DJKASEing KAY

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For those of you who celebrated Mother's Day on Sunday, I hope you had a wonderful day! Huge hugs to you if the day is a sad one. I also want to say my heart goes out to all the families whose lives have been impacted by the ferocious wildfire happening in Alberta, Canada.

I'm sure I've told you before that one of my card artist heroes is Kay Miller. Her blog is My Joyful Moments. I mean, first of all, what a great and befitting blog name! I can tell you I've had a mazillion joyful moments drooling scrolling through Kay's blog! If you live in the shady side of the forest and haven't yet had the pleasure, take a day and visit her to see for yourself. You might want to wire your jaw shut first.

So it was beciting for me to see that sweet Kay is the featured card artist to be CASEd over at the "CASE with a twist" challenge at Time Out. I couldn't pass that up! When I CASE (copy and share everything) someone's card, I call it DJKASE because I like to mess with letters and words and aaackronyms. And it confuses new readers. Wait. What?

Let's reveal.

Kay's card is this beauty:

Kay's card

And here is my DJKASE:

Darnell's card

I went old school and used a wooden stamp from Stamp City with a built-in frame. I colored the flowers and dragonfly in unusual colors with my Ziggies. I wanted to follow Kay's pretty colors and, hey, that's the beauty of having an artistic license, right?! I can paint pink irises with gray leaves if I want. The sediment stamp is from SU and the flourish was a die cut sent to me by a friend long ago. Of course, Stella wanted to play:

Challenges

• Cards in Envy: Just Us Girls: cards for girls or ladies.
• Pixie's Snippets Playground: Use your snippets.
• STAMPlorations Theme and Sketch: Stamp and anything goes.
• Sweet Stampin' Challenge: May flowers.
• TIME OUT Challenge: CASEing Kay.

Mother's Day

We were fortunate to have the grandtwinsons for a weekend sleepover! Many of you have seen the boys enjoying the Playhouse over the years so I thought you would love to see the cards they made for their marvelous mom:

Featuring watercolor pencils.

Featuring "that colored tape."

And if you'll indulge me, I'll add these:

Being goofy after their baths. They are going to be tall men; it wasn't that long ago they both easily fit onto just one cushion!

Don't mention it to them, but I'm still jealous of those eyelashes!

And this one looks like a good one for the Christmas card photo, doesn't it? Henry is on the left and Adam is on the right in all the photos. How does that happen? 

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New Friends Corner

I'm so happy to be welcoming these five new friends and I'd like you to meet them:

Archana Bhurke (Ranjan) of Handmade Cards by Archana. Archana is originally from Mumbai and now lives in Germany. She started blogging in 2011 and has become a well-known and talented artist in Blogland. She is a frequent challenge award winner and a Girl Friday at Casual Friday Stamps. After trying her hand at jewelry making, painting, and sketching, Archana says that creating card art is the most satisfying of any hobby she has tried!

Deepti Aggarwal of Vishesh Collections - Handmade by Deepti. Deepti is originally from Bangalore and she now resides in the United Kingdom. She started blogging in 2010 and after taking a little hiatus the last few years, she is back to being very creative this year. You may have seen her in the winning galleries of some of your favorite challenges!

Lilian YF of The Leaf Studio. I'm sure Lilian needs no introduction to most of you as she has been blogging since 2007!! Lilian also loves photography, which she has been enjoying since 2000. She started working with paper craft in 2004. I am in awe of those statistics and of her beautiful and consistent card art! You will find buckets of amazing inspiration when you visit her blog!

Carrie Sheridan of Carrie's Custom Cards. Carrie just started blogging in 2015. She is the mother of four who loves making cards when she is not tutoring online in French and English or busy with her church. Carrie has become a frequent challenge winner with her beautifully designed and uplifting cards!

Susan Renshaw of Calling All Crafters. Susan has been blogging since 2013. She serves on design teams and excels at challenges throughout Blogland. Susan's card designs are always so unique and creative. You'll also be charmed by her talent in scrapbooking and journaling!

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

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