TGF Birthday Card...

Hi everyone! I've been working on this card for my DH, took me wayyyy tooo long!! I decide to make a birthday card at the last minute ~ which means it is now late.. :(  But I'm happy how it turned out! There are four panels on it, one for each of us...first up is me!

Fleur Anya in my fave colors! Followed the MM Challenge which this week is to CAS a fabulous card made by Joni. She makes adorable cards, visit her blog and you'll see for yourself! I'm also entering this to the Outlawz Monday card challenge, use your favorites. 

Next up, my DD...

I had each of my kids pick which TGF Sprout they like to be, and DD picked Summer! She's a real cutie and just love her little giggle! For this panel, I followed the CAF LAST Saturday Sketch {sniff!}. But not to worry, cuz there's a brand new challenge blog, just take a look at all the new excitement!!

OK,next is DS...

DS picked Dylan and Paul, so I had to alter him. Used his fave colors and followed a Friday Sketchers layout...but I didn't finish in time for the challenge, and I just found out they've closed their blog {sniff again!} But I love how the banner turned out! The stars and banner flags were all hand cut, turned out better than I thought!

Finally, my DH with all of us surrounding him...

I picked Jeremy...he so well dressed! Kept the layout pretty simple, just a ribbon and a sentiment from Whimsy Stamps. Used my new nesties to pop up "DH"! so i think it'll qualify for the NEW FFChallenge!
Here's a pic of the four panels all opened up

and we each had a tag with a birthday message...
 {will have to add that in later...still need to take a pic of it...} ETA...here are the tags...

This was so much fun to make, next time I'll know better to start earlier (maybe...LOL!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Be sure to come back soon for a surprise!! ;D

Surprise Birthday Hop...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KRIS!!

Today is Kris' birthday, and the Lollipop Girls are having a surprise birthday hop!

If you have arrived here from DENISE, then you are on the right track. Otherwise, you'll want to start at the beginning at Lollipop Crafts. For Kris' card Miss Anya from Lounge Set is super sweet and perfect for the birthday girl cuz ..... that's was part of the candy I won from Kris during Christmas! She is the sweetest, talented, and most busy (with 3 little ones and still time for crafting!) person. It's been just awesome to work with her on the DT!
Now what's a hop without some awesome prizes!! There's a SURPRISE PRIZE to one random winner who comments on all the DT participating in the hop.  And there's more... some of the girls have hidden prizes too! Please stop by Kris' blog and wish her a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

Your next stop is KIM !

If you get lost, here's the order of the hop:
Lollipop Carfts

Tammy

Alanna

Juelmarie

Denise

Mimi ~ you're here!

Kim
Zulma

Lollipop Crafts

Challenges:

FFF-Color Challenge

Club Anya - Saturday Sketch #59

 Stamp and Create - #9 Spring Break
ABC DT Challenge - Birthday
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

LOVE is everywhere...

Guess who I found hiding. . .Miko from TGF's Roll Call Kit. Don't you think she's the perfect cutie for a valentine card?  This week at Club Anya's Mystery Monday is a gorgeous card by Linapyssel! Here's my version of the fun layout. . .

Using one of my favorite color combos, pink and green, I colored Miko in copics and just gave her a slight shimmer on her dress and bows with Sakura clear stardust pen. The heart and key punch is from Martha Stewart, perfect for the journal paper called Love Letters from Little Yellow Bicycle. Used a strip of hearts from Basic Grey's Olivia papers, pink cardstock is embossed with a cuttlebug folder, background cardstock is randomly stamped with AmyR's sentiment set, and the hearts and stars banner is a border stamp from Recollections (found at Michael's).

Here's a little tip for those who don't have many colors of floss or baker's twine. . .I used a kraft colored hemp cord and inked it with green chalk inkpad. Now I have the perfect twine to tie my buttons!

Challenges:

All That Scraps - Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp - Love is in the Air

Club Anya - Mystery Monday

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Have a Heart

Karber Monthly Challenge - Love and Friendship

Sundays with Chrissy - All About Love

Stamp and Create - Love

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Beanie Anya...

