Hump Day is OVER!

Hey guys!
Happy Thursday!  How's the week going for you so far??  We have had such warm lovely weather (80s and sunny) but a cold front has come through and we are in the 60s and it is cloudy and windy.  Burr (lol) 

I wanted to share a couple of things with you today.  First Sketches4all is having an April sketch challenge.  You are required to use this gorgeous Pagemaps sketch:



The theme is Easter or Spring. Use the sketch and you can create a Card or Layout!
They will have one winner for cards and one for LO"S. (Please only choose one) 

Here is the card I made using this sketch:



I think it turned out super cute.  I used spring colors to inspire me and a Anthony and Burt-Hope You Feel Better Soon Stamp from Crafter's Companion.  I added the velvet ribbon with my We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon Weave Punch.  I am still having so much fun with those things!! LOL  I had to adjust the punch holes to fit in the space on the bottom.  I'm not sure if you can tell that they are actually a little shorter than the ones on the top?  That fun yummy flower is from Petaloo.

I also wanted to show you this card I made for the April Mother's Day Challenge at Crafter's Companion USA Challenge blog. 



I used the Humphrey-Flowers for You Stamp set.  I adore that little elephant!!  He is just so squishable. ha





I cut out the shapes using a Spellbinders Nestabilities die set.  I tied those two strands of ribbon into a bow on my Ultimate Tool. 





And I colored this little guy with my Spectrum Noir markers.  The Crafter's Companion Store just got in MORE new colors and they are going fast.  If you are interested in these awesome markers you better hurry!!  The new colors are in sets of 24.  Go check them out.

These markers are such an unbelieveable value!!  Each markers is currently around $2.10 each!!!!  

And also remember today is the last day to try to win the Sheena A Little Bit Different-Oh Duck stamp set over on the Crafter's Companion USA Blog (US residents only). You have to actually go over there and leave a comment.  Go HERE.

Go on now....

Love Blooms Here

Hello everyone!  I have another layout that I have made using those gorgeous Art Kure - Britain in Bloom stamps. Are you tired of me yet?! lol I just can't seem to get enough of them! This time I went with the Daffodil stamp set.

I stamped out the image on Ultra Smooth Premium White Card stock for Alcohol Markers. This is really just the best paper for the Spectrum Noir markers! I colored my image with my Spectrum Noir markers.  LOVE THEM!!  Then I fussy cut the colored image leaving a small white border around the flower.

I've been having fun playing with the new We R Memory Keepers Lucky 8 punches I bought. I actually started by using one of my punches and punching a decorative circle on a 12x12 piece of card stock. I cut out a circle from a piece of floral paper from Sassafras - Sweetly Smitten collection.  This collection is just so soft and pretty it immediately reminds me of springtime.

It really felt like it needed something more so I got out my paper piercing tool and my mouse pad then I just started evenly punching holes around the edge of the circle.

When I finished punching the holes I got out my needle and embroidery floss. I like using embroidery floss because you can take away strands of the floss depending on how thick you want your sewing line to be.

I decided to do a back stitch. To do a back stitch start from the underneath side of your paper and go up into the first hole.

I just taped down the floss on the back of the paper taking care not to cover any of the punched holes.

Next insert the needle down into hole number 2.

Now go up in the third hole

and the back down into hold number 2.

Then just continue doing this all the way around your paper. It should look like this.

After doing all of the stitching and layering all of my elements I backed my green cardstock with some pink patterned paper. This allowed the pink to peek through the punched holes. This really made them pop!  Next I added some Crystal Stickles to the flowers for sparkle because you can never have too much sparkle.  ha  The photo is of 3 of my children who begged me to take this photo. There is so much ham there you could make a sandwich!! LOL

Thanks for stopping by today!!