ANYTHING GOES AT SIMON SAYS

Decided to get a card made to enter in this week's challenge on Simon Says Stamp, which is anything goes.

Went to Archivers yesterday and bought this fabulous 6 x 6 paper pad by Teresa Collins which has navy, blues and yellows in it!  Was inspired to make a simple card to show off the pretty paper. 

Thanks for stopping by!

BIRTHDAY CARD FOR A FRIEND

There are several birthdays coming up soon for friends and family.  Here is a card for one of my longtime friends:

I've been wanting to use this silhouette stamp and finally decided to ink it up. Patterned paper is from the Simon Says Stamp March card kit.  Sentiment is on the inside.

Thanks for coming by.

FEBRUARY CCC

Tomorrow is the deadline for getting a card up for the February card chain challenge at Lily Pad Cards.  There are always several choices for the theme of the card we choose to make.  I chose the Valentine's Day theme:

I have a large stash of these flowers that I made from the Tim Holtz tattered floral dies.  Cut them out of copy paper, colored them with distress inks, accented all edges with Stickles and layered them with a pearl in the center.  Rather than a true red or true pink, the flower has a coral color to it.  I like the way it looks against the paper heart doily.  The dimensional flower was in the Simon Says Stamp January card kit.  I was very pleased with the assortment of items included in the kit and am looking forward to getting future kits from them.  Well worth the subscription price - check it out!  Sentiment is from Hero Arts XO clear set. 

Happy Valentine's Day!

BIRTHDAY CARD

Sorry I've been missing in action again.  Sometimes life takes over and my cardmaking comes to a standstill.  I don't know how so many of you gals keep up with all of the challenges, contests, blog posts and comments on such a regular basis!!  I do try to visit most of the blogs on my reader pretty often; please forgive me for not always commenting. 

I digress.  My youngest grandaughter's birthday is coming up soon; she will be eight years old.  Here is the card I made for her:

She loves pink.  I used a new embossing folder from Bringing Crafts Too You - so cute! 

Have a blessed day. . .

For Cath (sans CHA) with Love Blog Hop

Do you recognize this gal??  Cath Edvalson from Moxie Fab World is a very sweet blogger who keeps us in tune with all things new in the crafting world and shares great giveaways on a regular basis.  She usually attends CHA in Anaheim CA each year as part of the Paper Crafts Connection team.  Well, Cath has been suffering with shoulder pain for sometime now, and was unable to attend this year.

So,  Virginia Lu and others have organized a blog hop in Cath's honor for all of us to show her some love and support as she deals with this health issue.  I hope Cath will like the card I made for her:

And, I hope the doctors can evaluate this problem correctly and get her started on a treatment plan that will resolve it quickly!

Sending lots of hugs out to Cath! (You can go to Virginia's blog to see the participants in this hop.)

CFC37

This week at CFC we are to use a sketch for the challenge:

I altered is just a bit:

Hero Arts image and black pearls, Sizzix embossing folder, sentiment is one I have from a clear set.  The packaging is long gone and there is no marking on the backer sheet to tell me what company made it.  Lots of greetings, though, so I keep it around for when I might need to use one of them.  LOL

The pink paper that the image is layered to is from the Basic Grey 6 x 6 Kissing Booth pad.  Love the papers in this pad!

I am also posting this to the Simon Says challenge this week which is "anything goes".

Hope your day has been a good one so far!

Valentine Card Exchange

Anita Rex on the Hero Arts Flickr group organized a Valentine card exchange.  My card was sent to Cornelia and she has let me know that she received it.  So, here is the card:

I love this new Hero Arts newsprint bird!!!  I heat embossed it in red Brilliance ink and then added some tea dye distress ink over it to age it a bit.  The sentiment and small heart are from the new XO clear set and were heat embossed, too.  The papers are from the Basic Grey 6 x 6 Kissing Booth pad.  I used a scallop border die from My Favorite Things and the lace is from Hero Arts.  Also added a rhinestone eye and some Stickles diamond glitter. 

Hope your day is fabulous!