Enjoy the Journey

A super quick post for the color challenge at Creative Blooms Challenges!

It ends to day and we are headed out the door in just a few minutes for the evening! Yikes!

Here goes:

I shamelessly copied Christine P.  She is SO talented!

Entereing in challenge: creativebloomsjourney.blogspot.com - April color challenge

Happy Birthday with a Cherry on Top!

Today I spent a little time in my craft room...took out my Fun Stampers Journey stamps again and made a card for one of their blog challenges, well, actually 2 of them: a sketch and a color challenge at

http://www.creativebloomsjourney.blogspot.com

  

So here's what I came up with combining the 2 challenges:

The FSJ stamp set I used for the cupcakes and "Happy Birthday" is called 'Birthday Sketch'. I paper-pieced the cupcake papers so they match the paper colors I used, and used alcohol markers to color the cherries. Then I added some FSJ 'Sparkle Dust' glitter on the frosting for some Birthday pizzazz!

Challenges:

http://www.creativebloomsjourney.blogspot.com - both April Challenges

www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #179 Anything Goes

http://craftingfromtheheartchallengeblog.blogspot.com - #56 Anything Goes
http://www.craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com - #258 Anything Goes

FSJ "Kit of the Month" for April

Kind of a dreary spring day...I need to remember that "April showers bring May flowers"!

Showers, clouds, raindrops...and children enjoying the puddles...that's what the theme is for the 'Kit of the Month' from Fun Stampers Journey!

The Kit of the Month is availble from Fun Stampers Journey. You can sign up for it through their online website/store or you can contact me and I can help you.

Here are the 4 cards I made with the kit. I tweaked them a bit to suit my own taste and style.

The little boy and girl are SO cute! My kids used to love splashing in puddles from the warm Spring rains. I can even remember doing that myself while growing up in Fontana, Wisc.

Notice the pink and blue card above...I was thinking I could even use that one for a "welcome baby" card!

The kit includes a new (just released) set of stamps, all the paper pieces, including the pre-die cut ones (so you don't need any special equipment), embellishments, and instruction sheets with color pictures and step-by-step directions. All of the products included are available at Fun Stampers Journey!

For more information please check out the FSJ website or contact me...just leave a comment!

Thanks so much for stopping by on this chilly, rainy day!

"YOU are my sunshine when skies are gray!"

Hippity Hop Congrats

A quick card this evening...the hardest part was the coloring! And even that went surprisingly quickly! I haven't made a baby congrats card for a while and several moms-to-be at my church are just about ready to "pop"! I also haven't used a House Mouse stamp in a while. They are so, so cute! I love the mice but these plump little bunnies are just extra adorable.

Ingredients:

Stamps- Stampabilities "Bunny Buggie"

SweetStamps "Elegant Scrollwork Frame"

Stampin' Up "Congratulations"

Fun Stampers Journey "Be Mine" (heart)

Inks- Fun Stampers Journey "Black Licorice",

Alcohol markers, colored pencils

Card Stock- Paper Studio Kraft

Glitter- Stickles "Star Dust"

Natural twine, button...from my stash

Challenges:

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com - #215 Hippity Hop

http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #177 Anything Goes

http://gruffiesandguests.blogspot.co.uk - #16 Anything Goes

http://rubysrainbow.blogspot.com - #101 Bunnies

http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com - Take Your Pick (pastels)

Thanks for stopping by! May you have a very blessed Easter!

Make It, Live It, Share It!

Good Morning!

All this month the folks at Fun Stampers Journey have had a "challenge" of sorts where we are encouraged to make some sort of paper craft project and give it to someone else! We are to take pictures of both the project and the 'giving' and then 'share' it on our blog and theirs! Doesn't sound too difficult, does it! So why did I wait until the last day to do it?! Let's just say, that's sorta how we roll! Next time I'll do better! Really!

So for my project I made a cute tag for the birthday gift I'm giving my granddaughter, Alicia. She is turning one on April 30 but we are celebrating her birthday early along with other family members tomorrow evening. At one year old, she won't know the difference...but we won't be able to do that much longer!

Part of Alicia's gift will be the socks (because Mom requested them!) and the rest of the gift I still have to buy and she'll get it on her real birthday. The cute owl stamp was so perfect for this tag...made me think of a Grandma and Granddaughter! And I used so much pink because this little girl is VERY often dressed in pink. She has 3 older brothers and was greatly anticipated!

And here are all the fine Fun Stampers Journey products I used for this project:

Journey Inks- Sweet Berry & Black Licorice

Journey Stamps- With Love & Hoo, Hoo

Journey Ribbon- Bubble Gum, Satin

Journey Card Stock- Whip Cream & Watermelon Fusion

And I just noticed, the jar of Sparkle Dust glitter (in the photo)...which I forgot to use!

Instead I used some sequins from my stash and 

Journey twine in Natural.

The owls are colored in with alcohol markers.

Now for the 'Giving' part...which won't happen until tomorrow evening....I already know that Alicia will love the crinkly plastic of the package the most!! Her mom will love the socks and the cute tag!

And I loved making the tags! Pink, pink and more pink! Never too much pink!

Here is the little recipient of the gift and tags herself:

Alicia

So I'm entereing this "tag project" in a few challenges:
http://www.richardgaray.com/make-it-live-it-share-it - March Challenge
http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com - #82 Anything Goes
http://tagyoureitchallenge.blogspot.ca - #18 (inspired by that PINK)
http://onecrazystampercom.blogspot.com - April: Anything Goes
www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com - #177 Anything Goes