HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY...

This image is a Penny Black image from her "Mimi" series. I LOVE PENNY BLACK.  As you can see by my posts, I love her farm animal series but now, I have found her Mimi series-- just . so . cute!!!  (I'm waiting anxiously to get her London series--- check them out HERE.  Look at the farm animals driving the double decker bus!!!)

(If you want to see more of my Penny Black stamps, check my sidebar for "Penny Black.")

Here's my card from the Mimi Series:

 This was made with Spellbinders Nestabilities. The sentiment is from Scrappy Mom's stamps.  It was stamped in Jenni Bowlin Cough Syrup ink.  The red matte with the image on it, is a Hero Arts background stamp (see the end of my post for the stamp).  I used Cough Syrup ink to stamp the image on the red cardstock.

The image is from Penny Black, colored with COPICS and Stickles were used to bling everything up.   Barn Door Distress Ink was used on the outside edge of the diecut image.  The white paper is THICK Paper Trey Ink cardstock.  I tried to keep it simple and clean... but it kinda looks plain.
Oh well...
 

Here is the inside of the card:

 The sentiment is from Scrappy Mom's. 

My personalized envelope.  Simple but theme-approriate.The hearts came from the Scrappy Mom's sentiment set.

Here is the background stamp that I used on the red Spellbinders matte:

Amuse-bouche:  Netflix now has streaming of the Supernatural TV series.  YAY!!!  Sam and Dean, 24 - 7.

Sebastian's card

Creepy Glowbugg has a link to the story about a little boy who is going in for (another) surgery on 2/15/12.  His medical condition isn't one that most people have heard of... Arthrogryposis.   Please click on the link to learn more about Sebastian and his condition. 
***If you have an extra card, laying about, perhaps you could consider sending it to him.  :)

Here is the address to send the card to: 

Sebastian
c/o Ms. Brown's Class
Greynolds Park Elementary School
1536 NE 179 Street
North Miami Beach, FL 33162

and here is the link to his story.

Here is the card I made for him....

For the front of my card, I used the Hoot n Holler Cricut cartridge, Scrappy Mom's sentiment, and an Action Wobble.  The banner is Lawn Fawn, stamped in Jenni Bowlin ink.  The color of ink for the sentiment is Peeled Paint (Tim Holtz Distress Ink).  I used some glitter to bling up my owl.  

The inside sentiment is from Lawn Fawn. The cut out Giraffe is from the big pack of Recollections (Michaels) Zoo assortments.

Happy Birthday!!!

Using one of my most favorite stamp series, Penny Black's (farm animals), I created this birthday card for my little friend, Hannah Banana.   I colored the image with COPICS and used Glossy Accents on the cow balloons.  Stickles were placed strategically on the image to bling it up.

This sentiment stamp is from Paper Trey Ink (stamped with Melon Mambo by Stampin' Up).  The hippo and the flower came from a package of Zoo embellishments from Michaels. 

A wedding gift box

Today we had a wedding shower for someone at work. I made my exploding gift box however THIS time, I made my own paper.  Here's my wedding gift box....
(for a video tutorial on the exploding box, click HERE)

I used a Hero Arts background stamp with VersaMark/clear embossing powder.  I then dabbed a combination of Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress STAINS and blended with a gloved finger.  The flowers came from the wedding section at Michaels.

 

Here's the lid.  I gathered some Recollections wired flowers into a bunch. I used a medium size DOT to glue it down.  Those things are super sticky!.  The sentiment is from Inkadinkadoo (I've used it before on prior wedding gift boxes).  I used Tumbled Glass distress stains on the edge of the tag.

 When you open the lid... here's what you see. The car and phrases were cut from the Sweethearts cartridge (Cricut).  The matte that I wrote on was from Spellbinders. 

TO make it look like the doves and hearts were floating, I used clear sheets that I bought at Michaels (in the painting/water color section).  I inked the edges of the doves and hearts (from Sweethearts cartridge).  I used the thick red clear tape but it wasn't strong enough so I had to bond the strips with Glossy Accents. BOY That stuff worked great!!!

I put red bling for the tail lights and red Stickles for the license plate.  I used the Zip 2way glue and then sprinkled Crystal glitter to bling the car up.  I applied Tea Dye Distress Ink (brushed it with an ink pad) to the silhouettes of the man and woman). 


Amuse-bouche:

Here is the lovely shower cake we got the employee.  Isn't it gorgeous?  It was purchased at VON's grocery store and it was really yummy!!! (in case you're looking for a nice cake for a party).

One of my employees made these gorgeous cupcakes for the wedding shower potluck. The inside had strawberries and a cool-whip type spread. Isn't it beautiful?

She got the recipe from Giada de Laurentiis however I can't find it on the internet. It might be in one of her cookbooks.

A chinchilla video for you....

or... How I spent Super Bowl Sunday.

I spent it making a wedding box (which I'll post later in the week).   In addition,  I just got a "haul"  from Simon Says Stamps. I had ordered more Penny Black stamps and some 'background' stamps. 

As Tammy has noticed, I LOVE Penny Black.  I got some really cute stamps from the line.  They just came out with one on the city of London. I can't wait to get my hands on those!

Here's a few of the stamps I purchased:

 ***I LOVE THESE STAMPS!!!!!!!!  LOL!

Amuse-bouche:

I cleaned the boys' cage and thought it would be a good time to film a new treat that they love. I had read that chinchillas like Dried Rose Hips.  I have been looking for years and have finally found an organic market that can get those for me.  Here is Jimmy eating one of his Dried Rose Hips (and apparently, cleaning his face).

Yummy Yummy-- ICE CREAM

I made this little gift wallet for someone (with a Farrell's gift card in it).  The sundaes were cut from the Cricut Birthday Bash cartridge.  I used Liquid Pearls, Glossy Accents and Stickles to embellish them.   (And Ranger's White Enamel.)  I used my clear sparkle gel pen and colored over the sundae scoops to give it a light shimmer.

I just LOVE brightening envelopes... probably because it only takes seconds (unlike a card which takes me hours!)

A variety of Jenni Bowlin inks. Sentiments came from a little sentiment pack (Stampendous) .  The bicycle stamp is a Hero Arts stamp (from Michaels)

I found another cute little blog that I would like to share with you...

   http://allbycathyfong.blogspot.com/

Way to GO!!!!

I made this card for someone who just received a great score on her test today.

I used the corner choppers to round the edges of my card.  The image was from Paper Trey Ink's Tremendous Treats Valentines. The actual image has a heart on the paper but I colored the stamp with a Black Memento pen (Omitting the heart).  The rest of the image was done with Copics and Glossy Accents.  The edges were inked with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  I used Spellbinders Nestabilities to die cut the two rectangular frames.  

Lastly, the stamp came from K&Co's SMASH BOOK collection.  It's a stamp that you can create the date and a variety of sentiments.  (I got mine at Michaels).

Amuse-bouche:

I just read this really heart-lifting story about a courageous little boy in Florida. Please click on the link below to read about him.  He is having another surgery on 2/15/12.  There is a rally to send him cards to lift his spirits.  Here is his story:

http://gingershouse.blogspot.com/2012/02/cards-for-sebastian.html

Thank you Creepy Glowbugg for sharing the link!