Happy Friday!

It's another fabulous Friday! And I'm excited to share a logo with you! It's my new digital stamps logo! If you didn't see my last post, I announced that I have been working on a new project to draw/design digital stamps to be sold at Two Peas in a Bucket! I'm so excited about this opportunity and have been working hard to create some super fun digital stamps for you.

So what do you think? Colorful, whimsical and fun? That's what I want my stamps to be...embellishments you want to add to your scrapbook pages and handmade greeting cards that create smiles. So, I'm hoping to debut my first stamps at Two Peas in a Bucket on Tuesday, March 9th. I'll let you know as the time draws nearer if I've run into any snags.

My stamps will be sold in both a color version and black and white for just .99 cents! That will give you the option of simply printing it out to use on your project or you can color it yourself digitally or after it's been printed.

Now for a little Easter craft share. This is a button tree I made in an Easter theme. I've seen a lot of these over the past couple years. Usually I find these trees around Christmas. I had a lot of pastel buttons and thought they would make a perfect springtime tree.

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I embellished my little tree further with some decorative stick pins from Fancy Pants. After I made this one, I made a Valentine one without the 'trunk' and I'm not sure, but I think I like it without. What do you think?

That's a wrap for today's post. I'm so happy that you've been able to visit and I hope to hear some input on the logo. Also, are there any stamps you would like to see made? Something you can't find? Maybe your idea will be my next stamp?

Supplies

Easter Button Tree

Styrofoam Cone:  A.C. Moore

Buttons:  Oriental Trading Company

Straight Pins:  A.C. Moore

Decroative Stick Pins:  Fancy Pants

Ribbon:  Ampelco

Opaque Pearl Stand:  Paper Mart - Buy

Digital Heaven

Have you been to Two Peas in a Bucket  recently? WOW! They have got a ton of cool new products including over 75 new digital kits! Did I say WOW?! Okay, so you don't do digital. Why not? I'm not a digital person as far as end results go. I like putting things together with my own two hands and having texture and goodies on my projects. But digital is allowing me to have more accents and papers without taking up more space! I can print out just the papers and accents I need  for a project and that's so cool!

Anyway, let me share a couple hybrid cards I made last night using digital kits. These two cards are some of my favorites I've made lately, and guess what? They were quicker and easier than anything I've made in a while! This kit is perfect for those of you who have very little time to devote to crafting.

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Isn't this card lovely?!?! All I had to do was make a pink card stock base. EASY! Print out this pretty design from a digital kit called Romance Me Elements 02 by Vinnie Pearce. EASY! Then I added the sentiment with chipboard letters and a felt flower and gems. Super EASY! I should keep my Staples 'Easy' button on my desk to punch every time I so something so easy my kid could do it! :)

Here's the second card. Another EASY one! For this hybrid card I used digital kit ATC Card Elements also by Vinnie Pearce. What's funny about this kit is that I've never made an ATC card, but that doesn't matter because this kit is PERFECT for greeting cards!

Now for something yummy! Next to crafting, I love to eat delicious food so it's no surprise I stop by my favorite food blog 'Delicious' for the latest recipes. Even though this sandwich sounds a bit odd, it's absolutely heavenly! It's a grilled Peanut Butter & Banana Sandwich!!!! Can you say Y U M M Y?!?!

This sandwich is so simple to make, just like a grilled cheese! You can probably figure out what to put on this sandwich, but if you would like the step-by-step directions, just click on word 'Delicious' above and you will be directed to the recipe. I added one more ingredient to this heavenly dish....cinnamon. And if you care to add insult to injury, eat it like a French dip, but use maple syrup! :)

Okay, one last item I'd like to shout from my roof top because I'm so very excited about this opportunity! I've been working on a new project lately that includes drawing. I'm drawing digital stamps that will sell at Two Peas in a Bucket! How exciting is that!?!?! So exciting that one minute I'm on cloud nine and the next minute I'm a bundle of nerves! It's been a wonderfully emotional roller coaster! I'll let you know on my blog when the first stamps will be released, and if you're into the digital stamping/card making sort of thing, I'd love it if you would buy some and have fun playing! And guess what? They will sell for just .99 cents! Whoa! Can't beat that price, can you?

