Dust it Off - Elizabeth Bell - Pen Pal

Hi - This past weekend I took time to look through all of my older stamps. I have millions of them. And I really want to use all the older stamps that I had to have cuz I fell in love with them. Poor things... I loved them so much and then they got put in a box and haven't seen light much less ink in a long long long time. So I am going to Dust off my old weekly blog post.. "Dust it Off" and start playing with more of what I have. I still will need all the new things I fall in love with :0) But I have challenged myself to use more of what I have -

Today I pulled out one of those images that I had to have  - by Elizabeth Bell. Took me a while to figure out who this actually came from. But I finally found that she is part of the SweetART Ebony collection, and her name is Pen Pal.

Isn't she pretty? I think she has a little attitude :0) I colored her with my Copics. The pattern papers are from very old stuff. I punched two EK Success Flourish border punches twice once with the green card stock and once with the cream colored. Everything is sewed down. I stamped the sentiment on a piece of fabric tape.

My flower....

I love how my flower came out!

You see I made it! No really I did!!! A couple of weeks ago I was at Hobby Lobby. Just ran in for some glue - nothing else I swear.... But I did have a 40% off coupon and saw a set of punches by McGill that well... I needed them. It is three punches with instructions for making roses. They have other sets for other flowers, that maybe one day I'll need to. I punched out of light pink card stock and then shaded and added pink Copics for depth. The leaf punch is part of the set as well. I used green Copics to add veins and shadows there as well. After it was all glued together and gorgeous I decided it needed some texture and bling. So I sprayed with Goosebumps and Smooch... Has a shiny sparkle now. Frustrated not as much as I wanted... but both sprayers are clogged ... grrrrrrr....

Kept the inside simple and ready for anything.

She was so happy to have some ink again!

I found that this qualified for  Cute Card Thursday Challenge - Pink and Green

Have a wonderful day....and see you tomorrow for the Whimsy Challenge -

Hugs and

Whispy Fairy - Another Saturated Canary :0)

Hello - told you I was loving these Saturated Canary images! This one was so fun to color, any image you can add Stickles to is a wonderful image!

Her name is Whispy - Isn't she pretty?

 I colored her with my copies - and the cut her out with a Spellbinders Skinny Oval. And then the Stickles! I gave a heavy coat to her wings and to the bottom of her skirt. Really does sparkle in the light!

Then I went to work on my card  -

 A white card stock base- deep purple card stock mat, and then a second mat of Papertrey Ink light green card stock. Just love purple and green, this is a little different shade of green for me to put with purple, but I think it still works. The pattern paper is from KaiserCraft - Lilac Avenue Collection. This pattern paper has a sparkle to is too :0) - I then cut out a CheeryLynn Designs die, Victorian Romance Flourish. It is a large corner flourish. For my ribbon. This was a piece of cream colored seam binding, I used my Copic BG10 and colored so it would match. I tried a purple one first, but I didn't like that... this color seemed better. I glued down the flourish and the oval at the same time so I could layer it correctly. Then I found 5 Prima flowers - then for just a little more bling, I added tiny purple rhinestones around the oval.

I then used scraps and another pattern paper from the KaiserCraft Lilac Avenue collection to decorate the inside -

I so looking forward to the new Saturated Canary store to open... it should be really soon!

For some added fun I thought I would go ahead and submit this one to a few challenges:

Saturated Canary Challenge Blog - May Flowers is the theme.
Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge - Favorite Fairy/Pixie
Glitter Geeks Challenge - Things with Wings
Paper Sundaes Challenge - Things with Wings
Cute Card Thursday Challenge - A Touch of Sparkle!


Hope you liked it! I had lots of fun with this one... can't wait to color up my next Saturated Canary!
HUGS and -

Cute Card Thursday Sketch - Tic Toc!

Today is my last day of my Guest DT for Cute Card Thursday - I have so enjoyed my month with them! This is one talented group of ladies here! This week the challenge is Tic Toc - to use a clock or time on your card -

I had some fun with this card  - Using another of the new Stampavie Sarah Kay images "Eloise and Mimi saying Hello" As said with every Sarah Kay image... I love this image! Colored with my Copics, then cut out with Nesties ovals.

