A Wedding Heart

It's time for my DT card for 2 Sister's Challenge Blog! The theme this week is to use at least one heart on your project. We are being sponsored by The Digi Doodle Shop, and I used the Just Married image. I kept it uncolored except for a few red accents, and cut out the heart shape with my Creative Memories heart pattern. The doily is dyed with Barn Door DI, and is actually one that I cut in half, and rounded the top to make it more of a heart shape. The card base is stamped with an Ippity heart, and embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment is from Unity, and I added some red jewels. I thought this would make a nice pre-wedding card to send to the bride. I have never done that before, and I'm sure any bride would love it! Thanks for stopping in, and be sure to check my other DT's work, and also join us for the challenge this week!!

Store Closing

Due to non interest, I am closing my online store. Anyone interested in getting one last purchase in, click on my link at the sidebar. Any leftover stock I will put on Splitcoast Stampers for sale. Unless I decide to keep a few things!! :) Nothing wrong with that! There is just too much competition out there for me to keep my store open. My real dream is to have an actual brick and mortar store! But, that's only if I win the lottery!! LOL I gave it my best shot, and that's all I can do. No hard feelings about it, and that's one less thing I have to keep from my husband!! Big LOL!! Have a great weekend everyone! Oh, the card is one I made for Paper Crafts that got regected. Whatever, I still think it's cute! Stamps are from The Alley Way!!

Been In a Rut

That's where I've been lately, is stuck in a rut. I've made many 'things' this week, and that's where they have stayed. A 'thing'. I've been trying to kick start myself again, and decided to make a card for The Alley Way Stamps challenge. I was introduced to Alison, the owner of The Alley Way Stamps through her Free Digi stamps blog. She has now turned her artwork into stamps, and I have only one set right now, Kitchen Gadgets, which I used on this card. More are on my wish list though!! I love the cute and whimsical designs she creates, and her images are a blast to paper piece. The challenge this time around is to use the photo below as inspiration. I took some of the colors, and of course the banner to make my card. I even stamped one of the smiley faces, and hearts onto my banner, which my friend Emily has a great tip for creating one here. Instead of a punch(which I don't have) I used a star image from my Plantin' Schoolbook Cricut cartridge to make mine. Worked perfectly! I used some Cosmo Cricket papers from the Salt Air collection to match the colors in the photo, and used the rolling pin and sentiment from the Kitchen Gadgets set. My border is cut from a MFT die. I am pleased with this card(finally), and am happy to have made something worth showing!! :) So thank you Ali, for allowing me to kick start myself again!!
Here is the inspiration photo:

And on another happy note: My dear blogging friend Cheryl, has sent me this sweet bag she made, from clear across the pond in the UK! I was so happy when she said that she wanted to send this to me! I am so amazed with her paper crafts, and am always excited to read her posts, and see her amazing work! So, a big thank you Cheryl for brightening my year! I love the bag!!

A New Challenge is up!

This week my DT members and I were to make a card with red, or pink. That's the challenge at the 2 Sister's blog! We are sponsored this week by Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps. I chose a Floppy Latte digi of tulips to use, and I colored it with my watercolor pencils, and water pen. Actually made it look like a watercolor painting this time! I don't have any of the good heavy paper, but I made it work! It didn't warp too much! The background is also watercolored, but it is very light. The focus is the red tulips, and tried to keep everything else neutral. So, hop on over to the 2 Sister's blog and enter this week for some free digi's!

It's That Time!

Yay! It's time again for Friends With Flair over at the Unity blog! I went with a Valentine this week, as I am also entering this in 2 other challenges! I used 3 Ippity stamp sets on this card, Sing a New Song, A Moment in Time, and House a Home. I was inspired by the sketch picked by Aletha at the Chick Challenges with ippity blog. And also by the color challenge at the Unity Opportunity blog! I used a larger size card than I usually use so I could fit all my elements on it. This one is a 5x7. I white embossed my banner and label, and left the sentiment in Barn Door DI. I used a free hand stitch on my sewing machine for around the border, for a bit of whimsy. Hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to check out all the Unity/Ippity projects from the links above! 

Flashback Friday Blog Hop!

Hello! And welcome to the Flashback Friday blog hop! If you came from Els blog, then you're in the right spot!! If you are just joining, you want to start at the Flashback blog! There are some fabulous prizes that are being given away for this hop, scroll down and see for yourself! Comments enter you to win!! The theme for this hop, and challenge, is to show your first black and white card/project. I don't do too many in that color scheme, so my card is just from last year. My original post is here. Quite fancy this one is, not really my style, but I was up for the challenge! Check my original post for the deets! Now, it's time for more hopping! Your next stop is Sylvia! Enjoy!

So many goodies to win!!

Valentiny

Valentiny is the theme this week for challenge me Monday at the Fantabulous Cricut Blog. We are to make a 3x3 card. My card base was made with the card feature on my Stretch Your Imagination cart., I've made a few cards with this feature, and think they're so neat. I used one of the flourishes for the center cut out, and all the hearts are from the Plantin' Schoolbook cart. I used my Sakura Clear Glaze pen on the flourish and hearts on the front of my card to make them stand out a bit more. The sentiment stamp on the inside is from Unity. Thanks for stopping by, and if you'd like to enter, or see more Valentiny cards, click the link above!