Wanna Be Bunny Boy

Hello, I'm posting a card I made for the challenge at Sassy Cheryl's called Bright and Bold, and oops, I forgot to post it last week.  Darn!

The image is of course, a Sassy Cheryl Digi, called Wanna Be Bunny, and it comes in a boy

and a girl version.  I also made the girl a few weeks ago and they are going to a friend at work for her niece and nephew for Easter.

The eggs are a die from Lifestyle Crafts, which is new to me, bought them at my local stamp store.

the chick is a felt sticky back die cut I purchased at Micheal's.  The chick border is Martha Stewart.

The wonderful sprinkles paper is from a DCWV stack called The Snack Stack.

I'm off to work in the morning.  Thanks for stopping by. Have a great Tuesday. 

Until later....................

HOUSE MOUSE AND FRIENDS MONDAY CHALLENGE #93- EASTER

Welcome to the House Mouse and Friends Monday

 Challenge # 93.

The theme this time is Easter.

We would like to thank everyone who participated in our last challenge and congratulate the winner.

A special thank you to Jennifer Woodward and Dorte Kvist for being our guests for March. 

We welcome Julia and Avril as GDT members for the month of April.

The theme for this challenge is Easter.

I chose this adorable image called Basket of Friendship.

Used textured periwinkle colored card stock for the base easel card.  Papers of beautiful flowers is by K & Company.  Stamped with black versafine ink and embossed with clear EP.  Colored with Copics. Spellbinders circle dies.  Lace is a remnant from the fabric store.  The tag and corners are Martha Stewart.

Gingham ribbon and pearls  finish the card.

Our Sponsor for this Easter Challenge is Simon Says Stamps, they have offered a $15

gift card for their online store for the lucky winner.

You have until Sunday, April 24th to enter, so ink up those House Mouse, Gruffies, or Happy Hoppers and join us for our Easter Challenge.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations Challenge #57 - Anything Easter

Stamping For the Weekend #7 = Easter

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great Monday.  Until later.....

BSS MONDAY IDEA - GLOSSY ACCENTS AS A PERMANENT MASK

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea.

Today's idea is to use Glossy Accents as a permanent mask.

I found this idea on the Hero Arts blog site at

http://cardmaking.com/learning/technique.cfm?techID=174&catID=2

Close up of stamped image by Northwoods with glossy accents applied. Click on image to enlarge.

This technique is pretty neat.  I stamped the basket of flowers with Versafine Onyx and embossed with clear EP.  I then cut the square with a Spellbinders square die.  I colored the image with Copic markers then covered the entire image with glossy accents.  After letting it dry thoroughly, I sponged different distress ink around the main image.  I then used the script stamp by Penny Black and stamped right over the image with Momento black ink.  Using a paper towel, I wiped the ink off the glossy accents covering the image. I mounted this piece onto a pink mat.  The sentiment is stamped on one of the Spellbinder's Fancy Tag Two set.  The lace border is Martha Stewart.  A thin braid of purple added to the top of the lace.

The glossy accents raises the image up and makes it stand out.  Hope you have time to try this technique.

Have a great Monday.  Thanks for stopping by.  Until later.....

A PLACE TO RELAX

Hi.  Hope you had a great week.  Have been busy running around.  We are celebrating Megan's 13th birthday this weekend.  Hard to believe, seems like just yesterday that we became Nana and Papa.  She is such a great gal, plays the guitar and the clarinet, and dances three days a week and maintains great grades at school.  Love that girl.  She's having a sleep-over tonight, and my daughter is wondering how we put up with those when she was growing up.......pay back's a bi......!

Today's card is for the challenge at Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge (MMSC98).  This beautiful stamp is by Impression Obsession.  I colored with Copic Markers, and chalked the background.  Papers are form the Basic Gray, Olivia collection.  Flowers are from he Bridal Dept at Michael's.  Corners are a punch from Paper shapers.  Butterflies are a punch from Anna Griffin

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend.  Until later............

CHOCOLATE BUNNY CUPCAKE

Hello.  I'm off to work today, but have scheduled this post ahead of time.

Today's card is for the Cupcake Inspiration Challenge'

This beautiful Chocolate bunny cupcake is by Impression Obsession.

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The lace border is from a doily.  The corners are a Sizzix die cut.  I stamped, embossed and colored the image with Copics.  Embossed a pink panel and sponged with Spun Sugar distress ink.  Then the image was glued to the back of the panel after die cutting a scalloped oval.  The sparkly bunny is a foam die cut from the dollar store.  The flowers are pulled from silk flower stems.  Kaiser Pearls for centers. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great Tuesday.  Until later...................

BSS- MONDAY IDEA - SHUT THE DOOR!!

Welcome to the Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday Idea

A while back, Sharon introduced this die cut, exclusively made for Buffalo Stamps and Stuff of a screen door.  She made up kits, which include two die cuts for each card one for the front and one

for the inside and the screen.  Enough to make four cards.

So, this week, I had a play with one of the kits.  I chose white doors, she cuts them in all colors.

The first one, I sponged on bundled sage distress ink, added a yellow brad and a sequin for the door knob.

The inside bird bath scene is by Inkadinkado.

The second one, I decided to make a winter door.  I used the little rectangles that were cut from the bottom of the door, which are included in the kit, and cute smaller blue panels, and glued them back into the holes, after adhering the door to the card.  For the window in the top I used a piece of acetate. The inside stamp is by B-Line Stamps.

For the third one, I used paper from the Stella and Rose, Mabel papers by My Mind's Eye.  I ran the door through the wood grain cuttlebug embossing folder and sponged with Vintage Photo distress ink.  Added a brad for the knob.  The kitten is an old unmounted stamp I've had forever and the inside stamp of the boy building a tree house is from The Rubber Cottage.

For the last one, I also ran it through the wood grain embossing folder, sponged with Barn Red distress ink. Added a brad knob.  The inside scene is a stamp by Impression Obsession.

These are fun little cards to make and give. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Hope you have a great Monday. Until later......

FUZZY WUZZY CHALLENGE #8 - Inspiration Challenge

Welcome to the Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge for April.

Thanks to everyone who took part in the challenge for March.  So many beautiful cards, hard to pick the best ones.

We would also like to welcome a new Design Team Member,  Ann Vento.  Visit her wonderful blog and say Hi to welcome her.

Our challenge #8 this month is an inspiration challenge.

There is a picture posted on the Fuzzy Wuzzy blogsite to take your inspiration from.

Any way this picture inspires you, content, colors, whatever.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Tickled Pink Stamps.  Kellie kindly offered each of us stamps of

her wonderful Lil' Pets and Emilio and Sir Rupert collections for us to use for this challenge, Thanks so much Kellie....they are wonderful.

The prize is 1 rubber stamp OR 2 digital stamps from either collection.

For my card, I chose this beautiful Fox, gotta love that tail!!!

All of the papers are from the DCWV Naturals collection.  I colored Mr. Fox with Copics and

cut him out of an oval Spellbinders die.  I masked him and added the forest and grass to the oval.

The sentiment is from Alexstamping.  Flowers are Prima with Kaiser pearl centers.  The bird charm was a gift from a dear friend.  The bunnies are a punch.  Finished off with a bow made from printed cotton binding.

Hope you have a chance to join us this month.  All you need is an animal stamp as the focal point of your card/project and take your inspiration from the photo on the challenge blogsite.

You have until April 30th to join in. 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great Friday.  Until later.................