Buttons and Birds

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is having a wonderful day! I have a card to share with you today that I have created with a few challenges in mind.  I haven't had time to play in many of the wonderful challenges I follow.  So I was delighted to find time this weekend to create this.

The buttons for For Fun challenges, wonderful image from Mel Jen's anything goes and sketch for Dutch Dare.  
                                       
For this card I used cardstock from Staples and lovely patterned paper from ATD Momenta.  The image is from MelJen's and the lace is from my local taylor shop.  The buttons are from my collection and are hot glued on so as to make sure they are secure! The center panel is popped up to add dimention.
Thanks for dropping by and if you have time, do pop over to see these challenges.

For You!

I love to make cards for those I love! This is a card that I've made also for the challenges at Dutch Dare- Red,White and Pink Valentines/Love and Shelly's Images- Red, Pink and White for your sweetie!
I have used an image from Sliekje.  This little hampster is just adorable and I love the flowers it's holding! Yes, even men love flowers! I worked in a flower store for awhile and I was amazed at how many men came in just because they wanted to have some fresh flowers in the house!  I have coloured it with markers and pencil crayons.  This I matted to some Stampin' Up cardstock that was left over from creating the base for the card.  I used some beautiful paper from Stampin' Up and added a border that I made using a pair of decorative scissors and a heart punch.  I layered some beautiful pink ribbon over this and a small pink bow to highlight the sentiment (that I found at Paper Smooches).  To finish it off I added some red rhinestones to the upper corner.  Thank you for letting me share this with you.  Do scroll down to to the next post because I've posted two today and I'd love to share that one with you to!

Thoughts and Memories

This card I've made because of a tragedy here in my city.  It happened not far from my home, just about 3 blocks away.  A whole family is believed to have died of carbon monoxide poisoning.  How tragic, and sudden.   My daughter's best friend is friends with one of the relatives of the family and it has touched them deeply!  It is in times like these that I pray that people will turn to the Saviour Jesus Christ, for hope and comfort.
I have used Mel Jen's dandilion mouse since to me blowing dandilion seeds into the air are one of my most favorite memories as a child.  The sentiment is from Dee's Designs. I have used blues and cream paper from Stampin' Up and misc buttons from my collection, plus a rhinestone for the dandilion.
I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
LittleMissMuffet- Blues and Creams
Dutch Dare- Buttons Galore

Hangin' With Sasquatch!

Hello, this is another post I've made today.  Do scroll down and have a peek at what else I've been up to.
For this card I've used MelJen's Yeti Cocoa image.  He looks so content and laid back, I thought this sentiment from TLC was perfect for him.  I inked around the image with some lovely green ink to give it a whispy look of being in the trees.  The sketch I used is from the Here Come the Boys challenge.

 
I'm entering this card in these challenges:
MelJen's - Anything Goes (with their images)
Dutch Dare - For the Boys
Here Come the Boys - Sketch

Sweet Baby Girl

I'm back with something new.  This is a card that I've made for a few challenges.  One being Sweet Stampin' Spots and Dots, and then Little Miss Muffet's - Something New, and finally Designed 2 Delight - Winter flowers, or any flowers.  From these challenges, I came up with this.  I used a sweet onsie template from Alley Way Stamps (meant to create a shaped card but I resized it for this.).  Then after cutting them out I inked the edges to help them stand out a bit more.  I embossed the back pannel with a flower folder from Cuttlebug ( I just love this tool!).  I added some fun Stampin' Up Ribbon to help frame it in.  For the sentiment I used one by Brossart Addiction and matted it to some pink cardstock.  The buttons have a bow tied to them with embroidery thread and placed in the corners.  To  finish it off I chose a cute foot clip from Media (from Walmart). I think it's adorable!  But it doesn't end here!

I finished off the inside a bit.  Inspired by Designed 2 Delights last challenge that I didn't make it in on.  I created a little pouch to put a gift card in.  It's under the little onsie and dotted paper.  Gift cards are great for families who already have some children and don't "need" anything in particular.  This gives the family the ability to use the gift card for something that may be a bit more practical for them!
I'm also entering this card in these challenges:
Dutch Dare- New Beginnings and Simon Says- Something New
I had lots of fun creating this one, and I think I've gotten the hang of making such little bows! Well at least it was good practice! Thanks for dropping by!

Little Miss Saffron

At the moment I'm just loving the snow and the great big blue sky! Two of my favorite things.   The colder it gets here, the more the sun shines!  (in the winter that is, come summer, it never stops!)  For this card I've used the beautiful little Saffron which is a new release over at Little Miss Muffet's You can get here as a freebie until Jan 3rd. Check here for more details. Do hop over to the store and peek at her other wonderful stamps!
I coloured her with my prismacolour pencil crayons and then matted her to some lovely blue and white cardstock.  The white center is inked a bit around the edges and the other is cut with my deckle scissors to add a frosty look.  The decorative paper is from my scrap pile and then I added a beautiful sentiment from Dee's Designs which I also added a bit of deckle edges to.  To finish it off I added some lovely snowflakes and pearls from Hero Arts.  All this I layered on some distressed white cardstock and adhered it to my base.
I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Little Miss Muffet -Anything Goes
Dutch Dare Card Challenges - Favorite Things
Simon Says Stamps - Anything Goes
MelJen's - Blue