Happy Valentine's Day

I finally decided to break out the Valentines supplies--spread them all out and started to see what I could make for the various challenges this week.

First up is a card for this week's CAS-ual Fridays CFC126 Color Blocks Challenge.  I was inspired by this card during the PTI release week.  I cut strips of paper--Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Ripe Avocado and Ocean Tides and adhered them with foam tape underneath a panel cut with my new Cover Plate:  Hearts Die.  I love the fact that there is no pink on this card, meaning I could give it to either my husband or my daughter who is allergic to anything pink.

My next card is for this week's CAS(E) this Sketch CTS#60.  I used one of my favorite images from WPlus9 Love You More.  I stamped the speech bubble again on a piece of scrap, cut it out, adhered it with foam tape and then coated just the red part with Glossy Accents.  The patterned paper is from an American Crafts Valentine pad I picked up at Target.

My next two cards are for this month's One Layer Simplicity Challenge #1.  This is a revamp of the former One Layer Wednesday challenge.  Such fun creating some super simple one layer cards that will be easy to mail.  Those swirly hearts on the first card are from Verve, and the stamps on the second card are Happy Hearts from PTI.

I am also entering this card above at Addicted to CAS #30, where the code word is 'new', because I used my brand new Happy Hearts stamps.

Last up is a card for this week's Curtain Call Love Letter challenge.  I am hoping to come back to this one again later in the week with some other images I have in mind, but for today's card, I used a big stack of Wonderful Words Love die cuts and papers from American Crafts Valentine.  And, yes--I used those Tipped Tops dies again, but can you see I tilted one differently this time?

Simply Create Too has a Valentines challenge this week, so I will be entering all of these cards over there, too.

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Puppy Love

Happy Saturday.  Yes, I made another dog card today.  I have not played at CASual Fridays in a while, and their challenge CFC125:  in a word  this week got me thinking.  What is going on in my life?  Well, of course--we just got a puppy, and now everything revolves around our sweet Sherlock.  So, my word(S):  PUPPY LOVE.

I am entering this card into several other challenges as well:

Paper Smooches Sparks Anything Goes

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge to use something new.  My PTI Wonderful Words Love die is brand new, and my Paper Smooches Lucky Dog and Paws for a Cause are pretty new, too.

Addicted to CAS #29 Code Word Die Cuts--I used Headline Alphabet to spell 'PUPPY', Wonderful words Love die, Tiny Tags (for the heart), and Lil Inkers Stitched Ovals Dies on this card.

I am also playing for the first time at Simply Create Too #52--Anything Goes.

A puppy love post would not be complete without a picture of the little guy himself, right?  Here is is crashed out in his crate, after a long walk and a session wearing himself out at the dog park.  When we first got Sherlock, I thought it was mean to put him in a cage.  But, he loves his crate so much--he goes in there when he is tired and wants to sleep in peace.

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