Welcome to the Short and Sweet Blog Hop!!

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Hi Everybody!
Thank you for joining me and 7 other fantabulously talented ladies for this Short and Sweet blog hop!  You should have just come from our amazing hop hostess Elizabeth over at 217 Creations.  If you didn't, head back over there to start from the beginning.  Wasn't her project GORGEOUS?!?  I was so honored when Elizabeth asked me to be in this hop since I have loved her projects so much!  Ok, so on to the project!  I decided to actually make my Valentine cards this year.  I didn't get to make my Christmas ones, so I'm gonna try with Valentines Day!  Here's what I came up with:

 

*Twinkle Toes cartridge
*cardstock = Stampin' Up!, Joanns, handmade/mulberry paper
*The card base is 4 1/4" x 5 1/2".
*dark pink mat 1/8" smaller
*mulberry mat about 1 1/2" x 2 1/2"

*Peachy Keen Stamps Retro Paper doll faces set 1 1/8" size
*Pink By Design Love Always set
*Stickles
*Love Language Cuttlebug embossing folder
*white ink pad
*red ink pad
*white gel pen
*silver gel pen

This card was very simple to put together. I added some glue dots in the middle of the mulberry paper so that the edges would kind of float up and add texture.

I thought this heart was perfect for Valentines!  And the retro face gave it that perfect, sexy look :o)  I used the white and silver gel pens to color the eyes.  I had to put Stickles on her lips!  I also added the dots of Stickles for that always needed touch of bling!

I ran a white ink pad over the tiny hearts from the embossing folder to give them a little pop!
Then I added a sentiment from Pink By Design on the front.........

And the inside.........

.......and on the back.

And now the second best part of my hop post........
THE BLOG CANDY!!!

Melin over at Page-Kits.com  has generously donated your choice of either 5 free files or 5 digital stamps!!  Or you can choose the newly released Snowy Delights package.  The winner can also choose to get this as a cut file or as digital stamps.

Here's a project made by Abby the Scrapbookaholic using one of the cut files/digital stamps available on Page-Kits.com  :

To enter to win:

1. leave a comment here

2. You don't have to become a follower, but if you do, you can get an extra entry.  Just leave a SEPARATE comment letting me know you decided to follow me (yay!).  If you are already a follower, please also leave a SEPARATE comment letting me know. 

They're ya go!  I hope you all like my project and this amazing prize!!  Now head on over to see Wendy the Bling Queen to see her amazing project!!

Here is the hop lineup just in case:

http://www.217Creations.blogspot.com - 217 Creations by Elizabeth
http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com - Crazy About Cricut by Jenny - That's me!!
http://lvscrappin.blogspot.com - Bling Queen by Wendy
http://www.thebugbytes.com - The Bug Bytes by Pam
http://lovetocreatecards.blogspot.com - Love To Create Cards by Steph
http://cricutinspiration.blogspot.com - Design Create Inspire by Myamagoo
http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com - Scrappin' My Stress Away by Lori
http://sweetsassydiva-gspot.blogspot.com - Sweet Sassy Diva by Bobbi Jo