Project 365 #73 - Thanks a bunch

I made two of these...one for me and one for Cindy who was hosting the MS crop. She needed some cards to thank her sponsors, so she made a contest for all the entries. My friend Nicole won and got the prize...awesome! I am entering this card in the following challenges: Clearly inspired #12: ribbon: http://www.clearlyistamp.typepad.com/ Prairie Fairy: Distress: http://prairiefairyfridays.blogspot.com/ Crafty Creations: Distress: http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/ Tellen's Place: Distressing:http://tellensplace.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #72 - mushroom girl

I did this one at the MS crop as well. I used sparkly fluff on the mushrooms and the grass to add some texture. I like the fuzz....I coloured her with the copic markers...I am entering this one in the following challenges: Nutty nutshells: spring: http://nutcrafters-nutshells.blogspot.com/ Frosted designs: masking -this is actually two stamps masked on each other to make her look like she is sitting on the log: http://www.frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/ Creative card crew: birthday: http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ Pile it on: is spring finally here: http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/04/challenge-15-and-dt-call.html

Project 365 #61 - Emily's Birthday Invites

These are the invites I made for Emily's birthday party. She is just loving them! Thanks again Cheryl for getting me started on the easel card. This way her friends can keep the invite and all the info is hidden....so cool.

I will enter them in the following challenges:

Ooh la la: anything goes:http://www.ooh-la-la-creationschallenges.blogspot.com/

Pollycraft: sparkly:http://www.pollycraftchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

Creative Card crew: going dotty:http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/

Dancing in pyjamas: easel card:http://dancinginpajamas.blogspot.com/

Charizma Cards: something for the kids:http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/ Dutch Dare colour challenge:http://www.dutchdare-cardchallenges.blogspot.com/

All that scraps: easel card:http://atsblog.typepad.com/wednesdayschallenge/

crafty creations: spots and dots:http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/

fab n funky: something new (the stamp is brand new): http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/

little red wagon: copics:http://lilredwagon.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #60 - Doodle Palace Guest designer

This is my card for the guest design spot at Doodle Palace. The challenge is to use weaving on your card somewhere...what do you think of that? The card looks soooo much cooler in real life...it is very dimensional and looks so flat in the picture. If you want to join in, here is the link: http://doodlepalace.blogspot.com/ Join in and have some fun my peeps! You have until Monday to post and link...be off with you to create something....

project 365 #50 - Cupcake girls

okay...I think I am done with green cards now...I just can't take it any more! March needs to be over quick so that the only green I see is grass! Just some simple birthday cards to add to the collection...always need birthday cards and this is one of those stamps I picked up at the ScrapYard last weekend....they also sell the cool ribbon slides...yippee...gotta love that bling! I am putting them up in the following challenges and then heading off to bed...too tired to type any more tonight! 365 Cards day 2 - blue, dark brown, white, red and caramel: http://365cards.blogspot.com/ Doodle Palace - birthday card with ribbon:http://doodlepalace.blogspot.com/ Creative Card Crew - Celebrations: http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ All that scraps - dots and stripes: http://atsblog.typepad.com/wednesdayschallenge/ Stampin Royalty - inspiration card colours: http://www.stampinroyalty.blogspot.com/ Tellen's place #8 - bling it on: http://tellensplace.blogspot.com/ Gingersnaps - Celebrations: http://gingersnapcreations.blogspot.com/ Shirley's 2 Girls -Green: http://s2gpapercraftingcontest.blogspot.com/ Our Creative Corner - the sketch: http://www.ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.com/ Cute Card Thursday 102 - Green: http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ Hope you like them...play along too...goodnight!

Project 365 #48 - Fairy Card

This is the latest Friday night creation...hopefully a couple of more might happen as well. I am entering it in a few challenges...play along too if you have the energy...I don't know if you can tell from the pic, but the fairy on the flower center stands up about three pop dots high...looks kind of cool in real life, but loses some effect in a picture... Cupcake Challenge #80- round and round and circles: http://www.cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/ Crafty Cardmakers #15- triatic :http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/ Moxie Fab inspiration challenge :http://www.moxiefabworld.com/ Flutterby - tinkerbell inspiration: http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/ Charisma Cardz #9- fairies: http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/ C.R.A.F.T. - flowers or mother's day: http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/ Pals Paper Arts PPA32 - spring: http://www.palspaperarts.com/ Stampin Bee's #48 - flower in main image with buttons:http://stampinbsdesignteam.blogspot.com/ Prairie Fairy Fridays #9 - Green: http://prairiefairyfridays.blogspot.com/ Hope you like it...a little bit of a different creation for me...

