House Mouse Flower Power and FCCC#60

Oh guess what challenge is back?  From Courtney's Closet Challenge #60!!!!!!  (FCCC60) It has been since last September that we saw little Courtney...and my has she grown!!! Follow the link to see her today!  She's such a big girl now!

I chose to go with the color scheme of little Courtney's Easter dress so that I could use my new House Mouse stamp  for the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge #68  which is FLOWER POWER. The sentiment that came with this House Mouse Stamp of the Month says "If friends were flowers, I'd pick you" which I used on the inside of  these cards. I also used the out of the box nestie process so that Monica's tail wouldn't be chopped off...oh goodness we could not let that happen!

I flipped the sketch from The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #54 (SSS54) for both cards.

I guess you could say my first love of stamps were House Mouse....and then I discovered Libby's fun  Courtney's Challenge when very I first started blogging. I played almost every week and through this challenge, I learned new stamping skills and made tons of new stamping friends. Challenges are a great way to grow as a stamper and to make friends worldwide! Find a challenge that speaks to you  and join in! (and just so you know, I could hardly make a FCCC card without polka dots somewhere, right Libby?)

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Stamps: Sensory Overload (Monica) HMLR1056, Sentiment (Hello) for card #1 is from Stampin' Up and card #2 is made by Make An Impression (Another Bloomin Birthday), Friends were Flowers (CR1111) by Stampabilities

Cardstock: Card #1-Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive and  DP from www.scrapwithinreach.com and BoBunny polka dots, Card #2-Elegant Eggplant, Certainly Cerlery  and strips from COLORBOK.

Ink: Memento Black and Copics, Eggplant and Lavender stamp pads for the sentiments

Misc: Rectangle Nesties, Kaiser crystals and Michaels pearls, American Craft lavender ribbon and SU Old Olive ribbon, SU circle punches for the sentiments, Martha border punch and swirl cuttlebug folder for card #2.

From Courtney's Closet Special Playdate!

image is © Mo's Digital Pencil Too

Once a month Libby's From Courtney's Closet Inspiration Challenge invites a special playdate to be the inspiration for that week's outfit challenge. Looky who is the playdate for September??? yep...that's my little grandson Cole! Hasn't he grown? He is now 2 and just a chatting up a storm. He is pretty busy though and doesn't have much time to chat with Gwamma on the phone because he has to go play with all his trucks. If he is not playing with a ball...then he is playing with TRUCKS! ....and of course he loves his new TRUCK pajama's. When he speaks, Cole never says "trucks", he has to say "TRUCKS!" Ha! He is not a quiet child!

I tried to capture his little rosey cheeks and his two freckles, one on each cheek (I don't think those show tho)

I am pretty rusty at making boy cards, so this was a challenge for me to just come up with an idea. I tried paper piecing a fire truck (it looked like something Cole would have made--YIKES), I tried stickers and then finally decided on this digital image from Mo's Digital Pencil Too! I still have not taken the time to figure out how to resize the images, but luckily Cole's Uncle Matt helped me out again! I have several of her digi's I need to make into cards...Her drawings are amazing!

Look at my TRUCK Gwamma!

Make sure to visit Libby's Little Addiction and join in this week...I would love to see your
creations!


ETA:
Karen and Mary have tried to get me to join their Copics Creation Challenge...but still being new to copics...I was very hesitant...but I think I am getting there! Maybe I will give this challenge a go! Red's are hard for me, but they are my fave! They seem to just make a mess, but I was real careful with my copics on this one! LOL

ETA: I am proud to have this card featured HERE on Mo's Digital Pencil TOO! blog!

Card details:

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Stamps: NONE! Digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil Too

Cardstock: Going Grey, Riding Hood Red and RHR DP (SU!)

Ink: Image colored with copics

Misc: Circle punches (SU!), Fun zone sentiment is a sticker.

From Courtney's Closet and Penny Black!

When I saw this challenge picture of wee little Courtney...I could only look at those cute little piggy tails...so....here is my pink piggy "tale" card. Look how big cupcake is growing...she is changing so fast!

If you have never visited Libby's From Courtney's Closet Challenge...you should!

