Blossoming Birthday

I've never played along over at Our Creative Corner so today when I saw that Butternut Sage was the Guest Designer for this week's sketch challenge I knew that I wanted to join in on the fun. The theme of this week's challenge was Distress to De-Stress. I am needing some of that right now. 7 more days until my Half-Marathon and I've come down with a cold. Needless to say, I'm a little anxious about running 13 miles when I don't feel at the top of my game. Making this card definitely helped take my mind off of next week!

My Build A Blossom stamp set arrived last week and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to use it. I love this card and know exactly who I am going to give it to this week! I hope she loves it too!!

In Color Explosion

I have never been one to get overly excited about 'in colors'. Sure, I really liked one here and there but never a whole palette. Something about this years colors really intrigued me and I bought stamp pads in every color. A couple of weeks ago I used Concord Crush in my Embrace Life post and this morning I decided to go all out on this card and use Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait and Pear Pizzazz as well. I think I have fallen in love! I absolutely love these colors together and will be using them a whole lot more in the next couple of months.

I made this card today using the Stamping 411 Saturday Sketch Challenge. I had to move some of the components around to fit the card since I made the focal point a little too large. I hope you enjoy!

Baby on The Brain...

Now don't go and get yourself all excited by the title of this post. We made 2 baby cards in class last night and when I woke up this morning and started stamping, my mojo leaned towards the wee little ones. I found a new stamping blog...Sketch Frenzy Friday... that has weekly sketch challenges and I thought I would participate this week!

I pulled out some old school stamps for this one and I love this DSP for a Birthday Card. The polka dots are so fun! And the colors are good for a baby boy or girl. I think this makes a cute card for a little one celebrating their 1st birthay.

Just In Case...

I have a bad feeling that I am going to forget to get a Valentine's Card for my husband this year. I leave on a trip tomorrow and don't get back until late Sunday night. So..if I forget to stop tomorrow, Valentines will be here and I will be cardless. Therefore I made him one tonight! If I don't stop I will have one on hand and if I do stop, well then, he'll get 2!! He actually likes to look at all the cards I make so he will probably love to get a handmade one.

I used the color challenge over at ColourQ and the 'Love Is In The Air' theme challenge over at Paper Players as inspiration for my card tonight.

I've fallen in love with this little owl!

Couldn't quite find my Mojo..

I couldn't quite find my Mojo to do much of anything yesterday. I fiddle-faddled around all day in sweats not quite accomplishing much of anything. The little bit of creative ambition I had I used to make this card for the Mojo Monday challenge. And I rather like it. I had never stamped a Valentine's card and promised a friend I would make her one. I hope she enjoys it!

How can you not love this cute little owl from the Punch Bunch stamp set?!?

Embrace Life...

These can be the dog days of winter. It's cold, it's windy and the pretty snow is starting to melt revealing piles of crusty, old dirty chunks of ice and debris. But I'm learning to embrace these days...I hunker down in my house and complete all kinds of projects, and bake and catch up on t.v. shows and just RELAX..(which is not easy for me). The only thing I am truly missing this winter is an outdoor run as my love affair with the treadmill is waning!

When I saw this weeks Stamping 411 challenge I knew right away what stamp set I wanted to use and how I was going to design my card. Gotta love when that happens! I am so pleased with the way it turned out and can't wait to give it to someone special!

SNOW DAY!!!

Magda watching the snow fall...so grateful to be warm indoors!

I had my first snow day of the winter today. I have been fortunate enough to either already be on a day off or somewhere else in the country when the other storms have hit so my schedule has been undisturbed until now. Off to Miami tomorrow where I can hopefully eat my lunch in the sun before turning around and heading back north.

I used the Sketch over at Stamping 411 to make this sweet birthday card. I've used this stamp set many times before and it just never grows old for me. I added some Dazzling Diamonds for the frosting and and Crystal Effects onto the cherries to make the cupcakes look even more delicious! Enjoy!