I'm back! The Sugarbowl #39

I made this card for my son-in-law's birthday August 4. He and my dtr have two cats and a hamster, and this image was just about perfect. It is from the Country collection of Sugar Nellie. I love all those stamps. May have to try and collect all of them! This card was made for The Sugarbowl's challenge #39, found here http://sugarbowlblog.blogspot.com/ .

I used BasicGrey dp for the background and Stampin'Up Almost Navy for the dark blue. I used Distressed Ink to sponge around the image. The rhinestones are from my stash and the 1/2 pearl stickers are from Kaisercraft. I popped the image up on foam squares. I used a Martha Stewart corner punch and a corner rounder punch on the corners.

I stitched around the outside block with a zig-zag stitch on my new little Singer craft machine. Still getting used to it!

That's all. Thanks a bunch for lookin'!

Happy Easter House Mouse and Sketch and Stash

I created this little card for today's House Mouse challenge http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/ to make an Easter card. I have had this cute image for a year, but this is the first time I've used it. I also have not used my new Nesties Pansy. I got this idea from one of the DT's at HM today. I colored the image with Distress Inks (only my second try). The ribbon is Offray - it's blue, but it's hard to tell in the photo. The flowers are Prima and the brad is from my stash. The rhinestones are light blue from Kaisercraft. I tried to use the sketch from Sketch and Stash http://sketchandstashchallenge.blogspot.com/  but with a "round" shape. The phrase is from Flourishes. My granddaughter is staying with us this week, and she accidentally got a drop of water on the phrase :(. Oh well!

This is the card open. I used the daffodil from Flourishes as well.

That's about it. Thanks a bunch for lookin'!