Masculine B-day

I have been seeing some hot air balloon cards for guys that look pretty neat, so I went into my stash of calendar die cuts I have and found this balloon.

The papers were in my scraps drawer, so I am sorry I don't know who they are from. 
Clouds and grass punches from Fiskar, with a little Copic grey on clouds
buttons from flea market w/floss
My sentiments exactly-sentiment stamp

We are having a partly sunny day today but it is quite windy once again, we are suppose to get up to like 78 today, hope to be able to open some windows and doors to let some fresh air in :)

Hope you had a relaxing weekend, and that your week ahead is a wonderful one!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,
Connie

So Sorry...

My sister and brother in law both lost close friends all in the same month, one of them was out of the blue.

Stampendous Sincere sentiments stamp set w/ Inkssentials Black Enamel accents under
Studio G for the flowers and butterfly
Flowers stamped with desert sand and black memento ink
stamped the butterfly in white onto black cardstock, thought it needed more definition after gluing it to the kraft cardstock so I added Signa white ink pen to it
shading around the image panel and base kraft cardstock was done using Vintage photo, Tea Dye and Black Soot Distress inks
Best Occasions Mixed Media Paper pack

After the gloom and chill of yesterday (temps in the 40's) today it is nice to see the sun shining bright again! Nice start to the weekend.  Hope your day is sunny and bright too!

Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Connie

Easter

Do you remember the challenge to stamp and then emboss the background I did I think last week, well this time I took Miss Elizabeth's Glitter stickers ($ store)  and applied them all around a rectangle piece of cardstock and then cut it out with a Spellbinder Labels 8 die.

I then embossed it with my cuttlebug Moroccan Screen embossing folder.
Spellbinder Ribbon banners die
Studio G sentiment stamp
Queen & co. Irridescent Rhinestones

We have had some warmer days, but the wind has been so strong it is hard to enjoy it.  I took Peanut to get her nails cut yesterday and took her to the dog park afterwards for a reward and she didn't stay very long, I think the wind was spooking her at times.

Hope your week is going well,
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,
Connie

Cure for the Winter Blues Challenge in the Moxie Fab World

You can find the challenge over at Moxie Fab World.  I love K&co. Blue Awning paper pack and when I saw this challenge come up I knew just the paper to go use :)

All papers are K&co.
Inkadinkado Butterflies and Birds stamp set
EK Success flower with blue inking (top square)
Pebbles Candy dot for the center
Martha Stewart border punch
Spellbinder Carnation Creations die (Big Flower)
Navy blue brad center of flower
Lace
Martha Stewart tag punch w/navy blue floss

Here is a closeup of the card

This is all I was able to get done this weekend, hoping to get some more play time this week :)
Give this challenge a try.

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by, it is much appreciated!
Connie

Bog Hop Winner

Tosh had a Purge Blog Hop back in January and guess who won some new paper.... yep you guessed it.  I felt like it was Christmas when I recieved my package and still do, I didn't have any of the papers either so that is so cool.  Some are Christmas so really I don't need to buy anymore paper for ever probably ;-)

I sent this card to Tosh, of course made out of the paper she sent, isn't this the cutest image and there were more on the sheet to use!

The paper, image and postcard are all from Graphic 45 once upon a springtime paper pack.
Fiskar border punch, used the little flower punch outs from the border to add to the leaf ribbon I bought at my LSS.
Reminisce Sentiment sticker
added Queen &co Sunflower yellow rhinestone to the center of the flower
Diamond stickles were added to the wings of the Fairies

As you can see by this picture of the box I received, it is going to be very hard for me to convince my husband that I need to buy anymore paper.

We were suppose to have storms rolling through today but so far we just have over cast skies, hope it stays that way I really need to make a trip to the grocery store.

Oh and an update on those nightstands, I was able to get two and they were in pretty good shape too, my husband said he wants to start using his now, so I guess I will just redo the one I bought for my craft/guest room, still haven't decided what I will do with it, but it is fun looking around for ideas, I will share as soon as I get it done.

Hope you have a Wonderful weekend, full of creativity!
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by,
Connie