A CUPCAKE kind of a week-Day 3

Welcome to day 3 of my CUPCAKE week! I used one of my own sketches from my Just My Sketches blog.

YOU MAKE ME HAPPY

This is a digital image from Cyndilou that she offered in our Create It-GREEN blog hop in February. Check out these 2 places as there are other digi freebies as well!

Challenges:
~Hand Full of Stamps (sweet one)
~Crafty Ann (for someone special)
~La-La Land (paper piecing)
~Crafty Creations (anything goes)

Sketch challenge...

at The Digi Shack blog today!!!

Here's my card:

MAKE A WISH

Other challenges:
~One Stop Craft Challenge( feeling fruity-cherries!)
~Bee Crafty (happy birthday)
~Cooking It Up with Katie (something old-SU stamps, something new-stickles, something sweet-yummy ICING!!!)

Another day closer to Easter break!!

I have an Easter card for you today:

HAPPY EASTER

The digital is a Karen's Doodles image

Challenges:

~Sketch and Stash (sketch 32 and I used some old BG Porcelain patterned paper)

~Scrap Creations (going grey-Easter)

~Crafty Angels (Easter)

~Hope Stamps Eternal (cupcake photo inspiration)

A CUPCAKE kind of a week-Day 2

Here's the second day of CUPCAKE cards! Again, I used a card sketch from my Just My Sketches blog.

THAT'S HOW MANY IN DOG YEARS?

This is a digital image from Shirley's 2 Girls. Isn't he cute! And I don't think it'll take him long to devour that cupcake tower!

Challenges:
~Papertake Weekly (open theme)
~Digital Tuesday (scrap it-I used pieces of scraps from my scrap bag.)

Thank goodness Monday is just about done!

That leaves me with only Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to work this week!!! Wahoo!!! Can't wait to get a WHOLE week off!!!

Here are a couple of cards for ya...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Digital image from Meljen's Designs

Challenges:
~SophistiCat (raining cats and dogs)
~Catch the Bug (coral,kiwi,banana)

KEEP IN TOUCH

Stamp from Stamping Bella

Challenges:
~Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential (coffee inspiration)
~Simple Doodles (layers)
~The Sweet Shop (sketch #49)

A CUPCAKE kind of a week-Day 1

All this week I will be posting cards featuring CUPCAKE images! Some are digis and some are clear or rubber stamps. I will be featuring one of my sketches, too, from my Just My Sketches blog.

JUST A NOTE TO SAY...

This cute image is from a great blog by Sliekje Digi Stamps. She offers ALL of her digis for FREE!!! Imagine! And they are just the cutest!!! You'd better check them out and leave her some comments if you decide to keep some (or ALL of them, like I have!). I think she'd love that!

Challenge:
~The Pink Elephant (pastels)

Wow, where did March go??

It's the last Monday in March already! And it's time for another Fred She Said challenge!!!
Check out the challenge blog for all the details and join in on the fun!

Here's my cards:
HAVE A HAPPY EASTER

Other challenges:
~Corrosive Challenge (Easter)
~Cards Blog (Easter)
~Stamp Something (doodle something)
~Fussy and Fancy Friday (Easter)
~Daring Cardmakers (egg-citing)
~Dare You To Digi Stamp (Easter)
~Charisma Cardz (spring)
~C.R.A.F.T (Easter)
~Color Create Challenge (pastels,Easter)
~Simon Says (Easter/glimmer)
~Papertake Weekly (sketch #37)
~Practical Scrappers (rubons- "Have a Happy" is a rubon)

It's a beautiful sunny day...

...but BRRRRRR it's cccoolldd!!!

I've created a few cards but I'll show you a couple here.The rest will be revealed later this week!!

BLOOM WHERE YOU ARE PLANTED
Done for the digi challenge at Designed 2 Delight

Other challenges:
~Some Odd Girl (rainbow)
~Aly's Sunday Sketch (fairies)
~Crafty Pad (yellow,green,orange)
~Inspirational Card Sketches( sketch #59)

ADORABLE

Digital image by Meljen's Designs

Challenge:
~Saturday Challenge (pink,green,flowers)
~Totally Paper Crafts (pink.green)
~Crafty Creations (babies)
~Creative Inspirations (sketch #53)
 
TICKLED PINK
Digital image and challenge from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps

 Other Challenges:
~Pile It On (animal-riffic)
~Create 4 Fun (brown,cream,pink)
~Friday Sketchers (sketch #95)

"Going Green" idea

Don't throw those pretty bags that your flowers come in!! They are great to put little gifts in!

