Love Stinks and Cupids Aim

 

 

Hello and welcome.  I'm guest designing for the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers this month's theme is B For Black Black Heart (think valentine with black, anti valentine).  I have two different cards to share with you today.

 

First up, is a cute little card using some of my favorite stamps from The Cat's Pajamas (now closed).  After I stamped all of the images I wanted to use in memento tuxedo black ink, I colored the penguins/fish/heart using my Ohuhu markers before layering and adding brads.  I then lightly blended some tattered rose distress ink around the image panel before attaching it to my card base. The final touch was adding a small ivory bow that I dyed using the tattered rose ink.  I'm happy with how this turned out.

 

Challenges entered:

Little Red Wagon #844 - Picturing Love (TCP stamp set)

Neglected Stuff Feb 2026 - Use Your Neglected Stash (TCP stamp set, ribbon/rose bow) 

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2026 - Use Your Unloved Stash (TCP stamp set, ribbon/rose bow)

Shopping Our Stash #566 - Love Me Do 

 

 

 

Next up is a gothic style Valentine card made using images from Conjurer of Dreams.  Normally, goth is just not my thing, but I am getting better at creating goth themed projects.  I am in LOVE with how this turned out.  

 

I started out by combining the following COD image sets using Photoshop©: Gothic Valentine Collage, Victorian Madam, Valentine Book Covers.  Once the images were combined, I printed it out onto Neenah white card stock before layering and popping the image panel up on a black card base using pop dots.  After adding some lace ribbon from my stash, I added a long forgotten pink rose to the upper left hand corner.  I then dyed three wooden hearts from Dollar Tree© using memento tuxedo black ink before adhering them to the popped up panel.  I then added some bling to the heart centers (kind of like chocolate) and throughout the main image.

 

Challenges entered:

 

Two Old Bats Halloween Feb 2026 - Anything Goes Halloween 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #83 - Use Your NBUS (background)

CD Sunday Plus #176 - Anything Goes Digital (images Conjurer of Dreams) 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to join in this month's challenge at Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers.

 

  

 

 

 

  

A Grumpy Valentine

 

Hello and welcome.  I'm a little late posting this (thank you migraine) but I'd like to share with you the card I made for my husband for Valentine's Day.   I used images from Conjurer of Dreams Grumpy Seniors Valentine Card Kit and the Red Silk background.

 

Once I combined all of the images, I printed the finished panel out on Neenah white card stock before layering and adding pewter heart brads from my stash.  After adhering it to the card, I added a small floral spray in the top left corner before highlighting parts of the images using a clear 3D glaze pen.

 

Challenges entered:

 

CD Sunday Plus #152 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (images)

2 Sisters on the Blog #94 - Men's Card (husband's valentine)

Crafts Galore Encore #132 - Anything Goes 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Card Stock: Neenah; Recollections

Accessories: Computer, Printer, MS Punches, Glossy Accents, Stickles, Brads, Glaze Pen 

Victorian Valentines

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share with you some Valentine cards I made using images from Conjurer of Dreams Victorian Valentines set.  Now, I generally don't make Valentine cards since I'm usually late mailing them out which is what's happening with these.  I've had the images, and background paper, printed out for some time but have not used them yet.

 

I printed the images on Neenah white card stock before layering them on scrap card stock.  After adding some faux brads to all of them, I then adhered them to cards with Gecko Galz Time After Time digital paper pack.  Digging through my stash I found a length of vanilla ribbon to add to the larger card and vanilla rosette bows for the smaller ones.  No idea how long I've had these, but I do know it's been over 5yrs at least.  After adding my own floral spray in the bottom corners of all of them, I added some gold and fruit punch stickles glitter glue.  I'm happy with how these turned out especially since I'm dealing with a nasty migraine from the weather changes we're having.  It's another focus hard, and push through, or cry again.  Here are close ups of the cards:

 

 

 Challenges entered:

 

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (images)

Triple B Feb 2025 - Birds, Blooms, Butterflies (blooms)

Neglected Stuff Feb 2025 - Use Your Forgotten Stash (ribbon, rosette bows, background paper)

Love Those Pretty Papers Feb 2025 - Use That Paper Stash - (Gecko Galz background papers)

The Card Concept #214 - Valentine Fun 

Word Art Wednesday Wks 687 to 688 - Anything Goes 

The Sisterhood of Crafters Feb 2025 - Red or Pink 

Splitcoaststampers WT1040 - Love Songs (Close To You by The Carpenters)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (ribbon, rosette bows)

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.

