hearts and flowers; courage

first, for take a word: hearts and flowers --

images from gecko galz, songbirdy, itKuPiLLi, and tumblefish studios.

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second, today's index card, off prompt, ICAD #28 for "index card a day" challenge sponsored by daisy yellow art.

woman is from gecko galz; rubber stamps from leavenworth jackson (compass) and invoke arts (dots); background is spritzed watercolor inks.

love to all.

red as the heart

for take a word: red

images by miles beyond the moon and crowabout studio B, mischief circus.

love to all.

captured hearts twinchie #2

i have one more 2 by 2 inch "twinchie" to share for this month's gecko galz customer challenge:"captured hearts." challenge closes on the 29th!

like yesterday, background paper is from the "smitten" paper pack at gecko galz. foreground female image is a freebie this month at the gecko galz blog (there are free images on the blog about every other day!). the rest is stash goodies.

enjoy; love to all.

captured hearts twinchie #1

the gecko galz customer challenge is "captured hearts" and i've been itching to play -- with only 2 days left to link up!

as you likely know, a twinchie is a 2 by 2 inch creation, a fun-sized "canvas" to work with! the background paper is from the "smitten" paper pack at gecko galz. the foreground female image is a freebie this month at the gecko galz blog (there are free images on the blog about every other day!). the rest is goodies i had on hand.

enjoy; hurry and play! love to all.

more tag hearts!

we have one more week remaining to play along on the theme i've chosen for the current tag tuesday challenge which is "hearts."  here are two more tags for you.

i made all of these with the sweet girls from the crowabout studio b "love the world" digital kit (although for these i printed the images for my cut and glue collages). background papers are from "my artistic adventures" and the sentiments and tickets are from various gecko galz kits and collage sheets. ribbons and heart punches are from my stash of supplies.

last year i made valentines for everyone at my work place (about 40 folks). we will see if i succeed in that again this year! 

enjoy the valentine fun; love to all.

so many hearts

as we are getting close to valentine's day and it is my turn to set the theme for the tag tuesday challenge i have chosen "hearts" as my theme. i've always liked making valentines (last year i made and gave more than 40!) so this theme is to give a jump start to those who share my love of hearts and doilies and all things lovey-dovey.

i made all of these with the sweet girls from the crowabout studio b "love the world" digital kit (although for these i printed the images for my cut and glue collages). background papers are from "my artistic adventures" and the words, bingo, and heart on third tag are from various gecko galz kits and collage sheets. ribbons, flowers and heart punches from my stash.

as with all the tag tuesday challenges this one runs for two weeks and i hope you'll join and have fun with it. i'll be posting more hearts and valentines in the coming weeks.

love to all, always!

heart under lock and key

for tag tuesday "lock and key" theme, hosted by our dear DT member wendy...

all images and background designer paper from the la boheme digital kit by gecko galz, with a word sticker from a tim holtz pack.

enjoy, and love to all.

family of hearts

for three muses challenge: hearts

images are from holliewood studios, miles beyond the moon and tumblefish studios (retired).

love to all.

je t'aime

for tag tuesday's new two week challenge: have a heart.  this challenge is hosted by lovely DT member sandie.

background paper is from the gecko galz floral symphony paper pack.  stamped on that paper is a dictionary definition stamp by stampendous.  i used silver embellishments from my stash  the lovely image is from the lunagirl african american expanded CD.  je t'aime stamp by rogue redhead designs.

love to all.

swoon

for take a word: hearts

images by itKuPiLLi, tumblewood studios and miles beyond the moon, available through mischief circus.

love to all.

she loves her darling pup!

it has been a long while but i am playing along with the wicked wednesday ATC challenge this week, challenge theme is "cute and cuddly"

background script and woman with dog are by lunagirl.  "bitty" heart paper at bottom is from my artistic adventures. patterned heart, washi tape and sentiment from my stash.

enjoy! love to all.

take a word -- hearts

here is an ATC for the take a word challenge this week which is "hearts."

the background is something i made a long time ago with a technique from technique junkies though i do not recall the name of the technique.  obviously it involves using different shades of markers.

i do not know the stamp company for the tiny hearts but the rest of the stamps are from leavenworth jackson.

i give tags and ATCs to coworkers for valentine's day so this will go into that batch! 

love to all.

