I Love Paris Card

I did a card today just for fun to see how many different challenges I could fit on it. Here's what I came up with:
The Play Date Cafe (use the colors of hollyhock, sky blue and orange)
Oldie But A Goodie (Card inspired by a Country...so my country is France)
My Time To Craft (use extra images...more than one image)
The Paper Variety (Mixed Alphabets....I used stickers that had mixed alphabets on them)
Freshly Brewed Challenges (Put A Little Song In Your Heart...song or music inspired)
Creative Card Crew (Ribbons and Brads)
The Three Muses (Postmark Paris)
Simon Says Stamp Challenge (Bingo...I chose the row of flowers, brads and sentiment)
Moving Along With The Times (Inspired By A Song)
The stamps I used are by Stamp Francisco (woman in Paris image) and Oxford Impressions (Paris postmark). The embossing folder is by Sizix (has hearts and flowers). I chose lyrics from an old Cole Porter song that Frank Sinatra made famous for the sentiment. I hope you enjoy looking at my creation as much as I enjoyed making it! This one was FUN! :) How is your Friday going? This morning we had some much needed rain. Lovely to sit inside and create while it was cloudy and raining outside! :) My husband is on his way home with our youngest daughter who has been at "science camp" for the last two weeks. I can't wait to see her since this is the longest she has ever been away from home. She has already requested her favorite meal so I know she missed the home cooking anyway. Wink! :)
Have a great weekend!

Thanks A Bunch Card

Have a quick post to share a card I did for two different challenge blogs. I need to be up and busy (have a dreaded job coming on.....more about that after I share my card details). :) Try It On Tuesday (Tuesday Taggers) has a tag and butterfly challenge and you know me, I can't ever resist a butterfly challenge. :) I put my "tag" on a card (hope that was all right with the rules of the challenge.) Shabby Tea Room also has a pink, green, neutral and flowers challenge that I tried to fit this in (think I maybe lacking the neutral color though). It all ended up being pink and green but at least it has flowers. Wink. :) The papers are by Diecuts With A View. The little butterfly stamp is by Hampton Art. The large tag diecut is by Sizzix and the flowers are Prima Marketing. The clear sentiment sticker is also by Diecuts With A View. Now to tell you about my "dreaded" job for this afternoon. My hubby and I are going to clean out our large freezer in the garage. (Yep, in this 100+ degree heat.) It has had a shelf collapse plus some ice cream melted to the bottom of it last summer....so you can see this is not going to be a quick or easy job. :) But it is one that really needs doing. I keep trying to think about how nice it will be when it is finished....all the meats, etc. will be put together and organized. (At least for a few weeks....wink). So think about me this afternoon while you are in air conditioning crafting, etc. doing something lovely and I am doing something yucky. :)

Raised On Love Card

Since this is the week before Father's Day, there are a lot of challenges going on to honor dad on his day. :) My card I'm sharing today fits the following challenges:
Cupcake Craft Challenges (Boy Oh Boy)
Sentimental Sunday (Father's Day or Masculine)
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge (Dads or Grads)
Papertake Weekly Challenge (Dads and Lads)
Party Time Tuesday (Father's Day this week instead of birthday)
The pretty little boy "raised on love" image is by Crafty Secrets. The embossing folder is by Sizzix. The cardstock and patterned paper is by Diecuts With A View. The clear word stickers are by Deja Views and the big green chipboard letters are by BoBunny. The flowers are by Prima Marketing and the glazed brad is by Basic Grey.
How has your Tuesday been treating you? I made a run to the grocery store to get some of those "sale" items before they ended. (Our grocery store runs sales from Wednesday to Wednesday). :) The rest of the afternoon has been spent in air conditioning in my craft room....but those flowers outside need watering. I think I'll have to water them in my swimsuit again....that way I can get in the pool when I get hot. ;) I'm beginning to think I planted too many flowers back in the spring. Wink. :) I'm enjoying all the "blooms" just not the forty minutes of watering in this heat and humidy. :)

Girly Carousel Thank You Card

Sharing a quick card that I did for three different challenge blogs. First, it fits the tic tac toe challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays (used the row chipboard, gems, emboss). There is a "Girly Things" challenge at Paper Sundaes (so I used pink and flowers). :) I also used the sketch at Clean and Simple for inspiration. The chipboard is by Crate Paper. The embossing folder is by Sizzix. The clear sentiment sticker is by Diecuts With A View while the flowers are by Prima Marketing. The yellow rhinestones are by KaiserCraft. Thanks for stopping by. Do you have lots of plans for this sunny Monday? :) I think today is going to be a lovely stay at home and create day. :)

Gumball Birthday Card

Here's a quick card for CAS-ual Friday's tic tac toe challenge. I used the row of chipboard, gems, emboss for this card. It also fits the color challenge at Stampin' For Weekend of using lemon and lime. The chipboard is by Crate Paper and has gems on it. The embossing folder is by Sizzix. The stamped sentiment is by Hampton Art.
Thanks for stopping by and have a great Monday. :)

Birthday Boy Card

Cute Card Thursday
has a pin and pearls challenge going on. I love to see cards with pins but I always have a hard time using them. :) I just used some plain straight pins stuck in the ribbon. The patterned paper and cardstock are by We R Memory Keepers. I used a Sizzix die to cut the felt border plus a Sizzix embossing folder for the numbers at the bottom. The vellum words and clear sentiment sticker are by Diecuts With A View. The pretty yellow flower is by Prima Marketing.
Hope your Saturday was a good one. After a busy morning of cleaning house and catching up the laundry (plus ironing), I spent a relaxing afternoon at the pool with my husband. :) I fixed the family a big pot of speghetti with salad and hot garlic bread for dinner plus a wonderful carrot cake triffle for dessert. We then went back outside and sit on the front porch til nine o'clock. I love, love, love staying outside this time of year. :) I am listening to thunder now though as I type this so I guess I came in just in the nick of time. :) We could use some rain as everything is very dry. Stop by again soon. :)

Many Thanks Butterflies Card

How is your Friday treating you? I've had a busy one with no time to visit my craft studio. I had full intention of spending a couple of hours creating after lunch but errands prevented that. Had to visit the grocery store and then pharmacy (in this heat no less....wink). After getting it all put away, I then decided to get a head start on tonight's dinner. Trying some new recipes and it took longer than I expected....so two hours later, I finally get to walk out of the kitchen. But when everyone eats that delicious "Seafood Pie" and Tangy Sweet Slaw, it will be worth it (oh, and did I mention "Carrot Cake Triffle?") What time is dinner, right? Wink. :)
Now on to today's card....Creative Card Crew has a "wings" challenge so I immediately thought of butterflies (which I have a weakness for). So if you are doing a butterfly card, then you need to check out what Flutterby Wednesday has going on too, right? :) Their challenge is to have some polka dots on your crafty creation. Last but not least, Freshly Brewed has a weekly "yellow" challenge going on. I used some Bazzill Dotted Swiss and some polka dot ribbon from Michael's. The stamps are by Unity Stamp Company while the embossing folder is by Sizzix. The sentiment was done with one of my favorite tools...the Dymo Caption Maker with clear tape. Visit again soon....happy Friday!