Paper Shelter Funny Sunflower

Hello!  My card today features a cute digital stamp from The Paper Shelter. Funny Sunflower. When you look at this image you think of spring!

I love digital creations. I have so many files containing all sorts of images from backgrounds to stamps to elements. The program I use to put them all together is My Craft Studio. Its not available in the US or at least I dont know where to find it here. There are so many CD's with many different themes. Each cd comes with 2 programs to design your cards, scrapbook pages or whatever you like.  I could go on and on about this program but if you want to check it out there are instructions on You Tube to help you out.

I used the pre-colored image and used digital papers for the backgrounds. The butterfly was made with a five petal flower. One of the petals were turned under the flower to form the butterfly. The antenna are pearl flower stamens. I added tiny pearls to the wings and a larger pearl in the center. I added ladybug ribbon at the bottom with a rhinestone ribbon slide. I also added lace to the side of the image.  I outlined the veins in the flowers and leaves with clear stickles.

I would like to enter this card to The Paper Shelter Challenge 250, Make it Digital

Have a great weekend! Enjoy the end of May.
Thanks for looking at my blog :)

Paper Shelter and SAS4KIDS

Good Morning!  Today is International Jazz Day. I enjoy listening to jazz at times, not for long periods of time but a few songs are ok.   Jazz originated in New Orleans  LA. When I think of jazz that is where my mind wanders to.  I have never been there, but from what I have seen on TV its a jumpin place!

I can imagine the character in my card today heading to New Orleans as he is a wild and crazy guy! lol  Cockatoo Rules is the image I used from The Paper Shelter. I used to pre-colored  image and used clear stickles on just the tip of his feathers. The backgound paper is from a web search for maps. The exhaust is an element from one of my digital sets. All of the papers are digital from my computer. I added black half pearls to the side of the card. The sentiment I created using My Craft Studio software.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter, challenge 250, Make it Digital
SAS4Kids,Bright Colors for Kids Challenge

I hope everyone has a fun and safe weekend!
Thank you for looking at my blog :)

From The Heart Sketch Challenge and Cupcake Inspirations Challenge

Memorial Day is officially celebrated on the last Monday during the month of May. Memorial Day is dedicated to service men and women who gave their lives for freedom and country. It is also a time to remember loved ones who have passed away. The roots of Memorial Day observance, goes back to 1865 and the end of the Civil War. I would like to thank these men and women for their unselfish dedication that has kept this country of our FREE!

For my card today I used an image from From The Heart Stamps, Bee Happy Birdbrain.  I love Birdbrain, his eyes always express his feelings.

I colored the image with my Copics and gel pens. The pink and white background paper is from my computer and I embossed a yellow piece of card stock with the honeycomb embossing folder from StampinUP!  I also used a flower patterned paper from my computer and light blue ric rac to complete the card.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

From The Heart Weekly Sketch Challenge#153


Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #361




I hope everyone has a good and safe Memorial Day weekend!
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Paper Shelter and Butterfly challenges

Happy Monday!  Today is Lucky Penny Day. If you find a penny and it is heads up,then it is a lucky penny and you should pick it up. But if the penny is tails up then you should leave it there. However, you can turn it over for the next person that finds it it will be lucky for them!

For my card today I used an adorable digi stamp from The Paper Shelter. Your My Cuppy Cake. This set comes with the following:

1 Inked Digital Stamp (outlines) ready to color in JPG format on a white background

1 Inked Digital Stamp (outlines) ready to color in PNG format on transparent background

1 Colored Digital Stamp ready to use in JPG format on a white background

1 Colored Digital Stamp ready to use in PNG format on transparent background

1 background/paper matching the character WITHOUT the character

1 Composition: The character on the background

I fussy cut the colored image and used pop dots to mount it onto pink pearlized card stock. The frame was made using Spellbinders Tranquil Moments card creator die. The cupcake paper I used for this is from the 100% Sweet paper collection from Gina K Designs.  I added plastic beads to the cupcake to give it texture and depth. I also use Cotton Candy stickles to outline the swirls on the frosting of the cupcake. The flowers are from Prima. I placed a pink bow in the corner at the top and a silver butterfly charm at the bottom corner of the card.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Butterfly Challenge #55 Butterflies + Aperture and / or Apricot
The Paper Shelter, Challenge #249 Charming

from the heart sketch #152 with a twist

This weeks sketch challenge with a twist at From The Heart Stamps was as below


I used the cute Birthday Candle Birdbrain.  This is such a nice stamp set with many sentiments. I enlarged the image and then cropped it.  I colored her with my copics and the background papers are from my background paper file on my computer.For the flag I used a stitched flag die .

