One More Valentine!

Hello everyone!  I'm back, so that I can share one more Valentine card with you before this night is over.  I made this card quite some time ago, and it was created for my February Copic class.  Well, the classes ended up being cancelled because of the blizzard, but I wanted to share the card with you anyway.  The plan was to teach the technique for fur and or hair for the last class.  That will have to wait for another day, and in fact, that's just what we'll be doing for our April class, using an adorable Easter bunny stamp.

This card was made with the Valentine Cupids stamp set from Peachy Keen Stamps.  I hope you've had a wonderful Valentine's Day!  I'll see you tomorrow for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge, and the Crazy 4 Cocoa Challenge!  Have a great night!

Kaboodle Doodle Challenge #54

Good morning!!!  I'm thrilled this morning to be sharing a card I've made for my first ever DT assignment with the Kaboodle Doodle Challenge Blog.  I was both surprised and thrilled when I was asked to be a member of their design team, and look forward to getting to know all the talented designers that I'm blessed to be working with, and sharing more of KD challenges with you every week.  Please tune in each Monday for a new challenge and all the wonderful inspiration that our designers will have to share with you!  The challenges are fabulous and fun, and each week there's an opportunity for someone to win an amazing prize from our generous sponsors!

So, the challenge for today is hearts and flowers in celebration of Valentine's Day!!  Happy Valentine's Day to you, BTW!!!!!  Our sponsor for this challenge is Pink Cat Studios, who graciously gave us images to work with.  I chose to use this cute Frog in Love image for my card, and I played along with The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge for this layout.  I used Stampin' Up! card stock in Pink Pirouette, and Silver, and the white card stock is from Paper Trey Ink.  I chose to hand cut around the little frog, and balloons, and I added silver cord to them for the strings.  The sentiment was computer generated, and I used grosgrain ribbon, paper flowers, and rhinestones to embellish.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I wish you a glorious Valentine's Day filled with lots of love and happy stamping!   

Valentine Love

Hello everyone!  I hope this fabulous Friday is treatin' ya well!  We're looking forward to warmer temperatures this weekend, and everyone I know is VERY excited about that!!  This weekend will be a busy one with Valentine's Day being on Monday.  Have you made your Valentine's yet?  I have a pretty good stack of them going, and with any luck those will take me as far as I need to go.  I have two cards to share today, and I used the same layout for both.  I just changed up some of the card stock colors and the die cuts, but left everything else the same.  For the first card, I used the Puppy with Valentine die from The Scrapping Cottage, and I strayed from my usual tendency to cut with white card stock and color with my Copics.  I cut everything with colored card stock, then shaded by sponging the edges with various colors of Stampin' Up! ink.  I added some rhinestones to the puppy's collar, and used a technique I picked up from Barry, who is a fellow designer on The Scrapping Cottage team.  Barry shared a tip to bring a pretty sparkle to your projects by using a glitter Gelly Roll pen.  Instead of trying to color or fill in an area with the glitter pen, Barry suggests that you lay down a line of color, working in small areas, then take your finger and blend the glitter around.  This is such a beautiful effect, and so much easier than dragging out the glitter and a glue pen.  

 I used the technique that Barry shared for both of these cards along the edges of the die cuts, including the puppy, kitty, and conversation hearts.  The Conversation Hearts are a mini die that is also available from The Scrapping Cottage.  I used Stampin' Up card stock, designer paper from Making Memories, and Regal Rose grosgrain ribbon from Stampin' Up! for both cards.  I cut the circles and scalloped circles with my Nestabilities, and did a little bit of air brushing with my Copics around the centers of each circle.   

You can see the sparkle a bit better on this card.  Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today!  I hope you have a wonderful weekend planned, and with any luck, maybe it will include some happy stamping!!! 

Crazy for Cocoa Challenge #11

Hello and good morning!  Today I have a card to share with you from the Crazy 4 Cocoa Challenge this week, which is paper piecing.  All you need to do to play along is use a Cocoa image from Sweet n' Sassy Stamps and paper piece some portion of the image.  Upload your creation to the Crazy4Cocoa Challenge Blog using the link provided, and be entered into a drawing to win a fabulous prize at the end of the month.  I used the Chef Cocoa digital image for my card.

Be sure to check out the challenge blog for inspiration from the Cocoa Crazy Designers.  We always love seeing what you're up to with your favorite Cocoa images.  Thanks so much for stopping by today.  Wishing you a glorious day with plenty of happy stamping!!!

