Guess Whoo Loves You! - 2S4Y

I just love making Valentine's cards and giving them to my loved ones.  Here is another one that I completed last night.  I used THIS great sketch by Laura this week at 2 Sketches 4 You.

        Cardstock: Bazzill, Stampin' Up!
        Patterned paper, felt owl: Sassafras
        Border Punch: Fiskars
        Corner rounder: Stampin' Up!
        Stamp: Stampin' Up!
        Rhinestones: Michaels
        Ribbon: Unknown
        Other: Button, embroidery floss

Fabulous Friend - Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger

This is the card I created from the awesome inspiration from last weeks Tuesday Trigger - I Feel Pretty In Turquoise And Gold at Moxie Fab World.  Here is the inspiration:

And, here is my card:

        Cardstock, stamp, ink, ribbon, punches: Stampin' Up!
        Flower: Prima
        Paint: SEI
        Black pearl: Kaiser Craft
        Other: Cuttlebug and Victoria embossing folder,
            button, crochet thread

To My Love- Kazan's Sketch 44 at 2S4Y

Finding time in the week to make cards seems to be getting more and more difficult with the kids refusing to take naps and the littlest one keeping me running around....I am too tired to make my way to my craft room and create.  I did get two cards done this week and this one is based on the sketch by Kazan this week at 2 Sketches 4 You.  I made this card to give to my wonderful husband on Valentine's Day....

This first one is with it standing up, but a little bit more of an angle than I wanted.....

I didn't have daylight to fix the angled photo above, so I am also posting this picture of it laying flat..........

        Cardstock, ink, stamps: Stampin' Up!
        Die Cut: Cricut and Sweethearts cartridge
        Flowers: Prima
        Ribbon: Creating Keepsakes
        Embossing: Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots embossing folder
        Silver rhinestones: Michael's

Don't forget to enter for my Valentine's themed blog candy HERE.  Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a fabulous weekend!!

Friendly Flowers - CPS 150

Here is my card this week for the CPS sketch #150.  The sketch this week was so versatile, I had many ideas in my head as to how I wanted to create this card, and this is the first one that made it out.  ;)

        Cardstock, stamps, ink, flower punch: Stampin' Up!
        Patterned paper: K & Co.
        Ribbon: Offray
        Rhinestones: Creating Keepsakes

Don't forget to check out my blog candy.

Have a great weekend!!

Caardvarks Challenge - Red and Hearts

The new Caardvarks Challenge is up and the prize is a gift certificate to Lil' Lamb's Boutique.  For the Challenge, you need to create a 'NEW' card with the color red and a hearts.  Here is the card the I created for my design team project.....

        Cardstock, patterned paper, stamp, ink, ribbon: Stampin' Up!
        Flower: Prima
        Rhinestone: Creating Keepsakes
        Other: Cricut and Doodlecharms cartridge, Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots
             embossing folder, needle and embroidery thread

Lil' Lamb's Boutique is also offering a 10% discount to their store until February 28th with the discount code REDHEART.  So, get your red heart cards created and linked up to the Caardvarks blog by February 1st at midnight to qualify for the prize.

And don't forget to check back on the Caardvarks blog on February 5th for a very exciting chance to be published in the CARDS magazine 2010 issue......"how cool is that??"

Thanks for stopping by,

Love You - Laura's Sketch 43 at 2S4Y

This card is based on the sketch by the super talented Laura at 2 Sketches 4 You.  I used my Cricut to cut out the little heart flowers from the Sweethearts cartridge and the Love You sentiment comes from the Lyrical Letters cartridge.

I used the Swiss Dots embossing folder on the flowers for texture and I also used dimensional adhesive on the flowers to give them a little lift off of the card.         

        Carstock, ribbon, Ticket Corner punch, dimensional adhesive: Stampin' Up!

        Die Cuts: Cricut with Sweethearts and Lyrical Letters cartridges

        Buttons: Sasafrass

        Brads: Making Memories

        Other: Cuttlebug with Swiss Dots and D'vine Swirls embossing folders

Thanks for stopping by and I hope that you have a wonderful day!!

♥ Hugs,

Thanks So Much - Mojo Monday & Moxie Fab Challenges

Hi everyone!!  I hope that you are having a fantastic day!!  I enjoyed some scrapping time last night and I went to bed a little later than I intended to, so I am dragging a little today, but I am happy with the cards that I was able to complete.  I will have two posts today, so check back later for the other one.  This first one combines the Mojo Monday Sketch 121 with the Moxie Fab World Color Challenge.  I will admit that this color combination is definitely not one I would choose to do on my own.  I had a hard time trying to figure out what to do with this color combination, but with this sketch from Mojo Monday and my Circle Circus stamp set from Stampin' Up! I was able to make it work for me.  This card was calling out for ribbon, but I didn't have any that matched these colors, so I took a strip of the Marigold Morning cardstock from Stampin' Up! and wrinkled it several times, then I bunched it up along the top of the card and adhered it with stitching.

