Meljen's Mouse

It's finally time to use this cute little Congratulations Mouse digi from Meljen's Designs.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Digi Haven's 1st Anniversary Challenge - Anything Goes
Cuttin and Stampin Weekly Challenge #22 - Graduation
Emergency Crafters Challenge - Pomp and Ceremony
Pumpkin Spice Challenge #23 - Graduation
Alphabet Challenge - "i" for image
In the Pink Challenge # 21 - Anything Goes
Nutcrafters Challenge #44 - Monochrome
Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - Anything Goes

A Card For Maddy

Simon Says Stamp Blog is enlisting the help of all cardmakers in order to get as many cards as possible sent to Maddy Justice, a young lady currently in St. Judes Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN with Acute Myeloid Leukemia.  You can read her story here and get all the details about the card drive at the Simon Says Blog.

I'll be sending this card off to Maddy on Monday.   
Besides posting a photo of the card at Simon Says Stamp - Cards for Maddy,

I am also linking it to....
Flutterby Wednesday # 243 - Open
Crafting With Dragonflies - #3 - One for the Girls
Fresh Brewed Designs June Challenge - Fairies, Mermaids, Fantasy
Crafting Musketeers Challenge #2 - Use a stamped image

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Spots and Stripes

Red Hat Easel Card

It's amazing what you find buried in the depths when you reorganize.  I don't know why I never used that red flowered paper border before.  My BFF sent it to me for Christmas maybe 4 years ago.  It came in an assortment of spooled primary colored Paper Frills by Doodlebug.  I added liquid pearls to the center of each flower to match the tiny pearls in Stella's ears and on her hat.  She's a digi from Bugaboo.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Digi Haven's 1st Anniversary Challenge - Anything Goes
The House That Stamps Built -  DCC #65 Fun Folds
Use It Tuesday Challenge #56 - Anything Goes (old item-flower border)
Fitztown Challenge #1 - Anything Goes
ABC Challenge - "o" is for Open

Circus Peanuts

For some odd reason, when I printed up this digi stamp from Bugaboo it made me think of those orange marshmallow circus peanuts that are 200% sugar but so yummy they are addictive.    I have fond memories of my son and I totally decimating a bag of those wonderful sweet treats in record time.   And since I couldn't get the thought of that sugar out of my head (I must have been hungry) I printed the image in orange so I could paper piece Dad and Son making them into scrumptious calorie laden but fat free circus nuts.  Now that I'm thinking about it........ I could make another card to give to my son for Father's Day with a bag a nice fresh bag of circus peanuts.   And I'll buy an extra bag for me.  (That will help me fit in my bathing suit. Not!!!)

For now, here's the Father's Day Card I made.  Guess it could be used as a birthday card too, depending on what you put inside, or just a card to tell Dad you love him. 

Since this is a Bugaboo digi, I am entering this in  Bugaboo Stamp's Catch the Bug Challenge - June Anything Goes, 
as well as the following:
Simon Says Stamps Challenge - Father's Day/Masculine
Perfect Sentiments Challenge #82 - Father's Day
The Stamping Chef Challenge - For Dad
Anything Goes Challenge #94 - Father's Day
Creative Craft Challenges2 Challenge #11 - For the Fellas
Partytime Tuesdays #123 - Happy Father's Day
Sweet Stamps Challenge - For Dad
Love to Create Challenge #68 - Father's Day
Melonheadz Friends Challenge - Father's Day
My Craft Spot Challenge #100 - Dad
Ladybug Crafts June Challenge - For the Men in Your Life
The Crafting Cafe - One For the Boys
Craft Lovin Challenge - Father's Day
Creative Corner Challenge #21 - Boy oh Boy 
Wags n Whiskers Challenge #105 - Father's Day
Delightful Weekly Challenge - For Dad
Papercrafting Journey Challenge - Masculine Cards
The Old Back Porch - 52 Card Pick Up 2.22 Challenge

CTMH Card Class 6/4/13

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood......
so I ripped down curtains in 3 rooms and headed for those monster washers at the laundromat.  They are hanging on the line drying as I type.  But I can't be here long because now I have to go wash the cruddy windows that were behind said curtains.  What was I thinking????

Yesterday was card class at Joyce's.  We made some lovely cards, as always.

Thought I'd quickly post this card, too( another red hat card using iris folding, tiny triple decker punched flowers,red feather, ribbon and embossed BG paper).
Missing everyone who didn't make yesterday's afternoon class - you KNOW who you are!

 

I'll add this card to the following challenges:
(and then I'm going to wash those windows, because they aren't gonna wash themselves)
Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #150 - Embossing
Tammy's Scrappin Corner Challenge # 65- Anything Goes with Extra Texture
Sandy's Crafty Creations June Challenge - Anything Goes with a Twist - Embossed backgrounds
Challenges 4 Everybody #21 - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

It's About Hatitude

I used a digi image from Bugaboo stamps to make this card.

This card follows the sketch at Dutch Dare Challenge #219

 

and the color combination for Dynamic Duos #55

other challenges I'm entering include:
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Created with Love Challenge #44 - Anything Goes
Make it Monday #143 with Kenny K - Anything Goes

Thank you Michelle

The other day I asked Michelle Perkett if she had ever considered adding a fancy feathered hat to her digi images.  And today on Michelle's blog, she has posted a lovely feathered hat.   

Thank you so much, Michelle!  

I just couldn't wait to use it.  

The Muse Challenge posted  their new challenge card yesterday

 

and I thought it would be perfect for the hat, or for 3 hats.  I reduced the digi  image to 40%, copied it 3 times and printed it up.  I love how you can do that with digis. I scored the white CS above and below the hats, colored them with alcohol markers, added some bling, the ribbon and a sentiment.  Voila! 

(The dark plum paper is showing up awfully blue on my computer screen, and the flowers are a light mauve.)  And I think that ribbon might need a hat pin.  What do you think?)

I will be entering this in the following challenges (after I make dinner):

Muse Challenge # 20 (see Muse card above)

The Play Date Cafe Challenge #184 - The Cafe Presents 'Smoke & Sky'

 

Robyn's Fetish Challenge - #162 - Use a Digi

Shopping Our Stash Challenge #104 - No Patterned Paper

Craft Your Passion Challenge #165 - Haberdashery Items