~Stop by and say Hi at The Cutting Cafe~

Good Morning and Happy Saturday!! I hope everyone's weekend is off to a great start!!! It's supposed to get chilly here, but we'll see. Think I'll run out to some yard sales and see if anyones getting rid of some treasures...some crafty treasures!! Before I do that, I wanted to share this really cute bike set called Let's Go For A Ride that Regina released over at The Cutting Cafe! I think it's just the cutest! She's got so many different bikes, scenes and sentiments in this set. You're surely to find what ya need to come up with your own little bike card.

I chose this little scene and bike to send to my nephew and his wife. They're such sweethearts and two of my very best friends. I love and miss them so much, and I wish I could hop on a bike right now and ride over and see them. Unfortunately I'm in AZ and they're in GA, so it would be quite the ride, but if I thought I could make it, I'd be on my way. So hopefully they'll enjoy this little card when it stops by!

Anyways, back to my card. I took the images and manipulated them a bit in my Paintshop Pro program, and added in the sentiment over the sign that's already there, and finished it off into a bigger sign. I also took a cotton ball and put it on the clouds, thought it would give it some texture and just a fun addition. It kind of reminds me of the Pee Wee Herman bike haha

Well I hope this little card inspires you to make something fun today and let someone that you may not get to see as much as you'd like, know you're thinking of them! 

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe - Let's Go For A Ride Printable Stamp Set

Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

Stampin' Up Cardstock - Basic Black

DCWV - The Stack 6 (Patterned Paper)

Stash - Red Ribbon, Cotton Ball & Red Buttons

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

Stampin' Up Classic Ink - Bashful Blue

Pebbles Inc - I Kan' dee Chalks - Blues

InkEssentials - Glossy Accents

Stickles - Yellow & Lavender

Copics - BV0000, BV04, BV11

C1, C2, C3, C5, C7, C9

E00, E11, E33, E37

R22, R24, R27

Y11, Y13, Y17, Y26

YG09, YG13

I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Catz - Friendship

Tellen's Place - Buttons

Do You Stack Up - Anything Goes

Paper Romance - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter - Seeing "RED"

Totally Gorjuss - Black and -- I chose Red

Stamptacular Sunday - S.O.S - Someone Special - My nephew and niece
Creative Inspirations - Stripes

~The Cutting Cafe Inspiration...For That Wonderful Mom & 2011 Calendar Set~

I hope everyone had a wonderful President's Day for those that had it off. Back to work but at least it'll be a short week for most! Today I have some inspiration for you from The Cutting Cafe! Why?? Because they're our monthly sponsor over at Craft Us Crazy for the month of February and I just love all of Regina's stamp sets and files, probably why I'm on her DT as well. It's easy to promote a company when you love their products!! 

My moms birthday is coming up on March 5th, and with not being close to home, I wanted to make her something special that she could use at work. So as soon as Regina showed me this sweet set, For That Wonderful Mom, I knew I wanted to use it for her birthday. Don't get me wrong, there's so many wonderful verses, that I'll be using it for Mother's Day also. But I knew I wanted to use these sweet words to tell my mom how special she is on her birthday. I used the 2011 Calender Printable Stamp Set from The Cutting Cafe as well. I immediately knew which image I wanted to use with these sweet words. It's Dress Up Time from Kelley Kid's. I thought she was just adorable and would look perfect on the gift I wanted to make my mom. Soooo...with that said..this is what I came up with...

 I made her a post it note and calendar frame that she could use on her desk at work. It's made with an 8 x 10 acrylic from that I picked up from Michael's the last time I was in Tucson. I've always wanted to alter an acrylic frame, but have always been intimidated by them. I have to say though I had fun with this one! 
I know I won't be able to wait until March 5th, so this will be shipped out this week I'm sure lol I'm bad at keeping things until the right dates. But anyways, I hope you like it, and I really hope my mom likes it when she gets it!  Below are a few more pictures of the back and again of the front so you can see the glossy accents on the shoes and bow, and the liquid pearls on her necklace. The image is up under the frame, so it's not easily seen. 
Thanks for looking and I hope you'll check out The Cutting Cafe and Kelley Kid's for more inspiration!! And we hope you'll join us over at Craft Us Crazy for our current challenge!!