I hope everyone has a great week!
Thank you for looking at my blog :)

From The Heart Monthly Challenge and weekly sketch 151

Good morning or evening which ever the case may be.  Today is National Chocolate Chip Day! Yum. I could celebrate this day EVERY day.  Chocolate is just one of my weaknesses. I am a sweet freak. (self proclaimed)  I find that as I have gotten older my taste for certain foods has changed, but sweets is not one of them. I have some chocolate chip cookies in the kitchen right now and plan on grabbing one or two, ok, or three when I get done posting.  After all , I don't want it to be said that I didn't celebrate a National celebration day.

Today I have 2 cards to enter into the From The Heart Challenges. The first is for the weekly sketch #151. The stamp set I chose was Time to Bloom. This is a beautiful stamp set and can be used in so many different ways.  The materials I used to create this card are: Time to Bloom Stamp set, White card stock from Recollections, yellow card stock from Stampin Up! yellow and orange ric rac.I  used scrap paper for the bottom of the card and the top I embossed with Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots folder.   I used pink glitter paper from DCWF to die cut the sentiment which is from Crafters Companion, Diamond Press collection. I used light orange chalk to highlight around the butterfly image.  I colored the image with my gel pens.

My second card is for the Stamp of the month challenge.   Hamlet PigWit in the Planter.  Such an adorable stamp set. He is as happy as can be among this flowers!  I die cut the card base from one of the Spellbinders label nestabilities.  I colored the image with gel pens, some glitter and some not.  I added pink and purple sequins randomly to the card and added the green bow at the top.

I hope everyone has a great week!  Don't forget to eat your chocolate chips today to celebrate the day.
Thank you for looking at my blog :)

Butterfly Challenge #54

Good Morning !  Today is National Apple Pie Day.  Go out and get yourself a great apple pie, some vanilla ice cream and ENJOY!!.


I would like to enter the following card into the Butterfly Challenge #54. This weeks color  is the letter R.  The color is Red and the theme is Recycle.  For my card I used white card stock from Recollections. I die cut the border with Die'Sire Edgeables Butterfly Dreams from Crafters Companion and used red chalk to stencil onto the butterflies.  The flowers are die cut from a soda can.(recycle).Pearls were placed in the center of each flower.  The pink butterfly was created by using a 5 pedal mulberry flower in which one petal was folded to the back to form the butterfly. I applied Frosted Lace stickles to the wings and attached 4 small pearls to each wing. The antenna are made using a pearl stamen for flowers. I added a pearl flower to the center of the butterfly. The leaves are die cut from scrap paper. I placed a pink insert inside the card so it would show through the butterfly die border. I also added randomly place pink sequins to the front of the card. The sentiment was die cut from red glitter paper from Die Cuts With A View.

I hope everyone has a great day and a great weekend. Don't forget tomorrow is Dance Like a Chicken Day. lol . Its been years since I danced to the beat of the Chicken Dance song.!  I think this dance is mostly done at wedding receptions. It always brought a smile to those who watched and great laughter from those who actually had the nerve to get out on the dance floor and to this dance! As I write this I am hearing the music in my head and remembering the fun I had "shaking my tail feather"  lol. 

Challenge Post for May 12th

Good Morning !  It's a beautiful day here in the Shannandoah Valley. The sun is shining! It has rained just about every day for a week here.

Today is International Nurse's Day. I would like to thank all the nurses for the wonderful work you do. I don't know what we would do without your care and attention you give to us in our time of need.!

