Tu-Tu Cute

Ballet Millie is the cutest little mouse you ever saw!! With her nose to the sun and arms spread wide... she just looks HAPPY!! She makes me smile. For the MFT weekly sketch challenge. Stamped Millie in memento tuxedo black and colored with copics. Every ballerina needs some bling so, I added glitter to her skirt and bow. Used MFT's doiley die {seriously, love this}, MFT ribbon, and a cluster of pearls and crystals on wire.

Here she is...

TFL!! It's gotten a little colder today... in the 40's... hard to believe it was almost 60 yesterday. Crazy weather!!

Ingredients
Stamps: MFT Ballet Millie
Paper: vanilla, coral, dp
Ink: memento tuxedo black, copics
Accessories: Martha Stewart glitter and glue pen, silver pearl, Michaels' bling, MFT doily die-namic and ribbon

Love...

It's almost the month of LOVE... well, we should have love in our hearts at all times... even when the dog is chewing up your favorite slippers or someone is eating that last piece of chocolate!! LOL!! Digressing a little here. This card uses one of my fav color combos {if you've been here before, you know!} Kraft, cherry cobbler, black, and vanilla!!! Pretty straightforward... used a Jenni Bowlin card and MFT's Clearly Sentimental About Love {if you haven't checked out this series of stamps, you should, great sentiments!} and a few mini rolled roses with pearls.

Card is for the MFT Guest Designer Challenge this month... a recipe for Love. One patterened paper, 2 colors of cardstock with a neutral {white/cream doesn't count-thank goodness} and three types of embellishements. Now, you may be saying to yourself... counting embellishements "technically" that I have too many... well, this is the way I "see" it. Pearls in mini rolled roses don't count as those roses HAD to have a center, and the black paper came stitched, hehehe!! That's my story and I'm sticking to it!!

TFL!! Gorgeous weather here today. Sun shining, 60 degrees, and top down on the convertible!! Who could ask for anything more!!

Ingredients

Stamps: My Favorite Things Clearly Sentimental About Love

Paper: kraft, cherry cobbler, black, vanilla, dp from SU Love Letters

Ink: memento tuxedo black

Accessories: rolled roses with pearl centers, Jenni Bowlin card, SU cherry cobbler seam binding, MFT Framed Greetings die and stamp set

Baby Dare...

Verve is having a monthly challenge on their blog. This month's theme is Baby Dare. You can check it out here - you have until tonight to submitt a card or project to be in the running for a Verve gift certificate. Laid this card out last week and finally had a chance to "put it together". Used some new Verve stamps from the latest release {on sale through the end of January}. I used the Smallest Things plain jane and To the Moon on my card.

Arent' those animals adorable???!!! And how true is the sentiment when it comes to little ones!! PP is OA Ducks in a Row.

TFL!! Hope you're having a wonderful weekend. The sun is shining here and it's beautiful.

Ingredients
Stamps: Verve Smallest Things Plain Jane and To the Moon
Paper: OA Ducks in a Row, kraft, vanilla
Ink: memento tuxedo black, copics
Accessories: olive twill ribbon {retired SU}, lacey circle nesties, crochet trim with buttons

I Did it!!!

I made a card using Stacey's colors at the Curtain Call Color Challenge. Now, this girl does some wonderful color combos and the pic with mittens {you will see shortly} are adorable. But, these colors to me were just like Marissa's {my blogging friend} aversion to tilted panels!! LOL!!  Love reds but, normally use them with black/kraft, loves pinks but, normally use them with greens/grays, and lavender well, purple I don't do so well. Stacey's colors were bravo burgandy, cherry cobbler, lavendar lace, and pretty in pink. WOW... did this give me "brain freeze"!! I chose to embrace those colors and try to find a way to make them work.

Went totally CAS with this. Used a gorgeous flower and sentiment from Verve's Dream Big set. Stamped the flower in Stacey's colors and added a sentiment on a nestie. The nestie was stamped first with an image from Waltzingmouse Stamps Holiday Labels No. 14-- WMS has lots of images that are nestie compatible and I don't use the ones I have enough!! Added some nailheads I received free from a PizzazzaPlenty order and sewed and scrunched some ribbon.

Phew.... I managed to do it!!

TFL!! I am telling myself... it's good to stretch and try something new!!

Ingredients
Stamps: Verve Dream Big
Paper: bravo burgandy, vanilla
Ink: cherry cobbler, lavendar lace, pretty in pink
Accessories: burgandy ribbon, nailheads, silver pearls

My Heart Belongs To...

Haley... she's my youngest {18 but, still my youngest}!! Thinking of her today... she has worked so hard to find a job and finally got one. Today was orientation and Haley has strep throat.... needless to say, no orientation. Next orientation is in a week.... to her that is a long time since she has been so "pumped up" about starting!!

Last card for the weekly Verve sketch challenges on SCS here. Each Friday one of the Verve Divas posts a sketch, make a card using the sketch and post on SCS for a chance to win the next release. Sketches are fun but, whoa.... winning a release.... fun stuff!!!!! This week Sankiri gave us the sketch. Used my newest dp love of MM Je t'adore papers and kraft. The sentiment was stamped on a lacey circle nestie, added some SU crystal effects with glitter for the heart and popped on top of another lacey nestie. Added pearls from Pizzazzaplenty... lots of choices and excellent prices. Used MFT border die-namic, a Prima flower, and some crumbcake seam binding from SU. Sponged the edges with crumbcake ink.

Here's the card...

TFL!!

Ingredients
Stamps: Verve Love Notes
Paper: MM Je t'adore, crumbcake, SU older dp for border, vanilla
Ink: crumbcake
Accessories: lacey circle nestis, Pizzazzaplenty pearls, crystal effects, glitter, curmbcake seam binding, Prima flower, MFT border die-namic