SCIC #20 & Papercraft Star Challenge #14

2 in 1 again . . . this week I combined SCIC #20 and a new choice from my Papercraft Star!

The inspiration at Stampin' Celebration was . . .



And Challenge #14 for Papercraft Star was . .

Simon Says Follow this Recipe:
Make a Card
Base: 5.5 x 5.5
Mat: 5 x 5
Score Mat 5 times at 1/4 inch
3 Flowers from Die Cut or Punch
3 Buttons and Twine
(You may also add a sentiment or other items as desired)

So granted for SCIC I didn't use the 'pale pink' . . but chose a 'hot pink' instead. I still like it and these are truly not colors I usually use, so this was completely out of my box! Heck, I have twin boys!

As for Papercraft Star, I usually don't do this size of card . . it is a hard size for me to work with for some reason. So again, totally out of my box!

I scored the mat 5 times at the 1/4 inch mark, but you can barely see it as I placed my 'inchies' over it. My 3 flowers (black) and 3 buttons (pink) are laced through w/ the twine. All I had was brown twine so I ran it threw my black ink a few times to darken it up to fit more w/ the card colors. The pink & white ribbon was a little bright for my card so to tone it down I added a thin black (see-through) ribbon on top of it . . .




Stamps: Fundamental Phrases, Circle Circus (my new favorite - yes, it has been out a while, but I go on kicks when I pull one out I haven't used in a LONG time . . . get ready to see more of it!)
Ink: Melon Mambo, Basic Black
Other: 1 3/8 circle punch, 2-step bird XL punch, word window punch, modern label XL punch, 1 3/4 scallop circle punch, stylus (for scoring)

ScrapFIT - Workout #27

Have you ever blog hopped, and blog hopped some more till you have spent over an hour blog hopping and saving over 20+ blogs to your favorites list? Well I found ScrapFIT by blog hopping, love it! It just so happened that I had already done this sketch, but never posted it to my blog.

Here is Workout #27

(To protect my nieces and nephews identities I have blip'ed out their faces)

SCIC #19

This week on Stampin' Celebration . . . SUNFLOWERS!


This week my idea came to me easily as soon as I saw the sunflowers! I just had to find the time to sit down and DO IT! Well I had time (finally) today!
I thought I was 'dead in the water' for a minute when I had to move one of my ovals (sunflower leaves) and since it is heavy cardstock w/ layers I tore the 'leaf' in 1/2 . . . but it actually worked out to my advantage! I torn all of them (on purpose) and got a nice 'layered' look by curling them ends just a bit! I love the way it turned out!




Stamps: Sweet Little Sentiments (retired)
Ink: Soft Suede
Other: Modern Label Punch, 1 3/4 x 7/8 Oval Large Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, Circle Scissor Plus

PPA58 & 2S4U60

Two challenges in 1! I am on a kick to start doing challenges again . . so look out! LOL!

The challenge over at PPA was to use pearls! I must have used all my sticky scrapping pearls, so I had to dig in my stash of beads for this one! LOL!


This week the sketch over at 2 Sketches 4 You was this . . LOVE IT!


Here is my version of both the sketch and the pearls . . .



Stamps - Congrats (Retired)
Ink - Night of Navy
Other - Scallop Edge Border Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, 1 1/4 & 1 3/8's Circle Punches

SCIC18

Had to jump in and celebrate w/ Erica on the excitement of her making the DT at Stampin' Celebration! CONGRATS ERICA, your work is awesome and they are SO lucky to have you!

With that . . I had to play along! The challenge this week . . .


I decided to go w/ the table setting. I pulled the runner out and the navy plates, etc. Used yellow from the lemon's as the base of my cards.



Stamps - Occasional Quotes, Goody-Goody Gumdrops (retired)
Ink - Night of Navy
Other - Scallop Trim Border Punch, Circle Scissor Plus, Modern Label Extra Large Punch

PAY IT FORWARD Challenge!

I challenge all of you to Pay (something) It Forward this week!

I got a little RAOK (Random Act of Kindness) in the mail yesterday from a dear, sweet, talented friend of mine and it just made my day! Everytime I get some 'happy' mail as I call it . . it just brightens my day.

So that is why I would like to challenge all of you . . . . GO and brighten someones day today, tomorrow, heck both days . . . sometimes it is more rewarding to send something out and see the happiness it brought someone than receiving something yourself! Lets all pass it on this week and next week and make this world a better (happy) place!

Whether it be a card, gift, helping someone in need . . . doesn't matter if it is big or small, just PIF and hopefully they in turn will PIF as well!

And a huge THANK YOU, THANK YOU to my dear friend! You are truly a sweetie!