February calendar page

Over 10 days into the month and I didn't share this cute February calendar page. That is my niece. I adore seeing little ones all bundled up. So darn cute!!

Papers by Making Memories, flourish cut out using Cricut and Storybook cartridge, button stickers by Sticko/EKSuccess, border punch by Martha Stewart and I think the sparkle heart is by Me and My Big Ideas. Thanks for looking. 

Big Hugs

I don't think I've posted this Valentine's card yet. It is digital paper and I used Stickles to enhance it. The felt ribbon is by OTCo and the sentiment circle is by Elle's Studio. Heart die cut by Spellbinders and sticker inside of the heart is by Jolee's. Thanks for looking.

Cake card

I thought I would share with you a  card I cut out using Wild Card Cricut cartridge. I then bent my stamp to the curve of the cake and heat embossed the border stamp. I then added rhinestones to make it festive. Thanks for looking.

Manly Monday

Here's my Manly Monday card. I used stamps from Stamp N plus Scrap N. Thanks for looking

Chalk-Ah-Lot Challenge #3

This week starts a new challenge at Chalk-Ah-lot Cafe. All you need to do is create a card with a sentiment. From now on you have to use chalks from Stamp N Plus Scrap N. These chalks are amazing. I haven't been able to put them down since they arrived. If you're not interested in spending thousands of dollars into Copic markers or can't seem to get the techniques down, I would say try powdered chalk for all your coloring is of images. It works that well.

Our new challenge is to USE A SENTIMENT.

Here is my card I made using a triple teapot stamp and chalk/paint combo to color them in. The stamps can be found at Stamp Affair.

Here's my card. Thanks for looking. 

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #93

This week at Robyn's Fetish Challenge our theme is a recipe:

2 patterned papers

1 ribbon

1 die cut or punch

1 bling

We are sponsored by Robyn's Fetish where I got this lovely lily image.

The second patterned paper is a little tough to see but it's there. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Multiple Blog Candy/giveaways

I found this great Blog Candy and wanted to share with you. Check out the Ranger Industries garb. You know how much I dig them.

All you have to do is become a follower of Livas crafts, make a blog post and then comment on which project on her blog is your favorite. That was the hardest part because she has so many beautiful works of art. Stop over there and check it out. Candy ends Feb 27th.

My second blog candy find for this morning to share with you wonderful people is by Donna. She is offering a lovely array of scrappy or card making goodness for her 1st blogoversary. Check out her BLOG and become a follower to win this fabulous candy. It ends Feb 12th

Audrey is having blog candy on her blog as well. I have been a follower of hers for the longest time. She produces so many cards I can't imagine what her back stock must look like. Unless people are lucky enough to receive them. 

You must become a follower of her blog and you have to pay for shipping, which that is totally understandable and a really good idea. I pay way too much in shipping sometimes. Here is a picture of the goods:

Crafty Carley is having a blog candy give away once she reaches 1000 followers. I was number 450 so spread the word and get her numbers up there. Check out the candy below:

Fabulous blog candies make me want to do a giveaway too. I am going to the shop today and will see if something strikes me for a give away. Best wishes.

UR Sweet

Another day for a Valentine's Day card. This one being purple is a little off from the norm but aren't we all. Thanks for looking. I have to teach class today and need to get off this computer.

I will ask this, does anyone know anything about putting a slideshow on your sidebar? I wanted to put the blog candy pictures on a slideshow with a link back to my post where all the other links are and have come up empty handed. If anyone can help me with this leave me a comment or send me an email-see sidebar. Thanks in advance.

Valentine's day

Here we are at day 3 for Valentine's cards. I hope you are enjoying them so far.

Today's card has the same two heart papers by Echo Park (top) and The Paper Studio (bottom). The die cuts are by Spellbinders and the patterned paper is by Basic Grey. The Valentine's sticker is by idk. I will have to find the package but the day letters are by Making Memories along with the chipboard hearts.

Thanks for looking.

