Stamptacular Sunday "FUZZY Friends!" Challenge

This week’s challenge is going to be so much fun!  We can’t wait to see what you create!

This week's challenge is a…

“FUZZY Friends!”

For this week's challenge you will create a card or project using an image with an animal! But, please don’t forget to stamp! After all…we don’t call this the STAMPtacular Sunday Challenge for nothing!      

You will have from now until midnight (EST) March 30^th, 2012 to complete this challenge and post a DIRECT LINK to your submission into our InLinkz in order to be entered into the drawing for this week's fabulous prize donated by:

MAGNOLIA-LICIOUS

PRIZE:  IT’S A SURPRISE!

Hey, it's Sunday again? How did that happen so fast? I blinked and a week flew by. Would somebody mind slowing down the clock just a wee bit for me, please? Oh, thank you, thank you very much.

Gary and I went out to the Blue Hound with the Dinner Club last night. There were 18 of us this time, so we didn't all get to converse with one another, as we were split into two tables. But we really had a fun time and a wonderful meal. Well, except for the fact that the waiter at the other table was Johnny-on-the-spot, and had them fed and desserted, (new word), before our table was done with dinner. So service was a bit uneven. 

We started with wine, caramel popcorn, (yes, it is odd, but yummy), and a really nice cheese platter. We each had a cup of cauliflower soup, which we had the last time we were there. Well, not the same exact cup, of course, but the same kind of soup. However, last time I had the shot-glass size, and I think that was a better size than the cup--gives you a great taste without filling you up. Note to self: next time order the shot of soup.

Then we got our main dishes. Gary had cobia, a fish I had never heard of before last night. I tried it, and it was quite tasty. But not a fraction as good as my mussels. I ordered the small portion--which still ended up being a lot of mussels. And they were heavenly--the flavor was sensational, the broth was fabulous, and I finished all of it. I even ate all the broth by slurping it up through a straw. Which was a little strange--drinking warm soup through a straw. Hey, it wasn't my idea. 

A friend at the other table had the large portion of mussels. And he loved the broth so much that he requested a straw to slurp all of it up. (Why they didn't give us soup spoons with the mussels is a mystery.) So, when he and another friend saw that I had mussels, too, they asked their waiter to bring me a straw for my broth. And he did. I couldn't disappoint my friends, now, could I? I had to finish off my broth with a straw--especially since three people from the other table came over to take my photo as I was doing it. Unfortunately, it got posted on Facebook. What I do for my friends. Sigh...

The only disappointment for food was the dessert. I ordered the pineapple upside-down cake with caramel sauce and ice cream. The cake was so dry that it was hard to swallow. So I didn't. I ate the pineapple, the caramel sauce and the ice cream. I left the cake sitting on my plate. I'll know not to order that again. Of course, the trick is for me to remember  that I shouldn't order it again! I really should have just skipped dessert. Oh well, the evening was still lots of fun--much laughter and, for the most part, really yummy food. 

I need a nap. 

On to my card. The theme this week is "Fuzzy Friends". And this image has a fuzzy-wuzzy bunny. He belongs to Betsy. Who is just as adorable as the bunny. This Rick St. Dennis image, Betsy and the Bunny can be found here. I love coloring Rick's images. They have so much personality and are usually quite detailed. Betsy was printed on Make It Colour Blending Card and colored with Copics and Twin Touch Brush markers: 

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, R20

Hair: E11, E13, E15, E18

Flowers and Bunny: R20, R21, R22

Dress: YG00, TTY41, TTY49

Dress Trim, Gloves, Shoes: BG70, BG72

I used a little Copic Spica for Bunny's eyes. Then I did a confetti background and cut the image out with a Spellbinders Labels 10 die. The DP is from the Basic Grey Konnichiwa collection, and was paired with Stampin' Up CS. My sentiment, from Create with TLC, was die cut using a Whimsy Ticket die, and then sponged with SU ink. The flower was created with the following dies: Cheery Lynn Daisy Strip and Embellishment #1. I added a white brad to hold the layers together. My corner die-cuts were made using La-La Land Crafts Corner die. And my flourishes were die-cut using MFT Leaf Flourish die. Then I added some lace from my stash and some SU ribbon, and called it a card.

Do check out the wonderful creations by my talented teammates! And have a wonderful Sunday! I'll be Bach. You can Beethoven.