LOVE IS IN THE AIR

Hi, happy Friday.  The weekend is only hours away!

Finally going to warm up around here this coming week, we have been in a deep freeze all week.

Today was the first day I didn't have scrape my car windows clean before I could leave the driveway.

Today's card is for the Penny Black and Friends Saturday Challenge.  This adorable littel hedgie is telling the whole world of his love.  I colored with Copics, and used Stickles on the paint and hearts.  The sparkly hearts are foam.  I cut the larger one and inserted a smaller one and glued them to the card and closed the gap where I cut it.  The papers are from a Valentines Stack from last year from K and Company.  Ribbon and pearls from my stash.

Gotta run, having my close friends from High School over for lunch today.  Haven't seen each other for a long time, so it will be a real gab fest!  And one gal has become a new Gramma since we last saw each other, so anxious to see pictures and here all about the baby.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Until later..........

CUPCAKES ARE SWEET

Hello, hope you're having a good Tuesday.  I'm off to work today and tomorrow.

Temperatures dropped overnight and it is cold today.

I made today's card for the challenges at Crafters Digital Art Center.  This image of the cupcakes is by Michelle Perkett.  I colored four of them with Copics.  Papers are Martha Stewart, the sentiment came with the Digi and it was free for the challenge.  I punched the hearts and ran them through the swirl embossing folder by Cuttlebug.  The lace border is Martha Stewart.  The rhinestones are from Michael's and

Kaiser.

Have a great Tuesday.  Thanks for stopping by. Until later.........

BSS Monday Idea - Quarter Fold Flowers

Welcome to the Monday Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Idea

Good Monday Morning.  Hope your keeping warm and ready for another Buffalo Stamps and Stuff Monday idea.

Today's idea is this cute flower design.  I found this video by Bev Code and she made it look so easy, I decided to try it.  IT IS EASY!  The excellent video is at

http://priscillastyles.ning.com/video/quarter-fold-flower-tutorial-1

After I made the basic flower, which takes about two minutes, I scrunched it so they stood up and added a pearl in the center and some Stickles on the edges.  Aren't they cute!

On this card, I used a stamp by Inky Antics and a sentiment by Stampabilities.  I colored with Copics.  The Spellbinders nestabilities die is Beaded Circles, I love this set!  The card base is an aqua green from the Linen Closet line by DCWV.  The designer papers are all Graphics 45, including the flowers.  The leaves are a punch. I ticket punched the corners of the rose paper and added a Kaiser pearl to each corner.  Glittered the white bow on the heart and on the sentiment heart.  The small 5/16 circles fit perfectly on the beaded circle, and is a punch that was developed to fit the circle stick pins by Tim Holtz.

Here is a close up of the bad kitty who ate all the chocolate..can't blame him can ya?

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have a great day.  Until later............

Swept Off Her Feet

Hope you're enjoying your Sunday.  We got more snow last evening.  It just can't stop!

Today's card is an adorable image by Karen's Doodles.  The papers are a Valentines Stack from last year by K & Company.  I colored with Copics.  The shapes were cut from my new Grand dies from Spellbinders.  I embossed the pink card stock with an embossing folder.  Added a strip of doily and a border of matching DP.  The sentiment is from the dollar bin at Michael's.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.  Thanks for stopping by.  Stay warm.  Until later.......

FRIENDS

Hi, happy Saturday. Super Bowl weekend! 

Today's card is for the current challenges going on at the Crafter's Digital Art Center.  This digital image is by Nicecrane Designs.  the challenge is to make a birthday card that looks 100 years old.

I love this cute image of the little friends trying to reach the apples peaking over the wall.  And how the little gal is carrying a rock over to the pile so the older gal can reach.  I colored with Copics and used Distress ink, Vintage Photo to age the image.  Papers are Bazzill and Basic Gray.  Border punch is Martha Stewart.

Thanks for stopping by today, have a great weekend.  Until later...............

FUZZY WUZZY FEBRUARY CHALLENGE - BIRTHDAY WISHES

Welcome to the February Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenge.

First, we want to thank everyone for their participation in last month's challenge!  There were over 200 entries, and a lot of beautiful cards and projects........we were all impressed.  It made choosing the winners so difficult.

This month we are being sponsored by Tickled Pink Stamps. And Kellie Winnell has graciously offered the gals on the FW Design Team several images to use for this challenge.  I chose this adorable little guy called Wilfred Wombat.

So, for those of us who don't hail from Australia, what is a Wombat you ask?

Well, I went online and looked it up.  Seems the little guy is a marsupial, you know, like a kangaroo, with a pocket.  But, because he burrows tunnels, he has a backwards pouch, so that while digging, he doesn't gather dirt in the pouch over the young! God is Good!

And, here he is in real life!  Remind you of an American Ground Hog, without the pouch that is?

Here is a close up of Wilfred.  Poor boy is crying.

Missed what?

Lace flowers with blue paper behind them.

He forgot your birthday!

Yep, the challenge for this month is BIRTHDAY WISHES.   I started with a white embossed Bazzill card stock .  I have used papers by Basic Gray.  The darling Wombat image is cut from a Spellbinder's label die with a blue sparkly mat.  The round blue embellishments are Martha Stewart.  The sentiment is by TLC.  I colored Wilfred with Copics.  Distressed the edges with Frayed Burlap Distress ink.  Ribbon is from my stash.  The Sorry I Missed it sentiment is a Cuttlebug die.  Gotta love those sad eyes.

My teammates on the design team have come up with some beautiful cards and projects for your inspiration. 

Check them out on the Fuzzy Wuzzy site,  then using the animal of your choice, enter a card in the challenge, using this month's theme of birthday wishes.

Can't wait to visit you to see what you have come up with.  Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great Friday and enjoy the weekend.  Until later..................

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE - A LITTLE CHOCOLATE CAN'T HURT

Hello, hope you are having a great Thursday.  I worked the last two days, and I have to tell you, since I only work during tax season now, January thru April 15th, two days a week, it is hard to get up and go.  Then after two days of doing that, it is hard to get my head back into my stamp room.......

I am super excited though, because I bought myself a new Grand Calibur and 8 of the new Grand dies!  It was a bundled deal.  I am so loving it.  I have their original Wizard machine, but have never liked it.  It's like wrestling an alligator to use it.  Then I bought a Big Kick and then a Big Shot, but they just don't cut the thin dies and emboss like they should.  This machine holds an 81/2 by 11 piece of paper to accommodate the large dies, but you can also put a lot of the small dies on at one time!  I got to play with it some today, and I am in love with it!!

So today I cut two of the new Grand dies of the circle to use on my card.  I colored the puppy/heart image by Inky Antics with Copics and chalked the background.  The papers were a gift from a friend.  I thread the ribbon through and added a bow.  The sentiment is from the dollar bin at Michael's!

Have a great rest of the day, thanks for stopping by.  Stay warm!  Until later..............