Birthday blessings

 I've had this paper pack sitting on my desk and have made several cards recently using it.  I have had it for a very, very long time and it is down to just scraps and pieces.  One of my very favorite things to do in card making is use up full patterned paper packs, so you will be seeing many cards using up the last little bit of this one, coming soon.  This card is a birthday card for my mom.  The piece of paper with the roses on it is gorgeous and it is has some gold foiling on it, so I heat embossed the sentiment and the top layer of both the rose and leaf layering images.

It's hard to see it in the photos, but in real life it is so sparkly and shiny!  Really beautiful.  The ribbon also has been sitting on my desk--it goes perfectly with this paper pack as it has a nice gold shine to it.

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Love Deepens" sentiment; PaperTrey Ink "Life is Sweet" rose and leaves

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "Life is Sweet"

Challenges:

Unicorn Challenge #97--use dies

Crafty Calendar--dry or wet embossing

Craft Rockets #113--layer it up

Beautiful Blossoms #16--anything goes with optional mood board (I did not use the mood board)

Triple B--birds, butterflies, or blooms with optional mood board

Cupcake Inspirations #592--flowers

Creative Fingers #276--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #520--Mamma Mia (for a mom)

Fab n' Funky #594--embossing

Penny's Challenge #570--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes

Mom

Hello, everyone!  It's time for the mid-month reminder for the challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Cute and Cuddly.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Beccy's Place.

 Here is my card:

This cute little mouse is a freebie from Beccy's Place and he is just adorable!!  I decided to create a card using a fun fold.  The pink panel opens up to reveal more of the sentiment.

And then that panel opens up to reveal another sentiment and to provide a place to write a message.

The idea for this fold came about because I already had the pink shaped piece die cut and it had a little bit of the white border on it from the part of the pad that connects the sheet of paper to the binding.  So, it made me think of folding it along that line and then it all went from there.

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Beccy's Place "Little Mouse" freebie digi; Verve "Love Deepens" sentiments

Dies: Spellbinders "Labels 4" and "Floral Doily Motifs"

Challenges: 

Cards Galore Challenge #422--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #217--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #97--use dies

Sheepski Designs #85--anything goes

Craft Rockets #113--layer it up

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #254--anything goes

Creative Creases #80--fun fold

Di's Digi Designs--scraps & stash

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #645--sketch

Creative Fingers #276--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #228--anything goes

Everything's Better with Frosting

Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Something that begins with "B".

Here is my card for your inspiration:

This is for my sister's birthday which happens to be today (April 19)!  The two of us have a love for food, specially yummy treats, so this card is very fitting for her.  We also both run and exercise quite a bit so we can eat those yummy treats!  My "B"s on the card are Better, Birthday, Bunting and Banner on my cupcakes.  I am coming to the end of this paper pack, which I have had for a very long time.  The papers are gorgeous but I am down to small pieces so I'm trying to find ways to use it up.  The sketch I used was great for using up some of the larger scraps.  The gold die cut doily pieces came into being in order to cover up a bit of the green that had a different pattern on it.  Now, no one will ever know (except all of you!).  The ribbon was also added to make the green piece seem a bit larger.  The pink rhinestones were actually left over from some tile/sticker kits my girls had several years ago that they didn't end up using.  And since I am never one to throw things away, they've been in my stash for a while.  Using up bits and pieces of things is my favorite!!  Even the little gold dots on the cupcakes are the left over pieces from the die cut doilies.  And yes, I am one of "those" people!  You can see the foil in the pink paper shimmer better in the photo below.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: PaperTrey Ink "Baker's Dozen" cupcakes; MFT "Delicious Birthday" sentiments

Dies: PaperTrey Ink "Baker's Dozen"; MFT "Small Doilies" and "Blueprints 12" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations #217--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #85--anything goes

Paper Funday #69--anything goes with the optional twist: sweet treats

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #254--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Di's Digi Designs--scraps & stash

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #573--sketch

God's Love

Some Christmas cards that you receive in the mail are just too pretty to throw away.  I have several in a bin near my desk waiting for some inspiration to strike.  The one I used today has been sitting on my desk in the midst of being cut up for a while.  So, today, I finally pulled together a card using the sentiment and I'm working on a second one that will use the image and other parts of the card.  Also sitting on my desk was the piece of scrap paper that I use to protect my desk when I'm inking, stenciling, embossing, etc.  I've thought for a while that it would make a really fun background, and today was the day.  One side of the paper had a lot of gold from a paste and the other side had more blue/purple/black from blending ink and off stamping.  I really thought I was going to use the gold as it was so pretty, but the blue fit much better.

