Happy First Birthday

Happy Saturday everyone!  During the next week, my family is involved in 3 birthdays.  2 of our nieces have birthdays, one turns one and the other 15, and next weekend my daughter is going to a girlfriend's birthday.  I have lots of birthday cards to make :)  Here is one I made for my niece who is turning 1.

Isn't she cute?  This little card is a 4x4, the green layer is 3 3/4x3 3/4 and the top layer 3 1/2x3 1/2.  the paper is from my scrap box.  I cut the little girl out of Baby Steps, her face is from Peachy Keen's Wide Eyed Kids.  I doodled on her with my Sakura Jelly Roll pen and my Stampin Up markers.  I po dotted her off the card for a little dimension, and tried some Glossy Accents on the eyes, mouth and white part of the balloon.  I may have gone overboard on the eyes...  I'm not sure I love the look of the glossy accent on this, we'll see if I use it again.  Last but not least, I used a stamp from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments.

My niece is probably too young to like the card, but I hope my sister in law thinks it's cute :)

A few challenges for my little card:
Paper Sundaes - birthday
Robyn's Fetish - pretty in pink
Paper Crafting Journey - make it cute
Cooking With Cricut - birthday with cake, cupcake or balloons (hope 1 balloon counts)
Crafting When We Can - big birthdays - I think the first b-day is pretty important :)


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52 Tags - Week #8 Flowers and Frills

Happy Friday everyone! One of my favorite craft people, Janis of Pause Dream Enjoy, has asked me to come aboard as one of her design team members for her 52 Tags in 2012 Challenge. I lovemaking tags. They come together quickly and are so satisfying when they're done! I am thrilled to be taking part. This weeks challenge is to make tags with flowers and frills. Here is what I came up with:

I cut this tag from Plantin Schoolbook at 4 inches. The flower is from Joys of the Season. I thought it was really frilly too. The paper is mostly SU and Bazzil. I used chalk and ink on the flower and I chalked the edges of the tag too. This chalking thing is slightly out of my comfort zone, but I think it looks pretty. The stamp is from Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun Vol 1. I doodled around the edge with one of my SU markers, popped a button with some twine on the the empty corner, and used some ribbon from Michaels to string my tag - and voila! Tag is done!

Here is the second tag that I created. I used an old SU set called Branching Out. I just LOVE this stamp set, it is so pretty :)  I was thinking of the apple blossoms in the Annapolis Valley when I created this tag - the moment when the trees are so laden with blossoms and fruit buds that you can hardly see the leaves for all the pink flowers:

The inks are all SU, and the doodling was done with my Sakura Jelly Roll pen. Again the sentiment is from Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun Volume 1. There are so many beautiful sentiments in that set.

Janis is looking for a couple more people to join her DT. If you are interested, then be sure to contact Janis. All the details are on her blog. I hope you all come to Pause Dream Enjoy, create a beautiful flower tag, and play along with us.  I would love to visit your blogs and see what you all come up with.  You can even link up with us right here on my blog:

Here are a few challenges for my little tags:
Crafts and Me - shades of spring
My Grafico - flowers
Crop Stop - at least 3 flowers (there are hundreds of blossoms on the apple tree tag)
Cute Card Thursday - winged things (there are 2 little butterflies on the apple blossom tag)
Cardz TV - anything goes
Stampin Sisters in Christ - flowers
Sentimental Sundays - let's get sentimental
Paper Pretties - spring
Cards and Things - color challenge

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Whimsical Wednesday with Wings

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Happy Wednesday all! I am feeling better, not great, but better - so hooray!! I am here today with my very first design team project for Whimsical Designs Whimsical Wednesday! Today's project is "Time Flies". We have to create any card or project and include something with wings, or a clock. I am not much of a "time" girl. I don't wear a watch, have very few clocks - but things with wings? Those I love! You may recall, last month, I made a little bag and tag for my son to give at a birthday party, if not the post is HERE. This time I decided to make a girl birthday bag and tag. Here is what I came up with:

The bag is cut from TBBM at 6.4 inches. This was the biggest I could lay it out on my Gypsy on a 12x12 mat. The Butterfly is from Once upon a Princess, cut at 2.5 inches. The bag itself is made out of SU paper, but the rest of the paper is from my scraps box.

Here you can see just the bag without the tag attached. You can also clearly see the beautiful stamp I used from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments. Behind the butterfly, and on the tag, I used some pink twine. As you can see I did some doodling with my black Sakura Jelly Roll pen.

Here you can see the little tag I made to attach to the little bag. It is the shadow of the butterfly. The number 6 is from Birthday Bash. The little bling is from my stash - I have NO clue who made it.

The flip side of the tag. The sentiment is again from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments. I hand wrote the "to" and "from". My one piece of advice? Punch the hole BEFORE writing on the tag. I foolishly didn't and ended up punching a hole right through the "to". I can be so silly :)

Please hop on over to Whimsical Designs, see what the rest of the team has created to inspire you, and play along with us! I can't wait to see what you all come up with! Thanks for visiting today!