Off to the drawing board I go! Thanks for visiting my blog! Oh, and guess what? We're supposed to get some snow tonight!!!! Have I mentioned that I'm so ready for spring? I'm thinking of doing a scrapbook page of me shoveling snow with thought bubbles above my head of spring dreams! Hope to see you back on Friday. I'm not sure what I'll have to share with you at the moment, but I can promise it'll be something fun and crafty! :)

Supplies:

Love
Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics
Heart Collage:  Romance Me Elements 02
Chipboard Letters:  American Crafts
Felt Flower:  Stampin' Up
Adhesive Pearl:  Queen & Co.
Swarovski Crystals:  Darice

Thank You
Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics
Bird Collage: ATC Card Elements
Sentiment:  Love You Rub-Ons
Sewing Thread:  Coats
Vintage Buttons:  Stash

Crafty Weekend

As I mentioned last week there were a lot of cool new digital kits released at Two Peas in a Bucket so I had a lot of fun this weekend playing with them! For you that means some crafty projects to enjoy!

Do you know anyone with a birthday this month? Next month? If you're in need of a birthday card idea, here's one I created.

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I adore this Mod Moths digital kit by Holly Brooke Jones! These colors are so spring like and cheerful, perfect for a birthday card! I can imagine some pretty great springtime scrapbook pages using these papers too!

Or maybe you need to make a thank you card for your child's teacher? Pretty soon we'll be celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week at my son's school so I made this hybrid card for the occasion.

Jen Martakis of Two Peas created an awesome new digital kit called Notebook Basics that includes a variety of lined and graph papers. I use these types of papers for so many projects!

Not only did I make a few cards this weekend, but I also created a scrapbook page. I'm keeping my New Year's goal in mind; to not forget the family memory album!

This hybrid page was created with a fun and hip new digital kit called txt me by Stacy Marks of Two Peas in a Bucket. I really enjoyed playing with this kit! The papers and accents are too fun. I printed everything out on Kraft paper and love the look. I usually scrap 12x12 pages, but I have an album just for me called 'pieces of me' that this page will go in.

I hope you're enjoying my crafty shares because I have one more to show you. Did you forget that it's a 2 Sketches 4 You Monday? I love designing for 2S4Y! It's always so fun to create cards from the sketches Kazan and Laura come out with each week. And then I get to browse your creations all week! So, here's a another fabulous Sketch. This week's awesome design is from Laura.

And here's what I did with Laura's sketch.

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Isn't the stamped image darling? It's from Infinimentscrap. It had heart shaped leaves on the tree and I replaced them with mini heart shape punches from my Fiskars hand punch.

Whew, four crafty shares is a long post! Thanks for joining me today and taking a look at all my projects! I'll have some more for you on Wednesday.

Supplies

Birthday Girl

Card Stock:  Bazill Basics

Patterned Paper: Mod Moths
Corner Rounder:  Ek Success

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

Markers:  Copic

Sewing Thread:  Coats

A+ Teacher

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  Creative Imaginations

Lined Paper:  Notebook Basics
by Jen Martakis of Two Peas in a Bucket

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

Courner Rounder:  Ek Success

Border Punch:  Martha Stewart

txt me

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  txt me 

Circle Punches:  Ek Success

Corner Rounder:  Ek Success

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Jute:  Craft Store

Stamp Ink:  Colobox

Sewing Thread:  Coats

Sending Hugs

Card Stock:  Bazill Basics

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Stamp: Infinimentscrap

Border Bunch:  Fiskars

Heart Hand Punch:  Fiskars

Markers:  Copic

Ribbon:  May Arts - Buy

Sewing Thread:  Coats

Finally Friday!

I love Fridays! This weekend I get to spend with my two favorite guys! And my husband cooks for me and our son on Friday nights! Ah, it's the little things in life that make it so sweet!

