Mr. Bunny

Hello out there! I know it's been awhile, but unfortunately sometimes life gets in the way of stamping! I made this card for the TECC60 challenge on Taylor's blog.  I received my new spring mini catalog pre-order, and this adorable bunny was one of the stamps I ordered.  He is from the set "An Egg-cellent Easter".  The bunny was colored with Copics, and cut out with nesties.  I added some machine stitching around the bottom layer.  The dsp is an oldie from SU! called "Sarah".  My sentiment was stamped and then punched out with the word window punch, I used some linen thread to attach it to the ribbon.

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Easter is on it's way!

Hi again! I made this card for Taylor's sketch challenge for this week (TECC57).  I just got this simply adorable Sophia stamp in the mail from Paper Pretties.  I joined their Pretties club, so each month you are mailed a new Sophia and matching sentiment in the mail.  She is simply precious, especially this Easter one.  I paired her with some Bella Birds SU! dsp.  On my striped panel, I punched a Martha Stewart punch along the bottom edge.  I cut the sentiment out with my SU! oval punch.  The buttons are from the Button Latte set from SU! (love these!).  I also added some stitching around the outside of the bottom two layers.

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Always

Good evening! Yay, it's Friday! I could really use a weekend after a full and busy week.  I just keep telling myself it is 1 more week until winter break!  I made this card this evening for Taylor's Cupcake Challenge (TECC 54).  I used the SU! set "Always" along with a retired dsp, "Afternoon Tea".  This paper features some of the older in-colors, but I substituted Soft Sky for Baja Breeze, and it matched pretty well.  The bird was stamped in Close to Cocoa craft ink, and embossed with clear embossing powder, and then cut with my nesties.  The ribbon feature has a new button from the Latte set, which has some twine threaded through it.  The groovy guava flowers are from a SU! flower punch, and feature a Kaisercraft pearl.  I machine stitched around the bottom 2 layers.  

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A Friend to Friend Valentine

Good evening! I made this card today for the OCC challenge of the week, which was to use 2 or more hearts, as well as for the Taylored Expressions cupcake sketch challenge (TECC53).  I wish you could see the card in real life, because it packs more punch with all of the glitter I've added!  I used the stamp set "Love You Much" from SU! as well as some older dp by SU! The Au Chocolat and Cerise collections.  I love brown and pink for Valentine's day, but brown and red look fabulous together too!  I used a bunch of new punches on this card, including a Martha Stewart heart punch (in the upper left corner). These are matted on a SU! flower punch.  For the heart border, I used another Martha Stewart Valentine punch, and colored the hearts in on it with my Copics.  I loved Taylor's sentiment placement hanging from the ribbon, so I (sorta) copied that, just changed it a bit to fit my card.  For the main image, I stamped it with Chocolate Chip ink and then colored it with Copics.  I added glitter to the dots on the heart, and then ran my glue pen around the outside edge of the square, and then sprinkled it with glitter.  

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Cupcake Sketch

Would you believe this is like the most popular sketch week ever!?  There are so many sketches out in blogland this week, and so many prizes to win!  This card is for Taylor's cupcake sketch challenge (TECC52TV).  I used a Hanna Stamps Riley stamp that I've had for quiet some time now, but never used.  I colored him with copics and watercolored his face because I didn't have a lighter shade of brown in my Copics.  The dp is The Sweet Stack from Die Cuts with a View, again.  I used a Sizzix flourish die cut for the Baja Breeze flourishes under my main image, and some SU! buttons in Pink Pirouette.  The "Got Cupcakes" sentiment is from my Flopsey Cupcake set from MFT.

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Need a Cuddle?

Happy Snowy Sunday! I woke up to about 2 inches of snow outside (yes, on my newly washed car!) this morning.  I started to make this card yesterday afternoon, but got side tracked, and finally finished it this morning.  It follows the Taylored Expressions Cupcake Challenge #51 (TECC51), which is actually a sketch challenge that doesn't require cupcakes, unless you want it to!  I used a paper pretties stamp called "Cuddle Me" for my card.  I thought she was adorable, and I think I'll be sending this particular card to my Grandma, who is in major need of a cuddle or two right about now.

Here are some card details:  I used the designer prints packs from SU! in Certainly Celery, Close to Cocoa, and Pink Pirouette.  The felt flowers are also from SU!, and the brads are Basic Grey, which I picked up in Michael's clearance section last week.  I stitched around the card with a zig zag stitch.  

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