For the card, the base is Bazzil Sugar Cookie, I love this color. Great with so many pattern papers. Especially this pattern paper - This is Basic Grey's Green at Heart - love the colors, can be used for so many different things. So I used three different patterns, and then I thought it was the perfect time to use Martha Stewart's picket fence border punch! I found some scraps of kraft paper and punched out two runs and sewed down the fences - And then sewed down all the other patterns.

Then I added a pretty satin ribbon, tied in a bow. Then for the challenge part.. I dug and dug and dug into my stash and found these great vintage watch faces. I knew I had them and I so wanted to use them! Should have heard me scream when I finally did! :0) So I pop dotted them onto the card, and then my sentiment is from JustRite. I am really loving these sentiments - love the fonts.

So that is my card - now make sure you pop over and see all the Cute Cards at Cute Card Thursday Challenge!

OH and don't forget my Blog Candy!!! Link is on the top right side bar - it ends Sunday :0)

Have a wonderful Thursday - Hugs and-

Cute Card Thursday Sketch - and a new Sarah Kay!

Another week of my Guest DT at Cute Card Thursday! Is it just me or has September just flown by! WOW! This week the challenge is a great sketch - and I took the chance to ink up another new Sarah Kay image -

This is "Charlotte and Pepé walking in the rain" Long name for an adorable stamp... LOL I colored with my Copics and then Stickles for the rain. 

Then I went to work on the sketch. I just love the Basic Grey Cappella Paper Pad - Black isn't usually such a strong color choice for me - Not a first choice anyway, but this particular pattern paper I just fell in love with! 

So my card starts off with a Sugar Cookie Bazzil card stock, then matted with sage green, and then a piece of light pink. All sewed together with a zig zag stitch around the pattern paper. Then for the band across the middle, I went with the new EK Success Lattice Chain punch. But it was lost on the pattern paper, so I matted it with the same green, sewed down of course. :0) 


My image is cut out with a circle Nestie, then matted with the brand new Spellbinders Eyelet Lace Circles - they are really making it hard to not NEED all of these new dies!! 


Then my flower!! This is one of the Heartfelt Creations Stamps and matching Spellbinders dies!

 This is Innocents Flowers - I stamped with Versa Mark ink, then embossed with high detail black embossing powder, love the look.. but uh.. next time I'll color with my Copics first... the embossing powder, even after heated smears! AH.. lesson learned and passed on to you ;0) I then cut it out with the matching die, added some Martha Stewart Frond Leaf punches, and some bridal pearl centers. 


I have been having so much fun playing with the DT at Cute Card Thursday - now pop on over there and see what they have done with the sketch!


HUGS and have a wonderful Thursday - and don't forget my Blog Candy! (Listed on the top of my sidebar)

Cute Card Thursday - I am all a Flutter as this months Guest DT :0)

He He He... Yes I am having a ball as a Guest DT this month at Cute Card Thursday Challenge! And this week the challenge is a tweet or flutter - I went with a flutter :0)

For My card I use Stampavie's Penny Johnson's Butterfly Bear, just love this little guy - I colored with my Copics. The base is a pretty chocolate brown Bazzil card stock, and do you just adore that pattern paper or what??? OH my - it is part of the new Tim Holtz stack. The colors are just gorgeous. I love that this stack has full 12x12 of the patterns, then 6x6, the tiny squares then bands - of all the same papers so you can really coordinate your papers! I sewed everything together, then I wanted to use the new EK Success trellis jumbo chain punch and the new Butterfly chain - but the two together just didn't work like I thought... and then one of the "negative" butterflies dropped onto the trellis - - ta da!! Love this!!

And here is a close up of my little butterflies :0)

I added some adhesive bling, and some gold stickles.

Hope you will go and see all the Cute Cards - at Cute Card Challenge! Love all the birds and butterflies this week!

