Blog Candy at Inky Dream

Farrah over at Inky Dream is giving away some blog candy. Head on over and check it out.



And while you're doing that, check out the tissue holders she's made. Seriously, they are too awesome for words.

Favourite paper ever

My niece is heading off to college so I made this for her. I used my most favouritest paper I have ever found on it, both sides! I found it on a bargin rack too! The next time I went to the store I bought them out of it. (They only had 3 sheets left.) I'll probably hoard my last sheet for years.



This is unreal. I found only 1 challenge I could enter this card into. So, it's for:

CPS: sketch

Cherry on Top Award

Farrah over at the fabulous Inky Dream has graced me with this award.



Thank you so much Farrah! Now this award has some conditions which are:

1. Thank the person who gave you the award. √
2. Add it to your blog. √
3. List 3 things about yourself.
- I have 3 kids.
- My mailing address is R.R. # 3.
- 3 years ago I turned 33.
Hmmmmm.....I might have taken the whole "3" thing a bit too literally.
4. Post your favourite pic.
This definitely isn't the best picture I've ever taken. And, I'm
cheating 'cause it's probably not my favourite but I do really like it, the garden was stunningly gorgeous. It was taken in Nassau, Bahamas.



5. Send the award to 5 people.
Like Farrah mentioned, this is the tricky part but here goes.

1. Chloe at Chloe's Creative Corner. She creates absolutely delightful layouts.
2. Lora at Fleur de Lo. I just started following this blog and I love her CAS style.
3. Feby at February Lane. Her cards are lovely and she takes the most gorgeously creative pictures of them.

That's not 5 is it? Sorry, I'm a bit of a loner out here in blog land and I'm not sure who I should award this to if ykwim. I visit some great blogs though.....*sigh* I'm just going to go with the aforementioned 3. Go visit them and give them some love.

Still not sure about this one.

Can't decide if I like it or not.



Anyways it's for:

Get Sketchy: sketch
Practical Scrappers: stitching
Paper Play: pink
Pixie Dust: polka dots
Pollycraft: in stitches
Aly's Sunday Challenge: get dotty

Come sail away....

....some sail away, come sail away with me....

Please don't hate me 'cause the "stamp" is clip art. ;-)



For:

Design Dollies: orange, royal blue & teal AND waves
Tuesday Taggers: sea, water or boats
The ABC Challenge: B is for blue
Crazy 4 Challenges: music
If the Shoe Fits: die cuts
Aud Sentiments: anything goes + sentiment
Practical Scrappers: August Challenge - water

My inner geek says....

...way cool!





(For those of you who have no idea what this post means click here.)

Ah...summer

That pretty much says it all this time of year, eh?

Digi is another freebie from Bugaboo Stamps.

For:

CPS: sketch
Practical Scrappers: summer
The Pink Elephant: summer fun
Allsorts: primary colours
Penny's Challenges: anything goes
Little Red Wagon: summer theme
ABC Challenge: A for August
Crafty Ann's: lazy days of summer

I totally ♥ paper piecing.

I know it kinda seems like cheating, and it also makes me feel guilty 'cause I've got a bunch of Copics on my desk I rarely use, but it's soooooooo easy! And it looks good too (but it's possible I'm biased).



For:

Get Sketchy: sketch
Sentimental Sundays: anything goes + sentiment
ECP: chocolate brown
Cute Card Thursdays: open

*HBD

*Happy Birthday, of course. This was one of those cards that seemed like it was going to take very little time when it was started and ended up taking almost the whole afternoon (but maybe that's just my ineptitude ;-) ).



For:

Unscripted Sketches: sketch
Pollycraft: for a princess
City Crafter: yummy
My Time To Craft: lets eat cake
Party Time Tuesdays: summer colours + birthday (bright colours say "summer" to me)
Crazy 4 Challenges: cupcake
EtsyInspired: For this pendant from Cathy Walters
Everything But the Kitchen Sink: buttons
The Pink Elephant: something yummy

Maybe too simple???

Whatcha think?



For:

CPS: sketch
Meljen's: CAS
Practical Scrappers: one type of embellishment
Charisma Cardz: teddy bears
Tuesday Taggers: black

Tweet, tweet

And no, I'm not talking about Twitter.

Okay, I have to explain this. The sketch is based on the Cas-Tastic challenge which is to CASE a dt member, which I did with this awesome card. Thing is, this card is actually one of my lesser CASy cards, but to stick with the challenge I had to make it like this. So, anyone visiting from Cas-Tastic, whatever you do don't look at the next card I upload or you'll turf this card from your challenge for being decidely not CAS worthy when you compare it to my other cards. (Still, I have to admit that I really like this card.)



For:

Cas-Tastic Challenges: CASE dt
Embellish Magazine: pink, green, brown + birds
Creative Card Crew: cute & girly
Design Dollies: for a friend
Cupcake Inspirations: their photo inspiration

Hmmm.....sometimes I wonder.....

why I have a whole raft (And I mean that literally, if I was MacGyver I could actually make an actual working raft with a sail and everything.) of patterned paper.



For:

Limelight Papercrafts: sketch + pop dots
Everything But the Kitchen Sink: buttons
Practical Scrappers: fav thing Gotta be buttons. They can really dress up a project plus they're dirt cheap too!
Little Red Wagon: circles
Delightful Challenges: distressing
Cupcake Craft: distressing
Papertake Weekly: white & bright
Tuesday Throwdown: monochromatic

Scrummy, yummy brads.

Aren't they delicious? I'm usually not a big fan of brads but these ones sure made me change my tune!



For the life of me I could not get a picture of this card I really liked. I finally gave up and went with this one.

For:

Get Sketchy: sketch
Speedy the Cat's Challenge: thank you
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle: CAS
Cas-Tastic Challenges: bling it up (I can't believe I just found out about this challenge site! I almost feel like I should go back and do all the challenges I missed. ;-) )