Whimsy and Stars Studio {A bit of Spring & Easter}

The first day of my Spring Break! I have the whole week off from work and I am looking forward to getting inky today!! The sun is shining out there today, it is still a bit cold and slippery but so bright and happy! I love Spring and I have a Springy card to share with you today!

Challenges I have entered:

A Gem of a Challenge-Spring/Easter

The Pink Elephant-Easter
The Ribbon Carousel-Spring is in the Air
Splitcoast Stampers Inspiration Challenge-Colours from Spoonful (Spring fabric)

Stamping 411 and Colour Q

Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you are enjoying your weekend.  I have been stamping up a storm tonight, I wanted to make some special little cards for friends and family.  I was looking for inspiration when I found the Colour Q Challenge and the Stamping 411 Sketch.

I made a birthday card for my sister in law, a "For You" card for a work colleague, a simple "hello" card and a "Because I Care" for a friend.

Thanks for stopping by! Any questions, please leave me a comment and I will answer them for you if I can. 

Smiles,

Picture Perfect Creations #60-For Auntie Nern

This week at Picture Perfect Creations we have a pretty colour combo for you to try!  It is soft and delightful!!  The best part is the chance to use Elegant Eggplant, I just love that pretty colour!

I decided to ink up Nature Walk set and En Francais, two of my favourites!  I wanted the background of the card to be subtle so the butterflies popped!  I used my Stampin' Write markers in Blushing Bride and Pear Pizzazz to ink up the floral image.  The butterflies are actually stamped in Concord Crush by mistake!  Argh!!  I had both purples on my desk and grabbed the wrong one!!!  Only I could do that!!

 

This is for my Auntie Nern who had a pacemaker put in on Tuesday.  She is doing very well and I am happy to say she is on the mend.  We think this pacemaker is going to make her feel so much better.

Thank you so much for stoppping by!  I hope you get the chance to head over to the PPC Challenge Blog to play along with us this week!!!

Smiles,

Lesley

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Colour Dare Challenge 101

This week at the Colour Dare, Riley has cooked up a pretty palette for you to try!  She has asked us to use the feminine colours:

Regal Rose

Old Olive

Early Espresso

and a Neutral

I was trying to figure out what stamp set to use and then I decided to use my new "Flower Fest" set which goes with so many of the Stampin' Up Punches!!!  I used the 2 3/8" Scallop Circle Punch with this card and the Butterfly Punch!  I needed a card for our wonderful secretary who is retiring at the end of the school year!  We are ALL so sad to see her leave but we are happy that she is able to retire with her husband and kick up her heels and have some fun!!! 

Head on over to the Colour Dare to play along with this wonderful challenge this week!!  I hope you get the chance to join us!

Smiles,

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Picture Perfect Mashup and the CPS

Just a quick post tonight as I am off to bed and tomorrow I am back to work!  I have had a terrific bit of time off and I am excited to get back to work.  Today I went and got my hair done, it is a lot shorter and I love it.  Have a good week at work. 

 

I wanted to participate in these three challenges:

CPS-Sketch-such a fun and simple sketch!

Picture Perfect Creations: Pacific Point, Real Red and Chocolate Chip (love the colours!!)

Friday Mashup: Zoo Animals-how fun is this challenge!

Have a great week! Look forward to playing some more challenges this week.  I have a big list of them to work on! Something to look forward too!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Pals Paper Arts and Stampin' 411

It's bright! It's bold! I tried the Stampin' 411 Sketch and the Colour Challenge at Pals to use Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise and Real Red. I love these bright colours and wish I had the Choo-Choo Set...it would have been adorable with these colours...and I think it would work nicely with these houses too! Hmm...next order maybe? Hehehe!

I moved the bow on the side...to the bottom corner...It is sure a lot of layers...

