Oh Crab!

Hello dearies!  A few weeks back, my sweet friend Marcia shared some cutie little crabs from Waffle Flower with me.  She's so good at sharing her toys.  Anyway, they've been sitting on my desk just waiting for me to get back in to my craft room.  When I saw the colors from Color Hues this week, I just knew I had to put those little crabs together and do something using their colors RED & BLUE.

 

The background dp is from Stampin' Up and the alphabet letters from from Scrapbook.com

 

I think I used the smallest crab in the bunch and made him look like he was grabbing the letter "b" from my sentiment.

 

The rest of the sentiment is inside the card.

 

I added a little red balloon from Elizabeth Craft Designs to add to the birthday message.

 I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Color Hues #116 ~ Blue & Red

 

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge ~ #643 

 

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Tropical Fun!

Hello friends~  Today's card is full of tropical fun!

 

  

I have a dear friend who loves pink flamingos and she just celebrated her birthday at the beginning of this month.  

 

Every year I make her a pink flamingo card.  Sometimes it's a challenge to come up with fresh new designs for her, but this card ended up turning out super cute. 

 

I used Marianne Designs Pink Flamingo Floatie paired with this leafy Sylvan Frame by Poppystamps.  I made it into an easel card for something slightly different.  I'm so glad to say she loved it.

I'll be entering this card into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

Four Seasons ~ Summer Challenge

 

AAA Cards ~ Summer Activity

 

 

Hope you're enjoying some beautiful weather in your neighborhood.  It's been gorgeous here on the east coast.  Summer if fleeting by way too quickly.

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Glittery Happy Birthday Card ~ CCS

Hello friends ~ I have a lovely floral birthday card up over at the Cutcardstock blog today.  

 

 

Today's card uses a plethora of pretty colors and textures, all found at CutCardStock.

 

 If you'd like to see more details on how this card was made, please visit the cutcardstock blog today.

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A fun Shaped Hot Air Balloon Card ~ CutCardstock

Hello friends~  I've got a fun shaped hot air balloon card up over at the CutCardstock blog.

 

 If you'd like to stop in and take a look at the process of how it came together, I sure would appreciate your support.

CutCardstock blog.

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A Pretty Gift Set For A Special Occasion

Good morning friends~  I made this gift set back in February, to celebrate a dear friends special day, and I never got around to posting it.  As it turns out my dear friend Marcia, over at Color Hues is starting a new challenge using these colors, so I thought this would be the perfect time to post this project.

The deliciously sized cupcake die is from Pretty Pink Posh.  I added some sweet polka dotted lemons from Spellbinders because every project should have some polka dots.

 

The treat box is made using a die from Sizzix.

 

I found this striped gift bag in my stash which coordinated perfectly with the papers and cardstock colors I used.  A simply doily bag topper and bow was all it needed.  

And finally, a framed piece of artwork using stencils and dies from Altenew.

 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Color Hues ~ Blue & Yellow

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 

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Floral Gift Basket ~ CCS

Happy May friends!  I've got a new project up over at the CutCardstock blog.

  

If you'd like to see more details on how this project came together, I'd love for you to visit CutCardstock.  I ask a probing question at the end of the blog post, so please stop by and tell me your ideas.

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A Reason To Celebrate ~ Double D Challenge

Happy New Year friends and happy 9th birthday to Darlene and Diane from DD Challenges!

Who knew that 9 years ago would be the start of all their amazing challenges?

 

 

To celebrate, their theme for this new challenge is "Anniversary / Birthday".  

I pulled out this fun Award Winning die set from The Greetery and stamped the sentiment from Inflated Sentiments to wish them both the greatest celebration.

 

There's plenty of room in this challenge to spark your creativity, but here's an inspiration panel to further inspire you.

 

 

 

Here's the prize you could win when you play along:

 

 

Visit the DD Challenge blog to see more amazing inspiration and join in on the fun!

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CAS Challenge ~ Poppystamps

Hi friends!  Poppystamps is starting a new challenge this month with a Clean and Simple theme and it's my turn to host.

I had the honor to invite a guest to play along.  It's my great pleasure to have as my guest designer, my dear friend Connie Griffin from Connie's Crafty Creations.  Connie and I go way back to working on the Dies R Us design team.  She's remained a constant friend and source of inspiration to me. 

I do hope you'll join us over at Poppystamps Challenge to see some fun designs by teammates Allison and Lisa and my guest designer, Connie.  Thanks so much for joining us this month Connie!  Please visit Connie's blog and leave her some love.  This is a challenge you won't want to miss!

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Nordic Dancing Gnome ~ Poppystamps

It's my turn to post over at the Poppystamps today.

Come see why this gnome is dancing over at the Poppystamps blog.

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Playing Along With Color Hues

Hello friends~   I've been working outside in the gardens when the sun is shining, but it rained all day yesterday, giving me the chance to play with paper flowers in my craft room.  So, I'm popping in with a trio of cards I made using the colors Coral and Teal, from Color Hues Challenge. 

I don't know what the trick is to getting "real" color when photographing cards.  The coral colors look more orangey to me and the teal almost takes on a forest green color.  At any rate, they really are coral and teal colors.

I cut the arch using Scrapbook.com Nested Arches and put a piece of printed scrapbooking paper behind.  That color seems to display the coral color the best.  The Hellebores flowers are from Marianne Designs and the sentiment is a premade foiled sentiment from Pinkfresh Studio.

Since I cut out many flowers and leaves, I went on to make two more cards.

Happily using up more of that printed paper and some of the Pinkfresh sentiments.  

I have a few flower gardens in my yard, but never have I grown Hellebore.  They're a super early spring flowering perennial.  I may just need to find space for them.   Until then, I'll enjoy making them with paper!

I'll be adding one of these cards to the following challenges:

Color Hues ~ Coral & Teal

Cut It Up ~ Send Me Flowers

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes 

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Pretty Spring Flower Cart ~ Poppystamps

Good morning friends ~ I've got a card up over at the Poppystamps blog today, if you want to stop by for a peek.

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