Bear Hugs On Your Birthday!

I saw the fun challenge going on over at 

Lawnscaping Challenge

and hopped to it to create this sparkly card...

I took that sweet bear and party hat from Lawn Fawn's Party Animal stamped on

watercolor paper and used my Gansai Tambi Watercolors to color him in.

I used my craft knife to cut the arms to be able to hold the die cut

Scripty Hugs.  The rest of the sentiment was inked up with
Lawn Fawn Fish Tank ink, using Riley's ABCs.

The yellow panel was die cut using Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles die.

Can you guess how I did the glittery polka dot background?

I used the circle dies from Owen's ABCs die and die cut DCWV Glitzy Glitter Matstack paper,

then randomly glued and snipped off the edges.

That's it for me!

I hope you'll stop by again for my A Blog Named Hero post later today.

I guarantee more color, glitter and sequins!

MAHALO for stopping by!!

First Christmas Card for the Season!

Happy Hump Day friends!

I've been feeling a bit sluggish lately with work but this quote was a great

reminder of why I do what I do!  All too often I find

myself learning so much about life through my patients.

And on to my card, because crafting is my fuel to

keep me sane...haha!

I was hoping to capture that fun sparkle

 in the DCWV Glitzy Glitter matstack.  It's such a fun paper to die cut 

especially because the glitter doesn't get everywhere!

I used the Avery Elle Fill in the Blank

Holiday Dies with those sweet bells and with the matching stamp set,

red heat embossed the word Christmas.

I wanted the bells to appear dangling from the word merry.

And that folks is my card!

I'll be entering

and

Mahalo for stopping by!