Oh Happy Day Card!

Happy Earth Day! My plan for this afternoon is to plant a few flowers in my front yard to make things a little prettier. I can't go too crazy planting just yet, we have a cold snap in the forecast for later this week. The card I'm sharing with you today was made from a recycled/re-purposed coffee sack from The Fresh Market. Not only did the sack make a pretty card but it smells yummy. This Oh Happy Day Card is nature inspired and features one of my favorite animals, the rabbit. We have cottontails in our area, so I added a little cotton to the punched little rabbits tails. The tree image by Hampton Art was heat embossed with Gumball Green and Early Espresso embossing powders by Stampin' Up! and I did a little sponging with light blue to create the sky. For the finishing touches I added a yellow embosslit butterfly and some natural twine. Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day!

 

My Oh Happy Day Card is entered into the following challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks: Trees
• Three Scrappy Gals: Earth/Nature/Recycling
• 'ABC' Challenges: Recycle
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes

The Fresh Market Coffee Sack

 

Cheer Girl Congrats Card

Thank goodness for Friday! This week has been busy for me and I had a couple of unexpected things pop up over the week, but it's all good. Last weekend my youngest niece was in a cheer hip hop dance competition and they won first place. She was very excited and had a lot of fun. Since I live a couple of hours away and can't give her a hug, I decided to make her a card. This Cheer Girl Congrats Card was made using the Cheer Girl digital image by Meljen's Designs. Her team colors are purple and that's where the color scheme comes from. I colored the image with my Copic markers and while doing so I really wished I had a light purple color for highlighting purposes, but I didn't, so I made do with what I have. The light purple background paper is a recycled envelope from a birthday card I received last year. For a little sparkle I sprayed the entire card with ice glimmer mist, it doesn't show up in the picture but is a nice finishing touch. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your weekend.

My Cheer Girl Congrats Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Meljen's Design: Recycle
• Daring Cardmakers: Child's Play
• Crafty Boots: Recycle
• Sparkle N Sprinkle: Use a Digital Image
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes

Leopard Happy Birthday Card

This afternoon was a little "wild" in my craft room. Well... not really, but I did recycle a leopard kraft shopping sack for this Leopard Happy Birthday Card. The store my hubby bought my Valentine's Day present at placed my gift in this leopard sack. My hubby wrapped my present before he gave it to me but he saved the sack. He said he knew I would want it, and he was right. It was perfect for this weeks challenge at The Paper Players to use a recycled or re-purposed item. I have to say this card was a lot of fun to make. Thanks for stopping by!

My Leopard Happy Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: Use Recycled Items
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes
• Catered Crop: Use Twine

Leopard Happy Birthday Card Supplies:

• Paper: Black folded card by Recollections, Whisper White and Basic Black card stock by Stampin' Up!, Kraft card stock by The Paper Studio, and Leopard Kraft paper sack by Green Way.
• Stamps: Happy Birthday sentiment stamp from Sassy Salutations stamp set and Secret Garden stamp set both by Stampin' Up!
• Inks & Colouring: StazOn Jet Black, VersaMark watermark stamp pad, and Zing! black glitter finish embossing powder.
• Other Stuff: Fiskars deckle scissors, glitter tape by Recollections, heat tool, Bitty Butterfly punch, Secret Garden Framelits, black glitter brad, rhinestone basic jewels, and Big Shot all by Stampin' Up!, charcoal twine by The Twinery, and dimensionals. 

Leopard Kraft Sack