You Always Know

We are into our second challenge already this month at
Double D  with a theme of Signs Of Love
and a mood board for inspiration! 

Card #1

I had to really give some thought of what I wanted to do for this theme
and ended up one night 'cruising' on Pinterest for ideas and came across
a cute card with tiny envelopes and that triggered my mind to an OLD

QuicKutz tiny envelope die I had.  It die cuts the little envelope and the
tiny heart to seal it.  I added another 'oldie', a sentiment from
See-D's Card Wishes stamp set.  I also added a few tiny glitter hearts randomly.

Card #2 

After creating the card above I came across this stamp set 
given to me by a friend that I thought was even more perfect.

It is a company I have never heard of Storage Units Ink & More.
Have you ever heard of them?  It must be really really old as
there is no name nor even a UPC on the package, maybe it was 
a free one with a magazine or something?

Anyhow it's very cute for our theme so I went with it!
Colored with Copics and Olos and I had a few
kraft hearts on my desk from another project

so I added those too, the sentiment is part of the

stamp set mentioned above.

We would love to see YOU over at our
Double D challenge.

Boo To You

We are back today with a reminder post about our year round
Halloween challenge at
Two Old Bats!
We do have an inspiration board fitting for both Halloween and
February  but you can create any Halloween project of your choice!

Last year I purchased this Super fun paper from Whimsy Stamps
called Halloween Inks.  It is full of fabulous inky and colorful

Halloween papers and I couldn't wait to use it.

It is 6x6 but I cut it down to a 5 1/2 x 5 1/2" size to fit on a purchased

square card base.  I used a Spellbinders sentiment rub-on and if
you look closely you can see some added glittered hearts.

We would love to see your spooky creations over at

Two Old Bats!!

It's Your Day

It's time for our challenge at Beautiful Blossoms and we
have a gorgeous bouquet for inspiration.
Doesn't it make you long for Spring?
I know it certainly does me!! 

For my card I used a never been used before stamp and die set I bought a few years
ago from Sunny Studio's Spring Bouquet.  It's a layered stamp for
three different Spring flowers, easy peasy.  The flower pot is 
The Greetery Pretty Pot die. it's hard to tell but the pot has a bit of detail

on it.  The sentiment is a Spellbinders Betterpress.
The ink I used is all Altenew.  The under die is from Cottage Cutz
and I had used some 'powders' spattered on it.

So, get out your pretty blooms and come and join us at Beautiful Blossoms!

Merry Christmas

 It's once again time for a new challenge at
Peace On Earth
and we have a fun mood board for inspiration
but you can create anything Christmas themed!

I knew as soon as I saw the mood board that I wanted to use a Katy Sue 3D

ornament shaped image I had put together, after all it features Rudolph

so how I resist??   The background paper is from Simple Stories Make It Merry.

I added some 'dazzles' around the edge of the red card stock for some

shimmery sparkle.  The sentiment is from The Ton.

Come on over to our year round challenge at Peace On Earth,
we would love to have you!

It's Your Day

We have a new challenge starting today at
Can You Handle The Pressure
the challenge that is all about embossing folders.
I love all the new embossing folders that are now available
including all the 3D that really stand out,
I have to admit I  have quite a nice collection of them myself.

The OPTIONAL theme is Die Cuts.
An easy theme for me as I have several EB folders that came with
a die along with the folder to die cut a portion of the folder to use
any way you want.  Simon Says Stamps has many of these to
choose from and so do I...using the Terrace Floral embossing folder
and die, after embossing the panel twice I used the matching die
to die cut the center floral and leaf, colored in with ink left on my
brushes.  I added a few Sue Wilson mini butterflies and a
Spellbinders Betterpress sentiment..

This is a GREAT challenge to make you use your own
embossing folders so come and join us!

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.