Thinking of You - January 17, 2012

First of all, I would like to announce that I was one of the top 5 cards for Tuesday Morning Sketches' Challenges last week for my Vintage Card.  I received the badge on the side of my blog for this accomplishment!  I am super excited because I have never been recognized in a challenge before.  Thanks for the great honor!


Now on to the card above which I made to be a fun "Springy" card with pastel colors using one of my favorite Sugar Nellie Stamps "Daisy".  I like her because she looks like me when I was a child.  My interest lately has been to practice my coloring with my Copics trying to get the shadowing right, etc.  The sketch of my card comes from Sweet Stop #130 Sketch.  Thanks for checking out my blog today!

Happy 2nd Birthday Paper Sundaes-Let's Roll - January 15, 2012

Paper Sundaes is a blog which offers challenges to their followers.  Today, they are celebrating their 2nd birthday by having a blog hop.  You get to pick one of your favorite challenges from the past year.  My favorite challenge is #64 - Childhood Memories.  This challenge is to make a card featuring a childhood memory.   My Favorite childhood memory is going roller skating.  My mother use to take me roller skating every Saturday morning from 10:00 a.m. to Noon.  What a commitment for my mother to sacrifice her Saturday for me to enjoy my favorite activity.  She would stand there on the sidelines watching me go round and round, over and over, every week.  I wanted to take the time to thank my mother for all she did for me and taking the time from her weekend for me.  She is really a remarkable, unselfish woman who loves me more than I can comprehend.  Thanks Mom!!

My sketch is from Splitcoaststampers Sketch Challenge 367  and since I decided to use a button on my project again, I am entering it in the Catered Crop Button Challenge.  The image is adorable from Mo's Digital Pencil.  I am also entering Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge #117 Clean & Simple.

Valentine Card - January 14, 2012

Valentine's day is only one month away!  Since I have my birthday cards done through the month of February, it is time to work on Valentine Cards.  This is the first card I have made in awhile which did not require a stamped image.  The sketch is from Mojo Monday Sketch 223.   SplitcoastStampers the Way to Use it Challenge WT357 Stuck on Me had us incorporate a sticker in our card.  I never really thought about using a sticker on the card, but I thought the love you sticker was perfect with the theme of my card.  In addition, I am entering the Catered Crop Challenge where you had to use a button on your project.  I love using buttons! 

Vintage Challenge - January 13, 2012

Tuesday Morning Sketches #128 had a challenge this week for vintage cards using their sketch.  Bottle Caps came to my mind because they are vintage and rare.  I hope you enjoy my MFT image Who's That Girl Enjoy the Ride stamp.