Most Peculiar, Mama

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I started off with the colors at the Play Date Cafe ...

If I didn't enter a challenge with these colors there would be something seriously wrong with me.  My most favorite colors together for sure.  I did a wee bit more than a "splash" of brown, but just barely, right ??

 

I did a little doodling on this tag too.  I didn't do anything with the digital corset except pop on a little black flower.

I am also including these challenges ....

Craft us Crazy - anything but a card

Creative Craft Challenges - anything but a card

Corset digital - theHouseAcrosstheBay etsy shop

Tag - Staples

Design Paper - My Mind's Eye, Fab Scraps

Ribbon - Hug Snug

Glimmer Mist - Tattered Angels

Ink - Ranger Distress

Sentiment - computer generated

Doily & black lace - stash

Flower - Recollections

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Papercraft Star 90

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Papercraft Star is featuring this gorgeous Easter picture this week ...

Easter is the theme, and include a chick, a bunny or an egg.

I am still on my tag kick, so here it is for this week !

A little doodling, and following no design rules at all ...

The little bunny "Picture" is from our Sponsor at PCS, theHouseAcrosstheBay

Tag

Design Paper - October Afternoon, K & Co, Prima

Frame - K & Co

Flowers - Recollections

Pearls - Recollections

Lace and ribbon - stash

Button and Jewelry cording - stash

Gelly Roll pen

Tattered Angels glimmer spray

Stickles - Ranger

Ink - Ranger Distress

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Bunny digital - theHouseAcrosstheBay

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Snow snow snow

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Goodness, there is still snow on the roads !  Kids have been out of school for two days now.  Beautiful branches of spring blossoms are tossed about the roads and yards, as they bowed to their burden of snow.  

Here is today's card ....

Fairly simple, but fun.

The challenges I am sending this to are ....

The Kraft Journal - anything goes

 Divas by Design - distressing

Penny's Paper-Crafty - recipe (3 buttons, 2 DPs, 1 ribbon)

Cardstock - the Kraft Outlet

Design Paper - My Mind's Eye, Basic Grey

Button card - Chelseacraze.com

Stamps - TPC, Recollections, My Mind's Eye

Punch - ek success

Hatpin - I made

Flower & Pearls - Recollections

Ribbon - Hug Snug seam binding

Stickles & ink - Ranger

Buttons - stash

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Papercraft Star 89

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Today marks the 89th week of Papercraft Star challenges.  Wow.  Hard to believe that Tracy and I were in this together from the beginning, way way back when we were still pretty new to this world.  Tracy began her blog just days before I began mine, we found each other right away !  It has been so much fun.

And today Papercraft Star has a Spring challenge, with this gorgeous picture...

Our pictures are always Use if you choose !

Not quite spring here in Eugene, although the blossoms and daffodils are out in full force, we still had snow flurries yesterday.  Huh ?

Update - here are more snow "flurries", 6 inches and still coming down ...

Here is my tag ...

I used scraps on this, so I am unsure where the rear paper came from, or the sentiment tag....  The patterned paper is actually recycled packaging from Prima.  I distressed the metal with plain brown paint, and the remainder of the supplies are....

Flowers - Recollections

Flourish - Thickers

Butterfly - Flora Doodles

Gem brads - Michaels $1 bin

Ink - Ranger Distress

Lace & buttons - stash

Ribbon - hand dyed Hug Snug

Sentiment - Cosmo Cricket

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Dreams stay with you

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Today's card is green, and pink, and cream.

I really love making pockets on cards.  Sometimes I wonder if I do it too often, but it makes me happy...

This one just kind of made itself.  The flower is handmade by me.

Here are the matching challenges I am entering !

Just us Girls - Spring moss, pink,  cream

Squigglefly - Homemade flower

City Crafter - Things in my heart (old friends)

Cardstock & Design Paper - K & Co

Tags - Michael's Dollar Bin, Tim Holtz

Stamps - TPC, Hampton Art

Leaf - cut from homemade paper

Punches - Marvy Uchida, ek success

Ink - Versamark, Ranger Distress

Pearl brad - Recollections

Jewelry cording, ribbon, lace - stash

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Steampunk tag

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I don't often find a challenge that actually says "steampunk", and I haven't made a steampunk project for a long long time.  So, when I found Sarah Hurley's Challenge I jumped on it !

Also, this will head out to ...

Pattie's Creations - Tag and a digital

DYSU - Favorite color (kraft, at least for cards it is !)

Shipping tag - Staples

Design paper - 7 Gypsies

Smaller Tag - G45

Stamp on tag - Inkadinkado

Border - Jolee

Image - theHouseAcrosstheBay etsy shop

Compass & Gear - Tim Holtz

Ink - Ranger distress

Sentiment - Computer generated

Brads, wire and beads - stash

Glimmer Mist - Tattered Angels

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Time

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Today I am using a sketch from Unscripted Sketches...

 and my card is ...

It is an ugly ugly day here, and the colors don't look quite right, but the border on the back page is the same card stock as the front.  Shadows are funny like that.

I am also entering the challenge at Gingersnap Creations - where they are looking for a border....

Cardstock - Martha Stewart
Design paper - Bo Bunny, K&Co
Ink - Ranger Distress
Watch - Jolee I think ?
Bling - Recollections
DYMO tape
Punch - Martha Stewart
Ribbon & Jewelry cording - stash

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Papercraft Star 88

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This week Papercraft Star's 88th challenge is Green.  All you need is a card/tag/project with the main color of green.  This one is so easy !!

I used 024, 091, and 207 from our sponsor, theHouseAcrosstheBay.

 024

 

091 

207

I used both ink and distress ink on the background, and both Ranger, and sprayed with Tattered Angels glimmer mist.  The background also has some stamps from 7 Gypsies.  I added some gold Ranger stickles, some old brads I found around,  twine and ribbon, and half of an old earring my sister-in-law, Annette, gave to me.  (Thanks Nettie!)

For exercise, my tags sometimes run through the Cuttlebug of their own accord.  Not sure how that happens.

Yesterday Spencer and I were sitting at my computer playing a Hidden Object game.  He decided to change seats to sit in his pop's leather chair, but told me 

'You may continue to sit in that seat'

The words that come out of his mouth always surprise me.

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Papercraft Star 87

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I don't have a regular post for Papercraft Star this week, but here is the challenge.

The theme is Lucky/St. Patrick's Day !!

Here is a freebie from our sponsor, theHouseAcrosstheBay.

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Fairies

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I really love a monochromatic _______ (fill in the space).  I have found I really tend toward those kinds of cards too, and realized I needed to branch out and work on combining colors better.  I bought a book about color last week, and thought I would take a leap into color combos that aren't just brown or black.

So, armed with this sketch from Card Patterns ....

and the color inspiration this week at Play Date Cafe ...

This is my card ....

Whew.  

Cardstock - Bazzill

Design Paper - Prima, Creative Imaginations

Stamps - My Mind's Eye, Inkadinkado

Flowers - Petaloo

Fairy - Prima

Gelly Roll gold pen

Jewelry cording

Hug Snug hand dyed seam binding

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