PTI January Blog Hop

Just a quick post for Pti's January Blog Hop.  The challenge this month is to create a card using only pink.

  My card was inspired by the pillow. I also wanted to use the new die so I could stitch my hearts together.

An up close shot.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek. Happy blog hopping.

Merry Monday: Colors & a Ribbon

  I quickly made this card before heading out to the warm island of St.Martin for the week. Looks like I picked a good week to be gone with the freezing temps this week. This card was made for this week's Merry Monday challenge which is to add ribbon to a card with red, vanilla Kraft & chocolate.

 

Here's an up close shot of the rustic wreath. I cut two and placed them on top of each other.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Festive Friday 2014

This is my first post for Festive Friday this new year. They have a beautiful inspirational photo.

Here's my take.

The allegation background was inspire by the barn.  I chose this stained glass image based upon baby Jesus being born in a stable. The coloring was based upon this image

Done by Nicole.
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Merry Monday

We're back to having very cold temperatures today.  Seems like next week is going to get even colder.  I guess it is a perfect time to make a Christmas card. The challenge this week at Merry Monday is very apropos. It is to use snow people or a snowman on a Christmas project.  Since I really don't have a snowman stamp other than the die from PTI, I decided to create my own snowman using scallopped circles.

I made the hat from paper scraps and used part of a stamp from PTI's 2012 Birthday tags for the scarf. The paper is something I picked up after Christmas from Michaels.

  I really like how this card turned out. The bright colors make is so merry; perfect for Christmas, don't you think?  Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Retrosketch # 97

   I have another Valentine card. I used the sketch from challenge # 97 of Retrosketches.

 I really love the clean and simple design.

Here's an upclose shot of the heart. I am disappointed in how the embossing came out. I actually did it twice. Both times the embossing was spotty. I even bought new white embossing powder since the one I had was old.

Overall, I am happy with this card. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

PS> It is amazing how sun makes all the difference when taking a photo.  Too bad we don't have more sunny days in winter.

Celebrating DH's Birthday

  Today is my husband's birthday. We had our family celebration on Sunday. Tonight we will go out for a bite to eat.  Here's the card I made him.

 The Background Builder stamp: Birthday Fun is one of my favorite birthday stamps. It's hard to see, but I fussy cut the presents stamped in Enchanted Evening and propped them up with dimensionals.

Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.

Cas-ual Friday: In a Word

  Here's a very simplistic card I'm submitting for the current challenge at Cas-ual Fridays.

 

 Instead of a resolution, one is to choose a word that describes what one hopes for in the New Year. I'm totally blessed because I am surrounded by my loved ones. I hope the New Year continues to be filled with love.

Sorry for the poor photograph. It's been raining. Winter & rain equals poor quality photos for my blog. Thanks for stopping by to take a peek.