Friday also means that I leave you all a crafty post! I left off on Wednesday telling you about some fun digital kits that were released this week at Two Peas in a Bucket and Igot to spend a little time playing with a couple of the kits. I've had house cleaning this week and a hair appointment so I haven't been playing as much as I wanted the past couple days.

Anyway, my first share is this very fun and colorful kitty card.

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This trio of kitties is just to adorable! This card would brighten anyone's day, don't you think? This is a hybrid card using the new Kitty Kat Kit from Shelley Castillo of Two Peas in a Bucket. I love the bright papers and patterns!

Here's another hybrid card. This card is quite different from the first with its inked, aged and distressed look.

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Oh how I love coffee and this new Tea & Coffee Alphabet kit from Kenner Road. You can find the kit which also contains numbers and punctuation at Two Peas in a Bucket.

Now for one more share...a springtime mailbox.

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Little by little, I've been stashing away my winter and Valentine decorations and replacing them with springtime decor. I make these little mailboxes for just about every season. These little tin containers are sold at Target. 

That's a wrap for my Friday post. I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend! Comments are appreciated and if you leave one, let me know what your plans are for the weekend. Will you be getting a little crafting done or do you have some special plans?

Supplies

Thanks

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics, Stampin' Up

Patterned Paper: Kitty Kat Kit by Shelley Castillo of Two Peas in a Bucket

Sewing Thread:  Coats

Black Craft String:  Michael's

Heart Button:  Karen Foster

Micro Mini Buttons:  Dress it Up

Chipboard Alphas:  Basic Grey

Thanks a Latte

Card Stock:  Bazzilll Basics

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

Rub-Ons:  American Crafts

Stamp Ink:  Colorbox

Alphabets:  Tea & Coffee Alphabet by Kenner Road

Springtime Mailbox

Patterned Paper:  Making Memories

Ribbon:  Ampelco

Felt Flowers:  American Crafts

Flower Button:  Dress it Up

Happy Wednesday!

Its mid-week and time for another crafty blog share. When I closed on Monday, I promised I would share my Valentine page with you. My darling husband had brought home roses and mini cupcakes last Friday evening and left me a little Valentine message in Sunday's paper. He's a real keeper! I took photos since my flowers and cupcakes will not last long and created this page.

Guess what? I posted this page on Two Peas in a Bucket yesterday and it was picked for the featured project of the day! Woot woot! There's nothing like seeing your work recognized! And it's so cool that all the wonderful things my honey did made this the special page it is!

My next share is a baby card I made last weekend.

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I'm amazed at the number of cards I've made using just a few pieces of patterned paper from the Letterbox line by American Crafts. The adorable little clothesline accent on my card is from American Crafts' newest Dear Lizzy collection. I love it!

Now I'd like tos share a  book with you that I picked up on Monday called 'The Lovely Bones.' I read the first paragraph and was hooked.

The first paraghraph reads, "My name was Salmon; like the fish, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. In newspaper photos of missing girls from the seventies, most looked like me: white girls with mousy brown hair. This was before kids of all races and genders started appearing on milk cartons or in the daily mail. It was still back when people believed things like that didn't happen."

So that's a wrap for my Wednesday post! I've got a lot of crafting to do since a whole bunch of new digital kits came out at Two Peas in a Bucket yesterday and I'm going to make a lot of fun projects with them and will share them with you Friday! Probably some next Monday too!

Supplies:

Sweet Nothings

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  Scalloped Edge and Text-Making Memories, Raspberry-K & Company

Border Punches:  Fiskars

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

Rub-Ons:  Making Memories

Chipboard Hearts:  Heidi Swapp

Baby Girl

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Rub-On:  American Crafts

Dimensional Sticker:  American Crafts

Buttons:  Oriental Trading Company

Corner Rounder:  Ek Success

Craft String:  Michael's

Dreaming of Spring

I hope everyone had a great weekend and a Happy Valentine's Day! Even though my husband and I are not officially celebrating until today, when we get to spend some time without the kiddo, he brought home roses and mini cupcakes on Friday evening! So darn sweet! And yummy! Then on Sunday there was a little message in the paper from him. What a romantic he is! I'm so very lucky! I made a scrapbook page of these little goodies that I'll share on Wednesday. The flowers do not last long and the cupcakes have an even shorter shelf life, so I made sure to take pictures!

