Guest Designing with a2z Scrapbooking!

Today I'm honored to be guest designing for a2z Scrapbooking!

I was inspired by this gorgeous February Challenge mood board to create a Valentine's card. I loved the pinks and greys of the board.

I had fun using the adorable Stealing My Heart stamp set and matching dies. I combined it with the gorgeous Bursting with Love Bold Prints background. A little Silver Sparkle embossing powder is always a good thing.

To see more about this card, be sure to head on over to the a2z Scrapbooking blog!

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Hero Arts 2018 Valentine's Collection Blog Hop

Hello and welcome! Today I am hopping with the Hero Arts Creative Team as we launch the new 2018 Valentine's Collection in the Hero Arts online store! Are you in the mood for a little love? Well I guess I am because I love these new products. Ha!

For my card today, I used the stamp set I Love How You. I stamped the pillow image repeatedly in VersaMark ink on Sea Layering Paper, and embossed in black. Then I colored each pillow with my Picket Fence Distress Marker. I very rarely use these markers - I love how the white looks on the blue paper! I added a little Wink of Stella shimmer, then stamped the smaller heart from the set in Strawberry ink.

For the message, I combined several phrases in the set, and embossed in black once again, this time on vellum cardstock. I used my Circle Infinity dies to cut it out, and stamped another Strawberry heart. I love that the hybrid inks will work (and dry!) on vellum.

This set is so much fun - it has a ton of phrases that you can mix and match to make fun (or snarky!) messages. And I really adore the font they used!

 

Now it's time to hop! Be sure to visit every blog in the hop and leave your comments - Hero Arts will be giving away THREE $25 shopping sprees, drawn from comments left across all blogs in the hop. Please leave your comment by Thursday, December 21st at 11:59pm PT and they will announce the winner the following week.

The Hero Arts Blog
Yana Smakula
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Janette Kausen
Amy Tsuruta
Ilina Crouse
Michelle Short
Clare Prezzia
Libby Hickson (you are here!)

I'm the final stop in our hop today. I hope you enjoyed it!
Sending you lots of LOVE!

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SDC87 - Winter Whites!

It's time for another Stampotique Designers Challenge! This week Valerie is our hostess, and she asked us to use white in our creation.

I may have cheated a little - I added kraft. But I did use more white than I typically do! So that's something. I stamped Daniel's Hearts in white ink, and added the Hug Enclosed sentiment. The hearts have Stickles added, just for fun.

Come on over to the SDC blog, and join us this week!

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Guesting on A Blog Named Hero!

Today I'm guesting on A Blog Named Hero! I made a little gatefold Valentine with international flair...

Head on over to A Blog Named Hero for all the deets. :-)

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I love you more than my bike + MY 1000TH POST!

Hi everyone! Wow. Just wow. This is my 1000th blog post!!! That number blows my mind just a wee bit. It means 1000 times now I've bored you with my ramblings and my mediocre cards. HAHAHA! Well here's the honest truth - I love you all more than my bike. And that is saying A LOT.

I used my new Hero Arts Bike with Basket, and some hearts from an Archiver's Exclusive Hero Arts set. I thought the cloud washi (from KI) would sort of hint at a lovely blue sky filled with puffy clouds when you're out riding a bike. And I generated the sentiment on my computer. I don't know if you can see it, but I added some Stickles to the saddle. Because my favorite bike EVER was the one I had when I was a kid, and it had the coolest glittery banana seat. Anyone else have one of those?

Since it's my 1000th post and all, and that doesn't happen everyday, I thought it seemed like an excuse to have a little blog party! I gathered together some goodies to giveaway. Just leave a comment for a chance to win. The two of you who actually read my blog will have excellent odds of winning... ;-)

And of course this is also a post for the 7 Days of Valentine Projects!

Be sure to stop by my blogging friends and find out what they're up to!

Barb Murphy
Ceal Pritchett
Donna Bowman
Jen Cuthbertson
Lalo Ik
Rachel Izakowicz
Rachel Kleinman
Veronica Zalis

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7 Days of Valentine Projects - Day 4 + SDC!

Today's Valentine uses fabby Stampotique stamps!

I absolutely adore this Queen of Hearts image - as well as all of the other Stampotique Alice in Wonderland-inspired art (HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE). So much fun! The Daniel's Hearts background is Stampotique too, and I just quickly wrote that sentiment myself. There's also a heart-shaped gem on her belt and a lot of Stickles - I love my Stickles!

Speaking of loving Stickles and Alice stamps and all that - this week's Stampotique Designer Challenge is hosted by Kaz and her theme is whatever makes you happy! In her words: We all have our problems in life, but life is short and we should all find something to put a smile on our faces as often as we can. So whether you choose 'happy' as your theme, your word or you use a technique that makes you smile, show me your little bit of HAPPY!