I matted my sentiment on gold card stock and die cut some snowflakes out of a gold glitter paper.  Then finished it off with some irridescent blue/purple rhinestones that I had had for YEARS and never used as they don't match with very many other colors (or at least my style!).  You can see the shimmer and glitter in the photo below:

The background piece has a bit of silver sparkle on it in places, I don't remember if it was from a shimmer spray, or just some diamond glitter that doesn't brush off.  Either way, it adds a nice little sparkle that's hard to catch in a photo.

Supplies:

Dies: MFT "Cute Snowflakes"

Challenges:

Sparkles #159--non-traditional colors

Cards Galore #122--anything goes

ABC Christmas--H is for hats, I is for inky (I chose I for inky with my inky background)

Unicorn Challenge #97--use dies

Craft Rockets #113--layer it up

Crafty Gals Corner #254--anything goes

Try a Sketch on Tuesday #644--sketch

Creative Fingers Challenge Blog #275--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #227--anything goes

Girlz Creative Christmas  Challenge #67--no red

Fab n Funky #593--add a sentiment

Word Art Wednesday #643--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Krafty Chicks #711--Christmas

Jingle Belles--Peace On Earth Day (use at least one recycled element--Christmas card and the pieces of scrap paper) 

Prayer for you

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Cute and Cuddly .  I am using a Freebie image from one of our fabulous sponsors: Beccy's Place.

 Here is my card:

A saw this sweet little bear in the shop and thought he was too cute to pass up!  I did flip him vertically to fit my card design better.  I colored him up with my Spectrum Noir markers and added a sentiment about prayer (because, obviously, he is praying!)  I finished it off with a scalloped patterned paper panel and some gold ribbon to match the gold foil in the paper.  A quick and easy card that's also Cute & Cuddly!

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Beccy's Place "Prayer Bear" freebie digi image; Papertrey Ink "Inspired: Prayer"

Dies: MFT "Stitched Scallop Trio"

Challenges:

Cards Galore #122--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #217--anything goes

Cutie Pie Challenge #193--simply cuties

Sheepski Designs #85--anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #253--anything goes

Incy Wincy Designs--Inspired by a movie, song, book (I was inspired by the book "I Prayed For You"

Once Upon a Time #21--inspired by "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see?"

Double D--cute little animals

MFT #692--sketch

Crafty Catz #669--anything goes with a cute critter

Creative Fingers #275--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #227--anything goes

Experience

 Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is a recipe challenge: Use 3 gems, 2 die cuts, and 1 sentiment.

Here is my card for your inspiration:

Sometimes it is challenging to use more than one die cut and other times it is challenging to use ONLY 2 die cuts!!  I had a card I was working on, but it had waaaaaay more than 2 die cuts, so wanting to stay true to the challenge, I had to create a completely different card.  I love the softness of this one with the light gray and shades of pale, wintery blue papers.  I realized after I was all finished that I should probably have used black for the sentiment as it is a bit challenging to read when you are not holding it in person.  It says "May you experience the richness of God's love this holiday season."  But if I had used black, I think it would have stood out too much against all the softness.  My strips of paper were all cut from scraps from the same Christmas themed paper pack.  The pack was already on my desk and needed to be put away, which I did AFTER I used some of it.  My two die cuts are the white rectangle panel and the silver snowflake.  This is one of my favorite snowflake dies; it's so delicate and elegant.  

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Blessed Beyond Measure" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle; Memory Box "Lindeman Snowflake"

Challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #642--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #568--anything goes

Snippets Playground #477--anything goes with snippets (all my paper strips were cut from snippets --leaving a little bit more for next time!)

