CSS Inspiration Blog Hop

It is time for another Stamp TV CSS Blog Hop. This time around it is an inspiration challenge. We were challenged to create a card or project based on this photograph from Southern Living.

And this is the card I came up with. 

You should have arrived from Melissa Schultz blog and I am sure that it was a great project - she always amazes me.  If you want to start at the beginning  or get lost along the way, just head on over to the home page of StampTV or here for the direct link to the hop!

The card was made using 2 stamp sets. The circle and sentiment in the middle was from The Giving Tree and the flourishes are from the Grand Damask set both sold by GinaK. I took several elements from the photograph. I have the Pure Luxury Cranberry Tart on the bottom which I had scored and then stamped and embossed with the flourishes. The main image and sentiment was also embossed with gold. I had a Sizzix leafy die cut that I cut out of gold to use around the image. I used a Spellbinders Impressibility for the background panel and sponged some burgundy ink on it. In the 2 corners I used the 3 decorations on the dresser of the picture and placed them as a finishing touch. This might sound silly but that took me a while to come up with. It needed something and that was it. 


Now hop on over to visit Sharri Seffens  for some more inspiration. I am quite certain she has an amazing project to share.

I just love getting comments so please leave one!

 

So Sweet!

To see the Stampin Sisters in Christ post please scroll down to the Sunday post!

So are you sick of Valentine cards yet? I must say that I am getting close. But I sure have a hard time not using these cute images from the Gina K Stamp TV kit. This adorable designer paper came in the kit. I love the texture and the colors are fantastic.

Thanks for looking and for the comments!






Card Recipe:
Stamps: Sent With Love - GinaK
Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Bubblegum Pink and Chocolate Brown
DP: DP from the Stamp TV kit
Other: Nestabilities, some pink stickers, and Copics
Challenges
Stamp TV - Sketch 
All Sorts Challenge: Love, love, love
Basic Grey Challenge: Hearts 
Stamptacular Sunday - Love and lots of hearts
Creative Cowgirls - Love is in the air
Scrapbook Sisters - Valentine
Rainbow Lady's - Valentine

Gleefully Yours

To see the Stampin Sisters in Christ post please scroll down to the Sunday post!

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I know that these are not traditional Valentine Day colors or image - but it works for this one. These were not my color choices they were a challenge on StampTV and I like to conquer a challenge! I used black embossing powder for the Victrola image. Love how it turned out. I cut around the sentiment because I did not want it to take away from the image. 


Thanks for looking and for the comments!






Card Recipe:
Stamps: Gleefully Yours - GinaK
Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Black, Sweet Mango, Bubblegum Pink
DP: Some SU paper I still had
Other: Nestabilities, cuttlebug folder, some pink stickers, black ribbon and a heart charm
Challenges
Stamp TV - Color 
Simon Says Stamps: Love 
All Sorts Challenge: Love, love, love
Basic Grey Challenge: Hearts
Card Patterns: Sketch 
Stamptacular Sunday - Love and lots of hearts
Creative Cowgirls - Love is in the air

Great Love: I John 3:18

Hello February - the month where hearts are everywhere. Every classroom at my school has hearts on the windows and hearts floating from the ceilings. The month of love. Welcome to another Sunday and another challenge at  Stampin' Sisters in Christ .

It is my week to have the honor and pleasure of being your challenge hostess. The scripture I chose for this week is I John 3:18.

"Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth."(New American Bible - St. Joseph Edition)

Please check the Stampin' Sisters in Christ page to read my full devotional. I wanted to share a little thought with you here too though. Do you see that cute little Tildy with her arms outstretched? That reminded me so much of when my children were little and they (and I) would stretch our arms out and say "I love you soooooo much". Wow - that was and is a powerful love! That is how much Jesus loves us - that is how he asks us to love others. Soooooooo much!

The challenge this week is to create a card or project that shows love without using words. I floated some hearts around the image that I had embossed on some vellum. I cut them out and popped them up. It is really a simple card although it really did take me a while to finish. I kept thinking it needed more - more embellishments - more color - more something. I was not happy with the picture but it is a dreary rainy day here today and this is the best I could get.

Our sponsor this week is Clear Dollar Stamps with a $15 gift certificate to spend on their stamps.

