Hero Arts and Clearly Besotted...LOVE

Happy Hump Day everyone!

Today I'm over at

A Blog Named Hero

and would love it if you stopped on by.

Here's a little sneaky peak of one of my cards...

We're collaborating with the very generous

Clearly Besotted!!

I hope you like them as much as I liked creating them!

MAHALO!!

Wild For You

It feels like forever since I've posted!

I've been caught up with work, but I have

been working on some behind the scenes stuff and will

share once I figure a few more things out.

Today I have a card to add to the 

Valentine card pile that my male coworkers 

have been asking for.  I noticed most of my cards were pink (gasp)!

So instead I went with my favorite color...teal and my favorite animal

a peacock...

Lawn Fawn Louie's ABCs die, Lawn Fawn Let's Roll,

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder, DCWV Glitzy Glitter Matstack,

white embossing powder, Faber Castell Paper Crafter Crayons

To get that fun peacock feathered background,

I used a technique called frottage in which you have a textured surface

and (in my case) a crayon to get the impression

(remember doing this back in grade school?)

I added more shades of blues, greens and even a touch of yellow

to bring out that fab gold in the die cut letters!

I thought this perfect to enter

City Crafter Challenge: Oh Feathers 

Mahalo for stopping by!

Love and Kisses...another shaker card

I've been slowly recovering from the craziness 

of the holidays and really trying hard 

to get a head start on Valentine cards.

The guys at my work are already making their requests!

Today I'm playing with Avery Elle...

Avery Elle Fill in the Blank, Avery Elle Simply Labels, Avery Elle Needle Little Love

Hero Arts Shadow Inks in Bubble Gum, Passion Flower and Pale Tomato,

Doodlebug Designs Sequins, Simon Says Stamp Stitched Circle Die, Staz On Jet Black

I liked stamping out all those sweet hearts 

on the card front

trying to keep it simple from the 

pattern paper background.

I got the idea of stamping the sentiment on the acetate from 

Jennifer McGuire. I think it gave it a cool effect 

that you can hopefully see here...

I'll be entering this in the

Fusion Card Challenge

inspired by the colors and using the acetate window as

my "chalkboard."

Mahalo for stopping by!

I'll definitely be back to share more shaker cards!!

An Itty Bitty with TONS of Love

Hello there!  Gonna make this a quick one because I'm suppose to be working, but I needed to figure out what to do with this...

 

I have a seriously hard time throwing scraps away, but when it comes to glitter paper...
every-last-piece-WILL-be-used! 

Here's the itty bitty (3inx3in) card for the next Lawnscaping Challenge: Dots and Hearts

.

 

Lawn Fawn Love You Tons with dies, Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card, Hero Arts India Ink Black, Blomma Jessica Swift Pattern Paper, DCWV Glitz 

Glitter Matstack

That's it for me!  I'm thinkin' this will be perfect for a lunch box note for my kiddos.  Gotta run to work now...hope you have a fabulous day and mahalo for taking the time to stop by!!!

Picking Up the Pieces Vol. 12: Love Potion

Each weekend I wonder how Monday arrives soooo quickly...not to mention we are in February already!  So for today's post it's another Valentine's card using inspiration from the Fusion Card Challenge
and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge: Twine

I just found out that the hubby was keeping some Lawn Fawn goodies from me!  I couldn't believe it, but apparently he was waiting til Valentine's Day, but over heard me ooo-ing and aah-ing over some sweet cards using this fun set.  He decided Valentine's would come early so I could start playing....thank you hubby!

Lawn Fawn Science of Love with matching dies, Lawn Fawn Stitched Journaling Card die, Lawn Trimmings, Copics, Memento ink in Tuxedo Black, Distress Markers, Jessica Swift Blomma pattern paper, DCWV Glitz Glitter Matstack

I went with the card sketch...no surprise...hehe

I love those little beakers and added some lashes and Wink of Stella in clear to the "girl" beaker.  I had a few requests from my guy co-workers for some Valentine's cards, so I'm building up my stash for them to choose.  I think it's so sweet they ask me every year to go through my cards. What's even sweeter is their ladies request for it over a store bought card...cute eh?!  Hope you all have a great week!

Mahalo for stopping by.  I so appreciate it!

I like mine...crispy!

A quick mahalo to everyone that has been hopping along and leaving sweet comments for our first ever Kitty Bee Designs Blog Hop!  If you haven't had the chance yet, go check it out...I guarantee it'll have you smiling!

A little tidbit about myself...I'm a huge breakfast fan.  I could eat breakfast items for lunch and dinner and be totally happy and content.  Of course my favorite breakfast item...bacon!  I prefer my bacon crispy and when I started to ink up this fun Paper Smooches set I had a ton of fun mixing and matching ink colors and paper to create the perfect bacon for my card...one with crisp edges...hehe

Ta da....

