A "Male" Birthday Card

I bought some new stamps a week ago of some Fleur De Lis, this is Robs' "symbol" he says...LOL  Actually I have bought a few Fleur De Lis stamps in the last month...guess Rob is on my mind even when I am shopping....hehe  I have not made a guy's card in awhile, so I thought I better or I wouldn't have any to give away when needed.  So here we go, this card is for two challenges:

OWH "Operation Write Home" Sketch Challenge #14

and

Play Date Cafe - color challenge, Clay/Creame/Turqouise-y

Follow Your Dreams Card

This card was made for three challenges, Paper Craft Planet, Stampin Sisters n Christ, and Little Paper Shop.  I love the stamp set from Close To My Heart, Floral Delights, which is what I used for my images and sentiment.

First Challenge, Paper Craft Planet, sketch, SK041710

The second challenge was for Little Paper Shop, color LPSC64

The third challenge, was for Stampin Sisters n Christ scripture challenge.  This weeks scripture was Isaiah 40:8, "The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever."  Challenge was to make a card/project with flowers on it. 

And this is what I came up with....

Colors are from CTMH, close to what LPS colors:
Bubblegum, Watermelon and Chocolate
Paper - DCWV
Ribbon - CTMH
Buttons - Making Memories

A few Odds and Ends

Here are a few cards/projects I completed during the week and today besides my challenge card. 

This one is for our Pastor at Church...our family life group is going to give him a basket with some of his favorite goodies...I just started with this group last week and already see the faith and love they have for our Lord!

And on that note...our family life group leader, Ms Sandy, has us write the verses from Sunday's services in a notebook.  And then we are held accountable at group by a fellow member, they don't check word for word but that we at least wrote out our verses.  This keeps us in the word, and for me helps me learn the bible.  Of course I had to decorate my notebook, it's simple with a verse on the front....I choose a tree, because it's always growing and changing....

And then I purchased a binder to put all our newsletters and notes from our group.  And yes I had to make it beautiful.... It has a glare...haha so you can see me takin a pic!

I hope you enjoy!

Challange Fun 4/17/10

Happy Saturday my scrappin friends!  I have been a busy girl this morning and I love it....due to the fact that it is due to cardmaking.  I love that kinda busy, dont you?  For me personally, I have found that making a card for a challange or two or three, has made my creative juices flow. I like how this card turned out, I wanted to add ribbon to the card, but for me it didnt look good.  This card card sketch is from Our Craft Lounge, OCLDT09. They were having a contest with this sketch but you had to use one of their stamps. I decided only to use the sketch. The colors used were for  Paper Craft Planet's color challange, pcpcolor63, using a dark green (garden green), lt aqua (soft sky), lt green (celery), white and bashful blue.  I used Close to My Heart colors of course...since I have most of their stamp pad colors.  The third challenge was for Stampin Sisters in Christ, theirs is always a scripture challange, very inspirational. And we were to make a project or card about prayer and/or peace. Now this challange included a prize from Simon Says Stamp...woohoo!

Card Recipe:

CTMH Paper and Ink, New England Ivy-Sweet Leaf-Indian Corn Blue-Heavenly Blue
CTMH - My Accents, New England Ivy
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Stylized Flowers
EK Success Edger Punch - Dotted Scallop
CTMH Clear Embossing Powder - used on the stamp
Just Rite Stamp - Breath of Spring

Ippity Blog Hop

Oh my am I excited to be inlcuded in this blog hop.  This is my first one ever!  I just started blogging in January and actually the blog started out as something else.  Over the last few months have developed into a scrappin blog.  I love to create cards, scrapbook layouts and papercrafts for myself, family and friends.  Ok so on to this blog hop...hehe  Bonnie Rose, who has a blog called "A Life Unrehearsed" decided to have a blog hop featuring stamps from Ippity by Unity Stamps.  She is having a sale over at her site Paper and Ink - Ippity and Me,  right now, $15 and $18 stamp sets. There are going to be lots of talent shown thru out this blog so please try to check them all out, as we didn't use the same stamp set.  There will be a prize offered by Bonnie Rose and I will be giving away a surprise myself, chosen by Random.org from among all comments left on my post.

Now on my card, I choose to use the Devoted set from Ippity, and used a slant card technique.  I saw many cards in my little creative mind.  And the one I made will be heading to my Aunt, she recently moved into a new place, after the blog hop.

Card Recipe :

Stamp Set - Ippity / Devoted - IPK103
Cardstock - colonial white, dutch blue, breeze, buttercup from CTMH
Ink used - colonial white, dutch blue, breeze, buttercup, topiary, chocolate from CTMH
Ribbon - CTMH
Flowers and button - Making Memories
CK Success border punch

I wanted to do a simple card...which is what I create best, so I  hope you enjoyed stopping by my blog and please come back.