Valentines X Two

Happy Tuesday, peeps....a wee bit more snow today, not a lot, but enough to make me want to stay inside and be cozy!  I made a couple of simple Valentines yesterday....the first is pretty traditional, and it was inspired by Teneale's sketch here, using some Love Blossoms DSP:

The cupid image is from my favorite, but sadly retired, Valentine set, P.S. I Love You....stamped him in Rose Red and fussy-cut him out and attached him to a little banner of Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper.  The "love" diecut is from Simon Says Stamp, called Small Love You:

I am entering this in the Stamp, Ink, Paper challenge of "Love"!  

The second card uses a non-Valentine stamp set, the hostess set Love You Sew from the Occasions catalog, along with some Melon Mambo cardstock and ink and Everyday Chic DSP:

I just had so much fun stamping all those little stitched lines on the front!! Wheeee!  And on the inside:

That's a good Valentine message, dontcha think?  Love it too!

Here's my little Valentine, sorting out Scrabble letters with Mommy:

Enjoy your day!

MTS110 For Brad's Birthday

Happy Monday, peeps!  Today is my nephew Bradley's 22nd birthday, so I thought I would use this fun sketch from Match The Sketch for his card:

I didn't get to use Thankful Forest Friends too much last season, and when I saw these fun papers from Authentique's Nestled Collection, I knew they would be a match:

Just check out those cute little faces on that paper:

I stamped the fox in Cajun Craze and cut him out and popped him up; the sentiment (past Paper Pumpkin kit) was stamped in Cajun Craze and Early Espresso, along with the little lines from SAB's Hello in Tip Top Taupe.  The card base is Tip Top Taupe also, and I stamped Hardwood in Sahara Sand on it for the background.  He likes to hunt and his family lives in a cabin in the woods, so hopefully he'll enjoy it!   And here's the inside:

Perfect for a 22YO!  I don't have a current photo of Brad (he has a full beard now), but here's one from a little while back with Dana at a family wedding:

And here he is, playing with Cassidy back before we built the garage:

He's a great guy and I hope he has a great birthday!

Paper Players 281 Dogs and Cats

Happy Sunday, all!  Are you watching the Super Bowl today?  DH will be, but I will probably be knitting or sewing or something....until Downton Abbey comes on, anyway!  Today is my turn to host the Paper Players challenge, and I've chosen the theme of "Raining Cats and Dogs"....to use a dog or cat on your creation!

I have always liked this little quartet of kitties from 100 Proof Press, and although I am not sure about the papers I chose, I'm sticking to it:

They are from the Simple Stories "I Am" line....fun colors together!  The word-printed paper is the opposite of the black floral, and it gave me a wide enough piece on which to stamp my kitties and color them in with some So Saffron ink and a blender pen.  The sentiments are from Lil'Inker's Rainbow and Cloud sentiments, all stamped in Basic Black:

Isn't that little calico one cute?   I used the sketch by my sweet friend Linda from Pals Paper Arts 286:

Strawberry Slush was used for the diagonal piece, and I did a little piercing on it, and gave my stamped image a double mat of So Saffron and Bermuda Bay.  The final touch was a stitched heart and some baker's twine.

I hope you can find some dog and/or cat stamps in your stash and play along with my challenge this week!  See the cute creations that our DT made:

• Claire
• Jaydee
• Joanne
• Laurie
• Nance - off this week
• Sandy
• Linda
• Hannelie
• Colleen

Thanks for popping by today! And here are some more "hair-styling" photos:

What a look!

AYSI122 Hello and Thank You

Hey, everyone!  Hope you're having a great Saturday!  I squeezed in some crafty time...can't say stamping time, because I didn't stamp a thing on either of these two cards for As You See It's sketch challenge:

 I had this really cute heart paper from Authentique, and although I probably wouldn't use it for a Valentine's card, it would suit for other occasions.  Did some diecutting and added some embellies, and here we go:

Both used retired Bordering Blue cardstock for the base, with mats of Crumb Cake and Cajun Craze and diecuts of Chocolate Chip.  I added some ribbon on one and a button and linen thread on the other.  I just love the "knit" feel of these little hearts:

Thanks for visiting today!  I don't have any pix of Cassidy, but I just snagged these quick photos of a yellow-bellied sapsucker (you're probably sick of seeing him) and a nuthatch:

and a gorgeous sunset from last week out across the back field:

Be sure to pop back tomorrow as I'll be the hostess for the Paper Players!  Enjoy!

FMS222 and CQC327

Happy Friday, everyone!  Yay, the weekend is upon us!  I made some thank you cards for some sweet friends; the first uses the Freshly Made Sketches sketch for this week and they both use the color palette from the ColourQ Challenge:

I just happened to have a piece of Pool Party cardstock already laying on my desk, so I went with it:

I used a scrap from the Love Blossoms stack with a mat of Cherry Cobbler; a little banner of Dazzling Diamonds glimmer paper and a snippet of Pool Party sparkly ribbon!  I diecut my "thanks" from Ruby Red, then added a Pool Party punched heart and a little bling!  Just for a little "movement", I added the swoosh from Work of Art on the card base along with a couple of little splatters from Timeless Texture!

I while I had my heart punch out, I utilized some more scraps to make another card, this one is notecard-size:

I added a sentiment from Endless thanks and some yummy Cherry Cobbler twine!  Thanks for visiting!

AJ and Liam got a suds-intense hair-washing from Miss Cassidy earlier this week:

We have the cleanest dolls in Chester County!  Enjoy your day!

Hostess Party Projects

Hi peeps!  Happy Thursday to all!  This past weekend I had my Hostess Appreciation party!  We ate some lunch, played a game and did some stamping with products from the Occasions catalog:

This was my favorite project, a little tissue holder created by my sweet friend Vicki!  You can see her project here!  It is amazingly easy and so cute!  I used Blushing Bride cardstock and Birthday Bouquet DSP with Greatest Greetings and What I love Stamp sets in Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride and Watermelon Wonder inks:

This little 4 1/4" square card uses the same DSP, Mint Macaron cardstock and a little honeycomb embellishment with some baker's twine:

and Honeycomb Happiness for this inside:

The third project was a wee little coffee cup (from a restaurant supply store), covered with some papers from the Love Blossom 6x6 stack.  It featured a little banner diecut of Rose Red cardstock and  an"xoxo" from Blushing Bride glimmer paper (both from the Circle Card thinlits):

The top of the lid has a sweet sentiment from Suite Sayings (what a great set!) and a glimmer paper heart:

And we filled it up with some Valentine candy!  We also did a paper heart from January's Paper Pumpkin kit!

Here are Alison, Joan, Kathy and Robyn, hard at work!!!

As well as Linda, Debbie, Lesley and Sandy!

Sandy showing off her little candy cup!

Have a great day!

TSOT 256 Love You Sew

Happy Tuesday, peeps!  The Try Stampin' On Tuesday sketch this week gave me the perfect opportunity to use one of the cutest sets in the Occasions catalog:  Love You Sew!  Here's the sketch:

And here's my card:

The sentiments and images in this set just make me giggle!  I love them!  I paired them with some Birthday Bouquet DSP on my 4 1/4" square card and used Watermelon Wonder for the main image; Pink Pirouette for the background and Mint Macaron for the embellishments!  No extra doodads on this card, just stamped images, cardstock and DSP!

Be sure to check out the cute samples from the DT at Try Stampin' on Tuesday---they are really wonderful this week!  And play along with us too...either on the blog or on our FB page!

Movie time with Mommy....unfortunately, I think she fell asleep before Norm of the North was over!

Enjoy your day!