PS Happy Birthday to my friend Michelle:)

Love is like a butterfly

I adore this stamp set by Close to my Heart. It's old and I don't know if they still sell it anymore or not. It is so versatile. The ink is by Stampin Up and Ranger Industries. The die cut I cut out using my Cricut Storybook cartridge. Brads are by The Paper Studio. Patterned paper is unknown but the cardstock is by Stampin Up (red), Recollections (diecut) and DCWV (sentiment).

Thanks for looking.

Christmas Cards all year Round

This month at Christmas cards all year round the theme is hearts. You must make five cards throughout the month of February that display a heart or hearts. Link them up to the linky on the blog and you may just win a fabulous prize.
Here is my pop up card with a heart on it. I made two other cards but I was not impressed with them. So unimpressed cards don't get posted ;) lol
Thanks for stopping by and taking a look.

Hugs and Love

I have another Valentine's card to share with you today. I made a bunch to sell at the scrapbook store that I teach at. I think I have enough to show you from now until Valentine's day excluding the DT posts and Manly Monday. 

I use this heart paper a lot. It's nice to be able to get so many cards out of one sheet of 12x12 patterned paper.

The big heart paper is by The Paper Studio/Hobby Lobby and the small heart paper is by Echo Park. The die cuts are by Spellbinders. I made the frame using two of the Spellbinders dies. The sticker is by Making Memories, the stamps are by Maya Road and white ink by Stampin Up.

Thanks for looking

Love Notes

Oops! Forgot to post this card. My bad. In honor of the upcoming Valentine's Day I have this card to share with you.

I made the rosette out of fabric and the layers in the center are stickers. The left side is stamped and heat embossed then sprayed with Glimmer Mist.Die cut behind rosette is by Spellbinders

Have a fabulous rest of your day:)

Challenges:

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/(TU#59)-To the one I love

http://craft-roomchallenge.blogspot.com/(TU)-Valentine's

http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.com/(TU)-Anything goes

http://ladybugscraftsinkchallengeblog.blogspot.com/(TU#53)-He loves me, He loves me not

http://oldiebutagoodiechallenge.blogspot.com/(TU)-Have a heart (my old item is the twill)

http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/(TU#25)-Valentine's

http://useittuesday.blogspot.com/(TU#24)-All about love (my old item is the twill)

Manly Monday

This card is similar to an orange manly Monday I posted recently. I loved the way it looked in blue and had to share it with you. I used alcohol inks on glossy paper, stamped the man in Memento black ink and then embossed it on my Cuttlebug.

Thanks for looking.

Chalk-Ah-Lot Challenge #2

It's week two for the Chalk-Ah-Lot Cafe challenge chalk DIRECT TO PAPER. You can buy the powdered chalk HERE and stamps can be bought HERE.

Here is an explanation of the chalks:

There are 4 types of chalks; powder, dust, metallic and florescent. All powder and dust colors contain an additive which helps to bind the chalk to paper.  A fixative is not required when using the powder and dust colors.  

The metallic and fluorescent colors do not contain the same additive as the powder and dust; therefore they do require a fixative be applied either over or under the metallic and florescent colors.

Powder:  These colors contain an additive which allows different shades to be created.  The degree of change depends on the amount of chalk and pressure applied.  Eight of the powder colors containan additive which creates special effects, including  exciting streaks of color throughout your design.  

Dust:  These are very subtle colors.  The effect you achieve is most like the pallet chalks but can be applied with much more ease.  Their texture allow for a versatility that pallet chalks do not.  

Fluorescent:  These colors are very bright brilliant colors.

Metallic:  These colors provide a rich dazzle and shine.  Stardust, our most popular metallic adds a special shimmer to any design.  It can be added to any area or used to cover your whole design and give luster to the entire piece of art.  

Stardust can also be used to create many metallic colors.  By mixing 1 part Stardust with 2 parts of any powder, dust or florescent color, you can create a rainbow of metallic colors. Stardust can also enhance any of your matte pigment inks by lightly applying Stardust over the stamped image with a cotton ball while the ink is still wet.   This will change any of your matte color pigment ink pads to a rich metallic color.  

