards #37~Spring Flowers

Addicted to CAS #61~Showers

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge~April Showers/Spring Flowers

Make My Monday~April Showers

Off to see what's for dinner...maybe cereal (I so don't cook!).  Apparently, my husband's mom is making him a roast beef dinner.  'Nuff said...

Thanks so much for dropping by; your visit and comments add sparkle to my day!

Hugs,

The Pink Elephant Guest Designer...TPE #294~Photo Inspiration, CAS(E) this Sketch #118, Freshly Made Sketches #181

Hello!

It's Monday, and I'm honoured to be back as the April Guest Designer for The Pink Elephant #294, where we're inviting you to....

 create a card/project with inspiration drawn from ...

this STUNNING photo!  

What beautiful table decor...flowers, vases, doilies, greens, and those pure-delight slices of wood coasters...Truly exquisite!

My first card, inspired by the layout at Freshly Made Sketches #181, focuses on the purple of the flowers in the vase in the foreground (going for the 'tinier' details here), as seen in my blooms, the 'grain' of the wood, reflected in my embossed wood-grain background, and the aqua of the vases, in my base.

My second card, inspired by CAS(E) this Sketch #118, was incentive to bring out some 'oldie' dies that I haven't used in a while: my doily and rolled flowers. This card is definitely not *mail* friendly, but since I'm adding it to the birthday card stash for my mom's volunteer group for the seniors at the residence she volunteers at, that's all okay. Hopefully, it will bring a smile to one of the resident's faces. I sponged the roses with pink, as a nod to those in the photo, and the rest, pretty self-explanatory.

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My apologies for the shadows from the rosettes! Despite a series of gymnastics with this card's pose (it's sitting at an angle, against a round vase...rather a precarious perch on the edge of the mantle) to get a 'sort of''decent photo, the shadows still bested my efforts. The real life version is far prettier...

Here's the duo...(shadow splendour on the second...grrr!)

Please head over (or if you've already been, THANK YOU for coming my way) to see the photo inspired delights designed by

Joni

Kadie

Nance

Sheri

Lori (on break, but she'll be back! Promise!)

I'm looking forward to seeing your Photo Inspired Card in The Pink Elephant gallery! 

Thanks so much for dropping by; your visit and comments add sparkle to my day!

Hugs,

Just a Note....MUSE #112

Hello!

We're just back from our bike-racing officials meeting, accompanied with a two hour drive, in mega gusty winds, each direction. The "field trip" was a nice change of pace, but...I missed my crafting time! A day without crafting is like...like..a day without sunshine (or so it feels!). I'll survive...besides, posting my made-yesterday card will fill in as my crafting fix.

Wonderfully talented Vicki was this week's MUSE #112 featured artist, with this pretty creation:

No birds on my card, but still a 'something' with wings ....

I sponged my butterfly with colours similar to those on Vicki's cards, used my wood-grain stamp for the 'stripes' and...done. Easy (sort of...once I figured it all out).  Hope I've done your card  justice, Vicki, with my 'translation.'

NOTE:  So honoured and delighted to be a Top Three at Muse! THANK YOU!!

Hope everyone  had a fabulous weekend! My husband's off for a much-needed, much-deserved week long break from work (and me *grin*) to see his family.  Time to ride his bike and be spoiled and pampered by his mom.  I have to work, so I'll be staying here...missing him, but knowing he's having a chance to rejuvenate.  The plus: don't have to clean up my crafting zone, as I do every day!

Thanks so much for dropping by; your visit and comments add sparkle to my day!

Hugs,