Bloom and Grow

 Sorry I was MIA for a bit.  DD and I went on a cruise over the Spring Break and it was quite eventful!  Flight delays, missing the boat, unexpected changes in the schedule cause typical stress on anyone.  For someone with Autism, it can be especially stressful.   She reacted extremely well and was able to handle the adaptations beautifully.  Whew!  That was my biggest concern.  While away, we missed "Light It Up Blue" for Autism Speaks.  We do this every year by changing out our white porch light with a blue one.  A simple action for a worthy cause so hope you will consider lighting it up blue.
It's Spring and time for the weather to act that way.   We had a freak hail storm yesterday.  I am not too fond of the cold weather and especially when it brings anything falling in hard increments.  I am hoping we will rise back up to warmer temps this weekend so I can enjoy being outside. 
Okay onto my special project for Penny's challenge this week.

This is a white cardboard bag/box I added a precious little digital image from The Poodle's Parlour  with a few scraps of paper, an SRM Sticker, and some diving twine from The Twinery.  An easy transformation from the plain white before.  I thought this would surely make a cute little something to cheer up someone.  :-)

A few challenges I would like to enter this into:

Polka Doodles: Week 15 Pink

Aud Sentiments: #52 Spring/Summer Colors

Delightful Challenges: Stitching

Crafty Creations:  #165 Flowers

Little Red Wagon: Spring Colors

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Your Phone's Ringing!

Does your phone ring too much or too little?  Funny how you wish for it to ring less and then when it does it makes you a little sad.  I currently have 7 messages waiting to be heard so I am posting this card really quick to take care of them.

I have to be honest and say I was getting tired of holiday cards.  Honestly, I have made so many and also mailed out a bunch so I needed to move on and try a typical everyday scenario.  I will be back with some altered projects I made for Christmas to share soon.  I had to break up the consistency because I am like that.

Today's retro phone card is filled with some new papers I purchased recently.  The shame!  I was pretty determined to use most of the of the bag but at this rate, not going to happen until 2013.  In fact, I think I am going to give my scrap bag away because I can't remember what collection the papers are from any longer. 

So this card uses the new Head Over Heels paper from lily bee design.  What a cute line!  It was created Julia Stainton.  I have long admired her work and love that she is creating beautiful paper lines.  I used lots of punches on this card.  I was also happy to use my new Copic in warm grey.  I bought the W7.  I used stone grey twine that I curled to make the cord on the phone.  It needed a little more so I added the black pearl for the center of the phone dial.  I remember using these types of phones very well.  My ex MIL was using her dial phone into this decade because she did not like the push button.  She would get frustrated when the answering machine came on and would instruct her to press one to leave a message because she couldn't.  Bless her soul! Funny how things have changed.     :-) 

Challenges I would like to enter my card into:

Card Patterns: # 145 Card Sketch

Crafty Catz: #112 Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge: #50 Bingo (Buttons, Die cuts/punches, Pearls)

Ribbon Carousel Challenge: #33 Tangled Twine

The Crafty Pad: #151 Send Someone a Smile

The Cutie Pie Challenge: #7 Use a Sentiment

Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge: #96 Anything but Christmas

Supplies used:

cardstock/base: The Paper Studio

pattern paper: lily bee design Head Over Heels Smitten

image: Bow's and  Berries retro phone

stamp: CTMH Say It In Style

iink: Hero Arts black

twine: The Twinery stone grey

pearl: Kaiser Craft black

button: Making Memories

craft: ribbon

punches: Marvy, EK Success, and Fiskars

markers: Copics

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