This card also qualifies for this week's Penny Black Saturday Challenge (see that little heart in one of the hats?). I used an amazing sketch by Cindy Haffner from her brand new challenge blog Crazy 4 Challenges...This sketch is challenge #1!

Wow, I am not usually one of those multi-tasking Pile It On girls, but by golly I got 3 going in one card! Whew!

This is a really bright card and I wasn't sure I liked it...but it has kind of grown on me! LOL

Cupcake with her little piggy tails.

Card details:

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Stamps: Pinky and Porky (3110K) by Penny Black

Cardstock: Old Olive from SU! and DP from Bo Bunny I think

Ink: Memento Black, Copics and Piggies colored with my Prisma's and OMS

Misc: Nesties, SU buttons, SU rose ribbon , EK Sucess border punch.

Cherish Everyday! La-La Land Crafts Challenge #2

On to challenge #2 at La-La Land Crafts blog ! I chose to use Sitting Lala for the challenge this week...Stitching! I love to sew on my cards, but I don't do it often enough. I am so glad for the challenges that make me fire up my machine. Hmmm...I seem to faintly recall that I have started a Christmas quilt for my little grandson...Gwamma better get crackin'!

My card was inspired by this week's From Courtney's Closet Challenge. #54. Little Cupcake is wearing the sweetest little cherry patterned dress--- and you know I can't resist cherries! (and polka dots- right Libby?) If you have never joined in on Libby's Little Addiction challenge...you are missing out! It is so fun to watch her sweet babies (Carter and Courtney) grow up before my eyes.

The DP and ribbon are retired product from Stampin Up (sad face).

You can't read the little chipboard sentiment, but it says Cherish Everyday.(thanks Irina!)

Now if you have never visited Irina's blog, you will be totally inspired by her wonderful creations. Irina is the owner of La-La Land Crafts store. I have been a follower of Irina's blog for quite a while and that is where I read about her La-La DT call. This has been a lot of fun for me and I want to thank Irina for this opportunity! Don't forget to visit her personal blog, Everything Paper Crafts.

From Carter's Closet this week!

My eyes are a wee bit tired after a long day at work...always seems you have to work so hard when you come back from vacation...sometimes it leaves you wondering if it was worth it!

I'm thinking these pics might be a wee bit blurry...or my contacts are...can't tell at midnight for sure LOL!

I made this cute little High Hopes card for this weeks From Courtney's Closet Challenge- Carter's Turn!

Now, of course I was just happily crafting away before I realized...DRAT...Carter has a dinosaur on his shirt, not a dragon....oh well...they both have spikey things so they must be related! Well I like it anyway...

I did pull out a couple of older sizzix dies to cut out the frames and a nestie label for the sentiment. (I used a cuttlebug folder to add some texture to the blue frame)The image was colored with Prisma's. It has been a while since I have pulled my pencils out...but I so love the effect and shading with prisma's and OMS.

I cut out a little wee bit of his tail so that is stood out over the frame also.

I enjoyed the change to Carter being the star this week...if you get a chance, go check out Libby's cute creation as well as this fun challenge.


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Stamps: High Hopes Gavin (image was gifted by my stampin' Sister...thanks H!), Studio G Happy Birthday Sentiment

Cardstock: Real Red, Bril Blue and some misc DP

Ink: Black for Sentiment and prisma's and OMS to color image

Misc: Sizzix frame dies, cuttlebug folder, Nesties, SU buttons

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #49

oh...what a fun challenge this week at From Courtney's Closet! Although I don't have any Hello Kitty type stamps...I did follow the color scheme and had to include those fun clouds on my card too! You must follow the link and see Libby's wonderful card this week...it is really creative and put together with a lot of thought!

I made the clouds by using my SU! scalloped punch and punching part of the cloud and then hand cutting the rest myself...I think that worked pretty slick.

I have been saving this Snoopy stamp for the perfect inspiration...looks like I finally found it! Looks like Snoopy and Woodstock and having a toast with ice cream cones doesn't it? I drew in the grass with my copic multi-liner (I LOVE these pens), added the clouds on pop dots and the Martha Stewart ice cream cones too.

Hello little Kitty Courtney!