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge #571--sketch

Sparkles #159--non-traditional Christmas colors

Christmas Craft Creations--Designer paper

Crafty Gal's Corner Challenge #253--anything goes

It's your day

 Happy April 1st!!  It's time for a new challenge on the Critter Crazy Challenge blog!  As always, it is a month long challenge: Anything Goes as long as you feature a creature.  Here is my card for your inspiration:

I can't believe it: my baby turned 18 this past week!  Where has the time gone??!!  She has a big Rottweiler named Hawkeye, so I tried to color up this little pup to look like him.  But, at least for me, Rotties are really hard to color!!  They are mostly black with a little bit of brown thrown in here and there.  I had this fun paw print cover die that I had not used yet and thought it was the perfect backdrop for the little pup.  I used a couple of the hearts left over from the die cut panel to add a little embellishment to the image circle.

Thanks for stopping by!  Hop on over to the Critter Crazy blog and check out the details and the rest of the projects from the Design Team.

Supplies:

Stamps: Pretty Pink Posh "Playful Pups" image; PaperTrey Ink "Just Sentiments: Birthday"

Dies: Your Next Stamp pawprint cover die; Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"; PaperTrey Ink "By the Numbers" border die

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner #259--anything goes

Alphabet Challenge--Z is for zoology

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #641--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #568--anything goes

Simon Says Wednesday--anything goes

Lil' Red Wagon #749--animal antics

Krafty Chicks #709--all occasions

Di's Digi Designs--lots of layers

Sweet Stampin'--birthday girls (this is not girly, but it is for my girl)

Try A Sketch on Tuesday #643--sketch (unfortunately, I was too late with my entry)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

NBUS--never before used schtuff (the pawprint die has been sitting in my stash for quite a while and this is the first time I've used it.)

Lantern Bear

 Hello, everyone!  Here is a mid-challenge reminder for our "Flora or Fauna" challenge over on the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  You still have almost 2 weeks to play along with us.  Our fabulous sponsor is Polkadoodles.  Here is my card:

As you can see, I chose both Fauna and Flora for this card.  I used the adorable "Lantern Bear" image from Polkadoodles and dressed him up with some gorgeous patterned papers and ephemera from Not 2 Shabby.  (Both were part of a prize I won last month.)  I printed the bear image rather large so I used the "Out of the Box" die cutting technique letting bits of the image hang outside the circle I die cut.  It's such a fun touch and it makes the image take up less room over all.  I finished everything off with a small sentiment and some red pearls.

Remember, you still have almost 2 weeks to play.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles" Lantern Bear" digi; Papertrey Ink "Just Sentiments: Be Merry"

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A"

Challenges:

Sparkles #158--plaid or tartan (I have a pink/tan plaid layer just under the image panel)

Pattie's Creations Challenge #216--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--anything goes

Cheerful Sketches--sketch (I used my poinsettias as the square corner elements)

Sheepski Designs #84--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Paper Funday--anything goes with the optional twist: the DIES have it

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #253--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: diamond or pearl

Peace on Earth #60--anything goes with the optional twist mood board

NBUS #60--never before used schtuff (papers and ephemera just received last week)

MFT Christmas--anything Christmas goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #226--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #517--round and round

Word Art Wednesday #640--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #567--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

300th Challenge!!

 Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: "Happy Birthday" as we are celebrating our 300th challenge!!  That is quite the milestone!

Here is my card for your inspiration:

I almost always start my cards with a sketch--it just gives me direction (and I guess it is taking the easy way out because I don't have to do the thinking!)  Sometimes a sketch really catches my eye and I just HAVE to try it out.  This is one of those sketches; it's so interesting and fun!

This is going to be for my father's birthday, so I went with some beautiful sea inspired papers from Stampin' Up (I have no idea what they are called as I won them last year some time).  It was a bit challenging to create those wonky panels, but it was totally worth it; I love how it turned out!  I started with a very pale gray cardstock for my card base and used an Ocean Tides cardstock (from Papertrey Ink) to frame the sentiment.  The dark blue papers have a beautiful shimmer and shine in their patterns, almost like a foil.  You can see it better in the photo below:

