Irish Blessing

This card features an illustration and sentiment by Christina Hor.  It is being offered on her blog via email requests.  It was such fun to create this card, as we will celebrate our 27th anniversary on March 17th.  Thanks, Christina, for the sweet digital stamp to color!

Linking to:

Simon Says Stamp (bit of green)

Word Art Wednesday

PIP Challenge

Crop Stop

Bizzy Bec's 

Have a blessed day!

Christine

Happy Birthday--And a Big Thank-You

  What fun I am having on this cold Sunday afternoon during Spring Break!  It's funny how we had spring-like weather and blooming azaleas in February, and it's wet and cold at the beginning of Spring Break.  No worries....I am so thankful for some new crafting goodies and the opportunity to use them!  The Reverse Confetti Nesting Circle Dies and the Reverse Confetti Tall Tags were purchased with a gift certificate won at Christina Hor's Hug A Heart Blog Hop.   (Thank you, Christina!)  I hope you will visit Christina's blog.  She is a sweet, talented card-maker whose card drives bless children receiving cardiac care.

This awesome sketch is from the Sunday Stamps Blog, and I took some liberties with the banner element because I was determined to use my new dies.  The sentiment is from Verve's Poppy Birthday.  I cleaned my desk and put my stamps away after using it yesterday, but it was out of the bin again today!

Linking to:
Sunday Stamps
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (feminine)
Word Art Wednesday
Crop Stop
PIP Challenge

Have a blessed Sunday!
Christine
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Mojo Birthday

My card supply is woefully lacking masculine cards, but this week's Mojo sketch provided great inspiration.  Tim Holtz papers and a few enamel dots accent the simple card.  My only nod to "fancy" is the beautifully scripted greeting from Verve's Poppy Birthday.

Linking to:
Mojo Monday 
Word Art Wednesday
Crop Stop
PIP Challenge
Bizzy Bec's 

Thanks for stopping to take a look.  Have a fabulous weekend!
Christine

Mojo Monday ---- All the joy your heart can hold

It's funny how this card came to be a birthday card.  My search for gold and rainbow papers to echo the sentiment resulted in the pretty stripes and bright yellow.  I couldn't resist using the last little scrap of the tiled birthday print, and had an entirely different greeting than I'd envisioned.  It is perfectly fine that this card has a St. Patrick's Day flair, because the birthday girl was born just one day later, on March 18th.

Visit the Verve Blog  to get your own cute set of digital stamps and to play along in the fun contest.


Also linking to:
Mojo Monday
Word Art Wednesday
Bizzy Bec's March Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (for a special lady/girl)

May your blessings be many!

Hello crafty friends!  It's been a wonderful weekend, and I am so thankful that Sunday afternoon was slow and rainy, allowing for a little card-making time.  This square card was so much fun to make using the Lucky Day Digital set from Verve.  It's available free for a limited time and has some really sweet sentiments and images.  It came together quickly with MFT dies and papers from the Coffee Shop.

Linking to:

Verve
Word Art Wednesday
PIP Challenge
Bizzy Bec's Challenge
Paper Sweeties March Challenge
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Hopping by to say hi!

This weekend's plans include a "short hop" to say hi to someone very special who happens to love Ghirardelli chocolates.  I couldn't resist this tiny little package containing (two--I think) tiny caramel filled chocolate bunnies.  They are probably the squares stamped with bunnies, but how cute and how yummy!  ETA:  They are tiny, shaped bunnies.  They are ever SO cute, and I HEARD they were good!

The tag is cut using an older Sizzix die --- the thick kind that requires removing the platform from the Big Shot.  The cute bunny image and sentiment which are just perfect for this little gift are from Verve's Hip Hop Bunnies, a set which also has matching dies.

Happy weekend everyone!  Here' "hopping" that God gives you little things filled with joy!
Christine

Linking to
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge (Tag--You're it!)
Word Art Wednesday (A/G)
PIP Challenge

Fun Friday Challenge 178

Happy Friday!  It's time for another Fun Friday Challenge at Jo's Scrap Shack where the theme is always Anything Goes.  Di's Digis is the wonderful sponsor for this week. If you have some of her adorable digs, we would love to see them, but that is not required.

My card is part of a set I am working on using Verve's Kindness Matters.  The embellishments are simple to use  for mass production:  a little washi tape, some score lines, and a bit of water color splatter.  I am using papers from the scrap bowl on my desk....always happy to find things there that look pretty together.

 Please take time to see the design team's samples and to link up your own creations.  It's always fun to see what you have to share!

Challenge Rules

1. Please post a direct link to your blog post that includes your challenge entry project, using the linky tool below. 

2. Be sure to include a link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering your project into

3. THREE entries per person are allowed for each challenge and you must post a separate blog post for each entry.

4. For all entries -NO BACK LINKS ACCEPTED- 
The date on your blog post should be dated between the start date & the end date for the challenge you are entering, in order to be eligible for the challenge & prizes

5. You may link up to other challenges but be sure to link back to Jo's Scrap Shack and to the challenge post you are entering 

 * All entries that do not meet the challenge requirements

WILL NOT be eligible for the top 3, any sponsor wins or any random wins by Jo
All random wins will only be mailed within the US and Canada only.

Thanks so much for taking time to visit,
Christine