FTH Progressive

You are probably thinking ... "Gee Whiz, Joanna ... what is with all the pigs, lately?!!"

It IS a lot of piggies this month.  But this is the From The Heart progressive image for February.  I am in love with this little guy.  Hamlet is absolutely darling.  AND, in return for using him I will get next month's image for FREE!!  Yay, you know me, always looking for the free stuff!

I'm using the sketch over on the Great Impressions Challenge blog.  I love how this card turned out.

Hey There Tuesday Morning Sketch!

As soon as I saw "Custard" from Sugar Nellie, I knew that I had to have him.  I don't know what it is about cow stamps ... I just love them.

For today's card, I used Kathleen's sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches.  As always, I modified the sketch a wee bit.  I chose not to put ribbon on the card, flip flopped the placement of the brads and I moved the sentiment to one side ... but other than that ... it's the sketch exactly. :-)

Tonight is our first rounds of baseball games.  I love summer, and I like baseball but sometimes going to everyone's game can be a juggling act.  This year we are the Pirates (ugh hot black uniforms) and the Angels.  At least we are not the Yankees again.


Stamps: Sugar Nellie: Custard, Great Impressions: sentiment
Paper: SU and unknown DP
Accessories: dew drops, copics, nestibilities, sewing machine, MS punch

SSMIS-May

When I first saw this image from hostess, Jessica, my initial thought was "I should make cupcakes tonight or maybe texas sheet cake, no wait, banana bread."  There's the power of suggestion for you.

I ended up just making the card (though I still think that banana bread sounds good!).  I honestly can't decide if I like it or not.  I'm kinda thinking it's too dark but I do like the flagpole I made out of punches (the pole is the handle to my umbrella die and the top is just a standard hole punch)

You can see how the rest of the gang handled this stamp in our gallery.  I'm off to make something with carbs.  Seriously.

Supplies:
Image: Great Impressions, Dessert Piled High
Paper: Bo Bunny, SU: purely pomagranate
Accessories: brads, ribbon, copics, popdot, stickles, MFT: little banners, various punches

Ahhh, to sleep, perchance to dream. Nope!

I couldn't sleep on Monday night. It was too dang hot. So where do all crafters go when sleep is elusive ... the internet. I finally caught up on all my blurfing (wow, y'all are making some be-yooo-tiful cards out there!) and then, when one of them caught my eye ... I decided to CASE it. I didn't crawl back into bed until 3 in the morning (made for an ugly Tuesday) but I DID enjoy my "me" time.

I'm still in my paper tole phase so I popped his little jammies up. This is a thank you card for one of my friends who went above and beyond the call of duty.

Here is the beautiful card that inspired me. You can find Kathleen's AMAZING work on her blog Will Stamp for Wine.