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Stamps: Eating Ice Cream F1200, Partial Sentiment from Lots of Thoughts Celebration set

Cardstock: Brilliant Blue and Rose Red? by SU!, Basic Grey cupcake DP, Bo Bunny polka dot DP

Ink: Memento Black, Copics, SU! Yoyo Yellow marker for Woodstock

Misc: Martha Stewart ice cream cone punch, nesties, SU! scallop punch, dimensionals

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #48-All Things Grow With Love

This is the card I made for this week's From Courtney's Closet Challenge #48.
This week Libby had a guest "model" named Mattea. She had a a sweet little flowered dress on that we used for our inspiration.

This is a pretty simple card with some fun DP by American Crafts and some colorful buttons. I did have fun using embroidery floss to sew on the beautiful buttons.



This week's little inspiration outfit and model, Mattea. Please make sure to visit her Mom's blog Scraps by M.


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Stamps: Sentiment from the SU! set Love Matters

Cardstock: SU! Pink and Old Olive, American Crafts DP

Ink: Choc chip

Misc: Martha Sterwart border punch, Buttons by Rhonna Farrer/Autumn Leaves, Embroidery floss

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #47, Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Three in One! I started making this for this week's From Courtney's Closet Challenge,
which is Red, White and Blue on the 4th of July, and then along came the Penny Black Saturday Challenge,(as well as this weeks 3 Clovers Thursday Challenge) which is also Red, White and Blue!
So I picked this fun sketch from Mojo Monday #94 and went to work with both color challenges in mind.

I don't make too many Christmas cards because I am usually making my wood crafts and baking cookies, so it was fun to use this PB image I bought last year and never found the time to ink up!

Several parts of this image are on dimensionals and all the snow has chunky glitter added.

My cyber friend Mary from My Cardz~My Passion~My Therapy always lists the copics used on her creations...I always have to peek as I am still building my collection, so I thought I would share mine too!




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Stamps: royal mail (3766J)

Cardstock: Brilliant Blue, DP from SU!

Ink: Memento black, copics R 29,39-E 00,02-C 1,5-Black 110-B 21,24,29

Misc: SU! chunky glitter, cuttlebug snowflake folder, dimensionals, kaiser pearl and felt snowflake, inside uses misc snowflake punch and
Martha Stewart goopy punch (I think it looks fun
and a lot like icicles with the glitter glued to it),
Dots and Dashes ribbon.

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #46-All Punches

A quick From Courtney's Closet Challenge card.

When I get really tired during harvest...I get stoooo-pid! LOL I have looked at the colors in Little Cupcake's shirt for several evenings and just could not get a good grasp of them...so I just picked out what looked like it would go and went with it. (left out the rusty color in my card)

I have a hard time comprehending things at home or conversations after 14 hours of phones ringing non-stop and people talking at me... by nightfall I should just go to bed.... I really wanted to stamp tonight but I didn't trust myself with markers or inkpads of any kind...I just know I would tatto myself, so I stuck with punches...safe for me tonight LOL! I did venture a little paper piercing and managed that fine...I didn't impale myself at least.

This card is made with SU 1 3/8 and 1 1/4 square punches, Martha border punch and the SUBoho Blossoms punch as well as the little 1/4 circle punch that is retired now. The DP is retired from SU also.

I ran the squares through the bubble cuttlebug folder to give them some texture. I paper pierced with my Tim H ruler. If you don't have one of those...you should!

That's it for tonight...off to bed!

Sweet little cupcake Courtney.

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #45-Best Friend

Little Sophie is guest starring this week on From Courtney's Closet Challenge #45.
Sophie's Mama is Katie Brooks at KB Stamps.

I used this sketch challenge from Jen del Muro at iheart2stamp.

One thing I have learned from playing along with Libby's weekly challenges, is to use what I have on hand. I didn't even come close to having any flower DP to match Sophie's flowery pants, so I made my own with an old retired stamp set from Stampin' UP! named Petite Posies. This set does get pulled out and used still...after all these years!

I took my inspiration from Jen's Sketch, Sophies pants and those "orange" pop blocks, and this week's Celebration over at Penny Black's Saturday Challenge. Now I call that multi-tasking LOL!

