Cup of Hugs!

For House-Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge,

I've made a card for a dear acquaintance who could really use

a big pick-me-up right about now and is a huge coffee drinker!

 

 

 

 

 

I used House Mouse's image, "A Warm Cup"'

and in keeping with the "In the Kitchen" theme,

papers that remind me of vintage kitchen

wallpaper/curtains and a red table cloth.

 

The little coloring needed was with Copics.

 

Everyone have a really "Mice" day!

~Jan~

 

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Snickerdoodles Frame

 

 

 

This is the old recipe that my mother and grandmother used for my favorite Christmas cookies for many years.

I've been asked for it over and over again.

 

 

This project is being entered in the Gingerbread challenge at:

Pixie Dust Studios



Sew many projects....-

sew little time!

Seems I go from nothing to do and bored, to "when am I going to fit all this in?!"  But now that the Summer is in full swing here in Arizona, there's nothing to do outside but watch the catcus sweat in the heat!

I was recently "gifted" some luscious little Doodlebug kits, and am in the process of putting some projects together.

Here's my little card I want to send to a friend who really needs to go on a shopping spree with me. 

The stamping on the paper doily was easy and fun! I simply cut out a circle that fit inside the center of the doily, and used that to mask the outside.  Since these are somewhat "waxy", they also tend to not take the ink very well. So after stamping my image, I clear heat-embossed it to insure it doesn't smear. It made the image shine a bit and has the appearance of magazine print. 
What a fun and simple little card. It was made much easier by the fact that the kit came with so many cute embellies and pretty paper.  There will be more projects coming out of those kits, for sure!

This adorable card will be entered in challenges at:
Sassy Lil' Sketches (Sketch challenge , August Week 3)
Fab n Funky (Stitch'in time)
StampsRus Challenge (Anything Goes)

Cardabilities Sketch #30 Reveal!

Here we are already at the end of April! I hope everyone had a wonderful Easter. It's hard to believe that Summer will be here before we know it! For some of you, I understand the weather is still cold.  I will be so envious of you come July-August when we are sweltering in 110 degrees, unable to leave the house until the sun goes down!!

Well, here is Sketch #30 that we at Cardabilities had the pleasure of working with!  What a fun layout!

And a little peek at my card....

A bit more....

And finally the finished project...

I couldn't resist using a little nest with Spring here and all we see in our trees are birds' nests...everywhere.   Problem being is that I worry about each and every one until the little bird hatches and flys away!

Bazzill cardstock

Paper Doily

DCWV paper - Vintage Collage

Wings Stamp - Hampton Arts

Nestabilities - Label 9

Sentiment - Stampendous

Recollections - flowers

Straw hat for bird's nest - Tree House Studios

   (Painted brown, covered with green moss, glued with Helmar's 450)

Robin's eggs - pinto beans painted with Delta "Pale Blue" acrylics.

                        (Dabbed with a touch of Stickles)

Blue Crystals - Zva

Stickpins - Handmade

Recently, I have decided that the inside's of all of my cards should be finished with a bit of something!

Please, go check out the other cards from the Cardabilities Design Team and enter one of your own for a chance to win a prize!