Happy - Technique Tuesday

If you are stamp lover, then this is the perfect stamp set for you.
Love is in the Air Stamp Set with the Sending Love Crafting Dies from Technique Tuesday!

Perfect for Valentines Day!  Yes, that lovely holiday is fast approaching and we all need to get busy!  

I actually just bought red lights to put outside to match my clear lights so it looks less Christmasy.  My husband disagrees.  Oh well, maybe he won't get a V-day card!  lol. 

Who says this Love is in the Air Stamp Set needs to be used on a card though!  

Today, I used it on a 12x12 layout.  

I heat embossed the balloon on several different patterned papers, fussy cut around them, added the punched heart to the center and scattered them around my page!

Love is in the Air Stamp Set

The LOVE die is from the set called Sending Love Crafting Die.

Adopt a Cute Animal - Technique Tuesday

Ok people, it is time to save an animal!  

Are you an animal lover?  Have the best pets in the world?  Live on a farm?  Want to live on a farm?  Just love farm animals?  Then you need to listen up!  

Go to Technique Tuesday NOW!

Technique Tuesday is offering two different freebies from the Animal House collection of stamps.  

1.  Go to the Technique Tuesday website and take a look at all the cute critters.
2.  Choose your favorite stamp set.
3.  Leave the name of your fave Animal House stamp set in the comments section of the BLOG.
 Be sure to leave a comment by June 29th.  The drawing will be held on Sunday July 1st.

Here are a couple of my favorites.

If you’d like to make sure you receive a free stamp set, you can! Everyone who is or becomes a member of the Animal House auto-ship program will automatically receive the “Hay Neighbor”stamp set in their June shipment.

To find out more about the "Hay Neighbor" Freebie, go HERE!

So, go save an animal!  

Anniversary Card using The Rubber Cafe KOTM

Today I am up over at The Rubber Cafe.  

Be sure to head over and see how this big bold beautiful card came together for me.  It is simple but fun.  Of course, once each month, I MUST doodle!  I think it is my new favorite thing.  

Sail away with me

So, what happens over at The Rubber Cafe is that I am asked to create 4 cards in one month with their Creative Cafe Kit of the Month.  Often times, just three of those cards are used during the month and if needed the fourth will be pulled and used.  Since my fourth will not be used this month, I thought I would fill in a day on my own blog and share my "Sail away with me" Nautical card.

I stamped the sailboat on several different colors and paper-pieced the sail together in the colors that I wanted.  Since the heart was sooooo small to fussy cut, I used a small heart stamp that I had on hand. Not loving the paper-piecing, I got out my doodle pen and started tracing around each piece of paper that I had placed down.  This helped a lot.  You can see at the bottom of the page, I added the twirled ribbon in an ombre effect, trying to replicate water.  The seagulls are hand drawn with my doodle pen.

 

Since I have returned from second camping trip this summer, I want NOTHING to do with water unless it is my own pool.  NOTHING to do with boats unless its smaller than me and can be played with in my own pool!  Matter of fact, I want NOTHING to do with being outside unless it is in my own backyard.  But of course, nothing I have just said will be honored since I am off on another journey tomorrow and will be near water, boats, and the outdoors.  ugh, I give up!

Thanks for dropping in today.  See you again real soon.

Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday! Happy Birthday!

I love those cupcake boutiques you find in quaint towns or even in the mall!  Chocolate cake with peanut butter would be my favorite choice!  I do shop with my eyes when I walk into a cupcake store, who doesn't!  The last time I went with my chum, I got an Elvis cupcake.  It was banana cake with PB frosting.  Yup, it was to die for!  But so are these stamps.....

I have been creating again with this months Creative Cafe - Kit of the Month through The Rubber Cafe.  How Sweet it is, is a yummy collection of Melissa Francis papers and stickers, Queen & Co. pearl enamels and black twine, and The Rubber Cafe's exclusive stamps, Make Life Sweet.  Here is my second card created with this collection.

Thanks for stopping by.  Go get a cupcake!

Mary-Ann

The Rubber Cafe

I am so excited to share some exciting news with you.  I have been invited to be a guest designer over at The Rubber Cafe for the month of November!  You should see the goodies I just received from my BFF Miss Donna, my postal goddess.  

Here are a few of my favorite things amongst the box of plenty.

Here a few of my favorite sheets of paper from Echo Park - tis the Season line.  That candy cane striped  is just delicious!

I love this background snowflake stamp.

Clever and cheeky sayings!  Do you spot that tiny deer?  

Love at first sight - this fancy guy is just screaming my name.

Luscious yards of ribbon, more please!

Queen & Co. self-adhesive rhinestones.

Drum roll please........my favorite of the bunch, little sequins, jingle bells and snowflakes in my tiny new dish.  If your interested in joining me for the month of November, head over to The Rubber Cafe to get this months collection.

Mary-Ann