Easter is my favorite holiday, and what fun I had creating this card to send out to wish someone a Happy Easter.  I used 4 digi stamps from Fresh Brewed Designs: Mailbox, the bunny and sentiment are part of a set: Hoppy Mail bunny with sentiments, and kiss Easter Basket.

The foliage stamp is SU!

Cupcake Inspirations 200th challenge celebration news!

Are you getting excited about our 200th challenge at Cupcake Inspirations?  I know I am and the rest of the Design Team is.  We've had the opportunity to work with  fabulous sponsors getting ready for our challenge.  We also have a GRAND PRIZE worth over $200!!!!  Be sure to come back next Sunday for a blog hop, challenge, and fabulous prizes.  The blog hop will go live at 12:05 CT.

You have to check out our sponsors!

Don't forget about our current challenge 199.  Come join in on the fun.  You could be a lucky winner. :)

Freshly Made Sketches 74

Good Monday morning!  Our week school vacation is over and it's back to the routine.  Ds is not happy about that, but I am.... I need the routine.  lol! 

I created a card, just in time, for Freshly Made Sketches.  Here's the sketch:

and here's my card:

Isn't that bunny sweet?  She's new at Fresh Brewed Designs and is available for purchase HERE.  The cute sentiment is also FBD.  You could WIN that sweet bunny design.  For more information, click HERE!

so close to 200! It's Cupcake Inspirations challenge 199!

It's almost time for Cupcake Inspirations 200th challenge celebration!  EXCITING!  This week we have for you, challenge 199...   Here's the inspiration photo with a birds theme:

 

 and here is my card:

Our sponsor is PINK CAT STUDIO!  The above image is by them... could it be any cuter? 

Come play along and join in on the celebration! 

Brown Sugar Challenge 30

Another post for another card created for a challenge. This time the challenge is over at Brown Sugar  Challenge blog #30 fruit/vegetable.

Here's my card:

I printed the sentiment from the computer, but the cute little corn is SU! get it- shucks....  ear..   lol!  I actually googled ideas.  I'm  not the creative. ;)  I used a piece of "hay paper".. I'm going to be sad when that paper is all gone 'cause I have no idea where it came from..  ;)  The corn is stamped onto core'dinations cardstock and slightly sanded around the edges.  I really love cored'inations paper.

Little Scrap Pieces challenge...

Hi there!  I regularly view this very talented lady's blog HERE.  Lisa creates the most beautiful pieces of art.  Her last blog post I viewed is a challenge at Little Scrap Pieces and the challenge is embossing- wet or dry.  I decided to join in on the fun!  Here's my card:

I wet embossed the SU! stamp image onto glossy cardstock with black ink and diamond embossing powder, and then used Tim Holtz alcohol ink and blending solution to dab on two pretty ink colors.  The card is dry embossed with a flower print folder (You need to enlarge the photo to even see it, I think) and then using the same colors and technique, applied alcohol ink to it.  The image is matted onto black glitter core'dinations cardstock and then onto vellum.  A little hemp cord and some bling and viola!  done.  I think it came out pretty.  I don't use my alcohol inks nearly enough.  Every time I do, I think I should more often.  lol! 

You are... unbelievable!

Happy Wednesday!  Today I have a card to share with you using a fun Fresh Brewed Designs Rubber stamp called Hot & Stylin'.  "You are" is an A|S rubber stamp, and when you open the card you hear.... a song!  (see video below).

 

My dad loves to buy the cards from Walmart with music.  I usually save them in hopes of reusing them.  Some that I saved no longer worked, so good to know.... don't procrastinate so long.  ;)  I sent this card to my sister for Valentine's Day.  :)

Thinking of you

This card came out much prettier than I thought it would (based on my lack of artistic coloring skills), and, of course, it didn't photograph well..  The colors are much more vibrant with a bit more of a turquoise hue and brighter yellow; however, I'm here to share it as it's actually a special card I created that has meaning to me and not just a challenge card....

This beautiful wolf digi stamp is by Eureka Stamps Co.  Right before the holidays I had won some of their digis after participating in one of their facebook challenges.  I specifically chose this wolf to create a card for a dear friend who was undergoing treatment for a brain tumor. She loved wolves. However, while I was away on vacation visiting family, she had gotten pneumonia which led to coma and a stroke and then she passed away.  Just like that.  It's amazing all the things my every day life holds that make me think of her.  I miss her.  Anyway....I just came across this digi while cleaning up folders (our computer got a virus or something and was so messed up, but luckily the Geek Squad fixed it and saved my photos- including all the digis I hadn't backed up!)...  I had actually forgotten about it.... I realized I didn't get to make and send her the card I intended to either, so I decided to make it and give it to a mutual friend.  There it is.  TFL!

You're so sweet!

Last day of the Fresh Brewed Designs February Rubber stamp release blog hop.  Thanks for joining us!  This was a quick and easy card using the adorable Skinny Minnie is so sweet rubber stamp along with one of the sentiments.  :)  For more blog hop information, scroll down my blog posts.

 

HAVE A GREAT DAY!

skinny minnie is sweet! day 2 fbd blog hop

Welcome back for day 2 of the Fresh Brewed Designs rubber stamp release blog hop!  If you missed yesterday, click here to check it out.

 

I created this window card using the new Skinny Minnie is Sweet set.  I used all the stamps for this card, and one "thank you" stamp from another company.

 

 

Have a great day!

Cupcake Inspirations 198

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 198 is this lovely photo for inspiration, use the colors sky, bitter, and slate.....

 Our Sponsor this week is Core'dinations.  I've been playing with their cardstock a lot lately and I am in LOVE.  Here is my card for this week's challenge using Core'dinations cardstock.

