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!

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge

I haven't entered a challenge in quite awhile. I had this Gruffies image colored and the Flower Soft added to it for awhile now, probably close to a year ago. I've been looking for lavender or should I say lilac colored Flower Soft and just found some a few weeks ago. So that is why there are two different lilac colors on this card. Here is the card, sorry for the blurry image.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge has an aperture challenge this week so I thought I'd give it a try. I used the deckle edged nestabilities for my window and window frame. I wanted to keep the card simple so the focus would be on the Gruffies image. I just love this stamp and of course lilacs are one of my favorite flowers. Here is the side view, didn't add the lilac embellishment until after this photo.

It's kind of a late entry, but I hope I made it this week! Thanks for stopping by to take a peek!!