A little Spring Catalog test with a sketch challenge

 

Can you spot five Spring Catalog items on this card? They'll all in in this photo.

 



 

This is one of my card club projects this month. I started with a Calypso Coral card embossed with the Honeycomb folder (1), added a 1" x 5" strip of Tea for Two dsp (2) for a banner, stamped and punched out the little bird from Itty Bitties (3) and placed it on the designer builder brad (4). The sentiment is from Wishes Your Way (5), punched out with the Word Window. The main image is from For the Birds. I only added a little color to the heart, beaks and grass with markers, then die-cut it using a label framelit, layered on the next size larger framelit in Bashful Blue.

 

 

Never make the same card twice! Use a sketch challenge like I did with my card. I used the Friday Mashup Challenge 91. There's still a day left to play along!





Blowing kisses your way in the New Year

 

 

I just noticed I'm almost to 1,800 blog posts! I started my blog in June 2007, so that's an average of 27 posts a month. I would've hit 1,800 posts earlier, but I did some housekeeping on my blog and deleted some insignificant posts. No regrets! It is how it's meant to be. I've got more people visiting my blog every day than ever before - so Welcome! And thanks for visiting me. I'm happy you're here!

I love the colors in the More Amore Specialty dsp pack - a 2013 Spring Catalog item. When I saw those hearts on the paper and read "blowing kisses your way" on a new stamp label it made me think of a pinwheel, so I made one! The sentiment is from another Spring Catalog item - Wishes Your Way stamp set. And the ribbon? It's part of a ribbon/button package you can get for free during Sale-a-Bration 2013, which starts January 22.

A New Year feels like a fresh start. I believe in learning from the past, living in the present, and looking forward to the future! My 2012 highlights include getting back in touch with a college roommate, meeting many new friends, and - most important of all - finding out that my nephew had a clear check-up after having a tennis-ball-sized malignant brain tumor last spring. I was overjoyed to hear that news! I hope you learn something new in 2013, love deeply and enjoy great health.