Celebrate One Cupcake at a Time!

I've been playing with my wonderful new The Cat's Pajamas supplies. I was so lucky to win last month's challenge! Here is one of the adorable bunnies ready for a birthday party. This is for a friend's birthday and since it's a summer birthday, I was able to use some fun paper I had in my stash--lots of yummy watermelons. There was even a pattern that worked for the paper-pieced cupcake and an envelope liner. There's still lots of time to enter this month's "Summer" Challenge. It goes until the end of the month.

Stamp set is TCP One Bunny. The sentiment is from PTI. And inside I used the sentiment that came with the bunny "Celebrate One Cupcake at a Time". Colored with Copics.

Thank you so much for coming by. 

Hope you are enjoying your summer so far,

Sharron

CAS-ology: Balloon

Big celebration over at CAS-ology celebrating their 5-year anniversary!

Yay, I'm actually posting!! Our twin granddaughters are also celebrating. They turn 14 today! I just got my very first Waffle Flower order in the mail and these new stamps worked perfectly for their cards. Inspiration from a couple of crafty friends inspired me to try this wonderful company! A harlequin stencil and vellum balloons finished things off.

Stamps: Fruity Thank You (Waffle Flower), Birthday Wish (Verve)

Stencil: TCW Mini Harlequin

Balloon Dies: My Favorite Things

A very happy birthday to the girls and wishing CAS-ology many more years of crafty inspiration!

Hope all of you have a wonderful weekend,

Sharron

Hupffeh Bffday, Darnell!!!

Earlier today I saw this post and knew I wanted to make this card for Darnell! She is one of the sweetest, most lovable people in blogland. We have never met in person but I have long enjoyed her fun, creative and humorous blog. If you have never visited her blog, you must! Just click HERE!! It won't take long for you to understand why I just had to make this card for her birthday. Unfortunately I made it today so it won't get to her until after her birthday is over but I'm still wanting to wish her a wonderful birthday and much joy in the next year.

THIS IMAGE IS A DIGITAL FROM MO MANNING. THE FIRST TIME I SAW IT I JUST KNEW IT WAS MADE FOR DARNELL. SORRY THE SILVER ISN'T ALL SPARKLY LIKE IN REAL LIFE!

Thanks for letting me share,

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Occasions: June with Joyce "Birthdays to Die 'Cut' For"

One of my most needed type of cards is birthdays. So what a treat when I received my kit for the June 12 Kits of Occasions. Joyce, our wonderful hostess, sent an amazing collection of die cuts, stamped images and sentiments plus some great papers---all designed for this month's theme "birthdays! Gosh, there were so many cool options. And, as always, I still have lots left for creating later! Thank you, Joyce, for a really fun month. And one of the great things about using die cuts is that cards come together so quickly. :)

Below is a collage showing the variety we had to work with.

PHOTO BY LINDSEY

OF COURSE, I LOVE TO COLOR SO THIS COLLECTION OF CUPCAKES WAS A FUN PLACE TO BEGIN.

GOTTA LOVE BLACK AND WHITE WITH ACCENTS OF RED!

I DON'T KNOW THE NAME OF THIS EMBOSSING FOLDER THAT I GOT ON SALE FROM A LOCAL SCRAPBOOK STORE BUT I DID FIND OUT THAT IT DOESN'T DO WELL USING LIGHTWEIGHT CARDSTOCK. AFTER TWO SHREDDED VERSIONS, I SWITCHED TO 100 LB. CARDSTOCK FROM WPLUS9.

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So, are you ready to create some birthday cards? There are lots more creations so be sure to click HERE to connect with the 12 Kits of Occasions blog where you can hop to all the other members' blogs.

Thanks for letting me share!

Have a great day,

Sharron

Happy Birthday, Gracie!

Super busy this weekend, getting ready for some company. But I did make this card today for one of the granddaughter's birthday. She will be ten this week! They are moving from cold, snowy Ohio to sunny California as soon as school is out so I ordered this digital from Tiddly Inks, "Wryn at the Beach". And I had to get something from Gymboree so I found this See Ya tee. Three of the granddaughters are about to outgrow the sizes there. Bummer--I am so spoiled as I love their clothes!

I also used the sun from WPlus9's Sending Sunshine set and a sentiment from Lil' Inker. For coloring this time I used a combination of Copics and Prismacolor colored pencils. I especially liked doing hair with both. There's also a bit of Wink of Stella on her bag but as always it doesn't show up here.

