Banana Split Sunday: May Flowers

It's time for another Banana Split Sunday challenge! This week's theme is May Flowers. We'd love to see your creation using F L O W E R S this week! Be sure to link up your creation over on the 2RedBananas blog!

I paired the Ms Frog Grad image that was recently released with this week's Sketch for You To Try. Jen asked for the right side to be something different. I layered some punches so that one was on the cover and one was on the inside. The papers are from a My Minds Eye stack and I really love the fun, happy colors.

Ms. Grad was colored with a Mellow Moss marker and her cape and gown were paper pieced.

The flowers I used can actually be found over at the 2RedBananas store {HERE}. They are so wonderful! They have a soft, velvety texture that makes me happy! They also come in pink and blue (that is a perfect match to Baja Breeze by the way - love that color.)


I did add a little detail to the inside along with one of the sentiments from the set.

Be sure to stop by 2RedBananas to see the rest of the creations for this week's challenge. Play along with us too!

Sydney Series

I spent last week working on some cards for Simply Sistas. This is Sydney and she is one of my favorite images. As you know, I am not a scrap saver, so I really wanted to use this patterned paper but it is so pretty and glittery that I didn't want to waste it so I went in with the idea to create a whole series of cards.

This first one I used for Jen's SFYTT from this past weekend. It's a cute sketch and I'm super happy with how she turned out. I colored her with prismascolors and baby oil.

For this card I used my SU Markers on. I was hoping my chair would end up looking like suede, you know, with the brush marks in it. Sydney's top is covered with Diamond Dust glitter which you can't see very well, but it's oh so sparkly!! I used the sketch from a card I found by Anna Wight as my layout inspiration!

When I first moved out on my own, I bought an old recliner at a garage sale that belonged to a family friend. It was cheap and filled a need but there was a sofa and loveseat set at a local furniture store that was faded denim. I loved it and decided to save money so I could buy it! Sadly, a gal that I worked with bought it before I was able to. As I was coloring these I thought of that set for some reason and decided to fulfill my dream on paper!! She is also colored with prismacolors and baby oil.

Here is the last card in the series. Today, if I just had some expendable cash to blow on a big purchase (and a spare corner) I would order a pink crushed velvet comfy chair in a heartbeat!! Since that will not happen anytime soon, I decided that I'd just give Sydney a totally girly-girl chair. I love flocked anything - I guess b/c I'm such a texture girl. I am always touching things to get the feel of it.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by today!! I love it that you do!! My little man and I baked a zucchini cake this morning and I can smell it now - what a yummy treat we'll have later today! Have a beautiful day!!

Birthday Wishes

My baby brother turned 21 this week and this is the card I made for him. When we were growing up, my dad has this old red pickup - it was so old it had faded to this pale

burnt orange color. We loved riding around in that pickup and it was a sad day when it left our family. I remember dad taking us out on snowy days and doing donuts in empty parking lots and pulling up on a sled. So much fun!! I used Jen's SFYTT again and some star paper from my friend Bridget. I thought it would go perfect with the cuttlebug star embossing templates I found on clearance a few weeks back. I love how this card turned out!! The kraft and red color combo just really is awesome in my opinion. I embossed the stars going down the right side and then even cut out a few and popped 'em up.

My friend said she hoped he appreciated the work I put into the card; thing is, he has a heart of gold and I knew he would. When he opened it, he looked at it for a long time and then said: "I wish I could make a card like this." Isn't that the highest compliment we can get?!?!?!

Here is the inside finished off as well. I'm not sure why it flipped on it's side like this. So just consider this a great time to get a neck stretch in. Be sure to stretch the other way too!!

Thanks for stopping by!! Have a beautiful week!! I have a busy one this week so hopefully I'll find time to post again before this time next week.

I (heart) this card!

I created this card for Jen's SFYTT over at I(heart)2stamp! If you use your bella with it, you get a chance to win a gift certificate to Stamping Bella. I just ordered some stamps and they arrived today - just in time to get a card together before the deadline. I totally {HEART} how it turned out. Being a gal that loves to sparkle, I had to add a small crystal gem to her wrist - can you see it? Nothing makes me feel better than having a great bracelet on!! I'm going to send this to a very special friend - she loves to wear bracelets too so I think she'll get a kick out of it!!

This is the first time I've participated in one of her sketch's and I'll definitely have to do so again. Thanks for stopping by and all the sweet comments!! Have a great weekend. Hubby has an event tomorrow so my friend Bridget is coming over to stamp. I can't wait - but I have to figure out something for us to snack on while we work!!