At Home Manicure!

Today was one of the best days ever!  I don't know if you guys know about the Limeades for Learning campaign going on with Sonic.  During this time of the year Sonic has a portion of their sales go to funding classroom grants on this website called Donors Choose.  A few of us were shocked today when Sonic dropped by our school and presented us with some huge honorary checks and we were told that our grants were being funded by this campaign!!  If you have never heard of Donors Choose, I recommend you visit.  It's a place where you can help teachers across the country by giving a donation to their classroom.  You can even see classroom pictures of how your donation impacted children.

So as you can imagine, I got home in a super happy mood and had to make a card!

Here is my card:

This is suppose to be me, except I can't do my nails. I tried... and I failed. I was at a hair salon last Friday waiting for a couple hours for my hair lady, and I was sitting by the manicurist.  Getting your nails done looks so relaxing!

Can you see her nails? My husband is super good with details and he said she should have her nails already done! I added glossy accents to the nail polish and her nails.

This turned out to be a fun card! Finished it up with stitching, twine bows, and embossing. 

The sentiment that inspired the whole card is from My Creative Time's set called Gift Card Sentiments.  It's an awesome set!! 

Recipe: 

Recess: Girl at desk

Slumber Party: Nail polish

Twinkle Toes: Card base

My Creative Time: Sentiment

Twinery: Twine

PKS: Princess Face Assortment

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

My Craft Spot- Sew Much Fun

Cricut 360- Relax

Birthday Sundaes Challenge #24 Inspiration Photo

Hello everyone! First of all, I hope all of you in the path of Hurricane Irene are safe and sound.  My thoughts are with you and your families.

Today for our Birthday Sundaes challenge we have an inspiration photo for you right here:

Urban Comfort

I'm pretty new to the photo inspiration idea and I have to say that I am loving it!  What I find really fun is that you can take any element that gets your creative juices flowing and use it to create.  From this photo I was inspired by the pretty colors and the cupcakes.  

So here is my card:

I LOVE penguins and when I thought of this card and the colors, I knew I had to use this cute penguin!

Here is a side view.

How cute is this Peachy Keen face?  I added glossy accents to her lashes and to the cherry on her cupcake.

I added a bunch of pop dots to give her and the cupcake dimension.

I am loving this scalloped oval shape from Elegant Edges. 

Recipe: 

Elegant Edges: Scalloped Oval welded to make card base

Cricut Classic Font: Oval

Simply Charmed: Penguin

Slumber Party: Cupcake

SU!: Modern Label Punch, Crumb Cake card stock

Peachy Keen Stamps: Critter Faces- Large Set

Pink By Design: Sentiment

Twinery: Strawberry Sorbet Twine

Recollections: Yellow, pink, and white card stock

DCWV: Playtime stack- polka dot paper

Have a great weekend!