Be sure to stop by my SSIC design sisters to see what they have to share this week:

Chris Olsen: Twinkles Glow With Stamps

Grace Nywening: Th-INK-ing of You

Linda Lucas: Lovely Linda's Craft Central

Lisa Hjulberg: The Craft's Meow
Patti J Gilliam: Cherish Each Precious Day

Peggysue Turner: Roses By My Window

Rebekka Reed: Diamond in the Rough
Randi Barret: A New Creation (On break)

So glad you stopped by today. Have a "lovely" week!
 

Recipe:

Stamps: Matilda

Paper: SU Sahara Sand, Bashful Blue, So Saffron
Designer Paper: SU Delicate Dots

Other: Copic Markers, ribbon, gems, button

Other Challenges:

Mojo Monday: Sketch
Simon Says Stamps: Love 
7 Kids College Fund: Love is in the Air
All Sorts Challenge: Love, love, love
Basic Grey Challenge: Hearts
Stamptacular Sunday - Love and lots of hearts
Creative Cowgirls - Love is in the air
Creative Inspirations Paint - Hearts
Just Magnolia - ribbon 

Birthday Love

Not only is Valentine's Day around the corner, so are several birthdays in my family! Two daughters-in-law, my dear MIL, and one of my daughters so I needed several birthday cards too! I made my grandsons last week (scroll down). This week it is the ladies - our family February birthday celebration is on Valentine weekend - I better get busy!


Thanks for looking and for the comments!






Card Recipe:
Stamps: Sent with Love - GinaK
Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury White, Cranberry Tart, Bubblegum Pink
DP: StampTV kit
Other: Nestabilities, White, Pink, and Red stickles, border punch 
Challenges
Stamp TV - Sketch

Paper Sundaes  - Valentines

Marks Finest Papers - Valentine Card

Craft Your Days Away  - Love

Creative Cowgirls  - Love is in the air
Creative Inspirations Paint  - Love
Midnight Madness - sketch'
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenges -  Valentine
Simon Says Stamps - Red - love

Sending Love

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I have several more cards to make. Here is one. I just love the designer paper that came with the Stamp TV Kit. This was pretty simple card. Instead of just reds and pinks though I liked throwing the brown in there. 


Thanks for looking and for the comments!






Card Recipe:
Stamps: Sent with Love - GinaK
Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury White, Chocolate Brown, Bubblegum Pink
DP: StampTV kit
Other: Nestabilities, heart shaped gems, red ribbon.


Challenges
Midnight Madness - Sketch

Paper Sundaes  - Valentines

Marks Finest Papers - Valentine Card

Craft Your Days Away  - Love

Creative Cowgirls  - Love is in the air
Creative Inspirations Paint  - Love

Birthday Wishes: Psalm 23

Yipes - it is Sunday again and we all know that Sunday means another challenge at  Stampin' Sisters in Christ, I am so glad you could join us again! 

Today Lisa, our leader extraordinaire,  is our challenge hostess and the scripture she chose is Psalm 23.

"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff they comfort me. You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever."

When I saw what the scripture was this week I immediately knew that I wanted to use those sheep on some green pastures. This verse says so much and probably speaks to people in many different ways. To me it is a search for peace. I have a tendency to worry (I can just see my DH nodding his head) - I worry about our children - my parents - my grandchildren to the point where I am not even in a peaceful place. It keeps me awake at night and changes the way that I interact with those I am worried about. When I live "The Lord is my shepherd and I shall not want" I would not need to worry and when it says "He makes me lie down in green pastures and still waters and restores my soul!" Okay - I get it. THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD! I have to let go and let Him lead me. Sometimes easier said than done but definitely have to strive for it! 

The challenge this week is to create a card or project that uses the colors blue (still waters) and green (green pastures).


Our sponsor this week is Taylored Expressions and you could win the wonderful stamp set called Rest & Renewal.

Be sure to stop by my SSIC design sisters to see what they have to share this week:

Chris Olsen: Twinkles Glow With Stamps

Grace Nywening: Th-INK-ing of You

Linda Lucas: Lovely Linda's Craft Central

Lisa Hjulberg: The Craft's Meow
Patti J Gilliam: Cherish Each Precious Day

Peggysue Turner: Roses By My Window

Rebekka Reed: Diamond in the Rough
Randi Barret: A New Creation (On break)

I am always so encouraged by your comments - thank you for taking the time to share.
 

