BC80 A New Year Filled with LOVE

Happy New Year to you all. Did you all go kick-up your heels? My DH and I opted to spend a quiet evening at home...which was just fine with me. We saved our traditional dinner out - ringing in the new year - on the 1st...so much easier to get a reservation then. *grin* Every year I suggest that we make reservations as early as October so that we aren't left with taking the only reservation available (4:30 PM)...and each year my adorkable DH puts it off, and procrastinates until it's too late. So I just suggested that we wait until the first. Perhaps this will be a new tradition with us. :)

Last week I opted not to participate in the Blogger's Challenge just because of the timing with the holiday, using going out of town, blah, blah, blah. But, I'm back and have enjoyed plenty of crafting time since being on vacation. (I could REALLY get used to this staycation stuff) Talk about being lazy...lol. I AM proud to say that I HAVE gotten dressed each day, resisting the urge to stay in my PJs all day long.

Today's Blogger's Challenge was to create a project using Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Red (I guess any shade of red) and white or cream. Since I received my Basic Grey - Bittersweet paper from I {Heart} Papers, I have been digging into these yummy designs.

I'm pretty sure that the barrage of Christmas cards that you have been seeing on blogs and galleries will now be replaced with cards suited for Valentine's Day, and I'm in full Valentine's Day mode in my crafting. I thought this color combination would make a great "love" card.


While looking for embellishments for this card, I found some silver metal words in my stash. Well, I didn't really want silver because the little bling stickers are outlined in gold, so I took my Krylon metallic marker and colored my silver word in GOLD...then to blend a little better with the patterned paper, I sponged on a little red ink to give it a slight color highlight.

I hope you will take a moment and check out all the other inspiration by my Blogger's Challenge buddies. A complete list along with links can be found by clicking the Blogger's Challenge logo along the left-hand sidebar of my blog.

My thanks go out to you today for your continued encouragement and visits to my blog! I really appreciate YOU!

Supplies: Stamps: Itty Bitty Buds, Borders & Corners-Hearts (PTI); Papers: Bittersweet (Basic Grey), Chocolate Chip, Red, Baja Breeze; Inks: Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Ruby Red; Accessories: Heart Rain Drops (Cloud 9 Designs), Labels One Nestabilities, Brown Rick Rack from stash, Dot Sparkler's (Stampendous) Metal Words (Craft Essentials)