CAS(E) #105

Happy Thursday! Playing along today with CAS(E) #105. Love the sketch and of course, I had to join along! 

 I dug deep into the stash to pull out these MME scraps from many years ago to create a Valentine's Day card for my "Sweet"...

 I am and have always been a huge fan of MME. I just hoard every little scrap until I'm left with unusable pieces. Here is the finished card....I love the feel of this one. 

Happy Scrapping,

 

Valentine....

Good Morning,
***ETA: Ashlea's team placed fourth in both Jazz and Pom routines***
Happy Valentine's Day! We are rushing over to have our final day of Jamfest competition. Wish us lots of luck! We should have final awards at 1:30 PM (ET) and be back on our way home (about 4 hours away, plus dropping Megan back at UK and a good Valentine Meal with the lovely ladies in my life, this was an all female trip! The guys just don't get into the dance comps like we do. So, when I arrive home, I'll post the results.

So very quickly, our lovely Gloria has created a card sketch for us at Practical Scrappers. Here is her sketch:

and here is my final Valentine card for this year. I made this one for my Mom and Daddy! Very simple all papers are My Mind's Eye and the flowers are Prima, brads are from stash, ink, and stamps are CTMH.

Blessings,

I Love You...

Good Morning,
I spoke to my aunt on the phone yesterday and SHE is ready to go home! She suffers some communication processing from her stroke in 1984. She thinks when she's ready, it should happen. So, needless to say, she doesn't like that the doctors want to continue to monitor her. I tried to explain to her that we were in the middle of a winter storm and she just needs to stay there in the safety of the hospital. So she is continuing to do well.
Today I am using this week's Midnight Madness Sketch

for this card at Tellen's Place.


Terry and the Diva's are asking for one more card with hearts (at least 5). I pulled out more scraps from My Mind's Eye and absolutely love this free image at Tellen's Place this week. Isn't she just beautiful? I'm sorry the lighting is off on this one. It is still snowing here.
Blessings,

Love at First Sight!

Good Morning,

First, I want to thank you all for your thoughts, prayers, and well wishes for my Aunt and my family. Here is the update I received just before bed last night. She was still alert, the color was back in her complexion (Gran said she was "pale as a ghost" when she first saw her), she appears to be her normal self. She was moved from the individual ER room into a private room. The initial reports from her scan conclude it was a mini stroke. She is expected to make a complete and full recovery, Praise God!!! Again, thank you all for your prayers!

Today, I used this sketch from Card Patterns

to make this card for my little "love monkey", Jon-Christopher. I still love this Animal Cookies paper and this card just fell in place using this sketch. Everything is CTMH. Have a great day!

Blessings,

everlasting....

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At Frosted Designs this week, you are being challenged to create a Valentine project without using PINK or RED!!!!! I used some of my CTMH stash and my Doodlecharms cart to create this darling Valentine. I used my pearl Create-a-Shade from CTMH for that shimmery embossed heart and some Twilight re-inker to tint it for the chipboard hearts. I finished it off with two pearl pins and a pretty organza ribbon. The sentiment is a rub on from my stash.

So, if you want to play along with us this week, leave the red and pink in the stash! Please visit my fabby sisters....they are all linked up in my side bar!

Have a great weekend!!!!!

Blessings,

Humble Pie...Always...

Good Morning,
Who is ready for some LOVE? That is exactly what we want to see at Humble Pie this week! Show us your love or Valentine's cards. I used the adorable little Dusty. He has a soft and cuddly teddy bear waiting for you....

I used the sketch at Midnight Madness on this one. I cut the heart and sentiment from my Ashyln cart. My papers are My Mind's Eye. This is some yummy American Crafts ribbon, prima flowers, brads and ink are CTMH. I also used my CTMH markers to color the darling image. Everyone will be finishing up Valentine's this week, so be sure to link us up!!!! Also, check out the love that my fellow Baler's have cooked up for you today!
Don't forget, Phebe is still having her sale at The Town Scrapper, buy 1 get 1 half!
Have a fantastic Friday!
Blessings,

Sweetheart....

Good Morning,

It's Wednesday and time for a new challenge at Penny's Challenges. This week Penny wants to see projects with a Valentine/Love theme. I was cleaning up in the scrappy space yesterday and came across this little round tin. It was actually a tin that paper clips had come in. I think it was something my mom had brought to me from drug reps at the clinic. Anyways, I was inspired to decorate it up and put some candies in it for the Honeybee. This is a side view to take in the dps and the sweet ribbon trim.

I hope you are inspired to create something all about love today. I have my incredible DT sisters linked up in my side bar to the left. Take a peek at the "lovely" inspiration they have for you!

Recipe:

tin-stash

dps, sentiment, and heart-My Mind's Eye

flowers-Prima

bling-Wal Mart

ribbon-stash

inks-CTMH

Blessings,

Be Mine

Today is a brand new challenge day at Humble Pie too! This week we have a LOVE challenge too! You need to use red, white, pink and hearts on your project. Boy did I have fun with this one! This darling little image shows Miss Maggie getting her first sweetness! It just screams "Be Mine."
I've had these hearts from long ago. I thought they were just perfect for this darling little card. So now it's your turn to show us your creations!! Don't forget to visit the Baker's in my side bar. Oh, have they cooked up some sweetness for you! Leave them some love too!

