"I Feel the Love" for Mrs. Pentoney

Happy Monday!  School is out, and Bob the Babe is recovering nicely... it's a great day! 
I have a special card I want to share with you today.  This is for a very special project, and I hope you will ALL join in! 

My talented young friend, Madison, of Funky Cards, has started a mission to send cards to someone that is in need of feeling the love from the rest of us.  This month she has chosen a teacher that is battling her second round of cancer, yet continues to influence the lives of students in Madison's high school.  She hopes to collect a whole LOT of cards to share with Mrs. Pentoney by the end of the month.  Follow this LINK to check out Madison's project.

Recipe:
White GP Cardstock
Sizzix Cancer Ribbons Embossing plate 
Smooch Illuminations and Gold Lame' Ink
Just Rite Stampers 2" Hope sentiment
Star Spangled Blue ink by Close To My Heart
Tiny pearls
Gold Offray Ribbon
Foam dimensional dots

One of the hottest looks around this summer is the joyful pinwheel!  Did you make them when you were a kid?  Are you making them as decorations and embellishments?  They are super easy to make, and of, so much fun to pop all around for summer decorating!  HoneyBee Court Lee has a terrific tutorial over at BettyBee's Buzz on how to make them... and I've added a little P.S. if you want to make yours spin! 
I hope you'll check it out, and give it a try!  Let's take it for a spin .... wheeeeeeeeee :)

Here's a Real Sweet Treat!

 Happy Valentine's Day !!!  Today I have a sweet treat basket tutorial, that you can make for lots of treat occasions, over at BettyBee's Buzz!  And it's so easy you can whip up a bunch of 'em before the kids get home from school today! 

 

 I had so much fun with this little basket.  It will make a great centerpiece for the table, because it is a really nice size... but it is SO easy to make in itsy bitsy little sizes, too!!  The base on this one is 4 inches square, but it would be just as easy to do with a 1 inch square bottom, and put jelly beans in for Easter... OH, SO CUTE!!  This stamp is from The Baking Stamp Ensemble from Just RiteStampers, and the paper from the DCWV Sweet Stack couldn't have been more perfect!


  I hope you will click over and see today's Monday Motivational, and will be back with us on Wednesday to see the Sweet Treats the rest of the HoneyBees will be sharing. 

Happy Valentine's Day... and have a great week!!  My Valentine is going in the hospital today for a cardiac cath, and possibly some other work... I appreciate your prayers and good thoughts on his behalf.  I'll let you know how he is on my next post. 

Hugs,

Be Inspired #100 Happy Birthday Cuttlebug Challenge!

WoW! Cuttlebug Challenge is two years old this month! There has been a lot of inspiration, creativity, and imagination archived on that website. It is a treasure trove of mojo!!! This week the Design Team is creating Happy Birthday cards with at least TWO LAYERS.

Mine is for a special young man, whose favorite color happens to be orange! The paper at the top is from the Imaginesce B-day Bash collection, and the embossing is with the new Cuttlebug Seeing Spots folder. The images are from Just Rite Stampers.

The inside of the card is accented with pieces cut from the Imaginesce paper. So nice to coordinate the sentiment with the cover!

OK, that's an easy one for you this week! Pop over to Cuttlebug Challenge and see what the other designers have created! Then make your own layered Birthday Card! You could be this week's winner!

Happy crafting ~

New Toys!!!

You know, just about every day you have the chance to say "thanks" to someone, but once in a while there comes a time when someone special in your life does something just way beyond wonderful. Those times there just aren't words to say how much this person's kindness and friendship mean ... but you just hope they know. My friend, when you see this card, you will know, won't you? ♥♥♥

This really fun card is done with a great new JustRiteStamps large oval image, which I think is perfect on this cardstock from DCWV Sweet Stack, don't you? The geraniums are colored with Copics, and then dotted with Spica gels. The dots on the scallops are Paper Pearl paint. Isn't that fun? And how about that awesome fringe trim.....score!!! We hit the very best sale at JoAnn's, and we cleaned 'em out at 50 cents a yard! The ribbon is a perfect match, too, and it came from my favorite ribbon outlet in PA....then top the whole thing off with the ideal gems! Ta Daa!

I will have two more posts today....so it will be a busy one :)
I hope you are having a wonderful Easter weekend.

Happy crafting ~