Scraptastic Club May Challenges

Yikes! I'm way behind on what I want to scrap because I have a new computer that's taking up all my time. I've spend hours installing software and moving files. And every time I think I'm done, I think of something else. Fonts. Brushes. The current tax return. Music. Sheesh. I think I'm nearly done at last. Now I need to get busy and make two birthday cards and three Father's Day Cards. And I'd really like to finish the LO's I started at my last crop. And there's 3 challenges ready at Scraptastic, with 2 more to come in the upcoming Thursdays. So to kill two birds with one stone, here's the first challenge, which is a birthday card.

Challenge #1 -- use a punch creatively on a project. I learned from my friend Lynn a while back that you can use a border punch to create a curve, by snipping apart each little element, and gluing the pieces in a curve, so I added a border to a birthday card. The cupcake is stamped and watercolored and sprinkles added with Liquid Pearls. Love that stuff!

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On to the next challenges, I hope.

6/3/12 update. Twelve hours of cropping yesterday and I'm exhausted today! But I got the rest of the Scraptastic challenges done!

#2 -- Use a song title and include some hidden journaling or photos. I couldn't wait to use the cute little flags included in the new PB&J kit; and I cut the little envelope with the Cricut, and wrapped the edges with twine. We still think of our son (now 42 -- egad!) as Mr.-Don't-Worry-Be-Happy. I had planned a different LO entirely, until I saw the words "Be Happy" in the kit!

#3 -- Use your stash and include buttons, brads and flowers. I'm not good at combining a lot of things, and I have the hardest time with buttons, although I love what others do with them. Here's my effort:

#4 -- Use the sketch and include a scallop shape. I love this sketch, and I love this kit!

#5 -- Make tags and use them on a page. Didn't think I'd get to this one, but I did and I like the way my tags came out:

Love challenges! They give me a deadline with specific criteria to meet and I get so much done.

Mother's Day Cards

My beautiful mother and my wonderful mother-in-law are just warm memories now; but I do celebrate two daughters-in-law and a daughter that I love to remember on Mother's Day. I made these cards for them this year:

The butterflies were stamped in black and then watercolored with distress ink and cut out. The "ribbon" is actually seam binding.

Happy Mother's Day to all Moms everywhere!