House Mouse Valentine's Card (second post today)

I think this may very well the only Valentine's stamp I have. I don't really hold much affection for the holiday anyway. I bought this stamp because it was on clearance at Hobby Lobby and I was trying out for a House Mouse design team.

But it is a cute image, and I thought I'd stretch a little and make a Valentine's card. It even qualifies for Penny's Challenge this week!




And did you see!? I even broke out the sewing machine and did a zig-zag stitch on the ribbon! I hope you all are having a good weekend!

Details: CTMH unless noted

Paper: colonial white cs, desert sand cs, patterned paper (K&Co)

Ink: desert sand

Stamps: House Mouse

Other: ribbon (garage sale) watercolor pencils, water brush, sewing machine (sears hahha)

Penny's Inchie Challenge (second post today-egads!)

I think I've done one other inchie card in my whole card-making career. Penny's challenge this week inspired me to try my hand at these little bitties again. It was a little work, but fun! I wanted the main inchie (the flower) to be finished using the cracked glass technique, but alas, Liquid Glass does horrible things to the Cranberry ink. Here's the finished card...

I changed the rotation of the card at the last minute, so really I should have spaced the stripes a little differently, but I'm okay with it...

Details: all CTMH unless noted

Paper: Moon Doggie B&T, colonial white cs

Ink: desert sand, cranberry, honey, garden green

Stamps: Extreme Happiness, It's Your Day

Other: antique copper bitty brads, sponge dauber, deckle edge punch (MarvyUchida)

Pearly Whites

Do you recognize this card? Look closely...very closely...it's actually different than yesterdays. After I posted that card I realized I needed a card for my sis-in-law's parents who are moving into their new house soon! I thought a chandelier would be cool for that. And then I saw that Penny's challenge was to use pearls. Well, that means yesterday's card was almost perfect for both...minus the Happy Birthday!

And boy, do those stamps not like CTMH ink. I ended up sanding the stamp to get it to take ink...YIKES! Thanks for the tip, Penny! Oh and here's my tip to add to that: TAKE IT OFF THE BLOCK BEFORE YOU SAND IT! I caught myself before I caused too much damage.

And since you are getting a somewhat recycled card image today, here's a fresh story for you...

Little m and D have this thing where when he tries to change her diaper he tells her he has to change it before it 'goes boom!' That way she thinks it's a game and cooperates better. Last night Little m was in our bed by 4am. And she was tossing and turning and playing and not going back to sleep so by 5:30 I woke up D and asked him to please try to get her back to sleep. He got up and and started talking to her and and before taking her to her room to try to get her to sleep he says "do you want Dada to change that pee pee diaper?" And I hear her say in a soft sleepy voice... "boom" Ha-it was so cute I had to laugh.

Details: identical to yesterday--HA HA I cheated!

Polka Dot Hi card

I felt like doing something a little creative today. I started by staring at my patterned paper stash. I thought this polka dot paper was so FUN! Next I thought it would work with a really bold ribbon--Cheeeeetaaaahhh!

I was originally going to use a flower stamp, but it just didn't look fierce enough. {Hehehe "fierce" like I'm on Project Runway.} Anyway I remembered that Penny was doing a flourish challenge, and I thought a flourish would look fierce...

Thanks for stopping by!

Details: CTMH unless noted

Paper: black cs, dot paper (SEI)

Ink: Versamark

Stamps: Key to My Heart, Believe Lowercase

Other: black ep, ribbon (HL)

Penny's Sketch Challenge (and a cloud picture)

I just now realized that Penny was doing a challenge blog. Can you say slow? I thought her sketch was so cute! And beware I am on a mission to get all the Christmas cards done that I can! Here's the sketch:



And here's my card:



I finally opened that santa suit ribbon I bought a while back. And I thought I would have a little fun with the sentiment. Now...who on my list gets this one???

Guess what? We actually had a little rain! Here's a picture of the weather rolling in yesterday evening...

Details:

Paper: HP photo paper (works great for glossy cs)

Ink: Holiday Red marker (CTMH)

Other: red and white ribbon (HL), black ribbon (HL) silver brads CTMH, foam squares