Fun in the Sunshine

I just had to use these spring colors to celebrate the first day of sun in almost a week! I am so happy spring is almost here! It will be time to find out if the bulbs I planted last fall actually took...keep your fingers crossed. Ok, so the sun was out yesterday when I actually made the card, but not now; bummer.

Oh, yeah...the card....

I decided to color up this little House Mouse when I was making my last post. So I had one ready to go! I combined a few challenges and this is the combo I came up with! The sketch is Friday Sketchers #91. I also wanted to add the image in a circle which is for Cupcake Craft challenge #80 - Round and Round. I added the Cuttlebug Dots background for the same reason. The dots were then brayered with Summer Sun to add in the yellow to qualify for the Daring Cardmakers challenge - Here come the Sun. It also qualifies for the Papertake Weekly challenge to use Buttons, Bows, Brads and Bling! Ok, one more! The glittery designer paper and the glitter was added around the scalloped mats for the Stamp, Scrap & Doodle challenge - Sparkle and Shine. Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays is also having a DT call, so head on over and check it out!

Whew...So here is another picture to show the glitter better:

And another to show the ribbon:

And the last one to show the rhinestones!

Until next time, happy crafting!

Birthday House Mouse with Candle

This card I put together with some coordinating scraps of dp I had on hand. I started by making a bifold card and then making a front panel for it. I cut all the scraps the same size, then put through the Martha Stewart Scallop Dot punch. I taped and layered them in a pattern, then added the green to tone down the pink. The image is from a House Mouse stamp. It originally had another mouse off to the left which I cut off and used on the inside. The flowers I used were from a packet I won from the weekly blog candy at The Craft Table. Thanks!

Here's the inside view of the trifold.........

And the other mouse who overindulged!!!!

This card qualifies for the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Birthday Card with a Candle

Creative Card Crew - Celebration

Tuesday Taggers - Swirls and Curls. The sponsor this week is Crafty Individuals. Please check them out!

I hope to have some more fabulous cards for you soon! Stay tuned!

Nature Side Step Card

Sorry about the long delay between posts! We were without power from Thursday night until about 1 pm Sunday. We finally have power and now I'm checking to make sure the challenges that I had these cards planned for are still active! LOL!

Ok here goes! I got the template for this Side Step Card from the Addicted to Stamping blog. Here is the link. I thought that I would make the base of the card out of some dp. I found that to be a little flimsy, so I reinforced the bottom at the front and the back with a strip of brown cardstock. I decided to use some nature images to go with the dp design. The images are all from a Stampin' Up set called Wildlife Reserve. I backed the biggest of these with the same brown cardstock and adhered to the card with double faced tape. The two small ones I cut out and popped up on the bottom front with the sentiment from Stampscapes.

This fits the challenge from Crafty Creations to cut out and pop up! This also fits the challenge #25 over at Kaboodle Doodle Blog to make fancy folds.