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Frog Kisses

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This sweet little frog is a Tiddly Inks image and I was perusing their challenge blog one day and a design team member had layered the little frog and it really inspired me. I added him to Jen del Muro’s February Sketch for You to Try. You might see some projects with the same little frog in the not so distant future as I had printed out a number of the frogs because I wasn’t sure if I would get the layering right the first go around.

Frog Kisses

Frog Close-up

Stamps: Tiddly Inks Prince Charming; Stampabilities Fun Alpha Lower
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Certainly Celery, Basic Black
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Paper Prints Certainly Celery; DCWV All-Occasion Ultimate Stack
Ink: Dell printer; Stazon Jet Black
Embellishments: white gel pen (on eyes); Stampin’ Up black grosgrain ribbon; gold Stickles
Tools: Nesties circle; paper snips

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May Your Wishes Come True Dad

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My Dad’s birthday was February 7th. I was too late getting his card in the mail, but since my parents came into town two days after my Dad’s birthday, I just gave it to him in person. I used The Sweet Stop Sketch #94 from a few weeks ago. I’m entering it in the Sir Stampalot Challenge. The theme for February is “All Creatures Great and Small.” Both the image and sentiment used were some great free digi stamps I picked up at Sliekje’s Digi Stamps and TLC Creations.

Dad's Birthday Card

Stamps: Sliekje’s Digi Stamps #88; TLC Creations Sentiment
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Wild Wasabi
DP: Stampin’ Up Paper Prints Certainly Celery
Ink: Dell laser printer; Stampin’ Up Certainly Celery (edges of sentiment panel)
Embellishments: green brads; Stampin’ Up Wild Wasabi stitched grosgrain ribbon
Tools: Prismicolor colored pencils; Martha Stewart grass border punch; Nesties circle

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Peas Be Mine

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This is the second post of the day. See below for Texas Tuesday post.

I had hoped to make Valentine’s Day cards for our family and a few friends, but unfortunately, I ran out of time to make enough so I didn’t mail any this year. Oh well. However, I did make a Valentine treat for Jessica’s music teacher.  My parents took Jessica to music class yesterday morning since we didn’t get home from our trip until mid-afternoon. I apologize for the poor picture quality, but I didn’t finish the treat jar until the night before we left.

The cabinet above my refrigerator is stocked with glass jars that I started saving when I used to make candles. One of these was perfect for this treat jar. I used the cute Funny Valentine stamp set I won a few weeks back for entering the All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge and here I am entering this treat jar in ATS Weekly Wednesday Challenge #66 to make a Valentine card/project using non-traditional colors. This project also meets the requirements of Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #98 to stamp a card/project with lovin’ from the oven. I think my jelly bean filled treat jar counts, don’t you? A treat jar also meets the requirements of the current Simon Says Stamp Challenge to make anything but a card.

Peas Be Mine - Front View

Peas Be Mine - Side View

Peas Be Mine - Top View

Stamps: C.C. Designs Funny Valentine; Stampin’ Up Wild Hearts
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Wild Wasabi
Ink: Stazon Jet Black
Embellishments: white heart brads; Stampin’ Up Wild Wasabi stitched grosgrain ribbon
Tools: Nesties circle, oval, scalloped oval; hot glue gun

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Howdy from Austin

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Greetings! Welcome to another Texas Tuesday, hosted on the first and third Tuesdays of each month. James and I just got back into town yesterday from a little vacation to the Bay area of California, so I had city skylines and “Greetings from” on my mind. I then browsed the sketch blogs in my Google reader and the Mojo Monday Sketch #178 inspired me to create this quick little card. We enjoyed our getaway, but the huge smile that lit up Jessica’s face when we arrived home in Austin after 4.5 days apart was the best part of our trip. Stay tuned for pictures from our trip.

Howdy from Austin card

Stamps: A Muse Cityscape and Clouds; Deadbeat Designs Howdy
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Basic Gray, Real Rust
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Sweet Pea
Ink: Stazon Jet Black; Versamark
Embellishments: orange brad from stash; Stampin’ Up black 5/8″ grosgrain ribbon and eyelets
Tools: cropadile; Nesties large circle and large scalloped circle; black detail embossing powder; black marker (handwritten “from Austin”)

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Happy Birthday Sarah!

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My uber sweet, beautiful younger sister turned 29 last Friday. I sent her a present via Amazon and I was so stoked that even though I procrastinated, it would arrive on her actual birthday. Alas, the abnormally cold wet weather the DFW area was experiencing messed that up. Hopefully, it arrived today.

Hopefully, she also received her card by now, because I am too excited to wait any longer to share it with the rest of ya’ll. Her card was inspired by this card by Maribeth, a DT member for the Anyone for Anya Challenge team. I loved the unique S-fold of the card, the stitching, and the coordinating pattern papers. So I took the sketch for last week’s Anyone for Anya Challenge and her inspiration and ran with it. Granted, the deadline for that challenge was Saturday night, but I posted the pics of the card to an online gallery and guess what.

Yep, I made the top 3, which is way cooler than being the randomly selected prize winner (although that is nice too). My card for Sarah was chosen by all the members of the DT as one of the top three cards entered in the challenge.

Anyway, on to more details of the card. I tried to color the image to look like Sarah. The cupcake was stamped a second time and popped up on dimensionals with the frosting made with glossy accents and glitter.  The stitching was done by hand,  and that is definitely not a technique I would do for just anyone as I probably spent at least an hour just stitching. The flower was made using a scallop circle punch with the scallops cut a bit and then the edges rolled. It also uses two pieces punched from a Marvy flower punch and stacked on a dimensional on top of the scallop circle part. Since I used a C.C. Designs image, it meets the requirements of the All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge #65, which is an anything goes challenge this week. I’m also entering it in Meljen’s Designs Challenge #44 to use a fun fold and I definitely think the S-fold is a fun fold in addition to being fitting fold for girl whose name starts with S. Yes, I used Baja Breeze again. I must be on a Baja Breeze kick, although I hadn’t intended to use it on this card. I wanted to use Sarah’s favorite color blue and the PP I decided upon just happened to work with Baja Breeze.

Sarah's Birthday Card

Close-up of the Girl

The Card Open

Stamps: C.C. Designs Cupcake Kiki, The Cat’s Pajamas You Say It’s Your Birthday (outside and inside sentiments)
Cardstock: Stampin’ Up Whisper White, Baja Breeze, Regal Rose, Basic Gray
Designer Paper: Stampin’ Up Walk in the Park
Ink: Stazon Jet Black; Stampin’ Up Baja Breeze (inside sentiment)
Embellishments: Papertrey Ink Vintage Buttons Holiday Mix; grayish brads, clear ultra-fine glitter, white embroidery floss; Inkessentials Glossy Accents (shoes and ponytail holders too)
Tools: Stampin’ Up scallop circle punch, markers; Copic markers; atYou Spica clear marker (on skirt); Marvy flower punch

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