OH and my blog candy I hinted about earlier in the week.. I haven't forgotten - but I want to add a few things and thought I would pick up some special things at the CK Convention this Friday :0) Shopping for you - not that I need to go for me.. LOL

Have a wonderful Thursday - HUGS and-

Guest at Cute Card Thursday - A Play on Words

I am having so much fun with the challenges as this months guest at Cute Card Thursday.  And this week the challenge is to make a card with a Play on words... a sentiment with a pun type of saying in it.

Now I will admit for a while I just didn't know what I could work with... then I found one of the new Christmas images from Stampavie Laurence Collection and the name of the stamp was right there.... A Purrfect Christmas - so I made up my card and typed out a sentiment to go along with it -

I colored with my Copics and then cut out with one of the Nesties Labels Dies. All of the papers are from Kaisercraft's Christmas Carnival Collection, layered with card stock colors to match and sewed together. There is also an EK Success border with a zig zag embossing. I felt it needed some bling - so I stickled the edges of the image and my computer generated sentiment. Was fun.. and punny to make!

Have to run now.. man the weather has really taken away my computer time the past three days! Due to Tropical Storm Hermine, we have had way over 8 inches of rain here and our power keeps going off and on, even when the sun is out! Anyway, I have left the computer off for a while to save it from doing damage. And man I miss it!

Hope you will pop over to Cute Card Thursday - it is a fabulous challenge site with an amazing DT that I have had a blast playing with!

HUGS and-

A New Look - and I am a Guest at Cute Card Thursday!

Before I get going with my card - So what do you think of my "new look"?  I guess with all the changes I have been through this summer I felt like I needed something a bit simpler - so I changed things up a bit. I was actually just thinking and looking at changing my blog - and oops.. well now I had too.. LOL be really careful with buttons when trying things out! But this feels good, and who knows I may just switch up the header from time to time -

Now to business! My fellow Stampavie DT Buddie Leann asked me to be her guest at Cute Card Thursday Challenge Blog - YEA! I love this challenge! I haven't played there in a little while, got a bit consumed with a new Job - lots of animals - family - and well lately health. But now I am focused and ready to take on things! So this was a great time for me to play with the girls at Cute Card!

So for my first Guest Spot - the challenge was to be a "Material Girl" - love that! And now I have a song in my head to craft too... LOL  Seriously the challenge is to use Fabric on your card, great challenge once I figured out where I had put my quilting Fat Stacks when I moved into my craft room... over an hour later... Taa Daa! Found them!

I first was thinking of a patchwork layers - - - then well.. I looked over and saw my Sizzix Dies - So I cut out some flowers and leaves. Funny thing is I made the entire card pretty much before I even started coloring my image!! I NEVER do that! So a few details - Yellow Bazzil card stock base, with DCWV Nanna's Kids boys pattern paper, white cards stock punched with Martha Stewart's Doily Lace border Punch, and a epoxy sticker from Cloud 9 - Then those Sizzix Die Flowers and vine with button centers!

Do you love that image? It is one of the BRAND NEW Sarah Kay images from Stampavie! This is Sabine watching the Snow Fall - now after I finished the card I thought... hmmm watching snow fall and my fabric flowers? Well Maybe it is the very first snow fall and these flowers are hardy fall flowers? LOL Oh well... I colored with my Copics, and then added some stickles for that icy snow on the windows.

 One more look at those flowers! They were fun, and I love the country look the frayed edges of the fabric - :0)

Now pop on over to Cute Card Thursday Challenge and see all the "Material Girls" having Fun - and thanks so much for letting my play with you!!!

Need to get a move on - today is my "Eye" Fitting day!! Then Saturday is her painting day and I get my eye! YEA! It is almost all over!! Well.. as over as it will get, me- I am still getting use to the new vision, but feeling pretty normal most of the time.. as normal as I can and usually am that is - LOL

Have a wonderful Thursday
HUGS and-

Peek-a-Boo!

I got a chance to play! And I loved that it fit last weeks Cute Card Challenge! Almost too late, but hey it is Wednesday so it is just in time right?

