Summer Colors!

I love the colors of summer... pinks, greens, blues... they are so fresh and fun! Today, The Shabby Tea Room posted their challenge: "Popsicles & Pinwheels" meaning to use the picture as inspiration and the colors pink, green and turquoise. So, this is what I came up with:
A fresh, summer time birthday card! Punches are from Fiskars and Martha Stewart, stamp is Papertrey Ink. Easy, breezy... summer time!

On a side note... sorry I have been MIA lately, I have been a painting fool! Rooms, walls and furniture, oh my! Time flies when your having fun!

Vintage Thank You

Hellooo! I found a new blogaroo, The Shabby Tea Room, and I made this card for their first challenge. The challenge was based off of this image from Better Homes and Gardens:

And here is my card:



I'm also submitting this card to these two challenge site:
The Pink Elephant- "Spring"
Pile It On- "Pastel Colors"
Yes, this photo stinks to high heaven, but it's the best one I could get (sorry!). I made the big dahlia looking flower with paper scraps, a couple of punches and some inked edges. The sentiment stamp is an oldie from Anna Griffin and the center flower is American Crafts, the Dear Lizzy line.
Hope you have a happy Thursday! I have a date tonight with my girlfriends!