Happy Birthday, Loll!!!

Hi there, blog friends!

After a 4 month hiatus, I am finally back to creating and posting on my blog! Unfortunately, everything is taking me a bit longer to do, and I am still having trouble with writing, coloring, and typing but I'm hopeful that these things will improve with time. On that note, I want to thank my friends and teamies at CAS Christmas (including our 'sister teamies' at CAS Mix Up) for your lovely messages and beautiful cards! You are the core of what makes our community so special...Thank You!!! 

Now, on to the reason for today's post...I am joining both teams to wish Loll a very Happy Birthday! You are an amazing leader, Loll...incredibly organized, extremely generous, always supportive in every way, and deserving of a special birthday celebration!                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Thank heaven I had that little mouse in my stash, pre-colored and ready to go...The alphas were inked to create an ombre effect and I used gold metallic cardstock for the border. 

              Wishing you the happiest birthday, Loll! May all of your birthday wishes come true!!!                                                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT - You Take The Cake, Birthday Buds

Dies: MFT - You Take The Cake, Birthday Buds

Misc: Copic Markers; Tim Holtz - Distress Inks

Happy Birthday, Nancy!!!

Hi there, blog friends! Loll Thompson is hosting a Linky Party for Nancy Littrell who is celebrating a milestone birthday. Happy Birthday, Nancy!!! I'm excited to be joining everyone for the celebration and will be sending this card off to her in the mail ~

I rarely create floral cards, but I couldn't resist these beautiful blooms from Altenew. I used their inks - 2 shades of pink and 2 shades of green, then I heat embossed the sentiment in gold EP.

Loll's Linky Party will be open for 2 weeks, and all are welcome!

Happy, Happy Birthday to you, Nancy! May all of your birthday wishes come true!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:

Stamps: Altenew - Wildflower Garden; MFT - Happy Hummingbirds (sentiment)

Misc: Simon Says Stamp - Ultra Fine Gold Embossing Powder; Altenew - Enamel Dot (Heart), Navy Cardstock; Papertrey Ink - Vellum 

You Take The Cake

Hi there blog friends ~ It's time for a new challenge at Fusion and this time our prompt is ‘Cake’.  I decided to use the inspiration photo, but instead of a cake or cupcake, I chose this (new to me) sentiment and the color palette for my design... 

This cute little mouse was stamped and colored with Copics, then popped up with foam tape to add dimension. I stacked the alphas with 4 plain white layers, then finished with the colors from the inspiration photo. I also included a strip of gold foil which is wrapped around the cake in the photo. And that was it :)

Don't forget the best thing about the Fusion Card Challenge is that you can choose between the sketch and the theme/inspiration photo, or both! My teamies have created some beautiful cards to inspire you, so feel free to stop by the challenge blog and play along with us!

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Supplies:
Stamps: MFT - Birthday Buds (mouse)
Dies: MFT - Birthday Buds, You Take The Cake, Shadow
Misc: Copic Markers; Altenew Inks; MFT - Gold Foil cardstock