Valentines Treat Box...

Need a great idea to hold those Valentine goodies? Pop on over to visit Holly from Toy's Haven . She does some amazing work. I cased these holders from her and must I say...It was fairly simple to assemble. As for the face of each box, well...I decided to be creative with all my scraps and put a few different ones together. These are what I came up with...(very little stamping done)

Here's my little goodie I have hidden within...Sweethearts... I initially intended to make these for our girls and their friends, but now that I have a few made up, hummmmmm...I think I will give these away to some of MY friends =)

As always...thank you for visiting and I look forward to hearing from you. Till then, be blessed!

hugs in Jesus~

"Card 4 Kids" outreach...(pt.3)

Here is the last set of (5) Valentine cards I would like to share, created for the "Cards 4 Kids" outreach. Again, fairly simple cards with the children in mind.

Using the "Will You Be My Valentine" set, I stamped the (5) hearts with Black Versa Craft and embossed it with clear Embossing Powder then colored in with SU Markers. I inked all edges, added the ribbon, a dimensional, circle nesties, circle punch, and a sentiment and...ta daa...all done. See how simple. Again...for the kids =)

I kinda had a challenge to get ALL of the ribbons from each card to face the same direction. It was one of those ribbon days. Do you ever have those!?! Oh well...(lol)

Thanks for taking this journey with me during these last few days, as I shared with you, cards created especially for a bunch of precious children. If "Card 4 Kids" is a challenge you would like to take part in, please pop on over to Pat's for more info. Be a blessing to a child today~ God Bless!

hugs in Jesus~

SUINKWWC22- Love is in the Air...Sweetheart!

Happy Wednesday all...today is Whachadoin' Wednesday challenge for Storage Units, Ink & More using, one of their newest sets just released... "Will You Be My Valentine". The challenge is to create a "Love" (not necessarily "Valentine") card of any size, shape, or fold. Cannot however, be your standard 5 1/2 x 4 1/4. This is my take...

I decided to create this 6x6 "Sweetheart...Thinking of You" card with my DH in mind. Whether he actually receives it...well...I dunno (lol)!?! It just may end up with all of my other collection of "Special" cards made, with him in mind. If you know what I mean!?!

Using textured stock, colored stock, and DS paper, I stamped my image and sentiments with Black Versa Craft ink then embossed with Clear Embossing powder. Colored in with SU's markers and inked all edges with SU's ink pads. I then used the "Swirl" CB folder, added a ribbon, some dew drops, prima flowers, and brass eyelets. The sentiment..."Thinking of You" is not part of this set. This is the inside view of the pull out card. Sorry it's kind of hard to tell, the sentiment reads..."Love endures all things".Card Details:
Stamps: Will You Be My Valentine (SUInk), Sentiment (SU)
Paper: Stock paper (SU), DS Paper (TAC)
Ink: SU Markers, SU Ink pads, Black Versa Craft
Accessories: SU Hodgepodge set, Embossing Powder, CB Embossing Folder, Prima Flowers, Ribbon, Dew Drops

I appreciate you and your visit. Have a very wonderful day in the Lord.

hugs in Jesus~

Ooh~la~la...

Here's part two from yesterday's posting. Another card created previously for LittleC's at a free for all (go for broke, lol) workshop for we "Glama Gurlz". Again I used Pat Cat Studio's "Fashion" stamp set, added lots of pretty ribbons, stickles to the heel, and beautiful Victorian style DS paper. Nestibilities were also used, prima flowers, and one single dew drop.

BTW, I must give credit, where credit is due...the idea of this layout was CASED from a recent CTMH catalog. So thank you Jean of Stamping Spot Studio, for dropping it off at Jen's.

Card Details:
Stamps: Pink Cat Studio "Fashion"
Paper: DS paper (unknown)
Ink: SU Marker and SU Ink pad
Accessories: Ribbons, Flowers, Stickles, Dew Drops, Nestibilities, Dimensionals

I appreciate you and your visit. Thank you and have a beautiful day in Jesus!

hugs in Jesus~

"Fashion" anyone???

Happy Monday all!!! Really quick, just want to share with you, one of my cards previously featured on and created for LittleC's Gallery. I loved this stamp set and had so much fun working with it. If only I owned it (lol). Let me explain...Jen of LittleC's hosted a workshop for the "Glama Gurlz" of LittleC's (which is another group of ladies, in addition to LittleC's Diva Designers), and at this workshop she laid out tons and tons and tons, and tons of supplies such as stamp sets (from all different kinds of companies), ribbons, brads, buttons, papers, dew drops, and the list goes on and on. You name it, she had it out (even food). She told us to create whatever we wanted, just go for it. And so we did! Do you know anyone as generous as that!?! I was drooling (hee, hee). Anyway this Pink Cat Studio's "Fashion" stamp set that I used to create this card, belonged to non other but Jen.

To create this, I inked the edges of the silk white flower, the lil' flower is of All Natural Accents, and used brads within the button, for the middle of the flowers. Upon completion of coloring, the dress looked so velvety IRL (in real life). I loved the ribbon and DP which was found in her scrap boxes. There is also a lil' glimmer brad that I used for the dress' belt.

