hi, friend!

I promised myself I'd steer away from black and red for awhile, and I was successful with this card.  After watching Betsy in today's Make It Monday video, I knew what I wanted to do, but I wasn't sure which paper to use, until I was digging through my scraps and found the perfect piece.  This flowery piece is one of my favorites from October Afternoon, and I have cut it very carefully so as not to waste any!  

Falling Leaves, Hanging Out, Little Bitty Bird, Take Three die (PTI)

First, I cut the yellow square and patterned square from the Take Three die. After cutting "friend" out, I adhered it to the cardstock using a piece of post-it note as a guide.  (Another trick from Betsy.)  I popped up the "hi" panel with some pop-dots.  Then I stamped the grass from Hanging Out, the tree from Falling Leaves, and the birds on cardstock, and popped them up too.  I added a little sparkle to their wings with a Sakura pen, and some gems to the tree.  

It's been sunny and in the high 70s here in Texas; I think spring has sprung.  So, this card fits perfectly with my mood!  This year it was cold maybe one day.  Makes me wonder what our summer will be like.  {shudder}

I'm submitting this card to this week's Casual Friday challenge too!  Have you played along yet?

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You Are My Sunshine

CAS-ual Fridays has a great challenge this week!  They challenged us to create a card or project based on a song.  You can see all of the details and participate if you click HERE or on the graphic above. Being a child of the 80's - I have many, many songs' lyrics memorized.  You know - useless information stored in my brain.  But the one song that I used for my creation wasn't an 80's tune at all.  It's a lullaby I have been singing to my son since he was born.  We've added beats and kisses at special times in the song as he has grown up and it's a nighttime favorite of ours:

Sunshine die, Fresh Cut Grass die (MFT), Smitty's abc's (Lawn Fawn), Little Bitty Bird, Canvas Impression Plate (PTI)

For this card, I stamped everything first and then ran it through my Big Shot to get the impression on the white panel.  After die-cutting the sun, I ran it through my Xyron and dipped it in some prisma glitter.  I added a few gemstones to the grass and the tree to give a little sparkle to this Spring card. 

If you've been around here awhile, you know that I'm a member of a wonderful group of ladies known as the Paper Dolls.  We try to challenge each other each month just to keep together and support one another.  This month's challenge is "Spring Bling."  I'll post this card over on our blog to share.  You can see our blog and enter in Renee and Suzanne's contest if you click HERE.  (psssst...there's a prize!)

I have a couple of other songs and ideas strumming around in my head, so hopefully, I'll be back soon.  Thanks for visiting My Happy Place!

Card Camp - Week 4

I love this week's color combo at Summer Card Camp!  Blues and greens - awesome!  It's been a fun four weeks of camp with a ton of inspiration, videos, color combos and wonderful prizes!  I'm hoping to keep all the PDFs in a file and look to them when I need an extra push to create.

Here's my card I created last night:

I used ink and a soft cloth to create the sky and grass on a piece of Vintage Cream cardstock.  After stamping and coloring in the leaves of the tree, I added Glossy Accents to give them some dimension.  The bird is die-cut from Blueberry Sky paper with a few Stickles on the wing for sparkle.  The three flowers have some sparkle to them as well since I colored them in with my Sakura Stardust pen.  I added some texture in the clouds by running them through my Big Shot with the Canvas Impression plate. 

This card is for a very special friend of mine, but I won't say who because sometimes she reads my blog.  She's getting ready for some changes in her career, and I want her to know I'm thinking about her.

Thanks for visiting My Happy Place!