Valentines for a good cause

Hi~

Today I just want to share a few Valentines I have been working on. I am trying to get at least a dozen done to send to Pat Adam's cause for the children at Children's Hospital of Michigan. Pat was given a very tall request by the administrator there. She asked if Pat could come up with 1,000 valentines for the kids to swap with each other and give to parents and staff.

I got this information from Curt O'Brien's blog Curt's World. Check out his wonderful Valentines he is contributing to this cause and the very generous blog candy he is giving away to one lucky contributor! If you would like to help with this project, please send Pat an email letting here know that you want to help. You can get the details here: Pat Adam. You can send her an email at mrsmiley6@aol.com.

Okay, I said my goal was a dozen cards...and here's what I have so far to contribute.

This image is from Magenta.




This super cute froggy is from Inky Antics.

This lovey giraffe is from Great Impressions.

I will also be donating the Valentine's cards that I have posted here and here and on older posts here and here. If anyone wants details about any of the cards please let me know and I will email them to you! I hope everyone has a nice weekend!

Remember the panoramic Easter eggs?

I used to love those sugar panoramic eggs when I was a kid. The kind that you peered into to see a wonderful Easter scene. I always wanted one but I never got one. I'm sure I asked for one and don't understand why every Easter came and went and there was never one in my basket. When I was an adult my mother and I were shopping at this wonderful chocolatier at Easter time and they had these eggs all over the store. When I told her that I had always wanted one but never got one she felt so bad she bought one for me! I display it ever Easter on my mantel now. Ha, I waited a long time for that! Anyway, that's what this egg from Inky Antics reminds me of. I had so much fun making this card except I had so much glitter on me by the time I was done I couldn't get it all off. When my husband saw it sparkling on my face in the glow of the television that night he couldn't help but ask me how much money I had made dancing earlier that evening! I stamped the egg on Basic Grey Two Scoops with Versa Mark and embossed with Ranger purple glitter ep. I cut out the center of the egg with a craft knife and then cut the entire egg out and layered it onto patterned paper from Reminisce and then teal cs. I traced the hole in the egg onto the pp and the cs and cut each one out individually before I stuck all of the layers together. I stamped the boy bunny from Whipper Snapper Designs on white cs and colored with prismas and OMS and cut out. I mounted him on the same Two Scoops paper and adhered him inside the card. I had to draw in his whiskers because I meant to stamp him on the paper before I layered the cut and colored image onto but I forgot! Oh well, at least that was the easy part! The ribbon was added but cutting a slit into the inside fold of the card and tied around the front. I figured the glitter was enough for now I just added some primas with brads that I added stickles to for a simple embellishment. I also added some purple stickles to the egg on the dots and flower centers. Hope you like it!

Here's the inside of the card:

Here's the image up close:

Some Day Your Prince Will Come

I made this Valentine card for a friend of mine who is single this VD. Although she's not trolling bars or hanging out with frogs I thought it was quite appropriate! Inside it says Someday your Prince will Come! The image and sentiment are from Inky Antics and the db is Bo Bunny. The image is colored with Copics. I found a package of heart buttons really cheap at Michaels and thought they'd make a nice simple embellishment. I used a trick I got from Anna Wight aka sweetmissdaisy, and used a thin strip of cardstock in the button instead of thread. A little glitter pen for extra sparkle and done. Nice and simple!