Sky's the Limit...

The balloon seems to stand still in the air while the earth flies past underneath. -Alberto Santos-Dumont.OK, I think I have an addiction to kraft cardstock all of a sudden! I have made 3 cards in the last week and all three were on Kraft card bases. Whats not to Love, right???? I love that I can add white ink to the edges for detail and it is neutral enough for any color combination.

This card is for this week's Cupcake Inspiration challenge, I used the Hot Air Balloon image from our sponsor, Glitterbabe Digis. I Love Hot Air Balloons, they are so fun and amazing to me...I actually got to ride in one once over the San Diego coast, it was Amazing!!!!!

Supplies: Stamps: Hot Air Balloon (Glitterbabe Digis,) Sky's the Limit sentiment (Greeting Farm) Paper: Kraft, White CS (PTI) Ink: Printer, Copic Markers, Memento Black, Craft White Misc: Polka Dots CB Folder, Taffeta Ribbon, Vintage Button, Pop Up Glue Dots, Divine Twine

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations:
Off the Wall Craftiness:
Catch the Bug: Red, White, Blue & Ribbon
Stamp Something: Red, White & Blue
Sentimental Sundays: Colors of your Flag + Sentiment
Saturday Challenge: Embossing
Pile It On: Circles

Thanks for stopping by!

Super Simple Mushrooms...

Ladybugs all dressed in red
Strolling through the flowerbed.
If I were tiny just like you
I'd creep among the flowers too!
~Maria FlemingHello there!!! Two days in a row??? Yep, that's me...stamping again!!! :D

I am late, but dare I say, worth the wait??? :) This week's Cupcake Inspiration challenge is sponsored by Amber Ink and the cuppies are Adorable polka dot, lady bug, caterpillar adorableness!!! I used the mushroom images Amber Ink provided the Sweeties, made a little line of them and colored them up with my beloved Copics (Oh, how I missed you!!!)

I hope you like this card, because there will be more CAS designs coming to my blog very soon! (I Adore all the beautiful 3d flowers I have and the buttons and the bows, but I find that I rarely send cards anymore because everything in my basket is so hard to stick in an envelope!!)

Supplies:
Stamps: Fungi, Mushroom Border & Love Bug (Amber Ink)
Paper: Kraft, White, DCWV Textured Card for the Border
Ink: Printer, Copic Markers
Misc: Stardust Stickles, Liquid Pearls, Border Punch

Challenges:
Cupcake Inspirations:
Just Add Ink #72: Coloring
Stampin B's #115: Border Punches
Just Some Lines: Spots & Dots
Mum's Craft Shop: Seeing Spots

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Father's Day!!!

Some people don't believe in Heroes, they obviously haven't met my Dad! -UnknownI huge Hug to all the Dads, GrandDads, StepDads, Single Moms and Father Figures out there!!!! Hope everyone had a wonderful day!

I sat on the patio at my Mom and Dad's house soaking up the 70* weather, the breeze, the sun, the clouds and the Wind! It was a beautiful day!

Here is the card I made for my Dad, finally inked up Authentic Man, I have had this since it First came out!!!Supplies:
Stamps: Authentic Man (Ippity by Unity)
Paper: Kraft, White
Ink: Memento Black, White Kraft, Distress Inks, Blue Bayou, Copic Markers

Challenges:
All Things Unity: Get Manly
Dream Valley: Father's Day
2 Sisters: Masculine Card

Birthday Tea...

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. -Henry Fielding

More birthday cards using scraps...I don't have any idea who made this paper! LOL Love the colors though! I paired it with a set I won from Mark's Finest Papers, Floral Tea...fun for one of my Grandma's friends!!

I appreciate everyone stopping by to take a look, I know I am not on my game quite yet...but I am working on it...I WILL get my Mojo back!!!

Here is an inside shot...

Supplies:
Stamps: Floral Tea (Marks Finest Papers)
Paper: Unknown Scraps, Black, Pretty in Pink, White, Soft Sky CS
Ink: Memento Black, Copics, Pretty in Pink, Soft Sky
Misc: Paper Flowers, Gems, Circle Nesties, Swiss Dot Cuttlebug Folder, Ribbon

Challenges:
Party Time Tues: Anything Goes Birthday
Creative Craft World: 3 or more flowers
Divas by Design: Florals
Use It Tuesdays: Flowers & Stamp not Previously Inked

Rose Birthday...

A single rose can be my garden...a single friend, my world. -Leo F. Buscaglia I am trying to pull myself up out of a Non-crafty state by Just Doing It! I need more birthday cards for Grandma. I am using up scraps of paper from my Scrap drawer, then finding images that work. Love the Waltzing Mouse Roses in Bloom set and I think it works perfectly with the rose paper scraps I found...I think they are SU DD(?)

Supplies:
Stamps: Roses in Bloom (Waltzing Mouse,) Birthday Sentiments (PTI)
Paper: SU DD Scraps, Chocolate Chp, Pretty in Pink, Rose Red, White
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Copics, Pretty in Pink
Misc: Taffeta Ribbon, Stardust Stickles

Challenges:
Dream Valley: Stamp Something (no digis)
2 Sisters: Anything Goes
Ooh la la: Birthday
Party Time Tues: Anything Goes Birthday