Key to My Heart and Better Get Better!

Happy Monday! I cannot believe that it is the last day of January! We've had so much time off from school because of snow that this month went by in the blink of an eye! February isn't looking much better weather wise either. We are expecting at least two feet of the fluffery stuff starting tomorrow morning! TWO more FEET! ACK! Good thing I'm not the one that does most of the shoveling...lol!

I have two cards to share with you today. I needed another Valentine card so I decided to try the My Favorite Things Recipe for Love Guest Designer contest again. You can find all of the details here. I started off with the MFT a' la mode set called Key to My Heart. This sweetie is colored up with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E11, E25, E29, E40, R20, R30, R32, R35, Y21, and Y26) and then I sewed on a panel of Papertrey Ink Berry Sorbet. To follow the recipe, I used Quite Contrary paper from My Mind's Eye for the one patterned paper, Berry Sorbet and Aqua Mist for the two card stock colors, and my three embellishments are Berry Sorbet Ribbon and Buttons and a little key charm that I found in my stash. I also added a piece of Berry Sorbet that I ran through my 'Bug with the MFT Die-namics Little Open Scallop Strip die on the bottom of the patterned paper. A little paper piercing on the top and the bottom of the card finishes this Valentine off.

My next card follows the My Favorite Things sketch from last Wednesday. You can find the sketch and all of the details about playing along right here. This time I used one of my Pure Innocence stamps from MFT. This precious little one and the sentiment are from the Better Get Better set. She is colored up with Copic Markers (C3, E000, E00, E11, E33, E35, E37, G20, G21, R20, R81, R83, and R85) and then cut out and then added to an embossed circle of Stampin' Up's Pink Pirourette. I then layered that onto a piece of Chocolate Chip that I ran through my 'Bug with the MFT Die-namics Dainty Lace Doily Die. The patterned paper is from Memory Box and I sewed that panel onto a layer of Chocolate Chip and then attached that to a Pink Pirourette card base. The chocolate satin ribbon is from Michaels. This card is for our school nurse. She is having some neck and back troubles, so I thought that this might help her feel a little bit better.

Thank you so much for visiting with me today. Enjoy the rest of your evening and try to stay warm...Toodles! :D

Love You With All My Heart

Good Morning Friends! My card for today is for the My Favorite Things Guest Designer Contest. If you'd like to play along too, you can find all of the details here. The theme this month is called A Recipe for Love. The challenge is to make a card or project fitting the following recipe...use a Valentine's theme (check), use One Patterned Paper (check), Two Card Stock Colors (check, check), and Three Embellishments (check, check, check). Here are all of the ingredients that I used for my creation. I started off with the MFT stamp set called Love You With All My Heart. This little Valentine girl is colored up with Copic Markers (BG11, BG13, BG18, E000, E00, E11, E25, E27, E29, R20, R27, R29, and R39). The one patterned paper that I used was from the Alphabet Soup collection for girls by My Mind's Eye. The two card stock colors are from Papertrey Ink (Aqua Mist and Pure Poppy) and the three embellishments that I used were red grosgrain ribbon, a PTI button, and some Baker's Twine. I wasn't sure if the little heart that I made with my Hearts a Plenty Die-namics counted as an embellishment or not, but I added it anyway. The circle and scalloped circle were made with my Nesties and I added some zig zag stitching around the circle to give it a little bit of extra interest.

Thank you for taking the time to stop by for a visit. I hope that you are enjoying your weekend. I'll be back tomorrow to share my card for the My Favorite Things sketch. See you then...Toodles! :D

Best wishes on your Birthday!

Happy Friday Friends! As I promised yesterday, I'm back today with this week's Blogger's Challenge (Birthday theme) and I also used some of my forgetten stamps for Forgotten Stamp Friday. If you'd like to play along too, you can just click on the challenge links above.

This is actually a CASE of a card that my wonderful friend Clara made. You can find her card here. The flower stamp is from the Peeking Posies set from Hero Arts. It is a favorite of mine and one of the first stamp sets that I bought when I started stamping. I fell in love with the set when Trudee Sauer would create such beautiful cards with it. I haven't used it in forever though. The sentiment is from Elzybells (sadly, they are out of business). I purchased this stamp over the summer and was thrilled to get some ink on it. The flower is colored up with Copic Markers (G21, G82, R22, R24, Y21, and Y32) and I added some Star Dust Stickles to make it sparkle. The image is paired up with Stampin' Up's Cameo Coral, Certainly Celery, and some retired SU designer paper. The yellow polka dotted paper is from Bo-Bunny. The buttons were made with the SU Button die in Cameo Coral. (I really like everything to match...lol!)