I'm also entering this week's CAS-ology challenge. The theme is Tropical!

Thanks for visiting! I am again behind with blog visits but hope to catch up soon!

Sharron

The 12 Kits of Occasions: August--It's a Birthday Party with Kara

This has been such a fun month! Kara, KandR Designs, is our hostess and the theme is birthdays. Today is the 12 Kits reveal and I'm sure you are going to love Kara's kit as much as I did. See her photo below. She included so many fantastic supplies--papers in so many bright, cheery colors, lots of die cuts and wonderful stamped images. There was even a stamp set from WPlus9 for each of us plus an extra that YOU have a chance to win! Do you feel like you're at a party yet!! 

PHOTO BY KARA

One of the things I especially loved was that Kara cut the plain cardstock with various dies, leaving two  trimmed pieces that could be used together or separately. It also created a great way to show off the awesome patterned papers!

Another item that was included was a supply of glossy cardstock. Kara has been doing some awesome designs with this over on her blog. Be sure to check our her last few posts. Unfortunately I didn't have as much luck. I tried several inks without any success and I don't have any Copic reinkers which is what Kara has been using. But I love the shiny look and the paper can easily be cut with dies. I used mine to make confetti die cuts, using a Mama Elephant die. They look just like white enamel! Wish the photo could capture the shiny finish. I used stars and hearts on two of my cards. 

To create another card with some shine, I used some paper from Marybeth's June kit. Several of the papers were tone-on-tone with a shine/matte design. The matte part can easily be colored with distress inks, leaving the glossy design--a technique I used before after seeing Kara's post here.

Hope this doesn't look too busy! I got a little carried away after I decided on the 'Happy, Happy, Happy' die cut that Kara included. I used a PTI die to cut out 'birthday' and made four layers so it would add more dimension. And the little girl from Mama Elephant's In My Heart set just seemed like she needed to be there!!

I also did the inside! I used the Ink Splats stamps, colored the 2 and used a 'you' die from the last WPlus9 release. Maybe a little too much--but it was fun!

There is still a lot more to see so visit the 12 Kits blog for a link to all the other members' blogs. We also have a special guest designer, Alanna, Allana's Spot in the World, so be sure to stop at her blog too. To enter the drawing for the stamp set, you need to leave your comment on Kara's blog.

Hope you enjoy the hop and have a great weekend,

Sharron

Happy Birthday!!!

Hello, sweet friends! I am trying very hard to get caught up on all the blog comments I have been so remiss in doing. And I've challenged myself to post more this month! So I thought it would fun to first post some birthday cards. These are two I made for birthdays for two of our granddaughters.

This one is using Mama Elephant Origami. Aren't those little animals adorable! I selected the fox for one of our granddaughters card who just turned nine. Included in her birthday gift was an origami book. I always try to match cards to something in their gifts so this set was perfect. The sentiment is from PTI. Several layers of the die cut add a little dimension as do the pinked squares from WPlus9.

My second card is for Elizabeth who just turned seven last week. Part of her gift included an outfit with two tops from Gymboree, my favorite place to shop for the little ones. Her favorite color is orange and one of the tees has a bright summer theme to go with her orange skort.

So of course her card had to have a sun!

This is a digital image from Sassy Cheryl Digital Stamps. I used the SSS curved die given to me by a sweet friend, Kara from KandRDesigns. The sentiment from MFT was embossed in gold.

Wishing everyone a great week!

Sharron

Supplies

Card #1 

Stamps: Origami (Mama Elephant); SS-Birthday (PTI)

Dies: Birthday (PTI); Pinked Squares (WPlus9); Floating Hearts (Lil' Inker)

Cardstock: Berry Sorbet (PTI); White (Recollections); Sahara Sand (Stampin' Up)

Inks: Pale Tomato (Hero Arts); Copics

Card #2

Stamps: You Are My Sunshine (Sassy Cheryl Digitals); On the Line (My Favorite Things)

Dies: Curved Die (Simon Says Stamps)

Cardstock: Melon Berry (PTI); White (Recollections)

Additional: Versamark Ink: Copics; Gold Embossing Powder (Ranger); Wink of Stella Clear

WPlus9 Step It Up: Seize the Cupcake

There are weekly challenges to celebrate WPlus9's birthday--see all the details HERE! This week is to use some type of layering. My card is from leftover 12 Kits supplies that Christina, SeaGlass Papercrafts, sent last year. It included this wonderful set from WPlus9. And the design is my CASE of a fabulous card that Kara, KandRdesigns, did for the 12 Kits and also sent to me for my birthday. I love this paper! I also used a sheet of paper that I had glued several color strips on. It gave a rainbow effect to the Circle Burst die cut. Of course this resulted in an array of little colored dots all over my desk--just begging to be used for confetti! 

