Happy Everything

I have recently found the Card Patterns blog and really love their card sketches.  This is a card I whipped up earlier this week for a good online friend of mine.  I used this sketch:

The paper is Fresh Print Clothesline from Little Yellow Bicycle, the lace and embroidery floss are vintage thrift store finds, one of my friends sent me the sentiment in a stamped sentiment swap and the cardstock and pearls are from my stash. 

Along with Sketch Challenge #150 at Card Patterns I am also entering this card in Party Time Tuesdays Anything Goes challenge.

Triple punched birthday card

I used 3 different punches on this card and I am really liking it.  I also used some papers from the Fresh Print Clothesline collection from Little Yellow Bicycle.  They are from a couple of years ago but I LOVE them and thought they would make a really pretty card. The sentiment is a sticker from SRM which makes card making a breeze.  I was able to make this whole card in under an hour. I am entering it in the Moxie Fab Punches Challenge.  I used card sketch #148 from Card Patterns:

Happy Brrrrr-thday

I have a dear friend who shares her birthday with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. so I can NEVER forget her birthday, can I?  I wish I could say the same for her....she always forgets mine but has an absolute heart of gold and I made this card for her.  I used Echo Park's Winter Park collection, my new Martha Stewart large snowflake punch (a recent find for $3 at Michael's) and some beautiful Basic Gray brads.  I heat embossed the sentiment at the bottom and used this card sketch from Card Patterns:

I am also entering it in the Winter challenge over at Little Scrap Pieces and for the challenge to link up a project that typifies my style over at Pumpkin Spice.  They are having a challenge and a blog hop through January 24th as they introduce their first kit and it's AWESOME!

By the way, how do you like the new look to my blog?  My mega-talented girlfriend Theresa did an Extreme Blog Makeover!!  LOL  I gave her a little idea of what I wanted and she is familiar with my whimiscal and funky style and her imagination just took off .  I squealed when she showed me the header she designed....it is truly one of a kind and I am so very grateful.  Check out her blog HERE.