So when I am playing I have a few stamps that I just adore, but don't get to pull out and use as much - this Stampavie Rachelle Anne Miller image "Peek-a-boo" is one of those images, I have loved it since I saw the sneak peek online - and love coloring it now -

Used my Copics, and chalk to color in and then added a bit of Shimmerz for some bling.. hard to see in the photo but the butterfly actually sparkles in the light.

My card base is a white card stock, all of the pattern papers are DCWV Nana's Kitchen, I inked the edges of each piece, then added a Martha Stewart white border fence, to make the fence show more on the light paper - I rubbed the same ink I did the edges with along the paper to darken that area, then placed the fence over it.
I used my Spellbinders Nestibilities Label die to cut out the image and the red card stock - then doodled around the edges. The sentiment is I believe from Stampabilites, I doodled around the edge of it as well... went a bit crazy but was following the image when doodling. I added the two sizes of red bling along the bottom for some added fun.

Was so happy when I found that it fit the Cute Card Challenge with that added bling!

Well middle of the week - and behind as usual ;0) but I am going to read a few blogs then get my day going - Have a great Wednesday!

HUGS and -

A Cute Whiff of two challenges!

Whooo Hoooo! I just love it when a card "FITS" two challenges. Especially when it just happens to work that way - stress filled perfect! I sat down to work on this weeks Whiff of Joy challenge - had to the theme was Lavender and Lace... I love both. I have a huge stack of new paper stacks... again - I really need some therapy - went into Micheal's just to look for a punch and came out with FIVE new stacks!!! AAAGGHHHH! They really have some yummy papers that just came in and they were on sale... I do have problems - no will power - none at all. Anyway I have rambled. Anyway I sat down with all of my new papers and one of them is DCWV Nana's Kitchen - well we all know how much I love the Nursery line... all that glitter on pretty papers - well now there is a kitchen collection, and they are just as yummy... maybe even more yummy as they have food and kitchen themes. Well that happens to fit in with Cute Card Thursday's Theme!!! Wine and Dine - well I don't like Wine... actually don't drink at all.. so I went with the Dine... I do lots of that! And the perfect meal? A whole plate of warm cookies.... that is a great meal!This is Willow with Cookies one of the older Whiff of Joy's but one of my favorites! She is colored with Copics, back ground sprayed with my compressor. Then high lighted with white gel pen.

For the card I used the yummy DCWV papers - and the base is a lavender Bazzil card stock - it really looks a bit darker here in the photos than it is in person... hmmmm.... I used the Martha Stewart Double Dot Scallop punch for the edge of the image. Then found a piece of white lace to run as a band across the bottom. The sentiment is from Whiff of Joy as well - and I think taking time to enjoy things.. like those warm cookies! I gel pen stitched the edges as well as did some inking on the edges. Now how I need to figure out how to get some warm cookies .. LOL!

Now off to get some breakfast.. cold corn flakes just don't sound good after seeing the cookies - then to visit a few blogs while I eat... Hope you all have a great Friday!

HUGS and-

A BRIGHT "Cute Card" Happy Birthday -

This card seems much brighter this morning than it did last night.. I really don't know what I was thinking other than matching the Cloud Nine Papers. And well you really might need you shades for this one.

Well Cute Card Challenge Blog this week asked for an Animal on our cards. Well that is a pretty easy request, so many wonderful new animal images out there and I decided it was time to ink up one of the Whiff of Joy images that I had not inked yet. I can't help it... when I go to use them, I end up using the donkey from the collection. But I slapped my hand and was happy I did as this this leaping sheep is really a wonderful fun Birthday image. I colored with my copics, and then used my Diamond stickles for the wool.. and then bright yellow stickles for some bling on the presents.

The pattern papers are Cloud nine, and that is where all the bright colors started. I matted the image and the patterns with scrap green card stock and the orange is the back side of one of the pattern papers. They are all sewed together with a zig zag stitch and placed on a bright yellow card stock base.

