LOVE YOU WITH OWL MY HEART - CARD

Here is a Valentine's card that I made for my older daughter, Brittany. She has a thing for owls. LOL The "Owl My Heart" digi stamp is from Whimsie Doodles. You can't tell from the photo but after coloring the image with Copics, I colored the image two more times and added layers to the leaves and the owl.

I hope everyone is having a great week. As you are reading this the family and I are on vacation in Disneyland. So, soon you will be seeing tons of Disney LO's from me. :)

SOCK IT TO ME VALENTINE - CARD

I need to start off by saying I had such a difficult time coloring this image. :( It was not the image itself, but more like a problem with my printer. Yes, that's it we will blame it on the printer. ;) After printing, I always heat set my digi images with my heat gun. Well after the first four attempts at coloring and my ink still smearing I decided to heat set a little longer....thus scorching my image and turning the paper a not so lovely shade of BURNT. Sigh....so I tried again and took it really slowly. I didn't do much shading as I was afraid to smear the ink. It still smeared near the little seam lines but I tried to cover it up with a darker color. Anyone have any tips or tricks they would like to share...please?

The digi image and sentiment is called "Sock it Monkey" and is from Whimsie Doodles. The paper is from a older DCWV Spring Matstack that I have had for awhile. I made this card for my daughter Caitlin who always cracks up at those Kia sock monkey commercials. LOL

CRAFT US CRAZY CHALLENGE #2

CHALLENGE #2 - WINTER THEME

It is that time again. Time for another challenge over at CRAFT US CRAZY. Our first challenge had an amazing amount of participants with amazing talent showcased!! This week's challenge is to complete a project using a WINTER theme. Our fantastic sponsor for this week's challenge is MELJEN'S DESIGNS. They have some of the most adorable digi images. For the entire month of February we have two terrific sponsors, THE CUTTING CAFE and STAMPS ALIVE.

Now onto my project. I made a hot cocoa packet holder, you can find the tutorial for it HERE. I used the Penguins Skating Buddy digi image from MELJEN'S DESIGNS. I printed and colored the image several times and cut out certain elements of the image to layer for depth. I added a little glossy accents to the skate blades and a little flock to the earmuffs. I did not have the right color of flock that I needed so I used white and colored over it with my Copic marker. Just make sure to swipe your Copic over a sheet of scratch paper to remove any stray fuzz.

A pic of the yummy goodness that is inside. :)

Here is a view of the layers added to the image.

I hope you will join our Winter Themed challenge over at CRAFT US CRAZY. Remember it is not necessary to submit a challenge project using a product from one of our sponsors, but if you do GREAT!!

***PROJECT INGREDIENTS***

Digi Image: Penguins Skating Buddy by Meljen's Designs

Paper: Imagine That

Nesties: Labels 2

Copics

Border Punch: EK Success Dotted Wave

Chipboard Snowflake: Little Yellow Bicycle

Snowflake Brads

Chalk

Stickles

Doodlebug Crush Velvet Flock

Popdots

Swiss Miss Hot Cocoa ;)


This week's challenge sponsor:

Sponsors for the month of February:

YOU'RE A HOTTIE!! - CARD

As my hubby visits my blog from time to time I had to wait until after Valentine's Day to post this one. This is the first time that I have made a side step card and I have to say that I am completely hooked!! It was really easy to make and fun to decorate.

I have had this Hallo Shedevil digi image from The Greeting Farm for ever and could not wait to use her for this. All of the papers are from my scrap stash. The ribbon is from American Crafts, the little pink hearts were cut out using a Quick Kutz die, and I used my new Martha Stewart border bunch.
Here's a side view of the fold. Like I said, very easy.

HOGS AND KISSES - CARD

Tomorrow is Valentine's Day! The girls and I are throwing our daycare kiddies a Valentine's party. Brittany is making the treats, I have the Valentine's Dora special set to record on DVR, Valentine's Bingo ready to go and we will be exchanging Valentines. Should be lots of fun.

Below are a few of the Valentine's that I made to give to the little ones. The images are from Whimsie Doodles and are called Valen-Tinies. The set comes with 9 images and 7 sentiments. They make adorable valentines for little ones.

I hope everyone has a fantastic Valentine's tomorrow!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2 WAYS - CARD

As my card stash was running a little low I figured I better whip up a couple of simple ones to start building it back up. I made the same birthday card but did one girlie and one more masculine.

I am sorry to say that I don't know who makes this stamp. I bought it awhile ago without really paying attention to the packaging. It came with the block letter word "happy" and then a few other quotes to go with it.

All of the card stock and patterned paper came from my scrap stash. The mulberry mini paper rose is from Recollections. I did not have one the color I needed in my collection so I used my Copics to color a light pink one to match my paper.

On a side note, there is still time to enter our first ever challenge over at Craft Us Crazy. So hop on over there to check out the details!!

BE MINE - LO

Ahhh young love. These photos were taken of gifts that Brittany received from her boyfriend on their very first Valentine's Day together...4 years ago. He was clearly out to impress: roses, stuffed teddy, chocolate and a mushy card. He very sneakily left all of these on our porch in the early morning so as she opened the door to go to school she was surprised with the big haul of loot!

It really did not take a lot to put this LO together. The hearts were cut out from a piece of patterned paper and the title was cut out from the Alphalicious Cricut cartridge.

