Friends give full color to our lives...

I love designer papers and whenever I go out to the craft store I tend to flip through and oogle over all the pretty colors and patterns...I have been blessed to have my Aunt Lori keep me stocked up on some great designer paper stacks (Thank you Aunt Lori if your reading this :D)
This paper is from one of those DCWV stacks and I just LOVE the colors in it...They are so happy to me, reminds me of springtime...There was a challenge over at SCS Clean and Simple Challenge #51 to use this type of paper and make a card so I covered the whole card front with a sheet of paper then punched out butterflies in coordinating colors and added some bling for sparkle with a vellum sentiment I matted on white...I wanted to say a special thank you to MissBoo who hosts the challenges every week to give us inspiration along with the design team for all their wonderful creations! This is my favorite challenge and I look forward to it everyweek! Thanks for stopping by today! Have a Wonderful Week....

Supplies: DCWV Papers, MS Butterfly Punch, Bling, Vellum and Pop Dots

Double Challenge

Heres a card for two different challenges going on...One over at Moxie Fab World to use the first photo as inspiration and one over at SCS...I added a bit of bling to the birdie and some jute tied in a bow with a Thank You charm for fun...Scalloped scissors were used to create the bottom of the matted image...Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Hugs....Cookie

Supplies: Paperseed Digital Image, Halcraft Paper, Kraft, Scalloped Scissors, Bling by Recollections, Jute (hemp), pop dots and charm

Wild West

Hey I am finally putting up a card thats not Valentines! I had a request from someone to make her a card for her son in law who works for Wells and Fargo and to somehow incorporate that into the card...she had mentioned maybe a horse and buggy...so with the help of google ( I LOVE google) I found this image and I thought it would make a great masculine card pairing it with black and kraft....It needed some oomph! And I remembered a wonderful idea I saw from Momis Mama over at SCS on this fantastic card she made here...Its one of my all time favorites by her....I need some lessons on how to make it look as good as her rope but I thought it added alot to the card, then finished it off with four black sticker brads (I just love those because they are so easy to use and no bumps come through and they look like real brads) So thanks to Momis Mama for her wonderful inspiration for this card!

Supplies: Image from Google, Kraft Paper, DCWV Paper,Halcraft card, Pop Dots, Jute (hemp), Faux Brads

XO with Polka Dots...

Oh boy I guess I am still not over making Valentines cards....lol....I have had so much fun with them! Heres one using some foam letters, bling and black and white polka dot paper...For those of you that know I am an Elvis fan I have to show you this video of the cake cutting ceremony of Elvis 75th Birthday....Wow I freaked out when I saw how much Benjamin (Elvis Grandson whos cutting the cake) looks like his GrandDad Elvis...Hes tall and has that same look on his face...only 18! Yikes he is going to be a hunk when he gets older... Thanks for stopping by! Have a GREAT Weekend! Now heres the video (if you go to 58 seconds into it you can see Benjamin cutting the cake)

Kiss Coupon CAS Style

Heres my card for the Clean and Simple Challenge over at SCS...The challenge was to cut something out on your card...On this card I stamped and cut out the kiss coupon and the lips...A bit of sparkle was added to the lips by using a Sakura Stardust Pen in Red...both images were popped up for interest...Thanks so much for stopping by!
Supplies: Inkadinkado Stamps, Stazon Red and Black Ink, Halcraft Paper, Pop Dots and Sakura Stardust Red Pen

true love doves...

I have gotten carried away with Valentine cards this past week...I wanted to combine my Martha Stewart Dove Punch and Stampin Ups Heart Punch to make a Valentine card...I ended up using the negative part of the heart punch and using pop dots raised it up off the red behind it, then added my doves using pop dots too so it has a 3-D effect...Not sure if it shows up in the photo as much as real life but it has alot of depth to it in person...I had a vellum sentiment and ended up using it in a tag style on the card...This card was so fun and easy to make! Have a wonderful week! Thanks so much for stopping by!!
Supplies: Halcraft and DCWV Papers, Vellum Sentiment, Martha Stewart Dove Punch, Stampin Up Heart Punch, Pop Dots

Happy Birthday Elvis (Kuuipo)

I am dedicating this post to Elvis...Today would have been his 75th Birthday and I sure wish I could have seen him perform live...I sure miss him...In the movie "Blue Hawaii" Elvis sang a song called Kuuipo which means "sweetheart" in Hawaiian...I have TCM on right now who are showing Elvis movies and concerts all day and night...I cant wait till tonights shows which are "Elvis on Tour" and "Thats The Way It Is" my favorite since it shows his live performances in Vegas...I just got done watching one of my favorite movies called "Girl Happy" Shelly Fabares one my favorite leading actress in his films...This card goes along with the LSC challenge today over at SCS...Have a GREAT Weekend everyone! Thanks for stopping by...Heres a video with some scenes from "Blue Hawaii" set to "Kuuipo (Sweetheart)." Happy Birthday Elvis You Sweetheart You!"
Supplies: SU Heart Punch, Vellum, Pop Dots, DCWV and Halcraft Papers and Bling