Summertime and the Livin' is Easy - Cakes, Candy, Ice Cream and More! { PPA 102 & CFC11}

Welllllll it's been a while since I've posted, or peeked, or checked my email, or anything!

Gramma is POOPED! My daughter & three grandkids have been visiting for 11 days and my little angels went to bed early tonight to rest up for their early morning flight, so I thought I'd take a peek at my favorite blogs since I can't sleep myself.  

So it's going to be a quick post for two challenges; the Pals Paper Arts - "Summertime and the Livin' is Easy" & Cas-ual Fridays "Cakes, Candy, Ice Cream and More"!  What says "Summertime" better than three angel grandkids and Ice Cream! And we had plenty of it too!

So that is my inspiration for this challenge; here is my card.

It was easy and quick and needs very little explanation. The card base is crumb cake layered with a piece of blushing bride designer series paper. 

 I used three of the same image from "Pretty Postage" stamped in cherry cobbler ink on very vanilla then punched with the postage stamp punch and matted in cherry cobbler cs, then assembled at different angles to add interest.

The main image ice cream cone is stamped from "Sweet Scoops" in chocolate chip (what else?) and the ice cream is pretty in pink ink, with cherry cobbler sprinkles on very vanilla. (umm I'm getting hungry for yet another ice cream cone!) The sentiment is from "Swirls and Curls" (summer mini hostess) also stamped sideways in cherry cobbler ink then matted in early espresso cs and popped up with dimensionals.

I finished it off with a brad bow using pretty in pink ribbon and large brad that was attached with a glue dot.  

The inside is finished off with some yummy touches of the front. Even though I have made this card before, I like it every time I do... and it always makes me hungry for ice cream!

Hootie says " Hoot Hoot Hooray...Thanks for stopping by today!

 Please leave a comment with your thoughts; I hope you will stop by again!"

 Diane

Easter Blossoms Easel Butterfly - PPA #90 sketch

Hello everyone,

Posting today for the Pals Paper Arts sketch challenge {#90} and here is the sketch.

Now I'll be the first to admit that my card may be stretching the sketch a bit, but I'm going for it anyway. So just squint your eyes and tilt your head and you'll see it!

So with that said.... here's my card.

I used the new "Easter Blossoms" set in the occasions mini... Love that set.

I started with concord crush card base folded to make an A2 horizontal card.

I stamped the blossoms in concord crush on WW cs and colored the blossoms with a blushing bride write marker. I stamped the sentiment in the concord crush then glued the WW to the blushing bride cs and wrapped with concord ribbon. Then adhered the double mat to the card base.

I have seen these easel butterflies on several blogs, but I first saw it on Donna's at Butternut Sage Designs. She used them as place cards for a brunch. So cute.

I used my Sizzix butterfly die in the BS with folded blushing bride cs, and slid it down just a hair to create a fold. I cut another large butterfly and one small butterfly. Then I ran them through the BS with an embossing folder. I assembled the easel butterfly together and stamped a sentiment inside from the new "Pretty Postage" in the summer mini and 2 single stamps in concord crush.

 I added a medium metal brad for the butterfly body and glued it to the card front.

Here is what my butterfly looks like from open from the side.

Here is a peak at the inside using some new and old stamps and a few more blossoms on the envelope. Well that's it.. hope you like it.

Hootie says "Hoot Hoot Hooray...Thanks for stopping by today!"

 Please leave a comment with your thoughts & I hope you will stop by again.

 Diane