Maybe

Karen's Doodles Challenge is for a Happy Birthday card.  I used the Bigsby Gift digital image and a free download of 15 to try to make it for a card for my son.  As I was saying before I am having difficulty coming up with the perfect birthday card for him.  I may give this card to my daughter to give to him for his birthday since I'm still not sure this is the one that I want to be from me.  I have a few more days.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV - Celebration
Cardstock:  Bazzil, Recollection
Stamp:  Karen's Doodles - Bigsby Gift
Sentiment: free digital download
Spellbinders:  Large circle, large scalloped circle, Grand circle, Grand scalloped circle
Buttons:  Jo-Ann's Basics
Baker's Twine

Still not it

My son's birthday is next Friday and I'm still not feeling that this is the birthday card that I want for him.  I think this Bugaboo Sean is adorable, but not the "right" one.  Doesn't that just drive you nuts when you start with an idea, but then it just doesn't feel the way you want when it is completed.  Maybe I'm just trying too hard since he is in this difficult age of not being a kid, but not yet an adult.  Ugggh!

Patterned Paper:  Pebbles
Cardstock:  Core-dinations, Bazzil, Recollections
Stamp:  Bugaboo - Bugaboo Brats Sean
Sentiment: Free digital download
Spellbinders:  Small & Large Petite Ovals, Large Petite Oval Scalloped
Circle Punches:  EK Success & Fiskars
Border Punch: Fiskars
Lace: Wrights
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges:
Bugaboo 4 Layers
Sweet Stampin Challenge - Sketch  http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

Spice It Up

Kenny K Challenge this week is to Spice It Up which I think is rather funny since many of the images are rather spicy by themselves.  So how do you do that?  I thought I would use a different color combination since many of the images use red for that hot look.  I found this color pattern that I thought would work.  I did her hair in a shade of orange for a more spicy look with an olive cowboy hat.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV Mariposa, Jillibean, SEI
Cardstock:  Paper Company, Recollections
Stamp:  Kenny K Cheyenne
Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon:  Creative Expressions
Spellbinders:  Grand Circle Standard, Pennants

Challenges:
Kenny K - Spice It Up
CQC 80  http://colourq.blogspot.com/
Bugaboo - 4 or more layers

Admitting to addiction

My husband did some grocery shopping a couple weeks ago and he bought some Jolly Time Blast O Butter popcorn to try.  Since he has cancer and has lost quite a bit of weight he needs the calories; however, the rest of us do not.  It tastes WONDERFUL and just like the movie popcorn!  My daughter and I are now addicted.  I find that I am buying several boxes each week at the grocery store.  It is so bad that my daughter went to school today with a baggie of green grapes and popcorn for snacks.  She popped the popcorn in the morning at 5:30 which I'm surprised didn't wake my husband up from the sound and the smell.  Next week I'll have to make her a card with the image I have from Karen's Doodles with the girl eating popcorn and put it in her backpack as a surprise.  There............now I feel like I went to confession, but I don't know that I will give up my addiction just yet.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV - Mariposa
Cardstock:  DCWV - Mariposa, Recollections, Bazzil, Core-dinations Glitter
Stamp:  Just Rite - 3 1/4 Birthday Celebrations
Ink:  Memento, black tuxedo
Spellbinders:  Small standard circle, small circle scalloped
Scallop:  Quic Kutz
Bakers Twine:  The Twinery - Cappuccino
Ribbon:  Michael's
White thread

Challenges:
Mojo 186
JUG-Head Happy Birthday Elise

Just Rite

Dude Cards

The cards that I just made are more masculine.  My son's birthday is coming up later this month, but I wasn't feeling it for either of these cards.  I think they are adorable, but since my son will be 15 I think he will think they are too childish.

CPS 213

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey - Copella, DSE- Tennis
Cardstock:  Paper Company, Bazzil, Recollections
Stamp:  The Greeting Farms - CC- Jack
Sentiment:  Computer Font
Corner Rounder: Creative Memories
Brads:  Paper Studio
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges:
Sketch CPS 213
The Greeting Farm - Dude
Paper Pretties - more than 2 patterned papers

C4C82

Patterned Paper:  Bearly Mine free digital download

Cardstock:  Bazzil, Core-dinations, Recollections

Stamp:  Some Odd Girl - Stompin Tobie

Sentiment:  TLC

Buttons:  Jo-Ann's Basics

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Spellbinders:  Large Rectangle

3D Crystal Lacquer on puddle

Challenges:
Some Odd Girl - Clean and Simple
Paper Sundaes - Childhood Memories
Bugaboo - 4 or more layers

What a wonderful surprise

Awhile back I won a challenge with Bearly Mine to receive a prize from Wild Orchid Craft's which is located in England.  It has been almost a month, and today it finally arrived.  I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised that they squeezed quite a few flowers in the box.  I sent them a thank you to let them know how excited and pleased I was with this gift, and I had to stay up to make a card using the flowers.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV-Taj Mahal, TLC
Cardstock:  Bazzil, Core-dinations, Recollections
Stamp:  Some Odd Girl - Flower Girl Mae
Sentiment:  My Favorite Things- Pure Innocence - Beach Bum
Circle Punches:  EK Success
Spellbinders:  Small standard Circle
Flowers:  Prima & Wild Orchid Crafts
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug
Bling:  Kaiser

Challenges:
Some Odd Girl - Clean and Simple
The Sweet Stop Sketch
Cute Card Thursday - Tropical  http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/

Easter Joy

Well it was only about 60 today after the gorgeous day yesterday - but that is Wisconsin.  We are just lucky not to have had some of the big storms that happened during the evening.

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey- Coppela
Cardstock:  Bazzil, Paper Company, Recollections
Digital Image:  Stamp Happy - Cross
                Sentiment free digital download
Ribbon:  Martha Stewart
Embossing Folder:  Sixxiz - Tim Holtz
Spellbinders:  Small standard circle, Eyelet Circle
Circle Punches:  EK Success & Fiskars
Flowers:  Prima, Recollections, McMahon

Challenges:
CPS 110 Sketch
Pollycraft - Easter

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey
Cardstock:  Paper Company, Core-dinations
Vellum:  Paper Cuts
Flowers: Prima
Buttons: Stash
Ribbon:  Michael's
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Border Punch:  Fiskars
Spellbinders:  Petite Oval Small & Large, Petite Oval Small Scalloped
Stamp:  There She Goes - Sentimental Birthday
Ink: Memento, black tuxedo

Challenges:
There She Goes - Vellum

Patterned Paper: Quick Quotes - Bumble Bug
Cardstock:  Bazzil, Core-dinations, Recollections
Stamp:  My Favorite Things, Pure Innocence
Sentiment:  Close to My Heart
Ink:  Memento, Black tuxedo
Spellbinders:  Large standard circle, Eyelet Circle, label #20
Embossing folder:  Quic Kutz
Metal Bling:  Recollections
Ribbon:  Stash