Now what do you think of that border punch??? How awesome is it for birthday cards? Well it is one of those new EK Success punches, I love all my border punches and I don't really want to admit just how many I own.. especially if you have me add in all the other punches with it. But it takes up a lot of space... lots of space! Man if only they all stored like the new EK Success punches! These are really cool they way the lock closed and flat! And they have some really cute patterns too! So anyway this is one of the new patterns and I love the row of candles! I stickled the flames with the yellow stickles, to add a bit more to it. Like this punch.... you just may want to read down in the blog :)

I gel pen stitched the edge of the card and the border, then stamped the Hero Arts "Happy Birthday". Topped off with a couple of Creative Imaginations Felt Flowers and leaves. Bright, Fun, and Happy -

A report on my Hair cut.... well I was brave - and Mom did a great job and cut almost 6 inches off! I have always had long hair, ok for a short time in high school I cut it for one of those fashionable 80's styles.. I grew it out as quick as I could LOL! Anyway it isn't short now.. just below my shoulders. But wow.. it feels really short! And wasted a bunch of shampoo when I washed it last night.. Ha... I have to say I like it and it feels so much better...

All right one more thing today - my Blog Anniversary is this week. Yep I have been here for one year! And it really was a fast year, can't believe it. I have made so many very special friends, that I hope to have a part of my life forever - And I really feel as if I have improved my craft to a new level due to all of the inspiration from all of your blogs. So I am going to throw a party starting tomorrow - and I have put together some blog candy - I think you might like. And yes.. I purchased one of those EK Success punches as a part of it. The birthday candles just seemed to perfect. So Tomorrow during the day after my Donkey Day Post I will add the candy - I hope you will come a check it out! Today I have to figure out how to photo it all.

HUGS and-

Celebrate Spring! ??

I am so excited.... SPRING IS COMING! I know that isn't true for everyone... but here... it is coming. I can actually see grass growing, and tree's are putting on leaves. Now if Mother Nature would help us out and give us some rain... things would really get going. Spring is a really important time for us. One we own a plant nursery... Spring is our time, busy but when we do the most business. And two most of the babies are born here in the Spring... and we all know how much we love that right?

Well this week Cute Card Thursday has the challenge of making a card with the signs of spring. This image is called "Natural Boy" isn't he cute? He is from Stampavie and is one of the Lelo Design images. Her stuff is just adorable! This is my idea of enjoying Spring. Sitting and just taking it all in.. ahh.. except here there would be a Donkey pulling at me, or eating the flowers.

I have colored with Copics, and then used scraps of yesterday's Bazzil Swiss dots for the mat. The base of the card is also Bazzil Swiss Dots, a really rich sage green. The pattern papers are from Imaginisce, a new paper for me - but I really like it, very heavy and two sided. I got mine at Treehouse Stamps and I think I may have to order more. I matted all the pattern papers with the same pink Swiss Dots scraps, and then sewed everything with zig zag stitch after inking the edges with a light brown. The Sentiment "Celebrate Spring" is a one of those $1.00 stamps at Micheal's. Punched a few of the EK Success Retro Flowers, with button centers, inked and high lighted with white gel pen. The a little gel pen stitching on the edges of the card.

I decorated the inside of this one too!! And then forgot to take a photo - sorry, but it is cute ;0)

Can you believe it is already Friday? Wow time flies.. when you are running behind and can't catch up.. cuz I sure haven't been having fun this week! LOL

So what do you have planned for this weekend... let me live through your fun... me working around home -

And hey... I think I am going to work on getting some Blog Candy together... I just realized that this next week is my blog's one year anniversary!! So I really need to do some partying don't you think?

HUGS and-

A Cute Card - with a bit of Metal Edges!

Two challenges in Two Days! And this one is right on time! I just loved the idea of including Metal on my card - That is this weeks Challenge to include some any type of Metal on your card. Well I use to put metal on lots of my Scrapbook pages - way back when I use to do that. LOL (But tonight I just might.. I am going to a friends to crop! Haven't gotten together in forever, or at least it feels that way!) Anyway I pulled out some of my favorite metal... I have a bunch of the old Making Memories Metal edges. Years ago these came out and I was so in love with them I collected them anytime I found them.

