Have I toad you lately that I love you?

Today starts the new challenge at Imagine That Digistamp and I had the opportunity to use the new stamp for this month which is Frogs in Love.   I also used the paper Be Mine.  I made this an easel card which is one of my favorite layouts.

Patterned Paper:  Imagine That Digistamp - Be Mine (see above for direct link)

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp & Sentiments:   Imagine That Digistamp - Frogs in Love (see above for direct link)

Notes:  Sizzix

Ribbon:  Michael's

Flowers:  Prima

Divine Twine

Brad:  Paper Studio

Challenges

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 463 Be My Valentine

Scrapping 4 Fun - Ch. 83 Friends, love, wedding, Valentine's

Pattie's Creation - Ch. 131 Lots of Red

RRR - Ch. 157 Hearts with ribbon/trim

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 268-269 Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' - Love is in the Air

Let's celebrate the gift of you HB!

My Mother has nine sisters and my Dad has three brothers so needless to say, I have a lot of Aunts.  My family is large and it is close.  I have an Aunt that never had any children, but she adopted many of us by spoiling us with books and she even passed that on to my children.  Now she spoils my children with household items as they move on their own.  I wanted to make a special birthday card for her so I used a sentiment from TLC, and pulled out some dies that I haven't used before that were in my stash.

Patterned Paper:  Sweet Shoppe - I hope you dance

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Let's Celebrate the gift of you

Buttons:  stash

Hemptique

Dies:  Cherry Lynn; Memory Box

Ribbon:  EK Success

Challenges

Mojo Monday - Sketch 482

RRR - Ch. 157  Hearts with ribbon/trim (die, and patterned paper)

CHNC Patterned - February

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 145 Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Ch. 179 Birthday Wishes

Come & Get It - 3 or more layers

1 + 1 = Us

Here is the image for the progressive challenge #6 with these adorable Valentine Cats at Sasayaki Glitter.  The sentiment is from TLC.  I can't have live plants around my cats since they eat the leaves or knock over the pot/vase.  My finance's cat don't even look or disturb where mine could never sit on a pot like that without being "naughty".  Mine would also push the other one off, hehe.

Patterned Paper:  Core-dinations

Cardstock:  Bazzil:  Recollections

Stamp:  Sasayaki Glitter (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - 1 + 1 = Us

Ink:  Memento - Rosebud

Spellbinders:  Grand Circles; Grand Scalloped Circle

Hearts:  Recollection

Challenges

Sasayaki Glitter - Progressive Challenge #6

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 145 Anything Goes

Show us your pussies - Ch. 14 Furrything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Ch. 463 Be my Valentine

Crafting with Dragonflies - Ch. 73 Valentine's Day

Di's Design - All about love

Glitter 'n Sparkle - Ch. 224 No square or rectangle cards

Creatalicious Challenge - Ch. 108 Add some hearts

Ready, set, smile, it's your birthday!

I have several birthday cards that I have to make for this month and I feel behind since I was on vacation.  For this card, I used the new set that I won from Bugaboo birthday celebration.  I made a shaker card and put a sentiment from TLC on the inside.  I also got a new Spellbinder die which I used.

Cardstock:  Recollections

Stamp:  Bugaboo - Bug under the sea set

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Ready, set, smile, it's your birthday!

Acetate

Foam tape

Die:  Die-Namics

Spellbinder:  Shapebilities Sea Life Accents

Bling:  Stash

Glitter and sequins:  Recollection

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Challenges

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Ch. 306

Catch the Bug - Color Challenge

Creative Knockout - Ch. 179 Birthday Wishes

Polkadoodles - Wk 5 Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Ch. 108 Add some sparkle ( in the shaker there is glitter and sequins)

Allsorts - Ch. 400 Let's celebrate

Penny's Paper Crafty - Ch. 314 Anything Goes

BRAVE (Fearless-Strong-Courageous)

I wanted to make a masculine card so I used this Doctor Digi stamp with a sentiment from TLC.  I put Glossy Accent on his helmet and the top of the spear.

Patterned Paper:  Recollection

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  Doctor Digi - Gluteus Maximus

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Brave fearless strong courageous

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Ink:  Memento, London Fog

Glossy Accents

Embellishments - Tim Holtz

Challenges

Sweet Wednesday Sketch 2 - Sketch 105

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 156 Something that begins with C (courageous)

Come & Get It - 3 or more layers

Crafting from the Heart - Ch. 145 Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - Ch. 235 Anything Goes

QKR - Ch. 228 Anything Goes

Every thing sweet reminds me of you

I actually thought I better get ahead of the game and get my coloring done for the progressive challenge at Gerda Steiner.  This adorable pig is the image for the month called I love you more than chocolates - piggy.  I put some Glossy Accent on the area that I thought would be the silver foil wrapper on the candy bar.  The sentiment is from TLC.

Patterned Paper:  DCWV; Paper Studio

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollections

Stamp:  Gerda Steiner (see above for direct link)

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - Every thing sweet

Circle Punches:  EK Success

Ribbon: EK Success

Glossy Accents

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Ch. 448

Gerda Steiner - February

Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 268-269 Anything Goes

Naughty or Nice - Ch. 36 Love is in the Air, Color Inspiration

Brown Sugar - Ch. 235 Anything Goes

Cardz 4 Guyz - Ch. 156 Something that begins with C (chocolate)

Come and Get It - 3 or more layers

Mittens warm winter wishes

Well, I was able to take a week vacation with my boyfriend who is now my finance and we met friends in Orlando and spent our trip with them.  We went to go to the ProBowl and to get away for some warm weather.  As we were leaving WI we were delaying in getting to FL because we got 6 inches of snow and had to get several layers of de-icing before we could take off so we missed our connection and were delayed 5 hours.  So now when I came home, I had to clear my driveway and we got more snow so it was a real mess and quite a workout for today.  So I thought this was a great card.  The sentiment and image are from TLC, Create.

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey - Bittersweet

Cardstock:  Bazzil; Recollection

Stamp:  TLC, Create - Mittens Day Digi

Sentiment:  TLC, Create - warm winter wishes

Ink:  Versa Mark - Lady Bug

Spellbinder:  Pennant

Die:  Little B

Bling:  Recollections

Challenges

If you give a crafter a cookie - Ch. 61

Color Throwdown - Ch. 428

Try Stampin' on Tuesday - Ch. 307

Hanna & Friends - Ch. 266 Rose/Brown

Paper Shelter - Ch. 279 Winter

Sweet Stampin' - Spots & Dots