Here is the card I made:

Using a cosmetic wedge, I put chalk on the background cardstock to turn the pink slightly red. The heart is a Spellbinders die. Patterned paper is by DCWV and the sentiment I cut out with my Cricut. I heat embossed the heart stamp using Versa Mark ink and Stampendous embossing powder. Red cardstock by Stampin Up. Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/-Embossing
http://thesecretcraftersaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/-Use ribbon
http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.com/-Valentine's
http://thecraftypad.blogspot.com/-Valentine's/Love
http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/-Valentine's

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #92

This week's challenge at Robyn's Fetish challenge is MAKE IT SPARKLE. We are sponsored and given images by Gingerloft Digi Stamps. I used my powdered chalks to color in the image and then used Stickles for the sparkle part. I wish it would photograph better because the chalk and paint I used has a beautiful shimmer to it. You can find the chalks HERE.

The patterned paper is by MME and the cardstock by DCWV. The stamp is by Fiskars and the ink by Staz-on. Thanks for looking.

Love card

Today I am showing you another card using the digital papers by Bearly Mine Designs. I love the vintage look to the edges of this particular paper. The stamps are by Tim Holtz with ink by Memento. The stickers are by Jolee's/EK Success and the red cardstock is by Stampin Up.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:

http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/(M)-Love or Valentine's 

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/(F#5)-Love is in the air

http://stempelsonne.blogspot.com/(F#55)-Valentine's

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/(TH#71)-Valentine's or Love

http://audsentimentschallengeblog.blogspot.com/(TH#46)-Love

http://craftypurplefrogchallenges.blogspot.com/(TH)-Valentine's

http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.com/(TH#11)-Red and black

http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/-Valentine's or love

Birthday blues

I made this card to sell at the local scrapbook store. I had to fiddle with it a lot to get it out the door. I really love border punched right now but am slightly bored with the ones I have. Oh well I'll just keeping on using what I have. Like this Martha Stewart punch is an oldie but a goodie in my opinion. 

The flower on the kraft paper is heat embossed with clear embossing powder.

It's different then what I normally create but I still like it.

winner of my blog candy

The winner of my blog candy is #24 and that is Liz Terrazas. Congrats Liz. Get a hold of me so I can mail out your prize. Thanks to everyone else for becoming a follower. I hope you will stick around.

BLENDS Blog Hop

CLICK HERE FOR BLENDS BLOG HOP

You have exactly one more hour to join in/finish up the blog hop. I have to go to work but will be home later this evening. I will choose a winner for my blog candy and post it tonight before I go to bed. 

You will have 3 days to get contact me and redeem your prize. If I don't hear back from you I will pick someone else. To get a hold of me click the email button on the right side bar. Or you could leave your email addy in the comments field of any post. They all get sent to my email.

I heart U card

Click HERE for Blends Blog Hop

Click HERE for Chalk-Ah-Lot challenge

Click HERE for Robyn's Fetish challenge

I made this card using a digi heart from Robyn's Fetish and digital paper by Bearly Mine Designs.The outside paper is by Deja Views, flower by OTCo and leaf by Prima. The Stickles are distressed and give the image some dimension. Thanks for looking.

Love card

CLICK HERE FOR BLENDS BLOG HOP

Here is a love card I made for Valentine's day. I hope you like it. 

Supplies:

Patterned paper Echo Park and The Paper Studio

Cardstock by Recollections and unknown

border punch by Martha Stewart

Chipboard hearts by Making Memories

Stamped sentiment by Fiskars and ink by Stampin' Up

Thanks for looking.

http://stampandcreateblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Challenge-Anything goes

http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.com/(TH#2)-Seeing red

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/-Love challenge

http://hippitywithippity.blogspot.com/-Heart inspiration

http://www.papercreationsink.com/Love and Romance-

http://paperprettiesblog.blogspot.com/-Valentine's project

http://anythingchallenge.blogspot.com/(#59)-To the one I love

Manly Monday

CLICK HERE FOR BLENDS BLOG HOP

Plain and simple. I say blah but my husband says this is perfect but maybe minus the rope. Whatever. Guys just don't know a good card when they see it. Thanks for stopping by.

