Birthday Bash Blog Hop and Monday with Mom 3

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday, dear Korin...Happy birthday to you! Big celebration today!The big birthday blog hop is today and if you have just started here, hang on to your hat (your birthday hat, that is!) because the whole Sweet N Sassy design team is celebrating Korin's birthday today. Be sure to visit everyone's blog and the Sweet N Sassy blog. Leave a comment at each stop for a chance to win great digis from Sweet N Sassy.
Here's a look at the adorable digi you could win just by leaving a comment here on my blog.

Isn't she a cutie! This is Peek-a-boo Sophie. Have a closer look at her:

She's popped right out of the flowerpot to wish someone special a very happy birthday! Since it's Monday, Mom and I challenged ourselves to create gatefold cards for this week's Monday with Mom. So, when you open the card there's a birthday sentiment from the Sweet Birthday Wishes set.

Okay, the only digi up for grabs on my site is Peek-a-boo Sophie, but you can get the sentiment which is part of a three sentiment set over at SNS. You can also purchase the digi my mom used for her gatefold card at Sweet N Sassy, too.

Funny how we both created purple cards for this week! We did not plan that, but Mom created a gatefold birthday card for the birthday bash, too! This cute little guy is Fenton Frog from SNS. The sentiment is part of the set.
For your chance to win Peek-a-boo Sophie leave a comment at the bottom of this post. I will pick one winner on Tuesday morning. Be sure to head over to the Sweet N Sassy blog for a free adorable Birthday Hat Cocoa (available today only to everyone who visits) and a  chance to win a SNSS $25 gift certificate, and stop by all the Digi Divas' blogs leaving a comment or a birthday wish for Korin on each blog. Each diva will be giving away the digi she used on her post. Here's the list of participants:

♥ Micki

♥ Sandy

♥ Deedee

♥ Nicole

♥ Korin

♥ Leah

♥ Ceal

♥ Darsie

♥ Janette

♥ Kim

♥ Lorie

♥ Nancy

♥ Julie

♥ Tricia 

 

Okay, I think that about covers it! Korin, hope your birthday is really special! And, I hope you all enjoy the hop! Thanks, Mom, for your beautiful card...can't wait till next week to see what you come up with!

A Bowl of Birthday Fun

This was the easiest and funnest card to make! I'm still giggling with pleasure over this one! The ice cream bowl is an SVG cut file called Frozen Treats SVG Cutting Template which can be found at MyGrafico. There are lots of other cute frozen treats included with this purchase. I used my Cricut and SCAL software to create the bowl card. I welded two of the bowls together in the SCAL program to create a card base. Then, I cut out the three scoops and the spoon. I used my cuttlebug and embossing folders to create texture on each of the scoops. Super cute design and very fast and easy. If you have a Cricut and SCAL, you definitely need this one!
Then, to top off my birthday card, I grabbed one of my favorite sets from Lindsay's Stamp Stuff called Sweet Stuff. I used the cherry image inside a word art circle that reads "Happy Birthday with a Cherry on Top!" I colored the cherries with my copics and then added some glossy accents. I really loved how this turned out and I especially love it when a project comes together this quickly because, honestly, it usually takes me FOREVER to design a project!

You really need the Sweet Stuff digital stamp set and as luck would have it, it's on sale right now along with all the other sets in LSS. Today through March 14th, Lindsay's got everything in the store on sale at 30% off! And if that doesn't make you feel lucky enough, run on over to her blog where you can get really lucky with a digital freebie! Oh, and don't forget to check out what the LSS design team has created this week or the great SVG cut files over at MyGrafico!
Top o' the morn' to you all!
Project Recipe
Paper: (all papers by SU) Bermuda Bay Textured CS, Pretty in Pink CS, Chocolate Chip CS, Very Vanilla CS, Real Red CS  (white paper for the digi stamp is PTI)

Stamps: LSS Sweet Stuff

Tools: Cricut, SCAL, cuttlebug, embossing folders (Swiss Dots, Swirls, Tiny Bubbles), SU 1 3/8 circle punch, EK Success 1 1/4 circle punch, Glossy Accents, copic markers

Verve Blog Party Challenge 1

Verve Stamps had a huge party Friday on the Verve Blog to celebrate the November release. Throughout the day several challenges were issued. First up was a color challenge: Turquoise, Olive, Black and White.
I needed a birthday card to send to my son's girlfriend, so I used the challenge to create a card for Sarah on her 22nd birthday (she thinks she's getting old!). I wanted to use this scrap of Basic Grey paper which had the turquoise and green in it. I had to choose a slightly different version of olive for this to all come together. I used Papertrey Ink's New Leaf cardstock in place of olive. The ribbon is Stampin' Up's striped grosgrain in black. I used Verve's Wishing You stamp set for the sentiment on the front (which I embossed) and completed it with another sentiment from this set on the inside which says "a very happy birthday". I sponged the edges of the sentiment with some Stampin' Up Turquoise and some PTI New Leaf ink. A few black rhinestones and my Martha Stewart lace doily punch rounded out the project.
I hope Sarah has a wonderful birthday and years of them to follow! Oh, and I hope I win some Verve goodies!
Project Recipe
Paper: PTI New Leaf CS, PTI True Black CS, PTI White CS, Basic Grey Lemonade PP
Stamps: Verve Wishing You
Accessories: cuttlebug, Spellbinders Scalloped Circle dies, Martha Stewart Lace Doily punch, sponge, SU Striped Black grosgrain, embossing powder, the Paper Studio black gemstones