♥ Your Heart shines like the Sun ♥

Hi everyone! I hope you all are having a wonderful day so far! This card is another one that I made for this week's Papercraft Star sketch. It is such a fun sketch, I had to make another! I am also using this week's challenge over at the City Crafter Challenge Blog. It is called "Let the Sunshine in" and it is to use a sun or the word sun on your card. I did both!

I first made my sun from twisting some yellow ribbon and then hot gluing it to a punched circle. I then added some glitter and a pearl and some ribbon rays. I printed the sentiment out from MS Word. And the papers are by My Mind's Eye called Bloom and Grow.

Here again is the sketch~

I was also inspired by the following challenges:

♥ Crafts and Me Challenge Blog: Summertime 
♥ Creative Belli Blog: Custom Made Bellies
♥ Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes
♥ Tuesday Throwdown: Fun in the Sun #57
♥ Paper Playtime: Ch #50 Summer

Have a great night!

Hugs...

♥ A Friend... ♥

♥♥♥ This is my 3rd post of the day! Please scroll down for today's Simon Says and Digi Chick posts! Thank you! ♥♥♥

...is someone who knows all of your faults, but ♥'s you still! Such a beautiful and true statement. Don't ya think?

I made this card for this week's Papercraft Star Sketch challenge. What a fun sketch! I used some Spring in Bloom paper by Donna Salazar, Some Kraft cut-outs by My Mind's Eye , a Melissa Frances rub-on transfer, glitter, seam binding ribbon and some pearl swirls by Hero Arts.

Here is the fabulous Sketch~

Don't forget you still have time to enter my Blogaversary Giveaway! Just go HERE!

Have a wonderful day!

Hugs...

♥ Rock and Roll, PTI Style! ♥

This week's Make it Monday challenge over at the PTI blog, Capture the Moment, is to use the Rock and Roll Technique. That is to add dimension to stamped images with 2 colors of ink.

I used PTI's Garden Variety stamp set. Love this set! I also used the Seed Packet Frame die and adorable Picket fence die which I enclosed inside the packet with a piece of acrylic.

I used 2 different shades of pinks and greens on the flowers and grass on the background paper and inside the packet and 2 different colors of pinks and greens on the adorable hand tools.

I also used the current color challenge over at the CR84FN challenge blog. LOVE these beautiful colors together!

And I am also entering this into Papercraft Star's current challenge, to use the letters "S" "T" "A" "R" as inspiration. I used S for Stamps, T for Twine, A for Acrylic paint and R for Ribbon. How fun is that!!

I hope you all have a great day!

Hugs and much love...

♥ Diamonds...pearls...hearts...love! ♥

I ♥ this week's challenge over at the Papercraft Star Challenge blog! It is a fabulous sketch! I had so much fun with this one, that I made 2 cards with it.

This first one is my favorite! I love all the pearls and "diamond" hearts. (Which I pain stakingly put on 1 by 1! Whew!) I used some beautiful papers by Making Memories, Graphic 45 and Creative Imaginations. Also some Prima and Martha Stewart flowers, MS punched butterflies, a small wooden heart drenched in pink candy glitter, pink satin ribbon and a Melissa Frances rub-on.

On the second card I used some Echo Park and Making Memories papers, Little Yellow Bicycle cut-out Lollipop, which I added some pink trim to, a Making Memories gem frame, red ribbon, a Melissa Frances rub-on and some felt hearts and a pearl heart.

Here is the awesome sketch:

I am also using this week's Tuesday Trigger from the Moxie Fab World blog for the 1st card. What a gorgeous photo! I was inspired by those candy hearts...hence my pink candy coated wooden heart!

I am also entering the 1st card into the following challenges:

~ City Crafter Challenge Blog: All you need is Love
~ Flutter By Wednesday: Anything Goes (with a butterfly!)
~ Crazy 4 Challenges: C4C72 Shabby Chic
~ {Cupcake Inspirations}: Challenge 96 This yummy inspiration photo!

The 2nd card I am also entering into this week's Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings challenge, Pink, Red and White theme.

Have a great day! Oh, and I will be having a great giveaway soon! ;)

Hugs...

♥ Christmas Greetings ♥

There are so many awesome challenge blogs out there! Today I am making a card for three of them. The first challenge is to make a card using the inspiration photo below from the Play Date Cafe. The second challenge was to make a Holiday card using a Christmas Tree or Ornament on it (I used a Christmas Tree Ornament), also a Die Cut, Ribbon, handmade embellishment and bling! That challenge is for the Papercraft Star challenge blog. And lastly, my last challenge is from the Simon Says Stamp challenge blog. And that is to make it Sparkle! I think I managed that!(Click on photos for a closer look)

The Christmas Tree is a wooden ornament that I painted white and then inked it in greens and some pale yellows, soaked it in glitter and then added some pearls and bakers twine to it. The paper is by Fancy Pants Designs, Lilac House and I also made a Die Cut Ornament to hang from the sparkly bow. The glitter strip is by K&Co.

Here is the PDCC56 inspiration photo:

Also, at the Play Date Cafe this week it is Player Appreciation Week! So many inspiration cards from the DT and some fab GDT. And there are some awesome prizes up for grabs too! Just look at what I won a couple of weeks ago during their Anniversary challenge! 5 packs of Cosmo Cricket chipboard alphas and 15, yes I said 15! Itty Bitty stamps from Unity Stamp Company! And let me tell you, they aren't that itty bitty! They are the perfect size! So check out these great challenge blogs for some wonderful challenges!!

Have a wonderful and fun weekend!

Hugs....