Happy Valentine's Day, Mom!

I made a ton of Valentine's Day cards this year.  Well, by "ton", I mean for my parents, my husband, and each of our four children.

I used Tiddly Inks stamps as the focal for all of them.  I am in love with their Wryn Valentine's digi stamps.

The first is the one I made for my Mom using Tiddly Ink's Grow A Little Love digi.

  

Supplies: 

Paper:  Papertrey Ink White base, Recollection's Pink for layers. Be Mine pattern paper.

Stamps: Tiddly Inks Grow A Little Love Wryn, Stampin Up!'s Sprinkled Expressions

Ink: Stampin' Up!'s Pixie Pink and Blushing Bride

Copics: G05, G02, G00, E19, E17, E13, R85, R83, E11, E00, E000, C1

Embellishments: Recollection's pink blings

 Thanks for looking!

Peter Caught Entrails

Hambo Stamps is having a Blog Hop tomorrow.  The theme is Green Eggs and Hambo.  Get it?  Using a Hambo Stamp incorporated into a book title.   I saw the blog post to sign up for the hop way too late and couldn't get in.  I was so disappointed because I had the best.idea.ever.  =o )

You can imagine my excitement when this week's Hambo Hoedown was a CASE week!  You know what that means?  I can use my idea anyway!

I can't be a part of the hop, but at least this brainchild won't go to waste!

My card?   'Peter Caught Entrails'.

Using Hambo's Zombie Bunny, I CASEd Karin Martin's Fantastic card available as a preview on the site.  I tried to make it look like little entrails in his bucket.

I colored using Copics.  The card base is Papertrey's black.  The pattern papers are Moxxie.  The lime green is Michael's.  The scalloped edges are Papertrey's Heart Border die, I just covered up the bottoms.

I was so happy to make this card!   Thanks for looking!

Heart the Snowman

This card has nothing to do with Snowmen.  You're not required to understand the title.

I made this card for a friend of mine hoping it would brighten his day.

I used Sweet Pea Stamp's Joanne Schempp's Lil Demon.

I colored using too many Copics to track.  =o )

Thanks for looking!

January SFYTT - The Sky Is The Limit

This month's sponsor for Sketch For You To Try is The Cat's Pajamas.  I got two new TCP kits from Stamper's Ink on my last trip home, including Away We Go.  I haven't had the opportunity to use it, so I was excited for the chance.

Here is the Sketch:

And here is my take on the card:

All of the pattern papers are from DCWV's Kids Paper Pack.  The base us Papertrey Ink's White cardstock.

I colored using minimal copics (C2, C1, R22, R20, V06, and V04).

The ribbon is Celebrate It! Sheer.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday, Picklehead!

Tomorrow is my cousin's birthday.  His name is Brian Junior.  I grew up calling him BJ.  He hit high school and realized BJ would get him teased.  He refused to answer to anything but Brian.  I suck at calling him Brian.  Growing up, our beloved Uncle Greg dubbed him Picklehead.  Thus, I call him Picklehead.  Hey...it's not BJ.

Anyway, he's turning 29 tomorrow.  He's a veteran of two Iraqi tours which resulted in him being rewarded with a purple heart and an honorable discharge.  Now, he works at the VA Hospital in Oregon.  All in all, he's a pretty super kid.

I wanted to make him something I though he would like, so, per my Mom's suggestion, I busted out my Kraftin' Kimmie Betty. 

Here is his card:

I made the background paper by repeatedly stamping 'Happy' and "birthday', then separating with some shiny red ribbon.

I colored using Copics and accented with my Stickles.  I {puffy heart} Stickles.

Thanks for looking!

A Get Well Kimmie

I had another Kimmie I had yet to try, so I figured I would keep the Kimmie going!  I had the distinct pleasure of using Kraftin' Kimmie's Betty to make a get well card for a special friend.

 

The card base is Papertrey Ink's True Black.  The background papers are from DCWV's Dots, Stripes, and Plaids paper stack.

I colored Betty using:
Hair: E11, E13, E17, E19, and R35
Skin: E11, E00, and E0000
Eyes, BG15, BG18, C9, C7, and C5
Shirt: BG78, BG75, and BG72
Shorts: B69, B66, and B63
Lips: R35 and R27
Flowers: Y18, Y15, and E59

I blinged her up a bit with BBP white blings....

 ...and blue blings.

Lastly, I made her super fantastic with my beloved stickles.  I would let you know which ones they were, but by 140 lb dog is lying in front of that drawer and I don't feel like dragging him out of the way.  =o )

Thanks for looking!

Kraftin' Kimmies goes Monochromatic!

This week's Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge was to go monochromatic.  I had so much fun with the Some Odd Girl Monochromatic that I *had* to participate!  I believe this is my first official Kimmie Challenge card.  I had an absolute blast coloring Danny to make the card below for my Papa.

The card base is Papertrey Ink's True Black.  The background layer is ... I must've thrown away the strip...so, I'm not sure who it is!  Sorry.  It's a fanastic black and white plaid though!

 Both the Danny and the sentiment are from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. I colored the image using C9, C7, C5, C3, C2, C1, and 0.

I highlighted areas of the image using a white gel pen.

The strips along the top, bottom, and around the sentiment are from DCWVs Alphabet Stack.

To finish it off, I added black and white eyelets at the corners of the image.

No Stickles!

Thanks for looking!