Double Trouble Challenge #213

 

Here's my card for Double Trouble Challenge #213,  

3-2-1 Recipe "SomeThing AnyThing and EveryThing"

complete with  

3 Shades of Blue Cardstock

2 Happy Frogs, printed, fussy cut, and connected with foam

1 Background Embossed in a basket pattern 

 

I used the sketch from Try a Sketch on Tuesday Challenge # 692

(but I can't seem to use their link again.

Any suggestions? )

Yahoo!  It finally posted!  Thanks, Sue! 

 

 

 The 2 striped pieces of patterned paper that I used on my card are leftover scraps from making these little Easter baskets for my Red Hat lunch today.  

 

 Good food, good friends, and chocolate!

Movin' on Mojo Monday

Lots to do today.  The sun is out.  The weeds are growing.  Time to get the flower beds in shape for the annual mulching.  

Here's my card for Mojo Monday #444.

Everything on this card went together easily with coordinating CTMH Pemberly papers (now retired); the CTMH sentiment; and a couple OohLaLa stitched circle die cuts. 

And then I opened the card....

Thank heavens for my bottle of Un-Du! 

I managed to loosen the glue and spin the sentiment circle. Otherwise I would have cut the card in half and made it into an easel card.  So this is the actual finished card.

Challenges I am entering include:

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge #444

 

Crafting From the Heart Challenge # 108 - Always Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge #308 - Always Anything Goes

Love to Scrap Challenge #76 - Anything Goes

My Sheri Crafts Challenge #179 - Mother's Day Flowers 

Polkadoodles Challenge Week 14 - Floral Frenzy

 

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Saturday I spent a wonderful day with friends at a Crop benefitting their Relay for Life team.  I worked on favors for my Mother's Day luncheon.  It was a productive day.  I came home with all the baskets made and added the finishing touches yesterday.

Check out the shrinky dink charms I made.  Joyce came up  with the idea. This CTMH stamp worked perfectly.  

Thanks for visiting.  Have a wonderful day!

Favors for Mother's Day Lunch ???? + CTMH Class 3/15/16

Today the Splitcoast Stampers Weekly Inkling featured a Slatted Basket with tutorial.  I got to thinking that if I sized it down it could make a nice favor for my annual Mother's Day Lunch.  Using only 1 piece of CTMH 12x12 double sided paper, I made this cute 2" square basket.

I really like how the slats on the side bow.  That's what initially caught my eye.  Splitcoast's Weekly Inkling really knows how to push my buttons and send me right for paper, glue, scissors, etc.

With a small 4x5.25 piece of pink scrap from my newly organized (thanks to my grandson) scrap box, I was also able to make these two cards from the remains of the same 12x12 sheet of paper.

And, I still have these pieces left.  

 

 Not much, but I'll use them for something!

Oh my, I just took a chocolate chip cake out of the oven and does it smell wonderful.  It's definitely worth the quick trip to the store when I realized I didn't have enough flour and everything else was already in the mixing bowl. (Don't you hate when that happens!)

Back to my blog post...

I am entering the slatted basket in these challenges: 

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #16 - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's March Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes 

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #63 - Show Me the Green 

Decorate to Celebrate Challenge - Anything Goes

Clear It Out Challenge - Anything Goes, Stash Item: Patterned Paper over a year old 

Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Mar 15-21 - Anything Goes 

Well, now my dinner needs attention.  The limas just boiled over, so I have a cooktop to clean.  And I want to make a bit of gravy.  TTFN my friends.

 

Flowers to all the Mothers reading this!

These are the first blooms I have ever gotten on my lilac bush.  

I started it several years ago when it was a tiny 8 inch twig.  Finally!

Happy Mother's Day!

Yesterday was our 20th annual Mother's Day Lunch.  I started having it as a gift to my own mother, all the girls in the family gathered together.  This year we welcomed our newest family member to the annual tradition, little Laila.  Another 5 generation event - and, yes, we did get a picture.

A few weeks ago, there was a project pictured in the Weekly Scrapper that caught my eye and sent me immediately for a piece of DP so I could try it myself. 

 I knew I had to make this for my Mother's Day Lunch favors.  

I followed the simple directions given at Weekly Scrapper.  However, I drew a template to trace and cut since I didn't have the die cut from SU.  I used a punch to get the scallops across the bottom of the dress.  And I added the little tags, made using the CTMH cricut cartridge and CTMH stamps. 

There's a little box in the middle for some goodies (of the chocolate variety, naturally!).

They looked so cute lined up on the piano!

I am very happy to enter this party favor in some fun challenges:

Bastel-traum Challenge - Tags

Challenges 4 Everybody # 41 - Anything  Goes

Feeling Crafty Challenge #28 - One for Girls/Ladies

Just for Fun Challenge - Ribbon or Lace

Lia Stampz Challenge #64 - Anything But a Card

Mema's Crafts May Challenge - Celebrate Mom

Natalie's and Amy's Challenge #20 - Rubber Stamping

One Crazy Stamper May Challenge - Anything Goes and an Embellishment

Scrap It Girl! May Challenge - Mother's or Mother Nature

Treasured Times Challenge #17 - Mother's Day Anything but a Card

Open Minded Crafting Challenge #10 - Use some ribbon

Simply Create Too Challenge #61 - Anything but a Card

Crafty Ribbons Challenge #88 - Sweet Treats

Crafty Creations Challenge - Anything but a Card

Decorate to Celebrate Challenge - Mother's Day

Here's my adorable great granddaughter, Laila, all dressed up for her first Mother's Day Lunch.

She was all smiles for her mama!

Have a wonderful Mother's Day, Ladies!