Surprise!

After not entering challenges for such a while, it was nice to log on this morning and find in my email that I made the top three at Stamptacular Sunday Challenge! That will definitely help the mojo and fuel the fire to enter more upcoming challenges. A friend told me about a blog called Feline Playful, that lists all the blog challenges for each day of the week and also lists each challenge's specific deets. They also list the winners, have a blog candy button, a DT call button and more. So check it out and you'll probably find more challenges you can enter or a heck of a lot of inspiration if you check out each challenge's entries.

Of course I couldn't blog without showing you some cards I made recently. I got this Hero Arts Silhouette Grass stamp as a birthday present for myself. Then I looked up how others used it and and came up with my cards. I really like it embossed and the fact that I found some pretty colors of Stampendous Pearl Lustre EP helped greatly!



For the first card I followed inspiration I saw I believe on sb.com by embossing on MME 29th Street Market paper. I used Stampendous Pearl Lustre EP in Jade. The original was embossed in white. I added a glittery butterfly I won from Curt's blog candy awhile back. It's always amazing to me when I move what actually makes it! I used some leftover ribbon that my mom had a bag of ribbon and lace and wasn't sure what to do with it. I said I could use it for card making and scrappin'. The second card I embossed again but thought it was just begging for a sunny day scene. So I sponged a blue sky and a soft yellow sun. Of course it needed a glittery butterfly as well :). The sentiment is a KI Memories clear stamp that my friend Char gave me. I used my newest nestabilities Curved Rectangles. I really like that they are so large. I have the Cancer is so Limited poem and have had a hard time find a die that will fit the lengthy poem. But this one fits the bill!

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have a wonderful week!