Happy Valentine's Day!!

Two more last minute cards, both with more irresistible images from Dustin Pike.  I added the sentiment in the bear's heart with a font called A Red Bucket. 

I used a couple of my QuicKutz embossing folders for the backgrounds, Nesties for the inner mats and flower and also a QK nesting flower die for the large petal flower, colored the images with my BICs, added a touch of StarDust Stickles and then popped up both images with some foam tape for dimension (which seems to be my current addiction). 


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Sprinkling Love Valentine Card

On a roll!  2 cards done this week, woohoo!  And no shoveling in 4 days!!  Life is GOOD, LOL!!

I adore this little bear image by Dustin Pike and I knew right away how I was going to use it.  I colored him (her??) with my BICs and added Stickles for some sparkle and foam dots for some dimension.  Gosh that loose heart was tiny and tricky, lol!  I would have liked to also add some machine stitching around the edges but time was short and I wanted to be sure my daughter receives this by Valentine's Day so I skipped it and popped it in the mail as is.  Next time!

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Birthday cake bear card

I took a break from shoveling and chipping ice and was able to sneak in a birthday card for my hubby (and just in time!).  I have such a hard time making "masculine" cards - how do you make a card and NOT use pastels or butterflies or ribbons or lacy borders or bling or cutesy images??  I tried to at least stick with darker colors (which look much deeper and richer in person) but I could not resist this Dustin Pike image - too stinkin adorable!  He's colored in with my BIC markers.  I also finally used my fancy schmancy new Spellbinders Labels Eleven dies - woohoo!  LOVE these!  Both the bear and the mat are pop dotted for some dimension.

Oh, I also snuck in a touch of Stickles on the candle, but at least I resisted glitterfying the entire cake!  LOL!!



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Icy beauty

Temps dropped last night and everything in our yard is frozen solid now.  I can actually walk on top of some of the snow, woohoo!  I'm no longer trapped in my driveway!  The ice storm yesterday coated the trees and this morning the sun came up and it was absolutely beautiful.  The branches sparkle in the sunlight and you can hear little "tink" sounds when they move in the breeze. 

I ran around the house taking pics this morning as the sun came up and I'm sure my hubby thinks I'm nuts, but after all this shoveling this winter I need something to make all the bad weather worth it, right? 

Here's a peek at my yard with some of nature's "bling"....

 

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What an UNBELIEVABLE winter!

My poor blog has been neglected and my crafting has come to a screeching halt all because of mother nature.  January broke all sorts of records for snowfall here and it has come close to breaking my poor back too from shoveling, lol!  We are averaging a storm twice a week and our total for the month was over 5' - craaaazy!

To celebrate Groundhog Day today I've decided that my peeps and I are heading over to Punxsutawney Phil's hole to stand guard and if he dares to pop his head out we will bop him with our snow shovels like a Whack-A-Mole!  I can't take any more winter!!!!!!!!!

Since I have no crafty pics to share I thought I'd share some snowy ones...and just to clarify for my desert buddie Deb, YES I do shovel all walkways and steps and doorways every time, lol!  ;)

Garage door onto deck...wow!

My poor deck is under there somewhere!

The only way to plow out!

My steps were in there yesterday...

Where do ya sit to swing??

Our very own mountain...

Where do you build a snowman when you are 5 and the snow is too deep to walk through??  On top of the snowbank of course, lol!

Even the kitties could not believe it is snowing again...

Just for fun and to mix it up a bit we are in the middle of a big ice storm today.  OMG will it never end??  Hopefully I will be able to stop shoveling and start crafting and blogging again soon.

Keep warm my friends!