 

Stamps: Conjurer of Dreams

Ink: None

Card Stock: Neenah; Stampin Up

Accessories: Computer, Printer, MS Punches, Ranger Glossy Accents, Stickles, Ribbon, Bows, Paper Crimper

 

Conjurer of Dreams February 2025 Inspiration And Challenge

 

 Hello and welcome.  Today's my day to share inspiration for this month's Conjurer of Dreams challenge. I have a few digital pages, ATC's and cards to showcase.

 

DIGITAL PAGES

Sets used: Red and Black Damask Wallpaper, Victorian Madame, My Gothic Valentine, Gothic Background and Elements

 

Sets used: My Gothic Valentine, Queen of Hearts, Gothic Backgrounds and Elements 

 

Sets used: Victorian Madame, Gargoyle Protector, Dracula's Castle

 

 

ATC's

Sets used: Dracula's Castle, Gothic Backgrounds and Elements, Batwoman, Red Silk,Grumpy Seniors Valentine, Gothic Red Riding Hood, Queen of Hearts 

Challenges entered:

Shopping Our Stash #540 - Remnants (everything but main images) 

Snippets Playground #499 - Use Your Snippets/Scraps (everything but the main image)

 

Sets used: Paper Layered Valentine, Grumpy Seniors Valentine, Queen of Hearts, Gothic Backgrounds and Elements, 

Challenges entered:

 Double D Feb 5th - Hearts (see pic below) (inspired by hearts)

Never Before Used Schtuff (NBUS) #71 - Use Your NBUS (all images except Victorian Madam)

Paper Funday #73 - Anything Goes 

 

Double D
 

 

 

 

Sets used: Gothic Backgrounds and Elements, Grumpy Seniors Valentine, Victorian Madame 

Challenges entered:

 

CD Sunday Plus #151 - Anything Goes Digital (Conjurer of Dreams)

Splitcoaststampers USEIT2025 - Use Your Unloved Stash (lace)

 

ATC

 

Sets used: Steampunk Junk Journal, Steampunk Fall, Old West Ghost Town 

 

Challenges entered:

The Creative Crafters #84 - Anything Goes 

A Place To Start 020325 - Anything Goes 

 

Card

Sets used: Steampunk Junk Journal, Steampunk Fall, Old West Ghost Town, Red and Black Damask Wallpaper, Photo Corners 

 

Challenges entered:

Gem of a Craft #2 Wk 1 - Anything Goes 

Crafter's Cafe #315 Jan 2025 - Anything Goes 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter this month's challenge over at Conjurer of Dreams.

No Dumping Allowed

Hello and welcome.  We've had some wild weather here the last few days.  Love all of the rain, and snow, I can definitely do without the migraines and fibromyalgia flare up that came with it.  Consequently, it's taken me a few days to type up this blog post.  With that in mind, I'd like to share with you my husband's Valentine's Day card (he doesn't read my blog) I made using stamps from Impression Obsession.

I decided to go with a little "bathroom humor" and pull out my County Seat (K1014) stamp to use as the card's focal image because of the "no dumping" sign.  Once I had stamped it in memento tuxedo black ink, I colored it using both prismacolor and copic markers.  I then stippled some Tim Holtz tumbled glass, brushed corduroy and Stampin Up garden green inks around the panel before layering and adding some pewter brads.  I then stamped a background on the card base using stamps from Watercolor Butterflies (WP846) in memento ladybug ink.  I  then stamped the love image using memento potters clay ink.  Once that was done, I popped the layered image panel before adding a red ribbon and pewter heart charm.

Challenges entered:

Impression Obsession - All About Love
Crafting From The Heart #236 - Anything Goes
Pammies Inky Pinkies #1905 - Anything Goes
Always Fun Challenges #96 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!


