My Dear Kind & Wonderful Friend

Hi there! I hope you had a wonderful Easter weekend! We got back in from Chicago last night (or I should say this morning) at one so I decided to let the kids sleep in and skip school... They probably think I am such a nice mom for letting them do this. Little do they know I didn't want to get out of bed either!

So I woke up this morning to the new Mojo Monday sketch in my email and went right to work on my card.
I was looking through my dsp to decide which paper to use and I came across this paper called Greenhouse Gala. It was the sneak peek paper from the current catalog, which means it was available for a limited time prior to the new catalog coming out, proabably last year in April. Of course everyone gets excited about something new so they all buy it and the internet is flooded with projects using the new paper. I usually get tired of it very quickly and kind of forget about it for awhile. Well today I decided I would pull it out, dust it off and give it a go.
I have used one of my favorite sentiments. It says, "My dear kind and wonderful friend" and is from the "All Holidays" stamp set. Also, a very cool new punch available May 1st! It is a three layer punch, I used it to create the border. It is three coordinating shapes in one punch. Super fun! Now I just have to decide which of my dear friends to send this to!

Have a great day, thanks for stopping by!

~Sara~

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Stamp Set: All Holidays (W114916)

Markers: Chocolate Chip (100071) Real Red (100052) Pear Pizzazz (119801) Daffodil Delight (119677)

Paper: Pear Pizzazz(119795) Chocolate Chip(102128) Daffodil Delight(119683) Whisper White (100730) Greenhouse Gala (117167)

Tools: Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch (122464) 2 1/2" Circle Punch(120906) Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack (118309) Mat Pack (105826) Paper piercer (116631)

Finishing Touch: Chocolate Chip 5/16" brads (112534) Real Red Ribbon (117286) White gel pen (105021)



Easter Wishes

Good afternoon... Monday again already. I swear I always have good intentions of getting back here and posting mid-week but I never seem to get around to it. Today I made a card using the Mojo Monday sketch (no big surprise there huh?!?) I wanted to make an Easter card using the Easter Blossoms stamp set from the Occasions Mini catalog. This was one of the first things I bought when the mini came out and I had not used it yet so I wanted to try it out. I stamped the little girl in Always Artichoke ink and then I stamped her on my "Canvas" textured background stamp before stamping her on Very Vanilla card stock. It turned out quite nicely if I do say so myself! Well, I am off to pack my bag for scrapbook leagues tonight. I have missed the last two sessions so I am really excited to get to go tonight. You all have a great week!



Stamps: Easter Blossoms, All Holidays, Canvas BG

Paper: Always Artichoke, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, Springtime Vintage dsp

Ink: Always Artichoke, Pretty in Pink

Punches: 1 1/4"  and 1 3/8" circle punches, scalloped edge border, corner rounder

Ribbon: Pretty in Pink 5/8" satin

Misc: Pearls