I have a BIG HUG...

I made this card using a sentiment and paper from TLC, Create along with this bunny with outstretched arms from QKR.  There are days that we all need an extra hug.

Hug from my son who is visiting

Patterned Paper:  TLC, Create - Candy Heart Papers Val 2

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  QKR - digi 11707

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Big Hug Waiting

Border Punches:  Fiskar

Doily:  Recollection

Challenges

QKR - Ch. 280 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned - January

Loves to Craft -  Ch. 18 Anything Goes

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 107 Anything Goes

International Art & Soul - Ch. 25 Do something digital

You have a very special place in my heart

Today at Bugaboo there is a New Release of this image Clyde Be Mine.  My sentiment is from TLC, Create.  I have Glossy Accents on the heart.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Little Red

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Clyde Be Mine

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Very Special Place

Spellbinders:  Heart; Scalloped Heart

Flowers:  Recollections

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Glossy Accents

Challenges

Sugar Pea - Ch. 39 Sketch

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 318 - 319 Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet - Ch. 181 Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' - Valentine/Love

Kraftin' Kimmie - Ch. 415 - Love & Hearts

AI Love is in the air!

I've had this stamp for quite some time, and finally decided I better get him inked.  When my husband and I were first married he had a pair of boxers like these so I just find this so funny.  Unfortunately, he passed away but this is how I see him as a cupid at this time of year anyway, hehe. He had a wonderful sense of humor so he would find that funny.  For the background, I used a cloud stencil from "My Favorite Things".

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Art Impressions - Love is in the Air

Ink:  Memento - Tuxedo Black

        Distress - Broken China

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Spellbinders:  Ribbon pennant; Heart

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Heart:  Hobby Lobby

Washi Tape:  Recollection

Stencil:  My Favorite Things - Cloud

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Ch. 498

Art Impressions - Ch. 224 Feel the Love

Sweet Stampin' - Valentine/Love

QKR - Ch. 280 Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Ch. 376 Anything Goes

Sealed with a kiss love bug

Here is the other card that I made using the Distress Oxide Inks.  See here for my process.  This is my pink card.

Patterned Paper:  Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Recollection

Die:  My Favorite Things

Stamp:  My Favorite Things - free set

Ink:  Distress Oxide - Picked Raspberry

        Memento - Tuxedo Black

Flowers:  Recollection

Heart:  Recollection

Water & Paper Towel

Challenges

Freshly Made Sketches - Ch. 321

Card Mania - Ch. 100 Monochromatic

Mix it Up - Ch. 9 Anything Goes optional masking

Kraftin' Kimmie - Ch. 415 Love and Hearts

Hugs & Kisses FMS

My kids were here for the weekend which was great, but I wanted to spend sometime playing with my Distress Oxide Inks.  So I made a couple of cards with the Freshly Made Sketches for this week.  I masked the sentiment area with a banner die.  Then inked the Oxide Ink on, spritzed it with water and with the blotting of the paper towel it left an interesting pattern on the paper and I liked the texture.  I heat setted it, inked the sentiment and stamps.  Then I added a gem and sequins.  I kept it as a simple Valentine card.

Cardstock:  Recollection

Die:  My Favorite Things

Ink:  Distress Oxide - Fired Brick

        Memento - Tuxedo Black

Stamp:  My Favorite Things - X's and O's

Sequins: stash

Gem:  Mark Richards

Water & Paper Towel

Challenges

Freshly Made Sketches - Ch. 321

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 110 Power of Red

Card Mania - Ch. 100 Monochromatic

Mix it Up - Ch. 9 Anything Goes optional masking

Kindness is like snow...

Today starts a new Challenge at Catch the Bug and it is a photo inspiration.  For my card, I used, Winter kidz girl and a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I added snow to my image by masking it with Moltow drops then coloring the sky and then rubbing the masking drops off.  I put Sakura jelly white pen drops over the image.  I colored her clothes in a rainbow of colors and the background paper in a rainbow to go with the photo inspiration picture.