BLENDS Blog Hop

For Robyn's Fetish challenge click HERE

For Chalk-Ah-Lot Cafe challenge click HERE

Welcome to the BLENDS (blog + friends) blog hop. 

If you are just joining in here is a list of all the participants:

Jessica

Candace

Luisa

Cindy

Lisa

Beckie

Julie

Carri

Sonia

Cindy (that's me)

Robin

Nataliya

Stephanie

We were asked to create a project based on one of Jessica's posts. Here is the card I based my card on:

This is the sketched she used by Unity KOM sketch challenge:

Here is my card:

patterned paper by Deja Views, embossing folder by Tim Holtz, sentiment sticker by SRM Stickers, ink by Colorbox and Memento, stamp by Stamp N Plus Scrap N, cardstock by Recollections.

For this hop I am offering a small candy prize to one lucky person that comments on this post from now until the hop ends. You must be a follower to my blog to be eligible to win. Here is a picture of my candy:

As for the hop, Jessica has many great sponsors and prizes to offer to some lucky people that leave a comment on each of the blog hop participants blogs.

First we have a new release by Whimsical design stamps.

Then from Julie K from A Little Bit of Bling and 3 Girl Jam she is offering a Valentine's ribbon bundle.

Jessica is offering 3 different grab bags of 16 Unity stamps in each. She decorated them ever so pretty.

Jessica is also offering 2 lucky hoppers one set (5 pins per set) of her handmade corsage pins:

And then she is offering a $10 gift certificate to Pink by Design.

Here are the rules:

Hop along to each of the blog hop participants blogs

Leave a comment and become a follower at each stop

Stop back to Jessica's Craft Shaque and tell her your favorite project and what you thought of the entire hop

The BLENDS Blog Hop ends Wednesday, January 25th

For a chance to receive more prize entries you could do of the following:

Create a project using one of Jessica's past creations as your inspiration. Post it to your blog and tell what project it was or what it was that inspired you. Then leave a comment and link in the comments section at Jessica's Craft Shaque by the end of the hop

Other ways to get into the drawing of prizes is spread the word about the hop.

Create a link on your blogs sidebar

Create a blog post about the hop

Share on Facebook

Share on Twitter

Post to online forums

One extra entry for each time you spread the news

Be sure to let us know you've spread the news by leaving a link on Jessica's blog

Only those people that follow these rules will be eligible for the prizes

Winners will be chosen randomly and will be posted as soon as the hop is over (and we get our ducks in a row).

Thank you for visiting my blog and participating in the BLENDS blog hop.

Chalk-Ah-Lot Challenge #2

Click here for Robyn's Fetish Challenge

Click here for BLENDS Blog Hop

This week at Chalk-Ah-Lot Cafe our challenge is CHALK DIRECT TO PAPER. So no paint or water or glue or anything just the chalk. I dusted my chalk onto the bottom portion of the card. It's light but it does have these fun streaks in it. I love the way they stand out. The flourish on the card was brushed with chalk and paint. You can find the powdered chalks HERE. They are truly fabulous. I have been using them on everything lately. The butterfly and sentiment stamps are by Stamp N Plus Scrap N. Thanks for looking:)

Challenges:

http://www.cardadayblog.blogspot.com/(SA)-Thank you card

http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/(W#18)-Thanks

http://flutterbywednesdays.blogspot.com/(W#186)-Open

http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.com/(F)-Thank you card

http://challengeupyourlife.blogspot.com/(SA#61)-Thank you cards

http://clearlyistamp.typepad.com/my_weblog/(F#44)-Pastels

Thanks for stopping by.

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #91

This week at Robyn's Fetish Challenge the challenge is LOVE. So pull out your Valentine goodies for this fun challenge.

