Cocoa and marshmallows

I don't usually drink hot drinks (coffee, tea, etc.), but if I do, hot chocolate is definitely my go to.  So, I made this Valentine's Day card for my husband.  'Cause, really, hot chocolate needs marshmallows, right?

 Almost everything on this card is made from scraps.  The patterned paper was a scrap, the mug and cut out marshmallows were stamped and cut from scrap card stock and the sentiment strips and the yellow piece were in my bits and pieces stash.
I popped up the mug and a few of the marshmallows with some foam tape and it really adds to the illusion that the marshmallows are falling through the air.

Supplies:
Stamps: Lawn Fawn "Thanks a Latte"
Dies: MFT "Bold Stripes" Cover up die

Challenges:
Penny's Challenge #463--anything goes
If You Give a Crafter a Cookie #134--inspiration photo (I was inspired by the bright colors)

STAMPlorations--love link up

MFT #474--sketch

Word Art Wednesday #424--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Lil' Red Wagon #534--Aw!  Man!
Time Out Challenge #154--be affectionate
Creative Fingers #178--anything goes
Cardz TV #107--anything goes
Crafty Friends #128--love/romance
A Gem of a Challenge--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #125--anything goes
Incy Wincy--love, love, love
Make My Monday #115--I heart you
Double Trouble #49--Again and Again (Thing #1: Groundhog day. I repeated many marshmallows)
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Lawn Fawn #70--lots of love inspiration photo (I was inspired by the theme of love, the hearts and the repeating of the hearts, which I did with the marshmallows)

Creatalicious #180--anything goes with the optional twist: hearts
Dare 2B Artzy--love is in the air
Kat Scrappiness--hearts

Kitty Love

A new month has arrived and that means a new challenge from the Love To Scrap Challenge Blog.  This month's challenge is Red and/or Pink Equals Love.

And here is the card I created:

I used pink and the "love" theme.  I just got this sweet kitty stamp last week and wanted to use it to create this Valentine's Day card for my youngest daughter who is a kitty lover.  I had the strip of piano keys in my bits and pieces stash; it caught my eye and contributed to the music elements of the card.  The piece was actually much smaller, but cut and pieced behind the image panel, it looks like it was just the right length!  To go along with the keys, I stamped the sheet music layer on white with some gray ink and and added some of the same ink along the edges to soften the white.  All the patterned papers were from the same pack and there is just enough pink to make it nice and sweet.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Head on over to the LTSCB blog to see what the rest of the team has created and to get the full details of the challenge.  Then get inky and play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.

Supplies:

Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Cat with Ribbon", "Sheet Music" and "Love Stencil" the love sentiment; Lost Coast Designs "Piano Keys Border"

Dies: Sweet n' Sassy Stamps small heart

Challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Mojo Monday #524--sketch

Penny's Challenge #463--anything goes
Mod Squad Challenge--animal stamp
Creative Moments #153--anything goes
YNS #131-share the love
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #124--anything goes
Simon Says Stamp Monday--All Loved up
Cuttlebug Mania--with all my heart
Crafty Sentiments--hearts
STAMPlorations--love link up

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
Cute Card Thursday #619--Valentine's
Krafty Chicks #492--anything goes

Some Bunny

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: All About Love
And here is my card for your inspiration:

I am knee deep in Valentine's Day cards as it is coming up quickly!  I used a bit of an unusual color combo for this one, but it was inspired by a bit of the carrot ribbon which was in my bits and pieces stash.  I knew it had to be paired with a bunny and this little cutie was the perfect match!  So, I colored up the image to match the ribbon and found some scraps of patterned paper the same colors and voila!  I stamped the sentiment and added some little pink hearts for a finishing touch.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Supplies: 

Stams: Di's Digi Stamps "Hearts for You" digi; Lawn Fawn "Some Bunny" sentiments and hearts

Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:
Krafty Chicks #492--anything goes
Time Out Challenge #154--be affectionate
CAS(E) This Sketch #275--sketch

Cute Card Thursday #619--Valentine's
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday--anything goes
The Paper Shelter #412--digital image
Word Art Wednesday #424--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
STAMPlorations--love link up

Crafty Sentiments--hearts
Cuttlebug Mania--with all my heart
Simon Says Stamp Monday--All loved up
Creative Moments #183--anything goes
Penny's Challenge #463--anything goes
YNS #131--share the love
The Cutie Pie Challenge #143--cute, clean and simple

Have a ball

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built.  As it is the 5th Wednesday of the month, we have a fabulous sketch for your inspiration:

And here is the card I created:

 This sketch made me think of a gatefold card, so that is what I created.  It makes it a little hard to photograph as it just wants to pop open instead of lying flat.  I added a few enamel dots in colors that match the gumballs for a fun accent.

 For a little extra fun, I adhered the gumball machine to the right side of the card and the sentiment to the left side.

 I also stamped the gumball machine inside in a light gray (after stamping off one time), but haven't added a sentiment, yet.  It might be for a 50th birthday and I thought it would be fun to put the "50" inside the glass ball.