The card I have made today is for the guys. Fathers' Day is next month, so its time to make some cards for all the great dads out there.

I used printed and cut out one of the colored images from Hot Rod Pickup from Doddle Pantry. The background is an embossing folder from Hot off The Press. I inked the embossed part with black ink.
The banner is die cut from scrap paper. I added the purple foiled half pearls to the bottom of the card. The sentiment is also from the Hot Rod Pickup set . I used Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Rectangles to frame  it. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Cupcake Inspirations#359


613 Avenue Create
Doodle Pantry AIMPDC#17
SAS4KIDS For Dads or Special Males

Have a great rest of the week!  Thank you for looking at my blog :)

from the heart sketch challenge #150

Hello everyone. Happy Mothers' Day ! I hope you all had a wonderful day.

For this weeks sketch challenge at From the Heart Stamps I used the Mouse Balloon Stamp. I colored him with my gel pens.  The background was created using My Craft Studio software. I love this software. You can do so many things with it. All of the papers came from background papers I have on my computer.  I added the cup sequins in pink and orange and the bow is from Anna Griffin. The balloon is colored using pineapple crush stickels.

Have a great week ! Thank you for looking at my blog :)

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #358

Good Morning to all !

This week at Cupcake Inspirations is as stated below:

Beautiful colors!


While browsing through my MANY pictures of background papers and scrapbook sets on my computer, I found what seemed to be the  perfect colors for this challenge.
I used the Lattice Flourish die from Die'sire to frame the flowers which are from Prima. The butterfly is a peel off sticker from Anita's.

I would like to enter this card for challenge #358 at Cupcake Inspirations. 


I hope everyone has a wonderful week!
Thanks for looking at my blog. :)

Butterfly Challenge #53

This weeks challenge at Butterflies Challenge is the letter T. There are 2 ways you can enter. Using the T for texture or T for teal and of course using butterflies in your project You may use both if you like for an additional chance to win other prizes. . I love butterflies. I think they are one of natures most beautiful creations.  For this challenge I used butterflies plus texture.  The butterflies at the top of the card were made using the Die'Sire butterfly Edge'ables die from Crafters Companion. I added small pearls to the center of each one. I used peel off stickers from Hot off the Press for the sentiment, frame and swirl accent and butterflies at the top. The flowers (texture) are ones I had in my supplies.

I would like to enter this card into Butterfly Challenge#53.

Have a great week everyone. Thanks for looking at my blog. :)

613 Avenue Challenge #174

Good Morning everyone, Happy May!   The sun is shinning and its a great day. I found this great new challenge from 613 Avenue this morning. The theme is anything goes w/optional beach or nautical elements. I have 2 cards I would like to enter in this challenge. The first is I card I made using Doddle Pantry's Seahorse Habitat Color Plus. I used the color images from this set and added a small pearl to each shell. The bubbles are Dazzles jewels in blue. For the border of this card I used elements from Doddle Panty's Carousel Accents and added Dazzle jewels to the center of each accent.  The sentiment is also from the Seahorse Habitat set.

The second card I made using a digital stamp from Crafters Companion. The little pirate boy is from the Scruffy Little Kitten collection. I made the boat from black and wood card stock. The mask is hand drawn and the edges are highlighted with no smear chalk. The waves are made from blue holographic paper. I added gold stickels to the star and his sword and added dark pink ribbon to the mask and the boat. The background paper is sky paper I had in my stash.  The sentiment is silver alphabet peel off stickers from Elizabeth Craft Designs.

Have a wonderful week! Thank you for looking at my blog. :)

Challenge #149

For this weeks challenge at From The Heart Stamps I chose elements from  the April Stamp of the Month, Time to Bloom.  This is such a lovely set and can be used in many ways The twist was to use die cuts.  The patterned paper is from Stampin Up! and the die cuts I used are from the Tranquil Moments Card Creator from Spellbinders Dies. I colored the images with Tim Holtz distress markers and added pineapple crush stickles to the flowers and butterfly. 

New month, new week, I hope everyone has a GREAT one! Thanks for looking at my blog. :)