Happy 'Bird--day!

I hope you are having a simply wonderful weekend so far.

It's April Fools Day of course, but there are no jokes here today.

I don't often post on a Sunday but I was asked if I'd like to

come to a party and of course, I said yes!

If you've reached my blog by way of the uber-talented

Kathy Racoosin's blog

then you are in the perfect spot!

If not, you might want to grab a 'cuppa' somethin'

and head back to the beginning over at the

Lily Pad Cards Blog

because there are a lot of folks partyin' today!

I was honored to be a guest designer not long after the LPC blog

went live (you can check it out here) and I do try to visit often.

Since we are celebrating a birthday, I wanted to create with something colorful,

so I immediately pulled out my 6x6 pad from The ScrapCake.

The collection is called 'My Private Happiness' and was designed by

very creative teammate from The Twinery, Karola Witczak.

She sent me a beautiful parcel of papers & embellishments

all the way from Poland and I have to say....

I love these designs!

After I laid my 'wallpaper' base, I began to just layer things that

made me smile, such as the hand-dyed seam binding from 

Sugar Lump Studios and flowers from Prima.

The sign, sentiment & sweet little birdies are from the 'Tweet of You'

set by The Craft's Meow.  I 'hung' the sign using tiny pearls.

I hope you will plan to join in the blog hop today because there are

fabulous prizes up for grabs...over $500 in all!

There are a few different ways you can win...

**Leave a comment on the Lily Pad Cards Blog...

**Leave a comment on each participating blog on the hop...

**Like the LPC Facebook Page

Winners will be chosen by random draw from all of these links,

and you'll have until the end of the week to get it done,

so you have plenty of time!

It is time to get you on to the next stop on the hop and that's

my creative friend and designer

Nancy Krueger's blog

And...you know it's coming....

Happy Hopping!

Project Recipe:

Patterned Papers:  My Private Happiness by The ScrapCake
Stamps: Tweet of You by The Craft's Meow

Embellishments: Bronte Blooms flowers by Prima
seam binding from Sugar Lump Studios
gems by Recollections

Tools:  Apron Lace border punch by Fiskars

Missing You and A Giveaway!

Happy Saturday....just thought I would share a very

fun & easy card that I whipped up while I was

recently creating a card for CAS-ual Fridays.

 As a child of the 60's, I am quite into retro looks always love when a stamp

set comes along that makes it so easy to create.

This one is 'Vogue Abode' from Paper Smooches.

I stayed simple with black and white and just placed

a hint of color and I think it works.

I'm so glad you stopped by for a sec because I have something else

that I want to share.

The designers I work with never cease to amaze me with their

creativity and Karola Witczak, one of our brand new designers

over at The Twinery, is one of those ladies.

Not only is Karola the DT Coordinator for The ScrapCake,

but she is also a product designer as well.

The collection on the right is hers called

'My Private Happiness'.

Both collections are oh so yummy and you have an

opportunity to win.

Head on over to the blog and check out the details.

English translation is available.

Wouldn't it be fab if the winner was YOU?!

Project Recipe: 

Stamps: New Digs by Paper Smooches
Ink: Tuxedo Black by Memento from A Muse Studio