A few challenges for my little gift bag:
My Creative Time Throwback Thursday - bugs
Delicious Doodles - pink
Ladybug Crafts Challenge - spring is in the air
Anything Challenge - ABAC
Clear it Out - birthday challenge and use up your bling
Crazy Amigo Challenge - use a tag
Scrappy Moms - "tag" your it
The Stamping Boutique - stitching
Use it Tuesdays - birthday and use your stash - paper and bling
Flutterby Wednesday's - inspiration photo

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Happy in my Boots

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Happy Tuesday! I am starting to feel better :) I seem to have an hour or so of energy, so instead of doing laundry or cleaning the house, I spent that hour in my craft room. Here is what I came up with today:

Cute huh? The duck and umbrella, are both from Create a Critter - my FAVORITE cartridge! The cutie face is from Peachy Keen Critter Faces and the umbrella's cute little face is from Peachy Keen Boy Mates. I doodles on their faces and on the shapes with my Sakura Jelly Roll pens, and used My SU chalks and SU markers to do the rest of the coloring on them. The patterned paper is also from SU, and the cardstock is all for Michaels. I used my Seeing Spots Cuttlebug folder on the white cardstock. The yellow ribbon is from Michaels. I used Whimsical Designs Whimsical Fun Volume 1. It has some great sentiments on it!

I hope you all like my little card, and thanks for visiting today! Tomorrow is my first Whimsical Designs DT post, so come back, check it out, and play along with us!

A few challenges for my little card:
Paper Playtime - say it with sentiments and pets (a duck is a pet, right?)
Bitten by the Bug 2 - rainboots
Alphabet Challenge - animal antics
Crafty Emma - spots and dots
Paper Play - critters
Paper Crafting Journey - make it cute
Pan Pastel - animals
Outline Mondays - square (my card is 4x4)
There She Goes - animals
Scrap-Creations - critters
More Than Favors - circles

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Sweet Friends

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Happy Monday! I am fighting the flu and feel miserable, but I decided to try and leave my bed to make a quick card today, I was hoping it would help me feel better. Here it is:

The cute little lollipops are cut from Mini Monsters at 3.5 inches. I used PK Princess Faces for their adorable faces. I chalked them and doodled on them with my black and white Sakura gel pens. The scallop along the bottom edge of the card is punched with my SU scallop edge punch. I also used a SU punch, the word window, to cut out the sentiment. The sentiment is from Whimsical Designs Everyday Sentiments stamp set. You can find it HERE. it is some beautiful sentiments on it.

That's it for today, I am back in bed with a terrible headache :( I will be back Wednesday with my first DT project for Whimsical Designs' Whimsical Wednesdays. Hope to see you all then!

A few challenges:
Peachy Keen - cards for friends
Fantabulous Cricut - use ribbon, lace, fabric (i used ribbon and twine)
Die Cuttin Divas - color - use 2 of red white, pink or black
My Craft Spot - pink and girlie
4 Crafty Chicks - use 2 of something (balloons)
Craft Us Crazy - favorite color (pink)
2 Sisters Challenge - stitching
Pretty Little Ribbon - anything goes with ribbon
Pile it On - sending happiness
Crafty Boots - food glorious food

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Wedded Bliss

Happy Friday! I have a very simple project to share with all of you today. This is one of the projects I submitted when I applied to the Whimsical Designs DT. We recently had 2 friends getting married, I made the girls personalized cards:

I cut the brides out of Wrap it Up, making one blond and one brunette. I think they are lovely and elegant. The embossing folder is D'vine Swirls and the paper is all Stampin Up. The stamp is from My Pink Stamper - Christmas Wishes. The pearls were bought at my LSS. I tried both the larger and smaller ones. I think I prefer the smaller ones.

The ladies loved their cards and I loved being able to personalize the brides! Thanks for visiting today. I am fighting a cold, but hope to be able to get some creating done in the next day or so, and have new projects on Monday! have a great weekend :)

A few challenges -
By the Cute and Girly - love is in the air
Cupcake Craftroom - new beginnings
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - pearls and swirls
Getting Cricky - wedding
That Craft Place - love is all around

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Exciting News

Morning everyone! If you are looking for my Cricut Cardz post for today, you can see it HERE.

So, I have some exciting news. I have been chosen to be part of the Design Team over at Whimsical Designs and I couldn't be more excited! Stephanie released her first set of stamps back in December, I have had a chance to play with them, and they are just beautiful!

Here is the whole team:
Esther - For the Joy of Creating
GiGi - The Cricut Bug
Heather - The Hunny Pot
Margie - Bella Bug Creations
Michelle - Purple Monkey Moments (that's me!)
Monica - Scraps 2 Treasure
Nanne - Nanne's Creations
Shelly - Cards by Shelly
Sue - Heart and Soul Crafting
Theresa - Binky Blossoms

I am so excited to be a part of this team, and to work with all these wonderful and talented women, and I get to work with Stephanie's AMAZING stamps. You should go check them out HERE, they are STUNNING!

The Colors of Love challenge will continue for another week, so please be sure to come over and play with us :) and be sure to keep your eyes open for my new projects using these wonderful stamps!

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