You can see in the first picture that everything is on dimensionals, making for some fun 3D. I even got to use my new Martha butterfly punch. NOWWWW...as my stampin buddy Charla knows, I used to have a real aversion to bug stamps...including and especially butterflies. I used to just cringe at them...(I am clueless to understand why) but I am slowly coming out of my cacoon LOL and just getting over it! Now, I am not sure Charla has gotten over her smiley face phobia tho!

Do you have a certain type of image that makes you cringe?

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Stamps: Penny Black Butterfly Wishes 2620H, Retired Stampin UP Petite Posies, Stampin Up! sentiment from Full of Life

Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Brilliant Blue, Bashful Blue and Blush Blossom from SU!

Ink: Tuxedo Black from Memento, Copics, SU! markers for the sentiment

Misc: nesties, kaiser pearls, SU twill ribbon, Martha punch, dimensionals

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #44

Here is literally a 10 minute gift tag for this weeks From Courtney's Closet Challenge #44.

I want to use the excuse that the dog ate my homework because this little tag is pretty lame, but in reality I didn't think I would get to post this week because I accidently dropped my camera and it broke to bits(see me cry here)and had no way to photograph anything. I finally borrowed one tonight...and was too tired then to make a project much more that this 10 minute doozy! The white piece is just a folded 3x3 piece of white cardstock sent through a cuttlebug folder and the die cut added to the front of that. FAST!

Blogger is giving me fits, so I am not even sure this card will post...all I am seeing as I am typing this post is HTML with no picture. A little confusing for me....Darn... I am giving up for tonight and heading to bed!



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Stampin Up Little Leaves diecut, SU 1/4 circle punch, CB folder, Lavender cardstock and Kiwi too.

From Courtney's Closet Challenge Anniversary Edition

From Courtney's Closet #42-An Anniversary Celebration!

I made this cherry card inspired by Courtney's 4 month old picture where she is wearing a cute little girlie cherry decorated outfit. This was the outfit that inspired me to join in on Libby's challenge! It has been almost exactly one year ago today that I joined my first online challenge...and I chose little Courtney as my inspiration. You can view my first ever From Courtney's Closet Challenge card HERE.

This time I chose to use more intense colors, but I did stick with the cherry theme! This is my 39th FCCC out of 42! Do you think I am addicted? I have truly enjoyed watching little Cupcake grow up! This challenged has kept me stamping and learning. And Libby...what can I say...she has become a good blogger friend to me!

Sometimes I tend to get carried away with detailed cards...but my true love is clean and simple cards. For those of you new to my blog...I work with cherries 12 months out of the year! I work at a large cherry processing plant that makes everything from maraschinos to marketing those delicious fresh cherries due to ripen on the trees this month! By the end of June I should be in the thick of what I hope is a large and successful cherry harvest!

This card will go to a very dear friend who also works with cherries. You think I would be sick of those darn things...but truly nothing better than a fresh cherry!

Here's hoping you all find the time to come join Courtney's challenge soon!

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Stamps: Tart and Tangy by SU!, sentiment ...a friend... by Penny Black

Cardstock: Black, Rockabilly Speciality DP from SU!, RHRed

Ink: Memento Black, SU marker old olive and RHRed stamp pad

Misc: punch and circle nesties

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #43

Here we go with From Courtney's Closet Challenge #43! Courtney is growing so fast and look at her beautiful blond hair!

I made this little pink fishy card with a cuttlebug die. I cut the waves with strips of Bo Bunny DP and then used a 3/4 inch circle punch to punch the wave effect. The sentiment is a piece from a SU celebration set named Lots of Thoughts. I cut the words apart because I knew I would use them more that way!

Don't you just love those sneakers?

You still have time to join in on Libby's Little Addiction Anniversary Celebration of From Courtney's Inspiration Challenge #42. I still have my thinking cap on for this one...but wanted to share this post with you first and remind you all to join in! This is the first challenge I ever joined online (wow...over a year ago!), and I have tried to hit most of them since...missed a few here and there when life got in the way...but it just a darling challenge that makes me THINK! (hmmmm...) Why not join the fun?

