Spring Birds

A new challenge is up and running at
Can You handle The Pressure
and the 'OPTIONAL' theme is BIRDS/BIRDHOUSES
and using an embossing folder of course but you can create
anything and don't have to follow the optional theme! 
Wet embossing is permitted but you MUST use an embossing folder
after all, that is what we are all about.

For my card I was lucky enough to find this amazing
embossing folder at Simon Says back in February when they
had a 50% off sale.  It comes with the bird dies too,
so you can die cut them, place the in the embossing folder
and add them to the embossed background OR use them separate
on another card!
I colored the folder and birds in with alcohol markers.

There are some pretty Spring birds over at
Can You Handle The Pressure
as the teams always seem to use the optional themes
showing you plenty of inspiration!!  You might want to head on over
and take a peek, join in with us too, we would love to have you and
there is always an embossing folder prize up for grabs!

Be Your Own Kind Of Beautiful

 Time for a new challenge at 

The Sisterhood of Crafters and the theme is BIRDS!
A pretty easy theme as there are all kinds of birds, big and small!

One road over from us a lady raises peacocks.
We can hear them screech every now and then and they are LOUD!
We have driven by her farm 100's of times but I have yet to
see one there, but she has a huge barn and I think that
is where she keeps them.  I heard she has lots and lots of them,
hoping someday we can spot them.

I had a die I have never used I decided to use from Papertrey Ink
from their Feathered Friends line.
all the die cuts I used other then the peacock
were from my already die cut stash including the
embossed side piece.  The Sentiment is from a SNS set 'Birds'
which I thought worked perfectly with the peacock.

Make sure to visit The Sisterhood to see all

the pretty birds my 'sistahs' have for inspiration.

Peace On Earth Challenge #40

It's that time again for a new challenge at Peace On Earth
and we are always an 'Anything Goes' theme as long as it is
Christmas themed but do offer mood boards for inspiration!  

I let the bottom left corner with the packages inspire me, but good grief was
that metallic paper I used hard to photograph, this is one of those cards
which looks MUCH better IRL!

I used a never been used before Impression Obsession die for the packages
and a Creative Expressions die for the deer.
The background paper is from Pink Paislee 2013 Snow Village
 (are they still in business anymore?)

The sentiment is from SU Cross Stitched Christmas.

Hope to see YOU over at Peace On Earth!!

Sketch 726

It's that time again for a new sketch at
Sketch Saturday!
The twist you can use or not and this time it is SPONGING! 

I chose not to use the twist this time around, kind of rare for me
but I kept it more clean and simple.
I had a die from Gemini that was perfect to cut out my shapes
but have to say I broke my Spellbinders little Prizm while doing it, ugh!
Not sure why as it was going along fine and about 3 cuts from being finished it broke!
I did add a sentiment to the front of my card, after all it is 'OUR' take on the sketch, right?
Don't look too close s I made a few errors on this one, didn't help when I had the dog nudging my arm 24/7 to get me to pet him!!

I hope you will join us in our Sketch Saturday challenge,
doesn't it remind you of honeycombs?  That would be a good starting point I think,
hope to see you there!!

Flowers

Spring has sprung a few weeks ago and if like me you are thinking about flowers
and gardening, though here in Michigan I have to be careful as we still could 
have a late freeze, so I normally don't plant anything until after Mother's Day or
even Memorial Day!  Last year we had a cold and late Spring which seemed to shorten
our Spring and Summer days!
Anyhow we have Spring themed challenge at
Double D
and the theme is Flowers. 
As always we have a fun mood board for inspiration but you
can create anything as long as you stay with our flower theme!

Flowers 

I let the floral theme inspire me this time by using a new to me

Daisy EB folder by Crafter's companion Delightful Daisies
coloring in the centers with copics and adding a sentiment
stamped and die cut from Pink Fresh Studios.

To see more floral beauty visit the
Double D challenge blog and 

feast your eyes on the DT creations!

Entering the following challenges:
Ally's Angels .... ATG
bastel-traum challenge blog #124 .... Plants/Flowers

Crafty Gals Corner .... Flowers For Mom (my Mom was my BEST friend)
Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday .... ATG
Word Art Wednesday .... ATG

TOB May Mid Month Reminder

 We are half way threw our challenge at 
Two Old Bats
and would love to have you join us.
Here is the mood board for inspiration for this month.

 Inspiration Board

I created a simple card this time using s die cut Tutti Designs pumpkin
that already was cut and in my stash!
I also added a silhouette witch that was a bunch I had purchased years ago on
Ebay.  The background paper is from a pad I have been trying to use up.

Make sure to visit at Two Old Bats and see all
the fun inspiration from the team!

Entering the following challenges:
Halloween Crafts All Year Round .... ATG Halloween

Cozy Coupe

 We are halfway into May already which i shard to believe how time seems
to fly, and that brings us to another FUN challenge at
A Barrel of Monkeys.
The theme this time is Cozy Coupe.
I have to admit my poor kids were neglected as they never had
one of these fun little 'coupes' but I think they survived lol!

For all the details of the challenge please click on the link given above!

A long while back, I was lucky enough to win a fabulous
gift of things from Pink & Main
and it included this cute stamp set 'Spring Train'
which just so happened to include this cute bunny
driving nothing other then one of these coupes.
This is the first time I have inked up this set
and have to admit it is pretty darn cute!

We hope to see YOU at A Barrel of Monkeys!!