I die cut the gray cardstock with a stitched rectangle and then adhered my wonky panels and die cut it all again using the same die so the stitching would border the entire panel.  After adding the sentiment, I finished is off with some chrome rhinestones for a little bit of sparkle.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Essential Sentiments"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 25" stitched rectangle and "Blueprints 13" stitched banner

Challenges:

Cards Galore Challenge #121--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #96--for the boys/men

Die Cut Divas--anything goes

Creative Inspirations--anything goes

Paper Funday Challenge--anything goes with the optional twist: the DIES have it

Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #253--anything goes

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: diamond or pearls (I chose diamonds)

Incy Wincy Designs--birthday AND/OR funny/humorous

Creative Fingers #273--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #226--anything goes

The Paper Shelter #488--for the boys

Sketch Saturday #746--sketch

Spring poppies

 Hello, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge from the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  The theme is: Flora or Fauna.  I am using an image from our fabulous sponsor: Polkadoodles and I chose to use both flora and fauna.

 Here is my card:

Now, I know that these flowers are poppies, and in the Northeast, at least, poppies are not spring flowers.  But I colored them up in a light pink, and we can pretend they are a spring flower.  The little fox is wearing his spring scarf, because it can still be chilly here in the spring.  This image is really large and I wanted to show off some of the patterned paper, so I die some out of the box die cutting, allowing the flowers to stand tall but keeping the image panel much smaller.  All the papers where from a paper pack I have had for AGES and it was sitting on my desk since my daughter had just given it back to me.  Last week I decided to have a little fun and try to use some of the stuff that was on my desk before putting them away.  I added a little bit of die cut grass to the bottom of the image and some silver stickles to the centers of the flowers for some sparkle.  I finished it all off with a die cut "Hello" that I die cut twice and layered together, and then added some light pink pearls.

You have all month to play along.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Polkadoodles "Poppy Flowers--Autumn Fox" digi

Dies: Sweet n' Sassy Stamps grass border die; MFT smartphone die "hello" and "Blueprints 12" square (I used it for the outside the box technique and then trimmed the square down further with my trimmer)

Challenges:

Fab n Funky Challenge #590--favorite colors (pink and green are not my favorite colors, but for some reason, they are my favorite colors to use when making cards.  I think it's because they go so well together in nature.)

Penny's Challenge #566--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #225--anything goes

Cards Galore #121--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #216--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #84--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #274--sketch

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: diamonds or pearls

Beautiful Blossoms--anything goes

Triple B Challenge--anything goes with birds, butterflies, or blooms

The Paper Shelter #586--in the garden

Craft Rocket #112--for the girls

Paper Funday #63--anything goes with the optional twist: the DIES have it

Winter doesn't last

  Happy Friday!!!  It's time for a new challenge from the Cut It Up Challenge Blog.  This week, the challenge is: Use Spring Colors

Here is my card for your inspiration:

I was looking through my many digital images, hoping to find a crocus to use for this challenge, when I came across this beautiful parrot tulip image from Fred She Said.  I never found a crocus (don't even know if I have one of them as a digi), but the tulip does the job just as well!  The yellow paper was part of a paper pack that was sitting on my desk waiting to be put away and it became the color inspiration for the card.  I die cut the paper with a stitched rectangle die and then ran it through in an embossing folder to give some beautiful texture.  I remembered that I had some ribbons that had originally come with the paper pack as part of a card making kit many, many, many years ago, so I pulled them out and found this matching yellow ribbon.  I did a fun "out of the box" die cutting technique which allows the leaf of the image to pop outside the die cut rectangle.  I finished it off with an encouraging sentiment and some clear dew drops.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the Cut It Up blog for the full details of the challenge and to see what the rest of the Design Team has created. 

