World Cardmaking Day & Paper Smooches Sparks

Happy World Cardmaking Day to everyone! Hope you had fun making cards or even just browsing the ones on the web that others have made = ) I wasn't sure this morning if I was going to make since I woke up with a horrible headache, the last from a bad cold I'm getting over. I ended up making a few cards today though = ) I'm not sending any in to the World Cardmaking Day contest over at Papercrafts Mag though, maybe next year. 
Today is also the release day of Paper Smooches stamps, yay! As a surprise, they released an extra set called "Hope" in honor of breast cancer awareness month! If you head on over to the PS blog, there is a chance to win this set. This was a great set for her to release, so many people have been affected by this condition. As if Paper Smooches isn't already so awesome, they will be donating 50% of each set sold to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
While making my cards today I decided to make one for the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge. Below is the inspiration photo and the card with the mug and the hearts is my entry for that challenge. Following are the other cards I made today! Well, till next time, happy crafting!

CAS-ual Fridays & Paper Smooches Sparks : 2nd entries

I decided I wanted to do a second entry for both Paper Smooches Sparks and CAS-ual Fridays, so I thought to myself, "Hey, maybe I can tie the two in together!" So that's what I did!
For CAS-ual Fridays, the challenge was to make a mini-card. I really love mini cards, I'm not sure why, but I just love the look of them.
For Paper Smooches Sparks, we were given an inspiration photo and the challenge was to create something from it.
I started with a lime green base and a white circle piece of paper. I used the three circle elements and the teeny tiny heart from Paper Smooches Sugar Rush set to make the circular image. I colored it in with Triart markers and stamped the word "friend" in the middle from Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler set. I lined the white circle with peach embroidery floss and added some green bling. My finished card is 4 by 4 inches.