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #41-Ice Cream!

Oh look how big Courtney is getting. I love this outfit!

Oh you must join in this week's challenge at Libbys Little Addiction. From Courtney's Closet Challenge #41 is just plain darling. For any of you new to this weekly challenge, Courtney's mama Libby takes a picture of her sweet little one in a cute outfit and you use that as your inspiration to make your creation.

(oops..sorry if you got this post twice...I hit a wrong button)

This was a quick and fun card to make and again, I used a stamp I have had for a year and has never seen ink! This cute image is made by Yvonne Albritton out of Renton, Washington. She makes the best food stamps (oh and lots of other stamps too). She always brings the best stuff to the Portland convention in March. I had a great time in her booth!

The cone on this card is set on dimensionals...and oh goodness there are a lot of polka dots on this card! LOL

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Stamps: Yvonne Albritton Designs Ice Cream Cone, Sentiment is part of the "Yummy" word in the set by SU! named Yummy

Cardstock: Tempting Turquoise, SU DP, Basic Grey cupcake DP, and Bella Press DP

Ink: Memento Black, cone colored with copics, SU marker for image

Misc: Circle punches, EK border punch, Bo Bunny ribbon

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #40-Baby Boy Giraffe

Ahhh...this project turned out so sweet!!! It was very quick and easy. This is my inspiration project for this week's From Courtney's Closet Challenge #40. Courtney is wearing a darling little outfit with animals marching across the front of her shirt and her little jeans. I picked the giraffe from the animal group and went that direction.

I bought this kraft gable box ages ago...unearthed from my scrap closet this week. This is a good size box--big enough to add a little baby outfit inside. I think I will have to make a pink version too! They will be nice to have on hand. Wish I could remember where I ordered it from(this gable box came in lots of different sizes)...if I find them again I will post the link.

Basically I just cut strips of cardstock for the bottom edge and used my Martha scallop punch to pretty it up. I added some more little giraffes and another button with ribbon.

For the card I used a mega rectangle nestie and folded it in half. This makes a great size card for little gift cards. I decorated it up with another giraffe and some ribbon and buttons.





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Stamps: Snag 'em Stamps by imaginisce (giraffe from the Baby Powder collection- cost $1), sentiment made with a Technique Tuesday alphabet( Avalon lower case)

Cardstock: Stampin Up Very Vanilla, Bo Bunny blue polka dot

Ink: Memento Black

Misc: Nestie, SU blue plaid ribbon and blue buttons

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From Courtney's Closet Challenge #39-Hey

HEY-THANKS! You all know how much I love Snoopy. Well, here he is, back to play in From Courtney's Closet Challenge #39! Now-- I didn't have a scottie dog stamp...but Snoopy is my main "Dawg"! The sketch is from Mary Jo's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #66.

Inside is finished with a strip of plaid cardstock as well as an thin piece of pierced real red cardstock. I stamped THANKS on the inside.

I made this look with my scalloped nestie. I used a tip that Allison at Stampin When I Can showed a while back. I fell in love with the pinked edge nesties, but golly I have to pick carefully what I buy. Allison showed this tip that solved my dilemma. I got the pinked look by cutting a classic scalloped nestie circle. I then popped it out of the nestie, rotated just a wee bit, (not even 1/4 of an inch) and taped it in place to keep it from moving. I ran it through my big shot again and came out with this fun edge! Viola...my pinked edge! I wish I could find Allison's posting to show you...maybe she will read this and show me the way to her link!

ETA: HERE is the link to make your own "pinked" edge! Thanks Allison!

Little Courtney in her darling inspirational dress! She is stylin'!

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Stamps: Joe Cool Snoopy F1078, Retired Stipple Plaid SU Background stamp, Misc alphabet

Cardstock: Real Read, Black, GP white

Ink: Memento Black,Real Red SU marker, Copic Grey

Misc: Scallop Nestie, paper piercer, 1/2 circle punch, black pearls

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #38-Avery's Debut

Ahhh...Welcome little Avery to her debut on From Courtney's Closet Challenge. Libby is changing things up a little and once a month she will be introducing one of her stamping friends cutie---the challenge to be named Courtney's Playdate. Hmmm...I might have to get little Cole dressed up and enter him for consideration...Make sure to visit Libby's Playdate challenge debut this week!

