A Little Splash (literally)

Hey Everyone!

Sorry for the lack of posting over the weekend. I'm sure many of you are feeling the crunch as Christmas approaches like me. The week leading up to Christmas is truly my favorite. Lots of baking, movies, music, and get togethers with friends and family.

I rarely miss an opportunity to participate over at The Playdate Cafe when they do their 'splash of color' challenges and this week was no exception.

And here is my card, which I quite literally splashed with color using Mister Huey's.

Be sure to stop by later this week as I should have a few fun posts to share :o)

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Favorite Flower

I haven't played along in any challenges for a while, so I decided to join in two this week.  I'm putting this card in over at The Playdate Cafe and CAS-ual Fridays.  I loved both the colors and the layout so it wasn't too hard.

The flower was white heat embossed and paper pieced. I then inked the edges a little to make it pop.  Stamped the background and sentiment and ta-da! Luckily it's hard to go wrong with these stamps.

In other news, I have 4 pages of my December Daily complete, plus some embellishments, journal cards, tags and envelopes.  Gee only 27 more pages to go! Seeing as how I only have 2 days until December I don't know if they will all get done ahead of time, I'll do my best. I figure if I can get 12 days done before December starts I'll be okay, I'll just keep working on others through the month.

The kids decided that it would be fun to start our day at 5 am. Needless to say, I am off to take a nap!

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Cupcakes...yum!

Two days of posting- go me!

I made this card last night for the current Playdate Cafe Challenge. I really love the color combination.  I have been wanting to use my new Hero Arts background stamp so this was a good opportunity.  I also have a few birthdays coming up and thought I should stock pile some cards.

This cupcake set is one of my favorites to use. I colored the bases and 'toppings' with Distress Inks.

If anyone knows of a good video tutorial (or can clearly explain) good ways to tie bows I would really appreciate it.  This is definitely something I struggle with! I've been trying to use my supplies, and I love ribbon, so it would be nice to be able to create beautiful bows. It would also come in handy for gift wrapping.

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It's Time to Sleep, My Love

**If you're interested in using the new InLinkz Link Manager to make supply lists using thumbnails like I do, check out this post so you can try it out too**

How fun is it when two of my favorite blogs have challenges that coincide!  I made this card to play along with both CAS-ual Fridays and The Playdate Cafe.  PDCC was to us a splash of red along with black and white, easy enough!  CAS-ual Fridays was to use black, white, and red to make a card inspired by a book. 

The book I chose was It's Time to Sleep, My Love by Nancy Tillman.  Yes, it's a children's book, but it is one of my favorites to read to little G when he goes to sleep. (I usually tear up a little when I read it, pregnant or not!)  It's such a sweet book, with a simple message of telling your child how much they are loved as they drift off to sleep.  I thought the sentiment from the Little Bitty Bird set by PTI was perfect, and I like the idea of the mom and baby bird.

Like how I'm posting this at 9pm and the PDCC challenge closes at 12?  Better late than never, right? :o)

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Not pictured: Little Bitty Bird stamp set (PTI), Medium Scallop Die (PTI)

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