Prickley Pear New Release Blog Hop: Day Three

It's the final day of the Prickley Pear new release blog hop!  I hope you've had fun hopping along so far!  Remember to leave comments on each stop for all three days of the hop to be eligible for the grand prize!  The winner will be announced February 23.

If you've arrived here from Angie's blog, you're on the right track!  If not, you may want to hop back to the Prickley Pear blog to start from the beginning!

For today, I used a sentiment from the new release and paired it with some watercoloring!
 

I watercolored a circular rainbow and then stamped the You Are My Sunshine sentiment in the center.  Three tiny, clear gemstones were added for embellishments.  The entire layered panel was popped up with foam dots for dimension.

Now head on over to Rita's blog for even more wonderful inspiration for the new release!  Have fun and good luck!

Prickley Pear New Release Blog Hop: Day Two

Happy Valentine's Day!  It's day two of the New Release Blog Hop over at Prickley Pear!  Hopefully, you've come from Barb's blog!  If not, you can go back and start from the beginning of today's hop over on the Prickley Pear blog!

Did you hop along yesterday for day one?  If not, be sure and do so after finishing up today's commenting as you'll need to comment at each stop all three days to be eligible for the grand prize (see photo below)!

Since today is Valentine's Day, I created a card to go along with a friendship/love theme!

I stamped the new Ladybug Love image and then colored it with Copic Markers.  The fantastic sentiment (from the new Circles Set - Sentiments) was stamped above the main image and then the entire panel was popped up with foam dots after being mounted on a piece of black cardstock.  I added a little sparkle to the heart spots using a clear Wink of Stella brush marker.

Now head on over to Heidi's blog for more fantastic new release inspiration!  Tomorrow will be day three, so be sure and stop back for one more round of inspiration!

Have a super Saturday!

Prickley Pear Penguin Friendship

Time for more Prickley Pear inspiration and today I wanted to share a friendship card I made using a cute little penguin from the Pumpkin & Snowman Clear Set!

Aren't those penguins cute?!  The nice thing is that there is a coordinating die set that contains a penguin shape to match!  No fussy cutting this time!  I used a stencil to create the background and added heart shaped glitter in a random fashion.  The penguins & the entire middle panel are both popped up with foam dots.  The "FRIENDS" sentiment is from the Blobby Flowers Clear Set.  Be sure and stop by the Prickley Pear blog for more inspiration from the design team!  The team has a great mix of design styles!

How was your weekend?  Mine was filled with fresh snow.  Literally.  We got over a foot of snow Saturday night through Sunday!  Talk about excitement in our house!  School has been cancelled today, so you can guess what the boys are going to be doing all day!  I do have cookie decorating on the agenda, so they'll be inside doing that at some point, but I'm betting they'll be outside digging and sledding most of the day!  Hot chocolate will be served!

Have a marvelous Monday!

S'more i{heart}papers

I'm posting s'more cuteness from i{heart}papers today. This is my last post as guest designer for them!  I can't believe two months have already flown by! What fun!

I wanted to make a happy little campfire themed card since we've been having our fair share of backyard fire pit evenings this summer.  With roasted marshmallows, s'mores and sparklers, of course!  The evenings this summer have been absolutely perfect for such an activity and we're really enjoying them!

I used Lawn Fawn's Love You S'more & Into the Woods sets to create this card.  I paired the stamped images and sentiment with one of the speech bubbles from Avery Elle's Oh Yeah Dies.  The stamping was done with Memento Rich Cocoa Ink & the cute little fox was colored with Copic Markers.  Both the speech bubble and fox were popped up using foam dots to add a little dimension to the card.  I added a little yellow flower sequin from Lawn Fawn for interest and a little glimmer to the roasted marshmallow with a Wink of Stella Brush Glitter Marker.  I'm thinking this card will go to our neighbor who has been a steady playmate for the boys this summer!

We roasted marshmallows on our trip to Michigan last week!  We discovered a new park in the town we were staying in which had a fire pit and a fun little water play area.

DH ran after some marshmallows and matches while the boys collected some twigs and we had an impromptu campfire one evening!  DH once again explained the process involved to achieve a perfectly roasted marshmallow to the boys.

However, someone once again ignored the message...

...because he actually likes 'em this way (fully ignited and then blown out like a birthday candle)!

Owls are taking over my brain now as we prepare to celebrate DD's first birthday with extended family this weekend!   We did let her enjoy a little chocolate on her actual birthday just because that's what a girl is supposed to do on such an occasion!

Have a wonderful Wednesday!