Sweet Dreams are Made of This...

Yeah I know...4 posts in 3 days!

I couldn't resist doing the 'Tuesday Trigger' challenge

over at Moxie Fab.  Yes, I have been hanging out there alot

this week.  I love the inspiration using these colors.

Here it is.....

Makes me think of... summertime...sitting in my conservatory 

with a lovely glass of iced tea...a stack of magazines 

next to me...sun shining in and all is right with the world.

HA!  I do have the stack of magazines, but the rest of that story

is all but a dream.....

Thought the Martha 'Loop' punch was a good match for

the wicker chair texture.  I used the Cuttlebug 'Stylized Flowers' EF

to give the flowers texture, which were cut from the Spellbinders

'Dahlia' dies.  The DP once again is from Cosmo Cricket.

Take a look at that crocheted flower, though.

That's from Webster's Pages 'Le Jardin' embellishments.

BeAuTiFuL!

Please continue to share with me your favorite color combos.

I spoke about it in yesterday's post, which you find HERE.

You may be surprised to find that YOUR favorite combo

may be one of our next challenges over at 

The Play Date Cafe!

Layers of Lace...Paper Lace

So after I played around with the Moxie Fab Challenge yesterday,

I decided to take it in another direction using DP.

So here is my take on 'Paper Lace'.

I so love this punch set from Martha Stewart.  It was on my wish list

for several weeks and WHY I didn't buy it sooner is beyond me.

Love the color trend using saffron yellows and gray, so I went

BOO here and used DP from the 'Everafter' collection from

Cosmo Cricket.  The butterfly is from K&Co's 'Wild Saffron'

set, the ribbon is American Crafts 

and the sentiment is Renaissance Stamps.

Counting the focal point, there are 7 layers on this card..

I really enjoyed making this one.

So here's a question for you....

What is your all-time FAVORITE color combination?
 I have always been a fan of pink, white and gray or black
and now I love pinks and browns together.

Is it something you have loved since your were little

or is it something that you never thought you would use

and now you can't stop!?

Please leave a comment and share your favorites...

You never know when YOU might set the next trend!

Pretty in Pink...and Yellow

Spring officially starts in just a couple of days ...
I believe there is one last call for snowfall this weekend here
in northern Illinois.  Makes me a bit sad, but these
colors definitely flip that frown around to a smile.

Our 'Private Blend' designer, Mona Pendleton chose this
fabu inspiration photo for this week's Play Date Cafe Challenge
and I have to say, the rest of the design team ran crazy with it.

I used this great DP from Webster's Pages for the
focal point of the card.  Then I layered and sewed
and distressed and glittered and inked.
Great color inspiration, Mona!

On behalf of the entire design team, we had a blast this
past week meeting so many new players.  The blog hop
was really fun and by the comments left,
you are already very inspired by the new team.

TO SEE WHO WON THE BLOG CANDY

as well as this week's Fab 4 and Cup of the Week,
I invite you to pop over to The Cafe and check it out.

I have another fun project to share with you tomorrow.
Until then....

Love me Some Lace...Moxie Fab Challenge

Was visiting over at Moxie Fab and made time to play a little with

some new stamps,springtime colors and of course lace for the

Moxie Fab World Challenge

'Diggin' on Doilies and Lace'

I have a drawer full, well many drawers full, of lace and ribbon

and some of my favorites are things that were given to me by my

grandmother.  This card features an old eyelet lace with this fab

seafoam green satin running through it.

I suppose there is debate over what is lace, what is a

doily....is eyelet lace?  Yes it is.  Debate closed  : )

New series of Studio G stamps were used for the sentiments

and flowers...VersaMagic inks...Martha pearls...

Making Memories chipboard letter and K&Co paper flowers.

The dotted swiss DP is from the new DCWV 'Linen Closet' collection.

Simple.

You could add a small cross or few easter flowers or eggs

to adapt this more to Easter...change the colors completely

and it could be for St Patrick's Day, Mother's Day,

pretty much ANY day!

See you at midnight tonight for a brand new

Play Date Cafe Challenge 

with the BRAND NEW

design team.

If you participated in the blog hop, the winner will

be announced then...fingers crossed, right?!

A Cause for Celebration...The Play Date Cafe Blog Hop!

Welcome to all who are here for The Play Date Cafe
Blog Hop!  If you came by way of Suzanne's blog, you are
in the right place and at the end of hop! 
To start at the beginning, head on over to The Play Date Cafe
by clicking HERE

This is a bittersweet week over at The Play Date Cafe.
You know we have been looking forward to the exciting
announcement of our new Design Team and you will find
that list over at The Cafe and on my sidebar here.

