Cupcakes are Muffins ? !

At my job we celebrate birthdays once each quarter.  This time we had a bunch of cupcakes along with cake and some other goodies.  We tried to rationalize eating all the sweets . . . but ate them anyway.  That's when I remembered this sentiment stamp from Riley and Company - so much fun!  I just had to make a card for an upcoming birthday.

I am putting this in the following challenges:

Paper Craft Crew 

Shopping Our Stash I love the title of this challenge "Stickle Me Elmo" . I really shopped my stash, and used a very old jar of "sprinkles" - glitter - not edible! I sprinkled them on top of some Alene's snow paste (used as "icing" ). 

Happy Little Stamper - The dies are from Paper Trey Ink -- 

And I'm also putting this into Seize the Birthday

As always, thanks so much for taking a look.  Hope you are having a good day.

W T Fifty?

A co-worker is turning 50 next month - this is for her.

The stamps are from CAS-UAL Fridays - embossed in gold and black.  The pink numbers are a stencil from The Crafter's Workshop - sponged with distress spun sugar to go from dark on top to fade to the bottom.  

I had 2 hours to do this and get on to my blog to qualify for CAS Colours & Sketches

This will also go onto CASual Fridays Challenge - everything turns to Gold

And Paper Craft Crew Challenge

This was one of the fastest cards I've ever made. To be honest, there were several failed attempts, before I got it the way I wanted.  :) 

All for now -- need to go get dinner and ready for work tomorrow.

Hope you are having a good day.

Caught a Bug . . .

This is for a friend that is ill with the flu or other upper respiratory infection.  These are her favorite colors.  

The images are from Sweet and Sassy. 

The paper is from My Mind's Eye.  

I am putting this into the following challenges:

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge

Crafty Hazelnuts Pattern Paper Challenge - now -- you need to know that I choose this pack of paper before I went looking for challenges in which to put this card.  And there this was -- Crafty Hazelnut -- and the paper pack prize for this month is the pack I used -- what do they say about "great minds"? :)

And Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes 

and into Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday  - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for taking a look.  I hope all is well with you. 

ConGRADulations!

I teach 6th grade science at a middle school in NY.  My department head just finished her PhD.  This is for her.
The image is from Stamping Bella , which I watercolored.  The sentiment is from Paper Smooches.
I don't know if you can read the pattern paper, but that is from Echo Park.  The words on the paper are about Graduate and School.

I'm putting this into the following challenges:

CAS-ual Fridays CFC164

Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge  - Anything Goes

and Cute Card Thursday also Anything Goes

Thanks so much for stopping by to take a look.