Valentine For The Hubby

 Today I had the fun of creating a special Valentine for the hubby.
Lately I have been really enjoying the creative stamps by
Unity and this so happens to be one of them
'Slightly Wry'.
I turned it into a Valentine as it resembles our dog Mackinaw (Mack)
almost perfectly.  I think he will get a kick out of it,
(the hubs, not the dog lol).
The background paper is also Unity's Sweet On You 6x6 paper.
The sentiment is Honey Bee Hello Sweetheart stamped with Hero Hues
Cherry ink.  I added a few stick on hearts and a die cut cloud from my
spare parts bag.

I have the entire Unity February release bundle of stamps
arriving tomorrow, I can't wait!

Mack the goldendoodle:

I will be entering my card into these challenges:
Cardz For Gals #269 .... Hearts and Kisses
Little Red Wagon #845 ... Red
Creative Knockouts #564 .... Love~Valentines~Anniversary
Just Us Girls  #810 .... Word Week Valentine

Time Out #306 ....Red~Sparkle~Pink~Heart~Aperture~Twine
Pick 2

Happy Birthday Stitching

 This month at The Sisterhood of Crafters our theme is
STITCHING.

I guess I took it literally as I did some REAL stitching using a
Spellbinders Stitched Medallion die.  I have a small collection of
these dies and find it relaxing to work on them while watching TV,
I can rarely just sit and watch a program, I have to have my hands busy too!
So, I have a few already stitched pieces just waiting to be made into a card!
The sentiment is a Betterpress die also from Spellbinders
and the background is The Greetery Aida Cloth Texture plate.

Come on over to The Sisterhood and see all the 
inspiration from our design team and join in with us.

Picked Posies

 At Love Those Pretty Papers challenge we give you an
excellent opportunity to use your pretty papers.

We are an 'anything goes' challenge with an OPTIONAL
monthly theme and this month it is POLKA DOTS.
Who doesn't LOVE polka dots??

Because I have so many scrap pieces of designer papers
and also because this is 'my' year I am trying to use some of my
things up, both my cards were made with scrap pieces of designer papers.

The first card I created using the polka dot theme and adding
Concord & 9th already created Picked Posies.
I have several of these in various colors already made and it's time
I started using them up.  The polka dot butterflies had taken 'flight'
on my desk so they landed on this card as well!
The sentiment is a Spellbinders Betterpress.

For my second 'anything goes' card, I had fished this piece of embossed
hearts vellum out long ago to use and had a slightly smaller then A2
card base to use so it worked perfectly for that.  The heart balloons
and love sentiment are from a 2024 Recollections stickers pack.
The oval they are resting on is from my 'pinks' spare parts container
as is the tiny red butterfly.
That vellum was little bit difficult to photograph.

So, get out those pretty papers and come and join us at
Love Those Pretty Papers!!

Entering the following challenges:
Die Cut Diva's .... Red and/or Pink

Let's Celebrate

Today at Simply Clean & Simple our OPTIONAL theme is 
GREENERY 
but you can create anything as long as it is CAS.

Card #1

I find CAS cards quite fun, a nice break from all the
other types of cards I do.  For this challenge I used and older Poppystamps die (2016) Sylvan Sprig (berries included).  When I add the dates
of the dies/stamps I am always amazed that I have had them for
so long as it seems like yesterday that I just bought them,
where does the time go??  The sentiment is Altenew
Sentiments Strips 2 stamped with Dew Drop Nautical Blue ink.
Very simple, very CAS, but I like it!

Card #2

I made a very quick and easy card also using some 'greenery'.
I had this small square and the greenery wreath (Cottage Cutz)
already die cut and in my 'green' box of spare parts so decided to
make it easy on myself and use what I already had cut.
The sentiment is another left over from my 3D Katy Sue cards.

We would love to have you join our challenge at
Simply Clean & Simple.

You Are Loved

 It's the start of a new monthly challenge today at 
Word Power
the challenge where your BIG sentiments take stage,
no itty bitty little sentiments for us!

My BIG sentiment today is from Sizzix You Are Loved stamp set.
I added a few chain links of silver Dazzles
and a cute stamp from Penny Black Loads of Love
and a few pink glitter hearts from my stash.
My cute image was colored with a mix of
 Copic's and Olo alcohol markers
That's it, easy peasy!

So, get your big sentiments out and come and join us at
our Word Power challenge.
(Every time I start a sentence with SO, I think of
how my English teacher would react LOL)!!

Entering the following challenges:
We Love Stamping .... Hearts or ATG
I 💗Pro Markers #600 .... Love and Romance
Little Red Wagon ....Love
Simon Says Wednesday .... Add A Heart
Passion For Markers ....Add Some Red

Vintage Happy Birthday

At Double D our new theme for the next couple weeks is
Shabby Chic/Vintage!  We have a pretty mood board representing just that,
you can create either vintage OR shabby chic.

I have to say I  did not at all do what I had intended to do for this challenge
but went a whole different direction.
Several years ago I had a love for all the dress form stamps and ended up
collecting quite a few of them but of course never inked them up too much.
I pulled all of them out and decided on this one as it had a nice vintage 'flare' to it.
Prima (2012) and there is no name on the set but has 5 fun rubber stamps in all.
I just lightly colored it in places and layered it with some Tutti Designs
scalloped rectangles.  The sentiment is one left over from my Katy Sue 3D cards.

We would love to have your shabby chic/vintage creations over at
Double D!!

Peaceful Dove

 February brings us a new challenge at
Triple B and we have a fun mood board for inspiration.
However, you can create anything as long as it has
BIRDS~BLOOMS~BUTTERFLIES
You can use one, two or ALL three!!

For my card I started with a textured card stock in red and embossed with an
embossing folder I purchased at Spellbinders from their
Fun Stampers Journey collection.  I also used
My Favorite Things Peaceful Dove but this time instead
of carrying a sprig, he is carrying a heart, after all
February is the month of 'love'!!

We hope you will join us with one of your
Triple B's!!

Entering the following challenges:
Pearly Sparkles Challenge #116 ....  Hearts