Not only did our Valentine's celebration get off to a great start, but a dear friend of mine came over Saturday for some shopping and crafting! With fresh fallen snow from the night before we were day dreaming of spring and went on a 'rabbit hunt' for spring and Easter decor! And after the first hour and a half of browsing, we had to stop for coffee and share a cookie. It was difficult work having to look at so many pretties, decide which to buy and all that standing on our feet! ;)

My friend and I made a pit stop at Archiver's on the way back home. Got a few fresh spring papers and accents to play with! Here's one of the cards I made after we got back.

The butterfly accent is one of my Archiver purchases. It's from a new Making Memories' spring line called Flutter. I love the set of mixed layer die cuts made of paper, canvas and felt. The set includes an assortment of pieces that allows you to mix and match and build your own accent. How fun is that?!?!

Oh, I can't forget to tell you about this week's sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You! What's a Monday without a 2 Sketches? This adorable bird house image is from our sponsor In Style Stamps.

Here's Kazan's sketch...very cool, huh? And above it is my card. I think I'm getting better with the Copic markers, don't you? They are fun to play with...learning how to do shading. Anyway...

My last crafty share for this post is a hybrid card I made using a gorgeous set of solid digital papers from Michelle Underwood called 'Beautiful Ending Solids.' You can find this kit at Two Peas in a Bucket along with the entire 'Beautiful Endings' line with gorgeous patterned papers and lots of coordinating elements.

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Supplies

Just a Note

Card Stock:  Neenah Paper

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Sewing Thread:  Coats

Butterfly:  Making Memories

Rub-Ons:  American Crafts

Chipboard Alphas:  American Crafts

New Home

Card Stock:  White-Neenah Paper, Blue-Core'dinations

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

Ribbon:  Ampelco

Stick Pin:  Fancy Pants

Bird Brad:  Doodlebug

Digital Stamp:  In Style Stamps

Markers:  Copic

Embossing Folder:  Cuddlebug

Tag Punch:  Ek Success for Stampin' Up

It's Your Birthday

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Digital Card Stock:  Beautiful Ending Solids by Michelle Underwood of Two Peas in a Bucket

Rub-On:  American Crafts

Dimensional Stickers:  Imaginisce

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Fancy Square Punch:  Ek Success for Stampin' Up

Jute:  Stampin' Up

Happy Valentine's Day!

I know, Valentine's Day isn't until Sunday, but I'm going to wish you all a lovely Valentine's Day today! And share some love themed projects for the occasion.

My first share is some Valentine treats I sent my son to school with today. These were made for his teacher and a few staff members at school. Wish I could give all of you who stop by a Hershey's chocolate kiss!

For these treat packages, I used a very cool digital kit called 'Funny Valentine' by Erica Hernandez of Two Peas in a Bucket. The two images used for this project is only a sampling! You should see this kit, it contains lots of love themed images perfect for any time you want to say, "I love you!"

This next project is a hybrid page of my darling son on his birthday last year. He was still infatuated with WALL-E so we got him a cake with this adorable little WALL-E toy on top.

This page was created using another fabulous digital kit called 'Love One Another' by Jen Martakis also from Two Peas in a Bucket. I'm love digital kits these days because they are helping me to cut down on the amount of products I buy. My office is a lot less cluttered and I only print out what I use. It's awesome! I always thought digital crafting would take me away from the physical and dimensional projects that I love so much, but that has not been the case!

Here's another hybrid project I made from the Love One Another kit.  These actually are some additional patterned papers that match the kit.

One more project for you today, a wedding card.