 ~Back~

~Supplies Used~

The Cutting Cafe - For That Wonderful Mom

2011 Calendar Printable Stamp Set

Kelley Kid's - Dress Up Time

 Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

The Angel Company - Angelee Designer Paper Pack

Solid Purple Cardstock from Stash

Stampin' Up Classic Ink - Pale Plum & Lavender Lace

Liquid Pearls - Lavender Lace

InkEssentials - Glossy Accents

thePaperStudio -Spare Parts-Mini Round Brads - Metallic

We R Memory Keepers - Crop-A-Dile

We R Memory Keepers - Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper

Close To My Heart - Organdy Ribbon - Summer Carnival

Green Ribbon - Stash

Prima Flowers - Lavender Flower

Terrifically Tacky Tape

Michaels - Studio Decor Basics Acrylic Photo Frame - 8 x 10

Basics by Kaisercraft - Pearls - Snow but colored with Copics BV11, BV13

Post It Pad 2.75" - From Stash

Copics - BV0000, BV000, BV11, BV13

C1

E0000, E000, E00, E33, E34, E51 

R20
I'm also entering this project in the following challenges:
 (Tuesday) Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
(Tuesday) Sweet Stamps - Flowers
 (Monday) Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Flowers
(Monday) Crafty Cardmakers Spotlight Challenge - Plastic
(Monday) Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog - Break Tradition (Altered Acrylic Frame - 1st time trying it)
(Monday) Lexi's Creations - Flowers
(Monday) Stamps R Us - For The Girls
(Sunday) Catered Crop - Recipe (I chose to use..Patterned Paper, Colors, Color Mediums, Embellishments, Misc. Supplies, Tools, Shapes)
(Sunday) I Did It Creations - Anything Goes
(Sunday) One Stitch At A Time - No Square Cards (I used a Rectangle Frame)
(Sunday) Stamptacular Sunday - For Someone Special (made for my mom)
(Friday) Guylou's Inimitability - Anything Goes
(Friday) Totally Papercrafts - Use a Digi
(Sunday) Pile it On - Childhood Dreams
 (Thursday) Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes
(Thursday) Papercrafting Journey - Anything Goes
(Thursday) Shelly's Images - Anything Goes
(Friday) Delicious Doodles - Glitz/Glam/Shimmerz and Bling
(Thursday) PaperPlay Challenges - Add Shine
(Saturday) My Sheri Crafts - All About Girls
(Sunday) WhoopsiDaisy - Someone Special
(Friday) Res-Q Challenge - Something that makes you Happy (my mom)
(Wednesday) The Creative Cottage - Fabulous Florals (Bg paper & Prima Flower)
(Friday) A Gem of a Challenge - Buttons, Brads, Beads, Bows (I chose Backward Brads, Bow)
(Wednesday) Forgotten Scraps - Spring or Flowers (I chose Flowers)
(Thursday) C.R.A.F.T - Not a Card
 (Thursday) StampInsanity - Anything But a Card

~The Cutting Cafe ... GREEN Inspiration Giveaway!~

Thanks to everyone that visited my blog and left a comment on my card using the Beautiful Flowers set from The Cutting Cafe!  

The winner of this beautiful set is............ 

Melissa Bove (SCS ~ Melissa1872) said...

Gorgeous card!!

February 18, 2011 8:52 AM  

Congratulations Melissa!! Please contact me at CraftyJsPlace@cox.net within 3 days to claim your Beautiful Flowers Printable Stamp Set!

~Brrrrr it's cold Outside at Craft Us Crazy!!~

You notice I said at Craft Us Crazy! Here in Arizona, it's a bright and sunny day! We're sitting at 72 degrees right now, so I'm going to enjoy it while I can! And what better way to enjoy any weather...well in my opinion, since there's really not anything around us to do...Craft the days away!!! 
So for our challenge at Craft Us Crazy this week is something that makes you think of WINTER!!!! And nothings better during the winter than snuggling up with a warm blanket by a fire if you have one, with a good book and a hot cup of chocolate! 
So that's exactly what I came up with for this challenge using an adorable image donated by our talented sponsor Meljen's Designs!!

