Eye Think You're Neat...Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #361~Punny

Hello,

Long weekend in our parts..yayyyy! My husband and I are having far tooooooo much fun with my family visiting. In. my. glory!

Time for my amazing DT and I to invite you to play alongside us for Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #361:

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Got something punny you'd like to share? Well, bring it on, because that's what this theme is all about...giggles, smirks, laughs out loud, eyeball rolling...

This week,we're sponsored by incredibly popular Lawn Fawn,who are generously offering the winner  a stamp set and 6x6 Paper Pad of his/her choice.  Incentive? Only YES!!!

For my card, *eye* couldn't resist the cyclops smile-maker from Monster Mash. These dudes make me smile....

Your turn!! Looking forward to seeing your fun puns in the gallery!!

*NEWSFLASH*

Cupcake Inspirations is having a DT call!  We're looking for a few new Sweeties to join our team! If you love cupcakes and crafting, we'd love for you to join us!  Check out the link here for details.

I'm so delighted you spent time with me today; your visit brings me immense joy!

You are Amazing...Inkspirational Challenge #109, STAMPlorations Anything Goes

Hello!

Are you ready for another Inkspirational Challenge?  Hope so!  What's on tap for Inkspirational Challenge #109, you ask?  How about this ah-mazing photo; isn't that colour combination striking!  What catches your eye, hmmmmm?

Over at the challenge site, you'll see an array of wonderful cards by my amazing DT; please be sure to visit and leave some love for Sandie, Shauna, Nonni, Marina, Kim, Yvonne.

One of my favourite stencils came out to play - STAMPlorations' Leaf Prints - and after some tricky (for me, anyway) masking with washi tap and sponging with a variety of distress inks, this happened....I was aiming to capture the colours (the pop of red from the left side of the image and the purple from the right, specifically). Kinda-sorta got them in in...now I wish I had some teal blue to make the purple stand out more. Oh well...more distress inks on the shopping list *grin* The sentiment is a combination of a STAMPlorations stamp and MFT die cut...

Your turn!  

Looking forward to seeing your photo-inspired creations in the gallery!

Also linking up at STAMPlorations~Anything Goes

Side note: My brother, sister-in-law, niece, nephew and my MOM (first visit!!) are spending the long weekend with us!  I'm sooooo excited!  If I fall (even further...sighhhh) behind in commenting, you'll know why - at least this time I have a 'real' excuse (as compared to my perpetual-state-of-being-disorganized one). Cuddles galore happening over at our place!!

So delighted you spent some time with me today; your visit brings me immense joy!

Happy Birthday, Sandie!!

 Hello,

I'm a late-comer to the various parties happening in celebration of our sweet, wonderful Sandie's 50th Birthday! One is happening over at Kylie's place

and another over at TIME OUT Challenges, where CAS and purple are on tap.

So, my friend, here I am, with from-the-heart Happy *Belated* Birthday wishes, accompanied by a fairly CAS purple number that I'm hoping will make you smile! You know what else should make you smile: knowing you're still a young'un compared to me *grin*

My card is pretty much a literal translation of the sketch for the STAMPlorations May 2016 Sketch and Theme Challenges:

A variety of STAMPlorations products came out to play, along with a couple of purple inks...

May you celebrate alllll month long, my wonderful friend and may your year be filled with an abundance of blessings!  You deserve to feel like a princess every. single. day! Hugs!!

Also joining the galleries at:
STAMPlorations CAS Card Challenge~ Anything Goes (optional twist of Magenta)

 STAMPlorations Anything Goes Challenge

 Seize the Birthday~Anything Goes

So glad you spent some time with me today; your visit brings me immense joy!

PS: I'm late because <insert ecstatic squeals of joy> my family - brother, sister-in-law, Ms. T and Mr. C and MY MOM (first time visit our way) are coming to share the long weekend with us! Cleaning, laundrying, reorganizing our teensy space to accommodate 5 more people, happy dancing....getting ready has kept me on my toes! Call me excited!

Quartet of Hot Air Balloons...Guest Designer at Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog #55~Use A Die Cut

Hello,

I'm sooooo honoured to be back as a

with a reminder post for Serendipity Stamps Challenge #55~Die Cut

In my first post, I designed a quartet of Floral Butterfly cards; this time...my quartet features the

Hot Air Balloons Reverse Die and Stamp Set  

 

I LOVE hot air balloons and I hope my fascination shows in the cards below.

My first card is a simple number; sponged a background panel and ran it, with the die cut, through my Big Shot.  

I incorporated a twist, however, in adding double sided adhesive to the back of the panel, so that I could do a 'little something' with the die cut pieces afterwards.  See?  A negative, followed by a positive...A bit finicky to poke the the little bits into place, but I'm pleased with the clean look...

My third card came as a result of 'trying out the die' on a piece of scrap cardstock...which lead to a stencil...which lead to this....I love stenciling!

Finally, the card that had me holding my breath as I created:  this glimmery, sparkly number inspired by Jennifer McGuire's video glitter technique (here). I strategically placed my double sided adhesive (made a template), so as not to waste the wee bit of glitter I have, brought out my *huge* collection of Copics (all eight of them *grin*), followed Jennifer's directions to a "t" and...voila! One VERY sparkly balloon card!