CARDS magazine just had a call for wedding cards so I made this one. I couldn't resist the adorable wedding dress and dress form die cuts from Silhouette. I added glitter to the wedding dress and outlined some of my die cuts with Copic markers. Let's hope CARDS wants to publish it!

So this is my Valentine's Day post. I hope you've enjoyed my love themed projects and can come back Monday for some more crafty projects. I'll have some spring and Easter crafts to share along with a brand new 2 Sketches 4 You card!

Supplies

I've Got a Crush on You
Card Stock:  Red-Bazzill Basics, White-Stampin' Up
Digital Images:  Funny Valentine by Erica Hernandez of Two Peas in a Bucket
Border Punch:  Fiskars
Chocolate Kisses:  Hershey's

Love WALL-E
Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics
Patterned Paper:  Love One Another by Jen Martakis of Two Peas in a Bucket
Die Cut Letters:  Silhouette
Chipboard Letters:  American Crafts
Baker's Twine:  Martha Stewart
Mini Heart Punch:  Ek Success
Stamp Ink:  Colorbox
Sewing Thread:  Coats

Love
Card Stock:  Neenah Paper, Stampin' Up
Patterned Paper:  Love One Another-Add On Papers by Jen Martakis of Two Peas in a Bucket
Ribbon:  May Arts - Buy
Sewing Thread:  Coats
Button:  Karen Foster

Congratulations
Card Stock:  Pink-Bazzill Basics, White-Neenah Paper, Gray-Doodlebug Designs
Patterned Paper:  Melissa Frances
Die Cuts:  Silhouette
Markers:  Copic
Corner Punch:  Ek Success
Ribbon:  Ampelco
Glitter:  Martha Stewart Crafts

There's no Business like Snow Business!

There sure is a lot of snow going around so I'll start today's blog post with some snowy themed scrapbook pages I created.

Here's my son waiting for dad to take the picture so he can push the sled! This design is based on a page from the amazingly talented Susan Weinroth. I was thrilled that these patterned papers and the card stock I used for my die cut snowflakes all came from my stash! Thrilled because that bucket is about to take over my office! Seriously, I should take a picture!

This next page was from the same day. Too much fun sledding and making a snowman!

I love that my son used those spiked seed pod things from our sweet gum tree for the eyes, nose and mouth! An all natural snowman complete with stick arms! All that remains of our snowy friend is one snowball on the lawn. :( But that's what pictures and pages are for, right? To keep memories and Mr. Snowman alive!

During these cold winter days, I've been able to do a lot of crafting. Not only keeping up on my scrapbooking, but making lots of cards as well. The new fun line I've been playing with is Letterbox from American Crafts. I just love the color palette of these papers and embellishments.

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Once again I've relied on my Silhouette to make my card crafting creative! I cut the fancy green rectangle and the blue oval with it. Even though the letter stickers go perfectly with these Letterbox papers, they are not part of the line. They are actually from a very old SEI line called Paisley & Petals! Remember that?

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This is the last craft project I'll show you today. Isn't this little bird darling? He's part of the Letterbox line. And you guessed it, another Silhouette die cut! Have I said how much I love my Silhouette? Yes, about two dozen times! ;)

Before I close today's post, I want to give a shout out to my friend Laura Davis and her amazing food blog called Delicious. Last night for dinner we had her clam chowder and it was sensational! Perfect for these bitter cold days!

I'm not a bad cook, but I'm not really that great a cook either. I tend to use a lot more convenience foods that are quick and easy. Lately, however, I've really wanted to spend a little more time and make things from scratch. Laura is helping to show me (us) that it isn't that difficult or time consuming. Thanks a million Laura! By the way, I stole Laura's photo because lighting was terrible at dinner last night.

What a long post! Thanks for dropping in today. Hope you've enjoyed my crafty shares. Now go visit Delicious and drool over the amazing recipes and photos!

Supplies

Mr. Adventure

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey, K & Company & October Afternnon

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

Border Punch:  Fiskars

Circle Punch:  Ek Success

Emossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Chipboard Letters:  American Crafts & Basic Grey

Craft String:  Michael's

Snowman

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  October Afternoon

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

Chipboard Letters:  American Crafts

Chipboard Snowflakes:  Maya Road

Dimensional Stickers:  Jolee's

Rhinestones:  TCP Studios

Craft String:  Michael's

Love You!

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Dimensional Stickers:  American Crafts

Letter Stickers:  SEI

Markers:  Copic

Gems:  Queen & Company

Friend

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts

Dimensional Sticker:  American Crafts

Heart Punch:  Ek Success

Letter Stickers:  SEI

Stamp Ink:  Colorbox

Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug

Craft String:  Michael's

Love is in the Air

Love and a lot of snow abound! Thank goodness this weekend's eastern blizzard didn't come far enough south to blanket us with more snow! We already had our share last week when school was closed for three days!

Can you believe Valentine's Day is next Sunday! Even though I've made a lot of cards, I still have the most important card to make...one for my darling husband! Yikes! I better get a move on so I'm not making it last minute!

In honor of Valentine's Day and a 2 Sketches 4 You Monday, I'll share this card with you.

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Here's Laura's sketch that my card was based. Fun, isn't it? It was cool to work a card of this size and shape. Our sponsor for the week is Sakura pens! I love their glitter pen! I used it on the brown flowers to make a little glitter dot in the center of each flower. If you click on the card, you will get a bigger image and can see the glitter. It's a quick way to add glitter without all the mess!

I'd also like to share a hybrid card I made over the weekend.

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This card was made using a digital kit called 'Bit of Pretty' by the talented Jen Martakis of Two Peas in a Bucket. This kit is in lovely pastel colors that's perfect for Valentine's Day cards, springtime and baby crafts. Or a get well card like I made. Oh, what about birthday and thank you cards? It's a versatile kit, huh?

Well, I hope everyone has a super week! I'll be back on Wednesday to share some more crafts so I hope you can join me then. Thanks for visiting and please leave me a comment; it's great to hear from you!

Supplies

I Love You

Card Stock:  Green & Brown, Bazzill Basics & White, Neenah Paper

Patterned Paper:  American Crafts
Scalloped Border Punch:  Fiskars
Glitter Accents:  Sakura
Jute:  Stampin' Up
Die Cuts:  Silhouette
Corner Rounder:  Ek Success
Ribbon:  Making Memories
Button:  Buttons Galore
Stamp Ink:  Colorbox
Badge Accent:  American Crafts

Feel Better Soon
Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics
Digital Kit:  Bit of Pretty by Jen Martakis of Two Peas in a Bucket
Sewing Thread:  Coats
Embossing Folder:  Cuttlebug
Badge Accent:  American Crafts
Jute:  Stampin' Up
Button:  Vintage

Our Star Student

It's the end of the semester at school for Christopher and he did wonderfully! Christopher has always had great academic scores, but struggles with using his time wisely and working with others due to his autism. This year, however, in the third grade, he's really maturing and working hard and made perfect marks in every category. His dad and I are so proud that I had to make a page!

This is a hybrid page using colorful and glittery digital papers from a kit called Glitterati - All Star by Betsy Tuma of Two Peas in a Bucket. I love the look of glitter, but it makes a big mess! This digital version is easy on the clean-up and so much quicker too!

This next project I'd like to share is a card that can be used for Valentine's Day or any day. I like the no reason to send a card kind of days! When it's least expected!

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Do you like the shape of the card? It's made with my Silhouette! I remember when I first got my Silhouette, I made a die cut here and there, but after getting an unlimited die cut subscription and having had some practice under my belt, I use it for almost every project! I should sell these! ;)

Supplies:

Star Student Page

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Digital Patterned Papers:  Glitterati All Boy by Betsy Tuma of Two Peas in a Bucket

Die Cutter:  Silhouette

Thread:  Coats

Lovey Dovey Card

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  Imaginisce

Dimensional Sticker:  Imaginisce

Decorative Scissors:  Fiskars

Ribbon:  May Arts - Buy

I hope you've enjoyed my post today! And I hope everyone has a great weekend and can squeeze in some crafting time!

