Be Happy (CT0312, DDSKETCH0312, WORD0312)

At SCS, Fan Club members can do the Dirty Dozen Challenges. I did three:

CT0312 - Central Theme = "You Have Me in Stitches" (sewing or humorous)
DDSKETCH0312 - SKETCH by Teresa Kline
WORD0312 - The WORD for this month is SEWN

For the Central Theme, I did faux stitching on one of the matted layers.
I followed Teresa Kline's sketch.
For the WORD Challenge, I used Stitching, Embossed flowers, Well Wishes, and New Designer Series Paper (Attic Boutique from the Occasions Mini) that I haven't used yet. The layers are: Pool Party with a layer of Attic Boutique DSP, more of the same DSP matted on Soft Suede, Very Vanilla matted on Barely Banana (retired). I used the Little Leaves Sizzlit for the leaves, cutting them out of Naturals Ivory and sponging with Soft Suede Ink. The flowers were punched with two punches from the Punch Pack, embossed and adding Basic Jewels Pearls to the centers. I also used Pool Party Ribbon and some Crocheted Lace. The sentiment was stamped with Soft Suede Ink, and it's from "Pursuit of Happiness" set. Everything is from Stampin' Up! Thanks for stopping by!!

April Fools!!!

Don't go away!!! Let me explain!! Fran aka philsmom contacted most of the Tea Potters and asked us to join in on an April Fool's prank for Cindy aka Mothermark. Our cards for this tea party were to be ugly, messed up, gaudy, etc. Then, we are to post our REAL cards that will be sent to Ashley who lost all of her stamping stuff in a flood. This is my ugly card!! You wouldn't believe what nice comments I received on this! LOL! I think some people knew what was going on, but others were just being polite. Cindy said we should bring lots of ribbons to this party and to make a girly card that was fancy enough to take to a ball. I went with the "ball" idea and stamped that soccer ball and sentiment from "Just Soccer."
Now, this is more like it! This is the card I'm sending (Well, the next one with the bling on it) along with a box with ribbons and other supplies. This card is also for the Dirty Dozen Sketch Challenge and goes with the theme for March which is "Black Tie." This is also for the "More is More" Challenge.
This is my "More" card for the "More is More" challenge. I only added the bling, but I think it did the trick. The base card is Basic Black with a layer of DCWV Glitter Stack card stock. The white layer is embossed and matted on black. The left edge extends out so that I could punch it with the MS Doily Lace Punch. The sentiment is Verve's Psalm 46:1. I used Nesties to cut out the sentiment and the lacy mat. The ribbon is SU!'s Whisper White Satin Ribbon and the rhinestones are from SU!, too. The rose is from Michael's. Thanks for stopping by!