WW & JSL Reminders

Hello everyone!  Can you believe those meteor showers in Russia yesterday?  If any of my readers were somehow affected, I'm so sorry.  It must have been terrifying.  We had beautiful weather yesterday, and I sat on the porch in the sun for a while just thinking about how random stuff like that is.  How random life is.  It's crazy.  You really have to make the most of every moment and appreciate every little thing.

So - we have a reminder post for you today at:

Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge:  Celebrate the Season

Head on over to see the rest of the DT's creations.

We also have a reminder post for you at:

Just Some Lines: LOVE

You can see more inspiration and link up at the JSL site.  Have a great weekend!  Peace. 

Lotsa Black & Red

Happy Friday!

We have a new challenge for you today at:

Dilly Beans: Black & Red

I am entering this into the:
Scrapper's Delight Challenge: Black & White With a Splash of Red

I used Dilly Beans Nutmeg image, paired with some DP from Tiddly Inks.

Next up - we have a new itinerary challenge at:

Desert Islands Crafters Challenge

I used #'s 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9, and 10.  My image is from Smeared Ink (our sponsor this week), colored with Stickles and Silver Foil Smooch Spritz.  Head on over to see the itinerary and the creations from both our DT and the DT of Smeared Ink.  Have a great weekend.  Peace.

Balloon Ride

Happy Valentine's Day!
Do you think this looks like fun?  My husband would LOVE to go for a ride in a hot-air balloon, but I don't think I could do it!  This girl likes her feet planted firmly on Mother Earth.  :)  But the little girl below sure looks like she's having fun - this is for the:

ADFD: Pink Polka Dots

and

Digital Tuesday: Up, Up, and Away

Image is from A Day for Daisies, paper pieced and then layered with some alphabet stickers with gemstones.  Tied a ribbon around it to finish it off.  Have a happy day, all!  Peace.

Just a note to say...

Good morning!  I can't believe tomorrow is Valentine's Day!  Wasn't it just Christmas, like, yesterday?  *sigh*  My daughter Cass's best friend Missy is flying in tomorrow to stay with us for 11 days - then Cass will be flying back East with her at the end of February.  She wants to go back and see about going to college there, instead of here.  I'm going to miss her so much, but I want her to be happy - and I think it will be good for both of us.  Might force me to actually leave the house every now and then and make some new friends.  It would be nice to have a girlfriend here.  At the very least, I am working up the courage to drive a couple of hours south to meet a few of my crafting friends!  LOL

We have a new challenge for you today at:

Wicked Wednesday ATC Challenge: Celebrate the Season

Our sponsor is Jellypark this week - I colored my image with Copics and Stampin' Up! markers.  I am also entering this into the:

Crafty Creations Challenge:  Love and/or Hearts

and

Celebrate the Occasion: Valentine Anything Goes

and

Fun with ATC's: Red

and

Top Tip Tuesday: Let Me Call You Sweetheart

 

*My TIP is this:  ATC's are the perfect size for children's (or anyone's!) Valentine cards.  Use the back to write the "to and from" information, omitting the need for an envelope.  :)

I'm off to spend the day shopping and going out to lunch with Cass, one last day of just me and my girl hanging out.  Man, I'm gonna miss her something fierce, even if it is for the best.  I'm so thankful that we've spent so much time together over the past year, and that we are so close.  She's growing into such a lovely young woman and I'm so proud of her.  Have a great day, everyone.  Peace.

Cupcake Birthday

Hello all - today's card is for the:

Delightful Inspiration from the heart: Free Stamp of the Month Challenge

I am also entering this into the:

Pink by Design: Birthday Challenge
and
The Crazy Challenge: For a Birthday

I colored the sweet cupcake image with my Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  My little skull is from my friend Glo's Etsy shop here.  Have a great day!  Peace.

Creepie Cuties First Challenge: My Creepy Valentine

Hi everyone!  I just love the funky, cute-yet-creepy digi images at Creepie Cute Stamps, so I was thrilled to see their very first challenge posted here:

Creepie Cute Challenge: My Creepy Valentine

I am also entering this into the:

Allsorts Challenge: Valentine

and

Dream Valley Challenge: Valentine

and 
Red Carpet Studio: Where the Heart Is
and

Pumpkin Spice: Valentine

and
Top Tip Tuesday: Let Me Call You Sweetheart

*My tip is this:  Use Halloween background papers to "creep up" your sweet image any time of year!  I love the creepy-cute stuff, and when I started working with this image I almost paired her with some heart DP but decided to use the skull paper at the last minute.  It was the perfect touch to give her that goth look that she was hoping for while staying sweet for Valentine's Day!  ;)
 
Creepy-cute is  right up my alley, so I jumped right in.  :)  I used the Sweet Little Emma (freebie from quite a while ago) image, colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  I added red Stickles to her lollipop and shoes, and also to outline the sentiment (which was done with my Dymo Caption Maker).  DP is a digi paper in .pdf form from Papercrave.com - punched out some hearts with my heart punch from Stampin' Up!  Peace.

Movie Magic Monthly, All That Scraps, & Crafty Creations

Hi everyone!  Today we announce a cool new challenge blog that I'm happy to be a Design Team member of!  We'll be posting new challenges once each month, each with a different movie theme.  Our very first challenge is:

Movie Magic Monthly:  Alice in Wonderland

I created a little version of Dilly Beans Alice image, shrunk down super small (about an inch and a half) and colored up, then fussy-cut and popped inside a Tim Holtz bottle.  I made the Drink Me tag and tied it on with some floss - I guess Alice should not have followed those instructions, who knows when she'll get out of there?  It's OK, though, she makes a cute little addition to my ever-growing collection of odd little knick-knacks.

Next up - I made a little chocolate candy bar wrapper and a matching card for the:

All That Scraps: Valentine Treat

and

Crafty Creations:  Black & White plus One

I used Skull Abigail, a digi image from All That Scraps, colored with Prismacolor pencils & mineral spirits.  I printed some leopard digi paper onto bright pink cardstock.  I used strips of the leopard paper along with strips of black cardstock for the card.  Finished off with ribbon and gemstone stickers.  Peace.