Blessings,

Tellen's Place Love...

Good Morning,
I finally got to do a card for Tellen's Place this week! It is a a sketch challenge. Here is the sketch.

And as always, the lovely, Terry, has some freebies for you to play with. She had three yummy images this week. This one just called out to me. Again, I'm using up my stash of My Mind's Eye older Valentine papers. I love how she turned out! Head over and play along with the girls at Tellen's Place, you have until Tuesday! This is a fabby sketch!

Recipe:
cardstock-Bazzill
dps-My Mind's Eye
image-Tellen's Place
ink and stamps-CTMH
ribbon-stash
ETA: Just found out this one works in the Corrosive Challenge too!
Blessings,

My Prince...

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Welcome to my blog! I hope you are having fun on the Sassy Studio Designs Rockin' Blog Hop! If you have just arrived on my blog, be sure to go here to hop from the start. I chose the Royal Frogs for my image. I love my Honeybee so much, he is "My Prince", so this is his Valentine card. I used My Mind's Eye papers, water colored my image, used some sticker stitches, pearls, ribbon, and button from stash. I embossed the crowns for some extra bling. I used the Card Patterns sketch this week for inspiration on this card.

Enjoy the rest of the hop and be sure to leave comments along the way! I hope you have been inspired today!

Blessings,

XOXOXO...

Good Morning,

I still had the scraps on my table from my Creations by Penny card from yesterday. So, I decided to use them for this card.

Once again, very simple, but getting more cards ready for Cards for St. Jude's. I just stamped my hearts, cut them out, put some foam dots behind them and the flourish. I just wanted to add some sparkle to the polka dot heart. I hope you are all having a fab day! We may see 50 degrees today. Oh, I pray we do! We are still a winter wonderland in my neck of the woods.

x0x0x0 Recipe:

dps-My Mind's Eye

stamps, flourish, and ink-CTMH

bling-stash

Blessings,

Love You...

Good Morning,

I'm seeing the beautiful and bright sunshine today for the first time in about 5 days! Oh how glorious! Our temps are supposed to slowly beginning warming today and be in the upper 40's to about 50 by Friday. It'll take that to melt all this snow!

Today Penny is releasing another new digi image at Creations by Penny. This one is so gorgeous and so much fun to play with. It is called the "Butterfly Flower". I really wanted to see some spring colors in this. I just can't wait until time for the flowers to bloom and butterflies fluttering about.

I used my CTMH markers to color this one. I colored and cut a second butterfly to give some dimension and the flying effect. I used the Unscripted Sketch for this week. Love that one, so easy and versatile!

Love You Recipe:

dps-My Mind's Eye

ribbon-stash

image-Creations by Penny

stamps, markers, & ink-CTMH

Blessings,

adore....

Good Morning,
This morning I'm sharing a card for the St. Jude's cards. Ashlea is spitting them out like old gum and this is just my second one. I have a ton of left over My Mind's Eye from a couple years ago. So, I'm finding the perfect way to use it up. On this one I kept it very simple, stamped my hearts and used foam dots to raise them up.

Recipe:
dps-My Mind's Eye
stamps and ink-CTMH
ribbon-stash
Blessings,

Adore....

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I'm back with another card to share today. Today is the day we announce a new challenge at Humble Pie! Yay... this week, we want to see flourishes. Show us your way to embellish with them on a card, layout, or project. I used the darling little Maggie for my card. I LOVE her!

I wanted to make this a Valentine card, so I pulled out some old My Mind's Eye yummy papers and this card just came together so easily. What do you think of her, isn't she delightful?

Don't forget, Phebe is having her BIG SALE at the Town Scrapper until the middle of January! Check it out here!

Adore Recipe:

dps-My Mind's Eye

image- Humble Pie stamps

watercolor pencils and blending pen

flourishes and ink-CTMH

bling-stash

Blessings,

Two Cards, One Post....

Good Wednesday Morning,
Today I'm sharing two cards with you. This first card is for Creations By Penny. Penny has her new digi shop up and running. Click here for all the details. This fun gumball machine is one of her latest additions. I knew immediately that I wanted to use my CTMH Animal Cookies paper with it. My idea was to have one red gumball, I know it is kind of difficult to tell, but there is just one in there, hence the sentiment, "You're One of a Kind". I also painted some liquid glass over the image. That was hard to photograph, but it looks great irl...
I love this fun card. What do you think? Check out the inspiration of my DT sisters here. These ladies have some fabby cards to share.

Next up is my bi-weekly challenge card for Penny's Challenges. On this challenge, you need to use chalk. Now there is a technique I've not touched in a while. I printed out this fabulous fire heart from Creations by Penny and chalked it up. I blended red and two lighter shades of pink to achieve this look. I think it is soft and perfect for this card. My dps and sentiment are My Mind's Eye, brads and ink are CTMH, and ribbon is from stash. Are you ready to pull out your chalk and get busy? I hope so, here is some amazing inspiration from my DT sisters. I love what they came up with, you will not want to miss it!

Blessings,