Cardstock, stamps, ink, brad, punches: Stampin' Up!
Other: Cuttlebug and Moroccan Screen embossing folder, sewing machine and thread

Don't forget that I will be posting blog candy in the next few days, so stop by and check it out.

♥ Hugs,

Is It Time For More Blog Candy??

What is this I see??  My hit counter has reached 30,000 hits and I have almost 250 followers!!  When I reach that 250 follower mark, I will put up some blog candy to giveaway.  Who is up for some yummy scrapping goodies (and maybe some chocolate, too) for Valentine's Day??  Stay tuned because I have a couple of cards to post tomorrow and you won't want to miss the blog candy post sometime in the next week.

♥ Hugs,

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger - Thinking Of You

This is the first time that I have participated in a Tuesday Trigger at the Moxie Fab World blog.  I was inspired by this image:

To create this card:

        Cardstock: Stampin' Up!, Bazzill
        Stamp, ink and chalk: Stampin' Up!
        Twine: Joann's
        Punches: Martha Stewart, Stampin' Up!
        Brad: Making Memories
        Other: Cricut and Home Decor Cart, Nestabilities, Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots
            embossing folder

Thanks for visiting!!
Hugs,

Life Is What Happens To You.......

Here is my card for the MojoMonday 120 sketch.  I love the way this card turned out.  I don't usually use so many different patterned papers on a card, but these ones, from an older Stampin' Up! set I have, worked so well together, I wanted to give it a try.

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        Cardstock, patterned paper, stamps, ink, ribbon, punches: Stampin' Up!
        Button: Sassafras
        Brad: Making Memories
        Other: Spellbinders Nestabilities, sewing machine and thread

Kindness Comes In Many Forms......2S4Y

I found this cute little bird on my Home Decor Cricut cartridge.  I have had this cart for a few months, but I only saw this image the other day and I wanted to use it on a card and Kazan's lovely sketch this week at 2 Sketches 4 You provided me with the perfect opportunity. 

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 Isn't this bird so cute??  I added a little heart to him with a SU! punch.

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        Cardstock, patterned paper, ink, stamps, punch, ribbon: Stampin' Up!
        Button: My Mind's Eye
        Other: Cricut machine and Home Decor cartridge, embroidery thread, sewing
           machine and thread

Tranquility

So, how has your new year started off??  Are you getting stuff accomplished??  Did you make resolutions or goals??  Are you sticking with them??  Me, I am getting a slow start.  With three little ones, it makes it difficult to get the things accomplished that I want to, but I know that with time, I can work on it and meet my goals.  I did sneak some time in last night, after the kids went to bed, to make a card for a couple of challenges.  I used the sketch from CPS (148) and the basic white card with an Asian theme challenge at Cuttlebug Challenges (Be Inspired #65) to make my card.  The stamp is an older Stampin' Up! image that I colored with my watercolor crayons.

          Carstock, ribbon, stamps, ink, corner rounder, watercolor crayons: Stampin' Up!
          Other: Cuttlebug and Forest Branches embossing folder, button, embroidery thread

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!!

For The Newlyweds - Laura's Sketch 42 at 2S4Y

So, it has been a while since I have had time to participate in the 2 Sketches 4 You weekly sketch challenge and I have missed making cards based on the wonderful sketches that Laura and Kazan put up every week.  I almost forgot to get this card posted tonight....so, here I am sneaking it in down to the wire.  I hope you enjoy.

       

     Cardstock: Stampin' Up!, DCWV, Bazzill    
     Punches, stamp, and ink: Stampin' Up!
     Brads: Making Memories
     Other: Provo Craft Cuttlebug and D'vine Swirl embossing folder and ribbon re-used from gift wrapping

Hugs,

Starting off the New Year with a Caardvarks Challenge

Wow!! Where has the time gone??  I have been so busy with making gifts and design team projects.  I didn't get a chance to post for the last few weeks with all the holiday happenings going on.  Here we are in the new year with a new challenge over at Caardvarks. There is an awesome new challenge there with a fabulous sketch from Becky Fleck as well as an awesome prize from Just Rite Stampers. Here are my cards created with two of their wonderful sets of stamps....it was my first time using them.
This first card I created based on Becky's sketch:






 

I hope that you all have a very Happy New Year!!