Recipe:

Stamps: Funny Farm - GinaK Designs

Paper: GinaK Pure Luxury Kraft, Ocean Mist, and Green Apple
Designer Paper: October Afternoon - Campfire

Other: Spellbinder's Dies - Copic Markers, ribbon, a flower, and some linen twine.

Other Challenges:
Paper Pretties - sewing
Penny's Paper-Crafty – anything goes
StampTV - Sketch
Do You Stack Up? -  patterned paper
Sisterhood of Crafters- anything goes
Copic Creations - something new (stitching with "Sew Easy") and copics 
Stamptacular Sunday - Whateva'!
Fuzzy Wuzzy - animal, anything goes
Simon Says Stamps - animal antics
 

CSS Alumni Sketch Blog Hop

It is time for another Stamp TV CSS Blog Hop. This is a sketch hop and a fantastic sketch it is. Thanks Melissa!I really wanted to make two cards with this sketch but time just got away from me. So here is the sketch and the card that I made with the sketch. 

You should have arrived from Melissa Schultz blog and you were undoubtedly blown away! If you want to start at the beginning  or get lost along the way, just head on over to the home page of StampTV.

The card was made using the new stamp set called, Dino-Mite designed by Theresa and sold by GinaK. Having 13 grandchildren there always seems to be a birthday around the corner. This set is perfect for the next grandson birthday. He will love it. I tried to make it boyish. I used Pure Luxury Moonlit Fog for the base and the embossed panel and the frame. The dino was stamped on some paper from Basic Grey called "lime Rickey". I also used it as a panel behind the brown print paper from the same paper pack. I embossed the grey panel after inking the Cuttlebug folder. I had those green buttons. I embossed the sentiment but was disappointed with the color of green. Doesn't match but I could not start over. Aaron won't mind or even notice though!


Now hop on over to visit Pam Imhol  for some more inspiration. Thanks for hopping along with us and for the kind comments you leave. It is good to be back!

Oh, don't forget to leave comments as you hop along because on Tuesday morning (February 1st), we will randomly choose one of the comments from all the blogs who will get a stamp set of their choice valued up to $24.95!

 

With Sympathy

Do you watch StampTV? I certainly do - I love watching the different techniques and then trying some of them. For this card I just had to try the drop shadow technique. This required using the Stamp-a-Ma-jig. I am really not good at using that thing and the shadow did not go in the direction I wanted it to. But is still looks kind of cool. I embossed the butterfly on vellum and cut it out and popped it up. 


Thanks for looking and for the comments!






Card Recipe:
Stamps: Hugs and Prayers - GinaK
Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury White, Chocolate Brown, Turquoise Sea
DP: none
Other: Cuttlebug, Word Punch, Brown Ribbon, 1/2 pearls.


Challenges

Stamp TV - Color
Our Daily Bread Design: Sketch 
Mark's Finest Paper: Sympathy Card
Simon Says Stamps: Bingo (Punch/DieCuts, Embossing, Ribbon

Love: Jeremiah 31:3

The last week in January is already upon us. I honestly do not know how time moves by us so quickly! Sunday means another challenge at  Stampin' Sisters in Christ and we are always so happy to see you.

Today our Lovely Linda is our challenge hostess and the scripture she chose is Jeremiah 31:3.

"The LORD appears to him from afar: With age-old love I have loved you; so I have kept my mercy toward you."(New American Bible - St. Joseph Edition)

Love - such a powerful word! Sometimes I think we overuse it. We say, "I love coffee", or "I love that card". I always end a phone conversation (or a text) with my family with a quick "Love you". Quick words - but read the above verse again - that is not a quick {Luv U}. That is an amazing love - like no other. How lucky am I to be loved like that - how lucky are you? Awesome!

The challenge this week is to create a card or project that is vintage. I think that all of us have a technique that is well outside of our comfort zone. Vintage is mine. In fact there have been times when someone tells me that I made a great vintage card and I did not even realize that it was. Hopefully this qualifies Linda! I truly did hand sew around the grey panel! I used 2 different Cuttlebug embossing folders. I colored with just a few Copics and some sparkly pens. I had the charm. 


Our sponsor this week is Designed 2 Delight, 2 digital images for you to download, print and color.  

