3-in-1 Valentine's!!

Good morning from a snowy central Alberta. It's lightly snowing and sure looks pretty outside! Yep, I love the snow :o) I know..I know...C-R-A-Z-Y right?! *insert big grin here*

I worked on a couple more Valentine's Day cards last night using 3 challenges. The first was from Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog where their challenge this week is to use scallops anywhere on your card. The 2nd challenge in my card comes from the Creative Card Crew blog where their challenge this week is...yep, you guessed it: "Valentine's!" Yay me!! LOL....and the 3rd component of my card came from Mojo Monday's challenge sketch:
....and here is the card I created using all 3 challenges listed above:

Recipe:

Stamps: Love You Much
Paper: Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Sweet Always DP (retired)
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Scallop edge punch, scallop circle punch, nestabilities scallop circles, brads, chocolate chip ribbon, dimensionals, pretty in pink marker, gems

Pastel Valentine...

Good afternoon! I snuck in another card today in between helping my kids with their school work and getting lunches and supper made :) This time it was with colors that I don't use very often..the pastels. The color challenge comes from the Colour Create Challenge Blog. Be sure to pop on over and take part in this wonderful combination of colors! I decided to use a Bella for this card, and she is soooo "stinkin" cute (to quote my good friend, Tamie...luv ya girlie)

Recipe:

Stamps: Acrylic stamps and Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Whisper White, Going Gray, Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink

Ink: Black Versafine, Basic Gray

Accessories: clear embossing powder, paper piercer, embossing die cuts, embossing folders, scallop eyelet border punch, scallop border punch, dimensionals, markers, gems, pretty in pink ribbon, horizontal slot punch, corner punch

Both my kids are being home-schooled this year and so it is rare for me to have a full "ME" day by myself and tomorrow I just *MIGHT* get one! Kim is gone overnight to a friends house tonight and Calvin might be going to a friends too - maybe not overnight tonight, but for sure in the morning, so it will be just LIL 'OL ME here tomorrow for the majority of the day - until I need to hit the gym and pick up my daughter from gymnastics!! Oh...what trouble could I get into in the crafting world?!?! Hee Hee....

I hope you all have a fantastic evening...I'll be back a bit later - I have a few more challenges I'd love to check out! TTYL....

Happy Stamping!!

For You...

My friend, Tamie, and I went shopping today at the local scrapbook store and I bought a few more designer papers...ya, ya...like I need more paper like a hole in the head, but hey - a girl can NEVER have too much paper!!! :) I decided to sit down and make a few cards tonight and then get at some more prep for my classes this month....this is the first card I made tonight:

I CASE'd this layout from Laura at Scrapnextras....be sure to click HERE to see her version. Thanks, Laura!!

Recipe:

Stamps: Eastern Blooms
Ink: Riding Hood Red, Tempting Turquoise
Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Riding Hood Red, Whisper White, "Dreamy 2" from My Minds Eye
Accessories: round tab punch, gems, riding hood ribbon, ticket corner punch, dimensionals, damask cuttlebug folder

A cute wedding card...

I came across this card in the Stampin' Up! catalog too and decided to paper piece the birdies and add some bling! Hope you like it!!

Recipe:
Stamps: A Little Birdie Told Me
Paper: Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, Confetti White
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: paper piercer, whisper white ribbon, heart punch, jolee's crystals (Michael's)

Pink Happy Birthday

I had fun making this one tonight! I used a Happy Birthday mini folder and placed it in the middle of my card front...then wasn't sure what to do with the sides! So, I used my Scor-Pal and made some boundary lines and filled those in with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I added my favorite touch to a card with the Ticket Corner Punch and then added some pink gingham and pink gems. Easy peesy! Thanks for stoppin' by....