I was skeptical about  how successful this technique would be, so imagine my surprise when the *forging ahead* actually turned out!  Want a shimmer close-up?  Okay...

  

Definitely worth a try if you have glitter calling for attention!

Anyway...thank you for bearing with me through yet another novel-length post.  Please be sure to visit the Serendipity DT, where  dazzle and delight (along with a blog hop and prizes) are guaranteed!

Remember: the Lemonade Pitcher is this month's 50% off feature product...

Thank you to Jeanne, Mary and the DT for inviting me to be this month's Guest Designer!  Looking forward to seeing everyone's *Use A Die Cut* creations; come and play!

I so appreciate that you spent time with me today; your visit brings me immense joy!

Beautiful Day...Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #360, Just Add Ink #311~Masking, Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge #47~One Element Wonder,

Hello,

I hope everyone is having as delightful a weekend as I am. We're at my mom's (yayyyy): my husband is officiating the first bike race of the season (three events in total). I am not. I am being Aunty C (quadruple yayyyyyy - time with my niece and nephew today AND tomorrow!) and a race spectator.  My first officiating gig isn't until the end of May (back here...more cheering); after that, race-after-race every weekend until mid-July; a wee break and then back at it...My clipboard and stopwatch will get quite the workouts!

Today, my fabulous DT and I invite you to bring your designer delights to Cupcake Inspirations #360~Pink, Blush and Gold.  Check out these lovely treats...starry-scrumptious!

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This week, we're fortunate to have sponsorship from Altenew.  I'll turn my post over to them for a bit, so they can share with you who they are, what they're about (creating awesomeness, in my books) and what the lucky winner of this week's challenge will receive:  Take it away....

Established in April 2014, Altenew strives to bring elegant, natural and versatile designs in paper crafting products. Altenew firmly believes in sharing happiness and comfort with our loved ones through creative expression of crafting. We know that personal, delicate touches of a hand-made card or scrapbook page can bring joy to people that are important in our lives and we are proud to create products that help inspire alluring projects/creations.

Way Too Sweet

Now if that isn't incentive to play along, I don't know what is!!

I recently found a 'local' scrapbook supplier who can bring in Altenew products, on occasion *fist pump*!  So stoked! One of  the sets  I ordered is Beautiful Day, making its debut for this challenge. Those layered leaves and flowers. Oh. My!  In love... I used the outline stamp, along with the second and third accent layers (pink and blush, respectively), leaving the flower's background white. The leaves,were stamped with Delicata Gold; once for the background image and once again with the accent layer. I even managed a little masking action...

In real life, this is wonderfully pretty (gloomy day when I took the photo and since we were traveling, I didn't have a retake opportunity).  In fact, I may have made a second...and perhaps a fourth...

Looking forward to seeing your pink-blush-and-gold creations in the gallery!  Elegant and classy, or cute and sassy...bring it on!  See you soon!

Also sharing at:

Just Add Ink #311~Masking

Stamp, Ink, Paper Challenge #47~One Element Wonder

Thank you so much for spending time with me today; your visit brings me immense  joy!

Floral Birthday Butterfly...Tag You're It Challenge #47, Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog #55~Use A Die

Hello!

Ready to make some tags? Sure hope so, because for the next two weeks, my fantastic design team and I invite you to join us at Tag You're It Challenge #47, where we're inspired by this floral-and-flags butterfly gem created by our talented Jeanne:

So incredibly pretty!  Swooning!

For my tag/card, my new floral butterfly from Serendipity Stamps came out to play, dressed in "ombre" blue to reflect Jeanne's winged delight. The sponged tag colours and flower-embossed panel are drawn from the bottom and top portions of her tag, respectively (although my pink looks more...um, orchid-ish than hers...but it is pink. The ink lid said so!).  Sequins, sentiment tag, and voila...

Please visit the Tag You're It blog to see the rest of the gals' interpretations. *Awe-mazing*!  Then...

Your turn!

How will you be inspired by Jeanne's luscious layered butterfly-floral-and-flags tag? Hmmmm?

Looking forward to finding out! See you in the gallery!!

Also sharing at:
Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog #55~Use A Die

Thank you so much for spending time with me today; your visit brings me immense  joy!

Flamingo Birthday...CAS(E) this Sketch #171

Hello,

In like a flash to share my card for CAS(E) this Sketch #171

Super simple....maybe too simple?  Even though I am petrified of birds (seriously terrified!), I do have a thing for flamingos...stamp-and-die cut ones, that is!

NOTE: Honoured and thrilled to be selected as a CTS Favourite.  THANK YOU!

Here's a story that adds to my bird phobia: the *ag-grouse-ive* grouse that's been holding hostage the trail that my husband and I so enjoy hiking/biking on (he bikes while I walk as quick as I can to keep up with him....painful!).  Mr. Grouse is seeking a mate, and when people come near his 'love zone,' he responds in full assault mode: wings back, head down and meaning business! I do NOT want to run the risk of being pecked; his feathers are already ruffled enough with his task.  We haven't heard if he's found a missus yet (he really needs to act more like a gentleman!), so no trail wandering for us until we know he's moved on. Scary dude!  And we won't even talk about the hippo-sized ravens....

Anyway...my pink flamingo is very friendly *grin*

Thank you for spending part of your day with me; your visit brings me immense joy!