Thursday, February 26, 2015

Playing around and a few challenges

Hello!

My stars and three little chickens....we had another "snow day" today. I was a little surprised that we did,  but other parts of our county had bad road conditions (we just couldn't tell it from where we are). My surprise didn't stop me from sleeping in this morning. (Insert shameful face here.) No sirree -- I slept right through that get-up-and-have-coffee-before-the-kids-get-up alarm! I hate when I do that!

Despite having The Piglets around today, I did manage to find time to make a card and I'm popping in to share it. I had to make this one. It was an idea that popped in my head the other night at sleepy time and was haunting me until I tried it out.


 
 
I was playing with my Paper Smooches goodies again. So fun! I based this off the sketch this week over at the SPARKS blog.
 
 
I used my Tiny Hearts dies and cardstock scraps in the rainbow colors. I die cut each heart from each color cardstock and lined them up on the cardstock strip. The sentiment is white embossed on a black cardstock circle, die cut with my Stitched Circle STAX from MFT. I then white embossed it again on black cardstock and trimmed it by hand before attaching with foam tape. I white embossed it three more times on red, green, and blue cardstock and trimmed just the overlap for the heart in each color and glued those miniscule pieces down (very carefully). The sentiment circle is layered over a larger die cut vellum circle using the same die set. At the very end, I added dots with my White Wink of Stella glitter pen on each heart and on the sentiment.
 
I played along with a few other challenges today:
 
Addicted To Stamps: Embossing Dry or Heat, CASology's "Mini" cue card, Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge, Anything Goes and House Of Cards, Love theme.
 
 
Thanks so much for stopping by to visit!
 
God Bless,
Mandy
 
 
Romans 8:28       King James Version (KJV)
28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
 

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15 comments:

  1. VeerleFebruary 27, 2015 at 3:02 AM

    Very lovely your embossed sentiment and I love all the colourful hearts.
    Thank you for joining us at Addicted To Stamps - Veerle DT

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  2. Kristie GouletFebruary 27, 2015 at 7:52 AM

    Cute card! LOVE those colorful hearts!

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  3. Mynn xxFebruary 27, 2015 at 9:49 AM

    Mandy, this is brilliant! LOVE the fun rainbow colors on the kraft--so fabulous! Thanks for joining us at House of Cards! HUGS! :) Mynn xx

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  4. Taunya ButlerFebruary 27, 2015 at 10:25 AM

    I loved this card at first sight and was so glad that you gave details on how you made it - such a bright, happy, and loving card!!! Love the way you added to the sentiment with the piecing!!That Wink of Stella stuff looks pretty cool too - might have to had that soon!! Really a fun card and a great design - just in love with all those mini colorful hearts!!! Have a Remarkable day!!!

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  5. cohennaFebruary 27, 2015 at 11:15 AM

    Beautiful card. Thanks so much for playing along with us at HOC :)

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  6. Tracey McNeelyFebruary 27, 2015 at 11:33 AM

    Mandy love your mini hearts. Thank you for sharing at CASology!

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  7. JoyceFebruary 27, 2015 at 3:22 PM

    Love your colorful rainbow of hearts. The minis are especially cute. Thanks so much for playing along at CASology this week.

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  8. Barbara RankinFebruary 27, 2015 at 5:32 PM

    Wow, such intricate cutting on those tiny colored hearts for the word "LOVE". Very sweet card. Thanks for playing along with us at House of Cards! Barbara

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  9. Jo NevillFebruary 28, 2015 at 5:02 AM

    Fab card, love all your hearts !

    Thank you for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.

    Jo x

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  10. KatyFebruary 28, 2015 at 10:23 AM

    I love this happy card filled with those little colorful hearts! This is awesome! Great take on the sketch! Thank you so much for joining us at House of Cards! :)

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  11. LilianFebruary 28, 2015 at 11:21 PM

    Such a fun card! Love it! Love the colorful heart on sentiment!
    Thank you for joining us at House of Cards!
    Lilian
    http://theleafstudio.blogspot.com

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  12. Lisa AranaMarch 1, 2015 at 11:20 AM

    super fantastic! I just love that heart background you created. Thank you so much for playing along with the Paper Smooches Spark Challenge.

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  13. Taunya ButlerMarch 1, 2015 at 8:55 PM

    So excited for you - Scrapbook & Cards Today spotlighted your card - this one in a Facebook post!! Yippee for you and this cool shout - out!!!! You are really amazing - I told you that, didn't I?

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  14. digiscramperMarch 18, 2015 at 1:29 PM

    I typed my comment, but it disappeared. I hope it doesn't show up twice. Sorry if it does! Mandy, this is a very cute and colorful card! I love it. I searched the Paper Smooches website, but I could not find it. Where can I find the "i love you' sentiment"? I need to have it!! :) Thanks! ~ Ingrid

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