Tips & Tricks Thursday!

Hello Hello!

Today is Tips & Tricks Thursday over on the Skipping Stones Design blog and yours truly is the hostess:)

I used one of my favorite Skipping Stones Design sets....Funny Coffee vol #1.

This is the end product...are you curious about what might be inside?  You'll have to pop over to the Skipping Stones Design blog to take a peek at the inside of this card...

All the patterned paper/stickers are from one of my favorite Basic Grey's, Figgy Pudding.  The base is PTI kraft, the ribbon is from Stampin' Up.  The cup & saucer are on glue dots and the steam is ala ZVA.

I do have some other cards to share with you today...first up is this Cosmo Cricket'licious one:

I shared a pic of my yo yo flowers earlier this week and knew that I wanted to use it for a couple of challenges.  All the patterned paper is Cosmo Cricket Early Bird and the Fabric is from the same line.  The sentiment is by SRM.  A couple things, this is actually a sympathy card...going to a sweet gal who recently lost her father...she's a quilter so I knew that I wanted to add the yo yo to it and who says that all sympathy cards need to be 'controlled'..kwim?  I want to make her smile...

The other thing is that I wanted to thank all of you that took the time to vote for me in Cosmo Cricket's November Honorary Guest DT.  I really appreciate it and although I didn't make the top 5, I'm okay with that.  I feel that things happen for a reason and I'm not ready to be a part of that team...yet:)  I'm a persistent whipper snapper though...and my love for Cosmo Cricket will always be strong:)

My inspiration for this card is from Sasya's sketch 33:

I'm also entering this into Yvonne's Guest Blogger Challenge given by my buddie Sherry!  It is to incorporate a handmade flower.  Thanks for the fun challenge ladies!

Are you still with me?  Thanks for getting this far in my mondo long post!

I wanted to play along over at 2 Sketches 4 You...Kazan's sketch 64:

All the Nerdy goodness is from Torendi!  I picked up the Sassafras Nerdy Bird Journal Tags at the Torendi Shop!  I also used Stampin' Up Green Galore cardstock and the scalloped edge is a Nerdy Bird Cardstock sticker that I actually backed with the same pattern...so when you open it up, the rainbow print is on the interior too!  I added the bling for an extra pop of color and to mirror the colors in the rainbow:)

Here's Kazan's sketch that inspired me:

Okie dokie...just one last thing!  The latest and greatest Flashback Friday 4.0 is posting tomorrow morning...I have another fabbie sponsor and I hope that you'll join in the fun!

Have a spectacular day!