TPE #24; 365Cards Day #148 and a Blogaversary!!

First, the challenges. The challenge at The Pink Elephant this week is "Animals". Well, my card is sporting some birds and a worm (that seems to be in trouble!). The 365 Cards challenge is Super Sketchy Sunday and Pam has given us a rather unique sketch. I tried to stick to it, but I'm afraid I may have veered just a little. (Will you forgive me Pam?). I did turn the sketch and my rolling hills are the rounded portion. All of this card was paper pieced, so it took a while, but I love this image by Pink Petticoat!

Now..........it's my ONE YEAR BLOGAVERSARY!!! It was one year ago today that I started my blog. I can't believe it has already been one year! I have had sooooo much fun with this. I've met so many wonderful, creative and oh so talented people thru this crazy outlet. I've visited tons of other blogs that have been filled with so much inspiration and I've even scraplifted a few (with permission of course!). I have been left the kindest, most generous messages here not only regarding my crafting, but also about me personally AND my family. I've gotten the sweetest comments about my precious Maggie and I thank you for letting me share her with you. So, thank you to all of my blogging friends for always popping in and leaving me encouragement. This day kind of snuck up on me, so I'm not quite ready to offer up some candy. Give me a couple of weeks to come up with some great stuff and we'll have ourselves a party over here!!

Thanks for stopping by today :)

Here is the 365Cards sketch for today:

Deets:

Mushroom house image: Pink Petticoat

Birds: Cricut - Home Decor

Papers: Anna Griffin, Colorbok, Creative Imaginations

Brad: stash

Sentiment: Computer generated

Door: Used Cuttlebug and the bird/branch folder

Day #91 - Front & Center

Today's challenge at 365 Cards is to keep all of your elements in the center of the card. Well, I needed a birthday card today for my daughter-in-law, so I took advantage of the challenge. I used some cool BG paper from the Lime Rickey collection, a tag from Anna Griffin, a bird that a friend cut for me on her Cricut, a couple pieces of BG chipboard and some pearls and glitter. I also added a butterfly punched with the Martha Stewart punch. The sentiment is a rub-on that I adhered and then cut out. I did add one little pearl in the corner because for some reason my paper tore. Oh well, cover it up and move on :) Thanks for stopping by today!

Day #78 - Super Sketchy Sunday

Another sketch today and let me tell ya, this one wasn't easy! Pam really pulls that creativity out of us in so many ways and today's challenge was a REAL challenge! I've used some Basic Grey papers and I think the bottom paper is Paper Studio. The chipboard piece going diagonally is by My Mind's Eye. The marquee paper is Anna Griffin and the stamp is Stampabilites. I added a little ribbon from my stash and I was finished. Whew! I stared at this sketch forever this morning and wasn't sure about it, but.....it's done. Thanks so much for stopping by and for your super nice comments!