I Love You

Hello crafty friends! I hope you're all having a lovely weekend & not getting too soaked. It rained like a you-know-what here last night & we lost power for a good 12 hours, but it's back on now, thank goodness! I wanted to do this post last night but, of course, no internet! Grrr.

It's been a rough week for us here in the Martin house. We lost our sweet girl, Lexi on Monday night. As most of you know, she was diagnosed with a massive inoperable liver tumor over 2 years ago. She had been symptom-free the whole time, until last Friday when she started declining rapidly. By Monday we knew it was time to say goodbye. She could no longer walk & was extremely disoriented. We had our home care/hospice vet put her to sleep here at our house, surrounded by our whole family. She was by my side for 14+ years & was the love of my life. I'm devastated but trying to keep myself busy & distracted. You can see more photos of her & stuff on my Facebook page HERE. 

Lexi Annmarie Martin   5/11/00 - 2/2/15

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OK, now onto the crafting portion of my post. Today's card was made using a sketch from Joy at Obsessed With Scrapbooking. I think it's more summer-y than Valentine-y but I do love the colors....

SIZE:  A2

CRICUT:  Expression 2 & Gypsy

CARTRIDGES:  "Elegant Embellishments" & "Paper Lace 2"

PAPER:  CTMH 

STAMP SET:  CTMH "Wild About Love"

INK:  CTMH Exclusive Inks "Desert Sand"

OTHER:  My Mind's Eye enamel dots; 3M foam tape

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Challenges:

DL.ART -  February Linky Challenge; anything goes; 2nd entry

Obsessed With Scrapbooking -  Sketch Challenge

Little Scrap Pieces -  Saturday Linky Challenge; anything goes

Simon Says Stamp -  Monday Challenge; "H is For..." (hearts); 2nd entry

Heart 2 Heart -  "Home Is Where The Heart Is"; use CTMH products; 2nd entry

Party Time Tuesdays -  Challenge #195; anything goes

Cute Card Thursday -  Challenge #359; "Crazy in Love"

Word Art Wednesday -  Challenge #169; anything goes
Crafty Creations -  Challenge #282; "Owls, Hearts & Love"

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Thank you for visiting me & have a wonderful weekend!

FCCB Challenge #231 ~ Birthday Cards

Hello friends! It's time for another fantabulous challenge, so I hope you can join us!....

Happy Monday and welcome to another FCCB 'Challenge Me Monday'!

Challenge #231 ~ Celebrate: Birthday Cards

This Week's Sponsor

My Style Stamps


Winner will receive the 'Christmas Wishes' stamp set

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and, if it's not obvious, let us know which cartridge(s) you used.

Be sure to visit FCCB to join in the challenge.

Here is my project....

Inside

Envelope ~ back

SIZE:  5" square
CRICUT:  Expression 2 & Gypsy
CARTRIDGE:  "Paper Lace 2"
PAPER:  Pebbles; Recollections; Core'dinations; DCWV
STAMP:  Inkadinkado
INK:  CTMH Exclusive Inks "Holiday Red" & "Outdoor Denim"
PUNCH:  Martha Stewart
OTHER:  Stickles "Star Dust"; Fiskars Paper Edgers & corner rounder; WRMK Envelope Punch Board; 3M foam tape


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Challenges:

DL.ART -  Thankful Thursday October Linky Challenge; anything goes


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Thank you so much for visiting me & have a fantabulous day!!

-Diana ♥