Sending Prayers & Love & Hugs

I was really inspired by the Monday Challenge this week over at the Simon Says Stamp blog. I LOVE my Ugly Sweater stamp set that I got around Christmas this past year and I love that wearing a cardigan sweater feels just like giving yourself a hug. I altered the stamped sweater image using a Faber Castell Artist Pen to make it into a cardigan, then watercolored the sweater with worn lipstick distress marker and stamped hearts from the Sending Happy Thoughts stamp set. I did use both hearts from this set. The Greeting is also from Sending Happy Thoughts. I used a sticker from Bella Blvd and some October Afternoon Alphas and a strip of Washi, a watercolored doily and a tag over background paper from Amy Tangerine to complete my card. It turned out Just right!

Making a boring note SWEET thanks to SpiegelMomScraps

I needed to leave a note about dinner for DH this morning, and I decided to "Cute it up!"

Check it out in the video!

Here is a still shot!

Thinking of you

Here is a quick card I put together using one of those awesome Julie Nutting Doll Stamps from Prima and using up papers from a Card Kit I got last year from Simon Says Stamp. I haven't subscribed to their card kits, but I have gotten several of them in the past and I LOVE seeing the releases every month. I think I've finally used up all the paper that came from this kit. The shoes on the doll are just colored in with copic markers, not paper pieced. The stickers on the card came in the same kit, and This card goes with my... make more anytime cards thing I'm trying to do this year.

Be sure and stop back by tomorrow to see what I've come up with for the Clique Kits March Pep Rally! I can't wait to share with you!!!

Ugly Sweater Tag

Happy Thanksgiving (a day early) my American friends! I haven't been papercrafting a whole lot lately, my life has been in knots knitting Christmas Gifts!!

I want to say THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for all the awesome sweet comments you left on my last post, the Pep Rally from Clique Kits. I am ok, I want everyone to know that I AM OK! I just really feel like it's important to log it all, and it DOES help to write it out, even if you don't make the writing into any sort of scrapbook or art journalling page. I like to share in case someone is visiting for the first time and doesn't know you can do that, maybe there are people thinking there is only one way to scrapbook, there are so many!! Ok, not going to go forward on that line of talk, I just wanted to say thanks and I'm ok! 

Anyway, I've been knitting and drooling over my paper supplies that want me to play with them, I hope to get a lot of cards made over tomorrow whilst watching some good tv. I made a tag this week with the new Simon Says Stamp  Ugly Sweater Stamp Set (this set is so cute I ordered all of it!) It comes separate or in a bundle together. It has so many images, and I decided to make a non Christmas Sweater for a little goodie I was mailing out.

My coloring isn't perfect, but I'm not letting that bother me, I think it's SO CUTE!! Word of warning, be sure you have your stamp mounted flush against the block, if you don't then you will probably stamp a black smear down the center of your sweater. Don't forget for all of your own personal holiday shopping needs: I sell Pure Romance Products!

More for the Special Order Baby Book

So my first post of May was this Baby Book that a co-worker of mine commissioned. Her baby is ADORABLE and she has been very busy filling out the book and thinking up pages she wanted to add. Here are the ones she ordered from me to round out the book:

I seriously loved digging out my box of Sassafrass Lass oldies but goodies and making these pages. I hope she likes them and I can't wait to see them all filled out!