My Last 2 Cards

 It is with great sadness that I pack up all the crafty things I brought along to Florida for the winter.  But we are snowbirds, and it is time to head back north.  It has been so nice enjoying the warmer weather here and watching the snow on the news programs rather than shoveling any of it ourselves.  On the other hand, it will be wonderful to see our family in Pennsylvania and enjoy a piece of shoo fly pie.

I've had 2 cards in my head for a while now and decided to quickly make them before we leave.  

The first one is a fractured card.  

They seem to be very popular right now.

And the second is a clean and simple card.

I had just a small piece of pretty butterfly vellum, which I thought would be pretty on this card.

Now that I've gotten these designs out of my head, I can go back to packing.

Challenges:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #15 - Anything Florals

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #750

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches

 This week's sketch is super easy, 

especially if you have some nesting dies.

 

 

 Here is what I made using this sketch as inspiration.

(Oops, I totally missed that strip across card.  

Oh well, artistic license.)

 

  

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. 

The Design Team invites you to stop by

 and visit their blogs, too.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.

 

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #749

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

Here's the sketch for this week

 

I pretty much kept to the sketch,

but that doesn't mean you have to.  

 

       

 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. 

The Design Team invites you to stop by

 and visit their blogs, too.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

 

 

You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.

Double Trouble Challenge #162 Spring Florals

 

Once again I have the pleasure of joining the family at Double Trouble Challenge as a Crazy Cousin for Challenge #162.

 

The theme for this challenge is "Spring Florals".

 

This Challenge runs from 

Friday, March 15th  thru Sunday, March 31st

 

THING  1:  Trouble Maker 

says, "As winter comes to an end in the Northern Hemisphere, perhaps you are seeing and hearing signs of spring. The longer days, the twitter of birds, and the budding of flowers help to cheer us after a cold winter. To celebrate the coming of spring, create a project using your favorite floral image."  

You can stop here... 

OR  

play along with Twisted Sister's optional twist below to earn another chance in our random drawing.  

THING  3:  Twisted Sister 

says, "Since Easter is almost here, I'm reminiscing over the old song, 'In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it'.  Memories of my collection of bonnets with all the frills upon them come to my mind. Perhaps you remember floral-laden bonnets with decorations and embellishments of bunnies, chicks, eggs, etc. My optional twist is to include an Easter element and/or bonnets or baskets with your Spring Florals project."  

Optional Twist:  If you have included my optional twist in your project you will earn another chance in our random drawing.

THING  2:  Double Dare 

says, "If you have met Thing 1's requirement to create a Spring Floral project you are eligible to enter your project HERE at the Beautiful Blossoms Challenge and you will qualify for an additional chance in our random drawing. 

Beautiful Blossoms Mood Board

Beautiful Blossoms is an Anything Goes Flower / Floral challenge. A Mood Board is provided to use as an Inspiration Tool but it is not a requirement. However, your project must have flowers(s)/floral(s) as part of the design. 

 Here is my Spring Floral contribution as the March Crazy Cousin:

 

 

a Pop-up Slider Card.

 

 

 It is definitely fun joining the Double Trouble Challenge family !  Thanks for inviting this Crazy Cousin!

 

Challenges I have entered:

Beautiful Blossoms Challenge #15 - Florals

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #748

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches 

 

 

 

Here is the sketch for this week:

 

 

Using some patterned paper a friend recently sent me, I made this card.

This card doesn't exactly follow the sketch, but it did use up some of the scraps from the first card.

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. 

The Design Team invites you to stop by

 and visit their blogs, too.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

 

      You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.

Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge #747

 

Welcome to my blog, where I have
a new card to share with you each week for

Tuesday Morning Sketches

Here's the new sketch for this week:

Our oldest grandson will be celebrating a birthday this week.    I thought I'd use this sketch to make his card.  He's in his twenties.  It's hard to wrap my mind around that fact and creating a card for him turned out to be even harder.  Finally, I switched to making a card for my friend,  Ewa, whose birthday is the next day.   Here is Ewa's card:

Then today I had this epiphany.   I knew exactly what I could do with those hexagons in the sketch.  Using dies from multiple sets, I constructed a birthday robot.  

It works well with the sketch, but not for my grandson's birthday.   I'll tuck it in the box for Send a Smile 4 Kids.  Then I'll work on something for AJ.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. 

The Design Team invites you to stop by

 and visit their blogs, too.

Debbie 

Donna

Melissa

Patti

 

  You can be sure that one of us will be visiting you.

 

   

Send a Smile 4 Kids March Challenge - Cards for Boys

 

The theme for the March Challenge at

Send a Smile 4 Kids 

is 

Cards 4 Boys

 Anything Goes for kids is always acceptable, too.

We just want to see your wonderful creations

and hope you enjoy making and sharing them!

 

March 2nd is my oldest grandson's birthday.  

Here's the card I made for him:

 

 

It's a side fold slider card.

Then I made the card below, using the negative from the card above, to add to my SAS4Kids box.

 

It would be great if you joined the fun at the

Send A Smile 4 Kids 

March Cards 4 Boys Challenge.

(Cards only, please. And they need not be donated.)

 

Please take some time and visit the fabulous blogs of my teammates.  They work so hard and are very creative! 

Jen

Mary

Celeste

 Melanie

Bobbie 

Sybrina 

Thanks so much for visiting my blog.

Double Trouble Challenge #161 - Pinch Proof

Once again I have the pleasure of joining the family at Double Trouble Challenge as a Crazy Cousin for Challenge #161. 

  

The theme for this challenge is "Pinch Proof".

This Challenge runs from 

Friday, March 1st thru Thursday, March 14th 

 

 

THING  1:  Trouble Maker 

says, "Did you know, as the tradition goes, wearing green on Saint Patrick's Day is supposed to make you invisible to leprechauns? They will pinch you as soon as you come upon their radar if you don't wear green!

"Ouch! Make yourself 'Pinch Proof' by using green in your project. Your project does not have to be for St. Patrick's Day... you may celebrate any occasion but you must use green as your main color."

You can stop here...

OR, play along with Twisted Sister's optional twist to earn another chance in our random draw. 

THING  3:  Twisted Sister 

says, "Good ole St. Paddy's Day is all about findin' the Pot o' Gold... be it in a pint o' beer, or at the end of a rainbow. My optional twist is to include a "touch o' gold" on your project plus one more item from our partner's Inspo List."

This is an OPTIONAL TWIST but you will be awarded an additional chance in Double Trouble's random draw prize if you include gold. 

THING  2:  Double Dare 

says, "If you have met Thing 1's requirement to include green, have included a "touch o' gold" and have added one more Thing from the Festive Friday's Inspo List, you are eligible to enter your project HERE at Festive Friday's Challenge #154 and you will qualify for an additional chance in our random drawing."   

 

Special Notes:  Festive Friday's Inspo List is to inspire you!  You need only to incorporate THREE of their items in your project and let your creativity flow! And guess what? Your project doesn’t have to be about St. Patrick's Day – at all!  The selected festivity is just a unique way to come up with a fun and interesting project from their inspiration list!

 

 Here is my "Pinch Proof" contribution as the March Crazy Cousin:

 

It is definitely fun joining the Double Trouble Challenge family !  Thanks for inviting this Crazy Cousin!

 

Don't forget to enter the Festive Friday Challenge, too!  I've included gold dp, gold embellishments, a fancy fold and lots of green.

I'm also entering:

Shopping Our Stash Challenge # 516- It ain't easy being green

Creative Creases Challenge #77 - AG with a fun fold

Crafty Catz Challenge #666 - AG with a fun fold