Violet vs. Purple

Violet hippos under a violet sun?!!? Who knew. But they sure look like they are having fun huh? The question is will we be able to frolic at the beach this summer? My brother has a place at the beach and the plan was for me to spend the week there in July. That's all up in the air right now. Fingers crossed!!

May 1 means a new color challenge at The Rainbow Card Challenge.  This month's color is violet.

This month at The Rainbow Card Challenge, we are asking you to create a monochromatic card using violet. I know the question you are thing is "What is the difference between purple and violet?" Well here is a short video to answer this very question. 

I guess that answers the question, huh?

Those adorable hippos are from Clearly Besotted- "Seasonal Lineup". This set has a lot of fun images.

This month's musical inspiration is from an Irish Band- Blackmore's Night. The song is "Under a Violet Moon"

You have all month to play along with our violet color challenge at The Rainbow Card Challenge.

Dance, dance, dance

Happy Friday everyone! Hope you all are staying safe, strong and healthy. We crafters are lucky to have a hobby that can be enjoyed alone or with friends.  Crafting has been a God send for me to keep me sane after long and stressful days in the hospital.

Who doesn't need an extra birthday card stashed away. CAS on Friday are hosting a challenge to help with that. The theme is:

BIRTHDAY

I had such fun with this one. I was able to use a new stamp set from Clearly Besotted- "Twinkle Toes". Those hippos in their tutus were just tutu cute!!! 😄

While you are social distancing- Head over to CAS on Friday  and join your virtual friends to play along with our birthday challenge. You have two weeks to play along. Please make sure your card is CAS (see the rules if you are not sure) or you will not be considered for the top prize or a top three spot.

Our winner will be the guest designer for the next challenge at CAS on Friday!!

You are unique

 Massive computer problems today, some how I lost ALL of my photos. I will be on the phone with Apple all afternoon. In the mean time I managed to backdoor my photos for today's posting from here to there to there to get them in blogger.

Before all this craziness happened, I made this card for the MIX-IT-UP challenge going on over at Ellen Hutson's blog.

Ellen is asking us to mix it up using stamps from Essentials by Ellen and Reverse Confetti. Two of my more fav companies!!

For today's card I used these sets from Essentials by Ellen: Wish Big and Bokeh Dots. From Reverse Confetti I used this tag die and the Fabulous Flamingos- unfortunately it is no longer available.

This was a great challenge and if I didn't have to spend the afternoon on the phone with Apple, I might have tried making another card. Please check out this awesome challenge.

Hippo hippo hipporay!

How exciting to get my mojo back and to be blogging. Crafters- when you feel your mojo or when lack inspiration, my advice to you is to check out a challenge.  I was checking out various challenges and saw two that inspired me.

AAA Cards is one of my "go-to-challenge" sites. The challenge is bright and beautiful. I think my card is bright, I don't know if it is "beautiful", but it is fun and whimsical. Can you see what mistake I made on this card? I will let you think about it and tell you at the end of my post. AAA Cards are having a DT call. I had stepped down from all my previous DT commitments due to school, but things have settled down, so I am ready to be part of a challenge team. So, I am throwing my hat into the ring at AAA Cards.

Another challenge that I love is CAS-usual Fridays. I have been lucky enough to win this one a few times. They are celebrating their 6th birthday!!! To celebrate the challenge is to use 6 of any item. I know you are looking at my card and are thinking 6 of anything- where is that? Well I used 6 stamps from one item- one set- the "Wish Big" set from Essentials by Ellen.

Remember if you need and inspiration check out these great challenges. Wish me luck with the DT call at AAA cards.

OK- if you couldn't figure out what was wrong with my card, the banner embossing folder is upside down!!😄

Avery Elle Guest Design Team tryouts

When I was blog surfing, I saw that Avery Elle was having a guest designer search for May. Well I love Avery Elle, so I thought I would give it a shot. I have nothing to lose, right.

I have had these cards in my photo stash and had never posted them. Seems like this is the perfect time, huh? I just loved this hipster-potamous. My niece, who coincidentally is named Avery loves hippos. She's now 10 and has never lost the fascination with them. Purple is her fav color, so naturally she had to receive the purple card for her birthday.

I hope the fact that I supplemented this card with some other stamps won't be held against me. 

Wish me luck!!