Sweet Talkin' Valentine Card

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 570 - Dry Embossing with Stencils, today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 361 - Sweet Treats, and today's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 432. I am backing up a couple of weeks and using COLOR CHALLENGE # 565 - What's black and white and red all over? for my color combo.
I tried embossing with my cuttlebug and almost broke a plate and ruined my embossing folder that had 4 different patterns. I was able to save my heart section so I went to my light box. If a hidden camera was around it would be a riot. I have not used my night light in such a long time. It took me forever to remember what and how to dry emboss then I could not remember where my stylet tool was.

Awe finally it all came together. It was a site only my friends at SCS could appreciate. LOL. Now off to work.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Sweet Talk, All Year Cheer III 
Paper: white, real red, black 
Ink: Real Red 
Accessories: heart stencil 
Techniques: dry embossing with stencils

Sleepy Kitty in Love

This is for today's FREE 4 ALL CHALLENGE # 259 - To the Moon, Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 517 - Kitchen Love, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 526, Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 516 - Pink and White Melons and Monday's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 239 - Love is in the air.
I used Anne's technique with wax paper stamped in versamark then sponged with pink pirouette around my image. I colored the rest with copics leaving my kitty white. My mood did not show well enough so I popped it up on dimensionals along with my double layered hearts. I embossed the melon mambo base with a heart EF and the white vellum with the border heart EF with a strip of pink pirouette under it. Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Sleepy Kitty digital image, short & sweet 
Paper: white, pink pirouette, melon mambo, vellum 
Ink: pink pirouette, melon mambo 
Accessories: dimensionals, vellum 
Techniques: 3D, emboss resist, dry embossing

Fleas Navidad

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 514 - Speaking Foreign, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 523 and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 513 - Basic Bermuda Slush. I have had this idea in my head all day and tried to forget it but it just would not go away. I have no foreign language stamps so I had to free style this. I will give this to my darling hubby for Christmas since it reminds me of the mutt he brought home last year and grew into a horse. LOL.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Woof You - SNS 
Paper: White, Basic Gray, Bermuda Bay, Strawberry Slush 
Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black 
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Darice Paw Print EF 
Techniques: dry emboss, paper piecing, doodling, Cut Out

All Holidays Mother's Day for MIL

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 512 - Bride in the Berry Meadow and Monday's MOJO MONDAY'S SKETCH CHALLENGE # 379.
I found this darling digi image in my enormous stock of pre-printed images and had to dust off my copics. I have not used them in such a long time and almost forgot how. I still wish I could color as good as most of you here on SCS but it is what it is and I am just thankful to get to play again today. My sentiment is from All Holidays and stamped in Rich Razzleberry. I used old olive to ink up the embossing folder then embossed on blushing bride. This will go to my MIL in May. She loves my handmade cards. Hope she likes this one too.
RECIPE:
Stamps: All Holidays, Digi Pansies 
Paper: White, Rich Razzleberry, Blushing Bride, KI Memories Doilies DP 
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, old olive 
Accessories: Ribbon, Copics, Cuttlebug, CB Victorian EF, Glitter Pen 
Techniques: Dry Embossing, dry embossing inked 

Blessings from Heaven in Hues of Blue

This is for today's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 422 - Monochromatic Madness and last Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 418 - Midnight Muse Breeze was certainly the right color combo choice so how could I not use it?. This is also for today's CLEAN AND SIMPLE CHALLENGE # 213 - Limited Supplies where we were to use single line images (no silhouettes) and my layout is from today's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 286.
I used some midnight muse ribbon across the top vertical panel, stamped my sentiment in midnight muse and doodled on the top and bottom with marina mist marker. I cut the cross and popped it up on dimensionals.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Blessings from Heaven
Paper: white, midnight muse, marina mist, baja breeze
Ink: midnight muse, marina mist
Accessories: dimensionals, Fiskars scallope border punch, ribbon, Cuttlebug Diamonds and Dots EF Techniques: dry embossing, 3D, doodling, CAS