Supplies:

Stamps: Fred She Said "Parrot Tulip" digi; Verve "Beautiful You" sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle and Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Challenges:

Penny's Challenge #566--anything goes

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #323--anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday--bright & cheerful

Cards Galore #121--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #216--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #84--anything goes

Die Cut Divas--anything goes

Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2 #273--sketch

Paper Shelter #586--in the garden

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--add a sentiment

Double D--first signs of spring

Shine on us

The last year or two, I have saved some commercial Christmas cards that we have received from other people because they are just too pretty to throw away.  From time to time, I get a chance to use pieces of those cards to create other cards.  It's so easy and fun that it seems like cheatin!  But I guess it is really no different than using a pre-printed image or topper.  Anyway, I was cleaning up my crafting area and thought it might be fun to just randomly use some of the things that were on my desk rather than putting them away.  I started with this blue card base; it was already cut to size I just had to score it.  Then I went looking for a blue themed Christmas card from my stash and I found this one.  The picture is so large that at first I wasn't sure I would be able to add a sentiment without covering up a big portion of the image.  Then I came upon the genius idea of heat embossing the sentiment directly onto the image.  I first die the the part of the image I really wanted with a stitched rectangle die.  Then I heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder and it turn out sooooo beautiful!!  I wasn't sure how it would emboss on the shiny surface, but it is perfect!

I really wanted to be able to reuse the sentiment as well, so I added it to the inside along with the rest of the tree from the front of the card.

Supplies:

Stamps: Verve "Beyond Measure"

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Through the Purple Haze #212--anything goes

Paper Funday #62--anything goes with the optional twist of no patterned paper

Creative Knockouts #515--die cuts/punches/stencils

Krafty Chicks #704--all occasions

Creative Fingers #272--anything goes

So glad

 I lead a women's small group at our church and this semester we are incorporating some "social events" into our schedule.  We meet on Thursday mornings and two weeks ago, Thursday was the day after Valentine's Day.  So, we had a little Valentine's Day party with treats and a few games and I asked each woman to bring a little Valentine's Day card for each of the other women in the group.  This is the card I created to give to everyone.  They are little--4 1/4 x 4 1/4 (mostly so I could cut a 12x12 piece of paper into 9 pieces--I needed 7 cards though I made an extra to give away to a friend) so I created coordinating envelopes to hold them.  Making envelopes is a great way to use up some of that 12x12 patterned paper that you never use!

I die cut the cream hearts and then used the leftover outlines in my mini MISTI to hold them in place so I could stamp the sentiment without having to reposition it every time.  Then I did the same thing with the little banner.  Everything seemed a little plain so I added the stamped pink hearts onto the cream heart.  Inside I wrote each of them a note telling them why I was glad they are part of our group.

Supplies:

Stamps: Sweet n' Sassy Stamps "The Future"; Repeat Impressions "I'm so . . ."; Verve "To the Moon" trio of hearts

Dies: MFT "Stitched Heart STAX" and "Blueprints 12" stitched banner

Challenges:

Through the Purple Haze #213--anything goes

Unicorn Challenge #94--dots AND/OR stripes

Crafty Calendar--add a heart

Moving Along With the Times #165--love hearts

Crafty Gals Corner #252--add a heart

613 Avenue Create--anything goes with the optional twist: love letters (sentiment as the focal)

Aud Sentiments #310--used dies AND/OR love/anniversary/wedding

Double D--use patterned paper

Krafty Chicks #704--all occasions

Creative Fingers #272--anything goes

Alphabet Challenge--X is for x-tra hearts

Blue Skies

Hello, everyone!  Here is a mid-challenge reminder for our "CAS" challenge over on the Creative Moments Challenge blog.  You still have almost 2 weeks to play along with us.  We have two sponsors and the image I used today came from Mirtillamente.  Here is my card:

I kept this one nice and CAS: die cut the image panel with a stitched die, colored up my image, stamped the sentiment and adhered it to the card base before adding some clear dewdrops to mimic rain.

Remember, you still have almost 2 weeks to play.  So, get inky and link up your creation; I can't wait to see what you create!

Supplies:

Stamps: Mirtillamente "Phoebe Rain" digi; Verve "Blue Skies" sentiment

Dies: MFT "Blueprints 13" stitched rectangle

Challenges:

Cards Galore--anything goes

Pattie's Creations #215--anything goes

Sheepski Designs #83--anything goes

Paper Funday #62--anything goes with the optional twist: no patterned paper

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #224--anything goes

Shopping Our Stash #515--put your best face forward (use a human face)

Word Art Wednesday #636--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Penny's Challenge #565--anything goes

Krafty Chicks #704--all occasions

Creative Fingers #272--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge #163--anything goes

Valentine's Day cards

Fair warning: this post contains a lot of pictures!  These are the Valentine's Day cards I created using Kendra's cutting guide and card layouts.  If you are unfamiliar with this challenge (or idea), you use 6 sheets of 6x6 patterned paper to create 15 cards.  She gives a cutting guide for each sheet of paper and card layouts using those papers.  It's really fun and uses up (almost) entirely those sheets of patterned paper.

