You Are

You Are - I finally have found time to write this post. My daughter and her children have been so sick lately that I have had so little time for crafting or blogging. The youngest is sick again, but napping at the moment, so I am taking advantage of a few spare moments and writing this post.

This is the Valentines that I made for my Wednesday crop group. We shared our Valentine creations yesterday, so I need not worry if they will see it and give away my surprise. One good thing about being so busy with sick little ones!

My DP is Noteworthy by Making Memories. Everything was inked with Victorian Velvet.

All of the dies are Spellbinders, to include my new grands. The sentiment is Inkadinkado. I stamped it with Memento Black and used fine black embossing powder.

My stickpin is made with a lot of beads from my favorite bead shop, Pizzazz Aplenty.

My bow is made with seam binding from SU and I dyed it with my Copic's refill. This one is R32.

The bow was tied using my Bow Easy.

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #202 Sentiment as Focal
Pile It On Challenge #6 Shaped
The Pink Elephant Challenge #186 Love
Craft Your Passion Challenges #149 Valentine
Celebrate the Occasion #99 Valentine
Anything Challenge #86 Vintage/Shabby Chic
Inky Chicks #3 Valentine or Aniversary
The Paper Shelter #99 Valentines

Frizzy Love

Frizzy Love - One Stop Craft Challenge has issued a new challenge to you, fellow crafters!! We want you to show us your Love is in the Air projects. Can you met this challenge? If so them after you finish reading my blog post, head straight to One Stop Craft Challenge and enter!

My Designer's Papers are MME, Moments.

We are sponsored by the adorable images of Saturated Canary. I love Krista's images; they are all so cute. I really liked the hair on this one, which is called Frizzy Jynx. Do you think she is as unruly as her hair is? I bet she is!!! When I seen this image, my first thought is that is a girl that only a mother could love, but OH Boy, would that mother ever love her! LOL

Frizzy Jynx is colored with Copics and her headband, heart pocket and a touch of her collar recieved some Stickles. Even a girl with this much mischief needs bling!

I used a SB die to make the hearts and a yellow pearl pen to make the tiny yellow pearls.

My sentiment and pother punches are SU.

Tuesday Morning Sketches #194 Sketch
Craft Your Passion Challenges #148 Pastels
Digital Tuesday Challenge #196 Hearts
Paper Take Weekly  Anything goes with yellow optional
Cinspirations #200 Love
Simon Says Stamps Challenge Heart
Fab n Funky Challenges #157 Valentines/hearts
Saturated Canary Challenge #36 color inspritation

Cupid

Cupid - It is Friday and that means it is time for another challenge at Crafts 4 Eternity. The challenge, which is sponsored by Sassy Studio Designs is Be My Valentine.

My papers are DCWV Love and Wedding.  All papers were inked with Vintage Photo Distress inks.

My image is Sassy Studio Design's Cupid. I really like this image with her bow and Arrow - Move over Katniss Aberdeen!

Cupid was colored using my beloved (since we are talking about love) Copics. She was cut using a SB. I also used lots of Stickles on her hair piece, sleeves and arrow.

My flowers are a variety. The center pink flower is HC. The red and cream are Petaloo and the tight pink ones are cut from stems.

The leave is a SU die.

This shoot is to show that I did use this element of the sketch, but most of it is hide by the flowers.

Card Makin Mamas Love
Pink Ink sketch Challenges #40 Sketch
Totally Gorjuss #169 Lace See last photo
Shopping Our Stash #88 Oldest Bling. Stickle is one of the first bling that I bought when I first started paper crafting
Ribbon Carousel Challenge #77 Love is in the air
Celebrate the Occasion #98 Valentine with Ribbon See last photo for lace
Pin Spirational Challenges #43 Photo Inspired
Top Tip Tuesday $95 Sweetheart

Chocolate Boxes

Chocolate Boxes - This fortnights challenge at Creative Card Crew is.... chocolate!!! I promise that there are no calories in looking at my post, but the same can not be said if you receive one of these.

We are sponsored by the fabulous Judy of Pizzazz Aplenty.

I have a group of ladies that I scrapbook with every Wednesday. We exchange homemade cards and small gifts 4 times a year and Valentines is one of the holidays that we exchange for.

My friends are super talented, so it is always a challenge to come up with something. This year I made chocolate survival kits. This containers that I picked up at the Dollar Tree are filled with chocolate goodies.

On the top of the boxes, I started with some pale pink tulle  then layered a doily on top of it. I then added more tulle.

I added some clear bead sprays and then a variety of flowers and a strand of pearls and topped it off with a glittery red heart.

You can see the tops of all 10 that I made.

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog #44 Love and lace
The Paper Shelter #97 Wrapped Up
Crafty Creations Challenges #207 No Cards
Fussy and Fancy Challenge #81 Circles - Doily
Corrosive Challenges by Janet #167 Hearts and Flowers
Oldie But a Goodie Challenge Pink and Red
Creative Craft Challenges 2 #3 Hugs and Kisses - Do you see the kisses inside?

Locked in my Heart

Locked in my Heart - Can you believe that Valentine's Day is almost here? It really sneaked in there for me.

