Hoo's Your Valentine?

I made this Valentine card because I have a couple of friends who buy their cards for me, and I thought I'd better have a couple of extra Valentine Day cards handy, just in case. Also, I wanted to use this new set from Inkadinkadoo...these owls and hearts are soooo cute! Inside it says "Owl Be Yours!" Isn't that sweet???!!
The sketch is CPS #231 at Card Positioning Systems.
For the background for the owl I used the Wrinkle-free Distress Technique - which was yesterday's TLC364 at Splitcoaststampers. tfl

Mother's Day Love

This card is for 4 challenges:
1. Splitcoaststampers CC361 - color combo or soft suede, poppy parade & daffodil delight;
2. Mojo Monday Sketch - MOJO227;
3. Sentimental Sundays - Challenge #88 - Feel the Love; and
4. Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - "The One I Love".
The stamp is from the Just Rite "Sending You Sunshine Set", stamped, heat embossed and colored with Copics.

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge - MMSC135

This is my card for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge - MMSC135. The heart wreath and frog digital images are both found at priscillastyles-store.

Besides the MMSC challenge, I've entered this card here:

Party Time Tuesdays - anything goes challenge;

Crazy4Challenges - lots of layers 7 embellies; and

Speedy Fox & Friends Challenge 92 - at least 4 layers.

Welcome to the very first Midnight Madness Monthly Challenge :)

The challenges will pretty much remain the same, however you will have the whole month to submit your creations. You are welcome to submit up to four projects using the sketches provided as a guide. We will continue to award the Gold Star and Remarkable awards each month as well as a prize each month. We hope you will have fun working with our sketches and will be inspired by the fabulous Midnight Madness Design Teams Work. Have fun and be sure to mark your calendar for the first of every month and come join and check out our NEW Monthly Challenges.

This weeks sketch...it's "YOUR PICK" Make it fancy, clean and simple, or somewhere in-between. Remember to click on the sneak peek button on the side bar for the following weeks sketch each Friday.

Enter one style or both for the next two week.

You are more than welcome to enter up to 4 cards during the whole month of FEB.

Just have fun and come play with us :)

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Our MMSC135 sponsor is....

http://priscillastyles-store.blogspot.com/
$10 Gift Voucher redeemable for any digi images in the "priscillastyles" Store
Stop by and check out all the new images!!

GC redeemable for digis only

And......

This awesome stamp set that includes a stamp block!

To see more details and the other MMSC Design Team cards, please visit the MMSC blog here: http://priscillastyles.blogspot.com/2012/01/midnight-madness-feb-monthly-sketch.html

Thanks for stopping by!

Valentine Love

This card is for 4 challenges:

1. Splitcoaststampers Featured Stamper - FS257 - This week's featured stamper is Pam Giudici and the card I chose from her gallery (PAM'SHOBBY) is here.
2. SFYTT January 2012 Sketch at i (heart) to stamp;
3. RRR39 challenge - Sparkle & Ribbon - at Really Reasonable Ribbon...I joined their ribbon club, where you get a shipment of ribbon once a month, and I have to say, I've gotten 2 shipments so far, and am VERY impressed! The ribbon on this card was from the January collection; and
4. C4C118 - Something New - at Crazy4Challenges.

I stamped and heat embossed my stamps from Glitz Designs "vintage blue stamps" set.

This was a fun card to make, and I have my Valentine Day card done for my hubby! YES!
tfl

Five Favorite Holiday Cards of the Year

Stephanie at Ingenious Inkling , one of my favorite blogs, has done a post about her five favorite holiday cards of the year, and invited her readers to do the same, so....above are mine. tfl

Bright & Cheerful Christmas Gift Card

This gift card was inspired by 2 challenges:

1. Splitcoaststampers - WT354 - Digi Day;

2. ABC Christmas Challenge - Z is for Zingy Colours - inspired by the colorful turkeys shown above;

and a tutoral for a gift card holder by Jen Leeflang from South Africa, which can be found here: http://jencraftsa.blogspot.com/.