As I said above they have been going out for 4 years now, but I don't think she has seen a haul like this first one since then. LOL

CRAFT US CRAZY CHALLENGE #1

CHALLENGE #1 - ANYTHING GOES

Whoo hooo!! I am so excited to announce our very first challenge over at CRAFT US CRAZY!! We have some great sponsors lined up. For the entire month of February we have THE CUTTING CAFE' and STAMPS ALIVE and for this week's challenge our sponsor is DIGITAL DELIGHTS. Now onto the challenge...this weeks challenge is "ANYTHING GOES". To compete in the challenges it is not mandatory to use an image from one of our sponsors but if you do, all the better!!

My project for this week's challenge is a mini desk calendar and uses a image from The Greeting Farm. The calendar is made easel card style and out of coasters from our favorite restaurant. I added a extra layer to her hat, barrette and bow tie for dimension and added some popcorn and stars because, well, she is the star of this project. :)

I hope you will join us this week at CRAFT US CRAZY to participate in this "ANYTHING GOES" challenge.

**PROJECT INGREDIENTS**

Stamp: Showtime Anya by The Greeting Farm
Copics
Coasters: Outback Steakhouse - YUM!
Bazzill cardstock
Stickles
Mini tassels
Wire
Star punch
Fiskars threading water border punch
Brads

THIS WEEKS CHALLENGE SPONSOR:

SPONSORS FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY:

McDONALD'S - LO

This LO was a total cheat to complete as I used a kit from Cut-it-Up. I just had to share it because who really scrap's eating at McDonald's? LOL

Apparently I am one of those people. Who could resist though with these cute little faces?!?

PUMP IT UP - LO

I love LO's that incorporate a lot of pictures, especially since I tend to take a ton of photos at every event.

This LO is really super easy and quick to complete. I just stuck with the 3 colors of card stock to match the inflatable play equipment in the photos, added a few random circles, completed my journaling on vellum and added my title, cut from the Mickey Font Cricut cartridge, to finish. All in all, only took me about 45 minutes. I think I took the longest time on it making sure my blocks all lined up neatly.

Kind of plain and simple but used quite a few photos so I am happy with it.

CELEBRATE WITH BELLA - CARD

This birthday card for a friend was inspired by the martini glass charm that I re-purposed from a gift that I received at Christmas. I am always pulling buttons off old clothes or looking at old beads, rhinestones or sequins to use them for my crafting. So when I saw this charm hanging off the label I thought of Cosmobella and her martini glass. A few circles of colored card stock, kraft paper, bling, ribbon and a Studio G sentiment and the card inspired by a mixed drink gift set is complete. ;)

I THINK I CAN - LO

This LO was very simple and very quick to put together. The photos are from a trip to the Train Museum we took our niece and a few of the daycare babes to. They have a huge play area on the second floor with 3 huge play train tables. One of them has a tunnel and a clear dome you can pop into in the middle of the table and watch the toy trains as they ride by you. Super fun!

The title was cut using the Base Camp Cricut Cartridge and I cheated with a pre-painted wooden train embellishment from Michael's. Like I said, simple and quick.

LOVE KEEPS OUR HEART'S WARM - LO

I know, I know, yet another snow day post. :) I really love this one though as it is not too often that hubby and I take pics of ourselves....and even rarer that I actually scrap them, as I HATE being in front of the camera and am way more comfortable behind it. The girls took these pics of us and I could not help but scrap them as we had so much fun that day and well...I love this man of mine. LOL

The snowmen are a pp pattern from Cropy Cats. Nothing else really to this one except a few buttons and a heart punch.

Great, looking at these photos, I realize I hate this jacket, makes me look like the Michelin Man. LOL!!

SANTA BABY - LO

Is this not the cutest Santa you have ever seen? These photos are quite old of my nephew Landon as he is 4 years old now, but I could not help but to share this LO I did of him dressed up in his Santa outfit.

The title and Ho Ho Ho was cut using the Cricut Base Camp cartridge (a oldie but goodie), the presents are Quick Kutz dies and the Santa is a paper piece pattern from Windows of Time.

Anybody else just not quite ready to admit that Christmas is over? Sigh.... :)

ALL ABOARD - CARD

Here is a birthday card that I made for my sweet little nephew Ashton, who turned 1 yesterday. My SIL threw the cutest party for him with a train theme. She even dressed him as a little conductor, complete with pocket watch. TOO CUTE!!

Back to the card, the image is called Billy Rides a Train and was purchased from Pink Cat Studio. This is my first purchase from them and certainly will not be my last. Tons of cuteness there! The background paper is Charles from October Afternoon and the embellishments are a few strays I had laying around.

I am really happy with the card overall, but I do need tons more practice with my Copics and still struggle coloring and shading really small areas with them. I tend to stick to simple images with minimal detail thus making it easier to color. I will have to challenge myself to use more complex images. Hmmm...I guess that means more stamp shopping. ;)

Here is a pic of the cutest little conductor you will find anywhere!!

A FABULOUS BIRTHDAY - CARD

If you have not checked out the Slumber Party Cricut cartridge yet, you must. This cart is just fabulous for those that have girls of any age. We have a young friend, of the family, that is celebrating her birthday this weekend. I decided to make this card for her to match the cute little Barbie make-up kit we got her.

All of the cuts from the Slumber Party cart were cut at 2". The sentiment is a Studio G $1 stamp from Michael's. A little ribbon and some bling and you have a fabulous card for a fabulous little girl.

I also made a some treat bags for the chocolate shoes, sunglasses and lipsticks that I made for her to hand out to her party guests.

SNOWMEN ARE THE COOLEST - LO

Here is another LO of our trip to the snow. Doesn't this look like a picture tutorial on how to build a snowman? LOL The snowman is a paper piece pattern from Cropy Cats and the title is cut using the Opposites Attract Cricut Cartridge.

Hope everyone is having an excellent Monday!!