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles, Lesley :)

Kissing and Thumping

I made these cards ages ago for a "Kissing and Thumping" technique class I was going to teach! I never got the chance because a flu bug got me and so these cards sat by the wayside, just waiting to be shared! So I thought today could be the day.  The Kissing and Thumping techniques are so easy and I love the look they create. Maybe I should put the tutorial online here...I am planting in my garden today and so we be outside for most of the day but I do have some projects that are half-finished...I have to get more time in the day!

Hope you are enjoying your Sunday!

Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles, Lesley :)

Stamper's 6 Club- Masculine Class

Tomorrow night I have my Stamper's 6 Club and we will be making a Hanging Treat Box using some new items out of the new Summer Mini!  Yippee!!! 

Here is what we will be making! It can be adapted to a birthday project as well...not just Father's Day but I thought it would be nice!

What you do with this is fill it up with goodies and hang it on a bottle of wine.  In this case, it is a bottle of Port for my dad!  He also has a major sweet tooth and I have added some chocolate for him too!

Supplies used:

Stamps: Motorcycle (117657), Weathered Background Stamp (is retired but the "Sanded" Background Stamp (109294) would work nicely too!), Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370)

Paper: Kraft (102125), Chocolate Chip (102128), Very Vanilla (101650)

Ink: Chocolate Chip (100908)

Tools: Square Lattice Embossing Folder (119976), Sticky Strip (104294), Bone Folder (102300), Hemp Twine (100982), Modern Label Punch (116630), Word Window Punch (105090), 1 3/8" Circle Punch (104401), Sponges (101610)

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles, Lesley :)

Curtain Call Colour Challenge

I wanted to be sure to play along with the Curatin Call Colour Challenge this week which was to use Pink, Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery and White.  Such pretty floral colours and I inked up my newest set called "Awash with Flowers".  I used the Thumping Technique on the flowers to give them a two-toned look.

Thanks for stopping by! Smiles, Lesley :)

Colour Dare and Cards for Mum

This card uses the "Elements of Style" set and I wanted to make a card for the current Colour Dare which was to use Yellow, Green and a Lighter Green. I covered the flowers in Dazzling Diamonds and it is all glittery!!  What mom wouldn't love a little glam and glitter!

I absolutely LOVE the "Elements of Style" set, can you tell?  Geez, I can't stop using it and I am ok with that!  I used Rich Razzlebery and Mellow Moss.  I also must tell you, I finally broke down and bought the Word Window Punch!  I LOVE IT!!!  I am so silly sometimes, thinking I don't need something and just making do with what I have.  But the Word Window Punch goes beautifully with the Modern Label Punch and my Teeny Tiny Wishes Set!  Now my options seem endless!

For this card I pulled out my Vintage Vogue Set and inked it up in the Plum colours from the Soft Subtles colours.  This is one of my favourite colour combos and I need to remember to use it more.  I made some other cards with these colours last week and since then, I have been looking to use them more.  This card measures 5x5.  The pretty Mother's Day Sentiment is from "All Holidays".

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles, Lesley :)

Colour Throwdown and "Just Us Girls" Challenge

I made this card for the Colour Throwdown and the JUGS Sketch Challenge. I wanted a fresh card for Mother's Day! I did the panels from the sketch in white on white. The flowered panels I created using my Fifth Avenue Florals Set. Can you see the panels better at this angle? I finished off the card with some pearls and some pink satin ribbon.Thanks for stopping by!
Smiles,
Lesley :)

Stampin' Royalty, Diva Coffee Break and CTD

There is a brand new challenge blog out there and it is in my own backyard! Congrats to my fellow BC Stampers who have created a new challenge blog called STAMPIN' ROYALTY. Their first challenge is to make a Birthday Card to celebrate the "birth" of their new challenge blog.So I created this card using the current DIVA COFFEE BREAK DESIGNS SKETCH and the current COLOUR THROWDOWN COLOURS (again). I also made this Birthday Set for the Colour Throwdown. I LOVE this stamp set! Please make sure you visit the STAMPIN' ROYALTY challenge blog.
Thanks for stopping by!

Lesley :)