Michelle Perkett Love Letter Blog Hop

The blog hops that we have at Michelle Perkett's Studio are always so inspiring! I am sure that this hop will be no different. You should have arrived here from the lovely Maria's blog. If you just stumbled here, you may want to go back to the beginning, Michelle Perkett's blog, so that you don't miss any of the wonderful creations. After my blog, you will want to fly over to Melissa's fantastic blog, and see what lovely creations she has in store for you.

My love letter is for my husband. We are coming up on our 1 year anniversary, and it has been so wonderful! We were friends way back in high school, but we each went our separate ways and each unfortunately found our own share of sorrow and heartbreak. After over 20 years, we contacted each other through Facebook, and the love story began. I have never been able to share my heart with someone the way I can with Richard. We were truly meant for each other and feel so blessed by God with this love.

This card is also for the following challenges:
Corrosive -All you need is Love
Sophisticat - Love
The Pink Elephant -Pink
Creative Card Crew - Valentine's
Papertake Weekly - Love Actually
Crafty Creations - Wings
Paperplay - Love Notes
Fussy and Fancy - Hearts
Stamp Something - Love
Stampin for the Weekend - Love is in the Air
Crazy 4 Challenges - Be My Valentine
By the Cute and Girly - Love
LaLa - Hearts
Charisma Cards - I love you
Double Dutch - Be my Valentine
Flourishes - Pink
Lexi's Creations - Valentines
Penny's Challenges - Valentines
ABC Design Blog - I love you ..."Sweetheart"
Humble Pie- Love is in the Air
Lili of the Valley - Valentines
Gingersnap Creations- Romance
Quixotic- I Believe in Fairies
Pollycraft - things with wings

Creative Inspirations Challenge - Red and Black

It has been two weeks, so it's time for another fun challenge at Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog. Today, we are asking you to make a project with the colors red and black. For my card, I used the Princess of the Orient image from Sassy Studio Designs. I colored her with copics and framed her with my new Spellbinders Labels 3. For the 2 narrow panels on the left, I used Tattered Angels in black gold and one of their screens as a resist to make the scrolly pattern. I also used Tattered Angels on my rose that I made using Tim Holtz Grunge paper and nestabilities blossom set. I used the sketch from Get Sketchy.

So here are the challenges for this card:
Creative Inspirations - Red and Black
Flourishes - Frame it
Allsorts - Distressed with a button and bow
Simon Says Challenge - Picture inspiration (of a rose)
Get Sketchy - sketch
Cuttlebug challenge - Glimmer mist with a mask
ABC Challenge - "n" New - new Spellbinders - plus this is a Chinese New Year's Card

Thanks a Bunch!

This is one of my favorite Flourishes stamps, so it should be no surprise that I would choose it for my favorite stamp challenge at Flourishes this week. I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers. This is also for the Everybody Art Challenge, which is to make a thank you card.

House Mouse and Friends

I don't remember a winter with as much snow and ice as this one, since I was a little girl. I am ready for warm summer days! So this card is to remind me, that winter can only last so long!

I used the sketch from House Mouse and Friends. Isn't this just the cutest stamp?

This is also for these challenges:
Cupcake Crafts - Four Legged and Furry
Flourishes - Pop it Up ( My flower in the glass is popped up)
Crafty Catz - lilac and lemon
Dutch Dare - Summer in the Winter

Pretty in Pink, (and lemon and green and plum!)

This is the last of the challenges for Flourishes one year anniversary celebration, and it's a sketch challenge. I used a stamp from Whimsy Stamps and used the color combination of pink, lemon, green and plum for the Kaboodle challenge.

Hope Your Birthday is Just Peachy

I am working my way through 6 challenges at Flourishes, and this challenge is to make a Fruity Birthday card. So, I used the peach stamp from Flourishes and added a Birthday sentiment. I used the sketch from Create 4 Fun. Also, I used polka-dotted paper for the Spots and Dots challenge at Cute Card Thursday.

Treats for your Sweets!

At Michelle Perkett Studio Challenge this week, we decided to help you get ready for Valentine's Day, by asking you to make a treat holder and tag. I used Michelle's Lulu image and made a twist-top box, and a very large tag. I also used the adorable Justrite Baking Stamp Ensemble around my apertures on my box and on the medallions.

We hope you will have fun participating in this weeks challenge!

My projects are also for:
Saturday Spotlight with Hidden Potential - Bigger is Better
Justrite Stamps- Valentines

Baby Card for Jenn

Jenn, one of the artists for Starving Artistamps is having her first child, a baby girl. To show her some love from the blogging world, we plan on flooding her with baby cards. Here is my card for her. I used the sketch from CPS. This is also for the challenge at Simon Says this week, for a baby card.

Today is the day for the new release – Alice in Sassyland! Woo Hoo! I know everyone is so excited to finally be able to play with all of these gorgeous samples that you have seen popping up on the DT’s blogs. Well now is your chance! And don’t forget to come hang out with us tonight at the SSD Party Blog (the link will be posted and go live at 8:00 pm EST) We will be chatting and have a great time playing Sassyland Bingo – and you know there will be great prizes! Just be sure to go to the SSD Blog to get the final deets. If you have missed any of the previews, you can hop to the DT's blogs and check out all of the Sassiness! You will find links to my Sassy Sistahs on my sidebar.

Magnolia Stamp Lovers Challenge

Cindy at StampingScrapping has started carrying Magnolia stamps! Yay! And she has also started a Magnolia challenge blog. This week was a sketch challenge. It's my normal Sunday night rush for a deadline, but I finished with a few hours to spare! LOL! I used the sketch from Friday Sketchers. I also used the colors from Copic Colours Challenge : E00, E33, R02

Remember the fun starts tomorrow!

Tomorrow is the big day at Sassy Studio Designs - Release day! The party will be at our very own Party Blog ( check the SSD Blog for the address - it won't go live until 8:00 pm EST) Here are just a couple more sneaks to wet your appetite.

I am entering the Queen of Hearts Easel card into:
Paper Sundaes: Valentines
Fussy Fancy: Hearts
Pixie Cottage: Pink and Red