Birthday Birdie

I'm so glad I finally had a chance to work on some challenges! This card combines two challenges: the color challenge at CR84FN and Chupa's Sketchbook Saturday Challenge #18.

The color challenge is to use Red, Pink, and Neutral. I had a hard time figuring out which red to use and I started off with CTMH's Cranberry but it just didn't look right to me with the pink (Blush). So I decided on Tulip and then my card just seemed to flow better. My neutral is White Daisy.

I really like Chupa's pretty sketch for this week. Here's the graphic for you to see.

I wanted my bird image to face towards the right so I stamped the bird from A Tweet on the opposite side of my red patterned paper (from the Sweetheart paper pack), cut it out, and then flipped it over.

 Supplies used (all CTMH): (A1104) A Tweet stamp set, (C1257 - retired) Happy Birthday stamp set, (Z2166)) Tulip ink pad, (X7131B) Sophia Level 2 paper pack, (X7134B) Sweetheart Level 2 paper pack, (Z1336) Opaques Pearl Adhesive Gems, (Retired) Summer Posies, (Z1300) Just Blooms White Daisy Variety Pack, (Retired) Hollyhock Ribbon Rounds, (Z1151) Foam Tape

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Chairs To You!

Even though it's a bit early for me to be using it...I love May's Close to my Heart stamp of the month! Hmm, what does it say about me that the images of cozy and comfy chairs really resonates with me? When I took a look at the weekly color challenge over at http://cr84fncolorchallenge.blogspot.com/ and saw this cute card by Bianca Taylor, it inspired me to "inaugurate" my May SOTM (consultants have the chance to buy stamps of the month ahead of time).

The colors for this week are light pink, black, and cream:


Here's my card:

Supplies used: (D1456) Chairs to You - May Stamp of the Month, (X7134B) Sweetheart Level 2 paper pack, (Z2105) Black stamp pad, (Z2302) Baby Pink marker, (Z1034) Black Ribbon Rounds, (Z578) Corner Rounder, (Z1326) Red, Pink, and Purple Sparkles, (retired) Colonial White spiral clip, black gel pen

The little rosette is just Colonial White cardstock cut into a spiral shape and rolled up. I used tacky glue to make the rosette stay rolled up (but I'd bet Liquid glass would work also). I love that black ribbon with the stitch going through it and use it quite a bit. The Black Ribbon Rounds collection is on sale now through my website on the "While Supplies Last"  page. I'm trying to BE GOOD and use up my old supplies before getting new ones but I may have to break down and get this one before it sells out.Pin It

Clean and Simple Sketch 133

I've had these pretty Martha Stewart flowers in my stash for a little while. I inherited them from a friend who is much better about cleaning out her supplies than I am. Good thing I am teaching preschool and have a place to use all my crafting supplies! Anyway, when I saw this Clean and Simple sketch, I immediately thought about these flowers and the Sweetheart papers from CTMH.



The black strip under the flowers is the reverse side of the polka dotted pink paper. It's just a muted version of the same pattern. This was a nice and quick card!

Supplies used: (D1475) Card Chatter - Birthday stamp set, (X7134B) Sweetheart Level 2 paper packet, Martha Stewart Flowers, (Z2103) Black stamp padPin It

Woo Hoo!

I had a really nice time at my card workshop today (thank you ladies!). I had hoped to post a sneak peak of the cards we would be making at the workshop in advance during the week but it was a very challenging week for me so it just didn't happen. Anyway, here are a couple of the cards after the fact!

Supplies Used: (C1407) Hot Diggity stamp set, (C1362) You're a Hoot stamp set, (X7134B) Sweetheart Level 2 paper pack, (Z2166) Tulip stamp pad, (Z2114) Cocoa stamp pad

Supplies used: ( G1022) Mayberry Workshops on the Go, (1292) Crystal Blue cardstock, (Z2153) Sweet Leaf stamp pad, (Z2114) Cocoa stamp pad, (Z1151) Foam tape

Now here's something unrelated: I read a variety of different blogs, not really regularly but I browse here and there. Sometimes I concentrate on craft blogs (mostly scrapbooking and stamping, of course), sometimes I look through different teaching and educational blogs to help me with work (and my children), and sometimes I like to read food blogs. One of my favorite blogs is Taste of Beirut. Whenever I am tired of cooking the same old thing, I just browse through her blog for a new recipe. The other night, my daughter had to help plan and make dinner for extra credit, so we decided on Chicken Meatballs from the Taste of Beirut blog. I could eat the whole dish all by myself. We didn't have basil so we substituted parsley for it and it was fine. Sometimes I make the pesto noodles to go with it but we didn't the other night. It is just yummy. Even if you don't find a recipe you like, the pictures are just amazing.

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Last Day for a Perfect 10

If you were planning on taking advantage of this month's Close to My Heart's constant campaign, A Perfect 10, don't forget that today is the last day. I just submitted some new digital layouts last night and got the jpegs. After completing my layouts, I realized that I have so many snow pictures because of the major snowstorms we got here last year! So if I have seven layouts for February and one for May in my 2010 scrapbook, that's okay, isn't it?

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