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

CP Sketch #21 and The Pink Elephant #21

Card Patterns has got an 'ausome' sketch this week!! Here's the sketch:

Told ya! Also, The Pink Elephants Challenge #21 is "Your Favorite Color Combo". So, I used some yummy papers that I recently won in some blog candy. Evidently this blue and green combo is now my fav :) I cut the scallops with the Cricut using Plantin Schoolbook. Then I added some embossing to it with the Cuttlebug. The image and sentiment are from Pink Petticoat. I printed it twice and cut out part of it from the second copy. I colored the image with Sharpies, added some stickles to the cupcake and some Glossy Accents to the cherry. Then I pop dotted the cupcake and cherry to add some dimension. I added some yummy ribbon and some cute little flowers from Flora Doodles. So, this one is for a friend's daughter for her birthday. Hope she likes it. Thanks for stopping by today!

Challenges - 3 Squared

One card for three challenges today. That may be a new one for me! This card is for:

365 Cards - Day #80 - Plaid - use plaid on your card
365 Cards - Day #81 - Squares - use at least 5 squares on your card
The Pink Elephant - Challenge #15 - Monograms/Letters

I started with some Basic Grey plaid paper and added some green and red cardstock and then the D monogram, cut from the Base Camp Cricut cartridge. I added some colored twine and a charm that I made using shrink plastic. Then, I cut some metal into squares and added some washers that I colored using alcohol inks. I think it's a good "manly" card for Dad. What do you think? Thanks for stopping by!

I MADE THE TOP 3 AT TPE!!

I'm so excited to let you all know that I made the top 3 at The Pink Elephant this week!! This is for their sketch #8 and it's for my Easter bunny card!! I'm just so happy about it I could squeal!!
The Pink Elephant is such a cool site and they offer great sketches, tutorials and so much inspiration. So, go check them out - you'll be glad you did! Thanks for the votes this week ladies!! http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/

Card Patterns, Sketch #8 and TPE Challenge #8

So, I looked and looked at this sketch and wondered what I would do. Then, I saw a great tutorial on the Cuttlebug Challenge blog, done by the very talented Kirsty Brown. She made the cuttest little bunny using punches. Well, I didn't have all of those punches, so I used my trusty Cricut. I made a .cut file of the bunny, cut it out, ran each piece thru the Cuttlebug Swirls and Swiss dots folders and then pieced it all together. So, this is what I came up with for this week's sketch. I turned the sketch on it's side and added my take on it. The pp is by Making Memories. Be sure to stop in at the Cuttlebug Challenge blog to see Kirsty's tutorial. Also, The Pink Elephant challenge this week is Easter. So, hey - this card works for both! Don't you just love when that happens? Check out The Pink Elephant's DT cards this week. Pure eye candy!!Thanks for stopping by AND for taking the time to comment.

Here is the sketch (remember, I turned it sideways for my card):

And here is my card: