"Love Note" to my Favorite Peep

Love is in the air........Valentine's is around the corner.  But who says you just have to show "love" to your significant other or children?  What about your best "peep" who is always there for you?


Today I wanted to share a card I whipped up to send to a few "peeps" of my own.  Like I usually do, I always look out there for a card/sketch challenge and I found one today over at Simon Says Stamp for their Monday challenge.  The theme for their challenge this week was "Love note".  Like I indicated above. There all kinds of love notes and I felt this one fit the bill!

I LOVE these "Who's That Girl" stamp by My Favorite Things and am bummed to learn they have retired that entire line. I only have a few of them from this collection, but glad I at least have a few.  Fingers crossed they will eventually bring them back!!!


So - who are you sending a love note to this month?


Card Ingredients:


Cardstock: George Pacific White, SU! Real Red, Classic Black
Ink/Colors:  Memento Black Ink Pad, Copics E00, SU! Real Red, Sahara Sand, Daffodil Delight, and CTTMH Black


The "sentiment bubble" is simple a square piece of white cardstock that I used the corner rounder to make the edges rounded since I did not have a punch that size.


Happy Crafting!


Tina

Sketch Challenge with Your Next Stamp

Hello everyone! Over the weekend I stumbled upon another stamp company called Your Next Step.  They do a monthly challenge so I decided to participate.  I do not have any of their stamps yet, but they are nice enough to let anyone play along in their challenges! If interested, please go over to Your Next Stamp and play along! This is the YNSFFC08 - January 2014 Sketch Challenge.


In going through my stamping supplies this weekend, I also came across a brand new stamp that had never been inked up so my goal this weekend was to put this bad boy to use. This challenge was the perfect time to do it!  Here is the card I came up with:

This color scheme is way out of my norm, but I thought it turned out rather cute, and I am pleased with it. I stamped the first pear with Certainly Celery right on my white cardstock.  I then stamped the dotted pear with Old Olive on scrap white and cut it out and popped it up to give the card a little dimension.  Listed below are the products used.


Cardstock:  Stampin Up! Sahara Sand, Old Olive and Basic Black
Stamps:  Studio G
Ink:  Stampin Up! Black, Old Olive and Certainly Celery
Other:  Stampin Up!  Stampin' Dimensionals


Happy Crafting!

Tina

You're Simply Sweet . . . Valentine Card

Well, it is here...... 2014! I am bound and determined to get more crafty this year since I have missed it so I figured what better day to start than today!   I used the MoJoMonday blog to help me get started with a layout.   Then, I just recently joined a card swap group and this month we are to swap Valentines/Love/Wedding cards. So.....when I put the two ideas together, this is what I came up with:

It has a simple sentiment of "Happy Valentine's Day" on the inside.  The "ingredient" list for the card is below.  My "mojo" is slowly coming back and I will hopefully be able to "scoop up" my creative side back to the surface sooner than later!

Hope everyone has a great 2014!!!

Ingredient List:
Stamps: My Favorite Things - Who's That Girl - "Here's the Scoop"
Paper:  CTMH More To Adore Paper Pack (retired)
Inks: SU Chocolate Chip, CTMH Parchment, SU! So Saffron, Lavender Lace, Blissful Blue, Close to Cocoa, Pretty In Pink
Embellishments: CTMH Bitty Brads


Happy Crafting!

Tina