Time for pastels & bunnies

It's almost time for Easter and I'm so excited that today's challenge at Catch The Bug is all about Easter.  I have very fond childhood memories tied to this time of year!  My mom was a seamstress and she would sew my sisters and I each a new  dress every year.  They all matched but were different colors and we were so cute in them.

Easter 1972 with my cousins.
I'm the tall one in the back, that's my sister Anna to the left of me and my sister Pam on the far right.


I also have  great memories with my own children.  Dying eggs, filling their baskets with loads of goodies and anticipating their excitement when they woke up Easter morning.  Easter programs at church!  We've hunted Easter eggs in the woods and we even hunted eggs in the house one year because all three of the  kiddos had the chickenpox.  Hunter was five months old, poor baby!

The kids hunting eggs in the woods in Washington because Easter coincided with Turkey season!!  

My mom has passed on and my kids have all grown too old to hunt eggs, but I still love this time of year and love making cards for the season.  Here's my card for this weeks challenge using Bugaboo Stamps POLKAB-Side Sit.

I printed the image on white card stock and colored it using Copic markers and water color pencils.

The die cuts were made using Spellbinders dies (Circle, Oval, Scalloped Circle & Scalloped Oval).  The border and back die cut was made using my Cricut and Elegant Edges cart.  I created the sentiment using Print Shop.  A little sponging (I masked the image before sponging around it), some fun designer papers and a ribbon added the finishing touches.

For more challenge inspired cards, head on over to Catch The Bug and check out what the team did!  Create your own card and link it up to the site and you could win some fun Bugaboo images!  

Until next time, have a fabulous day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Stamping Hugs,

Becky

It's time for another ABC

Not the alphabet kind but the Anything But A Card kind!  I love making cards but I really love challenging myself to take paper to the next level, don't you?   So in honor of the upcoming Easter holiday, I thought it would be fun to create a cute little Easter basket and I knew just the Bugaboo Stamps image to use for it.  He's Funny Stroller-Bunny Carrot.

I colored the image using a combination of Copics and Prismacolor pencils.  For the basket I used white cards stock and Recollections yellow & gray plaid designer paper.  The finished basket size is 3 1/2 inches square.  I also created the "grass" by cutting strips of yellow card stock very thin  and running them through my corrugator.  To attach the handles I used pearl brads!  All it needed to finish it off was a pretty bow.

Other challenges I've entered this project:

Make It Monday-Anything Goes

Inspire Me Fridays-Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin Challenges-Anything Goes

Sassy Cheryl's -Think Spring

Paper Crafting Journey-Pretty Pastels

One Stitch At A Time-Anything Goes

Until next time, have a great day and thanks for stopping by!  TTFN

Stamping Hugs,

Becky

Casing myself

Howdy all! I can't believe how fast this week has gone by! I thought I was gonna have a lot of crafting time, but my kids have had a different idea. They have kept me running and worn me out but I am enjoying spending time with them. Spring break will be over before we know it!

After finishing my card the other day I had the thought that it would look really pretty if I did it in red representing the blood that Jesus shed on the cross. I know these seem like unlikely colors but I wanted a lot of contrast. I love the Celtic look to the cross! I made it by cutting a strip of DP 3/4 x 3 inches and another strip 3/4 x 4 inches and punching a border along one side. I then criss crossed them and punched a whole in the center where they crossed and put a brad through the flower and cross.

To kick it up just a tiny notch I added some swirls cut using my Cricut and Storybook cart and some Gems. I also added some texture by running the red panel through my Cuttlebug and Stylized Flowers folder. The sentiment is from Michaels dollar stamps.

I'm off to do some more creating! The kids are doing sleepovers tonight and hubby is sleeping so I think I'll pull a late nighter. It's been a while since I've done that. Should be fun!

Have a great day! TTFN

Hugs. Becky

Prayerful Thoughts or Happy Easter, you decide...

Hello all and Happy Daylight Savings time! Since we have an extra hour today, I found the time to play around in my stamp room tonight. I wanted to make one of those pretty flowers I had seen over on Corie's blog and so I did. Well actually, I had so much fun with the first one, I made another but that's for tomorrows post. Hee hee!