We are sponsored by Bearly Mine Designs, the cool background paper and Robyn's Fetish for the I heart U image. The paper set is called Love Dream Set.

Supplies:

Lacy ribbon by Oriental Trading Co.

Polka dot ribbon by American Crafts

Flowers by Petaloo, Making Memories and Prima

Brads by The Paper Studio

Stickles by Ranger Industries

Decorative scissors by Pioneer

Challenges:

http://thepoodlesparlour.blogspot.com/(F)-Valentine's or love

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/(F)-Love is in the air

http://thestampmanchallenges.blogspot.com/(F)-Use red

http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com/(F#2)-Anything Goes

http://wagsnwhiskersrubberstamps.blogspot.com/(F#71)-Love

http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/(W)- Love or Valentine's

http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/(TH)-Getty Dotty (In the ribbon)

http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/(F#35)-Fancy Folds

http://sweetnsassydigis.blogspot.com/(F#37)-Easel card

http://craftuscrazy.blogspot.com/(W)-Valentine's card

http://www.ibrakeforchallenges.blogspot.com/(W#17)-Fancy Folds

http://alotarubberstamps.blogspot.com/(1/15 #75)-Hearts

http://ccmonthlychallenge.blogspot.com/(Mo#20)-Love is in the air

Thanks for looking.

Easel Card

My very first easel card. I love the way it turned out. I am so making more of these today. Patterned paper by Making Memories, cardstock by Recollections and Bo Bunny, die cuts by Spellbinders and Cricut Flower Shoppe cartridge, pearls by Making Memories, border punch by Fiskars and decorative scissors by Pioneer.

Thanks for looking

**Don't forget to check out tomorrow for Sunday's triple posts. I have a new Robyn's Fetish challenge, a new Chalk-Ah-Lot Cafe challenge and Jessica's Craft Shaque BLENDS blog hop going on tomorrow. Stop back by and check it out. Jessica has some very cool prizes together for some lucky people. Someone like you:)

http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.com/(F)-Something old. The ribbon on this card is from when I worked in a dime store in high school. Quite old!
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.com/(F#24)-Out with the old
http://stampingwithdragon.blogspot.com/(F)- Anything goes
http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/(F)-Make your own flower
http://craftypurplefrogchallenges.blogspot.com/(TH)-Anything goes
http://paper-craftingjourney.blogspot.com/(TH#1)-Floral
http://pixieduststudiopixiechallenge.blogspot.com/(TH)-Going Dotty
http://shellysimagesblog.blogspot.com/(TH)-Anything Goes
http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/(SU#84)-Ribbon
http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/(M)-Try something new-I've never made an easel card before
http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/(M#56)-Anything Goes
http://stampingscrappingchallengecentral.blogspot.com/(Mo)-Dies Beaded circle by Spellbinders
http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/(SU)-Anything Goes
http://celebratetheoccasion.blogspot.com/(TU#46)-Any Occasion must use polka dots
http://citycrafter.blogspot.com/(TU#92)-Pretty Inside out
http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/(TU#24)-Die cuts
http://cookingitupwithkatie.blogspot.com/(W#87)-Pink flower with pearls
http://www.ibrakeforchallenges.blogspot.com/(W#17)-Fancy Folds

Snowy Thursday

Very fast post here. I have to leave super early to get to work. We got hammered with snow. School closings and everything. Have a great day. Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://www.4craftychicks.blogspot.com/ (TH#73)-Summer in January
http://cropstop.blogspot.com/(TH#54)-Distressed
http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/(W)-Distressed
http://samueltaylors.blogspot.com/(Mo)-Distressed

Valentine's Heart

Here is a new Valentine's day card I made. The scallop heart is a digi by Robyn's Fetish. I sprayed it with Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels and placed a Doodlebug sticker over that. The background stamp is by Anne Griffin with ink by Colorbox. Flowers by Oriental Trading Co and Petaloo. Sticker sentiment by Sticko/EK Success.

