From The Heart

A funny thing how this card came about.

I saw the theme challenge at The Paper Players

and thought that the image looked so familiar to me.

well, it was as my Valentine napkins have

almost the same image of the heart balloons.

With that being said, I have wanted 'forever' to try

the glitter napkin technique.

There is an awesome video on youtube HERE

if you want to give it a try.

I am not going to even go into explaining it

as her video is so GOOD!

So, here is MY card using my napkin.

I think it turned out rather well.

I stamped the Flourishes sentiment on pink vellum.

It was fun, so much so that I can see myself collecting more napkins...

just what I need, more 'stuff'  lol!

Also entering in the following challenges:

Time Out .... home sweet home

supplies:  Stamp Flourishes Have A Heart; Die Tutti Designs Stitched Nesting Hearts,

Cheery Lynn Designs Fishtail Banners;

Elizabeth Crafts Clear Double Sided Adhesive Sheets;

SU Products Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Heat & Stick Powder;

Embossin folder WeR Memory Keepers Hearts

Turner Syndrome Blog Hop

Hello Blogging Friends!!

Welcome to my project for the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness Inaugural Blog Hop!  

Turner Syndrome is a genetic disorder where a female is born with only one X chromosome, instead of two, leaving her with life-long medical issues and learning disabilities. This condition occurs one in 2,500 female births worldwide, but is more common among pregnancies that do not survive to full term. That is why Turner Syndrome Females are considered MIRACLES!

Nineteen caring Sponsors and eleven DT Members have partnered with us to bring Turner Syndrome Awareness to the Public. For details on how you might win any of these fabulous prizes, please see Lori's TS home page. Thanks for learning About Turner Syndrome. 

My TS related project uses a few colors from the TS official color board:

Here is my card

I honestly have to admit I never knew of  Turner Syndrome until I 'met' Lori

and her beautiful daughter 'Julie'.

Now I know it affects 1 in 2500 female babies born....

I encourage you to read Lori's journey HERE. 

I applaud  Lori for all she has done to bring awareness

to this and for all the fund raising she has worked hard at...

it cannot be easy and takes a lot out of her I am sure...

she is truly a special person with a heart of gold!!

I used a sweet image from My Favorite Things 

(which they happen to be one of our sponsors)

she is holding a button jar,

but this time she is filling it with stars!

There are lots of prizes to be had...

not only from the fabulous sponsors but also

some of the designers in the hop.

I am one of them and I have this fun sampling of

Nuvo products!

Aqua pens (watercolor)~coloring markers~ and two bottles of

Crystal Drops.

To win my prize 

You MUST leave a comment here on MY blog...

I would also love for you to become a follower and STAY a follower

after the hop is complete...just sayin'!

Please read below as it has very important instructions for you to

win from the main blog and the sponsors....

I hope you have enjoyed the hop and all the  beautiful designers  cards!!

HOW TO WIN On The 'It's A Girl Thing Blog Hop':

Visit the Turner Syndrome blog hop HERE

and read all the instructions below

(also posted on the main page...this is just for your convenience.)

• Leave a comment on the TS Awareness Home Blog Post stating at least one thing you learned about Turner Syndrome. Our Tab titled About Turner Syndrome has a pictorial explanation of many of the symptoms or limitations faced by TS females.
• Leave a comment on one or more DT blog hop posts. 
• Prizes will be awarded randomly from the comments left on 19 of the DT blog hop posts + by 11 of the designers who are awarding prizes of their own. So the more posts you visit and comment on, the more likely you are to win a prize. Don't forget! You must also leave one comment on the Home Blog, too.
• We hope this will bring an awareness not only about Turner Syndrome in females, but that if any human being seems a bit out of the ordinary, there could be a health-related or genetic reason for it, and it would be nice to give everyone the benefit of the doubt in our daily lives.

 The design team thanks you for supporting and learning About Turner Syndrome.  

Valentine Angel

Happy first day of February!
Speaking of the 1st,
it means it is the day a new challenge starts at
Dies R Us Challenges!



We are seeing RED for our theme...
meaning we want to see RED on your projects!

I love my Tutti dies and I used a very favorite of mine for the background....
Tutti Designs Rose Frame
Isn't it beautiful?
It leaves an open space in the middle
which I have covered with the 
Tutti Designs Stitched Nesting Hearts
the little metallic heart is also part of the nesting set.

The angel is a very very reasonably priced die
Cheapo Dies Angel
she actually has her hands together in a praying form
(see image below)
but I changed her up a bit just by adding the heart.
She is so lacy and pretty!!