Be sure to stop by my SSIC design sisters to see what they have to share this week:

Chris Olsen: Twinkles Glow With Stamps

Grace Nywening: Th-INK-ing of You

Linda Lucas: Lovely Linda's Craft Central

Lisa Hjulberg: The Craft's Meow
Patti J Gilliam: Cherish Each Precious Day

Peggysue Turner: Roses By My Window

Rebekka Reed: Diamond in the Rough
Randi Barret: A New Creation (On break)

So glad you stopped by today. Have a wonderful week!
 

Recipe:

Stamps: Love you to Stitches (Designed 2 Delight)

Paper: SU Pretty in Pink and GinaK Moonlit Fog
Designer Paper: October Afternoon

Other: Spellbinder's Dies - Copic Markers, ribbon, Spellbinder's Dies, Sticko Gems

Other Challenges:

Card Patterns: Sketch 
Stamp Something: Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamps: Bingo - Gems, Glitter, Ribbon
Really Reasonable Ribbon: Heart
Crafty Sentiments Designs: Vintage
Do You Stack Up: Pink 
Creative Belli Blog: P for Pink 
Fresh Brewed Coffee: Show Love

With Love

Another new stamp set I got this month is Hopeful Hearts, designed by Tami Mayberry and sold by GinaK Designs. 

I stamped the image on white using a Kaleidacolor pad. I have not used that in a long time and was kind of fun. Then I looked for some designer paper to use in this sketch. The sentiment came from Blocked Greetings also designed by Tami. I used some of my wonderful Nesties and popped a few red flowers that I had. Easy card.
 






Card Recipe:
Stamps: Hopeful Hearts - GinaK
Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury White, Red Hot and SU Barely Banana
DP: Basic Grey - Sugar Rush
Other: Spectrum Inkpad, Spellbinder Dies, ribbon - red flowers


Challenges
Mark's Finest Papers - using a heart 
Stamp TV - Sketch
Midnight Madness - Sketch
Tuesday Throwdown: Valentine
Lexi's Creation: Say it with Love
Freshly Brewed: Valentine 
Simon Says Stamps - BINGO - gems/flowers/dies

Cuckoo

I think I am having way too much fun with the GinaK Stamp TV kit for this month. Love that cuckoo clock!
I stamped the image on Kraft, colored it with Copics and cut it out. Then I took the Lemon Drop and used the distress ink on it. Rounded the corners and put it on some red before putting it all on the Kraft. I punched out a heart and stamped the sentiments on Kraft. I also used a glitter pen to enhance the clock although you can't really see it. Well, that is it for tonight - I hope to make another for tomorrow.
 

I wonder who will get this card on Valentine's Say?





Card Recipe:
Stamps: StampTV Kit, Sent with Love - GinaK
Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Kraft, Red Hot, Lemon Drop
DP: None
Other: Heart punch, some red half pearls, Distress Ink and a few Copic Markers


Challenges
Mark's Finest Papers - using a heart 
Card Patterns - Sketch
Tuesday Throwdown: Valentine
Lexi's Creation: Say it with Love

Missing my friend

What a fun image. This was from the GinaK Stamp TV kit for this month. It really has a lot of fun images in it.

I stamped the image on Pure Luxury white. Since I was also creating this card using the JUGS colors I stamped the bench twice - once on the white and again on the SU - Guava then paper pieced the seat of the bench. I layered green, peach and Turquoise Sea with just a strip of striped DP. I used a Cuttlebug border along the top of the card and Spellbinder dies for the tag and the decorative addition to the oval.
 

Just a fun card to make and will be fun to send to my friend, who I do miss!





Card Recipe:
Stamps: StampTV Kit, Sent with Love - GinaK
Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury White and Turquoise Sea. SU - Garden Green and Guava.
DP: None
Other: Spellbinder Nestabilities, Cuttlebug folder and a colored flower


Challenges
Mark's Finest Papers - using a heart
Stamp TV - sketch  
JUGS - Colors
Pals Paper Arts -  Valentine
Stampin B - Use a die cut

Blessings: 2 Cor. 5:17

I hope you are staying warm with all this cold air everywhere.  I thought this little girl would warm your heart, and working on a challenge will warm your hands. So here is this weeks challenge at Stampin' Sisters in Christ.

Today Grace is our challenge hostess and the scripture she chose is from the book of 2 Cor.5:17.

"Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."

Such a simple concept - believe and be new. The tulip that the little Tilda girl is holding represents new to me. The cold and freezes of winter leads into the warmth of new growth every year. Like life, we may experience some darkness some cold times. What brings us back is the grace of Christ's love. If we trust and believe and let Him into our lives we get through and become new. Great verse Grace!

The challenge this week is to create a card or project shows "new".  Use the theme of "NEW" and interpret it as you want: new year, new life, new birth, new supplies, new house, etc. Please tell us what you use to fit the challenge. This is the first time I used the Magnolia stamp - in fact it was a gift (thanks Jennie Harper!). I also think that the tulip represents new.


Our sponsor this week is a $15.00 gift certificate to Clear Dollar Stamps. 

Be sure to stop by my SSIC design sisters to see what they have to share this week:

Chris Olsen: Twinkles Glow With Stamps

Grace Nywening: Th-INK-ing of You

Linda Lucas: Lovely Linda's Craft Central

Lisa Hjulberg: The Craft's Meow
Patti J Gilliam: Cherish Each Precious Day

Peggysue Turner: Roses By My Window

Rebekka Reed: Diamond in the Rough
Randi Barret: A New Creation (On break)

Thanks for the visit, count your blessings dear friends!  

Recipe:

Stamps: Magnolia, sentiment is from ODBD's Blessings

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Fresh Asparagus and SU So Saffron
Designer Paper: October Afternoon (paper piecing the dress)

Other: Spellbinder's Dies - Copic Markers, Impressibility (tulip), ribbon and a heart

Other Challenges:

Simon Says Stamps: Sketch
Delicious Doodles: 3 colors (Green, Yellow, Red)
Raise the Bar: Use a child image
Stamp Something: Anything Goes
7 Kids College Fund: Hot or Cold - Red Hot tulip

CSS Color Blog Hop

It is time for another Stamp TV CSS Blog Hop. This time around it is a color challenge. The amazing thing is that you  have two choices for this one (thanks Gina!). The first one I have had done for a few days but the second one I did very quickly when I got home from work tonight. It shows you that not every card has to be elaborate.

Here are the 2 color choices:

And here are the cards I made:

You should have arrived from Melissa Schultz blog and I am sure that all the stops on this hop were incredible! There is such talent at StampTV.  If you want to start at the beginning  or get lost along the way, just head on over to the home page of StampTV or directly over to the start of the blog hop here.

The first card was made using Lovely Shelf stamps set for the flowers and vase and the sentiment was from Love Notes, both sold by GinaK. The DP was from Cosmo Cricket called Circa 1934. I colored the flowers with my wonderful Capics and used Labels Four for the image and the frame around the image. I also used a bit of lace with a button.

The second card was super simple which is NOT my preferred style. I used my brand new Gina K stamp set called Gleefully Yours. I colored the stamp with markers and used my Score-Buddy to score a couple of lines on the side. I do like the end result which surprised me!   


Now hop on over to visit Peggy Wainman, rumor has it that she has 2 cards to share with you! Thanks for hopping along with us and for the kind comments you leave. It is good to be back!

Be sure to join the Gina's Color Challenge. We would love to see your creations and you could win a prize!

 

Warm Winter Wishes

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I do like the way this turned out - kind of simple. It came together pretty  easily with just a little refresher video on emboss resist from StampTV.
I used the snowflake embossing folder on the Little Boy Blue pane. as a background. On the white I first stamped the snowflakes in blue. Then I stamped the tree with Versamark and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Then I stamped the nest, bird and squirrel on it before using a sponge dauber to go around the tree. 
 

This is a fun and easy technique!





Card Recipe:
Stamps: The Giving Tree - GinaK
Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury White, Little Boy Blue, Kraft, and Cranberry Tart
DP: None
Other: Spellbinder Nestabilities, ribbon, sparkly star and rub on sentiment


Challenges
Mark's Finest Papers - Embossing 
Stamp TV -technique challenge  
Card Positioning System - Sketch Challenge
Our Creative Corner - photo inspiration - winter

Birthday Cup

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This was made for several challenges. I did have fun with it. Do you notice the matching envelope? How fun is that? That was a StampTV technique video. It really was easy yet finishes off the card so well!

