Happy New Year and A Desk Calendar!

Happy New Year everyone!
I hope you had a fabulous start to the year and wish you all the best for 2011.
Today my daughter and I spent some quality time together making cards while my youngest was having her afternoon nap. We had so much fun and decided to focus our efforts towards a few of the current online challenges.
The challenge this week at All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenges is "New Year" and the challenge this month at Tickled Pink Stamps Monthly Challenges is a sketch challenge. So I've combined both to make a desk calandar for 2011 based on an Easel card.

Stamps : CC Monday (The Greeting Farm)
Cardstock & Papers : Stampin' Up!; Olivia (Basic Grey)
Inks:   Stampin' Up!, tuxedo black (Memento), Faber Castel color pencils
Other : rhinestones, rhinestone brad, scallop border punch (Stampin' Up!), lace (Kaisercraft), flourish with a bling, calendar, lace doilies (stash)

Christmas treats and flowers!

The challenge this week at All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenges is "Christmas Flowers". I've made a treat (a mini Christmas cake) for Christmas guests with these cute little tags made with images from the Greeting Farms "just for you" stamp set (very cute) and using a gorgeous flower die from Magnolia.

Stamps : Just For You (The Greeting Farm)

Cardstock : Stampin' Up!

Papers : Kaisercraft

Inks:   Stampin' Up!
Other : brads (Stampin' Up!), doily flowers Doohickey's die (Magnolia), Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), pearls (Kaisercraft), kindyglitz, raffia  (stash)

So Stinkin' Cute!

This is a scrapbook page I made for The Greeting Farm Scrapbook Challenge. It uses some recent photos of my gorgeous 2 1/2 year old daughter. I'm really happy with how this worked out - sort of a retro vintagy feel.

Stamps : Ruby (The Greeting Farm)
Cardstock & Papers : Stampin' Up!; pretty in pink (Kaisercraft)
Inks:   Stampin' Up!
Other : eyelet border punch, aquapainter (Stampin' Up!), vintage tag doohickey die (Magnolia), lace, wooden flowers (Kaisercraft), buttons, sticky alphas, rubbon alphas (stash)

Birthday Ruby

The challenge this week at All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenges is "Birthday". We always need birthday cards dont we, so I couldnt resist making one with "Ruby" from The Greeting Farm. This is also an Easel card - hard to see in this photo though.

Stamps : Ruby (The Greeting Farm)

Cardstock : Stampin' Up!

Inks:   Stazon, markers (Stampin' Up!)
Other : brads, hemp twine, aqua painter  (Stampin' Up!), buttons (stash), embossing folders (Cuttlebug)

More butterflies!

Today I'm joining a challenge at Scrapbook Boutique challenges  which is butterflies. I love butterflies - enough even to make a second entry for this challenge! This time I've made a scrapbook page of my daughter when she was 3. I've used 3 butterfly charms flittering through the flowers!

Stamps : In the spotlight (the greeting farm)
Cardstock & Papers : various (Stampin' Up!)
Other : Flowers, rhinestones, thickers, butterfly charms (stash)