Tutti Designs Stitched Nesting Hearts

Tutti Designs Rose Frame

Cheapo Dies Angel


I finished by adding a few clear sequins.

So make sure to go to the Dies R Us challenge blog
and enter YOUR RED project
for a chance to win a gift certificate to the Dies R Us store!

Jolly Ranchers

Today I am joining in the challenge at

Addicted To Stamps

with their theme being 'Snowmen'.

I thought is was a pretty good challenge as it requires

some stamping and I certainly have lots of those

that have never seen ink!

This stamp is an oldie 2005  from Stampabilities

called 'Jolly Ranchers'...aren't they cute?

I think they are doing the

'boot scootin' boogie' in the snow!

Besides the older stamp, I used some very old SU Dazzling Details

for falling snow and on the fence,

which I believe is an IO die.

the sentiment is from Hero Arts.

The papers are oldies form my scrap bag.

I also tied a little 'rope' on the fence.

Thank you for visiting with me today!

PS:  I was making this card while waiting for the

'Polar Vortex" to arrive today....to be -48 with the

wind chill...these little snow guys might like it

but I sure don't!!

Also wanted to enter the challenge at
Pixie's Crafty Workshop
to honor Di for keeping this challenge going
for 7 years....wow...what an accomplishment
when so many challenges have been closing,
plus that it is a FUN challenge
allowing you to use your 'snippets' (scraps)...
thank you Di for all you do!!

Happy Birthday Circle

This is my post on the Tutti Designs blog today.

Hello, Diane with you today using the
Tutti Designs Happy Birthday Circle die.
This is a great die especially if you need a quick birthday card
as it is gorgeous enough on it's own or just by adding a few details
like I did!

The first card I embossed a background panel, 
then die cut from a pretty gold floral metallic paper,
and added a few gold purchased flowers.

The second card was just as easy,

this time adding a designer paper, a few glitter 'dots'

and coloring in only the leaves.

The last card has a bit more details on it

but still a super easy card.

The die was cut from a glitter and metallic paper

then added to a designer background paper,

a gingham bow, flower and a bit of rick rack trim to finish!!

Happy Birthday Circle

Make sure to visit the Tutti Designs Store (link below)

for LOTS more fabulous dies!!

Come back tomorrow for more Tutti Designs inspiration!

and here are some Tutti Designs quick links:

Tutti Designs Store

Tutti Designs Pinterest

Tutti Designs Facebook

Tutti Designs Blog

Thank you for visiting with me today!

Valentine Hedgie

I made a fun card for the Animal Friends Challenge

that the theme is 'Hedgehog' for the month of January.

I was a little surprised at myself of how many

hedgehog stamps/dies I had to choose from....

guess I think the little critters are CUTE!!

For my card I used a $1.50 stamp from Michael's I bought last year...

first time it has seen ink.

I stamped her first on a white card stock panel, 

then made a mask to cover here

and stamped the hearts over her...

I like the way she is surrounded by all those hearts.

The hearts stamp is from Michael's too...

one of their Recollections stamps.

Her bow was 'hit' with a glitter pen, 

turning the card on an angle really shows the sparkle.

That's it for me today...you have a great one!!

Entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Wednesday .... Have A Heart
Send A Smile 4 Kids ... Valentines 4 Kids

Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend

Today at

The Sisterhood of Crafters 
I am the hostess and I chose a theme of

'Diamonds'.

Pretty easy is all you have to do is use any kind of

diamond shape in your creation!

A funny thing happened 'on the way' to creating my card...
I did NOTHING at all that I had intended lol!

I first sat down and went through lots and lots of paper pads
to find some with a diamond pattern on them, 
pulled them out and then never used a one lol!

Here is my card without any 'diamond' designer paper.

After rejecting all the designer paper, I pulled out my 'diamond' embossing folders,

I had six that all had some kind of diamond pattern on  them.

The one I chose is an older Cuttlebug one that I have had since forever!

I just loved the pretty pattern of it and thought it would go good with my new

Sue Wilson 'Peony Diamond' die.

Isn't this a pretty die?

One of the things I love about her dies is that you have several options of

just by different layering them you can get lots of different ways to use them.

The other die is a Cottage Cutz Bird Trio,

no trio here though, as I cut it apart to fit lol!

I added a cute birdhouse die cut from Impression Obsession.
For the sentiment I had intended to use a die cut word 'hello'
but after cutting it realized I had cut 'hugs' instead...whoops..lol...
I think hugs works just as well!!

So make sure to head on over to 
The Sisterhood 
and see what my 'sistahs' have created!!