Valentines Heart

This large, scalloped heart is from the Doodlecharms cartridge. Doodlecharms has always been a fave of mine. It's so versatile. The small hearts and the heart border are both Martha Stewart punches. I had a chance to go to Roberts and Hobby Lobby while I was in Utah. I love those stores! Sure wish we had them here in California. They sell Nestabilities in Hobby Lobby and you can use a coupon! My sister had no idea why I was so excited about that. I was smiling all the way to the checkstand! tfl......d

A snail and a pot!

I love this little snail from Walk In My Garden. (the pot is on this cartridge also). The little butterfly that is going along for the ride is a Martha Stewart punch, punched twice. I used Design Studio to weld the pot together so that it opens at the top to form the card. If I ever get rid of this flu/cold thing I hope to get more stamping done. tfl........d

Love Bug

I saw this cute candy holder on http://www.chicnscratch.typepad.com/stampinacademy/

I added some extra score lines to give it some depth for the candy pouch. I think she had such a cute idea for this and it's perfect for card class. I used one of the new Martha Stewart border punches...LOVE it.......and one of the new heart punches.....HATED it! I love the shape of the scalloped heart, but the punch itself is awful. It does not like cardstock and the only way to get the punched out piece out of the punch is to use a long, flat pair of tweezers. It gets stuck in the punch and is a booger to get out. Added some red Stickles to the antennae and some Paper Glaze to the bug body. The Love Bug stamp is one of the dollar stamps at Michaels. I think this stamp is so cute! tfl.........d

M&M treat pouch

I saw this idea on Dawn's site. I thought it would be so cute for card class. I used the Valentine M&M's instead of a candy bar and wrapped the ribbon around instead of using the velcro. http://dawnsstampingthoughts.typepad.com/dawns_stampin_studio/2008/10/mini-candy-bar-holder.html

The circle word is from Regina's site: http://reginascutterdesigns.blogspot.com/

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Pastel Nativity

Wishing you a wonderful and blessed Christmas. I painted this years ago and thought I would take a pic of it and post it before it gets packed away for the year. MERRY CHRISTMAS. d

Is it over yet? (Santa)

This weeks challenge was the gifts on the New Arrival cartridge. I cut them starting at 3 inches, up to 7 inches and layered them around this Santa. My hubby works retail and I painted this for him a few years back. Working retail during the holidays means, looooooooooooong hours and unfortunately, it also includes, some cranky customers! tfl.........d

Pillowcases for the boys

Each month I would make pillowcases for my three grandsons, for the holiday of that month. Now they are asking for pillowcases of movies they like. The request was for Wall E and Batman. I made Halloween and Thanksgiving for our new little boy that is due in March. I better go buy some Christmas fabric while it is still available and get his December one done..........even though he won't be in a big boy bed for about two years! tfl...............d

Doggie treats

This weeks challenge was Spot from the Paper Pups cartridge. I made a box of treats for my grand-doggies. The box is from Regina's Cutting Cafe site and I used a heart shape Colluzzle for the window on the box.

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Christmas Stocking

Did you ever buy cardstock/paper............almost finish your project and need ONE more piece? Well, I have done that more than once, but, this time I did it twice! I had to go back to the Scrapbook store two more times because I needed ONE more sheet of this cardstock, twice! Originally, I only bought it for the stocking, ran short by one piece, went back and bought it, then decided to use it as one of the layers, and had to go back again. Good thing the price of gas has gone down. Anyway, this stocking is a Sizzix die. I think little jingle bells would be so cute haning from the cuff, but, thought about the cost of mailing a batch of these guys out and decided to try something flatter. I bought some red sequins at Michaels today (may as well, go there since I was using gas to go to the scrapbook store for the ONE piece of cardstock). I have never used sequins on a card before. Added a little rhinestone bling in the center. The circle sentiment is from Regina's Cutting Cafe' site...http://reginascutterdesigns.blogspot.com/

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All hearts come home for Christmas

This weeks challenge was the tree on the Tags Bags and Boxes cartridge. I added a top layer to the tree so that I could run it through my Cuttlebug with the swirls folder, added some Martha Stewart snow glitter (again), and some rhinestone bling. Martha Stewart snowflake punch and the Sizzix heart die. I couldn't get a good photo of this one.............the acetate and the shred inside kept catching a glare. I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and now it's time to put up the tree!
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