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Coffee of the Day - Chocolate Peppermint

Last year before Christmas I came across a fun designer by the name of Cheryl Seslar. She draws some of the most adorable images, including prim ones that make me squeal with delight! I saw at the beginning of March that she was doing a fun little contest using this Easter Bunny. you had best believe I was all over that!!!! per usual I am 2 days late for the contest...... too much in life got in the way of my completing the card. But I wanted to finish it up anyhow. She was so kind to gift it to me, plus gosh, it is CUTE! ;)

I have combined several challenges with the making of this card, but one that is brand spankin' new to me is the Etsy Inspired challenge. now any of you who are familiar with my blog know that I am head over heels nutso for Etsy. so this challenge is right up my alley!!!! Here are my inspiration photos from XS Baggage Co.

I used papers from the Cosmo Cricket DeLovely collection. The felt flower, paper flower, and rhinestone flower are all Prima. the button is one of my faves from my vintage stash. The little Easter egg was covered in stickles to give a pretty sparkle! The sentiment comes from Create with TLC - a most PHENOM place!!!! I gave faux stitching a shot again........ man, I just can NOT make straight stitches, but actually they are straighter than my real sewing...... isn't that sad?!

Have a wonderful afternoon! We are relaxing here, as this upcoming week is a biggie here. Ryan is in the musical at his high school and it starts on Thursday. Big fun!

Challenges:

• Etsy Inspired - XS Baggage Co.


• Allsorts - Blooming Blossoms


• Stamp, Scrap, and Doodle - glitz


• Mark's Finest Papers - animal highlight


• Make it Colourful - use bright colors (even though my scanner seemed to wash them all out..... sorry!)


• Sweet Stamps - Easter


• Bee Crafty - Easter


• By the Cute & Girly - cute & girly


• Crafts & Me - use yellow


• Digis with Attitude - Anything Goes


• Your Next Stamp - stitching


• If the Shoe Fits - sewing


• Tuesday Throwdown - florals


• Stamp Something - use a digi


• Crafty Creations - bunnies


• Create with TLC - Sunday Showoff


• The Pixie Cottage - sketch and/or stitching (I just went with stitching)


• Card Cupids - stripes and dots (what a great organization! I am so glad I came across this one!)


• There She Goes - markers down (yep, I watercolored again. I know you are shocked! grins!)


• Crafty Pad - flowers


• Stamptacular Sunday - Buttons, Bling, and Bloom


• Crafter's Companion - Flowers (I used stickles that they carry. you oughta see the flower fairies in their store! wow!)


• Cupcake Craftroom - Fresh & New

I'm dreaming of a lovely pink kitchen.....

Coffee of the Day - Caramel Frap (hubby brought me a Starbuck's - what a sweetie!)

Happy Pink Saturday to you! Isn't it beautiful?! I really do look forward to Pink Saturdays all week long, as I have mentioned many times before.

Unfortunately this week I have been plagued with my seizures and some other ickies, so crafting did not get done..... sorry. I had great intentions, but just wasn't able to follow through as I needed to spend as much time in bed as possible. I haven't had a chance to leave comments from last week either, but have saved all of your info if you stopped by & will be around as soon as I'm able to say hello. I do so appreciate your kind words ! thank you! :)

So this week I browsed a few of my favorite sites and came across some beautiful pink inspiration for you today. CountryLiving.com never fails to bring a smile to my soul. my shabby chic/vintage heart just soars as I browse the pages and see so many pretties. I thought I would share one of my faves with you today - my dream kitchen. I know that no reality exists that would ever allow my guys to give me a pink kitchen. David asked me to go to Home Depot a month or so ago and bring home a few paint colors that I might like for the kitchen cabinets. I was a bit sassy and only brought home pinks - every range imaginable. you should have seen the look of horror on his face! :) tee hee hee! I can be soooooooooo bad sometimes!

give yourself a moment to dream of your perfect little pink getaway....... and who knows? maybe one day it will be yours! dreams CAN come true! :)