SPRING BIRTHDAY WISHES!

Speaking of Spring, storm warnings are out for tonight, including tornado warnings north of us. Hey Kim, remember, I won't be in the recliner this time...I'll be asleep in bed! Better get this posted before it hits...

Look close at the butterfly, it is a close-up of a petunia picture that I took a couple years ago...

OK, going to make this quick, so listed below are the inspirational

challenges that inspired this card...

Allsorts Challenge - to make your own flower

CES Challenge - Flower and Flutterbys

Cooking it Up with Katie - the recipe of white, wings and wishes

Cr8 4 Fun Color Challenge - use colors from the following chart

Crafty Creations Challenge - what lives at the bottom of my garden, I kept thinking worms [yuck], but thought about all the butterflies we see around our flowers [much better].

Crazy 4 Challenges - use flowers

Die Cut Dreams - Spring garden scene

Inspirational Card Sketches the sketch below

Lexi's Creations - flowers

Oldie but a Goodie Challenge  - a stamped image at least 6 months old,

got the Just Believe stamp set at SU! Convention last July, what fun!

One Stop Craft Challenge - spring flowers

Paper Cutz Challenge - spring flowers

Party Time Tuesday - anything goes

Reasonable Ribbon - Spring theme with ribbon

Sentimental Sundays - Spring theme with sentiment

Stamp Something Challenge - Stamp something with flowers

Stamping Bs Design Team - use a flower

Sugar Creek Hollow - inside out, meaning front and inside are completed

Tuesday Throwdown - 3-D, pop up design

Paper Pals Arts - element of style with scallops

Simply Create Challenge - power of flowers

365 Cards Day 363 - Faux Framed, look close, I scored double lines

around the flower image!

Well, looks like the storm is staying north (well most of it)

but now they threw in the "S" word...

SNOW! 
Aghhhhh, said Charlie Brown!

SAM

Gratitude for a Friend!

Quick card today to join in with my DD DT card at 365 Cards! Told her I would copy her card and I did, well, sort of. I did the same fold technique from Splitcoast Stampers Triangle Trifold but I used Double Sided heavy paper stock, different colors, different image, used a paper clip and folded mine a little different to get the 2 different colors on the front. Hmmm, guess I was inspired by her card and went from there would be a better way to put it!

365 Cards, Day 353 - Sketch

4 Crafty Chicks - use a fairy, angel or what I chose, a butterfly

Allsorts Challenge - inspired by nature

Craft Your Passion - use pink, I went for subtle, soft pink

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - SOS, Someone Special, this is for a friend I work with

The Saturday Challenge - fancy folds

Thanks for stopping by on this Sunny Sunday, wow, it feels good to say that!

SAM

'OWL' BE LATE FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY!

How's that for a title? My dear daughter Kimmy's birthday was this past Thursday, Feb. 10. I didn't get a card made until today, 2 days too late...but it'll have a gift in it and she can go shopping with it...so I hope I'm not too bad of a mommy. Happy Birthday Kimmy! If it makes you feel better, I thought about those labor pains all day! Here's her card, now I just have to get it in the mail!

A close up of the dimensional part of it. Love this style, called a bendy fold card and I found the toot at Lady and the Stamp and it's free! Gotta love free! She also has a toot for a 'box' card that is really neat. Both can be found at the top right column.


Now it wouldn't be a good card for Kim if I didn't enter it in some challenges, so here are some inspiring inspirations....

By the Cute and Girly - Red + any other color on your project
Craft Your Passion - anything goes
Crazy 4 Challenges - hearts
Critter Challenge - a critter/animal image
Cute Card Thursday - hearts and flowers
Fab 'n Funky - tempting texture, the bling, the ribbon the embossed (crochet) vest and flowers
For Fun Challenge - include hearts
Inspirational Card Sketches - OK, going out on a limb here, but my card folds look like the stacked layers to me!
Oldie by Goodie - add a heart, my oldie is the DP from SU!, actually the backside of last year's Halloween paper
Paper Play Challenge - hearts and flowers but not valentine, it's a B-Day card!
Paper Take Weekly - hearts
Day 347 at 365 Cards - to think in thirds
Catch the Bug Challenge - to use a differrent kind of fold for a card
Well, I guess I'll go with "It's better late than never!" Sorry KL, I'll come visit and do your laundry and housecleaning to make up for it! 
                                                                               Just in case you don't know, she lives in Hawaii!

Here's to many more birthdays for Kim and I won't tell how old she is!

SAM

Pressed Flowers

New technique toot on Splitcoast called Pressed Flowers.

Fun technique and probably a lot of ways you can take this.

I have been inspired by the following challenges:

1. Corrosive Challenges - button up, I placed pearls on the 3 buttons

2. Picture Perfect Creations - colors of Rich Razzelberry, Blushing Bride and Old Olive

3. CCEE Stampers - use a punched piece, 5-petal flower by SU! and Heart (for leaves) MS

4. Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

5. Crazy 4 Challenges - vintage or shabby chic, sponged the bottom portion and the pressed flowers appear vintage to me!

6. Creatalicious Challenge - all about Ribbon and Love

7. Creative Card Crew - pink and purple

8. Diva Coffee Break Design - the sketch I used

9.   Dutch Dare Card Challenge - buttons, buttons, whose got the buttons?
10. Kaboodle Doodles - Monochromatic
11. 365 Cards, Day 339, Half and Half - Half embossing, half sponged (check out my DD DT card for this challenge at the above link!)
12. Faux Pressed Flower at Splitcoast - my take of the technique

Well, getting ready to leave the house for the first time today since Monday afternoon! 3 more 'spurts' of snow predicted for the next week. Yippy!

SAM

There's a Bit of Magic in Everything!

Pretty much a Stampin' Up! card except for the nesties, the rhinestones and butterfly punch!

Listed are the challenges I have been inspired by:


1. Anything Goes Challenge - embellish with butterflies
2. Cooking it up with Katie - use a sketch from another current challenge, add texture and finish with a punch
3. Crafty Card Makers - floral
4. Do You Stack Up? - use pattern papers (enlarge photo to see the 3 different pattern papers
5. Paper Play Challenge - Layer it up
6. Pile It On - Punch On
7. Sketch Saturday -

8.  Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - punch

9. Stamp-a-Holics - use Rose Red, So Saffron, Old Olive and Very Vanilla

10. Stamptacular Sunday -  Whateva!

11. Totally Gorjuss - As you like it

14. Totally Stampalicious -  plain 'ol greeting cards, NO celebration or holiday

15. The Paper Players - Anything goes
16. Oldie But Goodie Challenge - Fairies, mermaids, dragons or any other magical beings.
17. 365 Cards, Day 332 - A Little of This and a Little of That (Yellow and cheer someone)
18. ResQ Challenge - get in line (like your back should be!)


Thanks for stopping by and another "Thank You" that we have not lost electric during this last Midwest storm! All though we are more prepared than we ever have been in the past!!!

SAM