Have a Magical Day! (My first attempt at Copics)

My, it's been a while! I have been preparing for baby rather than playing in my scrap room (but you sure couldn't tell that by the mess that's in there right now!). My sister-in-law's birthday was this past weekend though and she needed a birthday card so that gave me an excuse to get in there and create. I used Gina K's Pure Luxury cardstock (in the kraft color) as my base for this card and the blue and green patterned papers are both from Echo Park.  The pink is just a scrap piece of pink paper I had that I used Stampin Up! Seeing Spots stamp set on to create another pattern.  The stamp is from My Favorite Things (which happen to be one of my new favorite things- I love these "Pure Innocence" stamps!) And this is my first try with Copics.  I was introduced to both Copics and My Favorite Things at CHA last month (along with several other new things that are horrible for the checkbook!) I am working on baby shower "Thank You" cards right now using another new favorite (Taylored Expressions stamps) so once those are finished I'll share that as well! I'll try to be back a little sooner next time. I'm supposed to be "taking it easy" as my blood pressure has been a little higher than my doctor would like. Just 5 weeks left but little missy is measuring big so we have an ultrasound on Thursday to determine how big she actually is.  I'm guessing it won't be a whole 5 weeks till I have a new little someone to share pictures of!

Dandelion Card - Jitterbuggin Challenge

This card was made for the Jitterbuggin Challenge this week. The sketch is pictured below- Rules were to use Black & White and one other color & to use a punch (and a Cricut cut of course!).  I used the Dandelion from the Storybook Cricut Cartridge, and the little twigs are from Wild Card. The patterned paper is from Stampin' Ups Pattern Pack 2 which was given to me as blog candy from the lovely Chelsea at A Chelsea Morning. I attached a little green Prima Flower, with a brad made by Autumn Leaves. The Circles were cut with my go-to-guy George.  The sentiment is a rub-on from Karen Foster's Rub-bits. I used a corner punch on the bottom corners, and a Martha Stewart Edge punch in the middle just to give it a little somethin extra. I really like the way this one turned out!
Now for the sketch-

Cupcake Birthday Card - CPS Card Sketches Challenge #174

Super simple card! I based this card off of the  sketch challenge of the week at Card Positioning System. I flipped the idea and added a little extra rub-on of presents from Heidi Grace. The party hat was cut with The Pooh and Friends Cricut cartridge at 1 3/4" I didn't have a cute little pom pom or anything I liked to put on the top so I took a few pieces of ribbon and sewed them together to make my hat topper- I frayed the edges just a little and there you have it! The cupcake is from Stampin' Up! the "Out of the Box" set.  I colored the cupcake with Stampin' Up! Markers- Pink Passion and Green Galore. Then inked the edge with "Tempting Turquoise."The paper I used is Bazzill Bling- the green, pink, and blue are all "Bling" papers. Thanks for looking!

Flip Flops and Flowers card

This card was made for a challenge at StampTV. (I can't find the link right now though, sorry!)  It was a sketch challenge. The stamp set is from Stampin' Up! - The Island Blossoms set. I inked the flower and leaf, then outlined them in stickles because they needed a little somethin' somethin'. The flip flops are buttons that I cut the loop off the back of and then used glue dots to adhere. The plaid paper (which I think would make the perfect pattern for flip-flop material by the way) is from the DCWV summer stack. Hope you enjoy!

Baby Shower thank you

These are the cards I made as "thank you's" for the baby shower that my husband's department at work threw for us.  The heart is a stamp by Hero Arts and the "thanks" stamp is from Inkadinkado- this one actually says "my way of saying thanks" but I cut it out to make it say just "thanks". Unfortunately, I've had the baby feet stamp for a while and it just has generic copyright stickers on it so I have no idea the brand. The pink polka dotted paper (which I LOVE!) is from the Abbey Road by My Mind's Eye, and the Green plaid paper is from a Die Cuts with a View Stack. I used the scallop border punch from Stampin' Up! to add a little extra to the edge of the pink polka dots. Then I just inked all the edges (minus the white paper) and threw it all together. Super simple- hope they like it!