In honor of Easter coming up, I thought the flower would look pretty on a cross. This card could be for Easter of for someone who is going through a tough time to let them know you are thinking of them. I like the versatility don't you?

I chose to make the flower only four layers thick but you could make add more to make it poofier. I stamped my DP with Night of Navy ink using my By Definition stamp (SU retired) before punching the scallops. The feaux button was made by layering five punched circles and punching holes with my piercing tool. I like the way it matches the background paper. The cross was made by criss crossing two pieces of card stock. With the flower in the center, you can't see the seams. The DP I used here is My Minds Eye.

Well there you have it! I'm getting sleepy and I want to play a little more Farmville before I go to bed. I have the week off for Spring Break so you'll probably be sick of me by the end of the week but I fully intend to stamp til I can stamp no more!!!

Have a great evening! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Cuttlebug Be Inspired 26

Good morning and welcome to this week's Cuttlebug Be Inspired Challenge. Today we are adding vellum to our cards or projects.

Vellum is great for embossing and adds a softness which is why I chose to do an Easter card for mine. When I think of Easter I think of soft pastel colors. Here is my card.

The image is Miracle Of Spring (retired) from Stampin Up. I embossed Birds & Swirls on a piece of polka dotted vellum and then sponged Eggplant on it. The scalloped border and sentiment oval were cut using my Cricut. I colored the images with Copics and added Glossy Accents. In retrospect, I think I should have added some nice corner details.

Be sure to pop over to the Cuttlebug Challenges site and check out what the team has in store for you.

We would love for you to do the challenge too! Be sure to post a link to your creation on Mr Linky. You can find him on the Cuttlebug Challenge site.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Little Bunny Foo Foo......

Well, not really. He's more like little bunny big feet.

I had a little time to kill today and so I mosied on over to Splitcoast Stampers to see what kind of challenge they had for us today. Today we made flower pot cards. Total cuteness! You can find the instructions here. I added a little bunny big foot to mine since I wanted it to be and Easter card. I am so pleased with the way this turned out. I'm gonna have to make some more of these. They're so fun and easy.

To make the bunny I used my Cricut and George Cart cutting (1) 1 in circle, (1) 1 1/2 in circle, (2) 1 1/2 in ovals, (2) 1 in skinny ovals, (2) 1 1/2 in skinny ovals and my word window punch cut in half for the arms, fiskars heart punch for the eyes and nose, fiskars heart corner punch for the larger feet pads and just a regular hole punch for the smaller feet pads. I drew in the mouth and accents on the eyes and around the body. Very easy and he's so cute.

For the flower I used my Giga scallop punch, Mega scallop punch, and Flower punch and brads.

I wanted to add some texture to my flower pot so I embossed it using my Frills Border Folder and Glossy Accents.

I can't believe the weather we are having this year. Saturday it was nice and sunny in the 70's and tonight they are saying we are gonna reach freezing temps.

I am longing for those pretty warm spring days. The kind where you can open up the windows and enjoy the fresh air but until then I guess I'll just have to make spring themed cards and dream of days to come.

Hope you enjoyed what I had to share with you today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great day! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Bitten By The Bug Challenge

Regina Easter has a wonderful site featuring Cricut cards called Bitten By The Bug! You should take the time to check it out! She features some really talented ladies and there's loads of inspiration to be found there. They are running a contest for this month and Peachy Keen Stamps has graciously offered the Paper Doll cartridge as the prize! What a deal! The deadline for entries is February 29th, 2008 by midnight PST. This time it is to make a card with spring colors.
This is one of my entries for the contest. I immediately thought of Easter and sat down with my Cricut and George cartridge to see what I could come up with.

The basket was made using the shape on pg 101 and the tag on pg.103. The eggs and chick were made using the oval shape from pg. 114 and the chicks wings were made by cutting the oval shape on pg.96 in half lengthwise.

I used my prismacolor pencils to draw in the detail on the basket. The DPs were all leftover scraps.

Stamps: Miracle Of Spring (SU)

Paper: Marigold Morning, Gable Green, Various DP's

Inks: Positively Pink

Accessories: Cricut, George cartridge, Cuttlebug, Flower EF, Ice Stickles, Prismacolors Pencils, Gamsol, Primas, Brads, Dimentionals, Markers, Ribbon