Another Snow Day!

This is our third snow day in a row! We don't usually get enough snow in our area to warrant schools having equipment to clear parking lots and sidewalks so the kids can't go back yet. Hopefully tomorrow! My son is getting seriously board! It's so bad that he's been creating his own homework each night in an effort to keep with routine! I've got to laugh at that!

We're also in need of groceries after five days since the snow fell. So my husband made an attempt to get our Honda Civic up the long drive. He almost made it too! Thank goodness he had the sense to back the car in so that we didn't have to back out in this mess!

So this is our driveway today. A mucky mess of ice water and snow...I think that would be called slushy! That's how far hubby got the car before it got stuck. So he's out there now shoveling the rest so I can get to the store. I can see why schools are still closed if their parking lots and sidewalks look like this!

Anyway, with all these snow days, I've had a lot of time for crafting. Here's a card that I made for my dear friend's blog challenge. Audrey Pettit went on a little walk the other morning with her camera to photograph the beautiful snowy woods and posted some colors to use in a project. If you feel like joining in her challenge, she would love it and she has a prize package for the winner! Click on her name and head over to see the color swatch and get the details.

I made the die cuts for this card, the fancy rectangle and leafy twig, with my Silhouette. I love my Silhouette! I use it for almost every project! I think its well worth the investment!

Supplies

Thank You Card

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Pattened Paper:  American Crafts

Felt Flowers:  Stampin Up

Brads:  Making Memories

Rub-On:  Pebbles, Inc.

Corner Punch:  Ek Success

Snow Day!

Our weekend snowstorm has left us with icy roads this Monday morning which means there's no school for Christopher today. I think a snowman is on the agenda! And some crafting! I don't ever get tired of playing with paper! Sometimes I may not feel inspired to start a particular project, but then all I have to do is hop around my favorite blogs and browse the gallery at Two Peas in a Bucket and that gets me going!

You know what else gets me in a crafty mood? A good card sketch like those at 2 Sketches 4 You! And wouldn't you know it, today there's a new sketch from Kazan! And another chance to win a great prize package from our sponsor KLM Digital Designs.  Here's Kazan's fabulous sketch! It was so fun to make a round card this time!

This is my interpretation of the sketch. I colored in my image with Copic markers. I just got them a few weeks ago and I'm still learning, but I'm pretty happy with my coloring on this one.  To make the card base I used a die cut from Silhouette. The pink ribbon-like tag was also made with the Silhouette.

This card is going to be donated to a very special cause I discovered while blog hopping. Over at Jennifer McGuire, Ink I found out about 'Cards for Kids' a call to send cards to some very sick children. I hope you can hop over and read some stories about these brave kids and send a few cards their way.

One last project I'd like to share before I go throw a few snowballs is this scrapbook page of my son watching a steam train.

Each summer we take a drive to New Hope Valley Railway to hop aboard a real steam train. For my train enthusiast, this is the one of the highlights of summer! If you are ever in the Raleigh, North Carolina area, I recommend a visit. They have a small train museum and a model train display as well. Oh, and the fresh squeezed lemonade is out of this world!

Supplies

Get Well Soon

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

Digital Stamp:

Rub-On:  American Crafts

Paper Punch:  Ek Success for Stampin' Up

Ribbon:  Creative Expressions & May Arts - Buy

Markers:  Copic

Steam Train

Card Stock:  Bazzill Basics

Patterned Paper:  Basic Grey

Foam Alphas:  American Crafts

Foam Accents:  American Crafts

Rub-On Alphas:  Doodlebug Designs

Journaling Spot:  'Write it Down Labels' digital kit by Shimelle Laine of Two Peas in a Bucket

Circle Paper Punch:  Ek Success

Die Cut Machine:  Silhouette

Well this concludes today's post. If you are reading this, thank you for joining me! I really appreciate it. And if you leave a message I'll come visit your blog, okay? Have a good one! :) Kathy