A Sweet Inspiration for PP294 and TGIFC55

Happy Friday everyone!  I've been anxious to share pictures of the cake I made this past weekend for Mother's Day, but I first wanted to make a card inspired by the colors.  I am a huge fan of i am baker and recently saw her similar cake on Instagram account and knew that was the cake I wanted to make.

Since I'm a mom of three little boys, I don't get to make pretty cakes too often.  This one was a lot of fun to make and I must say - I was pretty dang proud.  

So how about the card to match?  Well, while I was scrolling through some challenge sites, I came across this one at The Paper Players - pretty awesome right!?  I didn't even NEED to pick the colors, they did it for me! :)

I still think I will make a card with the blue added in... I'm thinking Pool Party?

I'm also showcasing our new sketch over at TGIF Challenges.  It's my week off so I thought I'd just make a card with the sketch anyway.   And please forgive me - I did not use just Stampin' Up! products.  I'm about 99.9% SU, but every once in awhile I find something I love that isn't SU.  This die from Concordand9th was too awesome to pass up!

First up is my card for The Paper Players:

I love this framelit and the sentiment :) So cute!  I wanted it to stand out with a solid background so I stamped the images from Choose Happiness on the white cardstock.

For the TGIF card, I wanted to use the same colors and same stamp set.  I took the letters that came out of the previous card and used them instead of tossing them.

To line the sentiment up just right, I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig.  Really pleased with how both turned out!

I will say though, my cake was better than my cards! :) Make sure you head to both sites and play along!  The Paper Players one ends TODAY but you have until next Thursday for TGIFC55.  

Have a great weekend!

-Holly 

Watercolor Wednesday

Well I think we can all talk about the big white elephant in the room and say that Tuesday came and went and my blog sat untouched.  Yesterday we spent the morning at the Mystic Aquarium, finished some shopping for the weekend and ended the night watching my husband play hockey at the rink.  My husband also finished my chalkboard banner for the kitchen!  

This was less than $15 :)  Please don't judge our carb intake haha!  Busy day for sure - sadly I didn't have 10 minutes for Ten Minutes (or less) Tuesday…

So I figured I would combine yesterday's quick thinking of a card and Watercolor Wednesday together.  The "quick" part about water coloring is that you can color fast and not worry about going outside of the lines!  

For today's card I chose the sets Choose Happiness and Feel Goods.  I had originally stamped the sentiment on the same layer but decided to cut it out and give it some dimension.  

See - have fun! Color outside of the lines! Who cares? =)

The very vintage buttons have been sitting on my desk for awhile now.  I just had yet to make a card I wanted to add one to.  I think it works here, don't you?  And the detail on the button - LOVE! 

So there you have it - TMT & WW mixed into one card! 

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to pin this card so you can make one too!

-Holly

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