Card Details:
Stamps: Pink Cat Studio "Fashion"
Paper: DS and Stock paper (unknown)
Ink: SU Markers and SU Ink pads
Accessories: Ribbon, Flowers, Buttons, Brads, Dimensionals

Hope you enjoyed your visit today and thank you for stopping by!

hugs in Jesus~

Love n' Hugs...

Good evening everyone and..goodnight (lol). My, my, my...it's been a busy but fun day today and I'm ready to hit the pillows. But not until I share with you ONE of my latest cards, visit some of your blogs, and grab a midnight snack (yummy).

You know, I don't know what's going on but in our home, there's lotssssssssssssssss of love in the air (lol). My DH has been taking us out to eat lately. Let's see... we went the day before New Years, New Years Eve, New Years day, AND the day after New Years. Today he BBQ'd for us, not to mention. Hmmmmmmm...either he got a big gigantic raise, wants NEW camera equipment, or...just wants to free up more time for me, so that I can stamp, stamp, stamp! Whatever it may be, I'm happy. Speaking of "Love", I've been playing with my new stamp set "Will You Be My Valentine" from SUInk & More and created (and still creating) lots of Valentine cards for the Cards 4 Kids challenge. Can't wait to finish and share them all with you. Most importantly...can't wait till it reaches the children. To find out more info. on how you can partake on this special blessing, pop on over to The Rubber Maid.

This next card is one that I created for a "Special" someone. It was created, also using my "Will You Be My Valentine" set. It's hard to tell by the photo but Dimensionals were placed behind the "Love" hearts, to give it the 3D effect.
Card Details:
Stamps: Will You Be My Valentine (SUInk)
Paper: Stock paper (SU), DS Paper ( DCWV)
Ink: SU Markers, SU Ink pads, Black Versa Craft
Accessories: SU Hodgepodge set, Embossing Powder, Ribbon, Dimensionals

As always...thank you for blessing me with your visit.

hugs in Jesus~

Glory To God...

Good morning all, hope you all are having a wonderful Sunday. Just thought I'd do a quick post, just to share this newest card.

For some reason, I love snowman images. I think they are the cutest and probably the easiest to work with. You don't have to toss back and forth on what shade of color you will use on them, just leave them all white (lol).
Card Details:
Image: TAC Stamp
Paper: DS Paper (TAC), Stock Paper (SU)
Accessories: Gold Metallic Fringe, Clear Embossing Powder, Dew Drops & Pop Dots
Ink: SU Markers, SU Ink Pads, Versa Craft (black)
Sentiment: TAC Stamp

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by. Aloha!~

Jesus is the reason...

Okay, okay, okay...I'm sorry, I played hooky yesterday. My intentions were to post my new cards however, my girls and I got caught up with cleaning and prepping our home for our Christmas tree and our holiday decor. The finishing touch is ALWAYS our family's nativity set. Which I thought was such a perfect setting for my cards.

First of all, I am so very proud of ME, hee-hee (I say this humbly). This is my very, very first ever, in my three years of stamping, ever, ever...creating anything in multiples. Never have I ever created ANYTHING and duplicated it. This is really, really my first time. Do you believe me, by now (lol)!?! I'm sure there's many of you that are the same way. Honestly, I've just never had the patience to duplicate the process and always just wanted to rush on to the next project. Until... I came across a stamping sister's blog, and was so inspired. Most, if not all, of her cards are done by sets. Such beautifully created cards, I tell you. I just had to give it a try. So thank you to Cheryl of God and I on The Railroadtracks for being such an inspiration and a sweetie.

Well what can I say...there are many reasons why I love the Christmas holiday, but first and far most is because of what it truly stands for...the birth of our Lord and Savior...JESUS. Which is why, I decided to select this next image. It fits so perfectly.
Pop Dots were used behind the little drummer boy's and each one of the animal's heads. Puffy Velvet was also used for the wool of the lamb (sorry photo is not clear).

TADAAAAAAAAAH...here's my first set ever created (I guess you probably got that by now, huh!?! lol). This set actually consists of (4) cards but I didn't have space to display all four. Just in case you're wondering...the photos were taken in front of our nativity set so, the little hand above the top card belongs to Joseph. It's not mine (hee, hee). When I looked at the completed card I then tossed back and forth, whether I should use more embellishments at the lower right corner but, quickly decided NOPE! Why??? Because...over embellishing will take from the image and the message behind that image.

Card Details:

Image: High Hopes "My Best for Him..." ( Little C's )

Paper: DS Paper (3 Bugs in a Rug-Little C's ), Stock Paper (SU)

Accessories: CB Embossing Folder, Fiber Yarn, Ribbon, Clear Embossing Powder, Puffy Velvet & Pop Dots

Ink: SU Markers, SU Ink Pads, Versa Craft (black)

Sentiment: TAC Stamp

Thanks for stopping by and blessing me with your visit. God Bless~