LiaStampz Challenge #10--For Your Valentine

I hope everyone's having a great weekend!  It's time for a new challenge at LiaStampz, just in time for Valentine's Day!  Our theme for challenge #10 is "For Your Valentine."

The image we were given to work with is "Love Letter" from LiaStampz.  I just LOVE this little guy!  The sentiment and heart stamps are from The {Stamps} of Life.  I followed this sketch from Sketches by Carly for my card and will be entering it there:

I am sad to say that this will be my last challenge as part of the LiaStampz Design Team.  It's been a great ride!  Thanks to Lia and Laura for giving me a spot on their first Design Team, and thanks to the rest of the Design Team for allowing me the pleasure of working with you.  It's been great!  I hope to continue to play along with some of the challenges after I'm gone.

So--what can you create for YOUR Valentine???  We can't WAIT to see!  Be sure to get your project linked up at the LiaStampz blog.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

Drool, Baby!

I created this layout last night of my precious son Joseph (at nine months old) for Scrappin' 'n' Chattin's January 24 Hour Challenge:

The paper collection is Sassafras Lass' Vintage Yummy, and this is the sketch I had to follow:

As you can probably tell, I rotated the sketch, because I thought it fit better with the picture.  Thanks to my dear friend April (whose blog is here!) for choosing the paper collection and sketch for me!

I'm also entering this at Prairie Fairy Fridays for Challenge #71 (Anything But a Card), Mami Doodles Challenge #42 (For a Loved One), and Ditzy-Craftymess Challenge #1 (Anything Goes).  Be sure to check back tomorrow for my DT creation for the new challenge at LiaStampz!

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge #36--Embossing

Happy Friday, everyone!  It's time for a new challenge at Pattie's Creations!  For our newest challenge, we'd like to see what you can do with embossing.  I used the Margarita image from Pattie's Creations for my card:



Once I got finished with it, I thought the card turned out SUPER cute!!  I colored the image with Crayola colored pencils; the border pieces on each side of the image are ones I received in a border punch swap several months ago.  I followed this sketch from Card Positioning Systems and will be entering my card there:

It also qualifies for the monthly card challenge in the Scrappin' 'n' Chattin' Yahoo group.

Be sure to get your embossing project linked up at the Pattie's Creations Design Challenge blog!  I hope everyone has a great weekend!  My LSS is having a customer garage sale this weekend.  I'm hoping to pick up a few new things as well as sell a lot of stuff!  Happy scrapping!



CDAC Progressive Challenge 10

Here's the card I created for the CDAC Progressive Challenge 10:

I followed this sketch:

which I found at the A Gem of A Challenge blog, so I'll be entering this card over there as well as at Birthday Sundaes.  I hope everyone is having a great week!  Be sure to stop back by on Friday when I'll have my project for the new challenge at Pattie's Creations!



Based on a Book Blog Hop--new winner!

The initial winner of my Based on a Book Blog Hop blog candy did not contact me by the deadline, so I chose a new winner today using random.org.  The new winner is VICKI WILSON!!!  Please contact me at proudusmcwife(at)gmail(dot)com no later than Friday, January 27, or I will draw yet another winner!

Sketches in Thyme Thursday Takes #65

As I was looking around for a sketch to use for my 52 Week Challenge layout for Scrappin' 'n' Chattin', I came across this sketch at Sketches in Thyme and thought it would be perfect for what I wanted to do:

I rotated the sketch on its side and came up with this:

The layout is a gift for our vet, Dr. Landen, at Mission Animal Hospital in Oceanside, California.  She saved the life of our precious St. Bernard, Sweet Pea, and she will forever hold a special place in our hearts.  We thought a framed layout with a picture of her and Sweet Pea would be a nice gift.

I'll be back next week (maybe before then!) with new projects for both Pattie's Creations AND LiaStampz!  I hope everyone has a great weekend!  Happy scrapping!



Based on a Book Blog Hop winner!

I hope everyone had a great weekend and enjoyed the holiday today if you were off!  The winner of my blog candy of a stamp set from The {Stamps} of Life from the Based on a Book blog hop is Dena from missdjones.blogspot.com.  Congratulations, Dena!  Please contact me at proudusmcwife(at)gmail(dot)com no later than Friday, January 20, or I will draw another winner.  Thanks to everyone who stopped by!