Funky Birthday Cake

Hi there!  I have my mom's birthday card to share with you.  Her birthday was in March, but I realized I hadn't shared it here yet.  I used the really fun A Curious Cake image from The Paper Shelter.

I kept this really simple and went with super fun papers from Kaisercraft Bubblegum Hills.  A really big and beautiful bow of aqua ribbon was the perfect touch.

Challenge Submissions
The Paper Shelter -- #63 Anything Goes

Funky Birthday Cake
Stamps: The Paper Shelter A Curious Cake, PTI sentiment
Paper: New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, Neenah Solar White, Kaisercraft Bubblegum Hills
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: YR18, Y38, B01, B02, B04, RV55, V05, YG13, YG23
Other Stuff: Nesties, Word Window punch, ribbon, Glitter Dots

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There She Goes MOABH

Welcome to the 3rd annual Mother of All Blog Hops sponsored by There She Goes Clears Stamps!   Yesterday and today, we (customers and trendsetters!) have been featuring some of our favorite There She Goes Clear Stamp sets!   Not only that, we’re going to give YOU a chance to win some fabulous prizes!

To find out how, please go to the There She Goes’ blog and read the simple instructions.

I'm very excited to be participating in this blog hop again!  One of my favorite TSG sets is Blessings.  I love the sentiments included with the set and decided to focus on them.  

I created a set of three cards -- one regular size and 2 small 3x3 cards.  

The larger card uses the longest sentiment in the Blessings set.  It worked very nicely with the Labels 11 Nestability set.  Since the set has an Irish theme, I always lean toward greens.  Here I used Basic Grey Origins papers, along with cream accents of lace and flowers.

 One 3x3 just uses the Blessings sentiment, but as a mount, I created a background using one of the Celtic knot images.  I stamped it with Memento Bamboo Leaves, stamping off occasionally to create some changes in the background and allowing me to overlap the images.

Finally, the last card uses another sentiment with the same layout as the other 3x3.

Now, I'll send you on your way to the next stop on the hop.  Please click on the InLinkz below and follow it to the next blog!

Blessings Trio
Stamps: There She Goes Blessings
Paper: Vintage Cream, Pinefeather, Basic Grey Origins
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Bamboo Leaves
Copics:
Other Stuff: lace, Prima flowers, Nesties Labels 11

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Mother's Day Trio

Hi all!  A quick post -- I'm typing this up while my kids have ice skating lessons.  Thank goodness for wi-fi!  I have mother's day cards to share -- of course, they'll be late as they are still on my table.  I'm perpetually late with cards.

For my mom and mother-in-law, I used the MOM flower word image from Bugaboo.  Instead of coloring in the ms, I paper pieced them.  The layout is an old MFT sketch.

Here is a close up of each card.

For my Grandma I used the Mom Flower Trio image and created a sweet pink card.  Unfortunately, I didn't get a clear picture of this card, so I apologize for the blurriness.

Maybe next year I can get them out on time.  LOL!

Challenge Submissions
Raise the Bar -- #104 Mother's Day
Simply Create Too -- #13 Mother's Day

Mother's Day Trio
Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps MOM Flower Trio, MOM flower Word
Paper: Sweet Mango (Gina K), Harvest Gold (PTI), Neenah Solar Crest, Bo Bunny Ambrosia;
Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Basic Grey Wisteria, Hibiscus Burst, Melon Mambo
Ink:
Copics:
Other Stuff: ribbon, pearls, cuttlebug

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Flower Pot Peeker

Happy Thursday!  I'm enjoying the freeing up in my schedule I've had since finishing radiation.  I have lots of things to fill that time and I'm hoping to make a lot of it crafty time.

I have an OBG for Catch the Bug today.  This sweet Summertime Peeker image is one of my favorites.

I made up a very quick 4.25" square card.  The designer papers are from a little pack of paper I bought a number of years ago in Rhode Island.  The papers are 4x4 and are perfect for these little cards.

Challenge Submissions
A&T Digital Designs -- #23 Anything Goes
The Sisterhood of Crafters -- May Flowers
Flower Pot Peeker
Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps Summertime Peekers -- Flower Pot, PTI Mega Mixed Messages
Paper: New Leaf, Bubblegum Pink, Neenah Solar White
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics:
Other Stuff: Nesties, ribbon

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You Radiate Awesome

Hi all!  Happy Tuesday!  Better yet -- happy last day of radiation to me!  This marks the end of cancer treatments -- there is still an additional surgery and 5 years of a medication to come, but the end of actual treatment. I'm so looking forward to Wednesday morning when I don't have to rush to the hospital after taking the kids to school.

I wanted to take in some treats for the therapists, as well as to thank them for all of their smiles, jokes, hugs and just overall pleasant demeanor each day.  Imagine my surprise and joy when I discovered the freebie from Create with TLC the other week that was "You radiate awesome."  How perfect was that!?

I wanted a fun way to showcase this sentiment and Basic Grey Lime Rickey seemed to be the perfect way.  The layout is this week's Card Patterns sketch.  I added just a few rhinestones to bling it up a bit.  LOL!

Challenge Submissions
Card Patterns -- #164
2 Sisters -- #90 Anything Goes
You Radiate Awesome
Stamps: Create with TLC sentiment
Paper: Scarlet Jewel, Lemon Drop (Gina K), Neenah Solar White, Basic Grey Lime Rickey
Ink:
Copics:
Other Stuff: rhinestones, Nesties,

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