TS Monday Cheers

Over on Totally Stampalicious blog the challenge is Cheers. Use your favorite beverage on a card. Well the person this is going to is a beer drinker so it fits perfectly. ha ha Simple and sweet masculine card. I used Beer Guzzlin Gus for my card along with the MB Curio paper that looks like something from the 70's lol. I think it goes great with Gus don't you? Hope you can play along with us this week! Don't forget Thursday 6pm central is TS Blog Hop and New Release. You won't want to miss these new sets!

Flourishes A Cut Above the rest

It is that time again for Flourishes Pre-Challenge and your chance to WIN the ENTIRE new release for March. Check out *A Cut Above the rest Challenge* over on Flourishes blog for all the details. Don't forget the Gambler's Sale is at 35% off now!

This has been a long week for me so I went simple beauty with my card and the challenge. I will explain my week after the details. A Year in Flowers 2 is my favorite bunch of the series A Year in Flowers. I used the gorgeous roses out of this set. They are layered on Spellbinders Nestabilities Classic Ovals SM. Rhinestones always glam up a card, then who can resist the gorgeous yellow silk ribbon for a fresh spring feeling? Satin ribbons were my favorite on cards until they came out with the silk. I haven't look back at silk since. lol The background dp is from the new Prima Sweet Fairy pack and I have used just about all of the papers in this pack. Its a wonderful spring set! The sentiment is from my go to set called Tag Lines. Be sure to check out the beautiful creations from the DT:
Christine
Cindy
Leslie
Dawn
Barbara
Jan Marie
Danielle
Julie
Now for my week.... I am feeling much better today and just glad that this cold is behind me. The kids are starting to feel a bit better also. My hubby was out of town teaching a class this week. I never do well when he is out of town anyways and to feel cruddy doesn't help. So he calls on Monday night as usual to tell me he is in the ER. And with the class he is teaching I was alarmed instantly. However it had nothing to do with that. He got a piece of steak caught in his chest at dinner and they had to sedate him and put a tube down his throat to get it out. Normally this happens if you have acid reflex a lot, smoke or have eustashia (spelling is wrong sorry) but he had none of these issues ever. They got the steak out, scrapped a biopsy sample to send off for results back to our local dr. to make sure there is no cancer or anything we are not aware of. Monday night was a long night since I am 4-5 hours away and could not be with him. Luckily he is with several officers that all knew what to do. Throw the sleepless night into over drive since he left the hospital at midnight, the kids all day field trip that I was a driver for and not feeling well you can say I am glad this week is over. So simple was the best way to go for this challenge this time. :0) If you are still reading I hope you have a wonderful day!

SSC #79 Hydrangea

Good morning! I am feeling much better today. I had a chance to color last night waiting for DH to phone. Pulled out my Hydrangea set from Clear Dollar Stamps and played in Stampin Sisters in Christ Challenge 79 stamped flower. This Hydrangea is so fun to cut out, and come to think of it I have done that several times now. Go with what I works I guess. Added a few jewels with the silver finishing touches ribbon slider for my ribbon. This new paper from Memory Box is called Pixie and I really do love the colors in this set. Very springy and fresh. Thanks for stopping in with me today! See you on Friday for Flourishes Pre-Challenge for the March Release. Sneak Peeks start on the 16th!

Bling Thing Scarlette

Good morning! I guess its almost afternoon really. I am feeling a little better today and hopefully completely on the mend. The kids seem to have gotten what DH and I have, nothing like family sharing when your sick. ugh... Anyways... I got in the stamping room this morning to make a card for Totally Stampalicious Monday challenge. to Try a New Technique or one you haven't done in awhile. I haven't paper pieced so I thought I would give Scarlette here a new dress. Bling Thing Scarlette is the set I used. I added a few jewels for her bling and the sketch from C4C sketch challenge. Fun sketch and I really like this new paper from Prima called Sweet Fairy. Some gorgeous papers in this pack. I should eat something and then rest while I can today. I will catch up on blog later this week. Have a wonderful day!

Friday Focus on Dimension

Over on Flourishes Blog today Christine is showing us ways to bring dimension to your creations. She has a fabulous tutorial be sure to check it out. My husband is one of the greatest treasures that God has given to me and I thought about making a card to slip into his lunch this week.
Deciding on the stamp to use wasn't hard. I adore A Guiding Light set for just about all masculine cards. The sail is perfect for adding dimension so a win win situation. First I stamped out the ship and then the sails seperately two times. My brown frame panel was easy peasy to make. The Grand Calibur is awesome for any of my Spellbinders shapes I have. This one was using Spellbinders Nestabilites Petite Ovals LG. After it was cut out I added dimensionals to the back of the panel to pop it up.

Below you will see a close up of the ships masts (isn't that what its called) It looks like three layers this way. I have the base layer of the image, then I cut out the whole shape of the masts as one layer popped up. Then I cut out just the first set of masts you see in the image for the third layer. A bit of stickles on the water for a shimmery look and voila a card for hubby!



Be sure to check out the fabulous dimension creations from the other DT:
Christine
Cindy
Leslie
Dawn
Barbara
Jan Marie
DanielleHave a wonderful weekend!

TMS83 Classy Dress

She is devine isn't she. hee hee This is for the Tuesday Morning Sketch 83 blog challenge. Scarlette fits perfectly in the sketch I thought. Her classy dress and her sparkly new diamond are so fun. Officially she is called Bling Thing Scarlette. I adore the whole line of Scarlette's, she is spunky and fun all around. I kept this very simple and didn't added much other than the sparkle. A very versatile sketch over all I think. Thanks for stopping in today!

Four of a kind

It is time for Flourishes Christmas Spirit challenge for March. This months challenge is to have Four of something on your card. Four images or four embellishements anything you want as long as you have four of it. Read all the details, the winner of last months challenge and to play along HERE.

Four images is what I choose for my four. This candycane is from Sweets of the Season. Each of the bows is cut out and popped up on dimensionals and has a hint of sparkle to it. Added the sentiment onto a Spellbinders Fancy Tags and some silver cord and candycane twine to tie my bow. Simple and sweet and another one down. I hope you get a chance to play along with us! Dawn my wonderful friend and fellow DT over at Flourishes has a Christmas Spirit Sample to share with you also. Have a wonderful day.