My card for today is a sweet little Valentine that I made for Seems a Little Sketchy, who is sponsored by Sweet N Sassy this challenge.

My DP is Heidi Swapp - Carefree hearts. it is double sided, so I was able to use only 1 sheet of paper.

Here is our lovely sketch for this challenge. It is a very easy one to follow. Thank you Jen!

My image is Sweet N Sassy's Key to Cocoa's Heart. I colored the image with Copics and added Stickles to the heart on the key and the bow on the girl mouse.

The lines were made with my Copics and I added a couple of heart shaped gemstones to the corners.

I used 2 different ribbons that I layered. I like the white loopy one a lot. I have been hoarding it for quite a while, so thought it was time to let it go. Do you think it will come back to me? ;)

Lori Boyd 2 #39 Heart
Card Makin Mamas Love
Simply Create Too #30 Valentines or hearts
All Sorts Challenge #192 Cute - aren't the mice way too cute?
Ribbon Girls Love
Challenges 4 Everybody #13 anything Goes
The Pink Elephant Challenge #185 Photo Inspired
Songbird Challenges #13 Hopelessly Devoted to You

Be Mine

Be Mine - It's time for another challenge with Seems a Little Sketchy. Just take a look at this beauty below. Isn't it an awesome sketch?

The pink/red DP is Girlfreinds Damask by Tayor for Daisyd's. The pink polka dots are from a block that I bought eons ago that the cover is missing from, so I don't know who makes it. All papers are inked with Ranger's Victorian Velvet ink. The ribbon was also from my stash.

This adorable little girl is of Lucy Valentines Girl by Robyn's Fetish. Isn't she the cutest? Lucy is colored with Copic's.

We are also sponsored by the fabulous Pizzazz Aplenty!!! I have really gotten into the stick pins and Judy at Pizzazz Aplenty has the best prices around for supplies. Check them out and I am sure that you will agree.

The flowers were cut using my Cricut and the Flower Shoppe cartridge. The centers are from a bush that I pulled off.

Now it is time for you to get a little sketchy with us!
Stampin Sisters in Christ #125 Show that Love
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #150 Red, Pink and white
Moving Along With the Times #134 Have a Heart
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #118 Pink and White
Card Makin Mamas #Valentine
Mami Doodles #42 For a loved one
One Stop Craft Challenge #168 For the one I love
Color Me Classroom red/pink/white
The Pink Elephant Challenge #124 Pink
Stamp With Fun #146 Love

I Wuv You

I Wuv You - Sew Many Challenges started back up today and we are all so excited to get back into crafting.

This little Duncan image is one of the new releases for the 2012 Valentine season. Duncan is a favorite critter of many of our loyal fans and I was thrilled to have him assigned to me. I first colored him in teal to match my DP, but to say that it didn't turn out well is an understatement. I much happier coloring in traditional baby duck colors. But I will be trying it again soon, as it is now a challenge for me. LOL

My DP is Magic Scraps Beach pack and kraft cardstock. I added a few tiny eyelets, embossed the corner pieces with CB houndtooth folder and distressed everything in Ranger's Blue Jean ink.

You can get my Duncan image here.

My second card is a critter that is new to Sew Many Cards. Introducing ... Eddie!

Eddie was added to the Sew Many Cards line to help with a EDS (Ehler's-Danlo Syndrome) quest for the cure for Stryder. Stryder's story is a touching one and you can read about his journey here. Purple is the color for his ribbon.

My DP is a scrap that has been in my scrap drawer for quite a while. I no longer remember which paper company made it. I used my new MS punches to make the frame and I used a piece of scrap ribbon.

Eddie is colored with Copic's and I added some Stickles to the dragonfly's wings and the ribbon on Eddie. I also used some Diamond Glaze on Eddie's eyes to make them shiny.

Eddie is free with any purchase at Sew Many Cards starting on the 16th and ending on the 19th. So get 2 cute images for the price of one and help with the quest for the cure!

I am entering my Duncan with Heart card in the following challenges:
Here Come the Boys #18 Sketch

Simon Says Stamps Challenge Spots and/or stripes

For Fun Challenges Anything Goes

Dutchdare-Card Challenges #147 For the Boys

Moving Along With the Times #130 Spots and Stripes

Totally Paper Crafts #99 Spots and Stripes

Simply Create Too #4 Layers, Layers and Layers

My Eddie card is entered in the following challenges:

Card Patterns #148 Sketch

Corrosive Challenges by Janet #140 Ring in the NEW year (Eddie is a new critter and the MS punchs I got just a few days ago.

Crafty Creations Challenges #152 Something New (New critter and MS punches)

Meljens Designs DT #92 Anything Goes

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #115 Use something new (New Critter and MS punches)

Phindys Place Challenge #88 Tic-Tac-Toe - Pearls, Ribbon and Flowers

Fairytale-Challenge Blog #32 Something new (New Critter and MS punches)

Stampin For the Weekend #24 Out with the old - all of the paper and ribbon cam from my scraps. Seems funny the the same card is old and new at the same time

Stampin Sisters in Christ #122 Something new (New Critter and MS punches)