Flair On Friday March 9

Once again it was very hard to capture the true colors and especially the beauty of this ribbon.  It is woven with green and gold - so beautiful.  And one of the best things about it, it was free.  I recycled it from a birthday package my mom received this week.

I used the sketch at Get Ippity with Ippity with Ippity and also used the challenge at Unity Stamp Company
as my springboard.   The stamp sets are Ippity's  Loads of Love and So This is Love.
I pierced the holes and the stitching stamped on the hearts, and added some gold with the Sakura pen.
Other challenges:
Really Reasonable Ribbon - monochromatic green
Paper Sundaes - green
Mark's Finest Papers - recycle
Lothian - two main colors (green and gold)
Raise The Bar   greens
Mema's Crafts
two main colors (green and gold)

Happy Birthday Old TImer

My brother is having a birthday this Friday.  Thought this would be a cute card for him. He is five years older than me so I can tease him about his age.
Isn't this a cute digital?  It is already colored.  You know how I love that.  I colored the suitcases because they come in outline or pre-colored but I wanted to choose the colors.   Oh, I almost forgot to tell you where you could find these great digital images - Doodle Pantry . And just a reminder to play their challenge http://doodlepantryblog.blogspot.com/ where you can receive a whole digital set just for playing the challenge.
Okay onto the card:

I used a piece of DP behind the image panel.  Remember - don't throw those scraps away.  You will find a use for them someday!
Challenges:
Paper Sundaes  
Craft you Passion 
Pixie Cottage
Crafts 4 Eternity
Wags 'n Whiskers
CPS
OWH ODBD Challenge
digital, Layers, Embossing
Gem of a Challenge

New Way to say Thanks

Oh, no.  Here she goes again with more scraps.  Yes, but this time I used my new "Thanks" die cut made by memory box instead of a stamp .  I love it.   I cut twice:  once in white and once in green so I could stack them.  It made the words stand out better. Added some new beautiful ribbon - and again another simple card.

Challenges:
Pixie Cottage  - anything
Crat You Passion  - anything
Really Reasonable Ribbon  - greens
Lothian  - 2 main colors
Simon Says  - anything
Paper Sundaes  green

Downpours, Hail, Lightening and Thunder, Sunbreak, Snow

We had all those weather conditions today and I experienced them all.  It was kind of crazy that I was outside so many times today and each time I was in one of those weather conditions.  I stopped drying my hair sometime around 4:00. It was pointless. Getting anxious for Spring.  I know Irises are not the first flowers of Spring but I love them and decided to work on a card with this beautiful colored digital by Doodle Pantry. 

 Do you find it is hard to photograph purples and lilacs?  I do.  They blend nicely IRL but when photographed, the hues don't even look like they belong to each other.  Guess you will have to take my word for it ! heehee.
If you like what you see, you might want to go to the Doodle Pantry and see more beautiful digitals by Laurie Wilson.  Then go to the  Doodle Pantry Challenge and enter.  Each person who enters a card, receives a free digital set just for entering. 
Lots of challenges:
Craft Your Passion  - anything
Simon Says  - anything
Pixie Cottage - anything
DYSU - wings
Crafts4 Eternity - digital
Wags adn Whsikers - Spring
Crafty Cardmakers - sketch

Looking Forward To Spring

There is talk of snow again for Tuesday.  Even though it has not been a hard winter, I am ready for it to be over.  There are several challenges for flowers or Spring.  I think there are a few of us who are ready for Spring.
I made this card because of a challenge at StampTV - to make a card of black and white with a spot of color. It was fun to capitalize on that spot of color. 

BG paper is digital by Daisy Doodles.  Image by Gina K Designs.
Challenges:
Cuttlebug Spot - Spring
Ribbon Carousel - Anything
Simon Says  - Anything
Pixie Cottage  - Anything
Colour Create  - black white gray yellow
Craft You Passion   Anything

Another Card in Greens and I'm Not Even Irish

I do love green. This is another card I made with  some scraps of D.P.  I finished this one off with another Ippity stamp  "Where You Should Be" and the sentiment is from the "So This Is Love"  set.  When I was gluing these pieces onto cardstock a few weeks ago, I had no idea how I was going to finish them off.  I just was using up time and scraps.  These are really different for me but I like the results.  The button is Stampin Up'

Challenges:
Stampin Sisters in Christ http://stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.com/2012/02/challenge-128-james-12-3.html
Really Reasonable Ribbon  http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.com/2012/03/challenge-43-monochromatic-green-theme.html
Ribbon Carousel  http://ribboncarouselchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/02/rcc42-anything-goes-with-avocado-arts.html
Simon Says http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/02/simon-saysanything-goes.html
Unity Opportunity http://www.unityopportunity-challenge.blogspot.com/2012/02/its-challenge-time-again.html
Friends with Flair  http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/2012/03/flying-into-spring-with-our-friends.html

Some Exciting News

It gives me such great pleasure (in other words, I am giddy) to announce that I have been chosen to be on the Summer Design Team for Doodle Pantry.  Laurie Wilson has some adorable digital stamps and I am going to have such fun using them and showing some of them to you.
For this card I am using one of the new colored images and new digital paper for the March Release which is happening today at the  Doodle  Pantry.
You are going to love all the new sets that are in the March Release.

Because Laurie includes PNG files as well as JPEG, I was able to play around and add carrots to the main image. These colored images are so easy to use and help make for quick cards. A few die cuts with the Cuttlebug, some ribbon and you have a darling card. Check out the new released images, papers, and another new challenge is coming.  Free images when you play,  In fact this is the set you will receive for free when you play.

Simon Says http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/02/simon-saysanything-goes.html
Ribbon Carousel http://ribboncarouselchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/02/rcc42-anything-goes-with-avocado-arts.html
Digital Tuesday http://digitaltuesdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2012/02/challenge-149-leap-year-things-that.html