~It's A Boy~

 

Happy Wednesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the Charmed Life Blog. Well we had a touch of winter weather back with us yesterday. It was snowy and cold all day. No accumulation of snow just a shocker to your body after temps of 82° on Sunday. But, it is supposed to warm up again in the next few days.

 

I am having Easter dinner at my home with my son, daughter-in-law and grandsons. Still working on my dinner menu but I do know the main dish will be an Easter ham. We only have that once a year and my hubby likes it on Easter. Have to check out the local stores to see who has the best price.

 

Now onto my card for today. I needed a baby card for my nephew and wife. They just had a baby boy and it is their first.

 

I used the layout from the Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge #483. Janette was the hostess and she provided a great layout for us. I love the look of angled panels.

My background designer paper from DCWV the "nana's kids prints" collection.  The bottom angled panel is barely banana and I used the Stampin-Up alphabet embossing folder. The card colors are from the Color Throwdown #287.

My elephant is a Memory Box stamp and matching die. I stamped in soft sky on barely banana cardstock.

Sentiment is from the Verve set "practically perfect". Added some abc corner embellies to complete my card. I bought these years ago from QVC. Yay for using up stash supplies.

Well, time to get started with my day. Lots of odds and ends to take care of in the house before Sunday. So until next time........God bless.

 

Card Recipe:

Stamps: Elephant (Memory Box), Practically Perfect (Verve) 

Paper: certainly celery, barely banana, DSP DCWV Nana's Prints   

Paper Size: A2 

Ink: sofy sky, gumball green 

Accessories: Spellbinders Matting Basics A & B, Sizzix alphabet ef, Memory Box die, Paper Crimper, Baby buttons

I am also entering: 

1.  Verve April Diva Dare challenge- to make a baby or kid's themed card.

2.  Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is animal antics.

3.  Feeling Crafty Challenge has an anything for a child challenge.

4.  Crafting From The Heart has an anything goes using yellow.

5.  Stamping Sensations has a dies/or punches challenge.

Bunny with carrot

 

Happy Sunday and thanks for taking the time to visit the Charmed Life Blog. Today is one of those laid back Sunday's that I love. Nothing pending and it allowed me to just sit back and relax.

 

Our day started with church. Our Pastor had a really good message today. He used the scripture verse from John 11:38. It is the account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Pastor said so much and 2 of his statements that stood out with me:

 

1.  When God speaks people come alive

2.  When we put our lives in God's hands we don't accept that nothing can change.

 

I made a big pot of marinara sauce for dinner. I will serve it with some brown rice pasta which is really good by the way and a leafy green salad. The sauce is smelling so incredible as I sit and type this post. Can't wait for dinner. I use red wine in my sauce and I love the flavor it gives.

 

Now onto my card for today. I am starting with my Easter cards and this is another one for the stash. The layout is from this week's sketch challenge #479 on Splitcoaststampers.

 

 

My card colors are from this week's color throwdown #283.

 

 

The image is a Great Impressions Stamp- bunny with carrot E573.  I colored him with Spectrum Noir markers and prismacolor pencils and gamsol.

Cut with a Spellbinders labels 8 die and layered it on the fancy labels 8 die cut in tangerine tango.

The glittery background and dotted designer paper is something I had in my stash from Recollections (Michael's). Used another Spellbinders die cut in basic gray for my sentiment.  Stamp is from the Marks Finest Papers set "blessings".

 

That's my card for today. Time to get back to the kitchen to make salads and cook the pasta. So until next time......God bless.

 

I am also entering:

1.  LadyBug Crafts has an anything goes challenge.

2. Sparkles Monthly Challenge is Easter Parade.

3. East Wind Blog has a spring challenge.

4. Great Impressions Stamps has a spring celebrations challenge.

5. My Sheri Crafts has a celebrate spring challenge.

6. Robyn's Fetish has a green and glitter challenge.

Secret Garden Birthday

Happy Tuesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the Charmed Life Blog. We had such a beautiful spring like day here in Pittsburgh.

Temps were in the upper 60's with lots of sunshine. It felt so good to be out in the warm weather even if it is only for a day. More snow is coming tomorrow and possibly another ice storm. Oh well, time to laugh in the face of old man winter 'cause spring is right around the corner (lol)!!

Now onto my card for today. This one I made for the Featured Stamper #370 challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The honors this week went to Mynette. 

I was on the Great impressions Design Team with her for awhile so I wanted to make a card in her honor today. I chose her white embossed blooms to remake aka Mary Marsh style.

My flowers are from the Stampin-Up "secret garden" set and I used real red and daffodil delight for my flower colors. Stamped in Versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder. The flowers and leaves are cut with the matching frame lit dies.

Instead of an embossed panel I used designer paper from the Stampin-Up  "gingham garden" collection. I added some pear pizzazz ribbon to join the 2 panels.

My birthday word is cut with a PTI die. My card colors are from this week's CTD #282.

That's my card for today. It's late and time to dim the lights in Charmed Life land for another day. So until next time.......God bless. 

I am also entering:

1.  Party Time Tuesdays has an anything goes challenge.

2.  Top Tip Tuesday has a 3, 5 or 7 challenge. I used 3 flowers and 3 different colors.

3.  Crafting From the Heart has an anything goes using dies.

4.  Love to Create has an anything goes challenge.