Rudolph Days ~~ April

Here it is April 30 and I'm slipping in at the last minute for Rudolph days and slipping in with Canada Revenue too. I really don't like to cut it so close but both are done now and this will be a very quick post.

I've had this super cute bugaboo designs image coloured for a while now, it was die cut with stitched tag dies. I added a bow, the Joy brad and a couple of gold snowflakes that were in a box of die cuts. Score!!! wow coloured image and snowflakes already to use.

Close up of the sute Christmas Kitties

I'm entering this in 

Rudolph Days ~~ April

Thanks for stopping by and see you again Tuesday A.M. for Shopping Our Stash.

It's time for a New Challenge at House Mouse and friends!!

Wow I can't believe another two weeks have gone by and it's my third challenge as guest designer at the House Mouse and Friends Monday challenge Blog. We are having some off and on again nice weather which means one day I'm wearing sandals next I'm wearing fleece . Challenge #265 at HMFMC is always Anything Goes with the option for this challenge is "Be Square" I'm getting into the square cards lately and they are fun. All you need to do to enter is make a card with a House Mouse, a Happy Hopper or a Gruffie. I chose to go with the option of a Square card and I used a Happy Hopper.

The stamp I used is Chocolate Decandence and the happy hopper is "Hop-it" 

What goes better with Chocolate than pink, I love them together. lots of layers using Spellbinders square dies and the pink frame is fleur dis lis square die.

Look at the happy look on his chocolate covered face.

Finished the inside with a Stampworks sentiment and some leftover pink and patterned paper.

Thanks for stopping by today and don't forget to check out House Mouse and Friends Monday challenge blog and see what fabulous inspiration the design team have made.

Challenge #351 at Shopping Our Stash is ~~ Mythical and Magical and it's a two-fer!!!

Another week has flown by and finally our weather is getting nice, we will have a really warm week, the flowers don't look too bad, the crocus are blooming and the daffodils still look healthy.  On with the challenge at Shopping Our Stash which is mythical and magical so dig out those fairies, unicorns or what every you have that fits the theme.  I chose a digital image from Selena Fenech, I have had it for a while and thought it was too intricate to work with but since the deadline was looming I printed it off an coloured it with my copics.

I used soft pink and lavender for the unicorn's mane and tail, soft pink for the dress, layered this on pink pirouette, and popped up with a piece of fun foam. I added a scalloped layer which I used some gold sticker strips from Starform. (these must be 10 years old)

Close up, I added stickles to the flowers and the unicorn's horn as well as a touch on the mane and tail.

finished inside with a scrap of pink and a fern (from my box of die cuts) 

As I said it's a Two-fer and I made a second card just because the Bugaboo image was so darned cute!

As you see I'm still in my lime green mode, I left the blue off this time. This super cute baby troll was a freebie from Bugaboo stamps about three Fridays ago (there is a free image every Friday) I wanted to make him into a shaker card using a Impression Obsession shaker cup (easiest way to make a shaker)  The shaker cups are about two years old although I have smaller ones that are way older than that. 

Just so you can get a closer look at the adorable troll and the $$ store beads.

I cut the HB in black and in lime (a bit of tweaking is in order) I layered the two diecuts for extra dimension. 

I would like to enter this in:

Seize the Birthday ~~ Vibrant colours (toppings)

Fab 'n' funky Challenges ~~ #390 Fantasy & fairytales

The Fairy and Unicorn Challenge blog

Thanks for stopping by today I hope you enjoyed my two-fer and head over to the Main Blog and check out the rules and see which mythical, magical creature the rest of the design team have used.

I Joined the Twofer Card challenge #4 ~~ Pets

I have wanted to join in the fun at the Twofer Card challenge since they started and I always ran out of time, now I'm sure cutting it a bit close this time, I have until the 24th which is tomorrow.  I used a Penny Black stamp Acrocat.

As per instructions both cards side by side, I made a Birthday card and a Christmas card.

 Up first is the birthday card, Stitched squares in shades of purple, popped up with fun foam on some $$ store paper. I love the pansies and they make it feel like spring.

Inside finished with one of my oldest Hero Arts sentiment stamps Special Birthday from 2002, I also carried the purple/floral theme to the inside.

I'm using up scraps, just in case you remember the plaid paper for some other cards,  With this card I used Elizabeth Craft Designs scalloped rectangles and gold frame was cut from a scrap of gold as was the Merry Christmas, The hook for the ornament was an off cut from another die cut. 

Finished the inside with an Impression Obsession sentiment.

I'm entering this in these challenges.

Twofer Card Challenge~~ Pets

                                 

Just Us Girls ~~ Colour Week #437 Predominately Purple

Thanks for joining me here today and I sure hope I have time to play along with these challenges again they were a bundle of fun!!!

It's Saturday!! The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers has a new challenge ~~ X is for Xyloid!!!

Happy Saturday!!! X is for Xyloid at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers, now before you go to Google Xyloid I'll give you a hint ~~ Wood Like. Well that leaves it wide open to your interpretation.

I was a lucky lady to receive an envelope with this super "cute" Tim Holtz crazy cats in it, they were all die cut beautifully, I now have a small set of them but I'm going to use the gifted ones until they are gone, a lot less work on my part, thank you Lindsey. 

So for my card I used distress oxide ink for the sky, Hardwood background stamp from Stampin'up (I do believe it's retired)  The grass is two die cuts from an Impression Obsession die. Sentiment is computer generated.

Close up of one cat and the sentiment

Keeping with the "old" theme I used a Studio G stamp from the $2 bin at Michaels and a left over piece of the hardwood fence.

Thanks for visiting today and head over to the Main Blog to check out the rules and see what the rest of the design team have made for X is for Xyloid. 

Challenge #350 at Shopping Our Stash is ~~~ YO DUDE!!!

Chris's turn to pick the challenge theme at Shopping Our Stash!!! Yo Dude ~~ make a masculine card!!! I need to ramp up my making of some dude cards so here is a start.

I had lots of ideas but I wanted to use the mustache brads from the Eyelet Outlet,  The stash items are the brads, and the patterned paper that is a pack from the dollar store that is a couple of years old.  I also haven't used that 3/4 inch scalloped punch for years. Happy Birthday isn't so old and I've used it a couple times, I think it's the perfect masculine one. 

Close up of the stars of the show~~the mustache brads.

Finished the inside with a bit of patterned paper that was leftover and a favourite sentiment from Stampworks.

Thanks for joining me here today and head over to the main blog and check out the rules and all the Dude cards the rest of the design team have made. 

House Mouse and Friends Monday challenge #264~~Let's Eat

Woo hoo it's my second post as Guest Designer at House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge.  My favourite stamps are from House Mouse Designs and I have quite a collection,  I have both wood mount and cling stamps but there is nothing more comfortable than a wood block stamp in my hands. The challenge for the next fortnight is as always Anything Goes but there is an option theme if you would like to use it and that theme is Let's Eat.

The stamp I used is Blueberry Dessert, coloured with alcohol markers layered with the original spellbinders circles I did use some wink of stella on the blueberries.

Close up of the super cute little mousey.

Finished inside of the 5 1/4 inch square card using a couple of leftovers from the outside of the card.

Thanks for joining me here today and I do hope you will take some time to join in the fun at House Mouse and Friends Monday challenge for the Anything goes with the option of Let's Eat, remember you have to use a house mouse, happy hopper or a gruffie stamp on your project.