Now Avery's outfit really threw me for a loop...all those wild colors (which I have read on Allison's blog, sort of fits Avery's little personality LOL). Although I keep thinking this card is a little ODD for my tastes, it is growing on me...I am usually more of an earthtone type person, so this challenge really had me thinking (sort of like when I have to use orange!) Little Avery belongs to Allison of Stamping When I Can blog fame!

I also used Mary Jo's Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #65 ( TSSC65) for this card. I flipped the sketch on its head and it matched the design on Ave's little outfit perfectly!


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Stamps: All Year Cheer (Stampin Up retired sentiment)

Cardstock: Misc DCWV pink DP, Elegant Eggplant, black, pink, real red, BoBunny green DP

Ink: Real Red

Misc: Misc ribbon, black Hero Arts pearls, flower punch, circle nestie, tree was hand cut

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #36-Parisian Breeze

Mommy's Little Helper

Early! Can you believe this Libby? Here is this week's creation for From Courtney's Closet Challenge. I took my inspiration from the colors in Courtney's cute little shirt (and of course all of the dots too). I am just a polka dot girl!

I also am using the sketch challenge from Verve Stamps Viva La Verve April Week 1 on SCS.
You can find the challenge HERE. The challenge was to use only a sentiment stamp in this sketch.

If you have not tried the Stampin Up Speciality DP, you are really missing out...! It has such wonderful texture and is double sided too. This is my monthly all SU! card. I try to make at least one card that is all SU products to post on a Yahoo group I belong to...so here we go...two days before the end of the month...nothing like waiting till the last minute. I work well under pressure LOL! (or at least I work).

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Stamps: Celebration set Echoes of Kindness from SU!

Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Parisian Breeze Speciality DP, Choc Chip

Ink: Choc Chip

Misc; EK Success punch(goodness I should have used my SU! scallop punch), circle nesties, choc chip ribbon

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #35-Cole and Gwamma

Keep it simple...I took Libby's "keep it simple" inspiration and made this quick 6 x 6 scrapbook page of one of my fave pictures of little Cole's visit this weekend. I love to hold him while he is sleeping...love to listen to him breath and giggle and sometimes talk in his sleep!

I used a sizzix die for the house (hey, close to the house on Courtney's shirt), computer generated the sentiment, so there really is no stamping here...I see I forgot to add the puffs of smoke coming out of the chimney...but I am too tired to run back up and retake the picture...but I will add the three little puffs of smoke later for a finishing touch.

You can find Libby's From Courtney's Closet #35 Inspiration Challenge HERE!

Cardstock is all Stampin Up.

Little Courtney's Inspiration outfit for week 35...I think she is upset at Mommy about something here!

From Courtney's Closet Challenge #34-Cupcake Fluffles

Lot's of pink going on here! Little Courtney over at From Courtney's Closet Challenge #34 is all decked out in her little fancy PINK outfit. My inspiration came from her pink outfit as well as that little hat she is wearing. As I was explaining it to one of my friends, the only description I could come up with was a dunce hat (so sorry Libby...I know sweet pea is not a dunce). My friend Charla so kindly put the correct description to her hat...a Medieval princess hat! That's it! Now I got it right!

Now, the closest I could come to a Medieval princess hat was this cute Fluffles image that I received from a dear stamping friend! Thanks girl! A birthday hat works for me! This is the first Fluffles image I have ever used and it was fun and quick to color! I think I may have started another addiction.

The image was cut out with a square nestie and I also used my nestie scallop circles and a cuttlebug folder background. I dug out a retired SU! corner punch too. Everything is up on dimensionals so this is a fun card to view in real life! Hmmm...now that I have the picture to post, I think I will add some glitter to this card too!

The little Medieval Princess!

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Stamps: Cupcake Fluffles

Cardstock: SU! Pink Passion and Pixie Pink

Ink: prisma's/oms

Misc: SU! retired corner punch, swiss dot cuttlebug folder, misc brads, dimensionals

Card size: 4 1/2 x 4 1/2