Three Happy Hearts

Today was our first snow day this winter. I was worried we weren't going to get one... in a year that our February break was eliminated. Ouch! It has it been a strange winter... other states have been stealing our snow! LOL! Actually, they can keep it. Now that I've had my relaxing day off, it can melt and never come back (wink).

So with some of my time, I made a SCS sketch card! It was perfect for my Three Happy Hearts stamps from DRS Designs!

Stamps: Three Happy Hearts, Valentine greeting, medium Filigree Snowflake (DRS Designs)
Paper: pretty in pink, pink pirouette, white
Ink: black, basic gray, pretty in pink, regal rose marker, Copic markers (RV21 & RV13)
Accessories: paper piercer & template (SU mat stack), spiral clip, ribbons, CM heart maker, dimensionals
Technique: faux stitching

A Trip to the Past on DRS Designs

Today, I took a trip to the past on my DRS Designs blog post. Find out what started my love for DRS images here!














I used this stamp in a totally different way for yesterday's color challenge: ruby red, soft suede, & bashful blue. I wasn't real sure I could make a card with these colors, but I think it turned out OK. I couldn't find any ruby red, so I used the closest shade... retired SU riding hood red.



You can find the images on the DRS website: Valentine Flower and Love is Patient.

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Hugs & Kisses

I love the new greeting and the chocolate kisses that DRS has released this month! They are yummy! Wish I had some right now. At least the paper kind won't ruin my New Year's resolution!

I {Heart} Chocolate Kisses

Stamps: (All DRS Designs) - Hugs & Kisses verse (G190), chocolate kiss (D195), Chocolate chip background (H361), Open Heart Border (H342)
Paper: white, creamy caramel, riding hood red
Ink: creamy caramel, Palette burnt umber, SU ruby red & chocolate chip, & close to cocoa markers, Copic markers
Accessories: taffeta ribbon, SU scallop edge punch, CM custom cutting system

XOXO Chocolate Kisses

Stamps: (All DRS Designs) - Hugs & Kisses verse (G190), chocolate kiss (D195), XOXO (G188)
Paper: white, regal rose, pretty in pink, chocolate chip
Ink: chocolate chip, regal rose
Accessories: grosgrain ribbon, CM custom cutting system, SU heart punch

Clean & Simple #12 - Love you!

I don't think I'll ever part with this old retired set. I love my Animal Valentine's from Stampin' Up! I found this awesome designer paper at Joann's today. Almost the whole super store was 40%-50% off or on clearance!

Clean & Simple Challenge #12 - Use little bits of ribbon

Stamps: Animal Valentines (SU), Short & Sweet (SU)
Paper: white, creamy caramel, DCWV spring mat stack
Ink: Burnt Umber Palette, close to cocoa
Accessories: Copic markers, brad, American Crafts ribbon, dimensionals

Blast from the Past: Valentines

Stamps: Olive You, Flannel Plaid BG, hearts unknown
Colors: real red, black, brocade blue
Accessories: ribbon, WW crayons, marker

This card measures 4.25 square. I buy 4.5 envelopes from A Muse.









Stamps: Sweet & Sassy, Houndstooth, Loving Hearts
Colors: so saffron, rose red, orchid opulence, white
Accessories: ribbon

I remember this card being a sample for a color challenge when I was guest hostessing. Everyone thought I was out of my mind! But the cards in the gallery were amazing.








Stamps: Wild About You, Bodacious Bouquet, Beyond the Basics
Color: old olive, cetainly celery, vintage violet, white
Accessories: ribbon, square punches

Skippin' Bee

It's been a busy, busy week! (on top of having a cold... yuck). This is the card that I made for SCS's sketch challenge on Wednesday.

Stamps: Skippin' Bee - Stampendous, sentiment - Gina K's Framed Friends
Colors: regal rose, pretty in pink, so saffron, white
Accessories: spiral clip, so saffron & pretty in pink ribbon, Copic markers, regal rose SU markers for the dots

CAS - Clean & Simple

I was really excited to be asked to hostess the SCS Limited Supply challenge today! I was racking my brain all week when it hit me this afternoon. This week I discovered a member's gallery that is just amazing. I found her on a thread she started in General Stamping. You can see it here. In Susan's 1st post she says:

"for those of us who don't do techniques that require anything like "talent" or "skill," who don't layer our cards into inch-thick confections of pure gorgeousness, who don't have all the latest nesties or copics, who don't have coloring skills above kindergarten level, and who do love to make clean and simple and, most of all, EASY cards...please post your favorites from your own gallery, the ones that make you happy"


Susan is talking about Clean An Simple cards, otherwise known as CAS.

Today, we are filling the SCS gallery with CAS cards! Need a little inspiration? Here's Susan's beautiful gallery.

Here are the deets on the card I made for the challenge.

Stamps: DRS Designs
Paper: white, black, riding hood red, ruby red
Ink: black
Accessories: riding hood red taffeta ribbon, Copic markers, Heart to Heart punch

A Weekend of Stamping

I had a fun filled relaxing weekend of stamping. It's nice to do that once in awhile (but it also means I have a lot of laundry to catch up on!) Here are my favorites from the group.

Tomorrow, I'm sending this first card to Julie, an SCS member, at DBU and entering in a drawing on Jen del Muro's blog. You can find the information here. Students at DBU come from 50 different countries! It's nice that they do a card ministry. I've sent cards to her before and I'm glad to be doing it again.

For SCS's Inspiration challenge, I used this Lang calendar.

I'm also entering this card in January's Wish RAK challenge #2. My wish is the bashful blue Nestie.

I used a sketch I saw during the holidays at Verve.

Stamps: What's Moo? - Elzybells
Paper: close to cocoa, pretty in pink, pretty in pink DSP, bashful blue, white
Accessories: Copic markers, paper peircer and bashful blue marker, Nestie, scallop edge punch, dimensionals, taffeta ribbon
Techniques: faux stitching, sponging with green galore and bashful blue for the grass and sky


Featured stamper: Vicky Gould

* Used a different frog
* used similar colors
* changed the layout

Here's Vicky's adorable card.

The layout I used was one from Taylor's cupcake challenge: TECC25

This also qualifies for today's High Hopes challenge: Use Hearts

Stamps: High Hopes
Paper: bashful blue, wild wasabi, pretty in pink, regal rose, white
Ink: black, bashful blue, wild wasabi
Accessories: CB Swiss Dots (Wish RAK), scallop edge punch, Copic markers, Heart to Heart punch, dimensionals
Techniques: masking, sponging


This card measures 5.25 square. It was made for Gina K's January Release party Sweet challenge.

Stamps: fish - Gina K's Just Keep Swimming, sentiment - Gina K's Framed Friends, coral - High Hopes
Paper: real red, bashful blue, certainly celery, white, pumpkin pie DSP
Accessories: Copic markers, SU heart to Heart punch. ribbon