Peachy Keen Challenge #45

Good morning!  Welcome to Peachy Keen Challenge #45!  Using Angelica's great sketch, I'm partying with my Green Bay friends by making a card to celebrate the Green Bay Packer's Super Bowl win!  WOW!  I'm not even a football fan, but I watched, and thought it was a great game!  Our Peachy Keen family are all HUGE fans, and I know they couldn't be prouder!!  So, here's my card celebrating the winners of Super Bowl XLV!!!!!  THE GREEN BAY PACKERS!!!  Congratulations!!!!!!!!!

I've been wanting to color this PK-852 Bottoms Up Snowman from Peachy Keen Stamps for a while, so I thought why not give him a Packer's logo on that jersey.  I just added that by sketching it in and coloring with a white gel pen.  The patterned paper is some I had in my stash of scraps, and the twine is from Martha Stewart.  I thought the Martha Stewart grass punch would be a great representation of the turf on the football field, and I  had to use nearly a whole package of stars for the stars of football the Packers.  The little snowman himself is popped up on an Action Wobble, which was gifted to me by my sweet and talented friend, Emma, and it's so cute when he wobbles.   You can find those at www.actionwobble.com, and they are so much fun!!!  Thanks, Emma!!!!

Be sure to head over to the Peachy Keen Challenge blog to see what our talented designers have been up to with the latest sketch.  Play along for a chance to win a prize, and check out what our guest designer DoBea Alberts has been doing with her Peachy Keen Stamps.  I was very fortunate to get to meet DoBea at CHA, and I can't begin to tell you what a sweetheart she is.  Top that with the fact that she's so very creative and talented, and you'll find you can't help but be inspired!!!  

Thanks for stopping by, and I hope you have a wonderful day!  Happy Stamping!!!

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #90

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between.
I'm not sure what's up, but if you can't see the pictures, try clicking on the box, and you should be able to view it.  Blogger's having issues this morning!!  ;)

Enter one style or both this week.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

Here's my card, made with the adorable Duck image from Glitterbabe's store.  Having a baby around, I just can't seem to get enough of all the cute baby images, and this one is large in size and loads of fun to color!  Of course I used my Copic markers, and the paper is all from my scrap bin.  The lacing on the corners was done with twine from Jillybean Soup, and the flowers were originally white, and colored with Copics to match my cute little ducky.

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Here are the big winners from last week's sketch challenge:

Our MMSC89 Gold Star Award goes to...
#26 An

Our Remarkables Awards this week go to...
#21 Sarah Nelson
#27 Karin van Eijk
#64 Artesania

Please grab your award logos from the side bar and display them proudly :)

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Our MMSC89 Weekly Bonus Winner is...
Karen Wallace

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GLITTERBABE’S ART is a digital stamp store specializing in a variety of images.  my heart leans towards florals so you will find  a wide range to choose from.  All my images are done in jpg format only and all my images come with a colored image.  Having that colored image is great when you need to create something in a hurry or just need that color guide.  I strive for quality product and work hard to give my very best.  I have tons of fun with it and I hope you do too!

 Thank you so much Stef..you prize is wonderful!

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Thanks for stopping by!  I sure hope you get a chance to play along with us!  Have a beautiful day and happy stamping!

Kit Cat Sunday Rides Again!!

Hello friends!  It's time for another Kit Cat Sunday Challenge.  The lovely Michelle is our hostess with the mostess this month, and she sent us a fabulous kit which included these hilarious images from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps.  I chose to work with the Angry Ballerina image, and color it with Copics.  This sweet little ballerina is pretty huffed up about her headgear, and I laugh every time I look at it!!  Yep!  It's just one of those days!!!

I used Stampin' Up! card stock in Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, and Kraft for this card, and the patterned paper is from Prima's Jack and Jill line.  Michelle included so many wonderful things for us to work with, and I still have a bunch of stuff left for other projects.  I chose to use this ribbon from The Scrapbook Store, the stick pin from KatzWorld (www.katzworld.etsy.com), and the pink rhinestones.  I probably could have used some more of the wonderful goodies that Michelle sent along, but I wanted to keep this card on the clean side, and showcase that hilarious image.

Please hop on over to see what Michelle, Kelly, Jeanette, and Susan have created with their kits.  I know you'll enjoy all of their creations.  Thanks so much for stopping by, and have a glorious day!  Happy Stamping!!