Happy World Card Making Day, and a card for Paige

Happy World Card Making Day my friends! I hope everyone has had a productive day. I did, managed to get our pool closed (so sad), leaves and lawn done and now it's time for me to get creative. I went to check out one of my MANY favourite challenge blogs, Simon Says Stamp, and they are having a 24 hour challenge today, which you can find here. Here is a little piece from today's entry "We are dedicating this challenge to Paige a 13 year old girl who was badly injured in an accident recently. We are asking you to make GIRLY CARD and send it to Paige."

Please pop on over there to read Paige's story. She's one couragious 13 yr old girl and very inspiring, I thought the sentiment was perfect. So, I made this card for Paige and I'll be putting it in the mail on Monday.

STAMP: High Hopes (Thank you, Tanya!) and the sentiment is from CTMH "Aspiration"

PAPER: CTMH "Daydream"

EMBELLISHMENTS: "Swiss Dots" and "Paisley" embossing folders, CTMH pin, ribbon, photo hangers and fun flock

Simon Says - Follow A Recipe!

This week over on Simon Says Stamp Challenges, we had a recipe to follow!

• 3 embellishments
• 2 papers
• 1 image

I found this one quite fun! You have till Wednesday to enter this one before another one is posted! I used my friend Kelli's magnolia stamp, snowflakes, ribbon and a little bling on Alfie's pants. Paper is from CTMH.

Share The Holiday Warmth - Simon Says Challenge

I tried something new with this card. I embossed my image in clear embossing powder and then I watercolored her. I think it has a neat effect! This card is for this week's Simon Says Stamp challenge, which is Christmas in August! My cousin Nancy and her family, along with my Aunt Linda and her (soon to be) hubby, made me a scrapbooker's gift basket for my birthday and in it were these 3 fold cards. This is the first time I've used one and they're quite cute! I couldn't resist this little Sarah Kay stamp, "My Sweet Lily", for this one as she reminds me of my sleepy daughter on Xmas morning. I used a velum overlay on the front as well. Enjoy!

Tiger Lilly's

Good morning! We had some craxy weather here in Ontario yesterday! Thunderstorms off and on all day and night. Other than that, we can't really complain! On Saturday, 4 of us took a road trip down to Markham and our first stop was to Pointer's to see Nicky, and of course chk out the sales! Was great to see Nicky and we ended up getting a couple stamps and some paper. Was a good day!! This is a stamp that my mom bought when we down there and it's absolutely stunning on paper! I couldn't wait to color it!!!! We also got our hands on some fantastic paper as well and the colors just move perfectly.

This card actually qualifies for 3 challenges ...

• The Fresh Batch - Sketch SASSC27
• Simon Says - Buttons and Bows
• Creations By KW - FLOWERS! (this is my own)

I added some glitter to the flower, colored with lyra's and OMS. Paper is from Stamping Bella and stamp is from Pointer's!

Have a fantastic day everyone! I'm off to play with my other new stamps!

Wishing You....

Busy morning here for me! This is another card I did this morning for 2 challenge entries...

1. Simon Says Stamp - Buttons and Ribbons!
2. Mojo Monday - #98, sketch!

I used another of Stamping Bella's new releases called "Cuppa Tea" (comes with a mini and sentiments!) and I LOVE it! I decided to try something different, so I embossed the image in CTMH "Clover Green" and then I used my CTMH "Summer Chalks" to color it in with a Dove Blending Pen. Ribbon, buttons and glitter are all CTMH. Paper is from Pointer's!

Simon Says - Let's Get Distressing!

This week over at Simon Says, the challenge is distressing! So I dug out my Tim Holtz stamp set and put this card together. I distressed the edge of the paper with the image on it and then ran a sanding block across to add more distressing. I then cut a 2.5" x 2.5" square, crinkled and distessed it as well.

STAMP: Tim Holtz
PAPER: Sasparilla (CTMH)

Simon Says - Summer Fruits!

The challenge over at Simon Says Stamp this week is SUMMER FRUITS or SUMMER FRUIT COLORS! This is my first time coloring this apple basket and I really had fun with it! I am really happy with how it turned out. I embossed the card with "Swiss Dots" and then I colored with my lyra's and OMS and added some glitter to the handle and the apples as well. Just a touch adds a lot! This is also my first time using my (very first set!) nestabilities and I am IN LOVE! More to add to my ever growing stamping addiction! I sponged around the image with CTMH "Crystal Blue" ink. Thank you to my friend, Christine, for letting me stamp this image!

Enjoy!

With Love...Simon Says Stamp Challenge

I put this card together for a new blog challenge I found on Simon Says Stamp. For this week's challenge, we had to do paper piecing. I also added a little something for the inside of my card this time too!

STAMP: Stamping Bella "eloise greengrass"

PAPER: CTMH "Tickled Pink"

COLORED WITH: Prisma chalks