Valentines 2013 Rewind and New Pin It Button!

Hi friends!  Thought I’d share a couple of Valentine’s cards from last year!  One has a traditional Valentine palette and the other does not!



I was procrastinating last night and determined to add a "Pin It" button to my images after several Follower requests.  I added a "Pin It" widget to my sidebar AND figured out how to put a "Pin It" button on each post image :)  I hope it comes in handy!  That’s it!  Just wanted to say hi!  Come back tomorrow for the new Viva La Verve Sketch!  Thanks for stopping by!



card 1 : Verve Stamps: Twitterpatted
card 2: Clearly Besotted: Post It: Love, Paired Up

January 2013 Rewind

Good morning friends!  Well, things are becoming a bit more quiet around here as some of the family has headed back home.  My son and his girlfriend are still here for a few more days.  I am thankful for my time off to spend with them.  I snuck into the studio yesterday to make a few cards and post something so y’all won’t wonder where I am! LOL  I don’t think I’ll be making an all year rewind of my favourite cards, but I thought today’s post could at least showcase a few of my favourites from last January.  Plus there are some Valentine’s Day ones in case you are starting to think of pink, red, and hearts :)  This first one is one of my first attempts at Chalkboard Art…oh, how I still love this look…must be the teacher in me :)

Wood is good and I just love die cutting from balsa wood and stamping on it.

I became a little obsessed with that heart frame stamp and die from Verve…the stamp set is on SALE at 50% off and the die is 20% off over in the Verve Store!

I just love the shading effect you get with these Papertrey Ink flowers :)

HA! There’s the heart frame again!  Can’t wait to pull it out again very soon!  Well, these are my favs from January!  It sure was fun to look back and see them again.  Thanks for visiting! 

P.S. The annual Good Buy sale is on over in the Verve Store…check it out! The best sale of the year!

Year in Review ~ November/December

  

November #1

Good morning!  Well, here we are at the end of my week long Year in Review!  It’s been so fun to see my favs all in a row :)  It just reminds me how much joy card making brings me :)  So without further ado, here are the cards… seems like I was also a little addicted to felt poinsettias as well as jingle bells this Christmas season :)

 

 November #2

November #3

 December #1

December #2

Oh this last card makes me smile.  I made a few very similar cards based on this one.  Blue, silver and white are divine!  Thanks for joining me on my trip down 2012 memory lane.  Do you have a favourite?  Have a great day!

Year in Review ~ September/October

September

The last few years after Christmas I’ve noticed many bloggers post their favourite cards of the year.  I thought that was a great idea and started to go through the 300+ posts to look for my favourites.  Not fun! HA!  So I vowed that each month, I would save the cards I loved in a file so I could do a 2012 Year in Review.  And I did! Whoohoo!  Some months have more than one favourite so I’m only doing 2 months each day.   My September card is probably my most favourite of the year.  It was for a CASual Friday challenge that asked us to make a card based on our Blog Banner.  It was so fun to create! 

October #1

October #2

Both October cards were made for PTI challenges, Make It Monday and the Blog Hop respectively.  The unexpected colours on the poinsettia make me smile :)  Okay, one more day of the Review is left!  See you tomorrow and Happy New Year!

Year in Review ~ July/August

 

July #1

Good morning!  The last few years after Christmas I’ve noticed many bloggers post their favourite cards of the year.  I thought that was a great idea and started to go through the 300+ posts to look for my favourites.  Not fun! HA!  So I vowed that each month, I would save the cards I loved in a file so I could do a 2012 Year in Review.  And I did! Whoohoo!  Some months have more than one favourite so I’m only doing 2 months each day. I had several favourite cards this summer as well.  The first one was for a Verve Diva Dare and I created my first “Keep Calm” sentiment with a Verve sentiment and a computer generated sentiment. 

July #2

This second one was a true work of heart.  It’s actually a mini book I made for my dear friend, Lynn.  It was a PTI Stamp-a-faire challenge and a great way to relive my fun time Ohio in 2011.  See the full details in the post HERE.

 

July #3

And I couldn’t leave July without sharing my Dad’s birthday card one last time.  It still makes me smile :)

August #1

There was lots of love happening here in August.  This first card was for our friend’s wedding shower…I loved personalizing it with their names :)

August #2

And last, but by no means least, is my Verve Anni-VERVE-sary Challenge card.  I hosted this challenge. It was Verve’s 5th Anniversary so I created a challenge using silver and/or wood, the modern and traditional 5th Anniversary gifts.  The sentiment is one I sent to Julee way back when hoping she would turn it into Vervey goodness and she did!  See Stronger Love HERE!  This card went onto being my sister’s Anniversary card from her husband :)  Whew, this post feels like a year in itself! LOL  See you tomorrow with September and October! 

Year in Review ~ May/June

 

May #1

Good morning!  The last few years after Christmas I’ve noticed many bloggers post their favourite cards of the year.  I thought that was a great idea and started to go through the 300+ posts to look for my favourites.  Not fun! HA!  So I vowed that each month, I would save the cards I loved in a file so I could do a 2012 Year in Review.  And I did! Whoohoo!  Some months have more than one favourite so I’m only doing 2 months each day.  Both May and June have more than one card!  I am hopeless at narrowing things down.

 May #2

June #1

This next one was for Dawn McVey’s birthday…sent it to her too :)

June #2

Love this French sentiment from Waltzingmouse Stamps!

June #3

 

Thanks for visiting!  See you tomorrow with July and August!

Year in Review ~ March/April

March

Good morning!  The last few years after Christmas I’ve noticed many bloggers post their favourite cards of the year.  I thought that was a great idea and started to go through the 300+ posts to look for my favourites.  Not fun! HA!  So I vowed that each month, I would save the cards I loved in a file so I could do a 2012 Year in Review.  And I did! Whoohoo!  Some months have more than one favourite so I’m only doing 2 months each day.  Up next is March…my favourite month.  You’d think I would have picked a St. Patrick’s Day card, but no, this one was my favourite :)

April #1

April #2

April #3

April #4

I went a little crazy in April…too many cards that I really loved for different reasons!  April was a happy month in the studio!  LOL  I think it was all that fabulous patterned paper and new stamps! ACK!  Thanks for taking a little jog down memory lane :)  Up tomorrow…May and June!

Year in Review ~ January/February

January

Good morning!  The last few years after Christmas I’ve noticed many bloggers post their favourite cards of the year.  I thought that was a great idea and started to go through the 300+ posts to look for my favourites.  Not fun! HA!  So I vowed that each month, I would save the cards I loved in a file so I could do a 2012 Year in Review.  And I did! Whoohoo!  Some months have more than one favourite so I’m only doing 2 months each day.  Let’s get right into it!  First up is the card I made with the then newly released Verve Shamrocks stamp and dies.

February #1

February #2

February #3

 

February was more difficult to pick from  so I’m including all the cards I really loved.  The second one is my Facebook Cover Photo…I just love that sentiment!  Thanks for stopping by…I’m off to a tea party at my sister’s this afternoon :)