YOU'RE ONE OF A KIND

 You're One of a Kind

5.5" x 4"

i have a butterfly bush i purchased 2-3 years ago from a home improvement center. it was on the clearance table for 50 cents. the poor thing looked very, very bad. i said to myself i had nothing to loose and saw it as a challenge to try to bring it back to life. well, it did that and more and it really does attracts many butterflies. this butterfly bush brings so much happiness to my life. i get to enjoy all kind of butterflies and each one is

"One of a Kind!

I knew Robyn aka My Pink Stamper had come out with a set of clear stamps that was the perfect one for my card. I found it one of the May 2011 releases and it is called:

Spectacular Sayings

i used the cricut lite Live Simply for the butterfly. it is image#16 on the keypad overlay and i used all the layers. The size of the butterfly is 3" high.

the tag for the sentiment is from Ashlyn's Alphabet, image#29 on the overlay and measures 2.6"by 1".

i have been working with these box of patterned papers i have in my stash and i do not remember the manufacturer. But, they are really good looking papers. I will dare to say they are from K&CO.

to the inside of the card i just added a strip of paper i had leftover from the front of the card. i might add to it.

well, thanks for stopping by and know soon i will be able to visit your blogs. 

Love you all!

CBSDT "INSPIRED BY A BOOK" CHALLENGE

HELLO

my dear friends...i think i am too relaxed to come back to the blogging world. it is taking me longer after the holiday vacations getting back to the swing of life, lol

but here i am after working on some etsy order, i finally had time to get my project done for 

The Cuttlebug Spot

this week we have a project inspired by any book you like. mine is based on one that my son had to read for school. sometimes if he really likes the book he asks me if i would like to read it and this one brought huge tears to my eyes. it is called "Flowers for Algernon" by David Keyes. if you click on the title it will give you more details of what the story is about. Algernon is a mouse and this is what i used for my card.

Live Simply

image #26 for the mouse

image #30 for the frame

 hope you like it and play along with us at The Cuttlebug Spot.

still love you all!

*_*

DAY 3 JOY'S LIFE.COM GIVEAWAY

We all know Joy from 

http://joyslife.com/. Joy is who I made the  

Snail Mail card for. Joy contacted me because she is having a 

5 Days of Give-a ways

in her blog this week. She invited me to participate

and here I am so very honored to do so. 

Thanks Joy!

Anyhow....This is great news!!!! 

WHY?????

Joy has offered to SPONSOR, 

yes! I said sponsor this event 

with her very own clear stamp set called

"Joy's Life Lots of Pun"

Joy also has a new DVD called

 You can take a look at her products 

Here.

I am super thrilled.

To enter for this give-a-away you must tell me which sentiment on this stamp set is your favorite and of course a way to contact you if you are the lucky person to win the Lots of Pun giveaway.

It is not required to subscribe/follow my blog, but it would be nice if you did, just don't feel obligated.

I love all of the sentiments, but I chose...

G'Day Mate!

for my 5 by 7 inch card.

 I used the B is for boys Lite Cricut cartridge for the pirate and his outfit. The ship is also from the same cartridge. The red polka dot frame is from Live Simply, another Lite Cricut cartridge.

The chest, crab, sea shell and sun are from the Life is a Beach cartridge. The card base is a kraft cardstock.

I made his tiny earrings from some jewelry findings I have in my supplies. It came out so very cute. I also used some stickles for the bling. 

The "gold" in the treasure chest is from some jewelry charms I also have and I purchased those for 50 cents at Joann's. 

I knew I would find somewhere to use them, :)

The sand paper is from DCWV. Click on the pics for a better view. 

And...I used the G'Day Mate!  

clear stamp from Joy's Lots of Pun set.

 Doesn't look great  on my card?

This is the same set you might be able to win 

if you leave me a comment telling me which stamp from this set is your favorite.

Below you can see the inside of the card and if you are wondering where the blue beautiful paper comes from, it is from K&Co Day Dreams Collection.

I will be announcing the winner on Monday, August 2nd. The stamps will ship 1st class in the USA and Priority Mail if you are international. Joy will be shipping them. You have to leave me a way to contact you and if you do not claim your prize within 3 days, I am so very sorry but I will choose another winner. I will be using Random.org for this give-a way.

Thanks for stopping by

and I certainly hope you enjoyed coming over.

Hugs to all!