The digi image is from Bugaboo Stamps. It's supposed to be a birthday image, but I made it into a Christmas one with the colors and sentiment. The merry Christmas sentiment is a new set I got from Stampin' Up, called Petite Pairs. The other half of this pair is stamped inside..."and a Happy, Joyful, Bright New Year". tfl

O Christmas Tree IC313 WT351

This card is for Splitcoaststampers' Inspiration Challenge - IC313 - and was inspired by a Christmas ornament by Christopher Radko at

http://www1.macys.com/shop/product/christopher-radko-christmas-ornament-holiday-centerpiece?ID=574583&CategoryID=30599&LinkType=PDPZ1. I started out with the faux letterpress technique used in Thursday's Ways to Use It challenge - WT351...didn't really like the way the background came out, so did a die cut oval topper cuttlebugged with snowflakes ef, colored the raised embossing on the tree and the ornaments. Glossy Accents on the ornaments, stickles on the garland and star, some die-cut snowflakes with rhinestones and a snowflake ribbon. Started out as a simple card, turned into this !!!! hehe...You never know sometimes! tfl

Merry Christmas MMSC130

This card is for Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge - MMSC130. The beautiful Christmas Ornaments digital stamp is from priscillastyles-store. I colored the digi with Copic markers and made the poinsettias with my new Spellbinders dies. Love these things. Stenciled the veins on the leaves with gold metallic marker, and added little gold studs for centers. Some gold ribbon, and voila! tfl
I am also entering this card into these challenges:
1. 2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes;
2. Christmas Card Challenge;

Autumn Thanks TLC350

This card is for Splitcoaststampers' Technique Lovers Challenge - TLC 350 - No Stamps Allowed. I used my new embossing folder by Darice...LOVE this ef! Embossed it onto Core'dinations cs and sanded, then colored the leaves with watercolor markers. Printed the thank you and did some more dry embossing and chalking. Oh, and the leaf is from a beautiful weeping birch we have out front. tfl

Bugaboo Christmas Cheers

This card is for a photo inspiration challenge at Bugaboo Stamps. I just love their digital stamps! Had a table at a craft fair and the Bugaboo images were the most popular of all!
tfl

Happy Halloween

Here's a little Halloween card I made...not one of my favorite cards, but it is appropriate for today. tfl

Santa Cat MMSC126

This card is for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge - MMSC126, using a new digital stamp from priscillastyles-store.
This card is also entered into:
1. Cards for Men Challenge 21 - Make Us Laugh;
2. Christmas Card Challenge Week #46
tfl

Happy Halloween CC344

This card is for today's Splitcoaststampers' Color Challenge - CC344 - Tempting Eggplant Pie. I used some subway art from "it is what it is" blog. Quick and easy. Yes!!!

Priscillastyles' Flash the Cat Sugar Crash

I just had to make this card with a new digi stamp from priscillastyles-store! His name is Flash, and he is just too funny! I think he ate too many chocolate mice from his Halloween Trick or Treating. hehe
Priscilla has made another of these with an uncolored mask, and also one

that is not for Halloween. And there is even an "Angel Not" cat. She's also got lots of other new digis on her site, so check it out. I made the sentiment on my computer.

The color scheme is from Papercrafts Connection - Color Inspiration Challenge#9.

Bronzed Thanksgiving SC351

This card is for today's Splitcoaststampers' Sketch Challenge - SC351. I heat embossed the sentiment and leaves with detail gold ep, and dry embossed the bronze metal with my swirl cuttlebug ef.

Thanksgiving Gratitude CAS136

This card is for today's Splitcoaststampers' Clean and Simple Challenge - CAS136 - to use leaves. Got this new set from Inkadinkadoo and love it! tfl

Christmas Candy IC302

This card was inspired by the beautiful cupcakes pictured from The Creative Cake Academy, the site for today's Splitcoaststampers' Inspiration Challenge - IC302. tfl

Blue Christmas F4A82

This card is for today's Splitcoaststampers' F4A82 challenge to make a card using mostly blue. This little snowman and friend is one of my favorite Christmas stamps. You'll probably see a lot of him this year. tfl

IC301 Merry Christmas in Polka Dots

My card...top one...is for the Splitcoaststampers Inspiration Challenge - IC301. It was the bottom card at the Rifle Paper Co. that was my inspiration.
One more for my Christmas stash...yeah!! tfl

WT339 Christmas

This card is for Splitcoaststampers Ways to Use It Challenge - WT339 - to use staples on our project. I used the staples to make my plate for my door knob. tfl
Also entering this in:
http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/ - use something in an office
http://paperplaychallenges.blogspot.com/ - use 2 or more stamped images