Paper Smooches Calorie Free, Lawn Trimmings, Lawn Cuts Circle Dies, Sizzix embossing folder, Darice Notebook paper embossing folder, Memento Inks in Peanut Brittle, Rich Cocoa and Lady Bug, My Clever Creations homemade button

 I followed this week's Freshly Made Sketches

And since I used twine it will also be entered in Simon Says Anything Goes Challenge: Use Twine

Off to go prep for the big game tomorrow... GO BRONCOS!!

"If God's not a Broncos fan why did he make sunsets Blue and Orange?"

 Seriously I'm not that big into football, but feel a little obligated since Colorado is my second home ;-)
Have a great weekend!

Designer Spotlight for Kitty Bee Designs

Aloha and welcome to my Designer Spotlight post for Kitty Bee Designs!  I'm so fortunate to have gotten to know the creative artist behind these super cute images.  On occasion we get to see the rough sketch and it amazes me how the images evolve and come out to adorable stamps and digis that you can't help playing around with.  You can find tons of images (both clear stamps and digis) at the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy store...so go take a look! 

Inspired by Sweet Sunday Sketch

These little froggies just make me smile and I ended up white heat embossing them to make them more whimsical.  I stamped them to hold hands and added some googly eyes...one with lashes to create a cute little froggy couple!

I've been playing more with my gelatos and got this kinda cool outlined look to my sentiment.

Of course if you have any questions on this card (or any of my other projects) you can e-mail me or leave a comment below.  I love chatting!  Have a great day!

P.S.-  I also have a tab at the top with more Kitty Bee Design Love if you'd like to check that out as well...it's guaranteed to make you smile!

Picking Up the Pieces Vol. 11 Bunny Love

Hello there!  I'm back again on Monday to share another paper pieced card using this really cute Kitty Bee Design image.  A little secret...there's new release digis over at the Etsy website that are sooooo adorably cute and perfect for your Valentine's Day projects.  I hope you'll get a chance to check them out!

Back to my card...using the next Seize the Sketch

and my take on it...

 

One of my favorite dies to use around Valentine's Day is the Lifestyle Crafts Nesting Lace Hearts.  I added some Lawn Trimmings cord threaded around the heart to make a bow.  The cord was actually dyed in Memento reinker Lulu Lavender to bring out the slight lavender in the pattern paper.  

That's it for me!  Mahalo for stopping by!

Love Mail

Hello there!  We're midway through the month of January...can you believe it?  Soon Valentine's Day will be here, so that means I have to get in gear for some "love" cards for my stash.

Today's card is for 3 challenges!  First a sketch...I know, I know...it's just how I almost always start a card...hehe.  This is for Freshly Made Sketches

And the card...

Lawn Fawn You've Got Mail and My Silly Valentine, Crate Paper DIY Shop paper pad, Sizzix Love Set Embossing Folder, Hero Arts India Black Ink, Amercian Crafts Light Kraft cardstock

This week's theme for Curtain Call is Love Letter 

  

 and Simon Says Wednesday Challenge is Embossing! 

That's it for me folks!  Hope everyone is enjoying their week...it's almost over.  Can ya tell I'm looking forward to the weekend already?!?  As always MAHALO for stopping by!!!

Lawn Fawn Love and a tiny detail tip

Happy Wednesday!  We are almost to the weekend...YAY!  As much as I want the weekend to come, the time is flying by super fast and the list of things to do grows longer each day!  Isn't that always the case around the holidays?! 

I have another Lawn Fawn card that I wanted to share using their stitched leaves die...

Can you see the little negative heart shape?  That was totally random when I started gluing the leaves...thought it was pretty cool!  I almost covered it up, then thought to leave it as a little special somethin'.  The idea was to make a heart shaped pile of leaves.

The leaves are also inked up to define that outer heart shape using Memento Luxe Ink in Rhubarb Stalk. 

I LOVE Lawn Fawn's alpha sets because there's a font for any occasion and so easy to use as they all lineup!  Sally's ABCs is my favorite font from Lawn Fawn and I added some Lawn Ornaments for bit o' bling.  Love that the sequins are mixed and in varying sizes, but you can also alter them....
**Here comes the tiny tip**
See that little light blue sequin at the top left?  It was actually the size of the bottom right light blue sequin, but because I thought it too big, I took my punch and cut it down to size!  I did warn ya it was a tiny tip...hehehe.

All righty...gotta go cross things off my list!  Have a great day and mahalo for stopping by!!

Sending You...

YES!  It's FRIDAY!!!  To celebrate a little early I got a little crafty and wanted to enter the next Fusion Card Challenge using the sketch.  I must say sketches really get the creative juices flowing!

And my entire card....

Avery Elle Fill in the Blank, Avery Elle-ments Fill In the Blank Die, Avery Elle-ments Icon Fill in the Blank Die, Hero Arts Brush Strokes, Memento Ink in Bahama Blue and Pear Tart, Studio Calico Snippets Collection, twine and button from stash

The color combination was inspired by this week's CAS-ual Fridays Challenge: aqua, green and orange

Mahalo for stopping by!  

P.S.-I'm happy to report that my little preschooler is adjusting to school life.  I finally might be able to drop him off now without crying myself!  Oh the joys of mommyhood!