Sending Hugs and Kisses

Lately, I have been posting lots of crafty things but nothing from the heart... so it's time for a little heart sharing post. Most of my readers know that I am the Mama Bear to both a teenager and a toddler (yes, I know that big age gap may seem crazy but I LOVE it!).  Currently my teenager is going through all the normal things that a 15 year old goes through.  When he exasperates me the most I try to remember what it was like to be that young.  How every feeling seemed larger than life, how I seemed invincible, how I rarely looked beyond the problems of the present moment.  I think about the adult that I am now and what I want my teenager to know as he goes through the next few year.  These are my thoughts in absolutely no order other than how it pours out of my heart... Dear Son, First off, I love you more than you can ever imagine.  I am so proud of the young man that you are.  You are truly an amazing, smart, funny and awesome human being.  I...

Lawnscaping?   It's just a fun way to say creating with Lawn Fawn!  I am a Lawn Fawn addict and I was so excited that I had time this week to join in on the current challenge 'Geometric'! I knew I wanted to create some fun windows or insets in my card front so I grabbed some Lawn Cuts and started playing around with a layout, it took three tries but in the end I was really happy with how it turned out!  I backed each opening with papers from the new 6x6 Perfectly Plaid Fall collection and then added some Copic colored images on top of each one! Hope you get a chance to get crafty today!

Wow, I feel so honored to have my card "Spotted" over at the My Favorite Things Card Challenge Blog !  I have fallen hard for the all the amazing My Favorite Things products.  I especially love the Birdie Brown stamp collections (can you get any cuter?!) and the Die-namics Blueprints sets, together these stamps and dies make completing a card during naptime a snap! This card features the Harvest Mouse stamp set and the  Die-namics Tags Blueprint 5 .   Those little hearts are part  of the tag Die-namics and they are awesome for filling shakers too! Thank you so much for stopping by, see you soon with some more crafty goodness!

Woah, nothing like squeaking in at the last minute!  The contest closes today and I finally was able to complete the card that has been floating around my desk for a week!  This is my first shaker card and I am really happy with how it turned out; I can't wait to make more in the future. This card uses the following products, which I love and adore, from My Favorite Things : Die-namics Blueprints 29 - Window the dog is looking through and flower boxes! Die-namics Tag Builder Blueprints 5 - The heart confetti in the shaker window! BB You Make My Tail Wag Stamp Set  - Dog and dog/cat bed. BB I Knead You Stamp Set - Sleeping kitty. BB Cool Cat Stamp Set - Vase and fish bowl. BB Lucky Dog Stamp Set - Sentiments, inside and out. BB Hog Heaven - Flowers in the window boxes. All of the images were colored with Copic markers and fussy cut... it took a bit but I think it was so worth it in the end!  Thanks for stopping by to check out my Superstar Card entry!

Wow, I feel like it has been such a whirlwind start to the school year! My son is playing soccer it takes up most of my evenings driving through construction to pick him up or to go and watch his games, but we have had awesome weather to enjoy so I really can't complain! Anyway... I am back with another card to share with you.  I created this for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Sketch Challenge #298 .  I love the MFT Stamps card challenge blog it is full of awesome inspiration, great color ideas, fun challenges and there are links to download ALL of the previous sketch challenges too! My take on Sketch #298 used the awesome Strike Up The Band stamp set by Birdie Brown, I am just so in love with all of her fantastic stamp designs and this one might be edging out the Harvest Mouse set as my current favorite!  I was really feeling sparkly when I created this card so there is glitter galore, but I think it works perfectly with that sweet sentiment! The sentiment and backgr...

Now that The Daily Marker Coloring Challenge is over I wanted to join in on a few other challenges.  This week over at Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge they are using awesome Hero Arts products to make fabulous floral cards!  As a lover of Hero Arts designs I have quite a few in my collection which made it easy to create this fabulous floral & flamingo card! I began by stamping the background stamp (Hero Arts & Studio Calico design) with three different shades of Ranger pigment ink, the lightest shade ended up being just too light to see so I restamped using just the two darker shades... good thing I was using my Misti !  After I heat set the pigment ink I spritzed both orange and pink Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist lightly over the whole thing and heat set that as well. For my florals I used the Color Layering Hibiscus set from Hero Arts and stamped the larger images on vellum using the same pigment inks as before and then heat setting them before cutting ...

Hi there, I wanted to drop in and share a few more of the cards I created with images colored during The Daily Marker 30 Day Coloring Challenge! 'Happy Birthday to My Hero!' This is the super cute card I made for my awesome husband's birthday this week!  It features owls from several different Lawn Fawn sets , one of my favorite things about the Lawn Fawn designs is their ability to mix and match seamlessly!  I found t his adorable card on Handmade by Yuki  (she is so darn talented that you should definitely grab some more coffee and browse her fantastic blog).  I loved the dimension that she created by placing some of the scene elements behind vellum!  Hubby really like the card which made my whole day! 'Magical Day' My inner five year old LOVES this unicorn set from Avery Elle.  I was able to create a super shimmery glitter effect by blending out my Zig Clean Color Markers with a clear Wink of Stella pen!   This is true unicorn perfection!  ...