Lots of Green at Simply Create Too

The month of March is well on it's way and this month is notorious for shamrocks, leprechauns and the color green. Although St. Patrick's Day is not celebrated by everyone, we would love to see Lots of Green in your crafty creations for the challenge at Simply Create Too. The challenge is open for a month, so you have until March 31st to link your creation. Click here to enter the challenge and for all the lovely green inspiration from the design team.

When deciding on the occasion for this card I considered making a St. Patrick's Day card because I do mail a few. However, I send a lot more Easter cards and really wanted to use the hatching chick image by Angie's Stamps. The image was colored with Copic markers and then die cut with a stitched circle die by My Favorite Things. After searching through patterned papers I decided on the small green floral paper by American Crafts from their Heartland Farm collection. To add some contrast I used some Garden Green patterned paper by Stampin' Up! accented with a white scalloped die cut edgelit. The Easter Wishes sentiment is by Studio G and has been in my stash for many years. To finish off the card I added a paper flower with leaves cut with a Cricut machine and a bitty butterfly from the Papillon Potpourri stamp set by Stampin' Up! accented with three small pearls. That's it! Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see your creation in the gallery at Simply Create Too.

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• 4 Crafty Chicks: Green
• Cute Card Thursday: Anything Goes
• Word Art Wednesday: Anything Goes

Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration 2014

Stampin' Up! Sale-A-Bration 2014 is here and I've made a card from some of my favorite freebies. If you don't know how Sale-A-Bration works, it's really simple. For every $50 you spend on Stampin' Up! products you get to pick a free gift, click HERE to see pdf brochure. For this Happy Birthday card I've used the following freebies:

• Sweet Sorbet Designer Series Paper (133521)
• Decorative Dots Embossing Folder (133520)
• Petal Parade Stamp Set (133602 clear or 133599 wood)
• Sweet Sorbet Accessory Pack (133522)

Other products used: Sentiment from the Simply Sketched Hostess set, Adorning Accents Edgelit, and black candy dot.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful weekend!

My Happy Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Sister Act: Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp: Anything Goes with Twine or String
• Southern Girls: It's All New!!!
• 4 Crafty Chicks: Anything Goes
• Crafty Catz: Anything Goes

Punched Pansy Birthday Card

Hello! This afternoon I was checking on The Paper Players weekly challenge and realized there was only a day left to participate. It's a color challenge to use: Calypso Coral, Pool Party, So Saffron and Early Espresso. So, I decided to make this Punched Pansy Birthday Card for my friend who lives in Texas. Her birthday is exactly one month after mine, and yes....I'm older. Hmmm.... I don't think we want to talk about age so let's get back to the card. I was inspired by Amy O'Neill's card to use the new Flower Shop* stamp set and Pansy Punch* by Stampin' Up!. For the center of the flowers I used the heat and stick powder on Early Espresso card stock and topped it with Iridescent Ice powder. Then I punched the embossed card stock with the Itty Bitty Shapes punch and adhered to the center of the flowers. I really like how it looks and it's a nice alternative to a rhinestones or pearls. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Sassy Salutations stamp set and the edge of the card was created with the Adorning Accents Edgelits.  Thanks for stopping by!

My Punched Pansy Birthday Card is entered into the following challenges:

• The Paper Players: Color
• Divas by Design: Happy Birthday
• Make It Monday: Anything Goes

*Buy the Flower Shop stamp set and coordinating Pansy Punch in a bundle in either wood or clear mount and save 15%.