Mr. Postman - Sunshine Mail

Hi friends.  Boy am I glad this week is over.  It's been rough.  Started out last Saturday with having my wallet stolen at my local grocery store.  Been trying to deal with an uncooperative assistant manager and the local police department to see if they could apprehend this crook.  What a nightmare trying to remember all the things that were in my wallet and what online accounts were attached to my debit card.  Luckily, I was not out anything, but a couple of banks were.

Then the other day I went to the orthopedist for a follow up to my knee injury back before Christmas and to check on an old upper arm injury.  Turns out I have bursitis in both places and the good doctor was only to happy to give me a couple of shots in both places to get rid of the pain, BUT I have pain now from the shots.  She did tell me that all the pain should go away in a few days.

You also know how much I love kitties. Well, I had a poor neglected and very sick kitty show up in my back yard last night and was able to quickly trap it and called the vet.  Unfortunately, it was too sick to save and we ended up having to euthanize it this morning.  Was not a happy time. I was glad that it found it's way into my yard  and that I was able to help it and put it out of its misery.  You could see that it had been neglected for some time. 

You see why I'm glad to put this week behind me.

Now on to my card this week for Sunshine Mail Foundation.  I wasn't sure I was going to get this card made for the challenge with everything else that's been going on.

Materials Used:

• Images and Sentiment - Deasy Designs - Mr. Postman Collection
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up Crumb Cake
• Designer Paper - Glitz - French Kiss
• Accessories:  Stampin Up Small Label Punch; Ribbon from my stash
• Copic Markers:  B0000; E04, E09; E31, E34, E35; E40, E41, E43; E50, E51, E53; W2, W5, W7

 Our sponsor for this challenge is Deasy Designs Digital Stamps.

I hope you'll take a few minutes and bop on over to the Sunshine Mail Challenge Blog and check out what else the Design Team has created and then get creative yourself.  It's for a great cause.

I am submitting this card for the following:
QKR Stampede - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Stampin' for the Weekend - Anything Goes
Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything Goes
Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - Anything Goes
Inky Chicks - Monocrhomatic

Lizbit Wish - Sunshine Mail

Happy Saturday my friends!  We are supposed to have a lovely weekend with warm temps, and I wish it was going to stay this way, but it seems that we will have one more cold front coming through here Sunday night.  Brrrrrrrrrr. . . .  I hope you all are warm and cozy wherever you live.

It's been a little while since I've been able to get a card done for Sunshine Mail.  If you don't know who they are, please stop by the Sunshine Mail Foundation blog and check them out.  Make sure you visit the Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the DT has created for your inspiration.

Our theme this time is Anything Green with a Shamrock. We are getting close to St. Patty's Day.  Our sponsor  is One Stitch at a Time - Stitchy Stamps and Floppy Latte.

Here is my card.

Materials Used:

• Image - OSAAT - Stitchy Stamps - Lizbit
• Sentiment - LOTV - Pretty Grungy Wishes
• Cardstock - Stampin Up - Naturals Confetti; Garden Green, Xpress It Blending Card
• Designer Paper - PassionFruitsImages -  Grunge Shamrocks Digital papers
• Ink - Stampin Up - Glorius Green
• Accessories - Martha Stewart Border Punch; Ribbons - Stampin Up Satin Stitched Gumball Green; 1 1/4" and 1 1/2" circle punches; Nestabilities Opulent Ovals Die Cut
• Copic Markers - C2, C4, C7, C9; E01, E40, E42, E43, E50, E51, E53; G00, G14, G46, YG06; R81; Y11, Y15, Y21, Y32
• Spica Gel Pen - Gold

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
Creative Corner - Green
Digitally 'Sweet' Challenges - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Savvy Handmade Cards -Going Green - Photo Inspiration

Flower Boy - Sunshine Mail Foundation

Hi my friends!  I've got some fabulous news to share.  I've been invited to join the Design Team at the Sunshine Mail Foundation Challenge Blog.  This is my first card for the DT and I look forward to working with them for some time to come.  The challenge runs from November 1 to November 14.  I'm really excited to be involved with this group.  This is all about making kids' lives a little brighter by sending them cards.  Please read about them HERE.  Our theme this time is Anything Goes and the only real rule is that you send a card to the Sunshine Mail Foundation.  It doesn't have to be the card that you enter in the challenge. The guidelines for donating can be found HERE.

We're sponsored this time by Stitchy Bear - One Stitch at a Time who will award a $10 voucher to one lucky winner.

I used this adorable digi image created by BB Kakes called Flower Boy 1.

Materials Used:

• Image - Flower Boy - Stitchy Bear - BB Kakes
• Sentiment - Hero Arts - Thinking of You
• Ink - Tuxedo Memento Black
• Cardstock - Xpress It Blending Card; Stampin Up, Baja Breeze
• Designer Paper - My Minds Eye - On the Bright Side
• Accessories - Square Punch; Nestabilities Circle Die and Scallop Circle Die; Stampin Up label punch
• Copic markers - B0000, B32, B34, B45, E0000, E00, E02, T1, T2, T3; Y15, Y17, Y23, Y32, Y38; YG01, YG03, YG61

I am submitting this card to the following challenges:
Card Crafter's Circle - Cute cards
Challenges and Candies - CAS cards
Craftyhands Challenge - Anything Goes
Delicious Doodles - Recipe
Crafty Girls Challenge - Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T challenge - For the Boys
Papercrafting Journey - Anything Goes