Thanks for looking.

Any Occasion card

I made this card and didn't put a sentiment on it so when I needed this type of card I could add any sentiment to it. Oddly enough for me there is no stamping on this card. 

Challenges:

http://stampinsistersinchrist.blogspot.com/(SU)-Something new (bottom embossing folder is new to me)

http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/(TU)-Anything goes

http://lexiscreations.blogspot.com/(MO#56)-Anything Goes

(http://trulymadlycraftychallenges.blogspot.com/(MO) -Anything goes

http://unstampabelleschallenges.blogspot.com/(#7)-Anything goes

http://www.craftysentiments.blogspot.com/(TU)-Anything goes

Manly Monday

This week's Manly Monday card is for the fishermen in our lives. And seriously what guy doesn't like the look of camo? The background stamp on the card base is canvas by Stampin Up where as the fish stamps are by Close to my Heart and sentiment by The Paper Co.

I can't type anymore on the computer for now. My hands are sooo cold that it hurts. I hate being cold all the time. Bye for now.

Chalk-Ah-Lot Challenge #1

Our fabulous ANYTHING GOES challenge over at Chalk-Ah-Lot Cafe is entering the 2nd week and I have a new card to share. I love this stamp of clothes on the line. It along with the sentiment stamp can be found at Stamp N Plus Scrap N.

I used Pearl Purple and Gem colored chalk with paint and a bit of water. If you haven't used these chalks you should definitely get some HERE. They are so easy and fabulous to work with.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope to see you join in the first challenge dedicated to using chalks.

To post your chalk creation to our challenge, which the prize is four chalks, click HERE.

Challenges:

http://dreamvalleychallenges.blogspot.com/(SU#23)-Anything Goes

http://www.gingerloftchallenge.blogspot.com/(SA#31)-Anything Goes

http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/(SU#96)-Anything Goes

http://panpasteluk.blogspot.com/(SU#1)-Anything Goes

http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/(SU#147)-Texture (the purple cardstock is textured along with the glitter on the flower and then the chalk also gives a texture)

Robyn's Fetish Challenge #90

This week at The Robyn's Fetish challenge
Challenge # 90
THEME: Animals
SPONSOR: Di's Digi Downloads
PRIZE:  $10 voucher to Dis Digi Downloads Store.
Our images were provided by Robyn's Fetish
Here's my card:

I colored the image in with Copic markers. The cloud stamp is by Imaginisce and sentiment stamp by Fiskars. It's kind of plain for me but I like it:) It's such a cute image. A little ironic since we just got our first major snow storm on Friday and this is more of a spring image to me. Thanks for looking.

Pink/purple TY

Happy Saturday!! I'm very busy creating today so real quick some supplies:

cardstock-Recollections

label die cut-Studio 112

border sticker-Jolee's

purple flower-Creative Memories

pink flower Making Memories

white flower-Petaloo

pink roses-Martha Stewart

stamp-Hero Arts

ink-Stampin Up

border punch-Martha Stewart

So much for real quick:)

Challenges:

http://simplystampinchallenge.blogspot.com/(SA#42)-Die cut

http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/(SA)-Glitter (in the diamonds)

http://disdigidesignschallenge.blogspot.com/(F)-Thank you card

http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/(SA#90)-Border punch

Brown border stamp card

Quick post today. I got a stupid headache and staring at the computer does not help it go away. This is one of the cards I made to sell at a local scrapbooking store. The background is a border stamp that I stamped four times in two different colors. The stamp is made by TPC Studio and the sentiment stamp is by Tim Holtz.

Thanks for looking.

Challenges:
http://cropstop.blogspot.com/(TH#53)-Quote

http://littledarlingschallenges.blogspot.com/-Favorite color (brown)

http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/(#4)-Layers

Reminder

Don't forget the challenge going on at Robyn's Fetish. You have until Saturday, Jan 14th to link up.
No one has entered yet and the prize is 4 digi from Delicious Doodles. So hop to it :)
Here's the sketch: