Your Love Warms My Heart

Hi there, friends.  Welcome back to my little piece of the world.  It's still cold here...there's still snow on the ground and we are supposed to get more this weekend.  Ick!!! I'm ready for some warm sunny days.

The card for this post features a freebie image from A Day for Daisies.  I wasn't sure how to turn this freebie into a Valentine's Card with Pink and Red, but then I saw the hearts on the mugs and it hit me...

I used some scraps of Valentine's papers to make the background for the image.  I love that little dog..he's so cute.

Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I will probably have a couple more post for this evening. Have a great night and God bless.

Recipe:
Image: Freebie from AD4D
Sentiment: Mine
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol, BIC Markers
Cardstock: Recollections
Papers: Recollections
Gems: Queen and Co
Tools: Fiskar's Trimmer, ATG Gun, pop dots

Challenges:
A Day for Daisies--#88  Red and Pink
Savy Handmade Cards--Something Sweet
Cute Card Thursday--#307 Lots of Love

A Day for Daisies Challenge

Good morning, friends.  I hope y'all are warm.  It's very cold here today.  -3.  Way to cold.  We did get oil on Saturday, but our pipes froze Friday night and when they thawed the ones under the kitchen sink and in the laundry room exploded.  Yep, when it rains it pours.  My wonderful FIL fixed them all.  I could not ask for a better FIL. He's amazing.

I have been working over the holidays on getting ahead on my DT work so that I could enter some challenges with new cards.  The first one I did last night was for A Day for Daisies.  I had this beautiful image in my stash, so I wanted to use it.

I think she's beautiful.  I love vintage images and this one just fits the bill.  I followed the sketch for this week at Digi Sketch Challenge and am joining the challenge at Crafting from the Heart using pearls.

Thanks for stopping by today to see what I have been up to.  I hope y'all have a great Tuesday and God bless.

Recipe:
Stamp: Digi from AD4D
Sentiment: my stash
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol
Ink: Stampin' Up Primrose Petals
Card Stock: Recollections
Paper: DCWV, The Paper Company, Neenah
Pearls: Queen and Co.

New Kid on the Block--Open-Minded Crafting Fun Challenge Blog

Good Morning, y'all.  It's a super cold Saturday here in NE PA.  5 degrees.  We ran out of heating oil so we stayed at my MIL's house last night so I'm a bit late posting this today.  Our oil is coming today, but our pipes froze last night.  It's so cold here in our house that you can see your breath.  

This is my first post as a design team member for Open-minded Crafting Fun.  This is also our very first challenge ever.  We are a bi-weekly challenge blog and have some amazing sponsors lined up for this year.  

Our first challenge this year is a "New Technique/New Tool" challenge.  I'm sure quite a few of y'all received some new things for Christmas and can't wait to try them out.  Well, here's your chance.

We have four sponsors for this challenge. Our first sponsor is A Day for Daisies and the prize  for winning this first challenge is  3 images of your choice.

Second, we have Crafty Sentiments Design with a prize of 3 digital images of your choice.

Next is Eureka Stamps with a prize of 5 images of your choice.

And finally, we have Milk Coffee with a prize of 5 digital images of your choice.

So, let's get on with it.  I used an image from Milk Coffee called "Madeline with Retro Outfit".  I tried a new technique using watercolor pencils to make a striped background on watercolor paper.

Recipe:
Stamp: Milk Coffee digital image
Sentiment: stickers from my stash and my computer
Coloring Medium: Crayola Colored Pencils, Gamsol, Sakura Glitter Pens
Cardstock: Colorbok, Recollections
Paper: The Paper Studio, watercolor paper
Embellishments: button from my stash
Tools: Fiskars Trimmer, ATG Gun, glue dots, Spellbinders Classic Circles and Scalloped Circles

I hope y'all will check out our new challenge blog and maybe even create with some of those new tools and products you received for Christmas.  Have a wonderful Saturday and stay warm. :)  God bless y'all.

Challenges:
My Time to Craft--#229 Music or Movie Inspired--I used Austin Powers