Seize the Birthday Challenge

 I have SO many birthdays coming up these next two months so I decided to take advantage of the challenge over at Seize the Birthday to get one of those cards done.  The challenge is a sketch challenge and to make a girly card.  Well this card is ALL girly, I think the recipient will love it!

There is embossing, distressing & sewing, all the things I love!

I even decorated the inside of the card, something I don't do often enough.

I think I got my card in just under the wire :) They have weekly challenges over there so I encourage you to check them out!

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It's been so long! I have been creating, just don't take the time to post on here, maybe I'll change that.  I thought I'd share a few Valentine cards with you today.

This first one I've seen around on Pinterest and wanted to give it a try.  I love all the hearts spilling out of the envelope.  I used a variety of Hero Arts heart stamps, some heart dies & punches for all those fun hearts.

 This one has a little bit of vintage feel to it.  I did one very similar to it last year but changed it up just a little this time.  I think my favorite thing is the Tim Holtz kraft coredinations paper.

 And then there's this fun one.  When I saw the Hero Arts jar I had to have it!  I used vellum for the jar and layered it on top of the little conversation hearts to look like a jar of hearts.  Another favorite is the Hero Arts "heartfelt wishes" set, they're 4 little tag stamps that are so fun and versatile, all three of the cards feature these.

That's it for today, I've got lots more cards I need to make the next few days including Valentine's so I'll try to remember to post them here to share!  Have a great day everyone and if you're living in the same neck of the woods as me, STAY WARM!

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Recycled Jeans Water Bottle Sleeve

I have finally gotten sick of my water bottles sweating all over everything and decided to make a sleeve for them.  I literally whipped this one up in like 15 mins, I just wanted to see if something basic was going to work for me.  I reused a pair of jeans for this one.  It is super simple and after testing it I was pleased that the bottle did not sweat & the jean material was a good fit I thought.  But I want improvements.  I think a little pocket would be handy for my skinnier bottles to hold my chapstick & maybe cash/debit card.  I could probably do a larger pocket for my bigger Nalgene bottle that would hold my phone too. I would also like to insulate them so the stay cooler a little longer.  A lot of sleeves I've seen have handles or straps on them but for my personal use I don't see a need in that since I just grab the Nalgene bottle's handle to carry it 

I'll post pics of my new sleeves when I get them made with a review. 

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Flower Pot Card

I've got some of these cards I'm making for my niece and thought I'd share them.  I love doing these flower pot cards, they're fun and easy to do.  

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Hand Dyed Seam Binding Ribbon

Hey everyone, just wanted to let you know I'm running a buy 3 get 1 free sale on my hand dyed seam binding ribbon at my etsy shop HERE

Here's a couple of the colors I have to offer.

If you don't have an etsy account and would like to order some just let me know in the comments and I'll contact you for the order! I also offer my ribbons for wholesale if you need large quantities.

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Brayton Cottage Scarf Giveaway

Look at this beautiful scarf! Brayton Cottage is offering a giveaway at French Country Cottage's site. For a chance to win go here http://frenchcountrycottage.blogspot.com/2012/03/brayton-cottage-giveaway.html

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Cake Mini Album

I just had a great weekend with my Valentine cards open house, the turnout was good and I think all the ladies had fun. I'm thinking about having another open house in April sometime. I still need to squeeze in another card class (I'm thinking masculine cards) and a mini album class for February which I think will be my cake mini album. I've had some requests from some of my ladies in class to do this one. This was really fun to make, I think I might make another one in different papers for a sample for my class.

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March Class

I just finished up my 3 cards for the class I'm teaching at the local scrapbook store using some of the new Hero Arts stamps and some coredinations paper. This first one is a cute little owl all in pink, isn't she cute.

I just loved this tulip stamp they're so cheery and give hope for spring.

And this last one is a little bit older Hero Arts stamp, solid flower. I've had it in my stash for awhile and this is the first I've used it, love it.

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Another January Class

I have another class on Jan. 17th and these are the cards I made up for the class, a couple winter birthdays and valentines.

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Key Chain Mini Album

I made this key chain for my niece, she has it clipped to her diaper bag. I love how it turned out & the kids are pretty cute too :) I'm thinking I need to make a bunch more of these, got lots of ideas for them.

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