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Guess what??  NO shaker card today!! Can you believe it??  Instead I have a sweet and soft card for the sketch challenge from Create with Connie and Mary. I  went pretty literal with this sketch and used the flower from Crazy About you as my focal point. Can I just say how AWESOME this stamp set is?!  You have every greeting you could ever want or need!  On top of it, you get a couple of great flowers and leaves to boot!  Since Mother's Day will be here before we know it, I went ahead and made a card for my Mom. I love Sahara Sand with Pink Pirouette, so this card focuses on those two colors.  For a little dimension, I made the flower in three layers and added embossing to the Sahara Sand. Something Borrowed was the perfect designer paper for this card with it's beautiful subtle look.  For balance, another splash of pink lines the left side.  I pulled the polka dots from Painted Petals, it was the perfect touch! If you need more card ideas, I...

Today's card is sunny and happy even though it's cloudy and rainy here in Ohio!  Remember when I said I'd do more with the Hooray It's Your Day Project Kit??  Well, today's the day!  My first couple of cards were for birthday's, so I went in a different direction for today. Can you tell that I'd like to see the sun a little more??  The bright Daffodil Delight just makes me smile!!  I love the rays of sunshine created with the AWESOME mask that comes in the kit.  The two exclusive decorative masks that come with this kit were the biggest selling point for me, you can use them for more than just the kit! This was my first try at spritzing, so I tried a couple of times on scrap paper before doing the one for my card.  I found that holding the spritzer further away gives you more control with how much color goes on the paper.  You can always add more color if it's too light, but you can't take it away...trust me!  To make this particular color,...

Woo Hoo!! I am so excited about the new weekly blog hop that we are doing each Saturday for Create with Connie and Mary !  If you stopped by their blog on Thursday, you may have notice the change.  There are four wonderful new Design Team members doing the weekly challenge and 4 of us plus Connie and Mary have started a NEW weekly BLOG HOP!  This month we are all about Sale-a-bration stamps and today we are creating with Lotus Blossom.  You should be coming from Melissa Davies' beautiful Rubberfunatics Blog .   Make sure you follow the links and go all the way through to see all of the beautiful designs we have to share! I made my soft pretty Lotus Blossom card and loved it so much I had to make a sweet little Mini Treat Box to match.  They were very simple to put together and are going to make a lovely little gift for a friend. The card started out with a Pool Party base to which I added a layer of Crisp Cantaloupe as well as layer of Best Year Ever Desig...

I have a really quick masculine card to share with you today.  I needed one I could make quickly, so I turned to the Adventure Bound Designer Series Paper Stack.  I pulled out one of the beautiful realistic scenes and added a simple sentiment. Isn't this great!  It's simple yet beautiful and perfect for a man!  The best part is it only required a few minutes and a couple of supplies to make. I started with a Garden Green card base and added the forest paper from the Adventure Bound DSP Stack.  Along the bottom is a simple birthday sentiment using the Crazy About You Bundle.  I die cut "happy" in Garden Green and adhered it with the 2-Way Glue Pen.  Underneath is a banner from Garden Green with "birthday" stamped in Garden Green.  I added it with a couple of dimensionals.  And that's it!!  Super simple yet super manly for a guy in your life! I also have some weekly deals to share, they are good through Monday of next week.  You can p...

Happy Monday!  I have a card to share today for the Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge .  Mary Jo has a great sketch for us as usual.  I hope you will join the challenge with us!  Also, please stop by to say Happy Birthday to Mary Jo , she turned 50 today! I pondered this one a little, I didn't know if I wanted to do the same tag shape or something a little different.  I ended up using something different so I could use the really beautiful stamp Love is Kindness. At first glance through the catalog I didn't really pay much attention to this stamp.  BUT....I started seeing all of the gorgeous cards that were being made so of course I had to get it!   I can now say if you don't have it, GET IT!  I had such a great time designing and coloring this card.  The image is perfect for the blendabilities and is full proof...you can't mess it up! Here's the scoop on the design: -Coastal Cabana card base, Gorgeous Grunge speckles  stamped all o...