January Giveaway Winner

Howdy! It's a lovely day here in Oklahoma, the sun is shining and the wind is calm. The perfect ending to the month of January. I want to thank my three followers who entered my January Giveaway.

• Robin C., Robin's Reflections
• Arlette V., Lace and Pearls Designs
• Berni C., Chasing the Dream 

The lucky winner is Berni C.! I'll be in touch soon to request your mailing address. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Love Notes at Tuesday Throwdown

Hello and happy Tuesday! Valentine's Day will be here in a couple of weeks and to help inspire you our challenge theme at Tuesday Throwdown this week is Love Notes. Our sponsor is The Paper Shelter and I'm using the I Love You, Baby! image that was generously provided to the design team. As always, we would love for you to play along with our challenge this week. CLICK HERE for all the details and design team inspiration. I hope to see your creation in the gallery!

The digital image comes with coordinating paper, but I decided to do some digging in my paper stash. I knew I had music notes in the perfect color to go with the image and since the frog is playing music, and the theme is Love Notes... it was worth the dig. The sentiment is by Impression Obsession and was stamped using black Memento ink. Five small punched hearts were added for detail and topped with sequins for sparkle. That's it!

This card is entered into the following challenges:

• Crafty Cardmakers: Love, Love, Love
• The Paper Shelter: Make It Digital

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Brentwood Owl Valentine Cards

Hello! This past weekend Jessica Lynn Original created this cute new digital Brentwood Owl image called Wholelotta Love and I just adore it! I've used it to make several cards for the Cards from the Heart Card Drive. It's been a lot of fun playing around with different colors and patterned papers. There is still some time if you can make a few cards for the card drive, check out all the details HERE. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Elephant Love Card

Happy Tuesday! It's time again for the start of a new challenge at Tuesday Throwdown and this week our theme is Favorite Medium. This one was hard to narrow down, I like a lot of different mediums. So, I went with what I use the most... Copic markers. Bugaboo Digi Stamps is our wonderful sponsor this week and I'm using the Elephant Love digi. We would love for you to make a project with your favorite medium and share it with us. CLICK HERE for all the challenge details and design team inspiration. Can't wait to see your creation in the gallery! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

Elephant Love Card Supplies:

• Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black and Real Red cardstock by Stampin' Up! along with black chevron paper by The Paper Studio.
• Stamps: Elephant Love digi by Bugaboo and XOXO sentiment by Stampabilities.
• Ink & Coloring: Copic Markers and Black Memento ink.
• Other Stuff: Coastal Cabana thick baker's twine by Stampin' Up!, Avery Elle pierced oval and scalloped frame dies, circle punch and stampin' dimensionals.

January Follower Giveaway

Hello crafty friends! Starting today through January 29th, I have a link-up open for a giveaway. The prize is a Sizzix embossing folder and For You die by Impression Obsession. There are only three things you need to do:

1. Be a follower or become a follower of my blog.
2. Link your latest card creation.
3. Mention the giveaway on your blog post.

That's it! The winner will be announced on January 31st, 2017. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day.

Valentine Card for Kids

This morning I woke up to a thin layer of ice on the trees in my yard. The roads are slick which makes for a good morning to stay indoors and cuddle up with a nice cup of coffee. Our weather forecast for the next week looks good, we just have to get past the cold today and rain tomorrow.

My goal this weekend is to finish my Valentine Cards for the Cards from the Heart Card Drive. I usually make 12-18 cards. This card has black scribble heart paper by The Paper Studio with some scrap red by Stampin' Up! The dog stamp is by Recollections (several years ago) and I colored it with Copic markers. To finish it off I added the XOXO sentiment by Stampabilities. If you have time I definitely encourage you to make a few cards for the card drive. It's for a great cause! Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Valentine Card for Kids is entered into the following challenges:

• Brown Sugar: Anything Goes
• Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes
• Pattie's Creations: Animal Image

Valentine Card Drive

Hello and happy Thursday! For the last several years I have made Valentine's cards for a Card Drive called Cards from the Heart. If you have some time and enjoy making Valentine's cards for kids I encourage you to make cards for the drive. Please be aware there are very specific rules, CLICK HERE for all the details. The cards need to be made for any age or gender which can be a little tricky, so I went with a cute dog which I colored with Copic markers. The layout is simple and three punched hearts were the only embellishments. To speed things along I usually make three or four of the same design. Thanks for stopping by and I hope you will make some cards for the card drive!!!

This Handmade Valentine Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Crafty Gals: Patterned Paper

Dragonfly Dreams Card

There is a thin blanket of snow on the ground which makes for a great day to stay inside and make cards. I've been playing with the new stamp set by Stampin' Up! called Dragonfly Dreams and coordinating Detailed Dragonfly Thinlits. The patterned paper is from the new Cupcakes and Carousels paper stack. Colors on this card include: Whisper White, So Saffron and Calypso Coral with Memento black ink on sentiment. Some clear Wink of Stella was added to the dragonfly wings and three retired Crisp Cantaloupe sequins were added for sparkle. Pretty simple but I really like how it turned out. The hardest part was gluing the tiny white cardstock pieces into the die cut design. I was trying to be really careful with the glue and a huge drop came out, luckily it's not noticeable. It never fails when I try to be careful that's when something weird happens. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!!!

This Dragonfly Dreams Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Seize the Birthday: Anything Goes
• Brown Sugar: Anything Goes
• Creative Corner: Anything Goes

New Home Congrats Card

Good day! I'm happy to announce I've joined the Simply Create Too Design Team and today is the beginning of a new challenge. Our theme is New Beginnings and since I'm a Realtor I made a New Home Congrats Card. Other possible themes include New Baby, Weddings, etc. We would love for you to join this challenge! You have until January 27th to link your creations and all the challenge details and design team inspiration can be found HERE. I hope to see your card in the gallery!

Several years back I bought this house stamp by Unity Stamps from a local scrapbook store. It coordinates with a collection of paper by Bella BLVD which I also bought at the time. The paper I've used is from the THANKful collection from 2012 and it's paired with Early Espresso cardstock by Stampin' Up!. I like blues and browns together and by keeping the background subtle the image really pops. The layout for this card is simple and the image was colored with Copic markers. Three sequins accent the die cut congrats sentiment by Impression Obsession and some twine finished it off. That's it! I'm so glad you stopped by and I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.

This New Home Congrats Card is entered into the following challenges:

• Unicorn Challenge: January Blues
• Crafting With An Attitude: Anything Goes

Dragonfly Special Day Card

Hello crafty friends, it's been awhile since my last post. My hubby was off for two weeks during Christmas and the New Year and finally went back to work this morning. It was nice having him around but there was definitely no crafting time while he was home.

This afternoon I had time to play with some new products from the Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog that launched today. I placed a small pre-order before the holidays with a couple of my new favorites. The Dragonfly Dreams Bundle (144728) along with the Cupcakes & Carousels paper pad (142744). I'm a sucker for anything argyle and was happy to see this patterned paper. I kept the card simple and did some layered stamping along with three Bermuda Bay sequins. I kept thinking I had Bermuda Bay sequins but couldn't find them, finally I remembered it was sequin trim (137910) and it was hiding in a drawer. Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your day!

This Dragonfly Special Day Card is entered into the following challenges:

• SU! Only: New Year, New Stuff
• Simon Says Stamp: New Something
• Crafty Creations: Anything Goes