For this project, I chose to use the Yeti Cocoa image and some fabulous papers I had won in a blog candy giveaway from the talented and my dear friend, Wendy Ramlakhan. I think he turned out adorable and screams winter, with his little cup of cocoa. I also used the Corner bookmark Tutorial found HERE. Super easy and fun to make!

 ~Back of bookmark~

 Also, don't forget to check out our monthly sponsors as well!! Regina has some awesome files over at The Cutting Cafe and Terri has a great sale going on right now at Stamps Alive!!

and

~Supplies Used~

Meljen's Designs - Yeti Cocoa Digital Image

Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

Basic Grey - Olivia 6x6 Paper Pad

Tim Holtz - Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

Martha Stewart - Edge Punch - Embossed Snowflake

Marvy Uchida - 2 1/2" Circle Punch

Computer Generated sentiment - LDJ Thankful Font

Details & Access - 5/8" White Satin Ribbon inked with Tim Holtz Distress Ink listed above

Zig Ball - .5mm for Faux Stitching

Sakura Gelly Roll - Med White Pen for Faux Stitching

Copics - 

B01, B91, B95

BG01, BG10, BG11

C1, C3, C5

E000, E00, E34

R20, R22, R24, R81

I'm also entering this project into the following challenges:
 ABC Challenge - O is for Old Fashioned
Stampin' Royalty - Mark It Up/Use Markers (Copics)
A Spoonful of Sugar - Anything but a Card (Corner Bookmark)
My Time to Craft - Going Round in Circles 
Top Tip Tuesday - All Stitched Up (Faux)
The Shabby Tea Room - Keeping Warm & Inspiration Picture
CES Challenge Blog - Cute and Cuddly
Delightful Challenges - Animals (I believe a Yeti is considered animal..at least part)
Desert Islands Crafts Challenge - Use 3 or more from itenerary..I chose The color Red, Border Punch, Book Inspired, and No Flowers
Lollipop Crafts - Favorite Coloring Medium (Copics)
Stamping Vacation - No Flowers
Stamping Vacation - Animal Applause Challenge
Sassy Studio Designs - Use Punches (Snowflake Border Punch, Circle Punch)
Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Anything Goes
C.R.A.F.T - Not A Card
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes
StampInsanity - Anything but a Card
Shelly's Images - Show Us What Ya Got
Samuel Taylors Monthly Challenge - Copic Chic/Promarker Gal
The Rubber Cafe - No Patterned Paper

~Beautiful Flowers at The Cutting Cafe & Giveaway!!~

Happy Sunday everyone!! One more day until Valentine's...is everyone ready?? I have to take my son to pick up his flowers for his girlfriend today. At least I did raise my boys to treat their girlfriends right, I hope it carries on through life when they have a wife. As my husband tells me, he doesn't have to "shmooze" me or try to impress me anymore since we're married. Must be why Valentine's is just another day around here lol Anywho...just because he's a fuddy dud doesn't mean we can't have some fun! And Regina over at The Cutting Cafe is allowing us to do just that!!!

This month at The Cutting Cafe, our monthly inspiration is GREEN! So I used the Beautiful Flowers Colored Printable Stamp Set from The Cutting Cafe to inspire me as I used the color GREEN throughout my project. There is so much to be inspired by in this set, but I wanted to use the Black and White digital stamp of a BEAUTIFUL FLOWER that is included along with one of the included sentiments. So I hope I succeeded with inspiring you to make something with the color green!!! 

Ohhhh but I'm not through...this month at The Cutting Cafe, Regina is letting us offer you the set that we've chosen to work with!! How do you get it you ask...JUST LEAVE A COMMENT! That's it!!! I will be drawing a name for a winner on Feb. 20th, my youngest sons 17th birthday!! So go HERE and check out this BEAUTIFUL set and if you'd like a chance to win it... come back here to my blog and leave me a comment in this post!!!

And if you'd like a chance at winning 3 more FREE sets from The Cutting Cafe, join us over at Craft Us Crazy, as Regina is sponsoring us this month!!!

