Easter Tag Challenge at Ecal Users Group

Can't let Easter go by without celebrating with the gals in the Eclips and Ecal Users Group.  The chick is from Miss Kate Cuttables that was a freebie five years ago.  Miss Kate continues to give freebies from time to time - Woo hoo!   The sentiment was a freebie from SVGCuts.  The paper was a freebie, too - probably from Miss Kate Cuttables.  Are you seeing a theme here?  I printed this as a single-layer tag, using a tag from My Scrap chick for the tag shape.  Easy peasy.  Happy Easter!

Happy Easter

The sentiment is from Love SVG.  The bunny is from 2 Cute Ink, colored digitally.  The tag shape is from My Scrap Chick.  This week my tags are for an Easter Tag challenge at the Eclips and Ecal Users Group - open to anyone using Ecal.  

Think Rain in the Desert

What to get a seven-year-old for his birthday? My neighbor visited me a couple weeks ago, and I asked what he wanted for his birthday. He said he really wanted an umbrella - black with blue. He said his mom doesn't think he needs an umbrella (we live in the desert). So I got him a black umbrella and added some blue raindrops - and a sun, 'cuz a lot of people here use umbrellas more for sun than rain. I swear - you would have thought I bought him a pony!!!!!! He was soooo excited....then his 4-year-old sister - who is never jealous when her big brother has a birthday - comes to me in tears because she doesn't have an umbrella. So she has her order in for a pink umbrella with rainbows. Think I might have to invest in a lot of umbrellas for the little munchkins I know. Didn't realize they are a hot item. LOL! Didn't get a great photo of the umbrella, unfortunately.  But Lucas' enthusiasm makes an old lady happy.

Autumn at We Are 3

It's Autumn back in the Midwest - and Bonnie has made some fun Autumn papers - Autumn Flannel. You can't have fun "flannel" paper without making a flannel "shirt." I printed the flannel paper on both sides of my cardstock and made an overlapping gatefold card. I trimmed the top to form a collar, folded back the shirt collar, added a "cuff" and buttons. I finished the card off by adding a nice bright white "t-shirt" inside for adding the sentiment.

Hot Pepper Wishes!

Today I have a "hot" card I made using a "mystery item" for our local SALSA group.  The mystery item was the patterned paper used in the left panel, complete with red and green peppers.  I found some complementing red and green papers from We Are 3's Holiday Letters collection.  I cut out some peppers from the mystery item to embellish.  Don't you just love the red-glittered peppers?

Quick and Easy Nautical Card

My turn at We Are 3 using the July release papers and elements - I wanted to make something quick and easy.  This one is for those of us who are experiencing record-breaking temps and picked THIS SUMMER to not visit Michigan.  Just a little reminder - It's Cooler by the Lake!

 

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Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2

This is the current sketch (#115, I think) at Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2.

Here's what I chose to do with the sketch.  The card base is We Are 3 Strawberry Jam.  The yellow strip is We Are 3 Watercolor Batik  I turned the sketch sideways.  The Image is Connie Fong's Snowy Delivering Presents with Tassel.  I colored it using Photoshop.  The snowflake is a Sizzix die. The solid papers and sentiment are from my stash. 

A Simple Layout

I got to play with my wedding album today.  I created this simple layout of our Best Man and Maid of Honor (my stepkids).  This page was obviously very easy to create - sometimes we forget that less is more.

Entering my layout for Challenge #45 - Anything Goes at Not Just Cards Challenges.

Southwest Greetings from All Things Clipart

I created this card featuring Desert 12 from All Things Clipart.  I love the bold colors - and added a sweet window cat from Miss Kate Cuttables.  The Townhouse Window is from SVG Cuts.

Gorgeous Ideas with Scrapbook Challenge

Good day!  I hope you are having a wonderful week!  Check out the challenges at Scrapbook Challenges.  This is my entry for Sketch Challenge #469 (turned on its side).

Florida Move

I love embossed embellishments - and I have just a few go-to die/embossing kits.  These quickly give a plain card a pop of personality!  Today's cards make up a gift for my hair stylist who will be moving to Florida.  I thought they'd make great cards to send to her friends with her new address - but I left them blank since most people just text that info nowadays...they will still be perfect for anytime notes from Florida.  

And, as usual lately, all made from scraps!  In fact, after messing up a couple of cuts, I found myself in the garbage looking for real scraps so all my cards would coordinate.  LOL!

One-Stroke Chrysanthemum Card

Hi, All!

I have another one-stroke card that I created today.

This time the flower is supposed to be a chrysanthemum (thought I'd better tell you, since that's not exactly how they turned out).  I was also practicing thin vines....mine didn't turn out so well - so I used a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps to cover up my mess!