inky hearts

we've been asked to "get inky" at tag tuesday this week and that means stamping.  and since i'm still making little trinkets for valentine's day i made a tag of inky hearts.

the background paper forming the base of this tag is from the gecko galz "smitten" paper pack.  there are 3 heart stamps that i stamped and overstamped over the background, all from hero arts.  the kissing lips stamp at the bottom is from leavenworth jackson stamps company.  the face is from the face to face jewel it collage sheet by gecko galz.  true confessions: i had not intended to include the face.  i stamped a cherub stamp and totally flubbed the impression so i saved the tag by covering it with the face image.  looks kind of mysterious!

although i usually make "moos" for the moo mania and more challenges i am including this piece since the theme there is "hearts" and we are allowed to post any type of creation.  i'll post an actual moo later this week,

have a lovely week.  love to all.

hearts and flowers, continued

hearts and flowers are always lovely themes for cards.  the current challenge at the cheerful stamp pad is "hearts and flowers" -- link up a creation including either or both hearts and flowers for a chance to win a prize from our sponsor stitchy bear stamps.  our DT was given digital images from stitchy bear artist floppy latte for our creations.  here is my week 2 card:

the digital image is called "large shaded flower" and i printed it on gecko galz paper and then colored it with colored pencils.  i cut that piece and layered it on a second piece of designer paper from gecko galz then added borders, distressing and a punched heart.  this card could be used for a birthday, get well, sympathy or any number of occasions.  you have one more week to link up.

love to all.

b is for bear

break out your bear images for the "b is for bear" challenge at the cheerful stamp pad.  our challenge sponsor is stitchy bear stamps; they provided some cute digital images for the DT to work with and they will provide a prize to the randomly selected entrant to the challenge! i made a card with one of the images from dusty bear, suitable for valentine's day...

i colored the digital image with pencils and outlined with an ink pen. i used a variety of patterned papers for the background and punched hearts out of the same designer papers.  i also added some borders to decorate the corners.   i hope you'll make something featuring a bear and then join the challenge!

i'm linking this up to crafty hazelnut's patterned paper challenge which requires that your creation be covered with patterned papers which i have definitely done here!

love to all.

valentine tag and recycled valentine gift box

one of my favorite digital stamps by cs designs is the expressive heart.  i have two items to share using this stamp which i am linking to two different challenges.  first, our challenge prompt at tag tuesday this week is "valentines."  so first up is my valentine tag.

i printed the "expressive heart" stamp directly onto "love potion #9 digital designer paper by gecko galz.  i colored the image with colored pencils and outlined with black pen.  i covered my tag base with another piece of paper from the same series.  i added several border pieces and some wire ribbon.  voila!

my second piece is for the recycle, re-purpose and reinvent blog challenge which is an anything goes challenge so long as you've recycled or re-purposed something.  i re-purposed an old gift box.  i forgot to photograph the box before i worked with it but as you can see if had a red lid and black base already so it was easy to make this into a valentine creation.  here are a couple other views.

you can see some bracelets inside the box on that last shot!  again i printed the digital image onto some "love potion #9 digital designer paper by gecko galz.  again i colored with pencils and outlined with black pen.  i covered the top of the box with my designed paper and added lace and buttons.  i went around the side of the lid with polka dot washi tape.  voila again!

i'm linking these creations to the heart themed reader art quest at unruly paper arts.
also linking to the valentine challenge at mema's crafts blog.

i enjoyed creating these pieces and i do love that heart.
love to all.

take a word: heart

just in time for valentine's day the word prompt at the take a word blog challenge this week is "heart." i made a tag with this theme in mind.

the image on the right is from the kirchner cuties collage sheet by gecko galz.  the background paper is heather hudson's valentine sweetheart hearts bitty collection.  the rest is stash.

i'm also linking up to the "love" prompt at the scraps of color blogger challenge.

enjoy!  love to all.

classic classy hearts

our theme at tag tuesday is "hearts" -- quite fitting for both valentines day and for the two other blog challenges for which i am a design team member.  we have "vintage reds" going at lunagirl moonbeams and "love/valentines" at the cheerful stamp pad. 

i love this classy vintage lady image from lunagirl.  i punched the heart out of design paper also from lunagirl. the tag background is stamped with french script stamp from stampin' up and i also added a red swirly border and an additional heart at the bottom.  though it is a simple one, this is my favorite valentine tag i've made this year.

love to all.
p.s.  happy birthday to me!