Thanks so much for visiting with me today! Stay warm...Toodles!

You Warm My Heart

Hello Friends! It's another snowy day here in New England! "No School" for us today! I've been doing some cleaning and organizing. It's always fun to find things that you forgot you had or misplaced. Today's treasures included a spool of American Crafts ribbon and some patterned paper that I had picked up at Target (K&Company's Happy Holiday) awhile back. I decided to take a little break from the cleaning to put these finds to good use and this is what I came up with.

One of the Tuesday Challenges from The Cat's Pajamas Rubber Stamps this month is to use a TCP stamp that has a heart or the word love on it. You can find all of the details here. I just LOVE this Big Bear stamp from their holiday release and I thought that he would be great to use for any of the winter months. I gave him a scarf made from a piece of the ribbon that I found and I think that he works perfectly with the sentiment from the Like You a Latte set. I seem to have caught the "Must Sew on My Card" sickness...lol! So, I did some zig zag stitches everywhere that I could and I used the TCP Icing CutUps on the pink strip on the bottom. I love how you can change the look of this die cut just by turning it around.

It's time to finish cleaning and my little one is ready to head back out in the snow which means that I'm going out too! I'll be back tomorrow with this week's Blogger's Challenge and Forgotten Stamp Friday. Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit! Stay warm and toasty...Toodles! :D

Peek-a-Boo!

Hello Friends! I told you that I'd be back today. Hope that you had a wonderful Monday! It is quite cold here in New England, but it was still a great day. I was able to finally finish up my card for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. You can find the sketch and all of the details over on the MFT blog. The link is here. My image and sentiment are from the MFT Peek-a-Boo set. (Thanks for letting me borrow her Linda. She is so sweet!) She is colored up with Copic Markers (E000, E00, E11, E25, E29, E40, R20, R22, and R24) and her dress is paper pieced. All of the patterned papers on this card are from the Alphabet Soup girls collection from My Mind's Eye. I sewed all of the layers together and I added a little heart shape that I made with my MFT Hearts A Plenty Die-namic. A few Papertrey Ink buttons finish up this one. Thanks so much for visiting with me tonight...Toodles! :D

Enjoy the Ride!

Happy Sunday Friends! I'm a little late for Friday's Blogger's Challenge (Patterned Paper) and Jessie's Forgotten Stamp Friday challenge, but now that we have finished digging out from last Friday's snow storm, here's my post. My forgotten stamp is this delightful little rabbit and his scooter from The Cat's Pajama's. The set is called Joyride and you can find it here. I've colored my image up with Copic Markers (C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, E31, E33, R27, R29, Y11, Y21, Y35 and the Colorless Blender.) All of the patterned papers are from the Thrift Shop collection from October Afternoon. If fact these colors are from this past Tuesday's TCP Color Challenge (Red, Black, Kraft and/or White, and Yellow.) You can find all of the details about this challenge right here on Alma's Blog. Along with my TCP stamps, I used one of the TCP CutUps called Icing. (I can't seem to find it on the TCP site at the moment, but I'm sure that it'll be back soon.) Instead of using the end of the die cut with all of the icing loops, I turned it around and showed the end with the open scallops. I LOVE the different looks! The layers are sewed to pieces of black and then mounted to a square, kraft card base. My layout is from Jen Del Muro's January Sketch For You To Try. You can find her sketch right here. Now, if you'd like to play along with any of these challenges, you have all of the links. If you would like to play along with this week's Blogger's Challenge, you can add your link to the blog hop on Lisa's blog here. Thanks so very much for stopping by for a visit. I'll see you tomorrow...Toodles! :D

My Morning With Joanne Basile!

