Serving Up Love

Big news over on the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog!  Our challenges now run two weeks, so that gives you two weeks to play!  No excuses now.

This week, we begin a challenge called "All About Hearts".  This time of year it is really easy to incorporate a heart or two on your creation.  Sure hope you play along with us.  Free digital images to a randomly selected winner, just like always.

Thinking about hearts, I immediately thought of this image from Sassy Cheryl's "Serving Up Love" digital stamp set.  I printed the image onto X-Press It cardstock and colored with Copic markers.  I framed the image panel with black cardtock and rounded a couple of corners. 

The sentiment is from There She Goes and was stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink.  The larger card panel is patterned paper from Bo Bunny.  The heart was cut with a MFT die-namic die and I added three pink rhinestones.

So now I'm craving sugar cookies, LOL.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today.

Spring Has Sprung

I don't care what that Groundhog said yesterday...spring must be on its way.  No more winter, please!

I'm delighted to be joining the team at A Jillian Vance Design!  You've heard of the saying "you had me at hello"...well, AJVD had me ever since I set my eyes on my beloved "Ohio State Day Stamp Set".  

But the card I have today is all about spring.  I love tulips, and I love coloring tulips so you can image how I fell in love with this new AJVD set from Becky Schultea:

I'm really kind of nuts when it comes to coloring tulips so expect to see more cards in the future with this set.  Don't say I didn't warn you.

As for this card, I stamped the tulip image three times with Memento Tuxedo Black onto X-Press it cardstock.  I colored them with Copic markers and cut around the tulips with my detailed scissors.  I used a scrap piece of patterned paper from Bella Blvd for the ground and placed the tulips on the card front.  The sentiment and bee were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black as well.

CAS I know, but I wanted your eyes to go straight to those tulips...that do suggest spring is on the way!

Irish Blessing

Today is the first day of February.  Cardmakers are always working ahead so it should come as no surprise that I have a St. Patrick's Day card to share with you.  I'm hoping McDonald's will get on the St. Patrick's Day bandwagon with me and start serving up those yummy shamrock shakes...I'm ready!

For my card, I used an image and sentiment that will be coming soon to the DRS Designs website.  I stamped the sentiment (1100G) with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto white cardstock.  I cut around the sentiment with a die, paper pierced around the panel and lightly sponged with Adirondack Lettuce dye.

I stamped the border of shamrocks (1080F) with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a strip of X-Press It cardstock that was cut with a die.  I colored the shamrocks with Copic markers. I stamped the shamrocks again onto a scrap piece of X-Press It cardstock for some extra shamrocks.

The larger card panel is a piece of green cardstock that was repeatedly stamped with DRS Designs "Lines O'Plenty Background" using Adirondack Lettuce dye.  I paper pierced around this panel and faux-stitched with a white colored pencil.

Here's to a great weekend.  Those shakes should be arriving any day now, LOL!

Escaping the Cold

With back-to-back days off from work due to extreme cold temperatures, I have extra time to just color for fun.  Gotta love that! 

I decided to play in the current Tiddly Inks Challenge called "Warm Up".  I think we're all for that.

I printed the Tiddly Inks digital image of "Sollytude" onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored her with Copic markers.  Patterned paper is from Colorbok.  The sun is a circle cut with a Nestabilities die and sponged with Distress Ink Wild Honey.  Some Diamond Stickles gives the sun its sparkle.  The word "Escape" is from a Fiskars stamp set.

I'm ready to escape to somewhere warm.  Are you?

A Letter Sent With Love

It's Tuesday!  Time to play along again in this week's Sassy Cheryl's Challenge!  This week, the challenge is "Anything But Square", meaning our creations can't take on the shape of a square.  Play along for your chance to win two free digital images at Sassy Cheryl's.

Using Dina Kowal's fabulous tutorial and template on Splitcoast Stampers, I decided to make a word card.  These are so easy to do that I really should do more of them, LOL!

Anyway, I followed the instructions using some pink scraps of patterned paper from The Paper Studio and (source unknown~sorry!) to make the letters.  These letterw were framed with black cardstock.

I added the Sassy Cheryl image of "A Letter Sent with Love" by printing it onto X-Press It cardstock, coloring it with Copic markers, and cutting around the image with detailed scissors.

The postmark is a stamp that was custom-made for our wedding a few years ago (since my husband and I got married in an old post office).  Some pink rhinestones, sheer white ribbon and bow, a pink button and Baker's Twine complete the details on this card.

(If you want to take a closer look of this card, simply click on the photo to make it larger).

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!  Guess my Valentine for my husband is finished, LOL!

Fritz The Nite Owl

I made the mistake of giving this card to my husband for his birthday before taking a photo of it.  One of the Swarovski crystals has already fallen off the owl's glasses.  Oh well.

Those of you from Central Ohio may remember Fritz the Nite Owl as a movie host during the 80's and early 90's on channel 10.  Well, Fritz is back, this time hosting movies at a local theatre.  And since my husband loves movies, and I would rather do anything but watch a movie in a theatre...I bit the bullet and took him to see Fritz hosting Raiders of the Lost Ark (snore!) last night for his birthday.

I found this digital owl image from  "2 Cute Ink".  I printed it onto X-Press It cardstock, and then colored it with Copic markers.  Swarovski crystals were added to the glasses, as well as Diamond Glaze, to give mimic Fritz.  A white Sakura gel pen provide the stars in the sky, and a circle cut with a Nestabilities die gives us the moon.

The larger card panel is a piece of kraft, and the buildings were repeatedly stamped along the bottom with an image from My Favorite Things.

I'm such a good wife, LOL!

Hello, Spring

 

I am so *sick* of winter!  That might not be the nicest thing to say but these extreme cold temperatures are getting to me. Perhaps I need a little Vitamin D, LOL.  I decided that for this card, I needed to make my own little spring.  I only allowed myself to use warm colors and flowers.  It was a nice little escape.

To make this card, I stamped the DRS Designs image of "Medium Daisy Bloom" three times with Marvy black dye onto X-Press It cardstock.  I colored them with Copic markers and cut around them with detailed scissors.  I added transparent pink buttons and Baker's Twine to the flower centers.

The card panel is a pink sheet of cardstock repeatedly stamped DRS Designs "Lines O'Plenty Background" using Adirondack Mountain Rose dye ink.  A strip of white cardstock was used, along with a die cut "hello" from Paper Smooches using black cardstock.  I placed the flowers onto the card panel.

My hope this card brings you a little warmth and helps you to believe in the promise of spring.