Have a great day and thanks for looking!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe - Beautiful Flowers Colored Printable Stamp Set

Black & White Flower Image

Just Because Sentiment

Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

Anna Griffin - Patterned Paper

Colorbok - Solid Cardstock (Cool Earth Tones & Warm Earth Tones Stacks)

EK Success Chalks - Green & Brown (Front around image)

Studio G - Green Ink (For Distressing around edges)

Offray Ribbon - 5/16" Straight and Narrow (loops on front and inside ribbon)

1/4" Spool O' Ribbon - Bow inside

Basics by Kaisercraft - Pearls - Green

InkEssentials - Glossy Accents

 I'm also entering this card into the following challenges;
Little Claire's Designs - Anything Goes
Secret Crafter - Stamped Flower
Totally Papercrafts - Clean and Simple
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Nature
Do You Stack Up - Ribbon
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Kaboodle Doodles - Ribbon
Ooh La La Creations - For Someone Special

~Claudia Cow Calendar and Memo Holder at Craft Us Crazy~

Happy Thursday!!!! And what an exciting Thursday it is! Today is our first challenge over at Craft Us Crazy!! Our challenge this week is ANYTHING GOES!!!!

 We have some awesome sponsors for throughout the month of February!! Our sponsor for this challenge is the one and only.......

 Our TOP 3 will be put in a drawing at the end of the month to win a terrific prize from one of our monthly sponsors....

and

With Valentine's Day around the corner, I knew I wanted to make another Valentine's gift. Another that I'm not sure where it'll go, but maybe I'll come up with someone. 

For this challenge I chose to work with and the Claudia Cow Colored Image from Digital Delights and the 2011 Calendar Printable Stamp Set from The Cutting Cafe!! I chose the colored version of Claudia because I knew I wanted to print it multiple times so that I could layer her for a 3D look, but she's also available in black and white form!! I used two pieces of wood that came in a gift that I received from Christmas one year that I of course held on to because I just knew it would come in handy one day lol and IT DID!!! I painted both of them, and hand painted the clouds on the top piece, and free handed a cow pattern to match Claudia on my bottom piece, and attached the calendar to the front side with double ribbon bows, and used my Tim Holtz Swivel Clasps to attach it all and allow it to turn at the bottom and find the sticky note pad on the backside.  I had so much fun making this project and hope you enjoy checking it out!!!

~Supplies Used~

Claudia Cow Colored Image from Digital Delights 

2011 Calendar Printable Stamp Set from The Cutting Cafe

Sentiment Computer Generated using 101 Cow Print Font

Papertrey Ink Cardstock

2 Wood Shapes from Stash

Stickles - Xmas Red & Yellow

Distress Stickles - Frayed Burlap & Scattered Straw

Sky and Clouds hand painted - Making Memories Paint - Daquiri & Spotlight

Bottom Piece hand painted - Making Memories Paint - Asphalt, Folk Art - Burnt Umber, Apple Barrel - Brown Oxide 

Mod Podge to seal Paint

 Brown Ribbon - Dashes Dots & Checks - Michaels

White Ribbon - Greenbrier International - Dollar Store

Blue Satin Ribbon - Michael's

Tim Holtz Swivel Clasps to connect both pieces

Glossy Accents - InkEssentials

Grass Paper - DCWV

Creative Hands Foam Sheets and Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive for 3D Pieces 

I'm also entering this into the following challenges:
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Valentine's Day/Romance
 Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Valentine's
 Paper Crafting Journey - Love is in the Air
Fab n Funky - Chocolate and blue 
Simon Says Stamp - Love is in the Air 
Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes 
 Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

~ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOOOOOTBALLL???~

HAPPY HUMP DAY!!!! I hope everyone is waking up to a beautiful day. I know a lot of folks are having very cold days still so stay warm and inside as much as you can. Here in Arizona, it's been a little cool but nothing like everyone else is having. It's actually getting back up into the 70s during the day, so it's been nice!