I used a digital image from Inktegrity.
Challenge:
~If the Shoe Fits...Scrap It (going green)

Friday Freebies!!!

Here are some more free digis! Run and check them out before they disappear!

 

~Rainbow Bird 

~Fairy 

~Little Girl with Heart Wreath 

~Dog 

~2 images- Turtle with Umbrella, Elephant with Balloon 

~Pirate 

~Castle 

Feature Friday at The Character Cafe!!

Wahoo, it's Friday, and you'll have to go see the FUN challenge at The Character Cafe challenge blog!
Here's what I did for the challenge.

HB 2U Gift Box
This is an altered Q-tip box. I covered it with patterned paper and decorated it with a TCC image, Stickles, ribbon and lettering.

Check out the other Character Cafe design team member's projects!

Angie
Billie
Diane
Fink
Heather
Lola
Piali
Rachel
Sara

Have a super duper FRIDAY!!!!!!!

*A MESSAGE FROM KENDRA from The Character Cafe!!*
"Hey bloggers, it's Kendra here... Just wanted to pop in and remind you all that this is the LAST Feature Friday with our DT Members for this term!!!! How about we show them lots of love and try to get a record number entries for the challenge???

In exchange for the efforts we're asking of you, we're going to go ahead and have a STOREWIDE SALE.... everything for $1... yes, it's true $1, (for a limited time only) so head on over there, grab your favs and get crafty with us!!!!"

Annabelle Stamps challenge this week is...

...a sketch and bling!
Check out the blog for more details!!! It's PRIZE WEEK!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Other challenges:
~Little Red Wagon (photo inspiration)
~Quixotic Challenges (monochromatic)

This is the day for Shirley's 2 Girls challenge

Yep, it's THURSDAY!!!

I created a card using one of the awesome Alice images!
Check out the blog for the deets on how you can play along in the challenge! You'll enjoy it!!!

"DRINK ME" CARD and BOOKMARK

I also made this card for these challenges:
~The Wild Flower Patch ( ribbon and handmade flowers)
~La La Land Crafts (make your own flowers)
~Critter Sketch Challenge (Donald Duck character as inspiration)
~Design Dollies (at least 3 kinds of bling-Stickles, pearls, brads in flowers)
~Spoon Full of Sugar (bookmark this)
~Cupcake Craft (food/drink)
~Ooh-la-la (buttons, bows, bling)
~Totally Paper Crafts (sketch #8)
~Totally Gorjuss (ribbon)
~Crafty Calendar (flower power)
~Practical Scrappers (use something you've had for over a year-teal patterned paper found in my scrap bag)
~Fab N Funky (it's all in the technique-creating my own flowers)
~Gingersnap Creations (growth-Alice grows when she drinks the magic potion!!! hehe!)
~Cute Card Thursday (dimensions)

Thanks for taking a peek! Don't forget to check out Shirley's 2 Girls challenge blog!!!

Want some INFO on DIGITALS??? CLICK HERE!!! 

There's a challenge at The Digi Shack...

...to create a non-traditional shaped card! Hop over to get the deets, see the rest of the DT's cards and play along with us!!!
Here's mine:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU

Snow is in the forecast for us, but later on today. Anywhere from 5-15 cm!

A bit of this and that for Tuesday evening...

Guess what I had for supper??? Yeah!!!! Mac and Cheese!!! My fav!!!

My hubby is on the way home from work (he's gone a week and home a week) so we'll be making some plans on what we're gonna do this weekend for my birthday celebration. Looks like it might be a couple of things. Maybe an ice fishing excursion on the lake and a trip out of town to do some shopping!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have my tutorial posted at Digital Delights. I didn't think I'd get it ready to post until tomorrow morning, but it's done and posted!
Here it is:

I had one heck of a time photographing it! I still didn't get good pics but ,oh well. I hope my camera is not fritzing out on me, or that's what I'll have to buy this weekend!

This banner was done also for these challenges:
~Digital Tuesday (spring)
~Everybody Art (Easter)
~Incy Wincy Designs (Easter or spring)
~Crafty Angels (paper piecing)
~Stamp With Fun (Easter)
~Creative Inspirations (anything but a card)
~Corrosive Challenge (paper piecing)
~Paper Sundaes (paper piecing)
~I Love Digi (Easter)

And to end my post, here are some freebies! Hurry and check them out because I'm telling you some of those are only posted a day or a week and then they are GONE!

~Bunnies in Love 

~Vintage Lady 

~Bumblebee 

~Car Ready for Vacation 

~Faith 

~Daydream Tilly 

~Bunny and a Cupcake

Have a joyous Tuesday evening!!!