Just thought I would share my entry, Heavenly Bodies, to Helga’s monochromatic Twinchie challenge. Twinchies are 2" square pieces of artwork and for this challenge they needed to be in one color family. I just got done reading one of my favorite books by C.S. Lewis Out of the Silent Planet so I was inspired to make my Twinchie with planets, moons and stars. I hope you are inspired to create something heavenly today

Speaking of Heavenly, I also got to make this sweet baby card for a neighbor of mine that is a new mom, Little Angel. I used a Stampin’ Up card and some of the beautiful paper from my Paper Source card contest.

Hurry over to Paper Source online to check out the Mother’s Day Card contest! I hope you are also able to vote for my card, Here’s Looking at you Mom. It was a neat opportunity to create a card from 100% Paper Source products, and also a challenge, to stay in that perimeter. I got inspired to use some family photos and created 2 cards, one of my Mom and one of my Grandma, both in the same colorways, but with different styling.

I just got my pretty goodies in the mail from Paper Source for the Mother’s Day Card Contest on Facebook! The entries have to be received by this weekend by uploading to the Facebook page and must be 100 percent Paper Source products. You may also include a photo of mom if you wish to share that on your card! Public voting begins May 3rd, please make sure to Vote For me Claire Selby – Pinkdilla.

I feel so proud of the women and men fighting for our country right now, I put together a care package and got to make some cards for them! What a privilege and a pleasure to be able to send them a little piece of my work, my handmade cards. I only ever make one of each card design, an original, never to be made the same again. So, each is a real special piece to me, they are all unique! Thank God for the soldiers that serve our nation giving up so much of themselves, their free time with friends, children and family. They deserve to be honored, and treasured! I just wish I could do more

I’ve been finishing up more Cards and Goodies for friends and family here at my house. Carrying on with the pink Valentines theme and adding some paper dolls and hearts! First, are my paper dolls featuring the Birds & Bees Gown no.10 from Character Constructions. I stamped the gown and then embellished with chalk, glitter and paper scraps. I then got to make a Barbie paper doll bookmark out of a Barbie catalog, covering the image with contact paper and adding a pink bow on top! The stamped cards of mine were made using the Art Blast collage images, you can see more cards like these on my BLOG, and Close to My Heart stamps and ink. So many fun ideas to make, so little time!