Anyways, I have a fun little card for you today. Everyone knows what February 6, 2011 is right?? WHAT?!?! YOU DON'T?!?! Well it's SUPERBOWL SUNDAY!!!!!!!! The 2nd day of most consumed food in the USA behind Thanksgiving! That little fact when I read it surprised me really. Guess I need to go back to the grocery store! 

Congratulations to all the Steelers fans out there...and the ahem... Packer fans! My team obviously didn't make it, but HOPEFULLY we'll be there next year! But since I couldn't make any cards or have a party for my team, I made a little Invite card for a friends brother that is a die hard Steelers fan. So hopefully he'll like it when he receives it!! 

For this card I used a cute little collaboration set by Stitchy Stamps and Panda Bear Designs called Football Mini Kit. I did open it up in PSP and with the artists permission, and alter the number and helmet icon so that I could put the appropriate numbers on their jerseys. I don't usually use digital papers, but I'm finding myself liking them more and more. You have everything you need in this little set, from the digital stamps to your papers. So head on over and grab this little set so you can get your cards and favors ready for all those Superbowl Parties coming up!!! 
If you will be going to parties or having parties, be safe, smart and live to see the next Superbowl! And of course have fun!!!

 ~SUPPLIES USED~

Football Mini Kit - Stitchy Bear Stamps

GinaK White Cardstock

Stampin Up Basic Black Cardstock

Tiny Mosaic Cuttlebug Folder

Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress Ink

EK Success Chalks

Yellow Stickles

Vince Lombardi Trophy from Google search...altered and downsized in PSP

Sentiment on front from my son Christopher

Fonts used - Mostlios and College for numbers on jerseys

LD Soccer Mom for sentiment on front and inside

Glossy Accents

Copics - C1, C2, C7, C9

E0000, E11, E33, E34, E39, E51

Y11, Y13, Y17, Y23

YG67
Entering into the following challenges -
One Stitch at a Time - As You Like It
My Time to Craft - Emboss..Wet or Dry (Dry emboss inside of card)
Cards for Men - Party (Invitation to Party) 
Woodware USA - Anything Goes 
Aly's Sunday Challenge - For the Guys 
Paper Sundaes - Distressing (Sandblock on front, Inking on Inside) 
Allsorts - Male/Boy

~A Few Birthday Cards~

Happy Monday to everyone! Wait...is that even possible....a HAPPY Monday?? Hmm I'll have to think about it and let ya know on Tuesday. Anyways just a short posting today with a few birthday cards that I made for my sister and sister in law. It's very sad that I've been married to my husband for almost 20 yrs, and I really don't know anything about his brother's wife. With us in the military, I see them MAYBE once a year at the holidays and then nothing in between. So it was really hard to come up with something for her, not really knowing things she liked. But I think the decoupaged card I finally settled on works, and hopefully she'll like it. So far so good on my resolution of sending out cards to everyone!

Ok so this one was for my sister. I was inspired by Holly and loved her sentiment that she used, so I knew it would make a cute card for my sister. More than not, my sister has a pretty good sense of humor, so hopefully she got a chuckle out of it.The image is from Squigglefly. Papers are from the DCWV Latte Stack. Her favorite color is Purple, so tried to make that the main color of the card.

The card below is the one I finally decided on for my sister in law. It's a decoupage sheet I bought from CraftsuPrint and made by Carol Clarke
I liked the colors of it and though it was subtle and would fit any personality. Well I hope so anyways lol I printed it out a few times and pieced different areas. Some that were shown on the sheet, and other areas that I chose to do on my own. Highlighted some areas with Crystal Stickles and Tiara Glitz Stickles and put it on a black cardstock base.

Thanks for looking and hope they inspire you to make something today!

~I Can See It Clearly at Frosted Designs Challenge Blog & A Giveaway~

I was recently asked to be a Guest Designer at Frosted Designs Challenge Blog, and how could I say NO! I got to work with a great image from Stitchy Stamps AND be a guest at Frosted Designs...and like that wasn't enough, I even got this cute little blinkie to put on my blog... now on to the challenge this week!! 

