Coffee is one of my LOVES.  Actually, it is probably my greatest weakness.  But one that I seriously enjoy.  You can image my excitement when the hot concoctions stamp kit arrived from Paper Smooches.  I already used it one HERE… but I have been saving this sweet cup for something special.

Enter the current Paper Smooches NEW SPARKS challenge.

That sweet heart reminded me of my LOVE for coffee.  Um, it sounds kinda weird now that I write it, but I wanted to put that stitched safety pin on the coffee band of the cup.  Like a homemade one.  Thus, we have….

I combined the sentiment from Hot Concoctions, Alphadot and Sentiment Sampler.  I’m going to be using this combo quite a venti!  What a great thank you note theme.

check out my FACEBOOK giveaway!

Did you know that dahlhouse designs has a FACEBOOK page?  I sure do and I hope you will come follow me.  I want to do some fun things on there, so I hope you will join in.

I have a little giveaway for my Facebook fans too.  Please visit MY PAGE, ‘like’ me and leave a comment on the prize package photo.  I’ll randomly pick a winner from all the followers.  If you share this on Facebook or your blog, I’ll give you an extra entry.  Just come back here and let me know if you post it on your blog.

Prize pack includes – My Mind’s Eye Paper (accidentally upside down, just how I roll), Basic Grey ribbon doilies, Maya Road stick pins, tons of random Unity stamps and a couple Itty Bittys.  Plus anything else I can squeeze into the envelope.

You have until February 29th to enter.
I’ll announce the winner on FACEBOOK March 1st.

Can you believe it has almost been ONE year since Emily Leiphart and I did our first Take Two week???  We had so much fun, we are doing it again.  A week’s worth of cards using Unity Stamp Company stamps.  PLUS, the uber sweet Angela (owner of Unity) has graciously donated stamps for prizes as well!!!

Woo hoo.

So mark you calendar… the fun starts March 19th, 2012!!!

Boy, this weekend is just flying by.  After ‘thinking’ really hard on what to create, I managed to squeak out 2 cards yesterday.  All that thinking wore me out.  Ha.  It was fun to play with some challenges again.

Well now… isn’t this just one funky inspiration from the Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger!  So much going on and so much to pull from.  Mainly, I pulled the colors and the funky, eclectic feel of the photo.

Do you feel the funk?  Ha.  I tried to mimic the pink and orange wallpaper with the wood grain paper and pink hearts.  The happy birthday tag was made with the circles border punch, my new found favorite technique.  I have a video HERE to show you how I use border punches to make tags.

I’m also die cutting and using the sketch from the current Hero Arts challenge.  Can you believe all the Hero Arts stamps and dies have never been used???  That is just terrible!  It is super fun to play with new stamps, even if they have been in your stash for awhile.

Hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

check out my FACEBOOK giveaway!

FACEBOOK giveaway!

I am blogging on the Paper Made Bakery blog today!

I have a video tutorial on how to use your border punches to make a cute bookmark or tag.  PLUS, I just love using THIS current kit!!!