Color Throwdown # 76

Happy Friday!

My doggie, Lily, this is her (and Taryn) a few years ago when she was a puppy..... had to go to the vet this morning to have a lump removed from her neck. We'll know by next week if it is anything to worry about but I can't get her off my mind. She is a very timid dog and is probably very scared right now :(


Anyhoo, the thing that keeps my mind busy is making something so I took a shot at the color throwdown!


Here are this week's colors.....







I love this combination it is so fresh and spring-like! Here is what I came up with.




I hand cut the bird image and adhered it to the card stock. I pierced around the border and back stitched with some embroidery thread. The sentiment is from a Heidi Grace set that I just got on ebay and couldn't wait to use! The ink is from the $1.50 bin at Micheal's and just happened to be the perfect color!

I had the urge to tie a ribbon or twine ( i heart twine) around the bottom.... what do you think? twine or no twine- the eternal question, lol!

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by!
Chrissy

365 Cards Day 206 "Tuesday Triplets"

Well, it's been a while! I haven't had a lot of crafty time lately with work and baby and back to school and family commitments and...... you all know what I mean! It amazes me when I see how many of you complete every challenge every week (and then some!) WOWO.


I did manage to get this simple little cutie done this morning. I find that if I don't get a card done in the morning and post right away, I don't get it posted at all. Any of you have that problem??!!


The challenge today at 365 Cards was to use three of anything you put on your card... so if there is one there must be two more. Three stems, three flowers, three buttons, three pieces of twine!



It is inspired by this card at How About Orange.




I used my sewing machine to sew on the stem (3 stems) and then I punched 3 scalloped circles and snipped the scallops into petals and smushed them up a little to make them more flower-like. Those are glued on and then the buttons are tied with twine and stuck on with glue dots. The sentiment is actually 2 seperate stamps the "thanks" is a studio g and the "a bunch" is a rubber stamp from a set I got at the dollar store.

I hope you like and thanks for stopping by! See you again soon (hopefully!)

365 Cards Day 180 "Going Vintage"

The challenge today at 365 Cards was to use a vintage image on your card. I knew I had no vintage stamps, so the search was on! Once again, that wallpaper sample book came to the rescue. The strawberry came from a border- very farm vintage! I ran a piece of cream card stock through my Cuttlebug and rubbed some taupe ink to age it a little & mounted the berry right on top of it. The sentiment is computer generated and the button and twine are from my stash.
Thanks for looking and have a super day!

365 Cards Day 176 Super Sketchy Sunday

Here is the sketch today at 365 Cards ...



















And here is my version of it....




The patterned paper is from one of my My Mind's Eye stacks.I used a Plaid rub-on on a circle of card stock that I punched.The package had several cups, teapots and spoons, how cute are they?!?! The sentiment is from Microsoft Word and the buttons and twine are from my stash.

We are waiting for Hurricane Bill here today. Hopefully he'll be kind to us, I am worried most about my beautiful garden- wish us luck!

Have a wonderful day all, and thanks for looking!

365 Cards Day 157 "Imagine This-Sunflowers"

The challenge for day 157 was to be inspired by sunflowers... it wasn't necessary to have sunflowers on the card but I keep seeing these little black buttons as the center of the flower!
I used the Quickutz Nesting Squares to make the little squares. I hope you like!