This week also marks the departure of Julie Campbell,
one of our senior designers.
Julie joined our team over 4 months ago and her creativity has
been so inspiring to us all.  She has had some wonderful
opportunities come along that are keeping her extremely busy and
we know that 'many good things must come to an end'.

We are truly going to miss her, but we know she'll be around!
She has chosen this week's color palette for the challenge and
it's a lovely, springy one to be sure.

I used a fabulous floral stamp from The Artistic Stamper as my
background on this card and layered the colors to be soft and muted
using Colorbox Chalk Ink in Wisteria and VersaMagic in Sage.
The sentiment is Wordsworth.
I punched the upper border using Martha's pansy border on
'Chloe's Closet' from my Making Memories BOO collection  : )
The lower border was punched using a Fiskars scallop and the
layered flowers are from Sizzix.

This great prize above is what YOU can win just for participating

in the blog hop.  Here is what you need to know....

There are THREE ways to give you the best chance.....

You MUST visit and leave a comment on each of the

designer's blogs.  The starting point is over at 
The Play Date Cafe.

There are ONLY 9 blogs to visit 
and all you have to do is click on each name!

To have an additional chance to win:

2.  Become a follower of The Play Date Cafe...easy-peasy!

3.  Play along with this week's color challenge

All the details on how to play are over at The Cafe.

Deadline to enter the giveaway and challenge
is 11:59pm EST, Tuesday, March 16
Winners will be announced on
Thursday, March 18th

Good luck & have fun!

Happy Mother's Day, Mum!

It's Mother's Day this Sunday....over in Great Britain.

'Mothering Sunday'....it's called and this card is getting

ready to go in the 'post' today.

(I am now channeling my husband)

I believe my mother-in-law will love this bright and cheery greeting...

at least I hope so.

If you BOO like I do, you may recognize this DP

from Making Memories...yep, it's 'Chloe's Closet'.

I just used a variety of border punches including 

Martha's Eyelet and Fiskars.

I used a little 'weathered wood' Distress Ink

from Tim Holtz around the edges 

to give it a bit of depth.

The crochet flower is GCD's Artsy Urban

and the center is My Mind's Eye.

Finished off with a few rhinestones and ribbon

with a sentiment from Studio G.

I apologize for the quick post...I am working on

the design team announcement and challenge over at

The Play Date Cafe which is very exciting!

I noticed that we have had a record number of

players this week!  YAY!

There will be a very fun opportunity for you to

win a fabulous prize, so stay tuned to this station!

One more thing....I SO appreciate your comments,

please let me know you were here.

A simple 'hi' will do   : )

Do Lemons Make YOU Smile?

Who's ready for Spring?  Raise your hand!

If this week's challenge over at

The Play Date Cafe

doesn't get you in the mood, then all hope is lost.

 

Nothing says Spring like 'lemon yellows'

and that's exactly the inspiration behind this week's challenge.

Sarah is our UK designer and she is

the 'hostess with the mostess'!

Hopefully you have enjoyed the vine border stamp from Memory Box

because here it is again!  I LoVe it!  I used a variety of VersaMark

pads for my inks and did a little zig-zag sewing.

The DP's are all from my BOO collection...in fact, I can't

even remember who made them.  There's no hallmark on

any of them, but they are from the same collections.

The paper flowers are brand new from Prima

and the sentiment is a $1 clear stamp from StudioG.

Make sure you head on over to The Cafe

and check out The Cafe News.

There's lots going on and LOTS coming up!

You will NOT want to be left out of the fun!

One more thing....
I managed two posts today, so please keep
scrolling for more
and pleeeeease let me know you were here
by leaving a comment.
I feel lonely when I know 'someone' came by
but didn't say hi   :  (

Of course, lemons DO make me smile
:  )

Thoughts of Britain with Memory Box

 I just have a quick post for you today....

I am gettting ready for all of the 'doings' over at

The Play Date Cafe.

Hopefully as I write this, it will make sense.

I am listening to an NPR interview with

Ricky Gervais, the British comedian and

creator of the original 'The Office'

series from Great Britain.

I think the guy is not only hysterical,

but really intelligent with so much of 

his humor and in his interviews.

Funny guy.

So, my bestie Sarah, who is also from the UK

has been away for a couple of days with Sue Roddis

doing a fabulous workshop with Dina Wakley.

Although we live an ocean apart, when she is even

further away from her home in Cheshire,

I really, really miss her.

So I made this card for her.

 

You may recognize the fabulous vine border stamp from

Memory Box.  I stamped the vine in Momento Ink in

'London Fog' (no coincidence with the British-theme here).

Then used VersaMagic in 'Agean Blue' for the flowers.

The sentiment is a $1 wood mount from Hampton Arts.

The rick-rack is from Debbie Mumm

The flower from Prima

The rhinestone is Martha's.

Hope you are having a fab time, my friend...