Happy Valentine's Day!

Hello! Happy ❤️ Day!!

Quick post today to share this card I made for my kiddos to give their Dada for Valentine's Day!



I thought this ADORABLE image from C.C. designs was a perfect match for my son & daughter! Paired it with a sentiment from Mama Elephant's Origami stamp set since my kids looove to be silly and say love it all different ways!

I created my card, using the CASe This Sketch for challenge 208!



That's all for today- hope you have wonderful Valentine's Day!

Stuck with YOU!

TIDDLY INKS is back after a holiday break to kick off the new year with a *NEW* challenge...

LOVE!



If you didn't already know I'm a little obsessed with cacti &  succulents... so I thought it would be cute to transform Wryn's heart plant into a succulent with some teeny spikes!  Using coordinating patterned papers, I stamped a cactus (from My Favorite Things) in Versamark ink & heat embossed using clear powder, the sentiment is also from the same MFT set. I tied on some twine before adding my colored image.

Copics:
skin: E000, E00, E21, R01
hair: E25, E27, E29, W9
dress: RV66, RV69, C3
shoes: C1, C3, C5
plant: YG25, G14, G17
ground: E31, E35, W3, W5



Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you join us for this new challenge! AND we've made some changes for the challenge- instead of a new challenge every 2 weeks, challenges will now run a month long! Which means MORE time to play along!!

Hedgehugs With You

Hello!

I've finally had the itch to get crafty again, I mean there is so much cute stuff calling my name on my desk!

I'm also joining the latest MFT card sketch challenge #318




I decided that these cute hedgies were shouting at me the loudest...



Using the mushrooms from the hedgehog set as well as from You Gnome Me, I stamped them randomly in Versamark ink and colored them with copics for a soft background. I masked the 2 hedgies nose to nose and fussy cut them out. I created my sentiment using words from Fall Friends, it originally says 'I Love Hanging Out with you', I just switched the 'hanging out' with the word 'Hedgehugs!'  I finished putting my card together with washi tape on the edge and some faux white stitching.

Copics
Mushrooms: R14, R17, R24, R27, R29, R35, R37, R43, R46, R59
Hedgies: E000, E00, E21, E50, E51, E53, E70, E74, E77, E70, R01, R20
Scarves: R17, R37, R46, R81, R83, R85, B23, B24, B26, G14, G17, YG25

Thanks for stopping by!

Love You x2

February is the month of LOVE right?

Feels like that's been the general theme of my post recently :) Either that or I just have a lot of nieces to make valentines for!

These last two cards are for my oldest 2 nieces that live out of state, I wanted to wait til they received them before I posted (I post on Instagram- and they follow me on there, I didn't want to ruin the surprise!)

I turned to one of my favorites- Amor Anya from The Greeting Farm!





My two nieces are in their teens, so I tried to make the cards a little more hip and appear like they would be selfies that they would post on Instagram! I also made the cards smaller and square-ish, it's a 4.25" x 4."

 Ok, that's it for now... thanks for stopping by!

Valentine Kids

Hello!

Popping in quick after spending the afternoon at the zoo with my hubs and kids to share the cards I made for MY own kids for Valentine's Day! :)

I used this' new to me' set from The Greeting Farm- OA Special Delivery`, I picked it up pretty recently during a sale they had!

First, this one for my daughter's FIRST Valentine!



And this one for my son.  I'm also entering this one into this month's Touch of Red challenge at The Greeting Farm!



Silly me, I created this one off this sketch over on CAS(E) this sketch too, only to discover I was a few days late from the deadline- OOPS!

Thanks for stopping by! I'll be back again with some more to share!

Happy Valentine's Day!

It's Valentine's Day!  Hope you're spending it with your someone special ♥

I pulled out this super sweet Sweetie Bean stamp from The Greeting Farm to make some 'non-traditional' colored Valentines for 2 of my nieces since they're not super into pink.

This first one is for my niece that LOVES orange...


and here's the other that I'm entering into The Greeting Farm's Touch of Red challenge!



I'm loving the red and blue color combo and thought it would make a sweet valentine! ♥

Wishing I snapped some better photos of these cards... but I was in a rush to get out the door yesterday to get these to them!

I have 2 other valentine's to share.. but will wait another few days to share as they are still on their way to two more nieces via snail mail!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Great Chemistry!

