CR84FN challenge

I haven't participated in any challenges yet this year. But I *really* had been wanting to, hopefully this will be the start of good things:) Here is the inspiration photo for this week's CR84FN challenge.

I really liked the colors this time. I pretty knew right away that I would have to add a little kraft too, and I was right.

I know it is mostly red, but it really does have all 3 colors :) I stamped and colored the little birdies from Taylored Expressions. Added a little kraft and some twine from Jillibean Soup.

Simple, but cute :) Might be the Valentine I give my dh this year :)

Thanks SO much for stopping by today! I hope you are having a terrific week!!

I'm still

using and (totally loving!) my new Wplus9 stamps :) so, so fun.

really pretty, don't you think? It was so pretty,  I didn't really want to add too much else.

I impressed the background with Papertrey's text pattern. I kind of had to force myself not to use the canvas/linen one :)

Thanks for stopping by today! Oh, and in case you were wondering, the toilet "situation" has been successfully dealt with. I am very fortunate to have a dh who handles most of that sort of things :)

Another wedding card...

I was thinking to myself  "hmm... wonder why I keep feeling like making wedding cards lately", then I remembered. It's because of these gorgeous new stamps from Verve I got. I actually got them pretty much only for the frame stamp to match the label. But I found I love all the stamps in the set.

Isn't this such a pretty heart?! I embossed it with white embossing powder to make it pop :) Other than that, I kept it pretty simple.I'm finally getting into using my stash of twine too :)

Short and sweet for me again today. I have groceries to put away, and a toilet to unclog :(
Thanks for stopping by today!

back again :)

I have another card to share--already :)

I think scheduling things better is really working for me. More stamping time is a good thing :) These stamps are from Wplus9. I *love* them! So pretty and versatile. I impressed the negative from my PTI mat stack 1 to frame the flowers.

I really like the look of black with kraft.  Has a really different look from the my usual brown/kraft combo.

Thanks for stopping by today! If things go as planned, we'll get some groceries, and then I'll be back at my desk stamping :)

the kids

are slowly showing improvement, thankfully. And we made it back from swimming class by bus okay too.  AND, I have managed to squeeze some stamping time into my evenings the last few days.

This is one of the cards I made. I used some of my new Taylored Expressions stamps again. I *knew* I wanted to get these pretty roses as soon as I saw them. I love the coordinating dies too :) I added some copic shading to the big rose after stamping it.

I really like how it turned out :) Oh, the sentiment is from Verve.

Thanks for stopping by today! I don't know about you, but I am *really* ready for the weekend

Best laid plans...

I really, really, planned to post much sooner than this. But well, stuffy noses, rashes and a lot more doctor's visits than I would like to have made kind of slowed things down a bit. We did manage to keep things going with school, and I did actually get some stamping time in, though, so I shouldn't complain :)
Anyway, today's card is much more my style than the vintage-y cards experimented with.

I used some of my new Verve stamps for this. I debated about getting these, and their sale at the end of last year pushed me over the edge. So glad I got them :) Really pretty and easy to use.

I like having the diecuts to match. I'm not great at fussy-cutting.  I don't know if you can tell in the photo, but I impressed the white layer with PTI's linen/cancas impression plate.

Thanks for stopping in today!! I hope you are staying well :)

another vintage-y card

at least a little bit. Definitely more than the cards I normally make.

I really like how the background turned out.I stamped the polka dots in versamark. Then I stamped the text on the edges, and last I added the flourishes. The sentiment and the butterfly are from Clear Dollar stamps. The ribbon is from Etsy.

Ok--that's it for me today. All of my peeps are under the weather today, and we are headed to the doctor. What did it have snow today? No one's up to playing in it :(

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you are staying warm!!