Hi everyone! I'm back with another FFF challenge, and combined with Jen's Saturday Sketch challenge from Club Anya. On FFF, it's a myster color challenge...use turquoise and black, plus one other color of choice...I chose pink and used the cutie Beanie Anya! From Club Anya, I followed the fabulous sketch by Jen, and here is the result...

Beanie Anya was so much fun to color! Used only a bit of gloss on her boots and hair ties, and added a rhinestone for her button. The flowers and clip are from Joy, dp is Basic Grey's Olivia, and the pretty ribbon I found at Michael's. Okay...this is getting me in the mood for Valentine's Day cards!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Happy Thanksgiving...

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving! There will also be three birthday celebrations this weekend, my 2 nephews and my mom! Here's one of the cards for my nephew, he's now 23! I followed Club Anya's MM layout by Marit...it's so cool!

I used Jeremy from TGF's Roll Call kit. Randomly stamped sentiments are the dp are also from the same kit! I love my new binding edge punch from EK, and dp is DCWV Rockstar. Added buttons and hemp cord tie, no glitter or gloss this time!

Have a fabulous day! and thanks for stopping by! ;)

All Star...

Now, why is it so tough to make cards for boys?? Took me a while to think of what to do, but thanks to some great challenges...I put them all together and got this...

Following Tamiko's challenge, and the toughest part for me on this card was altering the image. It felt so weird to cut off  switch the heads of Dylan and Paul (both from the TGF Roll Call kit)! Even my kids said "WHY did you do that??" Then of course I explained it to them, and "ohhhh" was all they said. lol! Another challenge I followed was Color Me Copic's Challenge #4...take a look at this amazing toot by Amy on straight hair! The basketball is from my son's old sticker collection...which was in a big ziploc bag ready for donation! Luckily I remembered it was there, otherwise I would have been looking everywhere to find a basketball! Sentiment is computer generated and cut out with a Spellbinders label die...the green "ribbon" is actually cardstock! did I fool ya?? hehee!

Challenges:

Tamiko's - Altered TGF image

Color Me Copic - #4 Straight hair technique

Club Anya - Mystery Monday CASE: Tanya

Lollipop Crafts - It's A Boy Thing

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Hello Miko...

Okay, I must work on getting my cards done earlier!  I just submitted this to Club Anya's WCW color challenge...it may be too late but I wanted to finish it anyway because the color combo is one of my favs! The fabulous sketch is from Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge here. Mercy makes absolutely magnificent sketches and amazing gorgeous cards!

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Here is Miko from the TGF Roll Call Kit, and she's such a cutie! I'm using alot of new stuff I recently splurged on...Basic Grey Koishi papers, liquid pearl, flowers & buttons from makin' memories, and some new copic colors! and finally sentiment is from AmyR's big words collection 

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

My Friend Summer...

Look who stopped by, my friend Summer! Isn't she just adorable! This is another cutie from TGF Roll Call kit, which you can get here. This week at ATS weekly challenge  calls for using carribean blue, pink, and celery.

What a fun colors to play with. I used copics and couldn't resist some stickles shimmer on her. The cute ribbon I got from Michael's, and dp are from Me&My Big Ideas and Autumn Leaves. I followed the fantastic sketch from Club Anya Sketchy Saturday #24.  I'm so glad I got to finish this in time!

Thanks for stopping by! ;)

Jade's in the house...

Few weeks back I got my TGF Roll Call kit and some AmyR's sentiments, and just over the weekend I was finally able to finish cutting them up and ready for some inkin' fun! I totally love Jade from the Roll Call set, she looks so mysterious, but yet so very sweet. For inspiration I followed the Whimsical Wednesday's month long challenge. The colors are so fun to play with, and just the perfect way to start the summer.

Jade was so much fun to color, and she's my first attempt at hair "feathering", which came out better than I expected. Check out this amazing video by Lysa. She makes some pretty awesome cards.
Couldn't resist to add some glossy accents to Jade's star and her boots. I used two MS punches to make the border behind her, and finished with some flowers, button and dew drop. Sentiment is also from the Roll Call set.

Challenges:
Whimsical Wednesday: photo inspiration
Club Anya: WCW sketch

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day! ;)