Project 365 #46 - 3 Turtle cards

I just got this cute little turtle stamp yesterday and had to use her...she is just to cute . The ScrapYard in Stonewall had a sale on their Bellas yesterday, buy two get one free...So I picked up a couple...or should I say a few?? 15 to be exact...shhh, don't tell Gordie ;)...but anyway...needed a couple of girly birthday cards, so this is what I came up with...no challenges...just me.

Project 365 # 44 - Teddy Bear card

We were in Stonewall yesterday and I saw this stamp set and just had to get it. There was a dilemma of course...this stamp was unmounted and too big for almost all of my acrylic blocks. I have 4 blocks set up with tack n' peel so that I can use all of those unmounted stamps without too much of a fuss, but this one exceeded those limits. This card is 5x8 and that stamp nearly fills it...yikes...oh well, out with the icky sticky ez-mount...not my fave but a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do to stamp...and that is what was done!. I am entering this card in the following challenges...play along too, they are lots of fun! Order of the Opus Gluei 44 - Language or culture not your own: http://opus-gluei.blogspot.com/ Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential SSHP20 - Clean and simple: http://saturdayspotlight.blogspot.com/ Totally Gorjus 19 - Mother's day: http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ Allsorts 41- Mother's day: http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/ Frosted Designs - Handwriting: http://www.frosteddesigns.blogspot.com/ Quirky Crafts - cute: http://quirkycrafts.blogspot.com/ Rosie D's #65 - friendship: http://rosiedeeschallenge.blogspot.com/ Thanks for looking...hope you had an awesome weekend...it went by way too fast here!

Project 365 #43 - Going away card

I did this card as a going away card for one of the foreign exchange students that was staying with the girls' piano teacher. They are saying farewell to her tomorrow and wanted to give her a card.

It's hard to tell from the pictures, but the bird and leaves are super sparkly. I used the cuttlebug for the bamboo and then sanded it down a bit for some dimension...love that Asian bundle...I am entering it in the following challenges:

The colour throwdown 81- brown, pink/white and olive: http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge 39 - Ribbon and sparkle: http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/

Cute Card Thursday - Ribbontastic 101: http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

Pals Paper Arts inspiration challenge PPAC3: http://www.palspaperarts.com/

thanks for looking...and comments are the hilight of my day!

Project 365 #42 - Birthday Card for Katie

The girls are going to a birthday party for their friend Katie from dance...so we needed a card. This is what I came up with from a sketch from Clean and Simple FTL79 - birthday wishes: http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com/ I am also posting it for Twisted Thursday with Shirley's 2 Girls for their birthday theme with pink (in case you can't tell from the pic - the back ground paper is super bright pink - it sort of looks orange or red in the picture??): http://s2gpapercraftingcontest.blogspot.com/ and Pixie Dust Challenge 10 - birthday: http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #41 - Get well card

K...this is my last card for the night...but I can't help it, I think I may be addicted to challenges....here goes: Crafty Creations # 56 - cut it out and pop it up : http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/- not sure if you can tell from the pic so well, but the table and the kleenex box are all individual pieces...with real tissue...plus the centre image is also on pop dots...I think the photo does not do this one justice...looks kind of cool in real life Cooking it up with Katie #11 - something girly, pattern paper and paper piecing: http://cookingitupwithkatie.blogspot.com/ Tuesday Morning Sketches 34 - Light orange, dark brown and ivory:http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/ Papertake Weekly #35 - sketch:http://www.papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/ Creative Card Crew #45 - Get well soon:http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/ Design Dollies - Orange, brown and neutral:http://designdollies.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #40 - No ifs ands or ...

