Little Red

On Fridays at Splitcoast is a new challenge that just started a few weeks ago.  It replaced the "Limited Supply" Challenge. It's now called "Free for All"...which seems to fit perfectly for the start of the weekend.  Today's challenge was to make a card inspired by a fairy tale and to add sparkle and bling.

You know you have too many stamps when you can go to your closet for a Fairy Tale challenge and you JUST happen to have a Little Red Riding Hood image!  I got this stamp a few years ago from "The Mayberry Sparrow", a store at etsy.com.  Corabelle hand carves stamps out of LINOLEUM!  I just think it is the cutest thing, and the detail is amazing!  I stamped her using the new Tim Holtz Distress Ink called "Barn Door".  It's sooo bright and cheerful.  The sweet folksy tree and sentiment are from the "Oh Dear Silhouettes" stamp set from Pink Persimmon.  Plus, the sentiment seemed like something Grandma (the REAL one, not the wolf one!) would say to Little Red when she showed up!

A little Friday note...

Happy Friday!  Here is a cute little note that I made using the Flower Greetings set from Pink Persimmon.

See, you don't even need to have a St. Patrick's Day-themed stamp to feel Irish in March!  I paper-pieced 2 of the flowers with punched circles that were cut from PTI Spring Moss cardstock with the Swiss Dot Embossing Folder.  Tied a little Licorice Divine Twine around the stem, colored the inner circle with green marker, then coated it with Stardust Stickles.  Have a lucky day!

Golden Delicious

A quick post for today!  I made this card last week for Roxie's Sketch Challenge at SCS.  It is so sunny out today that I had to post it!  Golden delicious in a basket to match the golden sky outside!

Stamps are Papertrey Ink's "Vintage Picnic", "Background Basics: Tin Types", and "Mixed Messages",  and "Faux Fun" from Waltzingmouse Stamps.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SCOTT!

Today is my nephew Scott's 38th Birthday!  Scott's birthday is the EASIEST to remember...we were born 3 months apart to the day.  Hmmm that's strange because I thought that on MY birthday in December that I was only 30?????  HA!  Here he is with Eva and Claire this past Christmas.  We went to the same elementary school and were in the same grade.  It took years for people to get it straight...."He's your cousin?"...."No nephew."...."Your second cousin?"  "No nephew"...."Really?"...."HIS MOM IS MY SISTER!"...."Okay then" (followed by very puzzled expression).  Ahhh the good old days, right, Scott?  HAPPY BIRTHDAY from your favorite AUNT...and Uncle Jay, of course!

Color Me Pink and Blue Challenge

Melissa Phillips has another awesome inspiration challenge this week...here is her blog post.  She chose another beautiful photo taken by Leslie of A Creative Mint.  This week she chose this photo as the inspiration for her challenge!  Here is my card:

I am becoming quite addicted to Melissa's Photo Inspiration Challenges!  They really get your mind wandering to happy, sunny places, which is always welcome this time of year!

Stamps:
Asian Fusion, Papertrey Ink (flowers, sentiment)
Faux Fun, Waltzingmouse Stamps (knit background)
Other:
Tim Holtz NEW Distress Inks (awesome new colors!), PTI Aqua Mist ink, White Opal Liquid Pearls, PTI Aqua Mist grosgrain ribbon, PTI Sweet Blush and Vintage Cream cardstock

Sunny Daisies

Today's color challenge at Splitcoast was Crushed Curry, Always Artichoke, and Basic Grey.  I substitued some PTI colors and tried to bring a bit of spring to the slush and mush of Rochester.

Oh how I love PTI's Vintage Picnic!  It is one of my favorite stamp sets of all times.  Used PTI Summer Sunrise and Smokey Shadow cardstock, and colored my flowers on watercolor paper.  I tried to make my leaves look "artichokey" hee!  Still can't put down Year of the Flower: Violets...I went for the sentiment this time, though!

Pink Persimmon Winner!

Oh the entries for the Pink Persimmon Blog Hop and Sketch Challenge were FANTASTIC!  So many of you hopped to ALL of the blogs to play each challenge!  It was great to see the different styles and techniques each person used to fancy up Julie's sketch. 

There could only be one winner of the Tea and Cake stamp set, though, and that winner is:

Nicole Drewniak

She's from Canada!  (Lucky girl...her hockey team won the gold medal yesterday AND she gets a free stamp set, hee!)

CONGRATULATIONS, NICOLE!  Thanks again to all who visited, and I hope to see you come back another time to play!