You've gotta pizza my heart

Today is going to be the coldest day of the week and we are under a winter weather advisory so....I will be staying inside and snuggling with my cats.  I do have an appointment later so I will have to sneak out it is the wind that is so nasty.  So, I tried to think of warm thoughts so I made this card using a wonderful sentiment from TLC and a pre-colored image from the Paper Shelter.  I made this an easel card.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe; Cosmo Cricket

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Paper Shelter - Pizza Chef (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - You've gotta pizza my heart

Circe Punches:  EK Success

Doily:  Recollection

Bling:  Michael's

Heart:  Hobby Lobby

Flour embellishment:  Sweet Shoppe

Challenges

Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Creative Knockout - Ch. 175 Anything Goes

Digistamp 4 Joy - All about Love

Proud to call you Brother

Here is a card that I made for my Brother's birthday.  It is made using a sentiment from TLC and a pre-colored image from the Paper Shelter.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Paper Shelter - Casual Boy (see above for direct link)

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Buttons:  Stash

Hemptique

Die:  Sweet Pea

Punches:  EK Success

Challenges

Tuesday Morning Sketches -  Ch. 360

Come and get it - Checks or stripes

Creative Knockout - Ch. 150 Favorite Embellishment (Buttons)

Glitter 'n Sparkle - Ch. 197 Anything Goes

Sending sunny thoughts

This weekend we had beautiful weather here so it was perfect to be outside.  We were able to go to an Art Fair and see many gorgeous things and then I have thoughts of re-doing my entire house.....if I could only afford to do that, not.  Instead the only item I bought was a toad house.  I have a shaded back yard so I have lots of toads in my grass and when I go out to cut it they are always hopping out of my way.  When I saw this find I thought it was too funny so I had to get me one.
For my card, I used a pre-colored image from the Paper Shelter and then I created my own background.  I embossed the sun background and sponged on some ink.  Then I sprayed on some Krylon paint to look like sand.  Now I could  go for some fruity drink, but it seems like I'm "on-call" for work all the time.  The sentiment is from TLC.

Cardstock:  Bazzil: Recollections

Stamp:  Paper Shelter - Summer Holidays

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Sunny Thoughts

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Ink:  Distress - Mustard Seed

Paint: Krylon

Embossing Folder:  Sizzix

Flowers:  Prima

Gems:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Paper Shelter - Ch. 256 Sunny Days

Crafty Sentiments - Flowers

4CC - Ch. 306 Summer

Aud Sentiment - Ch. 159 For a girl

OSSAT - Ch. 266 Elements of Nature

That's Crafty - Feminine Challenge

Come & Get It - Make your Own Background

Cake makes everything better

My daughter doesn't handle change well, so moving and graduating is a lot for her to handle.  So I picked up some groceries to send to her - cake mixes and fun frosting included.  So I thought this would be the perfect card for her.  The sentiment is from TLC.  The image is a pre-colored one from the Paper Shelter.  I made this an easel card, since that is her favorite layout.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Strawberry Jam

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Paper Shelter - Berry Delight

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Cake makes everything better

Spellbinders:  Large Circle; Small scalloped petite oval

Ink:  Memento - Angel pink

Ribbon:  Really reasonable ribbon

Doilies:  Paper Studio

Gems:  Mark Richards

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Button:  Stash

Jute:  May Arts

Challenges

Paper Shelter - Ch. 250 Make it digital

Robyn's Fetish - Ch. 318 Easel card

Come & Get It - Ch. 120 Use a doily

In the Pink - Ch. 95 1-2-3 (1 bow, 2 doilies, 3 gems)

Alphabet Challenge - G for Girlie

Dragonfly Journey - Ch. 59 Polka dot party

Nurse graduation

I graduated from nursing school 26 years ago, and today I had my boyfriend's daughter (also named Lisa) graduate from the same nursing school.  It was emotional for me.  I will have my own daughter graduate next weekend and Lisa today so it has been very special.  I'm very proud of these young women.  It is great to see the enthusiasm and energy.  For this card, I used pre-colored images from the Paper Shelter and a sentiment from TLC.  I made this as an easel card.

Patterned Paper:  K & Company

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Paper Shelter - Cute Nurses

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Congratulations on graduating from college

Spellbinders:  Eyelet Square

Die:  Sweet Pea 

Button:  Stash

Jute:  May Art

Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Lace:  Wrights

Pearls:  Recollections

Challenges

Sweet Wednesday Sketch 2 - Sketch 89

Paper Shelter - Ch. 248 Lace it up

QKR - Ch.191 Graduation Cards

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 425 More than 1 fold

Glitter 'n Sparkle - Ch. 188 Ribbon or Lace

Come & Get It - Fancy Fold