Click on over to the Cupcake Inspirations Challenge blog to see the fabulous DT cards, get the Sponsor information, AND see what fun surprise we have going on! 

FBD February Rubber stamp release blog hop! :)

Welcome to the Fresh Brewed Designs Rubber Stamp Release and Blog Hop

for February! We are so happy to have you joining us this month!

If you are just arriving to the hop, you will want to go back to the start at Freshly Brewed Challenges.

 

 This months stamp set combines three of our most favorite things:

A fun and sassy little lady, a steamy latte and a yummy, fluffy cupcake!

This set is called SKINNY MINNIE is SWEET.

 



Here is the card I created today using this fun set:

To separate the words from the "you are so sweet" sentiment, I inked each word individually, and then used a circle punch and a heart punch to punch them out. 

 

Use this versatile rubber stamp alone or combined
with one of the 4 SWEET sentiments included.
Get yours at the shop today by clicking >>HERE<<

Thank you so much for hopping with us!

I hope you have enjoyed your time here at my blog. 

It is time for me to say goodbye and for you to head over to my talented friend

Celeste's  blog to check out what she has prepared for you. 

Have a very SWEET and BLESSED day!

Here is the short and sweet hop order in case you get lost along the way

Freshly Brewed Challenges Blog

Vanessa --you are here!

Celeste

Sarah
Linda

Heather

Thank you school nurse :)

**REMINDER!  Tomorrow begins the Fresh Brewed Designs February Rubber stamp release blog hop- join us!**

 

Our school celebrated Teacher/Staff appreciation week this week.  The wonderful nice lady who works in our office who also doubles as the school nurse has help my ds over the last 3 years with bee stings, scrapes, etc. and so we decided to show our appreciation with a card and gc to Starbucks. :)  I created this window card, quick and easy, using actual first aid supplies.  I used staz on black ink to stamp (SU!) thank you on to the band aid and then let it air dry. 

Mojo Monday and TAWS

Yep, I'm still on a roll with challenges. (btw, I read this a.m. that I am a winner at {PIN}spirational Challenges.  woo hoo!).... It helps that ds and I have been sick and stuck at home resting up.  Anyway..........  I created a card last night to link up to two challenges.  It's not often I create a card for more than one challenge at a time...   I used the Mojo Monday 280 sketch:

 

and my card was created for The Alley Way Stamps challenge 21, although I have to admit that the photo didn't inspire it so much, BUT it IS a Valentine for my ds and he's going to love it.  Here's my card:

 

 The bat is on a pig tail spring.....

 

The bat and "batty for you" are freebies from The Alley Way Stamps:  such cute images. Thank you TAWS for the freebies.

Color Throwdown

I've been wanting to join in on a color throwdown challenge for a long time now, and finally, I have.  Here's the Color Throwndown Challenge 228:

and here's my card:

 

Yes, I've been making a lot of thank you cards as I'm just NOW getting to my Christmas thank- yous.  Better late than never. ;)

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge 197

Cupcake Inspirations 197 Challenge begins today!  Here's the photo inspiration to create a Valentine.

 Here is my Valentine card:

Our sponsor this month is Freckled Fawn.

 Click on over to Cupcake Inspirations to see all the exciting things going on (like a surprise!) and what the other DT members have created this week.  Join in! 

PDCC168

The Play Date Café challenge 168:

and here's my card using stamps by SU! and CTMH

PINspirational Challenge 43

This is my first link up at {PIN}spirational challenges. Here's the inspirational photo:
Here's my card:

Cross My Heart

It has been sooooo long since I've created a card for a Moxie Fab World Tuesday Trigger. I've missed it. Here is the Tuesday Trigger photo, which I absolutely LOVE:
and here is my card:

I was so excited to seeing the crackled chair in the photo, because I have crackle paint!  Ah yes, but along with it and all the paints I bought many years ago was all dried up.  :(  Then the heart in the photo reminded me that I have magic mesh still (that was so popular many years ago)! Although, I ended up just using a tiny piece on that little heart....  Longer story short, this card didn't turn out at all like my originally inspired ideas, but I like it.  The pocket stamps are CTMH and the little just for you stamp is SU!

dots and hearts

I think January must have been left on fast forward, because I can't believe it's February already!  It's now time for a new month long challenge at Fresh Brewed Designs Challenge Blog.  The challenge:  dots and hearts....

 

Here's my card using the ever so cute FBD rubber stamp Cutie Pie in the Clouds.

Come play along.  It'll be fun and you may even end up being a lucky winner! 

white pages...

We regularly still get phonebooks and white pages delivered to our house, and I stash them away even though we haven't used them in years due to Internet access........ seems like such a waste, since I know we aren't the only ones.  Anyhow... a friend posted a little project she was working on to facebook recently:  a wreath made of rolled white pages.  I loved it.  I'm not very crafty, however, so I just took the inspiration from her project and created a card using a couple of white page pages. :)

 

The card is cored'inations cardstock that I sanded and tore.....   TFL!

Cupcake Inspirations 196

Here is the new challenge this week for Cupcake Inspirations 196.  Along with the photo, use kraft, cream, and rose colors.  :) 

and our sponsor this week: 

 Here's my card using a beautiful ADFD image:

Click on over and join the fun!  GUESS WHAT?  We have a SURPRISE for you!  Go read about it.  :)

You've got mail!

Hello there!  Look at that super cute Mailbox digi (note:  bird and butterflies are SU! stamps and not part of the fbd image) - NEW from Fresh Brewed Designs!  and you can get it FREE!  Click here to read the wonderful story behind the image and how you can get it for free. Plus, if you participated in any of the FBD challenges last month, you could be winner!  They've been announced.  :)

Happy Friday!