Curly Senitments

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 386 - Dust It Off, Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 396 and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 386 - Primrose Summer Breeze.
WOW talk about dust!! I bout threw myself in a asthma attach getting out my Close To My Heart sets. I went crazy years ago when I was 1st introduced to that company. I love their sentiments but had to put them in a drawer. Well with me "out of sight, out of mind". I also dusted of some ribbon that I bought about 6 months ago and never have used as well as my Martha Stewart Diamond Fence punch that has not seen love in awhile. I embossed the baja breeze panel with The Paper Studio's Script embossing folder.
Hope you like it
RECIPE:
Stamps: Curly Sentiments - CTMH
Paper: white, baja breeze, primrose petals
Ink: primrose petals
Accessories: MS Diamond Fence, TPS Script EF, Ribbon, Dimensionals
Techniques: dry embossing, 3D

Three Little Words of I love You

This is for today's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 393 and Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 383 - Raspberry Pirouette Cakes.
I have such a difficult time with angles I almost passed out when I saw the sketch. LOL. But I did give it a try. I used some dp from The Paper Studio "Love You" stack, crumb cake base, pink pirouette inked with raspberry ripple and embossed using Provo Crafts Script EF, gold cording and a Fiskars flower punch.
Hope you like it.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Three Little Words
Paper: crumb cake, pink pirouette, raspberry ripple, TPS "Love You" dp
Ink: raspberry ripple
Accessories: cuttlebug, dimensionals, TPS Script EF, Flower punch, gold cording
Techniques: dry embossing, Cuttlebug - The Negative Effect

Short & Sweet Serene Silhouettes

This is for today's COLOR CHALLENGE # 383 - Raspberry Pirouette Cakes. My layout is from Monday's MOJO MONDAY SKETCH CHALLENGE # 249.
I embossed some raspberry ripple cs using my cuttlebug, my base is pink pirouette. I sponged some pink piroutte then raspberry ripple ink on white then stamped the image in crumb cake. It turned out a little lighter than I would have liked but I was afraid it would.
Anyway off to work I go so I can buy more stuff. LOL
RECIPE:
Stamps: Short & Sweet Serene Silhouettes
Paper: white, crumb cake, raspberry ripple, pink pirouette
Ink: crumb cake, raspberry ripple, pink pirouette
Accessories: cuttlebug, intrecate EF, sponges, MS border punch
Techniques: sponging

Sheriff Ian

This is for today's QUEEN FOR THE DAY CHALLENGE # 113 - Maryr917. So glad to see Mary crowned this week. She is a sweetheart with all her words of encouragement at my feabale attempts at this hobby that I love so much. Enjoy the spotlight hon. I chose Mary's HEY COWBOYcard to CASE.
This is also for Thursday's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 375 - Color Compliments.
My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 385.
My color combo is from Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 375 - Night of Orange Blues.
The perfect paisley pumpkin pie embossed panel was then brushed with night of navy ink pad for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 377 - Dry Debossing.
I stamped my image in momento tuxedo black then colored with copics and matted on night of navy.
This wraps up my week unless I am able to make something Sunday. If not see ya in the challenges on Monday and have a blessed weekend.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Sheriff Ian, Anya Says - TGF
Paper: white, night of navy, bashful blue, pumpkin pie
Ink: momento tuxedo black, night of navy
Accessories: cuttlebug, perfect paisley, oval punch, hemp
Techniques: dry debossing, 3D, copic coloring, paper piecing 

I Smurf You

This is for today's WAYS TO USE IT CHALLENGE # 375 - Color Compliments where Cathy helped me combine challenges today since blue and orange compliment each other and are also from this Tuesday's COLOR CHALLENGE # 375 - Night of Orange Blues. My layout is from Wednesday's SKETCH CHALLENGE # 385.
I dry embossed my bashful blue & white cs panels with Seeing Spots then rubbed my night of navy ink pad over the bashful blue raised spots and bashful blue over the white raised spots for Monday's TECHNIQUE LOVERS CHALLENGE # 377 - Dry Debossing.
I print out this darling digi image, Outlined Mushroom, from The Paper Shelter eons ago when I first found it with the intention of making Shannon a card since me and my kids all love the smurfs. Well today I finally accomplished that goal. I hope she will LOVE it. I think it turned out cute. I computer generated the sentiment before printing. I colored with copics. I used my new layered Fiskars butterfly punch with all 3 colors from the Color Challenge.
RECIPE:
Stamps: Outlined Mushroom - Paper Shelter
Paper: white, night of navy, bashful blue, pumpkin pie
Ink: night of navy, bashful blue
Accessories: Seeing Spots EF, copics, cuttlebug, Fiskar Butterfly 3 layer punch
Techniques: dry debossing, 3D, copic coloring