Happy Tiddly Inks Tuesday- it's time for a *NEW* challenge!!!

This week's theme is LOVE! Just in time... Valentine's Day is right around the corner!!

I pulled out some oldies (but always goodies) Chemical Love for my card today...



I printed these two scientists together and thought they made some Great Chemistry together! (I made my own sentiment using word). They were looking a little plain, so I decided to mount them on some glitter cardstock and die cut a small heart in between them to show that *spark* of love. ♥ I also found the patterned paper in one of my (ahem...many) 6x6 stacks of paper and thought they looked like little atoms and bursts of chemicals and a perfect match to this perfect pair! :)

Be sure to check out all the details for the challenge and I hope to see YOU play along!

All I want is...

EWE!

Back again with another Valentine card this week! Was catching up on my blog reading and video/periscope watching that made me feel a bit inspired and crafty!

I knew I wanted to join in on the newest Lawnscaping Challenge- WATERCOLOR!



I had an idea of what I wanted to do, but it was a matter of digging through my Lawn Fawn stash to figure out what to use. Since my holiday craft time was a limited (sick hubs & kiddies...boo!), I had to come up with a way to use the Baaah Humbug set other than for Christmas... I just love these little sheep!



I kept my card simple and used a few Distress Ink colors for my background (Spun Sugar, Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberry) as well as the lil sheep too! (Pumice Stone, Tattered Rose) I masked off and stamped the sentiments from the set to make my own cute cheeky one- they were, "all I want for" and "Christmas is ewe."  Finally I added a few Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins, used a few layers of foam tape to add some dimension and mounted it all on the embossed card base.

I'm also entering this in the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge: Create with Critters!

Thanks for stopping by,,, I hope ewe all have a fabulous Friday and weekend! (& hoping those on the East coast stay warm and safe!

XOXO...

Hugs & Kisses...Finally jumping into making the Valentine's Day cards...

I picked up these ADORABLE Valentine's digis from Elena recently and have been dying to color them! (You can check out her Etsy shop here!)

I combined two of the digis, Boy holding flower & Bee mine honeybee girl. I thought they were a pretty spot on combination of my son & daughter (even if my daughter is still a baby ;)).. and perfect for a Valentine's Day card for their Dada! ♥


(& didn't notice until after I was adding my watermark that this card's layout has a striking resemblance to my previous card....oops!)

Thanks for stopping by!

Creative for Anya...

Happy Friday!

Hope you've had a fantastic week!  We're celebrating Chinese New Year this week (more on that later...)

We've changed things up a little on the Anya, Oddies & Others blog and will now be offering a new challenge every 20th of the month- come join us!

For this month's Anya (The Greeting Farm) category- the challenge option is ANYTHING GOES! I still needed to make some Valentine's cards for my older 2 nieces so this was perfect!

First, Totes Anya, she's a new exclusive to TGF and I just *had* to have her!



& for my second card, Frappi Anya was on my wishlist forever- and I finally got my hands on her!



Thanks for stopping by- hope to see you join in the fun! Back in a few with my Lawn Fawn card!

That's Amor... Anya!

I couldn't wait to get my copics on this new sweet Amor Anya just released from The Greeting Farm! And just in time to play along with the newest TGF challenge too, "Love is in the Air"

I knew she'd be just perfect for Valentines for 2 of my nieces (cards for the older 2 coming soon...)

First, for the one who loves orange, but I couldn't resist throwing in a little pink in there it *is* Valentine's Day ;)



and for her older sister, I used the same elements on this card but changed things up a bit so they weren't *exactly* the same!



Thanks for stopping by! Until next time...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy ♥ Day!


(Tiddly Inks- Wryn Happy Heart)

Love you a Latte! ♥

Hi again!

Quick post to share another card I was able to squeeze in this week...

This time for the newest challenge over at Lawnscaping! It's one of my favorites... CLEAN & SIMPLE!



Can you believe it's their 99th challenge? Can't wait to see what the BIG 100 will bring!

I paired the Love You a Latte set along with some tags and washi tape! Think this will make a sweet Valentine too...hmm.. who to send it to? ;)



Until next time...

Hey Chickie!

Happy Friday!!

I had some time to play along with some of my "new to me stamps" this week!