Thanks for taking time to let me share my card,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Sweets and Treats, Treat Fillers (WPlus9)

Cardstock: White, Lake House (WPlus9); Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise (PTI)

Patterned Paper: A Perfect Summer (Echo Park)

Dies: Sweets and Treats (WPlus9); Small Circle Burst (Memory Box)

Additional: Clear Glitter (Elmer's), Copics

Happy Birthday Papertrey!!

No one has parties quite like PTI and this week they have been celebrating turning "7"!! There are always lots of contests and today's is to create a project featuring a word. Actually this card is for my niece who is turning "8" so I added a digital image from Sassy Cheryl Digital Stamps. The rest of my supplies are PTI products, except the enamel dots.

I try to match cards with gifts I am sending and this card matches the hair ribbon clip that goes with a top I bought her.

I made the 'Happy' with eight layers of cardstock--Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush and a Dark Chocolate center!

Visit Nichole's blog to find the details about today's contest and see samples of some of the awesome new products being released on the 15th!

Have a great day,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Oversized Birthday Cake Surprise (Sassy Cheryl's Stamps); Stylish Sentiment-Birthdays (PTI)

Dies: Pretty Peonies (PTI)

Cardstock: SS White, Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Dark Chocolate (PTI)

Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Copics

Additional: Enamel Dots (MME); Glossy Accents; Icicle Stickles 

Happy Birthday, Christina!

Happy, happy birthday to a very sweet blogging friend, Christina, SeaGlass Papercrafts. If you haven't already, you must pay a visit to her blog. Christina is so incredibly talented and I love seeing her creations. There is never a time that I am not truly inspired by her work. And I feel so fortunate that I have gotten to know her better through the 12 Kits group.

Christina, I hope your day is very special, just like you! Joyce, Cards-by-the-Sea, has once again been our super party planner and arranged for us all to get together to help you celebrate.

Wished I could say I baked this cake for you!! I would love to know how to do that flower!

PINTEREST

I'm also entering this in the WPlus9 Monday Mood Board #22. Below is the inspiration photo that Dawn's posted. Fresh Cut Florals is one of my very favorite sets. Loved being able to use it here!

So off you go to see what wonderful thing Tracey has made. Enjoy every minute of your day!

Hugs,  

Sharron

Joyce

Cathy

Darnell

Jeanne

Jill

Kara

Kim

Lynn

Marybeth

Renee

Sharron (you're here)

Tracey 

Supplies

Stamps: Fresh Cut Florals (WPlus9); Beautiful Butterflies (PTI)

Cardstock: Ballet Slippers, Oatmeal (WPlus9)

Patterned Paper: Oxford Lane (My Mind's Eye)

Dies: Fresh Cut Florals (WPlus9); Tiny Bow (Memory Box)

Additional: Embossing Folder (Lifestyle); Pearls (Recollections); Lace (Joann's); Inks--Love Letter, Cantaloupe, Bamboo Leaves, Rhubarb Stalk, Rich Cocoa from Memento, Onyx Black from Versafine

Happy Autumn Birthday, Tracey!

PHOTO CREDIT: MARTHA STEWART

Welcome to the party! This is a special birthday linky party for a very special lady, Tracey, In My Creative Opinion. This was organized by the best-ever party organizer, Joyce, Cards-by-the-Sea. Click on Joyce's blog to connect to the links of the other party-goers!

PHOTO CREDIT: PINTEREST, MARTHA STEWART

Today is Tracey's birthday and her friends, and there are a lot of them, wanted to help her celebrate! Tracey is so incredibly talented. Her CAS designs will absolutely WOW you every time you visit her blog. And if you haven't dropped by there yet, you have missed a real treat! And in addition to all her creativity, she is such a sweet blogging friend, always quick to leave encouraging comments. I feel so very lucky to have gotten to know her through the 12 Kits group!

Tracey, hope your day is truly wonderful and just as special as you are!