Pattered Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Treat Yo Self

Cardstock:  Bazzil; DCWV; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Winter Kidz Girl (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - 

Poms:  Creativity

Sakura jelly white pen

Moltow masking pen

Challenges

Little Red Wagon - Ch. 430 Bundle Up

Hanna & Friends - Ch. 290 Winter

Sisterhood of Crafters - Dashing through the Snow

Merry Monday - Ch. 274 Let it Snow

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 195 Anything Goes

Bee my honey

My final card for today is the Mo Manning image, Bee my honey.  She reminds me of Tinker Bell.  I added Sakura jelly glitter pen on the antennae and wings.  I distressed the paper edges and ink distressed them also.  The papers are from Imagine That Digistamp.

Patterned Paper:  Imagine That Digistamp - Going Buggy (see above for direct link)

Cardstock: Core-dinations

Stamp:  Mo Manning - Bee my honey (see above for direct link)

Buttons:  Paper Studio

Bling & Pearls:  Prima

Ink:  Memento - Black Tuxedo

Distress Tool - Tim Holtz

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Challenges

Dream Valley - Ch. 171 Love

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 191 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 318 - 319 Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 514 Buttons

CRAFT - Ch. 452 Distress your project/Vintage

The Crafter's Cafe - Ch. 188 Lots of Bling

Crafty Cardmakers - Ch. 203 Bling's the Thing

You stole my heart

Mo Manning just came out with some new images and I just had to grab them.  This is one, called She stole my heart.  I made this an easel card.

Patterned Paper:  Bo Bunny

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Mo Manning - She stole my heart (see above for direct link)

Spellbinder;  Large petite oval

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Label:  Pink Paislies

Button:  Stash

Divine Twine

Challenges

Sketch Principals - Ch. 40

Dream Valley - Ch. 171 Love

DL Thankful Thursday - Ch. 221 Love

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 514 Buttons

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 230 Finish the Inside

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 110 The power of red

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 191 Anything Goes

Love Bird

I realized that I had this adorable image from Mo Manning and I printed it along with a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I thought this would be nice to send to my parents for Valentine's Day.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Authentic

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Mo Manning - Lovebirds

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Love Bird

Divine Twine

Flowers:  Prima; Paper Studio

Pearls:  Mark Richards

Challenges

Atlantic Heart Sketch - Ch. 248

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Ch. 10

Color Throwdown - Ch. 477

DL Thankful Thursday - Ch. 221 Love

Crafty Creations - Ch. 359 Anything Goes

There is no man like a SNOWMAN

This is a one of the newer snowmen from Bugaboo from the Goofy Snowman Set and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.  Today I dealt with both my ex husband and ex finance so I will just say that I say that I really like this sentiment, and it sums up my life right now, LOL.  I actually went to take some chocolate chip banana bread for my best friend who had surgery on Friday and she was with her grandsons and I got hugs and kisses from a 3 and 6 year old and there was no expectations with it so it was a great, hehe.
I put Stickles on the snow on the ground and Sakura glitter jelly pen on the snowflakes in the sky.

Pattered Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Big Ideas & Being Me; Recollection

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Goofy Snowman Set (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - There's no man like a Snowman

Sequins - stash

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Stickles

Ribbon:  American Crafts

Challenges

Creative Sketchy Girls - Ch. 21 Sketch

Color Throwdown - Ch. 477

12 Months of Christmas - Ch. 37 A touch of Frost

CHNC - Ch. 369 Anything Christmas with optional use a sentiment

ABC Christmas - A for Antlers B for Birds

Merry Christmas - Ch. 4

Hanna & Friends - Ch. 290 Winter

CCAYR - January

Merry Monday - Ch. 274 Let it Snow

LOVE is patient, LOVE is kind 1Corinthians:13

Well, I actually wanted to clean my craft room tonight; however, I played instead....naughty.  This is the last card that I made.  It is using a sentiment from TLC, Create.  I then put a bunch of pearls on a Spellbinder and it was fun.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - This time of year -February

