Thank you

 The thank you cards my son wanted/needed were to be 10 minutes cards... at his request.. nothing frilly but fun... I hope I delivered what he wanted, since I had to make 10 of them. Its been a while since I have been in the craft cave.. felt good- which is handy since I have to get started on holiday cards! 

 

Crumb cake cardstock with burlap and a butterfly punched out with a circle punch - adding the twine and the rhinestone was afterthought, but I like it! 

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Birthday Butterflies

Pal Paper Art

I have been sitting on these colors for a long time (Sept 9, 2011 - maybe?)  and now I am finally getting down to getting them somewhere.  I love the Calypso Coral color! and with Grey! 

 I would love an outfit in my closet made of it too!  or even just a scarf...? 

 

I wanted some textures. I wanted to only have a little bit of Grey with my  Calypso Coral and Red Riding Hood. It worked out well. Until I realized that my Red Riding Hood paper is just a tad different than my ribbon color, but guess what - open a new pack of paper and wa la it matches.. must have been a change in the color dye someplace down the line.



I apologize for the lighting, but its not been very good to me!

 

I used a Coral base, with layering the Grey under the DSP of Coral. Then I crimpled the grey and tucked it on a just the lower corner. I used the scallop circle punch for the outside of the Precious Butterflies stamped in Red Riding Hood, I used the edge punch on the Red Riding Hood CS before attaching the ribbon.  Finished off the card with adding the Petite Pairs, Happy Birthday.



  

It looks better IRL.  My apologizes!

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Two for Tuesday...

Whew... Its 60 degrees out here in Central PA, and I am stuck inside  making the benjamins {that my teens lingo).. but look what I have for you!!!

TWO CARDS! 

 Each is with the same sketch challenge but two different Color Challenges!  Yes, they are both Colour Q, but I didn't enter them - since they are not current. So without further adue.

 

Grunge Rock! Again! Though you cannot see some of its beauty, believe me, the Rich Razzleberry makes this card pop!

 Then I used for the first time {that I can remember!}, Precious Butterflies.  This card is in a more recent color combo challenge but I didn't get to post in the time allowance. For two reasons, 1) I wasn't so electronically attached this weekend, due to quality time with the teens. 2) I forgot until today, I didn't post it!

 I love the Colour Q gals! They really help move things along when I am in crisis mode! 

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Pursuit of Happiness

While at the lake, you cannot help but suck in some of the relax atmosphere... because when at the lake, act like those that live at the lake... and catching a few sun rises and sunsets were just a fantastic way to grasp the great world we live in. I actually had to take pictures when the storms rolled in- just because they are too awesome looking NOT to!

When I saw the opportunity to use the Pursuit of Happiness stamp set, I  used the Colour Q challenge to keep me OUTSIDE the sunrise/sunset colors I was going to use!

I do apologize for the lack of sight on the sentiment! I guess I didn't catch it while I was taking pictures. {still in need of that new Nikon as you can see!}  I added some chunky glitter to the butterflies, gives great shine!



"Everything will be okay in the end. If it isn't okay, it isn't the end."

 I attemped some rock n roll technique here on the  Precious Butterflies that are in the inside. I then cut them out and attached them with dimensionals. I used Confetti White paper for the inside too.

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