Celebrating All Over! NBUS #138

Hi there!

I'm doing a quick second post today in honor of a few celebrations going on. Here's a look at my card which I made for my friend Nancy who is retiring. I think she will love the suggestion that palm trees and sunshine and celebrations await her in the Land of Retirement!:

For my card, I used a NBUS Darice palm tree embossing folder for the rose-colored circle which has a stitched embossed line built into the die from Lil' Inkers Designs. The circle is really much pinker IRL. The little sun circles are also by Lil' Inkers Designs. The congrats sediment is from Papertrey Ink. The washi tape strip is from Freckled Fawn and the charm is from American Traditional Designs.

I am linking my card with these challenges:

First, there is CASology, which is celebrating 100 weeks of challenges! This is a popular and challenging cue card word challenge and I've rarely missed a week of fun! Congratulations to the fabulous Melissa and the entire talented Design Team! This week, of course, the word is "celebrate!" My little charm says it all!

At The Paper Players, the incredible Design Team is celebrating its 200th challenge! Congratulations to Lesley and the entire Team! To celebrate this milestone, each DT member has chosen their favorite challenge to showcase. We are then to chose one of those sketches for our own card. I chose this sketch by the very creative LeAnn Pugliese:

The third challenge is AAA Cards. This is a relatively new challenge in Blogland that I've been wanting to play in since they started. This challenge is their seventh and it is "Create" week where we are to use a technique. The technique this time is "embossing" and, additionally, we are to use some pink on our card.

There are a few other challenges that would also work for my card, but The Paper Players challenge rules are that we only link to three challenges, so that's all I'm entering. Please click on the links to join in the challenges and to find all the details about rules, sponsors, and prizes!

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New Friends Corner

It makes me so happy to introduce you to the next group of five new Playhouse friends, some of whom have ridden over on the NBUS!

Kim of Kim's Cards & Crafts. Kim has been blogging since 2009! She is a published and award-winning card artist and designer. Her cards are bright and beautifully made. In addition to cards, Kim enjoys cake decorating, embroidery, cross-stitch, sewing, and quilting!

Sarah of Mallows Crafty Bits. Sarah has been blogging since 2012. She is a delightful award-winning card artist and design team member. She also knows her way around animals, fabrics, her camera, and her kitchen! When she's not doing all that, she works part-time to support her crafty addictions!

These next three bloggers are all new to Blogland as of 2014! You know I love it when you make a special effort to welcome our newest bloggers to this very friendly and supportive stamping community, which can nevertheless be very intimidating to start with. 

Rachel of Rachel's Card Corner. Rachel is newly married and started her blog in April. She is very enthusiastic about her craft and she makes darling cards!

Judy Woodland of Judy's Happy Place. Judy just started her blog in January. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother. Besides making her wonderful cards, she loves to knit, crochet, cross-stitch, bead, and work with stained glass!

Gracie CH of Graciellie Designs. Graciellie has also been blogging since January. She was born in Brazil and moved to Central America at an early age. She is multilingual and very talented. Her style and elegance is evident in her beautifully constructed cards!

Thank you very much for joining, ladies, and welcome to the Playhouse!

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