Sending HUGS,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Mailbox Greetings (PTI)

Cardstock: Oatmeal (WPlus9); Dark Chocolate, Canyon Clay (PTI)

Patterned Paper: From My Stash

Dies: Birthday (PTI); Grove Branch (Memory Box); Fall Foliage (Spellbinders)

Additional: Woodgrain Impression Plate (PTI); Glitter Strip (October 12 Kits Kit); Wild Honey Ink (Ranger); Potter's Clay Ink (Memento)

Happy Birthday, Scott!

I made this card this weekend for our son-in-law who is an AVID sports fan. And since this is football season, I thought he would like something in the colors of his favorite NFL team, the Kansas City Chiefs. Who, by the way, are so far having a super season!

Love how well the Lil' Inker Pieced Chevron worked for this. The feathers are WPlus9 dies and the sentiment is from On the Line by MFT. I glued two feather die cuts together with some twine in the middle. The twine was threaded through a hole in the circle and secured with a brad. A birthday sentiment from SS Birthdays by PTI is on the inside. The red color seems a little off but I couldn't retake my picture as the card was already in the mail!

Thanks for dropping by,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: On the Line (MFT)

Cardstock: Pure Poppy, True Black, Harvest Gold, SS White (PTI)

Dies: Pieced Chevrons (Lil' Inker); Fanciful Feathers (WPlus9)

Additional: Twine (Martha Stewart); Brad (Basic Grey); Onyx Black Ink (Versafine)

Happy Birthday, Kara!

Photo Credit

We're having a party! It a blog hop for someone very special. Kara from KandRdesigns has a birthday today! I have gotten know Kara through the 12 Kits group and I absolutely love visiting her blog. She is so creative and does the most amazing things with paper! Kara, I hope your day is wonderful!! It would be awesome if we could all actually get together to help you celebrate. But hope you will enjoy the cards instead as we all wish you a fabulous birthday and lots of crafty time in the year ahead!

Joyce, Cards-by-the-Sea, was so sweet to organize our little party. Thanks, Joyce! A list of all the other blogs can be found below. 

I can't help but think of fall when I'm doing September cards so I used Lawn Fawn's Stitched Leaves for my card.

To everyone--hope you enjoy the hop! 

And to Kara--Birthday Hugs!!

Sharron

Joyce
Cathy

Christina

Jeanne

Jill

Kelly G.

Kelly S.

Kim

Leigh

Lisa

Lynn

Marybeth

Michelle
Nancy

Renee

Sharron (you're here)

Tracey

Supplies

Stamps: SS-Birthday (PTI)

Cardstock: Oatmeal (WPlus9); Summer Sunrise (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Sugar Hill (Farm House)

Dies: Stitched Leaves (Lawn Fawn); Stitched Rectangles (Lil' Inker)

Inks: Sepia (Versafine); Antique Linen, Wild Honey (Tim Holtz Distressed); Bamboo Leaves, Rhubarb Stalk (Memento)

Happy Birthday, Marybeth!

Two wonderful friends, Joyce (Card by the Sea) and Cathy (Empty Nest Crafter), were so sweet to plan this blog hop to celebrate Marybeth's (Marybeth's Time for Paper) birthday.  Well, it's really a belated birthday party since her birthday was earlier this month but who wouldn't want two parties! So Marybeth, we hope you have a wonderful repeat celebration! Just want you to know how much we all love you. I feel so very fortunate to have met you through this crazy little stamping hobby! Enjoy your cards and every minute of this special day!! 

Photo Courtesy of Bubble and Sweet

For my card I used my new PTI 'birthday' die that I have wanted for ages and it just came in the mail and a Mama Elephant set that is one of my favorites. I couldn't decide on colors so went to Nichole Heady's blog where she has posted color combos for the upcoming Blog Hop. Her inspiration photo is a layered cake and while the above picture is different, it looked like something you might enjoy for your celebration.

Below is a list of all the other guests who made cards. 

Joyce

Cathy

Ally

Bev

Bonnie

Carol J.

Carol S.

Christina

Darnell

Helen

Jeanne

Jill

Kara

Kelly

Kim

Lisa

Nancy

Renee

Sharron

Sue

Tracey

Vickie

Thanks so much for coming to the party and helping Marybeth celebrate! 