I took the cup and saucer image from Melanie's Mugs and Kisses stamp set available at GinaK Designs and stamped it twice, once on Draft and the other time on Turquose Sea after which I ran that through an inked stripe Cuttlebug folder. I paper pieced the cup together. The tag is from Spellbinders Lattice Borders. 

Do you think this qualifies as a masculine card? Probably not but it was fun anyway!





Card Recipe:
Stamps: Mugs and Kisses - GinaK
Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Kraft and Turquoise Sea and Chocolate
DP: Basic Grey - cappella
Other: Spellbinder Nestabilities, Cuttlebug stripe folder


Challenges
Mark's Finest Papers - Embossing
JUGS - Matching Envelope 
Stamp TV - color challenge  
Card Patterns - Sketch Challenge

Wings: Ruth 2:12

Welcome back! Did you miss us - I missed all of you! It was nice to have a couple of weeks off during the busy holidays. We had a wonderful time with family and friends but now I am glad to get back to our routine - you are part of that routine. So here is the first weekly challenge at Stampin' Sisters in Christ for this year.

Today Chris is our challenge hostess and the scripture she chose is from the book of Ruth 2:12.

"May the LORD repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge."

You know when I read this verse my first thought was how wonderfully the Lord has always rewarded me - protected me - seen me though difficulties and rejoiced with me in all of my celebrations. I have always been under His wings and so grateful for it!

The challenge this week is to create a card or project that has wings. I chose to do a bird and use the fabulous designer paper that I got from a friend. The little bird in the corner that is part of the paper was just perfect! I also decided that I wanted it to be a thank you card - thank to my parents for teaching me from birth on about the love of the Lord. Thank you to my husband who has an incredible relationship with our God. Thank you to my family and friends, especially my Stampin' Sisters who always support and encourage and challenge me to a life filled with the love of Jesus!

Our sponsor this week is Simon Says Stamps and the stamp set you can win is awesome! 

Be sure to stop by my SSIC design sisters to see what they have to share this week:

Chris Olsen: Twinkles Glow With Stamps

Grace Nywening: Th-INK-ing of You

Linda Lucas: Lovely Linda's Craft Central

Lisa Hjulberg: The Craft's Meow
Patti J Gilliam: Cherish Each Precious Day

Peggysue Turner: Roses By My Window

Rebekka Reed: Diamond in the Rough
Randi Barret: A New Creation (On break)

Thanks for the visit, I look forward to seeing your winged creations.

Recipe:

Stamps: GinaK Designs - Winter Wings

Paper: GKD Pure Luxury Vanilla
Designer Paper: Websters Pages -

Other: Spellbinder's Dies - Copic Markers, MS leaf punch and some brown pearl stick ons.

Other Challenges:

Stamp TV - Sketch 
CES Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small
Delicious Doodles - Try or use something new - The DP
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes 
Our Creative Corner - photo inspiration - winter 

Sweet Sugar

I made this card just for fun! Having 6 granddaughters who have birthdays doesn't hurt either. It was a fun card to make and the colors are a little different for a girls birthday card but they are colors that I love. 

I was also practicing on using my Copics. The hair was difficult for me and will have to practice a bit more on that. I used some pink Stickles on the cupcake.   

Thanks for stopping by!








Card Recipe:
Stamps: Sugar by CC Designs
Paper: Gina K Designs Pure Luxury Lipstick Red and Sweet Corn
DP: Cosmo's Material Girl
Other: Spellbinder Nestabilities, Stickles, red flower


Challenges

Mark's Finest Papers - Something new - the heart charm
JUGS - Sketch 
Crazy 4 Challenges - Celebrate (birthday)

My Rock

Hold on to your hats - I am finally early with something! This is my first valentine card for my DH! {Jerry if you are reading this please forget what you saw}.  I made this card for the StampTV Countdown challenge. This one was to use distressed newspaper. It was the first time I used this technique and I really liked it. 
Making masculine cards always seems to be a challenge, yet this one seemed to fit the bill. 

Thanks for stopping by!








Card Recipe:
Stamps: Enjoy the Sunshine sold by GinaK
Paper: Pure Luxury White, in the Navy and Moonlit Fog
DP: None - Newspaper distressed with inks
Other: Spellbinder  Nestability, twine, ribbon, Copics to color, heart

Challenges
365 Cards - Hearts
Mark's Finest Papers - Something new - the heart charm