Pink, Pink, and More Pink! Plus...

First up, I want to answer 2 of the lovely ladies who left comments for me on my Sympathy card. They asked what print paper I used; so here's the brand etc.:
K&Company, "Tim Coffey- Blossomwood" mat pad
It is 2-sided cardstock; the ones I used are back & front of one sheet.

And I do want to thank those of you who take the time to leave a comment.
I sure enjoy reading them! ;-)

Next, just to let you know, I added another "card" to my Valentine's post!
Its one that my hubby made for me! Scroll down and take a peek. Its cute.

OK. My new card post!
Now I am posting my very pink "Pink" card
for 4 different challenges!

I've been using quite a bit of pink lately with Valentine's Day just behind us. I think I'm just about "pinked-out"! But it IS an easy color to work with especially with the Tilda images from Magnolia.....Tilda is such a pretty "girly" girl!

For this card I used 3 different patterned papers, 4 Spellbinder dies, gross-grain ribbon, paper roses, Stickles for sparkle, a Tilda image and the little sentiment is from Cindy E's stamp set called "Lacey Circles". Any questions about specifics, just ask!

Here are the 4 challenges I'm entering this card in:

http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ - "Pink" Challenge #45

http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/ - "Pastel" Challenge

http://stampingscrappingchallengecentral.blogspot.com/ - "Pink"

http://houseofgilli.blogspot.com/ - Very First Challenge!

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day to Everyone! Hope its a warm fuzzy lovey day for you all!

Note: My husband made a card too!
(see bottom of post)

Just a quick post today! First up is a Valentine card I made for my husband...well, I wasn't sure who it was for originally but since I've run out of time, he gets this one! Its a little unusual, with the chickens on there, but I made it to enter the Bildmalarna challenge "Love" at http://bildmalarnablog.blogspot.com/ and if you remember, that's the only set of Bildy stamps I have so far! (Thanks, Kevin!!)

This weekend we went to a birthday party for a sweet lady who is now 90 years old (young!) so I whipped up a special card for her. I promised myself to keep it simple and I actually did it for once! And used up a few of the pretty things I've had in my "stash" for too long. What do you think?

It's now Wednesday, and I decided to add one more picture of a Valentine card, this one that my husband "made"! He usually buys me a beautiful romantic one but this year he just went in my craft room and "made" his own! I had been working on a few and trying some new stamps on scrap paper so he carefully wrote "Bee my Valentine" on the paper. (BC1 is just a code name for him) What you can't see is that on the other side of the paper are more stamped words so he was carefully avoiding them so I can still use them. So thoughtful! He did also get me a beautiful cyclamen plant...a very nice Valentine's Day all together!

Love & Snow Flurries Are In the Air!

Just got back from a nice drive out in the country...what a beautiful day! Its cold and windy with sudden sporatic snow flurries but there is also lots of blue sky and sunshine!
Well, today I'm posting a Valentine card...not sure who its for yet...but I will enter it in 4 challenges. (see list at bottom)

I am still dealing with an older camera that sometimes takes blurry pictures...couldn't be the operator, could it? Oh well, its clear enough to see most of the details.




I've used several things that can be found in Cindy's store at http://www.stampingscrapping.com/ .
They are marked with an *

Here is the list of ingredients:

Cardstock is from my stash (most is DCWV)
House Mouse stamp "Contented Mudpie"*
Heart stamps (brand??)
Spellbinders Shapeabilities-Pendant "Fleur de Lis"*
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels 4*
Twinkle Jewels*
Fiskar border punch
Ribbon from my stash
And...I used my new Glue Glider Pro*
(I'm still getting used to my Glue Glider...there's kind of a trick to it. I'm finding I need to tip it up a bit when I want to stop laying the tape down so it doesn't continue after I pick it up off the paper. Anyone else find that? Or have some tips for me?)

















Okay, here are the 4 challenges this card is being entered in:
http://craftyourpassionchallenges.blogspot.com/ - "Anything Goes" Challenge #44
http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/ - "All About Hearts" Challenge #88
http://craftycardmakers.blogspot.com/ - "Hearts" Challenge #39
http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/ - "Sweethearts" Challenge, Week #48
Please let me know what you think of my latest creation! I sure hope you are all having a warm and safe February...and at least "sometimes" sunny!

Take care!

Sandie

Big Snow Storm of 2011 = Cupcake Valentines Card

What fun! Lots and lots of snow! And being snowed in for the day! Well, sort of fun...my husband & I spent several hours today doing some heavy-duty early spring cleaning, and only got 3 small rooms done. But that sense of accomplishment is sooooo nice! And then I rewarded myself by spending the evening in my craft room making a card!

The picture on the right is me standing in the road not far from our house. I'm standing in one of the ruts that is about 14" deep! No plows came through until late in the day. But we didn't lose power during this storm so we have lots to be thankful for!

