New CAS challenge posted at Simply Scrapping Crafts

Hello blogland! It's Friday and that means it's time for a new Clean and Simple Challenge over at Simply Scrapping Crafts.  Come on over and play along with us!  This week's challenge was to use a patterned paper for our background or card base and here's what I came up with:

Card base: DCWV
Patterned paper: DCWV
Sentiment:  My Favorite Things, Pure Innocence Stamps
Border: Die-namics scallop border from My Favorite Things
Embellishments: Prima

Take a look at this great prize package from this month's sponsor Simply Scrapping Crafts:

Want a chance to win these goodies? Come on over to SSC, join the CAS Friday Challenge and check out how.  Hope to see you there!

CAS card challenge

Hello blogland!  This week is just flying by for me - here it is Tuesday already!  Want to see what I've been working on?  Here's my card for the Clean and Simple card challenge going on every Friday over at Simply Scrapping Crafts  - come on over and join us!

To make this 3-D effect, I stamped my images right onto the card base then again on a separate piece of cardstock and carefully cut them out. I rolled the butterfly wings around a pencil to make them stand up a bit, added a small dot of glue to the bottom then centered them on top of the first stamped image. Easy peasy!  The butterfly stamp and sentiment are from Unity Stamps, the inks used are from Stampin' Up, the border strip is a Die-namic die from My Favorite Things.

Be sure to stop by SSC each Friday for a new CAS challenge - hope to see you there!

OWH Bunny Blog Hop

Hello blogland and welcome to my stop on the Operation Write Home's Bunny Blog Hop!  If you've come here from the very talented Linda at The Stampers Torch, you're in the right place!  If you're lost, go can go to the start of the hop HERE.

Spring is less than 3 weeks away and I can't wait!  It's been a tough winter and I'm looking forward to the little flowers that are starting to poke their way through the frozen soil in my garden.  The crocus and little daffodils and tulips are waking up and soon will bring a welcomed splash of color to the rest of the sleeping garden.  It was with that in mind that I made the following cards to share with you today:

This little card was made using some white cardstock layered with a piece of  DCWV cardstock.  The gerber daisey stamp is from Flourishes and can be found HERE. I colored them with a few copic markers and found a piece of matching ribbon in my stash - a pretty little "Thank You" card for my next OWH box.

Just a quick reminder, the deadline for getting Easter cards delivered to the OWH mailers is March 18 and the Mother's Day card deadline is March 31.  If you've never made cards for OWH, you can all the details HERE.

If you're a first time visitor, thanks for stopping by and I hope you come back again!  And now your next stop on the blog hop is AMY at THIS BUSY GIRL  Enjoy the rest of the hop!

Holey Moley, I'm excited!

Hello blogland!  I'm so excited I think I'm gonna bust - I applied for a position on the Design Team of Simply Scrapping Crafts and was accepted!  I'll be working on CAS (clean and simple) cards but there is something here for everyone.  Want to know how to use Copic markers?  There are classes and challenges offered for that.  Do you like scrapbooking? There are classes and challenges for that too.  Do you like working with digital images and stamps?  That's there too.  Come on over and play with us HERE and be sure to stop back on Friday to play along with my first CAS challenge.  Here's a sneek peek:

See you there!