Sweet Easter Eggs

I don’t have anything stamped to show you today, but I wanted to share with you a pretty little carton full of “eggs” that one of my friends, Maryanne, made for me:

  

Each segment of the carton is filled with a little plastic egg, covered in fabric and filled with delightful paper flowers!  This kind of flower never needs water and never fades!  Here’s a little closeup:

I believe she got the idea on Pinterest!  Thanks, Maryanne! 

Be sure to stop back tomorrow for the Paper Players challenge!

CCMC196 & WT369

 

I was glancing through my Reader posts late yesterday afternoon and saw this cute, cute card from my friend Nance.  It used the sketch 196 from Create with Connie & Mary:

It made me think that I hadn’t dusted off that cute set, Easy Events, for a while, plus I needed a baby card, so I whipped this card out before heading to church for our Maundy Thursday supper:

It is a note card size….it just seemed to fit the sketch better since I didn’t have a large doily die on which to mat my circle.  I colored my image with an aquapainter and reinkers; matted it with a Certainly Celery scallop punched with the 2 3/8” scallop circle punch on which I stamped A to Z in Wild Wasabi; popped up the little umbrella; and popped up a different sentiment from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  I already had a piece of embossed Pink Pirouette floating around on my desk, so I used the Adorning Accents Edgelit to make a scallop border and added another little border of Marina Mist, although if I’d had time, I would have used Bashful Blue as I think it’s a little too dark for a baby card, but that’s the color I used for the water.  I also did this because the Ways to Use It Challenge 369 at SCS yesterday was to color!!!  My favorite thing!  Edited to add:  I knew I had seen a challenge to use an umbrella on your creation but I couldn't remember it....here it is!  The Little Red Wagon #127!

The one time of the day she’s not on the go-go-go!

Freshly Made Sketches 29

  

Happy Thursday!  Just a quick post today as we’re gearing up for a busy weekend at church!  I’ve got a soft feminine card today---kinda hooked on gingham these days---and it uses Jen's lovely sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

I had already stamped this cherry image from the Mini Catalog set Mouthwatering in some pastel shades on Very Vanilla textured cardstock, so I was able to use it by flipping the sketch.

I stamped the gingham on some watercolor paper for a more rustic look; I inked my Adorning Accents embossing folder with white craft ink prior to running the little Certainly Celery piece through it.  That gave it a more subtle look that matched the paler colors of my card.  I also added a little simple bow caught in a rhinestone brad that I colored to match:

Finally, I added a simple “hello” from Pennant Parade:

Cassidy has been trying to learn how to look into a kaleidoscope—this isn’t a real one, but sort of a beginner one---she knows what to do, but hasn’t quite grasped the concept yet!

   

More Get Well Cards

My goodness, I need more get well cards!  I searched a few challenges, and came up with yesterday’s SCS Color Challenge 369, which was Peach Parfait, Lucky Limeade and Pool Party, and the Mojo Monday Sketch 235:

Using a retired hostess set called Because I Care, this is what I made:

I inked the hydrangea in Pool Party, then used a market to color the leaves and stem.  The largest butterfly from Kindness Matters adds a nice little touch! 

The second card is a smaller note-card size, using Fabulous Florets:

This card uses the color challenge from Hand Stamped Sentiments #112, which is Rich Razzleberry, Pretty in Pink, Early Espresso and Very Vanilla; the sketch is from Try Stampin’ on Tuesday #60:

Darn, I forgot those three little embellishments on the bottom!  Oh well!  The image was inked in Versmark, then Rich Razzleberry, stamped, then heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  I colored it with Pretty in Pink ink and an aquapainter:

I made a little tab with my Word Window punch with Early Espresso cardstock and stamped a little flourish from Tiny Tags and fastened it with a Vintage Trinket brad.  The background was embossed with the Elegant Lines embossing folder.  Remember, if you have any questions, please shoot me an email!   Thanks so much for visiting today!  I appreciate all the comments about Cassidy’s rash, too!  I have a couple ideas to try!

“Driving” her Sesame Street “car”!!!

