Herringbone Valentine

I made this card using the Herringbone technique (you can find it on the Splitcoaststampers site under resources) for a CAS challenge a couple weeks ago; it really isn’t done correctly, so I want to try it again, but I gave it to my daughter yesterday anyway:

I used various DPs in Cherry Cobbler, Poppy Parade, Real Red and Rose Red to do the heart.  The scallops are from the new Adorning Accents Edgelits die, and the heart was cut with the Hearts Collection Framelits die.  The remaining piece was perfect to make into a little picture frame:

I cut a Basic Black background using the Scallop Square die, mounting it on some heavy chipboard and making a little easel prop to hold it up.  A couple of hearts (Large Heart Punch and Timeless Type Die) and the P.S. I Love You and Teeny Tiny Wishes made a sweet little embellishment:

I hope you had a sweet Valentine’s!!!  I didn’t have the baby, but here’s a cute little picture from last Valentine’s; wow, she has changed, hasn’t she?:

Thanks for popping by today!

ColourQ 124

Happy Valentine’s Day!  Arielle has a sweet color combo for the ColourQ inspiration today:

What a pretty “bouquet” of hearts and flowers!  This is my translation:

A little white doily was brayered with Pretty in Pink ink; the Tiny Teacup was stamped in Cool Caribbean and mounted on Cool Caribbean and Real Red Nesties.  Some red & white baker’s twine forms the “steam” for the sweet little hearts.  And hearts don’t necessarily have to be a Valentine’s card, so I used a “thinking of you” sentiment instead.

I hope you’ll play along with these lovely colors; run on over to the ColourQ to see what the other stampers have designed, and share your creation as well!  Can’t wait to see them! 

Doesn’t this cute little shirt make you want to stamp some purple pears?!

Be Still

Today’s card may look like a valentine, but it is not; it is a very sad one….it is a sympathy card for a local family who lost their 30-year-old daughter to a rare form of cancer.  She left a husband and an adorable 2-year-old daughter; I went to school with her mom, and the pain they all must be feeling is unimaginable. 

This uses the sketch #152 from Card Patterns (I swapped the oval from west to east as I felt it fit my image better):

and also fulfills the That’s Krafty Thursday #58 challenge from The Spotted Chick, which is to use kraft, as well as The Catered Crop recipe swap, which is to use a heart.    If you have any questions about the card or products, please send me an email (be sure to include YOUR email address so I can respond!).  Don’t forget to stop back tomorrow for a new color challenge from the ColourQ!

  

A Stampin’Up! box makes a good toy to play with!

Paper Players 82

Happy Sunday, everyone!  Today is another Paper Players challenge with Ann as our hostess!  She has an elegant color challenge for us and wait until you see what all the designers have come up with!  Here’s the combo:

I need a wedding card for next month, and I thought this was a very elegant color selection, so I inked up the floral postage stamp image from Fresh Vintage in all the challenge colors, and added some Elegant Lines embossing:

The panel is mounted on a textured Very Vanilla card, and I added a Poppy Parade-dyed seam binding bow and a little tag, and it was done….really very simple!  I did add little pearls to the flowers, just for a tiny elegant touch:

I really hope you can play along with us!  This color combination has lots of possibilities and we are looking forward to seeing your creations!

Cassidy had so much fun in the snow last week, she decided to try her saucer on the macadam!!!

Well, how about the grass?

Thanks for visiting today!

FMS21 &HSS104 Birthday

My birthday card today features a sketch from Freshly Made Sketches:

and colors from the challenge at Hand Stamped Sentiments:

I had to add a couple more colors for hair and skin, and I hope that’s okay!

I also added a couple more musical notes:

And the inside……..

So tweet!!!
We had a tiny bit of snow earlier in the week that melted fairly quickly, but we had a chance to romp in the spots that didn’t get the sun:

The mittens (which are way too big) are ones that I have been saving for many, many years….my mom knit them for Dana, so even though she never got to meet her great-granddaughter, Cassidy can still share in something her great-grandmother made!

Merry Monday Challenge #6

Just a quick little post with my Christmas card this week, using Lesley’s sketch:

and some vintagey Christmas stamps & BG Wassail paper:

This didn’t turn out quite as well as I had hoped; I stamped the image on some watercolor paper, which caused the ink to be absorbed and a little faded.  I overstamped it with a Linen BG stamp to help it out a little!

I also stamped my sentiment circle with Linen as well, and added some red glitter around the edge of my Santa.  Oh well, you win some, you lose some!

Here’s a winner for sure!   This is the first time she’s ridden this little rocking horse she got for Christmas, and it’s almost too small for her:

If you press its ear, it makes a whinnying sound, then some music.  She loves the whinny, but NOT the music!

Aw….

Mojo Monday 227

I haven’t played with a Mojo Monday sketch for a long time, and I thought it was a good one for the thank you card that I needed:

I’ve been focusing on mini catalog sets, so I pulled out a set from the big catalog:  Easy Events, a wonderful set for all occasions!  I also used an interesting color combo, but I think it works!  What do you think of Certainly Celery, Island Indigo and Melon Mambo?:

I did manage to use some mini catalog products though!  The Labels Framelits, the Adorning Accents Embossing Folders, and some Island Indigo DP from the Sweet Shop line!  I also used the Houndstooth embossing folder, some retired Melon Mambo ribbon and the sweet little hearts are from the Owl Builder punch---gotta love that punch!  My image was stamped in Stazon and colored with ink and a blender pen! 

Since I didn’t have the baby yesterday, I pulled this picture out of the “archives”:

Thanks for visiting today!