Hearts and Flowers

Pile It On has another challenge for you, so come over and join us.

Our challenge to you this week is to use HEARTS & FLOWERS on your project.

This week, we are sponsored by Digital Delights.

Digital Delights is offering our winner a $5 gift certificate.
Thank you so much for sponsoring this challenge, Digital Delights!

I started with a Neenah Solar White card base and used my Memory Box Heart of Hearts die to create my 'window'. I stamped my MFT's Bold Statements stamp set in Versafine Black Onyx ink.

For the interior, I added more of the paper (used on this card as well) from a Simon Says Stamp kit. I am planning on stamping or writing my sentiment in bold red. I haven't quite decided yet.

Thanks for looking! I hop this finds you happy and healthy.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
My Sheri Crafts #149 - Valentine's Day
Hiding In My Craft Room #184 - Any Holiday (Valentine's Day)
Just Us Girls Challenge #277 - Photo Inspiration
Brown Sugar #130 - Valentines
Creative Fingers #64 - Anything Goes
Wags N Whiskers #146 - Hearts
Scrapping 4 Fun Challenge #34 - All About Love
D.L. Art : January - Anything Goes
Crafting Musketeers #21 - Hats and/or Valentine's
Aud Sentiments #123 - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe'a Challenge : January - Hearts
That Craft Place - Love/Valentines
Melonheadz Friends - CAS
Crafting From the Heart #43 - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap #46 - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion #245 - Anything Goes
Creative Moments #60 - Anything Goes and/or Sketch
My Craft Creations - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp : Wednesday Challenge - Have a Heart
7 Kids College Fund Challenge #117 - Anything Goes w/ Optional 'Let It Snow'

Watts and watts...

It's time for another ANYTHING GOES challenge over at Sister Act Card Challenge. 

Come on over and join us. :) 

This week we are being sponsored by Digital Delights. Thanks so much! 

I used the Simon Says Stamp set called 'Watt's Up?'. Adorable. All the papers and embellishments are from the card kit that this set was included in, which I can't remember but is no longer available anyway. It's sad but this is the first time I've used the kit and stamp set, too. 

I stamped my lightbulb and sentiment with Versafine Black Onyx ink. I used my oval Nestabilities dies to create my panel and popped it up on foam dots. 

The inside sentiment is stamped with the same set and ink.

Thanks for looking! I hope this finds you happy and healthy.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges: 

Sketch Saturday #344 - Sketch

Natalie and Amy #28 - All Things New (literally everything but the ink)

D.L. Art #149 - Valentine's Day

Stampin' Sensations : January - Dies and /or Punches

The Crafting Cafe : January - Lots of Layers

Aud Sentiments #123 - Anything Goes

Send a Smile 4 Kids - Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant #282 - Love

Crafting From the Heart #43 - Anything Goes

Love to Scrap #46 - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion #245 - Anything Goes

Sweet Stamps #205 - Hearts

Love is in the air...

...so don't choke on it. :)

Happy day of LOVE, everyone! Hope this finds you doing something you love with someone you love.

I made a card for Husband. I don't know why but fairly recently I started calling him "my person". I will just look at him and say, "You're my person." So how cool was it that I found this stamp set, Cupid's Arrows by Cas-aul Friday Stamps? It had to be mine. Be mine...get it? Ha! *(I sent THIS ONE to his office via USPS. I'm sneaky like that.)*

I used Stampin' Up's Night of Navy ink and paper to mat my front and stamp my sentiments. The rest was done with the dies. I used SU cardstock in Night of Navy, Brilliant Blue, not SU, Tempting Turquoise, and Bashful Blue.

The Cas-ual Friday dies cut like a dream. The stamps are that good too. This my first time creating with this set (and Cas-ual Friday sets in general) and I have to say that I will definitely be back.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
CAS-ual Friday - The Blue Challenge
Penny's Challenge #164 - Monochrome
Creative Moments #36 - Anything Goes with Love
Digi Stamps 4 Joy #85 - Add a Heart or Make a Heart-shaped Card
Crafting by Designs - Anything for Love
PaperTake Weekly - With a Heart
CASology #82 - Bold
CAS(E) This Sketch! #64
The Stamping Boutique - Valentine/Love
Brown Sugar #81 - Use a Punch or Die
Creative Finger #23 - Anything Goes
Sister Act #45 - Anything Goes


