Magical Birthday

I have taken a month or so off from Cupcake Inspirations, while I have dealt with work challenges (they are not fun like this one!!). But I am back and this week's challenge is "Shades of Green" and anyone who knows me, knows that green is my most favorite color ever!! 

 

And we have a wonderful sponsor for this challenge:

Craftyscrappers

Craftyscrappers is giving the prize of this adorable digital stamp to the randomly drawn winner!

I added some stenciled balloons to my birthday dragon and there we have it, a fun card. You culd do this card in any color. Perhaps pink for a girl or blue for a boy.

 

To get you in the mood. here is a bit of musical inspiration.

 

You have two weeks to play along with our "Shades of Green" challenge at Cupcake Inspirations. Hope to see you join the fun!

we are all Irish

It's the first of the month and that means another color challenge at The Rainbow Card Challenge. This is my favorite of mine because the challenge is to use the color emerald, and well.... emerald is a shade of green which as we all know is the most beautiful color in the world. (sorry Margarita- sadly it really is not pink!)

 Of course my card had to be a St.. Patrick's day card. My boss is hard core Irish. Every year I make him a fun St. Patty's card and buy him a growler of beer.

St. Patty's stamps are hard to find- kinda like a four-leaf clover. When I find some I generally buy them. This adorable set is from Darcie's- Irish today. 

Today's music inspiration is "Emerald Eyes" by Fleetwood Mac.

So pull out your emerald markers, inks, papers, tapes and ribbons.

You have all month to play along with us at The Rainbow Card Challenge. Can't wait to see how you use the color emerald!

Monster rock

Happy May Day everyone!! Yay!! I think we can finally put winter behind us and enjoy spring and the summer to come. May means my anniversary to the big guy- 32 years this year! He loves music and I love green! So I had to put them together for an anniversary card.

That's why I was so happy the color this month at The Rainbow Card Challenge is green! The most beautiful color in the world.

I have a very cute little set of monsters called Rock Monster from Mama Elephant for Hampton Arts. 

I grabbed a bunch of music related stamps and went to town.

I even stamped the inside of the card, something I rarely do. I am usually scrambling to stamp a sentiment at the last minute. hey that's a good question. How many of you plan the inside of your card when you are creating it? Or are you like me- last minute Nellie.

Now for this month's musical inspiration- Simon and Garfunkle's Leaves that are Green.

Remember- the beauty of the monochromatic card is you can easily switch up the colors. this card can easily be done in any color of the rainbow.

Join us at The Rainbow Card Challenge for this best color ever challenge of green!! You have the month of May to create a gorgeous green cards!!

Go Green!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone. As you all know, everyone is Irish today!!  It is one of my fav holiday's because it features my most favorite color in the world- GREEN!! I just love green.

It is also special since my guy is Irish- at least half Irish. That counnts right?

 St. Patrick's Day stamps are hard to find, I pick them up when ever I come across them. For awhile the only ones I could finsdwould be in the bargain bins of those big box craft stores. And that was before the MISTI so they never stamped right.

Today I have a tidy collection of  St. Patrick's Day stamps.

My card today features an adorable set from Pretty Pink Posh and the saying is from Impression Obsession.  For the sponging of the green I used my new brushes from Picket Fences. They are truly amazing and yes.... life changing. 

I am entering the challenge at Addicted to CAS, because... well....the code word is green!!! 

Hope you all have a magical St. Patrick's Day!! Top of the day to all of you!!

McSue T.

 

Lucky Day

Addicted to CAS is having a challenge that is near and dear to my heart- GREEN. Everyone who knows me, knows that I think green is the most beautiful color in the world! Sorry Margarita,  it really isn't pink! 

I spent the day trying to finish my paper for school and just needed to call it a day and put it away. Tomorrow is another day.

Soooo, out came all the green inks and green type stamps. I used as the base of my card Paper Smooches Reflection set. This set is so great, that when I lost one of the smaller stamps in the set, I bought another one. The bird and branch are from Wplus 9 Love Birds.

 Well, even though this is a CAS card, it did take a bit of time and planning, now i gotta go and make dinner. Check out the green challenge over at Addicted to CAS!

I am so lucky...

I love St. Patrick's Day, even if I am not the least bit Irish. Well maybe a bit by marriage- George is half Irish. But it it is a holiday that is all about the green and we all know the most beautiful color in the world is green!

Curtain Call is having a photo/word challenge. I was all about it. Come on- green, how could I resist. It is futile!

I got to use some stuff that gets very little use. The shamrock dies, not sure who makes it, I got it in a clearance bin. The lucky die and sentiment is all Papertrey Ink.

This will be for my lucky guy. And I am so lucky to have him in my life!

Check out Curtain Call for this lucky green challenge! 

Love and Luck!

WOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! World Civ is over. A break from the papers for a while!! Boy, did
this class cut into my stamping time. Now I just have to get through Christian Ethics and my Pysch CLEP test. You all are probably tired of me whining huh? All I can say is, you all are good listeners!

Today at Just Us Girls, Vicki has a sketch for us. Sketches are perfect for me since I take things so literally. I just copy the sketch exactly.  My fav color is green, so St. Patrick's Day is one of my favorite days. All green all day!!! Since I was able to put my Valentine's behind me, I was able to pull out all my shamrocks!!

Please join us at Just Us Girls for this awesome sketch challenge!

Shopping my Stash

The new challenge at Simply Create Too is to "shop your stash". I wasn't quite sure what that meant. I even had to ask. Basically, it means using what you have and not buying something new. At least I think that is what they said.

For me, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to use only what I have in in scrap bins. As you can see I have a lot of scraps saved! My cards today were made totally from the scraps in these bins. the only thing I stamped for these cards were the sentiments.

This challenge is the your opportunity to show us at Simply Create Too what you can make with your left overs! So get out your carts and shop your stash!!