Sending Love

I decided to play along with the Sweeties at the Sugar Bowl where the challenge this fortnight (why is there not an American equivalent for this term? I always feel self-conscious when I use it, but what else is there?) is this fantastic sketch with the optional theme of Kraft paper.  Here is my take on the challenge:

I love Kraft paper--whenever I use it, I find myself humming "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music---brown paper packages tied up with string!  I even used a little twine to play up the association.  The red polka dotted paper was still on my desk from the Valentines I made earlier this month.  The pink envelope paper is from Fancy Pants--isn't it perfect for this stamp?!

This sweet stamp was my first Sugar Nellie stamp, and I think it will always be one of my favorites.  I love to use it for "thinking of you" mail.  The stamp is called Post Box.  It's no longer available from Sugar Nellie, but it has been re-released by Belles 'n Whistles. 

I'd like to enter this card in the Belles 'n Whistles Challenge where the theme this month is "Love and Hearts" and also in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge where this week's task is to use 3 papers. 

Thanks for looking!  Hope you have a great day!

Looking for Love

House Mouse and Friends is having a blog hop!  I love their blog hops--so many fantastic projects and so much inspiration.  I'm cutting it pretty close on this one though--it's over in just a few hours! The theme is "Love" with more than one heart. I wasn't going to play because I didn't have any Valentine themed House Mouse stamps.  But then inspiration hit and I decided to use this cute Gruffies stamp.  A few hearts scattered on the ground and a valentine for the chipmunk and--VOILA!

I'd also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge--"Love is in the Air"

Simon Say Stamp--"Love is in the Air"

Sweet Sketch Wed--Sketch #140-47

Thanks for looking! Have a great day!

Christmas Sparkle

The current challenge at House Mouse and Friends is Christmas Sparkle.  The DT cards are so fabulous that I found myself humming Christmas carols as I admired them.  :)   For my card, I used large chunky glitter on the snowflakes and a few of the holly leaves. Sadly, the glitter on my card isn't showing up well in the photo, so it looks like "Christmas lumpy" instead of "Christmas sparkle." LOL.   The green paper is from Stampin' Up and the red foil chipboard used to be packaging from Bath and Body Works.  It was too pretty to throw away, so I cut it up and have been using it to make Christmas cards.  The sentiment in the bottom right corner says "Be Merry."  I thought that was appropriate since this little mouse looks so happy! I think he's trying to catch one of those lumpy snowflakes on his tongue. 

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
House Mouse and Friends--"Christmas Sparkle"
Simon Says Stamp--"Anything Goes"  (Just doing my part to hit 1,000 entries)
Cute Card Thursday--"Animal Crackers"

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a great day!

I cut into the cupcake paper---EEK!

One of my favorite craft purchases ever is the Sweet Stack from DCWV.  The papers are so lush!  I love the pastel colors and all of the glittery details.  The papers feature pretty little cupcakes, and cherries, and candies.  Oh, my!  So sweet.  Here's the problem.  I can't bring myself to use it!  Well, after months of hoarding, and with much reservation, I finally decided to cut into the cupcake papers--the most precious of all the papers in the stack.  And you know what? It felt good.  Hmm.  Who knew?  

In fact, it felt so good I made not one, but two cards, featuring this delightful paper. 

Unfortunately, my photography does not do the paper justice.  The flash washes it out quite a bit. The background looks white, but it is actually blue in the first card and pink in the second.  Oh, well. 

Aren't the images cute?  What a sweet image for Baby's First Birthday!  The image is from Mo's Digital Pencil.  You can find it here.  Mo also drew another version for a little boy.  Stay tuned.  I'll have a card featuring that image in the next couple of days.

I'm entering these cards in the following challenges:

Simon Says Challenge--A Card for a Child

Creative Card Crew--Happy Birthday

Thanks for looking and have a great day! 

Let it Snow!

This image from Mo makes me giggle every time I see it.  Bella (the little girl) and Bronte (the poor little dog) are recurring characters in Mo's artwork and I  love the shenanigans they get into.  Check out the worried look on Bronte's face--heehee! He knows this isn't going to end well.

I made this card using the fabulous sketch from Jeanette at Sketch Saturday and I incorporated the theme from this week's challenge at Simon Says Stamp which is "Let it Snow."  I wanted to give a nice snowy/icy effect, so there's lots and lots of glitter.  It's that big chunky glitter...you know...the stuff Kindergartners use.  I snagged it from my Mom (with permission, of course).   I snagged the super cute paper from her too.  It's from one of this year's DCWV holiday stacks.  It's so cute, I almost didn't put Bella and Bronte on the card. I didn't want to cover up any of the cute details!  Anyway, the glitter means I can enter it in the "Glitzy Something" challenge over at Stamp Something. 

Thanks for looking!