2 folds... or more...

Hello Monday!! wow, the weekend surely flew by... i'm not sure if i'm thankful for that or not! back from vacay, back to reality and i'll just say the vacay wasn't as expected... i'm not even going to attempt to get into that... haha! but i do hope all you mothers and mothers to be out there had a wonderful day for special YOU!!!


So yes, whether i like it or not it is Monday and that means a new challenge is issued at Lollipop Crafts! Lollipop Girl Mimi, is hosting this week and here is what she wants you to create! Challenge #38 - More than ONE fold... yup that's right! she wants you to create a card with more than ONE fold... time to hit up those tri folds, shutters, easel or whatever, but it has to have 2 or more folds... got it?! got it!
Our wonderful sponsor for this week is Softpencil!! Please check out the LC blog for the prize info and how to play along and while there, why not show some love to the rest of the DT... i didn't feature one of their images today, but come back on Thursday and i'll have something for you...

I decided to do a tri fold card for this challenge and here's what i came up with....

a card for my Mommy! i used this cutesy Anya from TGF's Miss Anya Love set along with this sentiment from TGF's Butterfly Wishes set...

and here is the inside... i'm not sure of the maker of this sentiment... i found it in my sentiment stash and didn't even look at the label... i wanna say Anna's but not quite sure...

anyway, i'm also entering this into TGFFFCB Farm Fresh Friday Throwback Challenge.... take the link and check out the deets on this challenge... there are some exclusions so be sure to make sure you understand it first...

short and sweet today.... i have a lot to do (such as clean up) and lots to catch up on since i took a vacay... so for now i have to say.... 'toodles'.... be back tomorrow with some sharings...

It's beginning to look like SPRING!

well, Spring will be here soon enough! Happy Monday friends!! Thank you so much for bearing with me while i've been down, out and sick these past weeks... i am feeling much better!! better enough to get back to crafting, blogging, emailing and the works... =D

this week at Lollipop Crafts, Lollipop Girl Tammy is hosting Challenge #28 - Think Spring! use spring colors and/or a spring themed image on your creation and come and play with us!! there is a fabulous surprise prize and you have to check out this week's challenge post to find out who it is!! and hey, while you're there, why not check out what the Lollipop Girls have in store for you today and show them some love!!!

i absolutely LOVE spring!! lots of great things to look forward to in the spring time!! many celebrations too... when i think of spring, i think of girls' day, Easter, mother's day, my wedding anniversary and of course my bday (which i'm not looking forward to cause it makes me old, LOL)... and i just love the bright colors that represent that spring is here and the blossoming of flowers... it's really a wonderful season to be in... so today, my creations are based on bold spring colors with Easter and Mother's day celebrations in mind... take a look!

i once again turned to my old faithful french fry box die and added a new twist... after cutting out the templates, i embossed the sides and front of the box using my swiss dots embossing folder... took out my spring colored papers and added a strip to the front... then after going through the many dies i haven't used in a while or haven't used at all, i found this layering flowers die tucked away... cie-cut some of those completed with a brad middle and popped it onto the strip... for an Easter theme i used this bunny with the Happy Easter around it by Studio G and punched it into circles and layered it with the scallop nestie... these are ready to be filled with treats and given away! in fact, i'll have some of these at the next craft fair event i'm participating in...

so what do you think of when you think of Spring?? be sure to come and share your creations with us at Lollipop Crafts! We would LOVE to have you participate in this week's challenge!

thanks for stopping by today! be back soon!!