Shake, Rattle and Roll to the Blues

I love Sundays.  Went for a nice stroll this morning, did some chores and the rest of the afternoon was devoted to good music and card making.  I tried two new techniques today!

A Day for Daisies - Shades of Blue

I made a lattice card for this challenge. Arranging those strips reminded me of making pie...mmmm, pie.  But I digress. The cherry blossoms are also from ADFD.  I colored the cute little blue bird with my Prismacolor markers; When I think of blue birds, I think of spring at the countryside.  I went for a shabby chic vibe.

Dilly Beans - Stars

Care Bears are trademark of American Greetings, created by Elena Kucharik

Flashback alert!!!  We are time traveling back to the 80s :)  Remember the Care Bears?  This is one of their starry friends.  Image is from one of my old coloring books that I scanned and resized. For this week's Dilly Beans challenge, I decided to keep it clean and simple.  The new technique on this one: SHAKER CARD!  The little star's balloon is filled with pink glass beads that you can shake around :)

Take a Word - Angelic/Angel

Precious Moments by Sam Butcher

Last but not least, this is a tag I made for Take a Word.  I've been on a Precious Moments kick recently :)  I had scrap and buttons from my bluebird card that I used up.  I just adore the little turtle!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Have a great week,

Mary xoxo

Over the Rainbow about Cakewalk!

Hi there,
OK, so we all have good days and bad days.  My joints hurt, I'm fatigued more days than not and I feel like I can sleep for a few years.  Safe to say I'm having a bad day...make that a bad few weeks.  My only solace is creating stuff.  It helps me take my mind off of stress which can totally wreak havoc on your mentality and physical body.  So, with what energy I have, I craft a bit then nap a bit...then repeat.  I'm hoping that this cloud of fatigue will blow away.  Meh, enough of my complaining, things could be worse.  On to more happier stuff.
It's time for another awesome challenge over at Wicked Wednesday.  We are sponsored by A Day for Daisies this week and we got to work with this adorable little fairy baby!  I love their mermaid designs.  Check out their stuff, guarantee you'll find something you like.

Sentiment by DessertDivas

I printed out the sweet baby a couple of times to add dimension.  I smudged the background with chalk and tied a bow to it.  Looking at her sleep makes me want to go take a nap too!
But, happy news first!  I would like you to meet Chickadee.  She's one of my sweet and fluffy creations that will debut at Cakewalk (my free digistamp site) in a few weeks.  You can get your own Chickadee starting March 28th.

Mark your calendars: March 28th
Give chickadee a home; she will be yours free to download

Thanks for stopping by and make sure to stop by Wicked Wednesdays to check out the rest of creations by the DT :)
Check out Cakewalk when you get the chance and stay tuned!
Peace and love,
Mary xoxo

It's a blue kind of day...

Hey everyone!
It's time for a color challenge over at Dilly Beans!  BLUE
I don't usually gravitate towards this color, but that's why I love challenges; I'm always trying something new.  I decided to try my hand at an easel card.  So, here goes:

This is an awesome Mermaid Freebie from A Day for Daisies!

This is a close up of the front, isn't she cute?

After a LOT of measuring and gluing....TADA!  This is my first ever easel card.  I'm happy with it and it'll only get better with practice :)
I'll also be entering this creation over at So Artful Challenges, where they are hosting a color theme too.

Thanks for stopping by!
Peace and love,
Mary xoxo

Joining challenges to challenge myself

As the weeks go by with each ATC challenge, I get to see other creative people's awesome creations.  I also learn from them.  For example, Pauline has a new challenge blog called Seems A Little Sketchy.  I wasn't sure what a sketch was...so I went ahead and emailed her.  (Thank you for the crash course!)  I also saw Jenn's awesome mermaid creation for A Day for Daisies; this week, it's a color challenge.  When I first laid eyes on that little mermaid, I knew I just had to have it!  So I decided to join both worlds and here's the end result:

Ingredients
Birthday Mermaid digi by ADFD
paper flowers
Sharpies
Orange dotted ribbon
Cardstock scraps
Pearl embellishments
Foam adhesive
turtle and shells clipart

Here's a different view so you can see the different layers!

By the way, I got all my craft stuff over at the clearance bins at Michaels.  The cool thing is that they come in little packets so in case this didn't turn out, I wouldn't waste too much.  But, I am happy how this piece turned out.  Thank you to both Jenn and Pauline for being my inspiration for this!

Peace and love,

Mary xoxo