Just Us Girls #808

Ready for a new challenge at Just Us Girls? It's CASE a design team member this week. Pop over to the blog, pick out a card and CASE it, easy peasy! I made a card for our Sweet P. Here ya go!

This was a card to celebrate her straight A report card! Yep, that's right, our granddaughter aced it this grading period. In fact she did on the last one too! I used a fun pencil and polka dot paper by Lasting Impressions. It was dolled up with some flowers and leafy sprigs by Simply Graphic and retired daisies from Poppystamps. Each A was cut from sparkly gold paper and I popped on a few gold rhinestones. 

Her card was accompanied by some celebratory chocolate covered strawberries I also made for her. They're one of her favorite treats!

*EDIT: my friend Trina suggested a new to me challenge, so I'll be adding my card to the Sisterhood of Crafters gallery. Thanks for the heads up, Trina!

Okay friends, it's your turn now. Have fun!

Warm and Fuzzy Winter Wishes!

Brrrrrrr..... I just went to the mailbox and dang is it COLD!!! We were gifted 12" or more of snow from the storm. Our mailman in his little mail truck was chugging along though, God bless him. I think the cold has also affected my mojo. But I did manage to put this little number together for the Inspired By challenge.

I used my Poppystamps Nordic Large Mitten with a couple of their retired snowflakes and a cutie little bird from the Nordic Bird Bunch set. When I saw the inspiration photo, I thought, hey I have that ribbon and that heart button! All of those goodies went onto an embossed polka dot panel (PTI paper). Or should I say debossed. I had my paper in the folder the wrong way! Still works for me!  A PTI banner with inked edges holds the MFT sentiment.

Off this goes to the gallery. Hope everyone stays safe and warm. Thanks so much for spending a bit of your day with me!

Just Us Girls #807

Bobby is hosting STENCIL WEEK for us at Just Us Girls. Any stencil you have works for us. You can use it as a background, a focal, whatever you decide. I picked a pretty stencil set by Pinkfresh Studio for my card. Take a look...

This is only the second time I've used this stencil in a year ~ OY! I bought it on sale for a steal. I think I wasn't thrilled with the colors I used the first time around, so it got pushed aside. I'm much happier with this version. I also love that I have the dies to go with the set. A pretty Pinkfresh sentiment was added along with a sprinkling of rhinestones. 

I can't wait to see what stencil you pick out for our challenge this week. You are planning to play along, right?

Poppystamps

I'm sharing more birthday fun on the Poppystamps blog today!

Vroom Vroom... see you there!  

Signs of Winter!

Brrrr.... is it cold in your neck of the woods? It sure is here. It's was a crazy morning weather-wise too. One minute there were white out conditions, the next the sun was shining, then more snow! And now... WIND! Seemed like the perfect time to take advantage of Joanne's CAS Signs of Winter Card Challenge at The Paper Players.

I brought my sweet Impression Obsession Snow Baby out to play today. Copic colored and added to my favorite PPP tag die. I added a large DeNami snowflake to the background that was paired with a smaller Hero Arts image. No sentiment. I'll add it when I decide what to use this one for.

Off we go to the gallery. Stay warm!