Gather Together...♥

It's Monday that means a new sketch is up at 2 Sketches 4 You! This weeks sponsor is Sakura of America . Here is my card for the sketch, I also used Coco, the bear, a darling Doodlefactory stamp from Starving Artistamps.

Thanks for all your sweet comments!

Welcome Baby

You all know I LOVE Starving Artistamps! Whenever I can work with these exceptional stamps, I do. Starving Artistamps is having a really cute challenge on their blog. The challenge is to make a baby card for one of their design team members who is expecting a little girl this month. Congratulations Jenn, I wish you and your family all the best in this exciting adventure! You can also win some really cute stamps too if you play along!

Thanks for all the sweet comments!

My Love

Moxie has another fabulous Tuesday Trigger, and of course I just had to play along! I have to get my Moxie fix :) I am having so much fun making all kinds of Valentine's cards. I love this month, my daughter celebrates her birthday, my husband and I celebrate our anniversary and the BIG V Day! I just can't get enough love!

Thanks for all your sweet comments!

Love

If you have not popped over to eMbellish you are truly missing out the very talented Ashley Newell has put together another fabulous color challenge complete with an awesome sponsor, matching product to purchase and very inspirational designs from her talented design team!

The challenge to create a card using the colors turquoise, pink, and brown and a bit of ribbon!

Here is my take on the challenge.

Thanks for all the sweet comments!

Romance

I thought I would play along this week at 2S4Y! We have a new sponsor this week KLM Design. I love working with digital stamps, and Kazan's sketch is very versatile. For more inspiration check out what our design team came up with this week, stunning ladies!

Thanks for all your sweet comments!

I ♥ Home

A brand new sketch is up at Sketch This! This sketch is full of awesome possibilities. I used one of my new stamps from Starving Artistamps. The House & Garden set, swoon! If your ever looking for some really cool stamps Starving Artistamps is the best.

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♥ You!

Card*a*licious has a brand new challenge out, and it's a fun one! The challenge: Make a card using at least 3 different papers and a tag! The designers did not disappoint! Go take a look for a little more inspiration! Here is my little card, I think I'm addicted to this color combination, it's my fav!

Thanks for all your sweet comments!

Just For You

Here is a card I made this morning for one of my daughters friend who is battling cancer. Her friend started chemo this week so we went out and bought her a whole bunch of goodies to brighten her hospital stay.

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JustRite • 2S4Y

A new sketch is up at 2S4Y! This week we have another awesome sponsor, JustRite Stamps. There stamps are to die for, every crafters dream. Come and play along at 2S4Y to your chance to win some of these fab stamps!

Here is my card I made using JustRite new January release.

Thank you for all your sweet comments!

Thanks

Thanks to all of you for the sweet comments you left on my blog. I am grateful to each and every one of you. I know, I know lets get to the winner of the blog candy!

And the winner is...

Lynn

Congrats Lynn!

Please email me your mailing info and I will get your goodies off to you :)

Here is a card I made using Kazan's sketch 44 at 2S4Y! This weeks sponsor is Starving Artistamps and I was so very lucky to play with their new release Home and Garden. YUM!

Thanks again for your sweet comments!

You and Me = Blog Candy!

•Blog Candy•

Lets Celebrate!! Today is my 2nd Anniversary of my little creative blog! Oh boy I had so much fun thee past two years. I totally could not have kept it going without all of YOU! Thank you to each and everyone of you for coming and visiting my blog and leaving the sweetest comments! In my appreciation I want to give away some yummy blog candy. All you need to do is leave me a comment and I will pick a random winner this Thursday!

Also, a new sketch is up at Sketch This! There are so many possibilities with this unique sketch. Here is my little take. The sentiment reads "You and Me" (I'm the hippo of course) You and Me = Blog Candy! Thank you all again! Muah ♥

Thanks for all your sweet comments!

Card•A•licious 32

Card-a-licious is back and I am ecstatic! The sweet Janelle always has superb ideas to get your scrappin mojo going! This weeks challenge: Make a friendship card, using Ric Rak, polka- dots, and the color green! Here is what I came up with. :)

Thanks for all the sweet comments!

How to Tie a Bow • Video Tutorial #1

Alright.... let me clarify that this is my first video tutorial! Making this video was a lot harder than it seemed, and I'm sure with practice I can master the video tutorial world. Please excuse all my mistakes and the fact that all you can see in this video are my boobs... HELLLLOOO! :D

Any-who, I hope you all learned how I tie my bows. I had tons of requests for this tutorial, and would love to provide more and sharpen my video skills. If you would like to see more tutorials from me, please just give me topics in my handy chat box.

Some awesome ribbon sites...

May Arts, The Ribbon Retreat, Making Memories

Here are just a few things to remember...

1. Use quality ribbon that is soft and flowing and easy to tie with. Try to avoid hard, crunchy ribbon.

2. Use an anchor for your bow. This guarantees a nice tight bow. You do not want a loose sloppy bow.

3. Make sure your bow is tight. Pinch and pull tight while tying your bow.

4. Fluff up your loops with your finger tips making them round and happy!

Thanks for all your sweet comments!

Moxie's • Color Play

Moxie Fab World is adding a color challenge to their awesome blog! Color Play is what it is called and I am so excited to "play" along. The colors are Grape Delight, Mystique, Festive, and Pomegranate. These bright stunning colors were so fun to play with. Thank you Moxie!

Thanks for all your sweet comments!