Jar of Love

  I have been totally enamored with the Mason jar trend and I finally have some Mason jar stamp images in my stash!  I purchased this Unity stamp set, "Jars of Love x 3" from Shop Pumpkin Spice:

My papers, twine, and glossy accents also came from

Shop Pumpkin Spice:

papers:  Glitz design "Yours Truly"
twine:  The Twinery "stone"
glossy accents

Happy Thursday!

Pinspired by Neat and Tangled

  I just happened upon a new challenge blog called Pinspired Challenges.  It is a bi-weekly challenge blog that turns pins into projects.  Here is the current "pinspiration":

  My inspiration came from the hint of greens and blues.  I searched my paper stash and chose the hexagon patterned paper (BasicGrey "Urban Prairie."  I combined three Neat and Tangled stamps (from the "Fresh Blooms" stamp set) with the bee hive cut from my Cricut "Create a Critter" cartridge.  I also used glossy accents (heart and bee) and Stickles (bee wings.)

Happy Wednesday!

Joyful Hearts card

 This week the Joy's Life DT are creating cards from the "Joyful Hearts" stamp set.  I used the solid little heart twice...such a perfect size...and a sentiment from "Wintery Puns."  I own too many 6x6 pads than I care to admit, and some are barely used.  But my My Mind's Eye Indie Chic paper pad is down to bare bones.  I absolutely love that collection!  These wonderful hearts and sentiments from "Joyful Hearts" seemed a perfect match.  Wanna see the entire set?

 And my current favorite sentiment stamp set:

 Look how nicely they stamp too:

Happy Tuesday!

Paper Smooches SPARKS Picture Perfect challenge

   My card is inspired by this photo for the Picture Perfect challenge at Paper Smooches SPARKS.  The bold orange and white patterns, the shiny silver upholstery pins (I used 3 i-rocks), and the hint of grey in the sheets (my grey heart) are such a fun combo:

I used my favorite Paper Smooches stamp set, "Warm Hearts."

My heart is from the "JOY" stamp and 

I also used the "Love will keep us warm" sentiment stamp:

 I used scraps of "a walk in the park" collection by Echo Park...I love that collection, and I have very little paper left from it.  If the photo inspires you, I hope you will play along with me and link up at:

I also used this old sketch (Dec.2, 2012) from Cardabilities:

Happy Monday!

Pumpkin Spice and Cardabilties challenges

  Doubly challenged!  I created this card for this week's Shop Pumpkin Spice challenge:

Blue and White and something Round

as well as the current sketch at Cardablities:

I had fun creating this card from my untouched 6x6 BasicGrey "Life of the Party" paper pad.  Two of my bloggie friends (Amy Tsuruta and Julie Tucker-Wolek) have been using hoarded stash for the posts recently instead of just new stash.  They both inspired me to peruse my unloved stash of things I just had to have, but have not used.  I purchased this BasicGrey paper pad two years ago, but have not cut into until today.  Yikes!

Happy Sunday!

Winter Birthday

  This week the Joy's Life design team is featuring winter theme projects.

This polka dot paper caught my eye since I love red, elephants, and polka dots.

The dots reminded me of snow and the

Joy's Life "Oh Christmas Puns" sentiment seemed a perfect fit.

  Check out the beautiful fonts and sentiments in this set:

Supplies:
stamps:  Joy's Life "Oh Christmas Puns"
papers:  Glitz "Yours Truly"; red linen card stock; SU glitter paper
die:  SU snowflake die
pearls:  Hero Arts

Thanks for stopping by!

CAS-Tangled (no patterned paper?!)

  It has been a long while since I created a card with NO patterned paper!  I love patterned paper as much as I enjoy my stamps.  And speaking of stamps, I absolutely adore Neat and Tangled stamp sets.

  For this card I used two Neat & Tangled sets:  Little Tangles (scallops) and Fresh Blooms (flower/boat, lady bug, bee, and sentiment.)  I colored with topic markers and added a red button (Bazzill) for the body of the lady bug and glossy accents for the bee.

  I was inspired by this week's CASology challenge:  Blue

and

Little Tangles:  All About Buttons

Happy Sunday!