Sent With Love

Time for the next Dream Valley Challenge, and the theme for this fortnight is Valentine's.  We have two fabulous sponsors for this challenge, One Stop Card Crafts and Joanna Sheen.  I just happen to have purchased this gorgeous stamp from Joanna Sheen a couple of months ago and it fits the theme perfectly, this is Special Day from Faye Whittaker's rubber stamp collection.

I colored the image with Copics, then distressed it and the dp with three colors of distress inks.  The dp is from the Butterfly Garden collection from Pink Paislee, crochet trim is May Arts, velvet ribbon is from my stash, sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps, and the pearls were made with a Viva Decor Pearl pen.  The flower is from Magnolia and was distressed with ink, and the leaves were made with a Martha Stewart punch.

Come and Get It Challenges - Love
Gingerloft Challenge - GL33 - Love is in the Air
Sentimental Sundays - #88 Feel the Love
Allsorts Challenge - #140 Free & Easy February
Crafty Calendar Challenge - February Love & Marriage
One Stop Craft Challenge - #168 For the One I Love
Joanna Sheen Challenge - Love is in the Air

Snowy Friends

Let it snow, let it snow, we are getting snow!!  The newest member of the zoo is having a ball playing in this wonderful white stuff - we don't have enough yet, just a skiff, but Nova is loving it!!  Too bad though, because then she comes into the house ready to rumble and the cats are getting the brunt of it - oh well, at least they know enough to jump up where she can't yet reach.

                              

I recently won a challenge and the prize was a gift certificate for Joanna Sheen's store in the UK, so of course I had to purchase a couple of the gorgeous Giordano Studio stamps - this is "Friends" which I colored with Copics.  The grapevine wreath is a die from Memory Box and the dp is My Minds Eye Lost & Found Christmas.  The sentiment from Waltzingmouse was cut with a Spellbinders die.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Cards for Men - #23 It's Nearly Christmas

Forever Friends Challenge Blog - Christmas is Coming

Penny Black and More at Allsorts - All Creatures Great and Small

Challenge Up Your Life - #56 Friendship