Have a wonderful weekend,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: So Breezy (Mama Elephant); Say It Loud-Winter Holidays (WMS)

Cardstock: Ballet Slippers (WPlus9): Spring Rain, Aqua Mist, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold (PTI)

Patterned Paper: Hey Birdie (Kaiser Craft)

Dies: Stitched Circles (Lil' Inker)

Additional: Stickles, Copics: Onyx Black Ink (Versafine)

Guess Who's 3!!!

Hey, Lil' Inker---Happy Birthday!!! There's a celebration going on over at the Lil' Inker blog--and there are prizes! So you won't want to miss out!!

I wanted to do a card with all Lil' Inker products but then decided to add the embossing too. I love using rainbows for birthdays. Actually, I just love rainbows!! So I got out my rainbow, sun & cloud dies and used a couple of wonderful Lil' Inker sentiments. And of course, my stitched rectangles and circles. I don't think there is any other thing that I use more often than the stitched rectangles dies. Now I just need to get the squares!! 

Here's looking forward to another wonderful year for Lil' Inker Designs---and even more fabulous products!!!!

Thanks for letting me share. And don't forget to visit the Lil' Inker party!!!!

Smiles,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Rainbows and Clouds, Sun Sentiments (Lil' Inker)

Cardstock: White (WPlus9); Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold, Blueberry Sky (PTI); Old Olive (Stampin' Up); Textured Blue (Bazzill)

Dies: Rainbows and Clouds, Large Sunshine (Lil' Inker)

Additional: Sunrise Impression Plate (PTI); Red Pearls (Queen and Co.); Memento Inks

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Carnival Craze

Imagine a carnival and a hot air balloon ride on your birthday! One of the cutest balloon images is from WMS so I chose this one for the new Curtain Call Challenge. Looks like she's enjoying her ride!! Also I love when I can paper piece an image and this one was super easy. 

Thanks so much for taking a peek at my entry. There's lots of inspiration over on the Curtain Call blog so be sure to check out all the DT samples. Hope you're having a great weekend,

Sharron

Supplies

Stamps: Half Pint Heroines (WMS); Stylish Sentiments: Birthday (PTI)

Cardstock: Harvest Gold (PTI); White (WPlus9): Unk Blue (Bazzill)

Patterned Paper: Summer Fresh (Simple Stories)

Additional: Stitched Rectangles Dies (Lil' Inker); Copics

The 12 Kits of Holidays: July

It's that time again!! The last day of the month is that special day when each member of the 12 Kits group gets to share what they made with the fantastic supplies that were mailed out the first of the month. We are now on the 19th month with this amazing concept and I feel just as excited each month when my kit arrives as I did the first time. This month the theme is Birthdays and our wonderful hostess is Christina, SeaGlass Papercrafts. Thanks, Christina, for making this month seem like a party! Your kit was awesome!!

The photo below, taken by our very talented photographer, Kara, gives you a snapshot of the gorgeous goodies we received. I LOVED the papers and all the great elements--every one so perfect for a birthday celebration. I instantly had so many ideas of things to make and only time kept me from making more cards than I have posted.

PHOTO BY KARA

Christina send us several sentiments with parts embossed in gold. I wish the gold on the 'SPECIAL' photographed better but it is gorgeous IRL! I had seen a similar card, which I loved, using banners with a sentiment and using wood hearts some time ago . Unfortunately I can't remember where and on whose blog but to whoever you are, thanks for the inspiration!

My last two cards are almost alike but still I bit different. I made these for our granddaughers' birthday. They were 10 on Sunday!! 

You can find a complete list of supplies on Christina's blog. I did add a few items: the wood veneer butterflies, the sentiment on the third card which is from PTI Strictly Sentiments-Birthdays and the tiny bow on the last two cards. It is from Lil' Inkers Flip Flop dies.

Below is the list of all the other 12 Kits participants. Don't miss any of the blogs. There is always wonderful things to see. 

Thanks so much for visiting! We'll see you next month when our hostess will be Amy, Stamp-N-Paradise.

 Joyce, Cards-by-the-Sea

   Renee, It's a Patchwork Life

   Tracey, In My Creative Opinion

  Sharron, On Papillon Wings  You are here!

Marybeth, Marybeth's Time for Paper

Jeanne, A Kept Life

Christina, SeaGlass Papercrafts

Amy, Stamp-N-Paradise

Kim, Cupcakes, Cards and Kim

Kara, KandRdesigns

  Kelly, Gingham Girl

Jessica, The Paper Parade