About a Girl... Having a Birthday

Coffee of the Day - Hazelnut

Happy May Day! I hope your day is filled with beautiful flowers! I so remember celebrating this day when I was a little girl. I loved to make baskets at school and fill them with handpicked flowers to deliver to neighbors. I really hate that we don't celebrate it anymore. I think that is why I enjoy lilacs so much - they were a 'must have' in every May Day basket I ever made. the lilac bush outside my craft room is just beginning to bud. can't wait for the gorgeous flowers and aroma to fill my room! :)

Today is the start of a new 'anything goes' challenge over at the Oddball Art Facebook page. the only requirement is that you use one of Lizzy's adorable Oddball Art stamps on whatever you make. this month the DT were all given the same image to use. stop by so you can see how one image can be used in so many different ways! I hope you will play along as well. :)

As I mentioned, the DT were all given the image, 'Big Eyed Girl 3' for our projects. I felt like she needed a sidewalk, so I painted one in for her to stand on. then as I was walking from the kitchen to the living room, I noticed a pretty blue spot on the floor. (we have all hard wood floors in our house, so blue really stands out!) as I had been watering the hydrangeas that Dave gave me for Easter, one tiny dried blossom had fallen off of the plant as I took it back into the dining room. of course it couldn't go to waste! I quickly sprayed both sides with hair spray to help preserve it, and then knew it would be perfect on this girl!

so then I needed papers. I am one of those who has to have papers before I start my coloring/painting. I had just been to the Basic Grey blog and they were showcasing the Spice Market collection. ta da! so there ya have it. the wacky way I put things together. of course after I painted the sidewalk, I knew in order to make it more realistic, it needed little grass tufts growing through it - just like mine out front!

gorgeous flowers are Prima, enamel dots are some of my homemade ones, fab sentiment sticker is SRM. a piece of clear packaging was used to cut the photo frame that highlights her cutey face. die is from Lawn Fawn.

and the birthday girl? well it's our niece, Ellen. we don't get to see her or her family anywhere near as often as we would like, but I hope this card lets her know just how very much we love her!and she's not really a girl anymore, but the wishes are there for her just the same.  Happy Birthday, Ellen!  :)

Challenges:
Sketchy Colors - sketch
Catch the Bug - color inspiration
Crafty Ribbons - anything goes with ribbons
Delightful Ch - add dimension
Milk Coffee - use bright colors (waving hi to my old teamies!)
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Outlawz Twisted Thurs - anything goes with bingo twist: layers, digi, ribbon
Seize the Birthday - anything birthday goes
Hobbybook - add a sentiment
Inky Impressions - anything goes
Paper Shelter - use that ribbon
WAW - anything encouraging goes
Die Cuttin Divas - girly (dies - Spellbinder and Lawn Fawn)
Digi Makeover - for a special lady
Fitztown - lots of layers
Eclectic Ellapu - birthday
Glitter 'n Sparkle - add ribbon
Quirky Crafts - beginning with 's' (sidewalk, sundress, sneakers, socks, sentiment, Spellbinders)
Di's Digi Designs - birthdays