A Pile of Preschool Valentines!

Happy Valentine's Day!! I wanted to share with you the Valentines I made for DS #1's preschool class. I used this super cute robot from the Stampendous Love Botz set {from Limelight Papercrafts}. These tall and skinny cards are called "Scraplings" and were really easy, the finished size is 2" by 4.25". I scored the white paper, then cut it into 2" strips the "short" way. The red panel is 1.75" by 4" so I got lots out of one sheet of cardstock. Really hard to see in the picture but the red paper is dry embossed with lots of little hearts. Jami sent me one of these scraplings cards with some ribbon candy I won from her {thanks again Jami!}, which was the first time I saw these cuties! I knew they would be perfect for the kiddos.

I colored the robots with my Copics, cut them out and stuck them on with dimensionals. The funky cord/ribbon at the bottom is from my mom's stash, I thought it kinda looked like wires so it would add a fun touch to the cards. After I took the picture I added Tootsie Pops to the back of each one for a little treat.

Thanks for stopping by! Tomorrow is the FIRST PREVIEW of the new Little Paper Shop stamp set releases for February, so be sure to come back for a peek at that!!! Also, there is still time to enter this week's sketch challenge on the LPS blog for a chance to WIN one of the new release sets - check it out! Free stamps are a GOOD THING!

Valentine's Day Michael's Coupon!

Just received this from Michael's -- 20% off your entire regular priced purchase! Very nice! Good Thursday 2/12 through Saturday 2/14 for Valentine's Day.

PPS Wednesdsay - Pink Bling!

Wow, it's Wednesday!! Time for another Pink Papery Studios project! This week's theme is PINK BLING in honor or Valentine's Day. :) Well you all know I love my bling, and what's a better color than pink anyway?!? So here is my creation featuring the adorable Cupcake image from Whimsey Studios (available at the Pink Papery Studios webstore). You can see my "sprinkles" have a little extra sparkle, as it were. Cardstock from Bazzill, patterned paper from Cloud 9. I colored the image with my Copics, double ribbon for a little snap (hard to tie it though!) and viola. Have I mentioned that my favorite thing about digistamps is that I can make them ANY SIZE I want? Woo hoo!

Short post today, we have a BUSY one, we just got back from Florida yesterday after 2 weeks (boo hoo, no more vacation!!) and today we have school and a doctor's appointment and all the fun catch-up I have from being gone as well. Be sure to visit the other PPS girls {links on my left sidebar} for more yummy use of bling, and ALSO, today is Belli Challenge day, I did not participate this week since I didn't have any DOILIES with me down in the fun & sun, but it is CBC54 - Doilies for the challenge this week, so visit Chris and the other Belli divas to see what they have for you!

See you tomorrow! Hope you have a great day!

MTTSC9 - Guest Twinkie!

Happy Twinkling Tuesday! Hope you're all having a good day! This is an autopost as today is the last day of our Florida vacation and visit with my mom and dad and we are on the way home to Wisconsin. I saw the weather last night and it said high of 55 degrees at home today though so I can live with that!! Wow, that is a serious heat wave for February. :)

But enough about me! You want to hear more about the sketch. Well if you click Twinkling Tuesday you will head over to the NEW TT blog run by Miss Madelynn and her mom Jessica {and see the backstory on the start of TT if you haven't yet}. This week was a special one because we have a guest sketch designer! Our very own TT darling Heather's daughter created our sketch this week {above} and we all played along, even Madelynn! How fun is that?! Here is mine:

Image is from Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps. I colored it in with my Copics and put it inside a Giga Scalloped Circle {no Nesties in FL!!}. The pink ribbon I put on the criss-cross is from Limelight Papercrafts -- I love this ribbon! I am almost out Mandy, so make sure you have plenty on hand for my upcoming order!! There are some new items on sale this week at Limelight so make sure you check out the deals. The patterned paper is from Cloud 9.

Be sure to visit all the other Twinklettes {links on my left sidebar}, and if you upload to SCS or PCP use the keyword "MTTSC9" and link back to the TT blog so we can all see your creations!

LPS Monday and Another Chance to WIN!

Happy Monday! Getting kind of a late start today, it's our last day in "paradise", we are flying home to the frozen tundra tomorrow morning. *sigh* All good things must end I guess. :)

Well Monday means another goodie from {Little Paper Shop}! You know how much I love my LPS stamps! This card uses the {Chirp} set, perfect for Valentine's Day! I pulled it together using one of the Taylored Expressions sketches, TECC52TV. I didn't bring my Nestabilities with me on vacation, but I did visit a little stamping store by my mom's house and used some of her punches to get a couple of ovals to play with while I was here. That worked out perfectly!

I stamped the birds onto my oval using Palette Noir. I made the clouds on that same oval using a cloud template that I made and a sponge. Once that was set I stamped the birds again on scratch paper, colored with Copics and cut them out. Added dimensionals and put them right over the top of the original stamped images.

Since this was my largest oval size, I had to cut another one the same size in half and pull it apart to make the mat underneath. I colored a couple of white silk flowers with the same color Copics and added the red glittered Primas that I had made awhile back using Lauren's tutorial. Popped them on next to the main image, stamped the sentiment and added some pink bling of course.

Ok, here's what you've been waiting for!! There is another fabulous sketch posted on the LPS blog {click} and if you make a card using that sketch you will be entered for a chance to win one of the BRAND NEW releases!! You have until Monday, February 16th at 8 AM to make a card and link it up to the post on the LPS blog. Gotta love free stamps!! Julia is so generous and there's some fun stuff coming out next week!!

Have a great day everyone!