Funky Flower Thanks

***This is my 2nd post of the day!  Scroll down for my Embellish post!***

Before I get to my card I have super exciting news - my first publications!!!!!  CARDS has accepted 2 of my cards for the December 2011 issue and I am so excited!!!!  (Can you tell??) Talk about a great way to start my day!  :)

**Edited to Add:  And I just got a card accepted for the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Paper Crafts!!!!  Wowee what a day!!!  ***

Now on to today's card...  For the first time when playing along with a Colour Cue challenge I actually have WPlus9 stamps to use.  I love the Funky Flowers set and all the different things you can do with it.  I die cut a few small Nesties and used them as the flower bases and then stamped over them.  I don't use my Nesties nearly enough so I felt good about giving them some love.  Have a great evening!    

Supplies:  CS: Bazzill, Paperbilities; Stamps: WPlus9; Inks: VersaFine Onyx Black, SU Concord Crush; Dies:  Nesties Labels 11, 15 & 16; Gems:  Doodlebug, Basic Grey

Birthday Bear

I hope all of you in the US are okay after those wild tornadoes this weekend.  There was some really scary footage on the news tonight.  It had been forcast that we were going to have crummy weather this weekend but it turned out to be gorgeous here.  Today was also beautiful but we had an earthquake!  We have minor ones very occasionally (we're close to the Mid-Atlantic Ridge).  I felt one once when I was a kid and I only felt it because I was sleeping on the floor (there's a pretty crazy story behind why but I'll save that for another day).  I didn't feel today's quake but all the dogs (and the geese!) in the neigbourhood started making a racket around 12:30pm.  An hour later my mom called to ask if I'd felt the earthquake!  She'd felt it in her office in town but hadn't realised what it was until later. Weird...  Last week there was a group here from the US who spent the day in town handing out flyers to everyone about how the world is supposed to end on May 21st.  With all the wild weather stuff that's been going on lately it's not seeming all that crazy right now...


Despite all the excitement I got a few cards completed today.  This one is for two challenges: Colour Cue Challenge #14 at WPlus9 and Woodware USA Challenge #23 - Die Cuts/Punches.

I used a cute Woodware teddy stamp which I paper pieced.  The little tag is a Woodware punch that I got from England - I love their punches!  When will they have their punches in the Woodware USA shop I wonder?

Supplies:  CS: PTI, Paperbilities; Stamps: Woodware, Hero Arts, Elzybells, PTI; Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMark, SU Real Red; IP: PTI; Die: Nesties Labels 1; Punch: Woodware

Challengarama!

As I mentioned yesterday, I haven't been playing along with many challenges lately.  However, I had a bit of time in the Craft Cave today and decided to tackle a few.  I really would love to do a different card for each challenge but, as always, there aren't enough minutes in the day and I figured I'd combine some.  However, I was still surprised that this card ended up incorporating 4 different challenges!  Here's what we're entering today:

Stamping 411 #194 - Yes, I am again facing down my nemesis again - a sketch!

Color Cue #13

Wee Memories Challenge #47

Woodware USA Challenge #18 - Spring Is Coming!

Woodware has so many cute flower stamps and I really like these framed ones.  After working on this card today I have a few more ideas for these stamps.  Must make a note before those ideas float away...

Supplies: Cardstock: Bazzill Basics; Stamps: Woodware USA; Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; EF: Cuttlebug; Copics: Y08, YG23 & C1

Color Cue 12

WPlus9's Colour Cue Challenge is a new one for me.  I don't have any WPlus9 products but continuing on with PTI's fun foam theme I pulled out these adhesive fun foam stars I'd gotten at our local Dollar Store.  (When it opened everything cost $1.00 - now everything costs $2.99).  As with much of my stash they've been sitting in a drawer for a few years so were not exactly sticky anymore but I added some glue and now they're good as new! 

Supplies: Card Blank: Jillibean Soup; Stamp: PTI; Ink: ColorBox Frost White