I finally got my hands on some more Paper Smooches for my stash and couldn't wait to play with these sweet Chubby Chums! & just in time to join in on the SPARKS Anything Goes challenge this week too...



I just love this little chick! Especially since my sister has chickens, I thought it would be a fun "just because" or cute Valentine's card for my niece! ;)

I also used the sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch #109...


Thanks for stopping by!

Paper Sweeties February Inspiration Challenge #28 - 'Sweetheart'

A new month means that it's time for a new inspiration challenge at Paper Sweeties!
(this is my 3rd post today... please scroll down to see my posts for Anya, Oddies, & Others!) 



For my card, I used the cupcake from Homemade with Love (minus the holly leaves), the heart topper is from Snow Friends, and the "Hey Cupcake" sentiment is from Sweetie Pie!



And of course you can find those sweet flower sequins in the Paper Sweeties shop too!

Be sure to check out how the rest of the design team was inspired this month too!

Annette
Debbie
Jill
Jinny * special Guest Designer*
Julie
Larissa
Lysa << you are here!
Mackie
Maria
Michelle
Mynnette
Nancy
Tammy
February Guest Designer:  Sierra!

Happy hopping!

Hedgie-Hugs!

It's a busy blog day today!

I'm back again for my Lawn Fawn category over at Anya, Oddies & Others! You can check out my first card using The Greeting Farm here- or just keep scrolling down :)

While I had my favorite critters out for the Lawn Fawn card I posted earlier this week (see post here)  I came up with another card with the simply adorable Hedgehugs stamp set!

The options to play along for Lawn Fawn are:

* color RED
* word KISS
* HEART
* GLITTER/SPARKLES

and remember you just have to use at least one of those to join in! You can find the details HERE!


Using Quinn's abcs I stamped out the letters to alternate and spell 'kiss' and 'love!' I also used my still favorite tag die from Pretty Pink Posh, stamped & colored those adorable hedgies, and of course added some sparkly sequins & washi tape to finish off my card!

I also joining in the fun with Simon Says Stamps's Anything Goes Wednesday challenge this week!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hello Love!

Happy February!!! Wow can you believe we're one month down into 2015 already?!?

It's the first of the month so that means time for some new challenges! and to kick off the season of LOVE the new challenges at Anya, Oddies & Others are sure to get you in the lovey dovey mood :)

For those lovers of all things The Greeting Farm, the challenge is to use at least one of the following:

* COLOR RED
* HEART
* STRIPES
* LETTERS

I chose to go with red, heart, & letters! and I just knew I had to use this new sweet Heart Ian! The sentiment is from Avery Elle's Oh Yeah! You have until February 20th to play along- hope to see you there!! Details HERE!

Who wouldn't want to receive a Valentine from this handsome guy?



I'm also joining in the fun over at the Farm Fresh Friday Challenge at The Greeting Farm- It's a Boys Only challenge!

Heartfelt Wishes

Happy Friday!!!

Even though it is gloomy and gray out today.. my card is quite the opposite!

I couldn't wait to color more of the new releases from Tiddly Inks this week, especially with Valentine's Day just around the corner! But instead of coloring Wryn- Have a Heart in all red and pink, I added a little more color...



& here's a closer pic of just Sweet Wryn ;)



I didn't think about adding the 'I Love You' in her hearts til after I colored- so they're a bit hard to see.

Are you getting crafty this weekend- there's been a bit of noise about some "big game" happening Sunday- are you a fan? LOL!

Happy Weekend!

Critter Crazy!

Doing a bit of Chi Chi Memories catch up since somehow my card last week didn't post!

Hopefully you all remembered that there was a freebie!



If not- you can still grab this sweet squirrel here!

& for this week I decided to give Little Fox a little foxy friend for a cute Valentine card!



With a bit of editing, I duplicated and flipped the fox to give him a cute mate ;)

Thanks for stopping by!

Love You Tons!

Happy Monday!

Had some time to play just for fun this weekend and this idea popped into my head after seeing the newest Lawnscaping Challenge...



And since Valentine's day is right around the corner I thought this would be a sweet card!



I created the my background using the X & O from quinn's ABC's, and of course those elephants are from Love You Tons! I'm lovin' the look of the red on kraft, but then again what doesn't look good with kraft? With a few strips of washi and some sequins and I called my card done!

Thanks for visiting!