Animals, Animals, Animals

Just picked up this cute stamp set yesterday - Woof Woof from Recollections.  It has 3 of the cutest dogs and some sentiments, along with paw prints, dog bone, dog dish, and fire hydrant.  Oh, the possibilities with this set!

I just wouldn't be me if I didn't make a dog card for the Operation Write Home Our Daily Bread Designs February Challenge - Animals.  I think he turned out pretty good.  What friend wouldn't be happy getting this card in the mail, especially if they are a "dog person"?

Core'dinations dark brown cardstock
DCWV "The Pets stack" printed paper
Coredinations green paper from my scrap pile
1/8 " Brown Offray ribbon
Die Cut Sentiment from Cuttlebug "Friends Forever"
Bulldog stamped with Versamark and heat set with "lettuce" embossing powder

Then I also made another animal card with one of my favorite Lawn Fawn Stamp/Die sets, and used a sentiment I also picked up yesterday.  Guess you figured it out.  I did a little bit of shopping yesterday.  Not much, but a little....

I love embossing folders so I started with just the sentiment and the embossed cardstock.  It just wasn't enough, so I added the twine, and the little popped up Owl from my LF set.  The embossed owls still weren't standing out, so I added some rhinestone eyes.  I think that did it.

Stampendous sentiment stamped with VersaMark and heat set
with Kaleidoscope transparent embossing powder
Darice Owls on a Twig Embossing folder
Lawn Fawn You're a Hoot die and stamp
all on plain brown cardstock against a houndstooth beige/cream base

It's a Pink day 2!

Entry 2 for Inkspirational

Lawn Fawn Sending HedgeHugs stamp and die set
Image and sentiment Stamped with VersaMark and 
heat set with Zing Chestnut embossing powder
All Paper from my scrap stash 

It's a Pink day!

Which one to use for the Inkspirational Pink Challenge?

 Lawn Fawn Sending HedgeHugs stamp and die set
Image and sentiment Stamped with VersaMark and heat set with Zing Chestnut embossing powder
All Paper from my scrap stash

Sentiment from Hero Arts Operation Write Home Year Round Sentiments
Hearts cut using Spellbinders Die
Heart Border and All Paper from my scrap stash

Heart_Love

Fusion Card Challenge

Double Embossed with The Paper Studio Doodle Hearts Embossing folder on plain white cardstock
Red Cardstock Banner from scrap stash
Stamp from a very cheap valentine set I bought on clearance last year after Valentine's Day
(it's made from some weird plastic product)
Heart Sentiment from a box of scraps my friend Bobbi gave me

Gray Stars

For the Cards in Envy Blogspot - Going Gray Challenge
It really is gray and not black, it's just a really very dark gray
This one will be going in my first Operation Write home box soon

Dark Gray Super heavy duty cardstock from a box of scraps from friend Bobbi
Spellbinders Star Die cut out
Stamp from Hero Arts OWH Year Round Sentiments stamped in VersaMark
and colored in with Darcie's Chalk FX Powder
Star Pillow Sticker from Studio 112
Gray and white twine
tiny little white star in corner from ?

Baby Boy

Because I am expecting a new grandson, I guess I have baby boys on the brain.  This could be used as an invitation, a welcome baby card, or an announcement.

Entering this in : The Male Room Blog Challenge -  Shades of Blue (TMR#2-15) 

American Crafts My Baby paper
Stampin Up Word on Word Sentiment
Crystal Stickers Mosaic Squares

This was my first attempt, it needed something..... 

Hedgehugs

Challenges Entered:

Words to Scrap by - do something different

Less is More - Little ones

Since I am new to stamping and cardmaking, everything I do is something new and something different.  Some techniques make me want to pull my hair out! With my new favorite stamp/die combo (I only have 2 of these so it was hard to choose my favorite) from Lawn Fawn, I lightly ran the medium brown paper through the Big Shot using The Paper Studio woodgrain embossing folder then I stamped the images with black ink.  I now find out I should have done the stamping first then the embossing, but oh well...I'm learning!  I then stamped the image with black StazOn ink.  Paper is from Hampton Art Ki Argyle 6x6 pad. Lime Green Brad from Michaels. Hedgehogs and hearts are popped up a bit.

So I can't just do one, right?  Not sure which is my favorite.  All the same techniques, paper and embellishments.