Tuesday Throwdown Challenge #339 with Sunny Studio

Sweets For My Sweet 

is the challenge theme this week at 

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge

with Sunny Studio Stamps sponsoring.  

 Their clear stamp set, Two Scoops, was my choice to make my design team cards.

  (I have been without a printer and  am so happy to be able to participate this week.)

 Valentine's Day is fast approaching.

A raspberry soft ice cream with chocolate sprinkles would be the perfect sweet from my sweetie.

This is such a great layered stamp set.  The cone is actually made with two stamps  and the ice cream is made with three.  It gives you great shading and realistic images.

Here's another card I made with the Two Scoops Stamps Set.

 That cherry is made with 4 stamps and some gloss to make it even more realistic.  I fussy cut my images, but there are dies available.

You can find this stamp set and many more at 

 

 

right here. 

Can't wait to see what Sweets you might have for your Sweet.

Enter them in this week's

Tuesday Throwdown Challenge.

Challenges:
Always Fun Challenge #45 -  Valentines
Crafting From The Heart Challenge #194 - Anything Goes
Make My Monday Challenge #64 - Circles
The Paper Girls Challenge #145 - 6 of the same item (6 die cut circles)
Crafty Hazelnuts February Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #161 - Have a Heart
Through the Craft Room Door Week of Feb 13th - Anything Goes 

(All the papers used are from CTMH.  Stitched circle dies are from La La Land.) 

Bunny Die

Last week I posted some iris folding cards using the negative from one of my dies.  Were you wondering what the die cut looked like?  Here it is:

The die is from Die-versions, which just happens to have it on sale right now.  The stamped frame and sentiment and papers are CTMH retired items from my stash.  I gave a friend a few of these little bunnies and she made fabulous shaker cards with them. 

Challenges:

Papercraft Challenge #4 - Pastel Colors 

DLArt Thankful Thursday Challenge #222 - Pink or Red

Cardz 4 Galz Challenge #64 - Think Pink

heARTful stamping challenge - Anything Goes + a stamp

Pile It On Challenge - 3D Embellishments

 

Joyful Stars Close to My Heart February Blog Hop

Welcome to the Febuary

Close to My Heart Joyful Stars Blog Hop.

 

Have some fun hopping between the blogs of this group of talented Close to My Heart consultants, and me, where we share creative projects using CTMH products.

Have you seen the new CTMH Seasonal Expressions Catalog?

Hop along with us to see some awesome projects using the new products.

I decided to use the papers and one of the Picture My Life cards from the new Gimme Some Sugar Paper Pack to make a card for this month's hop.

 And then I used some scraps to put together a masculine birthday card, too.

 

Now, since this is a blog hop,

you might have arrived here from  Krista Hershberger's blog.

Your next stop is Andrea Sherman's blog.   

The hop is circular.  

If you are just starting here, simply continue hopping until you find your way back, making the full circle.  

If you get lost, the complete list of participants is on Joyce's blog. 

Valentines

Today I'm sharing two valentines I made

and one suitable for Valentine's Day, a bridal shower, a wedding, and even an anniversary.

Challenges:

Cut It Up Challenge #141 - Layers of Love

Aud Sentiments Challenge # 196- Valentine or Love Sentiment 

DLArt Thankful Thursday Challenge #222 - Pink or Red 

Moving Along with the Times Challenge #64 - Love

Fab n Funky Challenge #380 - Valentine

Mod Squad Challenge - Have a Heart

Pause, Dream & Enjoy Challenge #6 - Valentine Card

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - It Must Be Love

 

Quilting today

Three weeks ago we went into Eustis to visit the My Favorite Things store.  I purchased a quilt square die, something that had been on my wish list for a while.  Then I got that stupid butt kicking cold.

(I am feeling much better.  Thank you to everyone who has asked.)  

Today, I finally unwrapped the die and made 3 squares using CTMH papers.

Then, after making the squares, I wasn't sure what to do with them. 

Using a set of stamps from Our Craft Lounge, they became Easter cards and will find their way to SAS4Kids.

 

Challenges:
Southern Girls Challenge - 3 or more papers 
Addicted to Stamps Challenge # 278 - Holiday
Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of Feb 6 - Anything Goes
Always Fun Challenge #44 - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart Challenge # 193- Anything Goes
Polkadoodles Challenge Week 5 - Anything Goes


 

On My Mind

This is the first card I've made with these cute Great Impressions stamps.  

  The image is colored with water color pencils.  

Co-ordinating papers are from SU.

Stitched rectangular die cuts are from ODBD.

Challenges:
Cards 4 Galz Challenge #64 - Think Pink
Crafty Hazelnut's February Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore February Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafters Cafe Challenge # 189 - Humorous
A Perfect Time To Craft February Open Challenge #2 - Anything Goes
QKR Stampede Challenge #281 - Anything Goes
2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #11 - Anything Goes with a Critter
Crafting From the Heart Challenge #193 - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door Challenge Week of Feb. 6 - Anything Goes
Show Us Your Pussies Challenge #27 - Furrything Goes/Love
Crafty Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Moments Challenge #136 - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner Challenge #158 - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs February Challenge - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge #453 - Spots and/or Stripes

You may have noticed I haven't been posting as much lately.  

Aside from being down with a nasty cold for 2 weeks,

I have been super busy crafting and attending some fun crops and card classes in The Villages, FL.

Here are just a few of the items I've made.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit.

Make sure to stop back on February 10th for the

Joyful Stars CTMH Blog Hop!

Iris Folding Anyone?

The other day I die cut some really pretty bunnies which are waiting to find homes.  I really wanted to use the negatives for some iris folding.

 Papers and stamps are from CTMH.  I was going to use cotton for the bunny tails until the spool of crochet cotton caught my eye.  The eye is just a black dot of marker with glue on top.  The nose is a punched circle, also with a dot of glue.

Challenges:

Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge - AG  or Easter/Spring Cards 4 Kids 

Crafty Animals Challenge #11 - Anything Goes 

Animal Friends Challenge #59 - Stripes and/or Dots 

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #61 - Anything Goes 

2 Crafty Critter Crazies Challenge #11 - Anything Goes 

QKR Stampede Challenge #281 - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar February Challenge - 2 or More Layers

heARTful stamping challenge - Anything Goes with a stamp 

Crafting From the Heart Challenge #193 - Anything Goes 

Always Fun Challenge #44 - Anything Goes 

Allsorts Challenge #453 - Spots and/or Stripes 

Scor-Pal More Than One Score Challenge #45 - Anything Goes (It sure is a lot easier to fold all the strips if you score them first!)