Below are the scraps that are left over.  The bigger pieces are no more than an inch tall.  Sometimes I seem to have trouble measuring correctly and one of those larger leftover pieces came because I cut part of the paper too short.  But it usually works out in the end.

I tried to keep most of the elements the same since I am creating them all for the same occasion.  It makes it easier for me.  Not all of the cards use the same elements, but most of them are the same.  I did use the same image stamps set on each card, but I used sentiments from different sets to fit the recipient and the space a little bit better.

Card #1: uses some stretchy cream lace that appears on a couple of the other cards and some adorable heart shaped pearls which appear on almost all of the cards.

Card #2 uses a heart and star stencil that I just got last month as well as a star embossing folder (on the green panel) that I also just got last month.  I added some die cut hearts to the striped panel as it seemed a little empty with anything there.

Card #3 has only the heart shaped pearls as embellishments.

Card #4 got a good dose of those heart pearls.

Card #5:

Card #6: uses the left over triangles from the previous card.

Card #7 was for my honey, so I could use a little sappier sentiment.  It also uses my favorite lion from the stamp set.  They are all adorable, but he's the cutest!

Card #8 was for my 6-year-old nephew; I thought the image was kind of fun.

Card #9 will be posted with information on March 1st.

Card #10 has a cute little heart die cut, and I stamped some hearts around on the pink layer with some light pink ink.

Card #11

Card #12

Card #13 I already shared in a post earlier in the month.  You'll notice that the last three cards have a different color mix for the lions.  I colored these three first and couldn't remember how lions looked.  (I know, sad!)  When the darkest brown ink began to run out, I switched to the other color combo and realized they looked better.

Card #14 uses the cream lace and the heart/star stencil

Card #15 uses the heart/star stencil and some really tiny strips to create a fun layout.

 Thanks for making it all the way to the end!

Card #1:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions" and Verve freebie sentiment

Challenges:

Cards Galore--anything goes

Word Art Wednesday #636--anything goes with uplifting sentiment

Card #2:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"

Dies: MFT "Tag Builder Blueprints 5" tiny hearts

Simon Says Stamp stencil

Park Lane star embossing folder

Challenges:

Through the Purple Haze #113--anything goes

NBUS #59--never before used schtuff (this was the first outing for the embossing folder)

Card #3:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"

Challenges:

Pattie's Creations #215--anything goes

Penny's Challenges #565--anything goes

Card #4:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions" and Verve freebie sentiment

Challenges:

Crafty Calendar--add a heart

Krafty Chicks #704--all occasions

Card #5:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions" and Verve Freebie sentiment

Dies: Verve "Classy Labels"

Challenges:

Sheepski Designs #83--anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes

Card #6:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions" and Verve Freebie Sentiment

Dies: Verve "Classy Labels"

Challenges:

Creative Inspirations--someone you love/a special friend (this one went to one of my daughters)

Crafting Happiness #163--cute

Card #7:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"

Challenges:

We love Stamping--Romance (for my honey!)

Card #8:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"

Challenges:

Moving Along With the Times #163--love hearts

Card #10:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions" lion and hearts; Verve "Text Objects" love

Dies: MFT "Stitched Heart STAX"

Challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner #252--add a heart

Card 11:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions" and Verve freebie sentiment

Card #12:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"; Verve "Text Objects"

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:

Aud Sentiment #310--use dies AND/OR love/anniversary/wedding

Card #14:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"; Verve "Text Objects" 

Dies: MFT "Stitched Heart STAX"

Simon Says Stamp stencil

Challenges:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #224--anything goes

Creative Knockouts #515--die cuts/punches/stencils

Card #15:

Supplies:

Stamps: MFT "Lovely Lions"

Simon Says Stamp stencil

Challenges:

Alphabet Challenge--X is for X-tra hearts