I LOVE April!

Easter is almost here!  I can't tell you enough how much I love the month of April...birthday celebrations, spring time and EASTER!  My mom always had homemade Easter baskets that were filled with fun things from hair accessories to chocolates and even my first Bonne Bell lip gloss!  I love that stuff...even til today...hehe

So today's card is in preparation for our Easter celebration and entered in the next City Crafter Challenge...

Isn't that Kitty Bee Design image just the sweetest thing?!
I followed this week's Seize the Sketch

Here's the full card...

Kitty Bee Design Easter Egg Bunny, Basic Grey June Bug Pattern Paper, Stamps of Life tinytitles2stamp, 

copic markers, Hero Arts Soft Granite ink

I love that sweet little bunny!  I'd also like to enter the card in Creative Card Crew Challenge: Animals.

That's it for me.  Have a great day and mahalo for stopping by!!!

Oh Happy Day with Lawn Fawn...and a request!

I have so much news to share I'm bursting at the seams!  First my daughter's artwork was selected and we need your help voting!  If you could take a minute to click on the link and vote for her artwork we would be so honored.  I'm already the proudest momma that she even got chosen.  She comes up with some pretty unique ideas and I hope she continues to dream, and maybe make a few of those dreams come true no matter how crazy they seem to us adults! Jubilee Garcia's Dream Car Artwork

Now on to my card following the latest Seize the Sketch...

Lawn Fawn Penelope's Blossoms, Lawn Fawn FlutterBy, Lawn Fawn Starry Backdrops, Lawn Fawn Hello Sunshine paper pad, Lawn Fawn Coral Lawn trimmings, Hero Hues Unicorn ink, Hero Arts Shadow inks in Pale Tomato, Green Hills, Orange Soda, Butter Bar, Tide Pool and India Ink Black

And the sketch...

 

Fun right?!  I paper pieced the butterfly and used the Lawn Trimmings as the trail of the butterfly.  The Penelope's Blossoms were inked in Unicorn pigment ink and then double stamped with the matching individual flowers in colored inks.  I'm IN LOVE with the Penelope's Blossom set and there are matching dies to make all kinds of patterns or bouquets!  I'll be entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge as well.

Here's a closeup...

The hubby surprised me with a bunch of goodies from Lawn Fawn's new release so stay tuned!

Mahalo for stopping by!!!

Picking Up the Pieces Vol. 11 Bunny Love

Hello there!  I'm back again on Monday to share another paper pieced card using this really cute Kitty Bee Design image.  A little secret...there's new release digis over at the Etsy website that are sooooo adorably cute and perfect for your Valentine's Day projects.  I hope you'll get a chance to check them out!

Back to my card...using the next Seize the Sketch

and my take on it...

 

One of my favorite dies to use around Valentine's Day is the Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Lace Hearts.  I added some Lawn Trimmings cord threaded around the heart to make a bow.  The cord was actually dyed in Memento reinker Lulu Lavender to bring out the slight lavender in the pattern paper.  

That's it for me!  Mahalo for stopping by!

Last Minute...

Ran short on some Thanksgiving cards so I quickly put together this card...

I love that sketches can make a card come together especially when in a hurry!  Today's card is using Seize the Sketch shown here...

Here's the full card...

I was trying to capture those glittery letters from the DCWV Glitzy Glitter Matstack...sorry about the lop-sided look, but I promise it's pretty straight in person...hehehe.  All the stamps and dies are from Avery Elle and will also enter for the November challenge too!

Mahalo for stopping by for this super last minute card!

Saying Hello

Aloha Friends!  I think I'm a little late jumping on the "splatter look" bandwagon, but I thought I'd finally try it out following this week's Seize the Sketch

Here's my take on it...

Hero Arts Stamp Your Story: brush, HA CL342, HA Scattered Dots, HA Sea Layering Papers, Neenah white CS, White Embossing
Powder, HA Tide Pool ink dauber, Memento Inks in Tangelo, Rose Bud and Tuxedo Black

What do ya think? I'm a little on the fence about it.  Wanted some kind of pattern to show through, but didn't want it too busy.  I wanted to call it my lazy Sunday card...except I pat myself on the back for getting out the heat gun!  All righty folks...until next time!

P.S.-I had a few people asking about the Hot Cocoa Cookie Recipe...here it is...straight off the back of this bottle found at Target...

 2 and 1/2 sticks room temperature butter
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
3 1/4 cups flour
4 packages Hot Chocolate Mix (not sugar free)
1 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup chocolate chips
1 cup Marshmallow Bits

Cream together your butter and both sugars until light  and fluffy.   Add in eggs and vanilla and blend well.  In a separate bowl, mix together your dry ingredients, including your hot chocolate packets. Add the dry ingredients a little at a time to your wet ingredients. Form balls and drop onto cookie sheet.  Bake in an oven preheated to 350 degrees for 8-11 minutes.   Allow to cool for approximately five minutes then remove from cookie sheet.

Cloudy Skies

Happy Wednesday everyone!  It's my day off and I've got a ton of errands to run, but not before I enter the newest challenge on the block...Seize the Sketch

I loved the angle, but couldn't figure out keeping the lines.  Everything I tried from washi tape to border stamps...for some reason just didn't feel right.  I decided to turn the sketch upside down and the light bulb came on!  Here's what I came up with...

Fresh Squeezed Stamps Weather Through, Darice Lattice Embossing Folder, Memento Ink in Danube Blue, Dandelion, London Fog and Tuxedo Black, ColorBox Sky Blue ink, American Crafts Soho Garden Pattern Paper

Here's the sketch...

Thanks for stopping by.  Come back tomorrow where I'll have another post with Paper Made Bakery 

as this month's Guest Designer!