Stamps: Impression Obsession
Ink: Stampin Up Garden Green, Memento Tuxedo Black, Ladybug, Potters Clay, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass, Old Paper, Brushed Corduroy
Card Stock: SU
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Stipple Brushes, Ribbon, Charm, Silver Cord, Brads, Pop Dots

Love Never Fails

Hello and welcome!  Today I'm sharing a couple more Happy Planner pages using kits from A and M Memories on etsy.  Since I also use my Happy Planner for documenting my daily battle with chronic migraines and now fibromyalgia, instead of writing in a "to do" list daily, I will be writing about how I'm feeling, my pain levels, concentration, etc for my doctors.  For these two spreads, I used the following kits: Colorful Laundry, Happy Planner February Monthly, Post It Notes, I Hate Monday's, and Heart Burgler Weekly.

For some added fun, I printed off the Valentine's Pin Up digital stamp onto white sticker paper before coloring using prismacolor and copic markers.  I then "fussy cut" the image out and adhered to the above planner page.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day!!  For more inspiration, please check out the A and M Memories facebook page and group, and Instagram account.  Please use my code BONNIER15 when shopping to receive 15% off your entire order.  

#aandmmemories #planners #diy #planner #plannerstickers #planneraddict #plannergoodies #plannerprintables #etsy #plannerjunkie #diecuts #plannercommunity #printables #happyplanner #plannernerd #stickers #stickermaker #weeklystickerkit #weeklyplannerkit #etsyshop #ericcondren #travelersnotebook #cuteplannerstickers #cuteplanner #lifeplanner #plannerbabe #plannerlife #beforethepen #weeklyspread #plannerpeople #plannergeek #plannermom #plannerlove #plannersupplies #plannerobsessed

Kits: A and M Memories Heart Burgler Weekly, Happy Planner February Monthy, I Hate Monday's, Colorful Laundry, Post It Notes

Stamps: A and M Memories Valentine's Pin Up

Card Stock: White Sticker Paper

Accessories: Computer, Printer, Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Happy Planner

For My Favorite Bon Bon

Hello and welcome.  Today I'd like to share a Valentine's card I made using A and M Memories My Favorite Bonnie Bon Bon digital stamp.

After printing off the digi, I pulled out my prismacolor and copic markers for the coloring.  I then used some Lyra pencils to highlight sections of the image before stippling Tim Holtz tumbled glass distress ink around the edges of the image then layered.  I then popped up the image panel over a card sponged with riding hood red ink around the edges before adding some silk confetti hearts and prima flowers.  The final touch was highlighting elements of the image using some Sakura glaze pens and a white gel pen.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to use my discount code BONNIER15 when shopping at A and M Memories.  If you'd like more inspiration, stop by A and M Memories facebook group, page and Instagram account.


Stamps: A and M Memories My Favorite Bon Bon
Ink: Stampin Up! Riding Hood Red, Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass
Card Stock: Stampin Up!
Accessories: Prismacolor and Copic Markers, Lyra Pencils, Sponge, Stipple Brush, Confetti Hearts, Primas, Pop Dots, Brads, Sakura Glaze Pens, White Gel Pen, Stampin Up! Oval Punch, Marvy Oval Punch, Pop Up Glue Dots

Love, Love, Love - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 4

   January Blog Hop! 

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are
 

Fantastic Dogs Featured January 15

No Sour Grapes Featured January 16

In My Den Featured January 17

Love, Love, Love Featured January 18

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!) All four winners will be announced on January 19, 2013 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win and comments on the MFP blog count twice!) The deadline for commenting is 11PM EST on Friday January 18,2013.

Happy New Year!!! Welcome to the first blog hop of 2013! We are so excited to share the great stamp sets we are releasing this month and the months to come. 

 The special stamp set we have for you this month is:

" OH Baby"

 

The mini stamp set we have for you this month is

"Not So Ugly"

 

Patty P

Lois

Vicky

Jane C 

Debbie 

Pam 

Pat G 

Thrifty Stamper 

MariLynn 

Karen K 

Bonnie 

Kathy B 

Angela B 

Cathy C 

Toni 

Sue W 

Janine B 

Tammylee 

An'jenic 

Kate Z 

Shirley Q 

Marks Finest Papers, a Heinrich Co 

 

 

When I first got my hands on today's featured set, I knew I had to create something vintage with it.  So I pulled out my K&Company Valentine 12x12 specialty designer paper and got to work. 

