Try It Out Tuesday #54

Our challenge today is to create a Valentine with lots of reds, pinks and purples.

Be sure to check out Susana's store blog, Follow Your Heart, to see how you can play along and also to see the other fantastic creations by the other design team members.

I haven't used any of my Anki's Sweetheart stamps lately and thought Emilia with heart would make a perfect Valentine. I used a sketch from SCS, SC241.

supplies:

• card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
• stamps: Emilia with heart,
• paper: DCWV Sweet Stack,
• ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
• others: copics, Prima mini roses, copic glitter pens, Blue Moon charm, stickles, SU mat pack, glue dots, heart punches      

Kringlet

I seriously can not get enough of these new Victoria Case for SCACD Winter Wonderland Collection images! They are just the sweetest, cutest images!! Just love them!!
I decided to use Kringlet today...well okay, Belle decided I should use Kringlet today as she wanted me to stamp her one too. LOL! I think I've created a monster.

supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
stamps: Kringlet, TAC Merry Words-retired,
paper: retired TAC Merry Wishes,
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Melon Mambo,
others: copics, copic glitter pens, Pink Highlights Inspiration paint, Taffy Smooch, ribbon, Blue Moon small heart charm, sewing machine, metallic dew drops,

Spunkette

This sweet little fairy is from Elisabeth for SCACD. I just love her name, Spunkette. Just sounds like a fun, mischievous fairy.

supplies:
card size: 4 1/4 x 5 1/2
stamps: Spunkette,
paper: SU whisper white, Basic Grey Wisteria,
ink: VersaFine Onyx Black,
others: prismacolors, OMS, SU Top Note Die, cuttlebug floral fantasy embossing folder, baby's breath shimmerz spritz, TAC Winchester ribbon, Blue Moon Crystal Leaf charm, diamond stickles, iced lavender shimmerz,

Just a little note~ So sorry I haven't been around to leave comments the past few days. We have been enjoying ourselves spending time with friends before the kids start school. And yes, my kids start early back to school but it's because they go to a year round school. Normally they start mid-July so actually this year is late. Also the army moved Sam's date for R&R to the 19th of August....so he's happy he'll be here to "celebrate" (in other words torture) me on my birthday.

Follow Your Heart

This is another one of the FAB stamps from the Hearts and Hugs Collection by Victoria Case for SCACD. Sooo, sooo cute!! This one is Follow Your Heart. I love that these stamps are so detailed and so versatile! Love them and you will too....have you ordered yours yet? Why not? Get over to Susana's store and order some and be sure to check out all her other goodies, lots of FUN stuff there!!

The balloons are stamped twice with one of them cut out and put up on dimensionals for a little dimension to the image.

supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 5 1/2
stamps: Follow Your Heart,
paper: some from a stack I've had forever,
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black,
others: copics (basic blue jean bundle), corner rounder, yellow scrappers floss, Blue Moon silver heart charm, stardust stickles,

Flutter By Wednesday #54

Happy Flutter By Day! So glad that you stopped by!

Be sure to check out all the wonderful creations entered in last week's challenge! You can see them here! (at the bottom of the post in Mister Linky)

This week's challenge was another open week so anything goes as long as it has a butterfly or fairy on it!! Please enter a direct link to your creation in Mister Linky so we can see it and if you upload to SCS or PCP, please use the keyword FBW. Also a little side note, you can enter a creation all week long, not just on Wednesday's!! I have had some questions about that so thought I'd answer it so everyone knows!

Before I introduce this week's very special guest designer, I have to share a little something. At the beginning of the year, I chose a word that I wanted to describe how I thought of myself in this new year. That word was confidence. I've worked on this a little here and there and really, I am much more confident than I have been in the past.

That being said, it was that confidence that allowed me to finally step up and ask Lauren Meader if she'd be a guest designer for me. Of course I asked when she was swamped, had her surgery, and all that jazz~~can we say bad timing? But regardless, she was so sweet to me and agreed to!!
I'm sure most of you are familiar with this amazing woman, but if not, take a moment to check out her blog~~actually take a cup of coffee and sit back and enjoy yourself! Creativity and inspiration just ooze out of that blog!

Without further rambling from me, here is Lauren's wonderful card!! Simply gorgeous! Thank you again, Lauren for agreeing to be my guest designer!!

The featured team member this week is Jodi! She is just the sweetest and I feel very fortunate to have her on my team! Here's her wonderful card~

Don't forget to check out the other team member's wonderful creations~~their links are all on my sidebar and most of them will link to Mister Linky as well!

Here's my card for this week. I just got this new fairy in from Paper Makeup Stamps and I just had to use her. I so adore the fairies (and other stamps) from Katie's store!! I used Amy's sketch, AMYRS65. I didn't take a picture of the inside but all I did was use my scallop border punch on the bottom of some white cardstock. Just enough to make it look nice!

supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
stamps: Birthday Lauren, TAC Birthday Blessings-retired,
paper: some that I've had forever,
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Palette Prussian Blue
others: copics, SU scallop border punch, ribbon, white scrappers floss (that I colored blue with my copics), Blue Moon Silver Heart charm, stardust stickles,

Dreamin' of spring...

I found this sweet Tilda on my scrappy table partially colored so I decided to finish coloring her and get a card created with her! I think she's dreaming of nice spring days filled with sunny skies and beautiful flowers.
I used a Mojo Monday sketch, MOJO73.

Supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
stamps: Dreamy Tilda, TAC Static Words-retired, TAC Hello Seasons-retired-on inside
paper: some given to me--I'm thinking it's from the Blossoms and Butterfly stack
ink: Kaleidacolor Calypso, Palette Claret, Memento Tuxedo Black
other: prismacolors, OMS, baby blue stickles, ribbon, Blue Moon Flower Charm

Raining Tildas?

In a yahoo Magnolia group I'm in we have what's called Raining Cards. Basically three people are chosen each month and the people in their group send cards to them. This is the first month I've participated but it sounds like fun. I had two Magnolia cards done and both were with Tilda with a Rose so I decided to make the third card with her as well.
Did you notice the little heart charm? So cute! Susana just got lots of fun charms in so go get some!

Supplies:
card size: 5 1/2 x 4 1/4
stamps: Tilda with a Rose, A Muse Essential Ovals, CTMH All My Love-on inside
paper: Georiga Pacific, K&Company Die Cut Mat Pad Sweet Talk, cardstock
ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaMagic Pixie Dust, Palette Bordeaux
others: copics, prismacolors, OMS, Pink Poinsettia Blingz Shimmerz, Sugar Plum Shimmerz, diamond stickles, Blue Moon Charms-Small Hearts , ribbon