This week over at Frosted Designs, our challenge was to use Acrylic, Vellum, Acetate, or some sort of transparency on your project. I knew immediately what I wanted to make with Valentines around the corner. I chose to work with a cute little image from this weeks sponsor, Stitchy Stamps, called Puppy Love. I thought he/she was just the cutest, and what's more loveable than a puppy! I used acetate, which in my world is just an old piece of transparency from an old package or box that I recycled. Why pay high prices when its right there in a lot of the things you buy. So I warn you now there's a lot of pictures!

So I took my adorable puppy and decided to make a little box with card set. I used the Stationary Box with lid and Envelope/Liner cutting file from The Cutting Cafe and the Words of Love Colored Printable Stamp set to accomplish this idea of mine. I used a larger puppy on the lid of my box and then smaller puppies on my cards to keep with the focal point. I think it turned out rather cute and I hope you think so as well! So head on over to Frosted Designs and play along for a chance to win a Gift Certificate to Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps!!! 

Hmmm and now to figure out who to give it to...maybe a little blog candy to help celebrate my Guest DT spot?? If anyone's interested in this posted project, please leave a comment below stating that you'd love to have this card set, and I'll do a drawing on Jan 27th, the end of this weeks challenge at Frosted Designs!

~SUPPLIES USED~

Stitchy Stamps - Puppy Love

The Cutting Cafe - Stationary Box with lid and Envelope/Liner cutting file 

Words of Love Colored Printable Stamp set

 Papertrey Ink - White Cardstock

Stampin' Up - Basic Black Cardstock

Gina K - White Cardstock

DCWV - Envelope Liners

Pink and Red Cardstock for Envelopes - From Stash

Copics - E000, E00, E51, E11, E53

R20, R22, R24, R27

C1, C2

Y13

Liquid Pearls - Mint Green, Petal Pink, Ruby Red

Stickles - Xmas Red

Acetate - From Stash

Target - Ribbon - Grosgrain 3/8" Red hearts and Pink Hearts

Ebay - Ribbon - Nylon 3/16" Light Pink

Nylon 1/4" Natural and Red

Cats Eye Colorbok - Lipstick Red

Tattered Angels Glitter Mist - Candy Apple Red

Adhesive Gold 3D Heart Embellishments - From Stash

I'm entering this project in the challenges below:
One Stitch At A Time - Theme is "New" (new stamp set from The Cutting Cafe, New Ribbon)
 Just Us Girls - Valentine Container (Card box)
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Heart and Ribbon
Send A Smile 4 Kids - Puppy Love
Wee Memories - Any creation goes
Fuzzy Wuzzy Challenges - Anything Goes
Totally PaperCrafts - Add a Heart
Do You Stack Up? - Think Pink
Meljen's Designs - Pink and Red
Paperplay Challenges - Back to Black
Southern Girls Challenge - Lovey Dovey
Fab n' Funky - Animal Magic
Freshly Brewed Challenges - Love or Valentine's Themed
Tuesday Throwdown - Valentine
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Love is in the Air
Pile It On - Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes - Favorite Challenge from past year - Valentines
Craft Your Days Away - Love 

~BINGO!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY...THE CUTTING CAFE~

Hey yall!!! Phew thank gosh it's Thursday! This year is already flying by, I mean we're almost done wih January! We'll be celebrating 2012 before we know it!!  But that means I need to get realllllly moving on Birthday cards then! It's my goal this year to make and send out a birthday card to most of my family this year. I would love to send out to everyone (cousins, aunts, uncles, 2nd-3rd cousins and so forth), but geez I would never be doing anything else if I done that, and honestly I don't know everyones birthday...oops! Ahh well if it wasn't posted on Facebook, they wouldn't know mine either lol so we're all even!

 Anyways, on to my card this week! This card was made for my mother in law. I love the Bingo sets that Regina has at The Cutting Cafe, so for this card I chose to go with the Bingo Card Set Printable Stamp set. There are SOOOOO MANY pieces in this set, that you could make a card for any occassion! Hopefully she'll get what I was going for with the Happy 'Bee' Day, but if not, she'll think it says HAPPY DAY! lol I used the bee from the Animal and Bug Mini Colored Circle Printable Stamp Set and cut it out to put on top of my ribbon flower, layering it twice to give it some depth. Used some black wire from my stash to make his antennas. Not real thrilled with the colors but it's her favorite colors and her card so what can I do..lol I probably would've threw this paper out since it came in one of my stacks but I think I'll put it in a special 'Mother In Law' drawer. 

