I received this sweet digi stamp from Robin’s Fetish so I could play in her challenge.
Here is the sketch I used from Freshly Made Sketches 
I also am joining in at the Phindy’s Friday Challenge to use 1 image, 2 designer papers, and 3 embellishments.
The sentiment is from Stampin’ Up! Word Play set.
and now, ta-da! 
My day began with a good night’s sleep, after which I got up when I wanted to do so.
Redbox sent me a code for a free rental.
After stopping by Sally’s where Kris picked up her purple hair dye, she treated me to a frozen treat at Kiwi Loco. If you have one in your area and haven’t tried them yet, I highly recommend doing it soon.
We had an enjoyable ride up to the base listening to a book on cd that we started back on our trip to Virginia at the end of April. We can only listen when we are both in the car.
While waiting for Kris to get her haircolor re-done, I worked on the yo-yo puppy. This has been my take-along project for quite a while.
As we stepped outside I spotted a dragonfly and stopped to watch it. It took flight and came right to land on my shirt. I have never had one do that. I was thrilled.
What outing is complete without turning into Michael’s for a quick browse? I had an informative read through an art book that was inspiring. Kris found some beads on sale. We were happy.
Stepping out we were overwhelmed by a beautiful rainbow. Fortunately I had my camera.
And we have a movie to watch later as we eat a bowl of homemade 15 bean soup.
I bought a book of 24 art cards from Dover Publishing containing this perfect piece for the PoisonedPeas challenge #3. The challenge theme is “Wicked Step-Mother” but we can make a card with any wicked woman. In this illustration Rackham depicts how the 
sailors see the treachery of the sea when it’s alluring call turns against them.
Supplies used:
dylusions stencil with alcohol inks and Fiskars circle template and cutter
Strip of Graphic45 striped cs
Purple Stampin’ Up cs cut with Spellbinder die and TH Ranger Distress ink
two flowers are Always Artichoke cs and SU punch, centered with a punch of scrap cs
alphabet stamp set was stamped in Artichoke ink
I see this note card being used for a few different occasions. Especially for a guy since it’s not very frilly. On the inside one could write a warning for being missed, for example.
I’m a Top 3 Winner ! http://natalduranteoanotodo.blogspot.com/2012/05/top-3-e-sorteado-do-desafio-45-winner.html
It was for my Christmas card here.
Wow! This was so exciting. My box was overwhelmingly awesome. Yes, I’m just delirious with joy and happiness of all the wonderful new toys I get to play with.
I grouped them on the end of the couch for a photo to share.
I’ve been making cards with my ippity stamps this month.
The images are from “What Matters Most” set. Sentiment from”Regal Greeting”. I’ve used Stampin’ Up ribbons and pencils, and various punches.
Here is the sketch. 
This was a fun little card to make. I needed to make a birthday card and I picked a card from a fabulous stamper’s gallery at Splitcoaststampers. Here is Heather’s card. You can see I changed it a bit, but the inspiration still shows.
I have used ippity stamps. 4 lamps are stamped in black on SU dsp, punched with a 1 inch punch. I punched 1 1/4 inch squares for the mats from some Scenic Route patterned paper. The sentiment is stamped in Versamark and embossed with SU black ep. The ribbon and lace are Stampin’ Up as well.
I’m entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge celebrating their 3rd birthday. I’m entering this challenge because of the lace in the Papertake Weekly Challenge. I’m entering this Anything Goes challenge because of all the gorgeous dt examples. I’m entering 2 Sisters Challenge #90 – Anything Goes. I’m entering Digi Doodle Shop Challenge #106 - Anything Goes.
These two blocks were fun. I have never done anything quite like them and I really enjoyed the process the class led me through. The little hex shape is first cut from paper, like computer paper. The fabric is cut a 1/4 of an inch larger. The paper is placed on the wrong side of the fabric and each side is turned over the paper. The simple trick was to run a stitch around that I would have thought too sketchy to hold but it worked. I was amazed. Once the hex shapes are basted they can be placed on the background fabric and attached. I have always liked the look of hand stitching the applique so that is what I did to each piece. 
Here are my two March blocks. I had a hard time with them. I looked forward to working with the strings since I had made a string block quilt already. However the break down gave me trouble. I couldn’t get the portions on the star right and spent way too much time trying to pick just the right strip to go with each side – 8 of them. In the end my white star in the center didn’t match and mainly the points would have been lost when the blocks went together so I had to do something different. 
I added a thin strip to all eight sections so the points would appear and the final inside lines would match.
I’m now somewhat okay with the end result but this is a pattern I’ll not try again. I think I started in the wrong spot on the white section which caused the point problem.
This string block is quite like the quilt I made except each block was created in 4 small squares. I put this one together first and didn’t pay proper attention to the position of the strips for color and coordination, causing the block to not look very balanced. This is the reason I paid attention to the eight pieces of the block above. 
I designed this final Christmas card for April (a day late) around the following challenges.
I played “Bingo” at Christmas Inspirations #45 with 1. Distressing, 2. Sentiment, and 3. Trees. I have a border punch for Christmas Card Challenges #22 and a jumbo metal eyelet for “H” is for Hardware at ABC Christmas. (But, alas, I am too late to enter that one.) However, ANYTHING GOES at Stampin All Year Long #8. 
Here’s how it went together. The navy card was silver embossed with the Rubber Stampede stamp. Stampin’ Up Lovely As a Tree was stamped in Night of Navy on confetti white, distressed, and mounted on the Fiskars punched confetti red cs. The tag has SU stamps from Winter Post and Occasional Quotes sets in N of N and Cranberry Crisp inks, distressed and mounted on a piece of red. Punched a hole with SU’s tool kit and inserted as SU jumbo eyelet. I tied on a piece of Michael’s ribbon before popping it up on the card. I had fun designing this one, hope you enjoy it and find some inspiration.
