Valentines for Grandkids

I'm working hard to get my Valentine cards for my grandkids in the mail. I don't know if I'll make it for Saturday or not, but I thought I'd share a couple with you while I'm in the process.  These two cards are for my two oldest grandsons, Parker and Kesten.  I'll tell you a little more about why I chose these images.

The card on the left is for Kesten, who is 2 and 1/2.  He loves riding his bike as you can see in the photos. When Ken and I last visited, we honestly couldn't keep up with him, he would get going so fast! 

The card on the right is Parker's and he is just turned 3 in January. In the photo above, he is reading his favourite series with Mommy, Curious George!

• The bike is from the stamp set, Life's Adventure. It has a sentiment below it, but I masked the sentiment using tape over it while I inked up the stamp with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then removed the tape to stamp. The sentiment I added is from And Many More stamp set. which is full of great greetings! The little hearts are from You Plus Me. The Real Red panel is embossed with the Happy Heart embossing folder.
• The second card has an Elegant Eggplant and Daffodil Delight colour scheme because purple is Parker's favourite colour and yellow for the Man in the Yellow Hat - a very important character in the Curious George series. The tree and the squirrel are from a Hostess set, Nuts About You. Curious George has a squirrel friend named Jumpy and they have an uneasy friendship! I wanted a tree so that George, the little monkey, would have something to climb. I stamped the monkey image from Zoo Babies a number of times to symbolize George's penchant for getting into trouble every time he is left alone! I used the same sentiment as in Kesten's card and the little hearts are just punched out of the yellow DSP (from Sweet Taffy Designer Series Paper) and Elegant Eggplant card stock.

I'll show you some more as I get them finished.  I'm going to include some treats for the grown-up kids as well, courtesy of January's Paper Pumpkin:

Stampin' Up has introduced a new photopolymer stamp set this month:

My favourite sentiment from this set is "love you more than chocolate"! Give me a call or email if you'd like to order it, or go on-line yourself to order.

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the Stampin' Up! products used to make this card today!

Product List

Life's Adventure Clear-Mount Stamp Set [133934]	Life's Adventure Wood-Mount Stamp Set [133931]	And Many More Clear-Mount Stamp Set [134276]	And Many More Wood-Mount Stamp Set [134273]	Nuts About You Clear-Mount Stamp Set [133946]
Nuts About You Wood-Mount Stamp Set [133943]	Zoo Babies Wood Stamp Set [130453]	Zoo Babies Clear Stamp Set [130456]	Sweet Taffy Designer Series Paper [133693]	Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131197]
Real Red 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [102482]	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730]	Elegant Eggplant 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105126]	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write Marker [131899]
Real Red Stampin' Write Marker [100052]	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171]	Real Red Classic Stampin' Pad [126949]	Always Artichoke Classic Stampin' Pad [126972]	Baked Brown Sugar Classic Stampin' Pad [131174]
Early Espresso Classic Stampin' Pad [126974]	Elegant Eggplant Classic Stampin' Pad [126969]	Happy Heart Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [137364]	Best Year Ever Accessory Pack [138634]	Big Shot [113439]

Happy Birthday for As You See It Challenges

Hey, there!  Yes, you!  Happy Birthday!  It's not your birthday today?  Well, it will be sometime this year, right?  So this is for you.  Apply it sometime in the next 12 months!

It's Friday and time for another As You See It Challenge, this time a theme - Birthdays!  And it's a birthday theme, because it is our One Year Anniversary at As You See It Challenges! Woot!  In honour of that, I have heard a rumour that there might be some blog candy available for this challenge.  Pop on over and find out!

I have wanted to use the Seize the Cake sentiment forever and it never seemed to work out, so I was determined that I would ink it up for this challenge.  Then I set out to find a cake image!  Here's the results:

• My inspiration, the Seize the Cake sentiment, as well as the Happy Birthday are from the Something to Say stamp set.  I finally found the cake I wanted from Life's Adventure, a Hostess set.  That means it is only available as Hostess rewards, so to get it, you either need to host a party or join my Stamp Club, both of which I have openings for. Email me.
• My colour choices were made because of another challenge, Colour Throwdown #308:

• I put another couple of stamp sets to work as well with this design.  You will all recognize Gorgeous Grunge in the background, giving the card that celebratory look, and also Everything Eleanor for the backing for the cake.  Both the cake and the background label were fussy cut with Paper Snips!

A fairly simple card concept, but lots of fun to create.  Maybe you can use it to wish someone else a happy birthday!  And head over to As You See It Challenges and enter this week challenge for a chance at some blog candy!

Click on the links below to take you to my On-Line Store, where you can read about, look at, and purchase if you wish, the products used to make this card today!

Product List

Something To Say Clear Stamp Set [134180]	Something To Say Wood Stamp Set [134177]	Life's Adventure Clear Stamp Set [133934]	Life's Adventure Wood Stamp Set [133931]	Gorgeous Grunge Wood-mount Stamp Set [130514]
Gorgeous Grunge Clear-mount Stamp Set [130517]	Everything Eleanor Clear-Mount Stamp Set [124164]	Everything Eleanor [131987]	Melon Mambo 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115320]	Daffodil Delight 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [119683]
Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [105117]	Whisper White 8-1/2X11 Card Stock [100730]	Jet Black StazOn Pad [101406]	Brights Stampin' Write Markers [131259]	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948]
Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [126944]	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [126945]	Brights Designer Buttons [130028]	White Baker's Twine [124262]	Paper Snips [103579]
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]