Decorate to Celebrate #80 - Swim Party or Birthday

Happy Wednesday!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!! Pshew, it's been a busy one here...lots of blog posts :) I have another one a little later today so I hope you will stop back by. It's time for another fun challenge at Decorate to Celebrate!! The theme for this week is a Swim Party or Birthday. We want to see all of your projects celebrating swimsuits, water and summer fun or birthdays :)

For my project, I created a beach themed mini album. All of the papers are from Fancy Pants Down By The Shore paper stack. The surfboards are Spellbinders Surf's Up dies.

The awesome sentiment is from Paper Wings Productions Sea Melange stamp set.

It's actually been a while since I created this so I'm not sure I remember everything I used. The flip flops are also from Spellbinders Surf's Up die set. This Very Moment is a TH Remanent Rub. The banner was made from Spellbinders Pennant Banner dies. The scalloped circle is a My Craft Spot Tiny Doily Dies. The stamp is a My Craft Spot Stamping All Around Summer stamp set.

I have all kinds of pull-out tags for photos but I won't bombard you with tons of pictures :) The sailboat is a Marianne die.

Another My Craft Spot Tiny Doily die set was used, with another stamp from the MCS Stamping All Around Summer set.

The banners on the top are Tim Holtz Ribbon Flags dies.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.Art - July Linky
2. 2 Creative Chicks - Mini Books

Now it's your turn!! Head on over to Decorate to Celebrate to see the amazing projects my talented design team sisters have created for today's challenge, then link up your Swim Party or Birthday decorations. I can't wait to see what you create :)

A Day For Play

Happy Saturday!! I hope you have fun plans for the weekend!! It's my turn to post on the Craftin Desert Divas blog and I have a springy card to share with you today featuring sentiments from Tara's Summer Lovin' stamp set!!

When I think of spring, I think of flowers, sunshine, butterflies and bike rides. I tried to recreate that feeling with this card :)

I used several dies to create the scene. The Gas Lamp Sign Die is from Die-Versions (have you seen the new April Back to Basics 2 release?? The new dies are gorgeous!! Click HERE to see what's new!!). The bike is from Marianne Designs, the grass is from My Creative Time and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

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The stitched flag die and sun are from Lil' Inker. Fun in the Sun is from Summer Lovin' as is...

...A Day For Play. For this one, I masked off the words to stamp it vertically. Look at all the fun sentiments and fonts on this set:

You can purchase this set, along with the Teenage Dream and Punny at the Craftin Desert Divas Shop. And we would love to see your projects using any of the three stamp sets in our Craftin Desert Divas Gallery.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. DL.Art - April Linky
2. Just B Creative Crazy - April Linky

Thanks so much for stopping by :)

Happy Birthday Ballerina

Happy Wednesday!! We're halfway to the weekend already!! It really is amazing how fast time flies. I've had this ballerina die for a while and wanted to use her, so I have a birthday card to share with you today :)

I have become completely addicted to my Zutter Distress-It-All. I can't seem to stop using it!! I am going to wear the poor little motor out :) The base paper is heavyweight cardstock from Canvas Corp. The patterned papers are from Prima's Lyric stack

The doily behind the flowers is from XCut. The flowers are a mixture of Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts. I added tulle and string behind and some white crinkle ribbon for the bow. The buttons inside the flowers are Die-Versions Buttons dies. The butterfly is another current obsession of mine. It's from Memory Box. I cut it once in black and once in the Prima paper. The corner gems are Prima Say It In Crystals.

Isn't this wooden banner awesome?? I found them at Joann...they are from Jillibean Soup. The Happy Birthday stamp is from my sweet friend Jo's new Personalize It stamp set. You can find it in her store 3 Twenty Crafts. It was stamped with Versafine Onyx ink.

I wanted to be a ballerina when I was five...I wore my pink tutu everywhere :) This gorgeous ballerina is a Marianne die. She was covered in Martha Stewart Carrera Marble Glitter, popped up with foam tape and balanced on the sentiment flag.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Craft It Up & Link It Up - Anything Goes
2. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Birthday
3. DL.Art - April Linky
4. Little Scrap Pieces - Show It Off Saturday
5. Funday Friday Challenge - Anything Goes
6. Just B Creative Crazy - April Linky
7. Word Art Wednesday #121 - Anything Goes
8. Eclectic Paperie ePlay Challenge - Wood
9. Really Reasonable Ribbon #92 - Flowers or Buttons or Bows
10. Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes w/Handmade Bow
11. The Crafty Bloggers Network - Die Cutting or Embossing
12. 613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
13. Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes 
14. Pile It On #14 - Feminine
15. A Creative Romance - Spring Flowers
16. Scrapping4fun Challenge - Anything Goes
17. Crafty Hands Challenge - Shabby Chic
18. The Ribbon Girl - Use Ribbon
19. Crafty Calender Challenge - Things With Wings
20. Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge - Anything Goes
21. Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
22. Crafty Girls #15 - Anything Goes
23. Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
24. Papertake Weekly - Spring Has Sprung

Thanks so much for stopping by :)