 

I started out by stamping my roses from Love, Love, Love and the swan from Not So Ugly in memento tuxedo black ink onto MFP white card stock, colored with prismacolor markers and then cutting them out.  After matching my designer paper to the scarlet card stock, I punched out a matching tag from the K&Company paper then layered it before adhering the tag and my cut out pieces to the card.  The final touches were to add some red organdy ribbon from Michael's $1 bins and diamond ice stickles to highlight the tag and my stamped pieces.

 

My second project also features the same K&Company designer paper, along with a punched out tag, however with a softer look.  The sentiment is from Love, Love, Love and is stamped directly onto the punched out designer tag in memento black ink with Tim Holtz tattered rose distress ink stippled directly over it before adding some pink organdy ribbon from the Michael's $1 bins.

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day and don't forget to stop by the rest of the design team blogs to leave some love for a chance to win today's featured set.

 

Stamps: MFP Love Love Love, Not So Ugly

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Tattered Rose

Card Stock: MFP White, Scarlett, Stampin Up! Regal Rose, K&Company Valentine Designer Paper

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Ribbon, Ice Stickles, Corner Rounder Punch, Stipple Brush

Love Bunny

Hello and welcome to Friday!!  Today I'm sharing a card I made for the Moxie Fab World Die Cut Challenge.  Now I usually have problems working with any die cuts that are not your basic "cut and glue" types.  However, I wanted to participate in the challenge, so I pulled out my TCP Heart Rosette and Queen of Hearts border dies. 

After stamping my Feelin' Cupidy image twice on white card stock in memento tuxedo black ink, I pulled out my prismacolor markers and colored both of them before cutting my card stock with my dies.

Once I had two of the rosettes out, and cutting one section to the center, I began the folding process overlapping both of the end pieces.  Well whadda ya know!!!  It works!!  At least for me it finally does!!  Now it was time for the border to be die cut and after punching out the hearts, I pulled some of them aside to use as embellishments later.  After adding a sparkling dew drop to the center of my rosette and some primas to the top, I popped up the second rabbit image, added those extra hearts I kept aside and was done.  Fairly quick and easy AND painless even with a migraine.  Thank you Alma for making a rosette die that I can actually make work right!!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great weekend and there's still time to participate in the Moxie Fab World Cool Tools: Die Cutting challenge over on Cath's blog.  There is also still plenty of time to making a card for the Cat's Pajamas Valentine Blog Hop.


Stamps:  TCP Feelin' Cupidy
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Close To Cocoa, Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, K&Company Designer Paper
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, TCP Heart Rosette Die, TCP Queen Of Hearts Die, Big Shot, Dimensionals, Dew Drop, Pop Up Glue Dots, Primas, Small Glue Dots, Martha Stewart 2-Way Glue Pen

Love Stinks

Short post today since I'm still dealing with a migraine and have had no sleep.

Hello and welcome to Wednesday.  Yay!!  That means the week is half way over!!  I have not been feeling my best lately thanks to my migraines, but I just had to ink up my Cat's Pajamas Love Stinks set.  I just love those penguins Alma draws!!  They're so cute and addicting!!  I decided while stamping to follow the rules for the TCP Tuesday 193 and 194 challenges for the card as well as the Valentine Blog Hop on Alma's Blog.

After stamping my penguins in memento tuxedo black twice, so I could cut one set out and pop up later, I colored them with prismacolor markers before stippling Stampin Up! regal rose ink around the edges of the image panel and card itself.  Then taking my Queen of Hearts Border, I die cut one border and saved the little hearts that are punched out of it to use as faux brads.  After layering my penguins, and adding my faux brads, I popped up the image panel over the border using Stampin Up! dimensionals and then added the additional cut out penguins with dimensionals as well.  As a last minute thought, I stamped the hearts in the top corners before adding more hearts next to the sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Have a great day.


