Polka Dot Birthday Wishes - Crazy 4 Challenges #18

Are you ready for the first Crazy 4 Challenges challenge of 2010??? Our amazing Lori Boyd is our hostess this month and she's got some FUN lined up for us! This week we're to use polka dots in our card or project. I'm loving it because it gave me a chance to use my PTI Polka Dot Basics II set again--must practice to get it right, KWIM? ;-)

And, I decided to practice some more with my Giga Guide Lines stamps, too. They look so good together, don't you think? I used Guide Lines paper and used the Guide Lines set as well as the Giga set. I must have been tired of Christmas colors without knowing it because I've been going BRIGHT ever since Christmas!! For this card, I used Raspberry Fizz and True Black. I really must be missing Primas, too, LOL! The birthday sentiment is from the Giga Guidelines set and it was stamped on PTI White and cut/embossed with a Labels Five Nestabilities die and popped up on 3M foam squares. My flower center is another one of those designer thumb tacks with the tack cut off and glued down with Crystal Effects and I added some punched leaves. I love how this card turned out--I'm definitely getting better at lining up those polka dots!

NOW, be sure to check out the samples by the rest of the crazies...er, I mean the Crazy 4 Challenges team ;-)

Cindy Haffner
Frances Byrne
Jessica Diedrich
Jessie Rone
Joanne Grzelak
Joycelyn Turner
Lori Boyd
Lynda Benden
Mercy Kerin
Robin Willis
Vicki Garrett

THEN, you know what to do--we'd love to have you come along and play with us. Just do your thing with the sketch and link it to Mr. Linky on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Please link directly to your project. And, if you upload to a public gallery, please use the key word C4C18.

Thanks for stopping by today!!!

~Recipe~
Stamps: Polka Dot Basics II, Giga Guide Lines, Guide Lines (PTI)
Paper: White, True Black, Raspberry Fizz (PTI)
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, True Black (PTI)
Accessories: Cuttlebug (Provocraft); Labels Five Nestabilities (Spellbinders); 3M foam squares, ribbon (craft store); Prima flowers; leaf punches (Martha Stewart); designer thumb tack (Office Max); Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers)