CR84FN #49 & SSSC #53 ~ God Bless You!

 I have a fun card to share that I've put together for two challenges ~ 

  Sweet Sunday Sketches and  CR84FN.

Isn't this a sweet little sketch and a refreshing inspiration photo! I was inspired by the kraft wrapped packages with their cute little embellishments. So I've incorporated a few of them into my card.

I started with a soft buttery yellow card base layered with a kraft panel and a piece of pretty floral DP from Authentique: Blissful 6x6. Next I die cut a piece from the same paper pack using my PTI medium scalloped border. It had a ruler design like one of the packages in the photo! I topped this with a sweet little yellow velvet scalloped ribbon. My chipboard bird by Jenni Bowlin is covered with a script DP then layered with an assortment of kraft lace, fringe ball trim, button twine and buttons. Love the vintage safety pin I've attached my tiny heart tag with! The little dot circle under the button on the wing is a Hero Arts stamp and the teeny flowers on the tag are PTI. This simple little sentiment from Inkadinkado lets me use the card for any occasion. 

That's all for now friends. Don't forget about my blog candy; you have one more day!!  ~Lisa

CR84FN #47 & SSSC #151 ~ Sending a Hug!

Welcome friends! We've had a couple of glorious warm sunny winter days and took full advantage taking long walks with Max and a couple of outings! Yesterday we decided to use the Olive Garden gift card we had received as a Christmas gift. Upon walking into the restaurant who should be in front of us but my hubby's mom and his cousin! Yay...lunch for four please! And today we took our sweetie pie son to a quick lunch. He had an employee out sick; so we couldn't linger...busy busy!! Hugs all around, it's been great. Anyhoo...on to the card!  I put this little number together for the CR84FN color challenge and a new challenge for me: Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.

This card was inspired by the sweet as can be inspiration photo from CR84FN. The country chair and pie in the middle brought to mind a county fair. So I ran with the idea choosing papers and patterns that reflected that for me!

I started with a cherry splash Bazzill cardstock topped with a panel of grid paper from MME. Next came my two panels to follow the sketch using the light blue paper with tiny stars from Pebbles and the gingham/floral paper from The Girls Paperie (I just love this paper to pieces!). I topped these panels with a bit of cherry splash paper cut with pinking shears and stamped with a tiny sprig from Stamps by Judith. The red gingham from October Afternoon is die cut with my PTI: mat stack 4. Two PTI: limitless layers dies top that. The bottom is a very soft pink and the grid circle is stamped with a PTI: tag its #3 vine. I embellished with a bit of machine stitching, a tiny MFT rolled rose, buttons from my stash and an October Afternoon butterfly ~ polka dots...of course!!

Many steps but it brought me many smile. I hope it does you too!! ~Lisa