You Warm My Heart

Hi there! Today I'm sharing a card I made for the most recent Card Patterns Sketch Challenge! Here's the sketch:

And here's my take:

This is another one of my very favorite Pure Innocence images! I LOVE how her little arms are loaded up with snowballs! Takes me back to my childhood (in Pittsburgh) when my brothers, neighbor kids and I would build snow forts and then have massive snowball fights!!! Such a great time!!! My mom would have to literally drag us inside to take a break for lunch! HA!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Supplies:

Stamps: Pure Innocence Snow Day (My Favorite Things)

Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)

Copic Sketch Markers

Clear "At You Spica" Glitter Pen

Cardstock: Stampers' Select White and Kraft (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper: 12 Days of Christmas (My Mind's Eye)

Sizzix Embossing Folder: Snowflakes (Ellison)

Dies: Large Classic Rectangles Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

White Pom-Pom Ribbon: (American Crafts)

Baker's Twine: Caribbean (The Twinery)

Button: Bubblegum Boutique Buttons (DeNami Design)

Quickie Glue Pen: (Sakura)

Scor-Tape: (Scor-Pal)

Adhesive Tape Runner: (Elmer's)

Zots: (Therm-o-web)

Pop Dots: (Plaid Enterprises)

Sending A Flurry Of Love

I'm kinda sorta addicted to paper piecing, so I couldn't resist the most recent challenge over at CAS-ual Fridays!!!

Here's my creation:

I TOTALLY ADORE these little Pure Innocence images! They are all SO STINKIN' CA-UTE!!! Plus it's been snowing a bit here in the mountains recently, so I'm in a festive, wintery mood *wink*! (more on that at the end of this post) 

Here's a closer look at this cutie patootie:

So...what do you think?

Several of you have asked how much snow we ended up getting in our most recent snowstorm (February 3rd and 4th), so I thought I'd share some photos. 40 inches of snow total! WOOHOO!!!

(View from our doorway next to the garage. This was the very start of our first 3 hour shoveling marathon on Friday afternoon. Our driveway heads straight ahead into that lovely wall of snow and then curves to the left and up along those pine trees. HA!)

(Tony digging out his truck. You can see it's still snowing too.)

(Me and my half-shovel...HA! See...I was working so hard I broke my darn shovel! Unfortunately that did NOT get me off the hook from shoveling duty! HA!)

(And finally...there's just somethin' special about snowy pine branches...And on a very happy note our good friends/neighbors invited us over for dinner/drinks/hot tubbin' that evening. Now THAT'S the way to enjoy the beauty of this AMAZING winter wonderland we live in!!!)

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you're having a FABULOUS week!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Pure Innocence "Flurry of Love" (My Favorite Things)
Ink: Tuxedo Black Memento (Tsukineko), Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko), Cherry (American Crafts)
Cardstock: Kraft and Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Love Me Collection (My Mind's Eye)
Rustic Twine: (Papertrey Ink)
Button: Aqua Boutique Buttons (DeNami Design)
White Uni-Ball Signo Pen
Quickie Glue Pen: (Sakura)
Glue Dots
Scor-Tape: (Scor-Pal)
Adhesive Tape Runner: (Elmer's)

DeNami Christmas Blog Hop

Hey there! Thanks for hopping along with us in the DeNami Design Christmas Blog Hop! I hope you've been inspired by all of the participants' fantastic creations! I'm the last stop on the hop, and you should have come to my blog via Beverly's blog. If not, no worries, you can head to the DeNami Blog to start at the very beginning! And be sure to leave comments along the way as DeNami is giving away gift certificates to random commenters!!!

Instead of making a card for the hop, I decided to do something different and use some of my DeNami Design products to decorate this frame!

I started with a blank frame from TPC Studios. Don't you just love the shape of that frame? I repeatedly stamped the "Harlequin Border N112" (DeNami Design) in Robin's Egg ink (Color Box) onto Vintage Cream cardstock (Papertrey Ink) to create my own background paper. I layed the frame on top of the background paper, traced around it and cut it out. Then, I mounted it to the front of the frame and distressed the edges with Desert Sand Memento ink (Tsukineko).

Next, I stamped the "Steam Curl D87" (DeNami Design) around the frame with my glue pad and covered the images with Xtra Fine White Sparklets (DeNami Design).

