Love is in the Air!

Valentine's Day is just around the corner and what a perfect way to warm up in this cold weather we are having now!  I have made a lot of valentine cards for my granddaughter to pass out at school and also some for friends of mine. There are two great challenges that I am entering this week, Color My Heart and Heart2Heart.  Check out all of the great ideas shared there.

I really love these cute little animals and the sayings in the Operation Smile stamp set. I also like the way you can sand the white core CTMH paper for a cool effect! 

These are a few of the other cards I have made...

This heart stamp has been a favorite of mine as well.  However it is retired.

Happy Valentine's Day to all of you and those in the east coast, stay warm!

Color Dare #178

Another sunny day and no snow!  I am really enjoying this mild winter.  It is almost as good as living in FL!  I decided to enter another challenge this week, Color Dare #178.  It has been good to get my creative juices flowing.

I used the new Springtime Wishes stamp set and Thin Cuts along with Floral Banners.  All from CTMH.

Guess I must be thinking spring!  These are great sets to have in your stash!  Click on the links to place an order.

Mojo Monday 433

Mojo Monday 433 - Share the Love 


Happy Monday!  I saw this card sketch this morning and my mind started working.  Love is the message of the month of February and Close to my Heart has introduced Share the Love stamp set for this month.  Part of the proceeds go to Operation Smile, an amazing organization who provides surgeries to repair clef lips and clef palates for children all over the world.  What a great way to Share the Love with children all over the world!

The Sketch... 

I used Sangria paper pack, Chevron border punch and an enamel purple heart along with Desert Sand and Poppy inks.

To order the stamp set and donate to Operation Smile click here!
Happy Monday and have a great week!

Creative Mood

I have been in a creative mood lately, which is good.  I had a request for two Sympathy cards so I got out some older stamp sets and put these together.  I guess I should make just a few more to have on hand.  My next theme needs to be birthday!!!

I should be cleaning out my craft space but projects keep getting in the way.  Anyone else have that problem?  Oh well, the mess will still be there so I will keep on creating new cards.  I may even move on to scrapbook pages that are waiting!

Happy Crafting!

Color Dare #177

Greetings from snowy PA!  We get our first snowfall this winter so what better way to celebrate than to hide out in my craft room!!!  I decided to create a card for the Color Dare Challenge #177.  I could not stop at one card...haha. These cards use only White Daisy, Crystal Blue, Whisper and Peacock inks.  I used Season's Greetings (B1483) from the Holiday catalog and Ink Blot (D1660) along with some punches and Cricut cuts that I had laying on my work space.

If you were lucky enough to be in the North East I hope you are staying warm and crafting!

Happy January Stamp of the Month

Well, we finally got our first snow of the season.  Crazy to be in the mid 50's then have snow two days later!  Only about an inch but it fell in only one hour and boy is it cold!!!  So good weather to stay in and play with the SOTM!

$17.95 or $5 with a $50 order but only this month.  After Jan. 31 it is gone...  So many possibilities!

Emerald Award

Greetings!  I have been busy making cards for a vendor show I am participating in this week.  It is held at the Paint, Party and More business in Milton.  This is one of the cards that I have created for it.

I was given the Emerald award for this Color Challenge which was white on white with a black sentiment.  This is the second award I have received with this group and I have has a lot of fun creating cards with just a few specific colors.

Stay tuned to see more creations!