I have had a splendid day! This morning, I went to Right at Home Scrapbooking to take another class with the FABULOUS Joanne Basile. I took one of her classes a couple of months ago and had such a good time. I learned quite a few things too, so I couldn't wait for today's class. Miraculously, it didn't snow...lol! It almost always snows when I sign up to do anything crafty, but this time the weather was great, except for being cold. I thought that I'd share what we made today. All of the Die-namics die cuts and stamps are from My Favorite Things. This first card has My Mind's Eye papers and Joanne was sweet enough to sew the border around the main layer for all of us ahead of time! Didn't I tell you she was FABULOUS!


This card uses papers from The Girl's Paperie. Joanne doesn't mind if we change things up a little bit, so for this card, I used the green polka dotted side of the paper instead of the red brocade side. I LOVE the extra little punch of color.

Here is the last card that we made. This image is so delightful and I even gave this little one blond hair! I'm a brunette so I usually give the little girls that I stamp brown hair unless I know that the card is going to someone blond or a red head. I changed this card up a bit as well. The felt scalloped strip was supposed to go vertically on the left hand side of the card, but then I tried it in the middle of the card horizontally, and well that is where it stayed! I added the button when I got home to go with all of that glorious glitter on the heart.


I hope that you enjoyed your day and were able to have some fun too! Thanks so much for visiting with me! Enjoy the rest of the long weekend...Toodles! :D

It's Friday!

Today's card is for this week's Blogger's Challenge (it's a sketch). I really think that Jessica's idea for "Forgotten Stamp Friday" is fantastic, so I found a stamp that is at least six month's old so that I could combine the two. Here is a picture of the sketch if you'd like to give it a try as well.

I started off with my "Forgotten Stamp". Her name is Rosie Posy and she is from Lili of the Valley. You can find her right here. Like my other LOTV stamps, she arrived last March in my birthday package to myself. Sadly, she has never seen ink. That is, until now! I paired this little sweetie with some Quite Contrary papers from My Mind's Eye. (Thanks Joanne! I just had to pull out my papers after I saw you use some of yours. You can see Joanne's darling creation here.) Her vest is paper pieced and she is colored up with Copic Markers (BG000, E000, E11, E25, E27, R20, R81, R83, R85, Y32, Y35, YG63, YG67, and the Colorless Blender.) The Pink Pirouette panel was embossed in my Cuttlebug with my Swiss Dots embossing folder. All of the panels were layered with black. Then I added some Star Dust Stickles to her bouquet, a Papertrey Ink black button. and some Baker's Twine from Niki's etsy shop to finish this one up.

Thanks so much for stopping by for a visit today! I'm really looking forward to tomorrow. I'm fortunate enough to be heading to Right at Home Scrapbooking for another fabulous class with Joanne Basile! I had such a good time at Joanne's last class. I'm sure that this one will be just as wonderful! Enjoy your weekend...Toodles! :D

ETA: We are trying something new over at the Blogger's Challenge. If you would like to play along with our challenge, you may link your creation below and you'll also get to see what everyone else has come up with. Hope that you can join in the fun! :D

It's a Snow Day!

Now, you are probably looking at my card and thinking, "Alright Kimberly...where's the snow? I don't see any snow on this card!" I'm not going completely bonkers. All of the snow is outside (almost two feet of the fluffery stuff)! My banner from this post did the trick, and we had our first snow day off from school!!

My card is for today's My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club. It is now a sketch challenge each week. You can find the sketch and all of the details here. It was nice to do the challenge on the actual day that it was posted! My main image is one of the My Favorite Thing a' la modes. You can find her right here. (She is even in stock!!) I colored her up with my Copic Markers (B0000, B41, B45, C3, E000, E11, E33, E35, and E40) and paper pieced the cake. All of the patterned papers are from Melissa Frances' Kitschy Kitchen collection. The Pear Pizazz paper and ribbon are from Stampin' Up. I had so much fun with my sewing machine today. I even sewed on the half circle (insert shocked face!!) I keep practicing, and it is so nice (or shall I say "sew nice"...lol) when it turns out the way that I envision it! My sentiment flag was made with my die from Lil' Inker Designs. The buttons are from my stash and the green Baker's Twine is from Niki Estes' etsy shop. I added some Stardust Stickles to the frosting on the cake to finish this one off.

My little one has just come in from making a snow fort with Daddy and is looking for some hot chocolate. I'm off to take care of that request and to check on my pot of homemade chicken noodle soup. Thanks so much for visiting. Stay safe and warm...Toodles! :D