Cardstock:  Bazzil

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Love is patient Love is kind

Spellbinder:  Untamed heart

Pearls:  Mark Richards

Divine Twine

Challenges

Atlantic Heart Sketch - Ch. 248 

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 191 Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 318 - 319 Anything Goes

ATG with TLC, Create - Ch. 17
Dream Valley - Ch. 171 Love
Crafty Sentiments - New Beginnings
Fab 'n Funky - Ch. 378 With a number

Happy Cuddling Weather

We keep having such unusual weather....one minute it's raining and then the next it's snowing so we just have a MESS!  So I think it is best to just stay inside and cuddle since the roads have ice and the temps are going up and down.  So I made this card, using the adorable Polar Bear from Bugaboo and a sentiment from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Holly Jolly; Basic Grey

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Polar Bear

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Happy cuddling weather

Ink:  Distress - Old Paper

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Die:  My Favorite Things

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Gems:  Mark Richards

Ribbon:  Michael's

Challenges

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Ch. 437

Winter Wonderland - Embossing dry or wet (embossed paper)

Dragonfly Journeys - Ch. 110 The Power of Red

Hanna & Friends - Ch. 290 Winter

CHNC - Ch. 369 Anything Christmas with optional use a sentiment
CCAYR - January

Butterfly tag So sorry for your loss

I am needed to replenish my stash and here is a sympathy card that I made.  I used a tag from Bugaboo and a sentiment from Imagine That Digistamp.  I put Glossy Accents on the water drops.  For this project I actually used Prisma pencils and Gamisol.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Whatever the Weather

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Tags Word Butterfly bubbles (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  Imagine That Digistamp - Sentimental Thoughts (see above for direct link)

Ribbon:  Bazzil; Hobby Lobby; Michael's

Glossy Accents

Prisma pencils

Gamisol

Challenges

4CC - Ch. 386 With Sympathy

Aud Sentiments - Ch. 195 Anything Goes

Incy Wincy - Tag

Not Just Cards - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Wk 451 Butterflies

I hope your day is as Magical as me

Bugaboo just had it's 8th Birthday Bash which was a whole week of Challenges, right now there is a BINGO and Stella Sketch going on.  Today there is a New Release which was the prize set from the Birthday Bash.  Here is my card and the sentiment I used on the inside.  I put Glossy Accent on the balloon.

Pattered Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - Her name was Lola

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Craft Smith; Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo

Glossy Accents

Ribbon:  Really Reasonable Ribbon

Bling:  Mark Richards

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

Ink:  Memento - Angel Pink

Die:  Sizzix

Corner Rounder:  Creative Memories

Challenges

Di's Designs - Birthday Challenge

Crafting with Dragonflies - ch. 96 Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned - January

Crafty Girls Creation - Ch. 43 Anything Goes

Always Happy Birthday - January Pink Card Base

Bring a song to your heart

Since I mailed out around 100 Christmas cards, I figured I better get started on making my stash for the upcoming year.  So I had this image colored from Lili of the Valley - Christmas Robin and the sentiment is from TLC, Create.  I used both a Marvy and Liquid Applique for the snow on the branches.  The brown paper is embossed.  We are actually getting some snow right now.

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Lili of the Valley (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Season bring joy

Punches:  EK Success

Dies:  My Favorite Things

Sakura jelly glitter pen

Ribbon:  Aria

Sequins:  Stash

Snow:  Marvy & Liquid Applique

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Ch. 497

CHNC - Ch. 369 Anything Christmas with optional use of a sentiment

12 Months of Christmas - Ch. 37 A Touch of Frost

ABC Christmas - A for Antlers and B for Birds

Winter Wonderland - Embossing dry or wet

Merry Monday - Ch. 274 Let it snow

The Merry Christmas Challenge - Ch. 3

CCAYR - January