I cut four strips of Frosted Teal cardstock (Bazzill Basics) and adhered those to the edges of the frame with Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal). Then, I wrapped the Chocolate Brown Grosgrain Ribbon (DeNami Design) around and through the frame so that it can easily be hung up for display. I die cut snowflakes from Vintage Cream cardstock (PTI) and red felt (My Favorite Things) using the Snowflakes Die-namics from My Favorite Things. I cut two snowflakes from Kraft cardstock (PTI) using punches from Martha Stewart Crafts. The scallop circle is cut from Ocean Tides felt (PTI) using one of the Limitless Layers Circle Collection Dies (PTI). Then, I embellished the snowflakes with buttons (DeNami Design) and twine (Whisker Graphics and PTI).

I really like the way these close-up photos turned out. This was a pretty challenging project to photograph because I had to contend with the glare from the actual photo within the frame and the way the lighting was playing off of the glitter. I am not at all a photographer, but I did the best I could.

I think this would make a really cute gift for my parents. Since they live so far away, they are always excited to receive snail mail goodies and love having recent photos of us! 

Thanks for taking the time to check out my creation for the DeNami Design Christmas Blog Hop! I hope it inspires you to get crafty!!! Now it's time to head back to the DeNami Design Blog and leave them a sweet comment for organizing such a fabulous event!

Have a wonderful day!

Sending Well Wishes

Happy First Day of Autumn! When I saw that the most recent challenge over at Embellish Magazine involved paper piecing I was so excited!! As you all know, it's one of my favorite techniques, and I use it all the time! So, I combined the colors & technique from the Embellish Challenge:

And the Bonus Sketch (by Kelly Marie) at 2 Sketches 4 You:

 

And here's what I came up with:

The image is "Better Get Better" from the Pure Innocence line at My Favorite Things. I love this little cutie! I paper pieced her dress, her stockings, and the heart in her hair with "Old World Cabbage Stew Paper" from Jillibean Soup. I also paper pieced her little teddy bear with a scrap of kraft cardstock that I had in my stash.

The strip at the top is washi tape that I purchased from The Tinted Mint. Love this stuff! It's so much fun to incorporate into projects!

I used a white gel pen to color in the bandages on the teddy bear. And the buttons are from Basic Grey. I was originally just going to use one (at the top), but then I couldn't resist putting those teeny tiny ones in the corners. HA!

I hope you are having a wonderful start to the Autumn season! And I hope you have a chance to get outside and enjoy all of the beauty this season has to offer! I went hiking with my neighbor this morning and it was fabulous! An absolute carnival for the senses! Nature is so remarkable!

Thanks for stopping by today! 

2S4Y - Kazan's Sketch #51

I love playing along with the weekly sketch challenges at 2 Sketches 4 You, and this week was no exception! Check out the challenge details and the awesome creations made by all of the participants HERE! 

Here's the sketch:

And here's my creation:

Yep! I FINALLY got my grubby little hands on a couple of Pure Innocence images from My Favorite Things!!! I have to say this may be one of my favorite cards that I've ever created!! I am so excited about how it turned out!

I paper pieced her little dress using patterned paper from Cosmo Cricket's "Early Bird" collection.

The layered tree leaves in the corner are actually a result of a mistake I made. Oops. But it worked out in the end. Ha! And that sentiment totally makes me smile!!!

I created the grassy strip by just randomly cutting slits with my scissors going this way and that way! Fun!

What do you think? Leave me a comment! I'd love to hear from you!!! And...if you're in the Denver/Golden area, let me know. I'm working on trying to get a group of us to actually meet up in person!!!!

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Supplies:

Stamped Image - "Pure Innocence: Start the Day with Whee" (My Favorite Things)

Ink - "Onyx Black VersaFine" (Tsukineko)

Copic Sketch Markers

Cardstock - "Stampers' Choice White" (Papertrey Ink), "Tangelo Blast" (Bazzill Basics), "Lime Crush" (Bazzill Basics), "Natural" (The Paper Company), "Kraft" (Papertrey Ink)

Patterned Paper - "Tree Tops" (Sassafras Lass), "Early Bird" (Cosmo Cricket)

Button (Papertrey Ink)

Floss - Orange and White (Janlynn)

Black Fine Tip Marker

Adhesive Tape Runner (Therm-o-web)

Craft Glue Dots

Pop Dots (All Night Media)

Finished Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"