My Little Lego Man's 8th Birthday

My youngest turned 8 yesterday.

His favorite thing in the entire world

right now is Legos. And they are

wonderful for him!

He was super excited when

we found Lego Star Wars party

decor.

I had to do the sticker thing for his

card since my stamp sets don't exactly

include legos or star wars. LOL

But he really loved it.

He was still looking it over about 5

minutes later, and looked over at

me and said "That is really cool!"

The blue layer is only attached

to the left side of the gate

fold card.

When you lift the blue layer,

the yellow layer is attached to the

right side of the gate fold.

 This is all the way open.

And of course, I have to share

his cake! :)

PSC Monochromatic Thoughts of You

This week's challenge for

the Perfect Sentiments Challenge

is a monochromatic thoughts of you.

I really like working with

a monochromatic layout.

Here is my creation.

Bermuda Rose

My card base is bermuda rose.

I used a portion of a previously made

card front done in the shaving cream

technique using soft sky, bermuda bay,

and taken with teal for a background

layer. I stamped my 2-step image

from SU's A Rose Is A Rose stamp

set in bermuda bay.  I stamped off

first for the lighter layer.

I sponged the edges of the

image layer with bermuda bay

ink. I stamped the sentiment from

SU's Curvy Verses stamp set

in bermuda bay ink. I used

bermuda bay dotted ribbon in

a wavy effect across the middle,

and added a bow at the end.

I used pearls to finish it off.

PSC27 Wonderful Mother

This week's Perfect Sentiments

Challenge is a Mother's Day Color Story.

You can see the challenge here.

I used all 5 colors in the color story.

My versions of the colors were kiwi kiss,

cherry cobbler, dusty durango, barely

banana, and whisper white.

My card base is whisper white,

with a kiwi kiss DP, cherry

cobbler, and another DP

forming my card front.

I stamped the image from SU's

A Kind Word stamp set in

memento tuxedo black ink,

and used markers and blender

pens with ink to color it in.

I used a variety of coordinating

DPs for my layers.

I stamped the sentiment from

SU's Well Scripted stamp set

in memento tuxedo black ink.

I added some hodgepodge

hardware with kiwi kiss ribbon

and some pearls for some

embellishing.

Ironically, this challenge was posted

on April 11, the one year

anniversary of my Daddy

leaving us to start his Heavenly

journey.  This last year would not

have been survivable if it wasn't

for my awesome mom! She is truly

amazing! So it was perfect timing

to celebrate my wonderful mother

and all she does for her daughters and

grandchildren! We love you Mom!

Perfect 3

How exciting!!!!!!!

I found out today that one of my

Perfect Sentiments Challenge

entries was chosen as one of the

Perfect 3! :~)

You can find it here .

My Easter card for my niece Brooke

 is the card that was chosen.

Thank you for letting me play along

Perfect Sentiments!

I love your challenges!



Punchy the Bunny with Bling

Well, I just couldn't resist doing

another card for this week's

Perfect Sentiment's challenge.

You can see it here on the

Perfect Sentiments Challenge blog.

My first creation gave me my second
Easter card that was glittery and blingy.

But I have 3 very special girls in

my world that deserve some

sparkly Easter wishes.

So here is my second card

that I am entering into the Perfect

Sentiments Challenge for this week.

Punchy the Bunny with Bling

My card base is barely banana, with

a diamond patterned DP layer.

I cut a strip of certainly celery with

my Creative Memories wavy

blade cutter, then covered it in

versamark, heat and stick powder,

then a green SU glitter.

Punchy the Bunny got his name

since he was created using punches.

He consists of a variety of oval, circle,

and heart punches.

The white ovals were covered

with versamark, heat and stick powder,

and iridescent ice embossing powder.

The "cheek" circles were sponged

with pink pirouette ink around

the edges first.

The pink punch-outs are done

with shimmery pink paper.

And the googlie eyes finished

Punchy off.

The basket was made using the

round label punch and oval punches.

It is certainly celery, stamped

with the linen BG stamp with certainly

celery ink.

The eggs are a variety of

pearls, formed in a dimensional

look. A daffodil delight bow on the

front finished the basket.

The sentiment is from the

SU A Good Egg stamp set.

It is stamped in memento tuxedo

black ink onto vellum cardstock,

then layered over lavender lace,

both punched with the 5 petal punch.

I used the flower trio punch

on barely banana cardstock, then

used more pearls in the centers

to embellish my sentiment flower.

I hope my oldest niece enjoys it.

PSC26: Easter Bling

This week's challenge at the Perfect Sentiments

is an Easter card with some bling.

You can find it here on the

Perfect Sentiment blog

So here is my Easter Bling

The card base is melon mambo,

with the edges versamarked and

embossed with iridescent ice powder.

I used the Top Note Sizzix die on

lavender lace for an extra layer.

I stamped this unknown image in

memento tuxedo black ink onto

whisper white, used a partial

layer of barely banana,

using the distressing tool on both.

Hodgepodge hardware is

used to accent.

I colored my image with markers.

I used the versamarker over

the tulips, and embossed

them with iridescent ice powder.

I stamped the Easter sentiment from

Su's Well Scripted stamp set

in melon mambo ink onto

whisper white, cut it out, then

applied versamark directly to its

entirety, then embossed it with

iridescent ice powder.

I finished my card off with multiple

pieces of bling.

I'm thinking my sweet little

niece is getting this one for her

first Easter. :)



Teapot Tuesday Think Pink

This week's Teapot Challenge is a card

using black, silver, & pink

for Alix. You can read the story

here.

Here is my creation.

I used basic black for my card base,

stamping the Crosshatch BG in silver

encore ink. I used the Top Note

Sizzix die on brushed silver,

and used half of it for a layer.

The pink strip is a shimmery pink

paper that I fell in love with.

This strip has black grosgain

ribbon and silver cord tied around

it in a knot.

The dog image is from SU's Canine

Capers stamp set, and is actually

1 of numerous dogs on the image.

I inked it with a basic black

marker to be able to just get the

one dog, onto shimmer white

cardstock.

The edges are sponged with

pink pirouette ink, then layered on

brushed silver and basic black.

The sentiment is from SU's Just So

Sayings stamp set, and is stamped in

Memento tuxedo black ink.

I finished it off with some black bling.



PSC25 Uplifting Sketch

Last week's Perfect Sentiments challenge

was a sketch with an uplifting sentiment.

You can see it at The Perfect Sentiment 's blog .

Here is my creation with this sketch.

I used a pastel glimmery pink paper for my

card base, a layer of textured/glimmered

darker rose for a background strip, as well

as a sparkly DP for a vertical strip.

Very vanilla cardstock was used for

the top rectangle layer,

as well as the wide oval punch-out

for the sentiment..

I used the Creative Memories paisly

punch for the trio of accents in the same

pink and darker rose papers, with

SU's satin white ribbon for a bow.

I also used my heat gun on my ribbon

tales to create a soft, wavy look.

I used an SU punch on the pink paper

to use behind my sentiment oval.

The sentiment is a Studio G clear

stamp, inked with rose romance ink.

I sponged a lot of edges with the rose

romance ink as well.
I also used the rose romance
marker to mimmick the border
design from the paisly punch
to outline the sentiment oval.