Peek-a-Boo Sophie

This is my final week as a Guest Designer for Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. I just want to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to Korin, Kim, and the entire design team for so kindly welcoming me for the month of April.

Here is my final card for April...


Stamps: Peek-a-Boo Sophie (SNSS), All Holidays (SU!)
Paper: Cameo Corral and Garden Green (SU!), Twitterpated (Imaginisce)
Ink: In Jet Printer, Copics, Garden Green, Versamark
Accessories: Ribbon, Slot Punch, Spellbinders scalloped circle

My mom and dad are visiting, and before they leave tomorrow, I wanted to get a Mother's Day card done for my mom. So, I decided to incorporate a Mother's Day sentiment into my Peek-a-Boo Sophie card.


I colored Sophie with Copics. I just love this image. So springy and fun. I love how she makes the flower "come to life."

I hope you have a great day. Thanks again to the SNSS design team for all your help and support! You guys are the best.

Encouragement for the guys, too!

Who doesn't love to get a note of encouragement? We all know that our friends and family love us, but doesn't it feel extra special when someone takes the time to point it out in a tangible way? Most of us card makers are pretty good about sending the occasional "thinking of you" card (aka "RAK") to the special women in our lives, but what about the men?

When I was first married, I read a magazine article about little ways to show your spouse how much you love them. One of the suggestions in the article was writing them the occasional note of love or encouragement. So one day when I was packing my husband's lunch for work, I scribbled a little note for him on his napkin. Later that day, he called from work to tell me how touched he was to find that sweet surprise. Over the years I've made it a point to occasionally leave him a new note, and I tell you, every time he is surprised and warmed by the attention! When my son was old enough to read, I expanded the practice to include him, and he has kept most of the notes I've sent him over the years. Of course these days my notes take the form of handmade cards instead of napkins -- LOL -- but the effect is still the same.

My card today is one that I made for one of the special guys in my life. It uses the Howling Coyote digi along with one of the wonderful greetings from the Amazing Grace sentiment set. Though the image is meant to be a night scene, I decided it could just as easily be a daytime scene, so I sponged in a blue sky along with a few clouds, and colored the moon image to be a sun instead.

I encourage you today to think about the men in your life, and consider sending them a note of love and encouragement. I promise you they'll appreciate it! :-)

Hugs,
Deedee

Customer Spotlight Sunday!

Good Morning! 

I hope your Sunday is a beautiful one!!!

Today is Customer Spotlight Sunday and our Customer Spotlight is...

Yvonne Hagane

Be sure to stop by Yvonne's blog and see her BEAUTIFUL work!

We love it when you let us know you are using our digis! Be sure to post a link to your card(s) by posting a link below. We are always looking for cards or projects to use on our Sunday Customer Spotlight posts :)!

Thank You!

Greetings, all! I've had so much fun being a guest digi diva this month, that I decided I'd make a "thank you" card for Korin and Sandy and Kim and all the gals at Sweet 'n Sassy for being such a blessing to me. What a wonderful group they are!!

Putting together my card this week kind of went in stages. I knew I wanted to use Thankful Turtle for this card, so I went to my scrap piles and looked for some dp to catch my eye. This piece from a long ago K&Co Pack looked perfect, so I chose my Copic colors based on the colors in the paper. When I finished coloring Mr. Turtle, I looked for a sketch that would fit with the amount of dp I had, and with the shape of my main image. I used an older Taylored Expressions sketch (#42, I think) as my jumping off point, but you wouldn't really know it from the finished product!! LOL!! After embossing my little panel and making my layered image, I added some stitching, a little bow and a charm I found in my embellishment drawer. Ta-Da!!

Thanks so much for visiting !

Blessings!

Tricia

Thank You Dear Friend

Friends are so important in our lives. Not only do they cheer for you when things go right, but they are there for you when the low moments occur in your life. I am so blessed to have so many friends, and I am extremely thankful that God has given them to me. Korin and the Design Team are such fantastic ladies, and I'm honored to be a part of their creative spirit and enjoy the friendships I have made with them. Without further ado, my card today features the darling digi stamp "Helping Hand".

My card fits the sketch from the Sweet Stop featuring Buttons and Bows! Did I go overboard? I think I did!! God Bless and have a fabulous weekend!

Hugs, Darsie

For the Beauty of the Earth

Today's Sweet n' Sassy digi day challenge was to make a card with the theme, "The Beauty of the Earth" & to use something recycled. I decided to use this sweet SNS Home Tweet Home birdhouse because birds and flowers are definitely things that make the earth more beautiful! My "recycled" part is questionable... since I forgot about it until after I made the card... but I did use a piece of cardstock as a mat that had a wrong sized digi printed on it -- instead of just throwing it away. That counts, don't you think?? :-)

I hope you'll join us for the challenge!! :-)

Blessings!

Tricia

Happy Earth Day!

Happy Earth Day!

When I think of earth day I immediately think nature and recycle. My card uses both of these thoughts. I used the Digital stamp Enjoy The View, and paper pieced the trees and used a cardboard box lid as my background, I found this twine from a tag off of my husbands shorts and it made the perfect ribbon.

Enjoy The View happens to be today's early bird freebie in our SNR and PCP groups, so you will want to go and check out the fun and participate to be able to get this wonderful digital stamp free.