Ok. Metal covered now what was I going to do with my card - never started with a bold embellishment before. So this one went a million different directions before I finished it. My images are Alota Rubber Stamps - "Wishing Well" the sentiment "Wishing You Well" and one of the new cute girl stamps "Girlfriend Cheryl". I colored all of them with my Copics. I cut the wishing well and the sentiment out with my Nestibilities Petite Ovals, Then "Cheryl" is cut out with my Fiskars fingertip knife.

Ok.. now those pattern papers... oh my how yummy are they? I was trying so hard to not purchase and new paper. I have so much it won't even fit on the shelves, the stacks are stacking up with nowhere to go. Well I went into Michael's yesterday, was looking for more of the Valentine Border Punches for a few of you Internet Buddies. Sorry Ladies no luck. Anyway... paper pads were on sale. But that is ok, cuz I have them all right? Nope... new one were out!! I got THREE of them! ACHHHHH! These are from a new one I had never seen before but love the maker already. Prima!!!! ooohh these papers are so pretty and it is a huge stack of papers! I picked two patterns and used the green polka dot as the back ground, then the large floral paper just gorgeous oh my... I picked one of the flowers and cut it out with my fiskar's knife, then layered it on the metal edges and dot paper. The ovals are inked on the edges, the sentiment was just too white, so I colored it in with Copic E53 Raw Silk. Cheryl is pop dotted to give her some dimension over the well. To finish it off I gel pen stitched the edges of the card and the ovals.

Very different - but I really like it.

As I said at the top.... tonight I am suppose to go to a crop at a friends. I don't know how much "work" I will get done but I am looking forward to seeing my girlies, we haven't gotten together since before Thanksgiving I think. Do you have fun plans for the weekend? I hope so -

HUGS and-

A Scene for Cute Card Challenge

How fun is it to make a scene - well that is this weeks challenge on Cute Card!

This was a great time to use another one of Alota Rubber Stamps. This is "Girlfriend Birgit", she is also named for one of the Alota Dt's. Just love all those shopping bags! For my scene I used Alota's "Park, Pond" Background. Love this one you can make it almost any season you would like. Mine is melting - Winter is ending but there is still a bit of snow on the ground. Ok so Birgit isn't shopping here in Texas...

Everything is colored with my Copics, now those shopping bags were just a bit plain... so I used my Rubber Stampede stumps and stamped some flowers and leaves on them.


For my card I wanted to use up some of the scraps from my card the other day, don't want to waste any of my new Making Memories Chloe's Closet papers, or the flocked dotted DCWV. I used the Martha Stewarts Scallop Double Dots and created a lace edge, the ribbon is part of the MM Chloe's Closet ribbon set. In inked the edges of everything with a light green ink. Because the background stamp is so large you really don't need much pattern papers. Now I love that metal clip! It too is an embellishment from MM Chloe's Closet, thought that bird was fun for the park.

The sentiment is also from Alota Rubber Stamps, and a friend that loves to shop is my kind of friend!


I am trying to get Libbie a Vet appointment, just for a check up and to get her baby shots all lined up... and also cuz my Vet is just dying to meet her! The last couple of days I have let her run around the house - you really have to be careful, she is like a fur ball under your feet. And I have no idea where she finds things and pulls them out to chew on. And oh my... she loves my laundry piles. I think she drug every sock out and all over the house. I'd pick them all up and come around the corner and they were back again. Too cute!

It is Friday - you planning your weekend? We are working around the property this weekend. Luckily the weather is suppose to be great, so hopefully we will get lots done. Hope you have fun planned and not work!

HUGS and-

Cute Card Country Girl

I love this image. I think it may be one of my favorite Sarah Kay's... I think that might be because I saw it forever on others cards from the old released Sarah Kay images, and when I found out that Stampavie was bringing it out again I was so excited.

Now for the card today, it is for the Cute Card Thursday Challenge which this week is really open for anything, the only thing they ask is that you use something you got for Christmas or purchased new yourself around Christmas. Well this card has some of both.

