An Easter Card

Here's an Easter Card I made that I'm also entering into two challenges:  Paper Cutz Challenge #86 (use a bunny, lamb, chick, or Easter eggs) and Cricut Cardz Challenge #69 (an Easter project).

This is an A2 card (4-1/4" x 5-1/2").

The bunny is cut from Just Because cards (3-3/4" Real Dial size) and I made the "patchwork quilt" paper from my pink patterned scraps.  Jessica at Chick-n-Scrap has instructions on how to do this. 

Cut a bright pink mat (4" x 5-1/4") using Post-It Craft Paper (w/adhesive).  That was nice & easy to work with!  You should try it if you haven't yet.

The next layer is 3-3/4" x 5" using light pink and blue cardstock (embossed with Swiss Dots) to make this size. 

Applied Easter ribbon (that I won from Carri) between the 2 mats.

Used a flower punch for the flower with a little bling, and a pink petal-shaped gem for the bunny's eye.

Thanks for stopping by.

Challenge at Creations by Gill M on Pets

This is an entry for the "CBGM Blog Challenge #4--Pets" over at Creations by Gill M  who lives in Scotland!  When I saw that this challenge was a call for any type of project showing a pet, well, I just had to enter.  As you may know, I have 4 cats, and I'd just love for you to meet them!  

I made a layout of sorts, only larger, and put it in a poster frame (I think 18 x 22 or 24) so I could hang it in my office at work.  This was long before I had a Cricut or even a blog, so it's pretty basic, but I still love how it turned out.  Callie is the mama cat of Calbert, Blackie and Stripes.  Smokey was abandoned at the park across the street from our house and was playing near a storm drain when my husband found him.  Unfortunately Callie is no longer with us, but the siblings will be 7 years old in June, and we think Smokey is about 4-1/2 right now.  TFL!  Who else has a cat?

Elaine's 300 Followers Giveaway

I won!  How about that!  Elaine of Expressions by Elaine reached AND SURPASSED her 300 follower giveaway.  And we all know it's no wonder.  Elaine does such great work!  THANK YOU ELAINE.  Much appreciated. -- Pat

An Award from Karen

I received another Versatile Blogger Award, this time from Karen at Karen's-Kakes-Kraft, and I wanted to thank her for it. Thanks for thinking of me, Karen--it's much appreciated.  You should know that Karen also gave me my very first blog award back on January 5 of this year.  I had only been posting and blogging for a month, and I was so excited when I got her message telling me that she had given me an award!  I was so new to this whole blogging thing that I didn't even know what I was supposed to do with it.  But Karen walked me through the whole process, step-by-step.  That's when I knew I had found a real good friend.   Thanks, Karen!!

Spring Birthday Card

A very nice lady I know (a friend of the family) is having a birthday very soon, so I made this card for her.  Thought it would be appropriate to put a bunny on it since she has an April birthday.  I was going to enter this into the Birthday Sundae challenge but it seems I missed the deadline!

Here's the recipe for this card:
It's a 5x7 card that I cut using my paper trimmer.
Springy floral paper from stash; rounded the corners.
2-1/2" purple cardstock cut with scalloped scissors.
1-1/2" yellow cardstock strip.
Bunny from Create-a- Critter cut at 4".
Bouquet of flowers cut from Sweethearts at 2".  Then I colored them in with glitter pens.
Blue gems for the eyes, and purple gems on the right side.

Thanks to everyone for stopping by.  I love to read your comments.