Just Because...The Play Date Cafe Challenge

Springtime brings on the 'pastel-girl' in me...

I am this week's host for...

I snagged this fun photo from my friend

Polly Hood's blog, Counting Your Blessings,

with her blessing, of course!

I love the faded colors on this Monopoly board

with the beautifully recognizable

silver playing pieces.

Which piece do you always play with?

Me?  I am always the dog.

Using silver, pink and blue

and my lovely set of stamps from this week's sponsor,

I headed down the CAS highway!

And just who provided these terrific stamps?

and we are so happy to welcome the owner of

Wplus9 Dawn Woleslagle, as this week's guest designer.

Here's a quick-click list of who else you will find

designing on the team with me:

Sarah Anderson
Ruby McGuire

 Savannah O'Gwynn 

Andrea Ewen

Colleen Dietrich  

Fiona Shultz

Jaclyn Miller 

Jinny Newlin

Libby Hickson

Michele Gross

Tracey Kuzniak

and our special guest designer

Dawn Woleslagle

Before you do any 'quick-clicking' though,

you have got to head straight over to

The Play Date Cafe and check out our

gallery of designers and this week's

terrific prize from Wplus9 Designs.

Before you go, leave a comment and let me know

your favorite Monopoly playing piece!

Today's Project Recipe:

Cardstock: Bazzill, American Crafts
Stamps: Wplus9 Design
Ink: VersaMagic, Memento, Ranger Adirondack

Embellishments: pearls by Recollections

Things that Make me Smile...

Happy Friday everyone!

There you go...that's one of the things that makes me smile.

Here's another....

It's the 'Tuesday Trigger' over at

Moxie Fab World.

I love pretty much anything from 

Crate & Barrel

and these colors and design were really

fun to work with.

I featured the 'Funky Foliage' set from Wplus9 Designs,

Colorbox Chalk inks and my favorite baker's twine

from The Twinery.

I really loved this sketch from Card Patterns, too.

I am not typically a 'sketch' player...no reason,

I just gravitate towards color instead....

but I love this sketch and was happy to play!

Finally, the best part of my Friday.....

My oldest grandson CJ spent the day with me today

as there was no school here in town.

Papa Paul treated him to an early birthday present.

I am happy to boast that he has all the makings of

an engineer at the young age of almost 8.

Hope you enjoyed your visit.  

I'd love to know you stopped by so I hope you

will leave me a quick comment.

Today's Project Recipe:

Cardstock: The Paper Company

Stamps: Wplus9 'Funky Foliage'
Ink: Colorbox Chalk, VersaMagic, Tim Holtz Distress Ink
Tools: Fiskars 'Corner Rounder' punch

Embellishments: Baker's Twine by The Twinery in 'Honeydew', 

Pearls by Recollections

Wrapping my World in Baker's Twine!

Sometimes all it takes is little color and

a little embellishment to make a card

complete.

That's what I LoVe about using my

baker's twine from The Twinery!

I loved using the 'Funky Foliage' set from

Wplus9 Designs and thought I

would enter this card in the current

Color Cue Challenge over there....

I used Cappucino and Lilac

and I love the affect with

the rest of the colors used

on this card.

I am sure you know by now, I think that

the baker's twine from

The Twinery

is the best quality and the

saturation of color is out of this world!

There are LOTS of twines out there that

are low-quality and one available in 2 or 3

'faded' colors.  For my money, it's

The Twinery all the way!!!

Ya know, they have a terrific

Sampler Pack for only 20 bucks!!!

All 11 colors (including the 3 newest colors)

15 yards of each!  It's a terrific deal!

I am really glad you stopped by!

I'd love to know if you've gotten your

baker's twine from The Twinery yet?

 Leave me a comment.......YAY!!

Today's Project Recipe:

Cardstock: The Paper Company

Designer Paper: Memory Box
Stamps: Wplus9
Ink: VersaMagic
Tools: Cuttlebug EF, Big Shot,
Fiskars Corner Rounder Punch

Embellishments: Baker's Twine from The Twinery

Pearls & Rhinestones by Recollections