Now here is the card I made, a tent card, the first I've ever made. I would do it a little different next time so you can see the inside attachment better. But it was fun to try! There is a lot of sparkle on this one...sorry you can't see it in the picture.

This card is is going to be entered in a couple different challenges:

The "Cupcake" challenge at

http://scrappyfrogschallenge.blogspot.com/

and the "Valentine" SSCC at

http://stampingscrappingchallengecentral.blogspot.com/

(I think I will wait 'til morning and take a better picture in daylight, then I'll enter it in the 2 challenges.)

OK, its Thursday AM...not sure these are much better! But the color is more accurate.

For a Winter Birthday

Good Evening, Friends!

Tonight I'm posting yet another birthday card...this one for my grandson, Clayton, who is turning 9 on Feb. 4. He is already a serious (and GOOD) fisherman, so I really should have done a card with ice fishing or something similar...but thought of it too late! Maybe next year!

The "winter" theme is a fun one! I love to use lots of sparkles to try to catch the beautiful look of fresh fallen snow on a clear starry evening. Yes, its COLD, but you'll have to admit, it is also awesome!


For this card I used a sticker (!) which I don't usually do but it fit the scene so well (the snowman)...I couldn't resist! Believe it or not I don't have a snowman stamp! I will definitely have to remedy that before next winter!

The paper is from my stash, as well as the snowflake brads, and the glitter dust.

I also added Stickles (Icicle), & Martha Stewart snowflake punches (coated with glitter).

The stamps I used are the swirls (can't remember the name) and the sentiment is by "Imaginations"

The background is embossed using the Sizzix embossing folder called "Stars". Not sure you can see it in the picture but the embossed part is zigzag stitched to the cardstock.

There really are some nice things about winter you know!

(The picture at the right was taken with just regular indoor lighting...I don't like the color as well as the ones above taken with natural daylight. But I do like how the sparkles show up better!)


Challenges I'm entering this card in:

http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.com/ challenge, "Winter Wonderland" http://stampingscrappingchallengecentral.blogspot.com/ , "Winter"


As always, if you have a moment I'd love to hear from you!
Have a great weekend, my friends!

My New Look!

Well, actually it's my blog that has a new look! Did you notice?
I wish I could have taken a "before" picture!
I'm just working with what is available from Blogger Templates.
What do you think?

Celebrate! A New B-Day Card!

Just quickly adding one more birthday card! I used a "celebrate" stamp on the top part of the card...stamped it many times to make a sort of patterned paper. The House Mouse stamp is "Contented Mudpie". I will add more details later. Gotta run!

Ok, that was Saturday afternoon...now it is Monday morning. I still can't remember what the 2nd challenge I was going to enter was! I think it was a "sketch" type challenge??
Anyway, a few details:
the scalloped circle is from Sizzix
the circle stamp and the little flower are from http://www.stampingscrapping.com (one of Cindy's newer sets, Lacey Circles, I think).
The pinwheel flower I made using the Quick Kutz Daisy die (in my Cuttlebug!)
Gems and paper from my stash

I'm entering this card in a couple challenges again:

The "Celebrate" Challenge at http://housemouseandfriends.blogspot.com/

and.... ??

Now it is late Monday...I finally figured out which challenge it was...one that closed last Friday!!
Oh well, maybe I'll get organized some day. LOL

Tilda Sending Birthday Greetings

Good morning, all!

Late last night I got inspired to make another BD card... I was looking at all the lovely cards on the Stamping Scrapping Challenge Blog and the Magnolia Stamp Lovers Challenge Blog... Wow! So much talent and creativity shows up on those 2 blogs! Love to get ideas and inspiration from them (from YOU!). So THANKS again for sharing!

This BD card is for a friend and I wanted it to be a little special 'cause she is a cardmaker too.

I looked for blue colored items and paper to use and found that I don't have many. The blue is kind of an aqua-blue... hope that is OK for the "Blue" challege! The flowers are some paper roses that I salvaged from an odd clump of roses embellishment that I found at a garage sale! Took it all apart and have about 20 paper roses. I colored the tips of the rose petals with my darker pink ink pad... I'm happy with how they turned out.

Here is the list of ingredients for my card:

(everything with a * is available @http://www.stampingscrapping.com/ )

Paper: K&Company - Tim Coffey

Die cuts: *Spellbinders - Pendants, Fleur de Lis

Stamps: *Sugarplums "Bench" by C.C. Designs

*"New Years Tilda" by Magnolia

*"Tag Accents" by Cindy Echtinaw

Tape Runner: *Glue Glider Pro by Glue Arts

(NEW! I just got my Glue Glider from Cindy's...Love it!)

Ribbon, Lace, Roses, Inks: from my stash!

Please leave a comment and let me know what you think!

Thanks for stopping by!

The 2 challenges I am entering this card in are:

"Flower Power" @ http://stampingscrappingchallengecentral.blogspot.com/

"Blues" @ http://magnoliastamplovers.blogspot.com/