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Happy Tuesday!  Arielle has the sweetest color palette for us today….check this out:

If my creative mojo wasn’t sapped by my 3-week-long sinus infection, I think I could have made a couple of these little Easter baskets myself---just little paper favor cups, I think!  Sweet!  I had to settle for a plain ole card:

Although I often do things in threes, I was inspired by these pretty cards from my friend Diane’s blog; I just translated it a bit differently.  I originally had three eggs placed in different places, but ended up with little flowers from Itty Bitty Bits.  The egg is from last year’s Easter Blossoms, and the sentiments are from a retired set called God Bless II.  The letters are cut from the Timeless Type die set.

  Here’s the inside sentiment:

I am also entering this in the Just Add Ink 111 Challenge – Easter; and Stampin’ Royalty’s Spring Thing Challenge #117.

Here’s a non-stamping related question.  Check out this pic of the baby:

Can you see the red rash on her cheeks?  She has had this for several months, all around her mouth.  It does not seem to bother her; I have looked it up online and it seems to be fairly common, but no one knows how to prevent it or heal it, or even what causes it!  She is not teething; she doesn’t seem to be allergic to anything.  It seems it may be from saliva, but I am interested if any other moms/grandmoms out there have any advice!!!  She just had a 18-month check-up at the doctor’s but she was screaming so frantically that I totally forgot to ask the doctor what it might be!!  I am interested in hearing your comments!

Merry Monday 14

Happy Monday, everyone!  Lesley very kindly asked me to be on the Design Team for her Merry Monday sketches for a few weeks!  How fun is that?  What a great way to get a head start on your Christmas cards, and I have been challenging myself to do that for the last couple years anyway!  So here’s the sketch for this week:

I chose to use a vintage image in a non-traditional color (at least for Santa, anyway).  Here you go:

The designer papers from Melissa Frances gave me the inspiration; too bad I couldn’t show more of it!  So pretty!  I stamped my image in Lucky Limeade and used that for my base as well.  Some background stamping and embossing add to the vintage feel, and the velveteen ribbon gets a bright little surprise from the glimmer brad!  I hope you’ll find some inspiration from the sketch as well….make sure you visit Lesley’s blog, Always Playing with Paper, and play along with us!   Lesley has three other guest designers and a Featured Designer, and I know you’ll want to see their beautiful work as well!  And remember, if you have any questions about the card, feel free to send me an email (not a comment)!

And be sure to come back tomorrow for the ColourQ!

Paper Players 89

Happy Sunday—Happy PALM Sunday—Happy APRIL!  It’s proving to be a beautiful day here in SE PA, I hope it’s nice where you are too!  Today’s Paper Players theme is hosted by Anne Marie, and it’s a good one!  Whaddya think?

When I first saw the challenge, I thought “UH OH!”  I don’t do “funny” too well.  As a child, I can remember my mom ALWAYS buying funny cards for my dad!  And I rarely do---not that I don’t have a good sense of humor, or love a good joke, but I usually make a more thoughtful card!  But I did dig around and found some “punny” stamps---I must have used them at one time---and dusted them off for my Tickle your Funnybone card:

I had just printed out these fun digital papers, and I thought they would go with my “chicken up on you” creation!  Just a little note about the sentiment; my friend Marisa just had on her blog that she was nervous about cutting her stamps apart to use a partial sentiment.  This clear stamp sentiment was on one line, but I snipped it in half so that it would be easier to fit in the corner.  It was much simpler to ink and line up the two separate sets of words than trying to ink just a portion of the stamp, and it’s very easy to line the two pieces back up.  So don’t be afraid!!   Fun colors, a fun sketch #234 from the Mojo Monday blog, and I was on my way:

Really, this was a simple card to make….I just used some layers, a couple brads and paper-pieced my chicks; the most challenging part was drawing in the grass with my marker.  Oh, I added a heart from the Owl Builder punch, and a tiny little rhinestone accent.  I know just to whom this card is going, too! I hope YOU can play along with us---we all need a good funny-bone tickle now and then, so I can’t wait to see what you create.  You can find all the details over at the Paper Players blog, and while you’re there, you can laugh at the what the other designers have come up with.  I have already gotten a hoot out of some of the cards!  And I am REALLY excited because my sweet friend Shirley, at Cute Stuff by Shirley, (who has the FUNNIEST, CUTEST cards) is our guest designer!!!  So be sure to check out her card as well!