happiness and fabulous...

Well, today is the last day of 365 Cards ShortCuts week so I have that project to share with you. I also squeezed in time to play along with the 2 Sketches 4 You peeps...

First up is my ShortCuts project:

ShortCuts Week, Day 7.

365 Cards Challenge:

Use Paint.

This was a great challenge for me because I've been wanting to paint up my lollipop flowers and glitter them up, just needed the motivation :)

I had it all planned out to use the Tim Holtz paint daubers that I picked up last year at a fabulous garage sale...well, I put those puppies in a really good "spot" and can't seem to remember where that would be....grrr....Luckily I have other traditional craft paints and based my project around the green paint that I used. The paper is vintage K&Co...I still love it, I never seem to tire of paisley. The panel on the interior of the card is actually folded in half so that I could write my message on the inside of the fold. The glitter is from Impress...The center of the flower are 2 foof-a-la buttons topped with a Kaiser Craft pearl. I used the "happiness" stamp from the Stampin' Up Warm Words set...it is in the lower right hand corner of the interior panel.

This was designed especially for a co-worker that recently eloped. They are having their wedding reception this afternoon...

If you haven't figured it out already...I simply adore the ShortCuts frosted card bases...they are absolutely fabulous. This has been a wonderfully fun week filled with ShortCuts products and projects.

Next up is my take on Laura's sketch 30...I've been wanting to use the Blog Printable stamps by the Cutting Cafe and thought this would be the perfect opportunity.

I used the MME Bliss line for my paper...gotta love the red/blue combo...I also used a SU Baja Breeze Corduroy and a PTI vintage button...love to stack them. I decided to stitch the bottom rectangular panel to give it some oomph.

There you have it....I was a busy bee this week and didn't have a chance to join in any other challenges until today. I'll be back into the challenge swing next week.

Remember to check back tomorrow for my 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday Card.

I wanted to give a big shout out to the Alicia and the fabbie ShortCuts DT!