Sieze The Birthday ... Crabby Style

 Did my title get ya wonderin'?  Hee!  Hee!  I have a couple masculine birthdays in the next two weeks.  So, I'm trying a new sketch challenge, Seize the Birthday.  What I like about this challenge is they use the same sketch for two weeks.  The first week is for feminine birthday cards and the next week the focus is on masculine cards.  Fun!  So here's the sketch I had to work with:

I had already pulled out some scraps, which included a pre-colored "Mr. Crabby" from the retired set, Crab and Company. Once that was done, the card came together pretty quickly.  The last detail, "Mr. Crabby" holding the sentiment wasn't planned, it just came to me at the very end.  Another happy accident....love it!

On my husband's side of the family we are all seafood lovers.  We vacation together pretty often and crabbing for Maryland Blue Claw crabs is a big event.  So this set and these cards are pretty popular with this card maker.  Every couple years I pull out these stamps and surprise somebody with another crab card!  It's fun to find the different ways to use it.

Another Day, Another Card, Another Snow Day!

Yes, you read correctly, another snow day. I think this is our 4th. Already the school district has taken away every in-service day between now and Easter, PLUS shortened our five day spring break down to four. Still, I LOVE SNOW DAYS! I stamped all day except for the time I was shoveling!

I have tackled 8 challenges today! At this rate I will have to post more than one a day, since all the challenges only run about a week. Now to be honest, I did combine on most cards. So, a color challenge with a sketch challenge, etc. I have more to tackle so it's almost a prerequisite.
This sketch comes from Mary Jo aka Techno Stamper. I was immediately drawn to it because I love working with circles. I've been wanting to make this card for a couple years now. I had the image from Crab & Company all stamped, colored and ready to go. The thing I lacked was inspiration. This came to me pretty quick. I went with the same DSP I used a couple days ago. It's an oldie, but I LOVE Pink Passion, Pretty In Pink and Pumpkin Pie together. The sentiment I printed on the computer. The stacked hearts are from Loads of Love.I hope you don't mind seeing retired sets. I used a lot of them today. I want to give them some love before my order of new stuff comes next week! See you soon!