My new items are:

The papers are from 7 gypsies, and I love them, it is a 8x8 paper stack I got just after Christmas, and I love the country colors. The Raffia is also something I got on one of those Christmas clearances I think I paid like 50 cents for a big roll of it. Then my gift item is the flourishes. Well not them exactly, but I got the new Making Memories Slice and these flourishes are cut from one of the cards. Same flourish and made it two different sizes. I think I am going to love this machine! Thanks to my MIL - she got it for me Christmas.

Other things that are on this card - I used my EK Success Retro Flower punches for the flowers, copper jewelry spacers and copper brads. Inked the edges of everything and put on dark brown card stock. The image is colored with Copic markers, and doodled around the edge.

Well sorry it is a bit short today - it is MIL shopping day and I am soooo late. I will try and do some blog surfing as soon as I get home this afternoon. Thanks so much and take some time to get inky!

HUGS and-

Cute Hanglars -

Why is it Hanglars make me so happy to use? Is it because they are so rare (not being able to purchase them myself here in the US) Is it that they are special gifts from friends? Probably both -






This cute couple is colored with my Ranger Distressing inks, then highlighted with white gel pen.






I love the colors I pulled them from the K&Company Pattern papers, very vintage feeling. I used a chocolate brown Bazzill card stock for the base and to mat my couple, doodling around both. Ran a couple pieces of polka dot ribbon across, and then what do you think about that flower? I don't even remember who it is from, I got it literally YEARS ago in swap, very old fashioned and home made looking, even though it wasn't. I used a small button for the center.




For some added texture I used one of my Fiskar's Border Punches and punched a piece of cream colored cards stock, then inked the edge. This makes it qualify for this weeks Cute Card Thursday Challenge - to use a punch! My sentiment is from Hero Arts, I think LOL, stamped in brown then cut and matted to match. Then one last thing... Do you love those brads I used to put down the image? Oh I wish you could feel them!!! They are flocked.. fuzzy.. like velour. They are from Doodlebug, I so love them.



I hope my Hanglars made you smile, I enjoyed them - Today is MIL shopping day. We will see how long I make it. My back was doing so much better, but today it is tight again. I am hoping as the weather warms up so will my back. Better get moving, slowly and get going - Have a great Friday!


HUGS and -

Cute Card Hearts -

Ok, this was a fun card to do. It was great to do a card with some Hearts - I love hearts, collect them... it started with my wedding - I was married on Valentines day. When I opened up the Cute Card Challenge Blog, I was expecting Christmas, New Years, Red and Green something to do with the season. But was thrilled and actually excited to sit down and do a card for it. Hearts!







I started by finding an image with hearts... I have quite a few, but this one just made me smile. This is "Walking in the Rain Umbrella" from Alota Rubber Stamps. Is she cute or what? I colored with my Copics and white gel pen. For my pattern papers I used Imaginations patterns that I thought complimented the colors in the image. (I got so excited about the hearts, I forgot to pick the pattern paper before I colored... oops... then I had to go through and find some that matched, but these work I think) I inked the edges of the two patterns with a dark pink ink. Matted the image with the same card stock as the base, then stitched the edges of both with my gel pen. I ran a piece of light blue ribbon across to pull the color of the sky and the small blue flowers in the pattern paper.






Now how excited did I get when I was digging through my thousand of flowers and found those two pink dot flowers? They match the paper perfect! I stacked with a larger and smaller pink Prima flowers, jewelry spacers and pink mini brads. The sentiment is from Whiff of Joy and is perfect for the image. Then just for some added fun and heart I punched a large Heart with my Fiskar's Squeeze punch, and inked the edge with the dark pink. So happy with all the hearts and pink! Hope they like it at Cute Card Challenge -








So what do you have planned for this weekend? Me, I have a class on Saturday to teach, then I am hoping to work on my Christmas Cards and a few gifts on Sunday. So the plans have a crafty good weekend, we will see if that is actually happens - HA! Hope you have a great one planned -





HUGS and-