Congrats!

I had a great time visiting family over the last few weeks, though I have to admit I was glad to get home and stay out of the car.  My youngest daughter came home and we traveled 8 hours to Mississippi to pick up my older daughter.  Then we traveled 12 hours to Omaha, Nebraska to spend a little over 48 hours with my family.  My mom looked great after getting her pacemaker and my dad was doing pretty good while we were there, though he has good days and bad days.  Then it was 12 hours back to Mississippi to get the oldest back for work.  We stayed a few days and then 8 hours back to South Carolina.  After one night at home I took my youngest back to Charleston and spent a few days with her.  Then it was home at last!

Yesterday I was able to spend some time being creative with my stamping buddies and worked on this card for the House Mouse and Friends challenge theme of “Congratulations”.

I had a new Die Versions die I couldn’t wait to use, that was perfect for this.

The image is an older stamp with these two cuties.  After coloring with Tombow Markers, it was added to the card front, along with layers of red, pink, and polka-dot.

The white cardstock base is only a single layer because the red behind the image is folded to open up to whatever additional message you want.

Hope you are have some fun with family and loved ones on this 4^th of July.

E. Marie

I entered this card in the following challenge:

HM&F Challenge #HMFMC197 – Congratulations

Gruffies and Guests Challenge #19 – Lazy Days or Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts June Challenge:  Furry Friends

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge – We’re Going Dotty

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge #94 ~ Seeing Red

Scrap & Craft Inspiration #11 Celebrations

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge #222: Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 142 - Fancy Folds

Love To Scrap! Challenge "NO RULZ" Blog Hop

Papertake Weekly Challenge – Take Your Pick

     Color Theme – Pink and Red

     Sketch #79

Gruffies and Guests Halfway Reminder

It is the halfway reminder for the 18th Challenge at Gruffies and Guest.  The challenge theme is *Lavender and Lace with the option of Anything Goes* and we have two wonderful sponsors.

Crafty Ribbons

 with a £10 voucher for 1 lucky winner

and

Crafty Sentiments Designs

 with 3 digi's to 1 winner

Here is my 2^nd card as a guest designer.  I used an older image and stamped it with Memento ink.   
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After coloring with Copic markers and fussy cutting, I used dimensionals to pop it up on a die cut piece of sticker paper covered with Cloud Nine, Purple Rain, and Fairytale Lavender glitter, using the Lace Background Technique.  I used a Spellbinders’ floral die to cut it and then layered it on lavender designer paper and a purple layer die cut with Sue Wilson’s Union Square die from her New York Collection.

I ran a piece of lace with ribbon roses and pearls along the bottom.  This is a fun card that could be used for a variety of occasions.

Make sure you head over to the Gruffies and Guests Blog to get all the challenge details and see more inspiration.

E. Marie

I entered this card in the following challenge:

Bunny Zoe's Crafts June Challenge:  Furry Friends

Scrapy Land Challenge #20 – Favorite Color Combo (PLUS using any brand of die Scrapy Land sells)

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge #93 ~ Use Pearls

Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge – Use Your Favorite Technique and/or Product

Craft Your Passion Challenge 267~ Always Anything Goes

Hanna and Friends Challenge #224- Im Garten/ In The Garden

Love To Scrap! Challenge Blog LTSCB #56 - Anything Goes!

Sweet Stampin’ Challenge 84 – Bingo (Purple, Pearls, Flowers)

Gruffies & Guests Challenge #18 - Lavender & Lace + Option of Anything Goes.

Today is the start of a new challenge at Gruffies & Guests Challenges and I am thrilled to be a guest designer for Challenge #18 - Lavender & Lace.  These are two of my favorites. 

You do have the option of anything goes but if you do use the theme you will get 2 chances in the prize draw.

The sponsors for this challenge are

Crafty Ribbons

 with a £10 voucher for 1 lucky winner

and

Crafty Sentiments

3 digi’s to 1 winner

Crafty Sentiments Designs is an online base family company own and run by Suzette, the images are cute fun and make any cards and projects look amazing.

Suzette and Justyna are the main artist, all images are exclusive to Crafty Sentiments Designs and there is lots of digital stamps available, sentiments, rubber stamps, crafting CD's, exclusive Crafty Sentiments Designs dies and much more. www.craftysentimentsdesigns.co.uk you can also find us on facebook, printerest and twitter.

I used this cute Fancy Pants Happy Hopper, die cut with Spellbinders’ Majestic Labels Twenty-Five.  This is popped up over designer paper, die cut with Spellbinders’ Adorning Labels Twenty-Five.  I added double stick adhesive on the back of the designer paper and added glitter to the exposed adhesive.  

 After layering on lavender cardstock, I ran a strip of lace along the bottom and added all to the white card base.  I used a Copic mark to color two sizes of pearls and added the tiny ones to the Happy Hopper’s necklace and the larger ones as corner embellishments.

Now head over to the Gruffies and Guests Challenge blog and check out the lovely creations from the designers.

E. Marie

I entered this card in the following challenge:

Scrapy Land Challenge #19 – Anything Goes (PLUS using any brand of die Scrapy Land sells)

Crafty Creations Challenge #290 - All Creatures Great and Small

Papertake Weekly Challenge – Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge #109 - Anything Goes