Warm and Fuzzy Winter Wishes!

Brrrrrrr..... I just went to the mailbox and dang is it COLD!!! We were gifted 12" or more of snow from the storm. Our mailman in his little mail truck was chugging along though, God bless him. I think the cold has also affected my mojo. But I did manage to put this little number together for the Inspired By challenge.

I used my Poppystamps Nordic Large Mitten with a couple of their retired snowflakes and a cutie little bird from the Nordic Bird Bunch set. When I saw the inspiration photo, I thought, hey I have that ribbon and that heart button! All of those goodies went onto an embossed polka dot panel (PTI paper). Or should I say debossed. I had my paper in the folder the wrong way! Still works for me!  A PTI banner with inked edges holds the MFT sentiment.

Off this goes to the gallery. Hope everyone stays safe and warm. Thanks so much for spending a bit of your day with me!

Just Us Girls #807

Bobby is hosting STENCIL WEEK for us at Just Us Girls. Any stencil you have works for us. You can use it as a background, a focal, whatever you decide. I picked a pretty stencil set by Pinkfresh Studio for my card. Take a look...

This is only the second time I've used this stencil in a year ~ OY! I bought it on sale for a steal. I think I wasn't thrilled with the colors I used the first time around, so it got pushed aside. I'm much happier with this version. I also love that I have the dies to go with the set. A pretty Pinkfresh sentiment was added along with a sprinkling of rhinestones. 

I can't wait to see what stencil you pick out for our challenge this week. You are planning to play along, right?

Poppystamps

I'm sharing more birthday fun on the Poppystamps blog today!

Vroom Vroom... see you there!  

Signs of Winter!

Brrrr.... is it cold in your neck of the woods? It sure is here. It's was a crazy morning weather-wise too. One minute there were white out conditions, the next the sun was shining, then more snow! And now... WIND! Seemed like the perfect time to take advantage of Joanne's CAS Signs of Winter Card Challenge at The Paper Players.

I brought my sweet Impression Obsession Snow Baby out to play today. Copic colored and added to my favorite PPP tag die. I added a large DeNami snowflake to the background that was paired with a smaller Hero Arts image. No sentiment. I'll add it when I decide what to use this one for.

Off we go to the gallery. Stay warm!

With All My Heart

As the snow falls and the laundry tumbles, I had thoughts of summer and our yellow knockout roses on my mind! Seeing the bare bushes on either side of our little Max's grave had me longing for warmer days and those gorgeous yellow blooms. So, I put this together using this week's challenge at Freshly Made Sketches. Take a look...

I stamped an IO Fairy Rose with Versa Mark ink, gold heat embossed it, colored it with Copics and fussy cut it. It was added to a card base with a sweet Amy Tangerine embossed panel, a strip of PP and a little gold border snippet. The sentiment is by The Stamp Market.

I'll set this aside for our anniversary. You see, my guy planted those roses for me two years ago as a Mother's Day gift. More than once he's mentioned to me, "Those yellow roses are quite lovely, babe."

Have a great weekend!