Stamps: TCP Love Stinks
Card Stock: White, Stampin Up! Pink Pirouette, Melon Mango, Chocolate Chip
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Regal Rose
Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dimensionals, TCP Queen of Hearts Border Die, Stipple Brush, MS 2-Way Glue Pen

Love Remains - Mark's Finest Papers Blog Hop Day 1

Hello! Welcome to Mark's Finest Papers a Heinrich Company's January Blog Hop!

This month's New Stamp Set Releases are

Love Remains Featured January 17
Cowgirls Rule Featured January 18
Sending Happy Thoughts Featured January 19
You Are Cherished Featured January 20

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don't forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!)We will announce all four winners on January 21, 2012 on the Mark's Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win!) The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Friday January 20, 2012.

Lois

Vicky

Anne

Pat G.

Karen H.

Patty P.

Mary 

Dawn M.

Marilynn

Chrissy

Karen K.

Pam

Debbie

Nancy

Bonnie (that's me) 

Harriet

Kathy

Silvia

Brenda

Mark's Finest Papers

Hello and welcome.  I hope you're enjoying the blog hop so far.  Today I have two projects to share with you featuring today's set Love Remains.  This is a beautiful Valentine's set, anniversary set, birthday, or just because you want to say I Love You to someone.  When I first saw this stamp set it reminded me of my great aunt Aggie's prize rose garden she had in front of my grandparents house in San Fernando, California.  Every summer while growing up I'd get to spend a week or two at grandma & grandpa's down south and aunt Aggie would let me help tend her roses.  That was really a treat since she didn't let many people touch those roses since they were her "babies".  After she and grandma died, grandpa tore the rose garden out since he didn't have the health to take care of them.  However, every time I look at the roses in this set, I keep seeing Aggie's rose garden and it's aunt Aggie's red and pink roses I let be my inspiration for both of the projects I'm sharing with you today.

My first project is, of course, framed art.  I love making framed projects that can be used as gifts or placed around the house.  I decided to pair my framed roses with my favorite song, Bette Midler's The Rose, so I hunted down the lyrics online, and pasted them into a MS Word document and copied/pasted the lyrics until I had an entire page covered when printed landscape.  I then cut down the page to fit the open part of the frame before removing the glass and then replacing the glass behind the lyrics for added support.  Once that was done, I took the large rose, and smaller rosebuds, and stamped them in memento tuxedo black onto Mark's Finest Papers Snow Storm Smooth premium paper before coloring all of them with prismacolor markers and cutting out the rosebuds and leaves.  I then took all of the cut out images and started adhering them on top of the lyrics using glue dots, pop dots, and pop up glue dots as needed to achieve varying layers of dimension.  Once that was done, I pulled out my sentiment, stamped it onto scrap card stock, added some faux brads, and adhered it to the top right corner before adding ice stickles to the roses for a little sparkle.

My second project uses the rosebud stamped on the card itself with the Happy Valentine's Day saying as the background to the larger rose as the centerpiece.  Again two roses are stamped on Mark's Finest Papers  Snow Storm Smooth premium paper and colored with prismacolor markers, with one of the roses cut out and popped up for dimension.  Stampin Up! poppy ink is lightly stippled around the edges of the layered image before some adding pearl heart brads I picked up at Michael's during the Christmas holiday's. 

Once my layered image was added, I pulled out some Ripened Tomato Luxury Satin ribbon and adorned the knot I tied with a white heart hat pin threaded through a pewter heart charm from my stash.  My final embellishment is some mini magenta roses adhered with glue dots.

Thanks for stopping by today.  Don't forget to stop by all of the designers blogs and leave some love for a chance to win today's stamp set.  Have a great day.

Stamps: MFP Love Remains

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Poppy, Real Red

Card Stock: MFP Snow Storm Smooth, Speedy The Cat Black, Cherry Slush Premium Papers

Accessories: Prismacolor Markers, Dollar Store Frame, Hat Pin, Glue Dots, Pop Dots, Pop Up Glue Dots, Heart Charm, Pearl Heart Brads, Magenta Roses, Ribbon, MS Word, Computer, Printer, Ice Stickles

The Rose Lyrics © Bette Midler