I made this card cuz he is just a cute ole donkey...I have had this stamp for a while and have never used it, so I thought I would give it a go...I am entering him in the following challenges: LaLaLand Sketch LLLC LLUWC27: http://lalalandcrafts.blogspot.com/ Nutty Nutshell Challenge NNW10- Green with a High Hopes Stamp: http://nutcrafters-nutshells.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #36 - Green monster

I was going to make this card for a challenge, and then I realized I didn't follow all of the directions...it was supposed to be in pink and black...ooops. Needed a good, grumpy birthday card anyway! I used the copics for the monster and cuttlebugged the backgrounds. But I did find a challenge that it would qualify for:

http://www.kjsstamppad.blogspot.com/ - color challenge 40

http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/2010/02/challenge-15-tricolour-based-on-colour.html#comments - Analogous card

Cards for Men - challenge #4 : http://cardsformen.blogspot.com/

Project 365 #35 - Monotone Monster

Here is my little monster (had to buy this stamp in Stonewall last week) that I coloured in with the copic markers. I am not normally a monotone person for cards, but my daughter Lauren was looking in the markers and said "Mom, you never use purple in your cards - can I have these Copics if you aren't ever going to use them?" I laughed hysterically and started to use purple, so she doesn't try to secretly remove them from my stash...anyone who knows her, knows what I am talking about ;)

I am entering this card for three different challenges:

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 57:http://kgiron.blogspot.com/

Hope Stamps Eternal Cupcake Challenge 47 - use the cupcakes as inspiration - purple and buttons and a monster who would love to devour them! :http://hopestampseternal.blogspot.com/

52 Card Pick up - something from a different perspective - I think it would qualify with that saying:http://fifty-twocardpickup.blogspot.com/

Crafty Cardmakers - Analogous card :http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/

Thanks for looking...365 is still going strong - join in the challenge with me if you like!

Project 365 #34 - Penny Black Cat Card

I made this card for a couple of challenges today. What a good day for card making...two sick kids not wanting to leave the house...they stayed occupied with the TV most of the day, other than colouring in some images that I stamped out for them...they can't wait to get into the Copic markers! I made this card for the following challenges: Penny Black - Pink, Green and Yellow: http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ Sketch Saturday #91:http://sketchsaturday.blogspot.com/ Scrap, Stamp and Doodle Saturdays SSDS28 - Charm: http://ssdschallenge.blogspot.com/ Totally Gorjuss - Flowers: http://www.totallygorjuss.blogspot.com/ Cute Card Thursday - Metal Mania Challenge 100: http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ Feel free to leave a comment if you like what you see.

Project 365 #31 - Cute monster card

I bought this stamp on Saturday and thought it was too cute not to use. I cuttlebugged the background and used my new nestabilities and new copic markers for the monsters...I know, I wasn't supposed to do the "new" thing, but how can one resist? Hope you like them...

Project 365 #22 - Mojo Monday #124, Practical Scrappers

I did this card for the Mojo Monday challenge this week. Hope you like it. You can find the challenge here:

http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2010/02/mojo-monday-125-contest.html . I am also entering it in the challenge for Practical scrappers. They want you to use a die cut machine of some sort on your card. I used the cuttlebug with nestabilities for the butterfly and the sentiment. You can find their challenge here: http://www.practicalscrappers.com/

Project 365 #20 - perm cards

I made these cards for a couple of girls from work. I finally (after 13 years) got a permanent job with my employer. That has certainly been an uphill battle for me. Three of us who got it are going for lunch on Thursday to celebrate, so I whipped the other two girls joining me up congratulations cards. The outside says "You got a new hairdo? Really, you don't say??" and on the inside it says "But a PERM is so '80's! Congratulations" (and there is a little curly haired poodle inside). I did these with the copic markers that I love so...they are so much fun to play with.

Project 365 #17 - Birthday card

This is the card that I made for Lauren's friend Katrina. Her party is this weekend and Lauren thought she might like this one. I cut the flowers out on the Cricut. This was an experiment that I thought went well. I also did the cupcake with my Basic Grey stamp set and coloured it with Copic markers.

Project 365 #11 - Valentine's Card

I just thought that this dog called out for a Valentine type card, so here it is...not much more to it than that!...