Happy Colors...

An ever so quick post for you today.

The sun is shining, it's 85 lovely degrees

with very little humidity and I just want

to get out of the house for a little while.

Before I go, though....

I had been contemplating what to make for

this week's Cupcake Inspiration Challenge.

I had missed the past couple and really 

wanted to play this week.

I found this photo to truly inspire me to use color.

I love the vibrancy of the flowers,

and especially loved all the greenery.

This is what I came up with and I must say

that the sentiment on the card says it all!

I used a variety of VersaMagic & Colorbox

Chalk inks for the repeat sentiment.

I LoVe this Ippity sentiment.

It's from the 'A Little Buggy' set

which is such a fabby summer set!

It really works well with the

'Bit of Burlap' stamp

(Check out THIS project)

Of course, you will find these Ippity

stamps and more on my Ippity Page HERE

Always Sale Priced!

Back this weekend with a few more things I have

been working on along with a few personal shopping

items to share ....  oooh....

Celebrating Challenges!

Very excited to help Claire over at
Waltzing Mouse

celebrate their new sketch challenge.

I don't do sketch challenges all that often,

but if they continue to be THIS fun,

that will definitely change!

I used a variety of DP from DCWV's

'Flower Shower' pack.

I used the Martha Deco punch for my borders

and fabby Debbie Mumm ribbon runs through

my die cut buckle, which was originally silver.

I stained it with 'worn lipstick' distress ink

from Tim Holtz.  White pearls for just a

little 'white' touch.  The sentiment is

from Hero Arts.

This was a great Tuesday Trigger from
Moxie Fab as well....

These popsicles SCREAM SUMMER!
This card focuses on those summertime color 'flavors'
which were totally inspiring!

I am supporting a variety of other challenges

as well as this card ended up being very versatile.

Cupcake Inspiration #62

(photo above...I focused on the pinks)

The Pink Elephant #69

(theme - bright)

 The Corrosive Challenge #67

(die cuts)

Your Next Stamp #17

(border punch)

Wee Memories #9

(punch it)

AI Factory #38

(anything goes with a punch)

Hope you will stop by these challenge sites

and show your support!

A Little Creativity to Tie Me Over...

Been doing a little 'workin' for the weekend'

on some cards this week.

I have a wedding to attend in which my daughter

is a bridesmaid (for the first time) and her son,

my 7 year old grandson, is the ring bearer.

I can hardly wait!

So I am pretty sure that my weekend will be nearly

gone before I can get back to a little creative time.

So here are some cards I made

for a couple of challenges.

This first one is for the

Cupcake Inspiration Challenge #61
over at Hope Stamps Eternal.

Monochrome and polka dots

and above all else, cupcakes  : )

This next card is for two challenges....

Challenge #31 - Alter an Embellishment

CAS-tastic challenge #6 - Focus on Sentiment

Both of these challenges focus on the

sentiment for this card.

I took a 'rub-on' embellishment

from Rhonna Farrer then:

'aged' it with ink, 

added rhinestones to the letters

and added ribbon tabs.

Hope you enjoyed these two little creations.

I will have a couple more to share with you tomorrow.

Before I go....here's what I would LOVE to know...

WHAT ARE YOUR

CREATIVE PLANS
FOR THE WEEKEND?

Please leave a comment and let me know.

It's always fun to know what you are up to...

it may be paper crafting, attending a graduation party,

leaving on vacation or planting a garden...

There's creativity in

EVERYTHING!   : )