You saw THESE CARDS I made cards for the girls (we gave them before school). I also made the girls a card to put in their lunch box. Love to surprise them with stuff like this. Again with the sneaky. :)

All of my pinks are Stampin' Up; Pink Pirouette, Blushing Bride, Pretty in Pink, ?, Melon Mambo, Real Red, and Rose Red. I think that's the order. It was hard keeping up with all the colors and names; little pieces were flying everywhere. :) I used the large chevron punch. The letters are Kelly Purkey and the gems are iCrystal. I matted the front on Pretty in Pink and then attached it to a Basic Gray card base.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #119 - Anything Goes
Color Throwdown #279
Fab N Funky #203 - Love/Valentine
Creative Card Crew #55 - K.I.S.S.
City Crafter #198 - "Love"
Sweet Stamps #156 - Love
Cute Card Thursday #308 - Clever Cutting
Delightful Sketches - Love Notes

These were my kids' Valentine's. I punched a hole above and below their fists and stuck a sucker through. The note on the back says "I'm a sucker for you. Happy Valentine's Day". We did these a couple years ago and the girls loved it. I had to help L out a bit. :)

Thanks for looking! I hope this finds you happy and healthy.

Naughty or Nice?

I'll start with the nice. ;)

I made these cards for the girls to give them before school on Friday (Valentine's Day, in case you didn't know).

For my blond...

For my brunette...

I used a Whimsie Doodles digi called 'Heart Strings' as well as their card sketch. I used a Kraft card base and Crate Paper Love Notes. I used a Nestabilities heart die as well as Stampin' Up's little heart punch. I added Christmas Red Stickles because they're my favorite. :) On the inside, I stamped the sentiment in Real Red ink (smallest hearts are Real Red cardstock) using Stampin' Up Teeny Tiny Sentiments along with a few more punched hearts.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Whimsie Doodles January Challenge

Sunshine Mail - Anything with a Heart

Fussy and Fancy #107 - Be My Valentine

The Kraft Journal #158 - Love

Hobby Cutz #35 - Valentines

Pause Dream Enjoy #3 - Hearts

Creative Moments #35 - Anything Goes/Add Some Sparkle

Sweet Pea Stampers - Love

The Pink Elephant #237 - Happy Valentine's Day

Just Inspirational - Ladies

Pile It On #6 - Stripes and/or dots

Little Tangles #30 - Celebrate Love

Totally Papercrafts #205 - Hey Cutie!

The Stamping Boutique #3 - CAS
Catch the Bug - Love

Catered Crop - Heart of the Matter 

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Have a Heart
Come and Get It - Make It Girly!
Pumpkin Spice #58 - Hearts
Love to Create #102 - Pink or Red

Now, for the naughty. *wink* Those of you who have followed me for a while, or know me in real life, know that this is not the kind of image I usually gravitate towards. But when I won 3 digital images from The Stamping Chef, I couldn't resist getting a little racy. And being from Texas, I just had to get the stereotypical 'cowgirl'; because we all wear our cowboy hats and boots everywhere. Ha!

For Husband...

Like I said before, the image is from The Stamping Chef and I colored her up using Prismacolors pencils. You can't really tell but I used the Christnas Red Stickles on the heart. The paper is from Crate Paper's Love Notes collection and the 'XO' stamp is from Simon Says Stamp 'Big Holiday Wishes' and embossed with white embossing powder. The inside is the same as above.

Thanks for looking! I hope this finds you happy and healthy. 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Stamping Chef #16 - Anything Goes

Corrosive Challenges #92 - Feel the Love

Crafting for All Seasons #70 - Show Us The Romance

Sunday Sketch and Stamp #193 - sketch

Crafty Catz #217 - Love is in the Air

Cardz 4 Guyz #4 - Truly, Madly, Deeply

613 Avenue Create #58 - Anything Goes

Glitter N Sparkle #71 - Valentine's Day/Add some red

Crazy 4 Challenges #222 - Valentine w/ glitter

Crafts 4 Eternity #162 - With Love

Creative Corner - Seeing Red

Delicious Doodles #74 - Love

Brown Sugar #80 - Valentines

Crafty Girls #11 - Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge #164 - Love is in the Air
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Make It Monday #178
Cards and More #99 - For Men Only
Creative Fingers #22 - Anything Goes