Isn't that a great theme? So I played with this Alice-inspired stamp, and I used hearts, and I colored with Copics, and I added Stickles - AND I FELT HAPPY! So there you have it.

This is also my 4th Valentine for my 7 Days of sharing...

Be sure to stop by my blogging friends and find out what they're up to!

Barb Murphy
Ceal Pritchett
Donna Bowman
Jen Cuthbertson
Lalo Ik
Rachel Izakowicz
Rachel Kleinman
Veronica Zalis

Thanks for stopping by today!

7 Days of Valentine Projects - Day 3, Texas Style!

Today I'm sharing another Valentine, and since it's Tuesday I made it Texas-style!

This is the Barbed Wire Heart Flag from Texana Designs - I just colored it with Copics, popped up the star and coated it with Stickles. Washi tape is in the background, and that sentiment is also from Texana Designs.

Be sure to stop by my blogging friends and find out what they're up to!

Barb Murphy
Ceal Pritchett
Donna Bowman
Jen Cuthbertson
Lalo Ik
Rachel Izakowicz
Rachel Kleinman
Veronica Zalis

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7 Days of Valentine Projects - Day 2 + a giveaway!

Welcome to day two of 7 Days of Valentine Projects! Today I'm playing with the first Texana Designs stamp I ever bought, on that wonderful, fateful day when I met the sweetest lady in all of stamping, Jimmye Sue Mitchell, at a craft fair in Austin. How could I possibly resist these Lemurs in Love??

I wanted to make a non-standard Valentine with this stamp today - no pinks, no reds, but a nice masculine color scheme so I can give this card to my hubby on Valentine's Day. Don't worry - he doesn't read my blog so I'm not spoiling anything. ;-) I used my Prismacolor pencils again today - love those things. The message is also from Texana Designs, found right here.

Do you love these Lemurs in Love as much as I do?? Well guess what - I have an extra stamp to give away!! YAY! It's on cling mount, and looking for a loving home. :-) Just leave me a comment, and I'll announce the winner on Day 7 of this Valentine's card sharing event - Saturday, February 2.

Now let's find out what the other ladies are up to, shall we?

Barb Murphy
Ceal Pritchett
Donna Bowman
Jen Cuthbertson
Lalo Ik
Rachel Izakowicz
Rachel Kleinman
Veronica Zalis

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7 Days of Valentine Projects - Day 1

Hello and welcome to Day 1 of 7 Days of Valentine Projects. Donna Bowman invited me to join her and a bunch of other fabulous bloggers to share happy, heart-filled projects for a week, just for fun. Yay!! Here's my first project, inspired by this past week's Triple Stamping tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.

I used the Hero Arts Hydrangea for my triple stamped card (which, oops, is really only double stamped - I didn't choose a large enough stamp, LOL!). I colored the image with colored pencils and added a butterfly from Butterflies & Wildflowers. The whole thing is spritzed with Glimmer Mist.

Now head on over and check out what the other ladies are up to!

Barb Murphy
Ceal Pritchett
Donna Bowman
Jen Cuthbertson
Lalo Ik
Rachel Izakowicz
Rachel Kleinman
Veronica Zalis

Visit us all week long for more Valentine's inspiration!

Happy Stamping!

Our Valentine's Day

I know you are all done with Valentine's Day, but I had to do just one more Valentine's post! Just a quick little summary of our family celebration. First of all, I have to say that playing along in a big blog hop on Valentine's was SO MUCH FUN!! Thank you for all the sweet, sweet comments, wowza!! What a way to spend the day! Thanks again to Taylor for letting me join in on that!!

As for the rest of the day, well, of course I had to make some little cards for my little sweeties. I kept them quick & easy. First, an MFT Pure Innocence Princess for my little princess...


And an MFT Pure Innocence Super Boy for my super son.


I have to say though, this card was NOT a hit with my 5yr old. "That's a baby card!!" Apparently Carter was not a fan of this image and it made him have a bit of a tantrum. Because it was too baby-ish. Ironic, isn't it? And very pleasant. Made mama feel real good. But anyway, moving on...

In the afternoon, Courtney and I worked on some treats for dessert. I made some chocolate covered strawberries, and I let her dip a few marshmallows in the chocolate and cover them with sprinkles. She loved this! Thanks to Amanda for the idea!


Dinner was heart-shaped pizzas! This was very easy to do - just a matter of cutting out the heart shapes from the rolled out dough. The kids loved these too!


And for me, some really pretty tulips. Yay!


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