 I hope you enjoyed checking it out and as always thank you for visiting and taking time to leave me little comments! They're always fun to read and always appreciated!! Now what are you headed for, head on over to The Cutting Cafe and check out all the inspiration that's posted there, along with all the wonderful stamp sets and cutting files and see what you can be inspired to make!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

Bingo Card Set Printable Stamp set - The Cutting Cafe

Animal and Bug Mini Colored Circle Printable Stamp Set - The Cutting Cafe

The Spring Stack - DCWV

The Spring Cardstock Stack - DCWV

White Cardstock - Stampin' Up

Walnut Stain Distress Ink - Tim Holtz

Ice Green Pearls -- Basics by Kaisercraft

Organdy Autumn Garden Ribbon - Close to my Heart

Glossy Accents - InkEssentials

Crystal - Stickles

Black Wire from stash
I'm entering this card into the following challenges -
The Stamp Man - Distress
Fairytale Challenge Blog - Flowers
Fairy Fun Fridays - Birthday
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays - Anything Goes
 Our Daily Bread - Wing It (bee)
 Creative Inspirations - Birthday
Craft Your Days Away - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Flowers
Pile It On - Anything Goes 
One Stitch At A Time - Theme is NEW! New year of life, New ribbon, New Stamp Set
Gingerloft - Celebration (Birthday)
Aly's Sunday Challenge - Things with Wings (Bee) 
Karber Weekly Challenge - Ribbon (Flower made of ribbon)
Stampin' Royalty - Anything with Wings
The Sisterhood of Crafters - Birthday
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Digi Doodle Shop's Best - Anything Goes 
Delightful Challenges - Celebration (Birthday)
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Distressing
AiFactory Challenge - Anything Goes
Wee Memories - Ribbon

~Rockin' Inspiration~

Hello everyone!! Yep I'm back! What can I say, when I see something that inspires me, I can't stop until I get it done, and that's exactly what happened here! Quite a few people played hands in inspiring this little project! Oh how I miss my kiddos being young, but even tweens would like this one. Heck I'm th..nevermind....and I would love to receive one lol Ok so I love following Lorri over at Confessions of a Stamping Addict and I love trying to see what I can translate over to The Cutting Cafe files when I find something that inspires me. And the other day I accomplished that goal!! Lorri posted the cutest Ipod project that she was inspired by from a magazine called Family Fun, but then I thought of the Conversations Candy Box at The Cutting Cafe....and VOILA!!

 I had to cut down the box a bit because of them making the SweetHearts boxes a little smaller this year, but that wasn't a problem at all. I then used the lil playlist template from the magazine mentioned above, being inspired by my cousin Jen and her love of the group 311, and changed the list to songs that she would like and has a Valentine feel. Instead of the peanut butter cups, I used these cute little heart shaped chocolates that I found last night while hunting for the SweetHearts. Such a fun and quick Valentine's gift. I also used the All Occasion Tag Set from The Cutting Cafe to give it more of a personal touch. I hope you like and it inspires you to try something new today!!! Thanks for looking! 

 ~SUPPLIES USED~

The Cutting Cafe - Conversations Candy Box, All Occasion Tag Set

Family Fun - Rock Candy Playlist Template

Red Cardstock from Stash

Stampin' Up - Basic Black Smooth Cardstock

Black Nylon Cord

My Litte Shoebox Ribbon - Unique

Silver Elastic Cord

Small Heart Punch

Colorbox Chalk Ink - Lipstick Red

InkEssentials - Glossy Accents

Hershey Milk Chocolate Hearts

Sweethearts Candies

Celephane Bag from Stash
~Entering into the following challenges~ 
Southern Girls -- Anything Goes 
Crafty Sentiments -- Anything Goes/Anything But A Card 
Fab n' Funky -- Anything Goes 
Craft Your Passion -- Anything Goes 
One Stitch At a Time -- Anything Goes