Thanks for stopping by!  Make sure you hop over to the House blog for all the details and to see what the rest of the team created.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, make sure you check out the 10% off your entire order coupon over in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Gumball Machine", "Gumballs", and "Have a ball"
Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle

Challenges:
Pattie's Creations #166--anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Power Poppy--celebrate good times

Word Art Wednesday--anything goes with uplifting sentiment
Cardz TV #106--anything goes
Crafty Friends #127-anything goes
Incy Wincy Designs--anything goes
Creative Moments #183--anything goes
If You Give a Crafter A Cookie #134--inspiration photo (I LOVED the bright colors in the photo and used the same bright colors on my card)

Aud Sentiments #243--anything goes
Sweet Stampin'--use your scraps (the orange patterned piece was a scrap and the gumball machine and sentiment were stamped and cut from scraps of white card stock)
Pixie's Crafty Workshop #370--anything goes with snippets

Friend for all seasons

I just got a new order from Repeat Impressions and I got a chance to just play with some of the stamps.  This quilt frame was one of them.  Those maple leaves in the corners really caught my eye, but since it's not fall, I wanted to create a quilt celebrating all the seasons (the stars in the opposite corners sort of remind me of snowflakes) and had the perfect sentiment to go along with it.

This will be the Valentine's Day card for one of my very good friends, so I added the hearts made with Nuvo drops.  The die cut doily was a gift from a friend and added to the theme of the card.  The white circle was in my bits and pieces stash and was perfect for both the sentiment and fitting into the center of the doily.  The card base was a precut 4x4 base that someone had given me quite a while.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Quilt Frame" and "Tree FLIP set" sentiment
Dies: Spellbinders "Classic Circles, large"

Challenges:
Power Poppy Creative Confetti--small & sassy
The Paper Funday #13--anything goes with the optional twist: friendship
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2--sketch

Word Art Wednesday--anything goes
Cardz TV #106--anything goes
Crafty Friends #127--anything goes
Pink Gem Challenge--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #123--anything goes
Use Your Stuff #390--friendship
Tuesday Throwdown #449--layered die cuts
Fab n' Funky #465--add a doily
C.R.A.F.T. #541--new (new quilt frame stamp)

Jar of Love

Happy Wednesday!!  It's time for another challenge from The House That Stamps Built and this week it is a fan favorite: Anything Goes!! And here is the card I created for your inspiration:

It's that time of year when we have to start thinking about Valentine's Day.  I wanted to create a mostly one-layer card so I had to do a lot of making.  I started out by stenciling some hearts on the card base with a light pink.  After I did it, I thought maybe I should have masked the jar first, but I kind of like seeing the hearts "through" the jar as it makes it look even more like it is a clear jar.  Then I stamped the jar directly on the card base and created a mask to make sure my conversation hearts didn't go outside the jar.  I stamped and masked and stamped and masked and . . . . well, you get the point.  It's been a long time since I've eaten the conversation heart candies, but I remember that the works are written in red.  I didn't want the heart outlines to be red, so I stamped each heart with red ink first, and then used a black marker to color only the outlines and stamped again (using my mini MISTI, of course!) so the words would be red and the outlines black.  It was a little more time consuming, but I really like how it turned out.  I actually just got the heart images last week; it was perfect timing!  I stamped the sentiment on vellum and created my own conversation heart with a heart die and the word "love".  I finished everything off with some sequins.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you will hop over to the House blog to see the rest of the DT's creations and then get inky and play along with us.  And if you need any of the stamps I used, check out my 10% off your ENTIRE order coupon code over in my left sidebar.

Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions "Love U Candy Heart", "Hugs Candy Heart", "Candy Heart", "Jar" (the smaller jar), "Thinking of You", and "Love Stencil"

Challenges:
Unicorn Challenge #50--CAS
Pattie's Creations #166--anything goes
Die  Cut Divas--new things (all my candy heart stamps are a week old!)
CRAFT Rockets #66--something new (candy hearts)
Cute Card Thursday #617--what's new (candy hearts)
CAS(E) This Sketch #171--sketch

Krafty Chicks #490--CAS
Cardz TV #106--anything goes
Crafty Friends #127--anything goes
Pink Gem Challenge--anything goes
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends #123--anything goes
Incy Wincy--anything goes

Christmas Joy

It's Saturday!!  That means it's time for another challenge from Di's Digi Designs.

The challenge this time is: Snow/Winter
And here is my card for your inspiration:

Di has so many adorable stamps and this is one of my favorite winter images.  That little penguin is so cute!  My color scheme came about because I had several of these green patterned paper scraps (the two smaller pieces were scraps) in with the paper pack, and I really didn't feel like coloring with red this time.  The little doily piece is actually a piece I cut off a border die cut and was in my bits and pieces stash since it was way too pretty to throw away.  I heat embossed the sentiment and finished it all off with a green button, some sheer ribbon and some liquid pearls on the falling snow.

I hope you will get a chance to play along with us; I can't wait to see what you create.  And make sure you hop over to the Di's Digital Designs blog to see what the rest of the team has made for this challenge.

Supplies: 

Stams: Di's Digi Stamps "Snuggle Muffs" digi; Verve "Beyond Measure" sentiment

Dies: Spellbinders "A2 Matting Basics A" rectangle

Challenges:
Craft-Dee BowZ--anything goes
Creative With Stamps #46--scarf

Winter Wonderland--little friends
Dare 2B Artzy--winter
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper--anything goes with patterned paper
Double Trouble #47--hot or cold Thing #1: embossing (I heat embossed the sentiment); Thing #3: whatever warms you up (I am a BIG fan of scarves and wear one most of the winter); Thing #2: link up with Stinkin' Inkers Warm Up Challenge)
Stinkin' Inkers--warm up
Mojo Monday #528--sketch

Crafty Gals #283--winter fun
Cut It Up #191--snow much fun
Little Red Wagon #532--After Christmas is before Christmas