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There is a great blog by a very gifted card maker. The blog is called Going Buggy. Enfys has wonderful ideas and some blog candy. Check it out.
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Valentines to My Students

I got up at 4:45 to blow the snow a second time from this last storm. When I came in I found out we are on a 2 hour delay. That means I don't have to leave the house until 9:00. Boy I really could have used that sleep, but now I am awake and I get to show you what I made. This is what I made for my students for Valentines day. My friend was going to toss all the white cardstock from the pages in a new scrapbook. It is perfect for card bases. The cards are cut 6" X 4.25" and scored at 3". The DP is from Creative Imaginations. It is what I used on the last card and it was 50% off paper. I cut it at 2 7/8" X 4 1/8". The hearts were with my Cricut Doodlecharms Cartarage. The face is a Peachy Keen Stamps. I love those faces. The ribbon and Valentine brads I got to match the paper from one of my favorite scrapbook store. The inside stamp is a Hero Arts stamp. We are not suppose to give candy treats so the treats are small boxes of raisins and fruit snack. I put the card and the treats is a clear bag. Next I made a topper out of white card stock cut at 5 X 5" so that I could use a MS punch. I don't like that you are limited to the size to do the corner, but I do love the punch. I only did the bottom. They children are 7 years old. I don't think they will notice and I already have a bit of time invested on this project. There is house work I could do. LOL I stamped the topper with SU's stamp I{heart}Heart. Then I punched two holes with a MM Crop a dile II and tied it with pink ribbon. Boy I love the Crop-a-dile II a lot more then the other one and I got it on sale at WM for $20. I watched that for a long time before I bought it.
This was a fun project for me to make I hope children enjoy them. It also work for a couple of challenges, Creative Card Crew Challenge 44 Valentines, and Tuesday Taggers which is Love. What do you think?
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A Valentine from A Child's Year

Hi Everyone, This was another fast and busy weekend. Today I spent the day with my best friend making cards and scrapbooking. She makes the most amazing scrapbook pages. They are so creative. I worked on Valentines for my students and this card for Unscripted Sketches #41. I used Cricut cartridge A Child's Year. The DP is from Creative Imaginations. The Love is from a CTMH stamp set. The ribbon is something I had. I love this cartridge. The little silhouettes are so cute. The base card is PL Black from Gina K Design.
Have a great week and thanks for stopping.

90th Birthday

Hi Everyone,
I didn't get much done this weekend. One card that is all. I was on the phone most of the morning Satuday trying to order a treadmill which didn't happen. Long story but I think it means I shouldn't buy one. Then I got a call from my credit card company saying that someone used my card overseas and on PayPal. That took over an hour of phone calls to get settled. Now I have to wait for a new card and number. Then after cleaning and laundry we went to a wine release and tour. We tasted about 5 very small cup of wines. I think I may have gone too fast from station to station. Remember my morning. Then we went out for pizza. Our favorite pizza place closed and just reopened. It is called Pizza Plaza and it is run by the nicest man who makes the best pizza. Well after the wine tasting and a beer with the pizza I was in no shape to make cards. I still wasn't feeling to peppy today. I am a cheep date.
I made this card for my dear mother in law. She will be 90 on February 8th. Her favorite flowers are daises and her favorite color is yellow. I used Unscripted Sketches #40 and The Pink Stampers Challenge to use a favorite color and black. Robyn at The Pink Stamper had challenges all weekend. The card also fits a card to give away. The Happy Birthday stamp is by Nina Brackett from a set called Heartily Yours Additions. I embossed it with Zing EP Mustard. The yellow paper is for Sassafras called Wee Bundle. The black CS is from Gina K Designs. The flowers, ribbon and pearls are stuff I had in a basket. I did some black stitching with a gel pen. My Hubby really liked it so I think she will too.
This is all I did this weekend. Not very productive in the area of cards. I hope I get something done during the week but that doesn't happen very often.
Thanks for stopping and please leave a comment and tell me what you think.

Enjoy


PS Hi Lori thanks for becoming a follower. I couldn't find a way to get a contact you.

A Box Set

Just a quick post. This is a set of cards and a box to hold them that I made for a challenge at Stamp TV. I didn't win the challenge but I really love how this set turned out. Now I have a nice gift. I have been trying to think of something to give away when I have my blog aniversery maybe it will be a card set like this. Is that a good prize? I just don't know. I have a month or two to think about it. If you have any suggestions let me know.
I used the cranberry tart and and sweet corn card stock from Gina K Designs to make the cards and box. The pattern paper is by Graphic 45. The ribbon is from the last STV kit. I colored the image with Copic markers Y21, R39, YG03.
Let me know what you think and thanks for stopping.

Card Patterns A Challenge

Friday evening I was looking at all the challenges to see which one I would like to work on this weekend. I always like to do the Unscripted challenge. I knew it was going to be a crummy weekend so I was looking for another one. I clicked on Card Patterns and there I saw Sarah's pretty smiling face. She is the guest designer for this weeks challenge. Sarah is so sweet and always leaves me the nicest comments. She is a very talented lady. You need to see the card she did for this challenge and one for a friend who turned 5o. They are outstanding!
Well, I just had to join in and try her sketch. The image on this card is from Penny Black. I love her little critters. I colored it with Copic markers and I used CTMH liquid glass to shine up the heart puzzle. It doesn't show up but it really is shinny. The circle I cut with my Cricut. The ribbon is some I had. I tied a bunch of ends so it would match the hedgehogs hair. I also distressed all the edges with a CTMH distresser. I had this little tool for a while and just used it for the first time. It really works great.
I think this is a cute little card. What do you think?
Be sure to stop over and let Sarah know how talented she is.

Three Challenges in One

This card works for three challenges. The sketch is from Unscripted Sketches #39. Stamp Simple challenge #123 is Very Vintage. The image was sent to me by a friend I distressed the edges with a CTMH distressing tool. The colors are for Color Throwdown. I used SU So Saffron for the base. I embossed it with CB Dotted Swiss folder. I layered the image on Melon Mambo and Old Olive which I think really helped the colors in the image pop. The stamp and ribbon are both Melon Mambo from SU.
I love the little cupid. I think the next time I use this image I will use an oval instead of a rectangle to make it look more like a cameo. That would be a little more vintage.
So What do you think?
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A Valentine for a boy

This is the last of the cards I made over the weekend. I think this is my favorite.

I used Taylored Expressions Sketch . The stamp set is Nina Bracketts’s set called Heartily Yours. The inside sentiment is from Hero Arts. The background paper is Basic Gray June Bug. I love this paper. I cut the scallop backgrounds using my Gypsy and Cricut. The tires are large fancy brads I had. The little screw brads on the bottom left are from Gina K designs.
I think it will be a great Valentine for one of my sons.
What do you think?

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Unscripted #38

I love Unscripted. The ladies there are so nice. I just love to play along with their challenges. This is the card I made using this weeks sketch. The stamp set is Nina Brackett’s Heartily Yours. I embossed it using Stampendous Jeweled Gold embossing powder and colored it with Copic Markers. The heart brads are from Creative Impressions. The ribbon is something I had. The embossed card stock is from SU with a CB folder. I cut the rectangle scallop backgrounds using my Gypsy and Cricut and SU Melon Mambo. I still love to watch a Lava Lamp. How about you?
Have a great day!

Card Positioning System A Valentine

Wow, it has been a whole week since my last post. I hope you haven't given up on me. I spent last evening and today making cards to post this week. It felt so good to sit and play. It just takes me so long to come up with the idea, make the card and write it all up, but I really do enjoy doing it. I especially enjoy hearing what you think of my work.
I made this card following the Card Positioning System sketch. The stamp is by Nina Brackett called Heartily Yours. I colored the stamp with Copic Markers. Then I sprayed Pure Luxury card stock with Copic Colorless Blender and stamped the image. I cut the hearts with Gypsy Wondering. That is the cartridge that comes on the Gypsy. It has many wonderful images. I was able to do the layers on the Gypsy and cut the image just the way I wanted on my Cricut. The background paper is from a pack by Making Memories. I used my Cuttlebug to emboss Coredinations card stock. Then I sanded it. The heart brads are from Creative Impressions. The gold wire is beading wire. This card took me a long time just deciding what and how, but I love the way it turned out.
What do you think?