Yankee Belle Stamper

Thank you,  Suzanne ! I was so delighted to receive a comment from my blog friend, Suzanne, letting me know that she had passed along the honor of the Liebster Blog Award! Liebster' is German for 'dearest'. The award is a 'share-the-love' arrangement, given to inspirational bloggers. Here's the to-do list of any Liebster award recipient: Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you. Reveal your five blogger picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog Copy and paste the award on your blog (see above) Hope that those you award forward it to their favorite bloggers Below are five favorite bloggers who have different styles but always inspire me with their work. I love having this chance to let them know how lucky I have been to have met them through this shared stamping adventure! Jenny  @ Crafting in the Country Chunyuan @ Dahlia Memories Jocelyn @ Red Balloon Cards Yuki  @ Xiumaiyuki Amy @ Stamp-n-Paradi

Hello, A long time ago I picked up these puffy sticker embellishments from Michaels (in shapes of clouds, kites, rainbows and etc.). I decided to pull them out of the package and make a couple of cards with them. They are pretty simple. I dug through my stash of stamps until I could find a few sentiments that worked with them. I wanted to enter these into the latest Create: Challenge . The theme this week is ribbon tabs. I added a few to each card. On a side note, thank you so much for the nice comments about my card and photo of roses yesterday. How was your Valentine's? Any interesting stories to tell? Thanks for stopping by, Brandi

Hello and Happy Valentine's Day to all of my crafty friends. I couldn't let this holiday pass without sharing one more Valentine's card. The inspiration for this card is from the latest Paper Smooches Sparks  Challenge photo. I pulled most of my inspiration from the color combo and love theme. I did very little stamping and mostly paper piecing on this one. Can I just take one minute of your time to gush like a little school girl. I received these beautiful flowers this morning, at the office, from my hubby. I was grinning from ear to ear. Whether your sharing this day with your significant other, a single girl's night out or a nice solo night in with a romantic comedy and pint of ice cream; I wish you a wonderful Valentine's Day! LOL! Hugs, Brandi

Hello, Man am I on a roll with getting my craft on lately? It has been forever since I have posted consistently over a 5 day span. I hope the mojo stays up because I have had a ball creating after a month long lull. Carrying with the Valentine's theme, I went with a really simple design for my card. I used the Colour Q  Challenge #123 photo as my inspiration. I tell you, don't those cookies look delicious? Part of me thinks that they are too pretty to eat. LOL! I hope you have a great day! Brandi

Hello, I wanted to share another Valentine's Day card with you that I made for Jay Gee Nook's Challenge #16. The inspirational photo this week is so fun with various bright colors. I couldn't resist the urge to play. Have you seen the latest stamp set created by Jenny called "Happy Owlentine's Day"? Oh my goodness, it is the cutest set ! I inked up the love bird image and colored it in with my prisma colors. I tell you, I don't know what I am going to do with all of these Valentine's Day cards I will have left over. The hubby and I were talking the other day about what we are going to do for V-day. I said "Hon, whatever you do just please don't buy me any sweets". I have been on a health kick and I know that temptation would make my healthy habit come to an end in an instant. LOL! I have got to share with you a pic of one of my weaknesses, cupcakes. Have any of you heard of the bakery "Crumbs"? OMG, they are so fabulous

Hello, I hope you had a wonderful weekend and felt refreshed starting the new week. The hubby and I stayed up late last night catching the tail end of the Super Bowl. Did any of you watch the game, commercials or the half-time show with Madonna? I have to say that I am not a huge Madonna fan but I loved her performance. Wow! She blew me away with the backdrops, singing and all around great duo with Cee Lo Green (one of my favorite artist). I went to bed thinking that the NFL made a great choice with her as the performer. What did you think? I have to say that the Audi commercial with the vampires and the apocalypse Chevy commercial took the top spot in my book as the best commercials of the night. Here is the  link  to the vampire commercial if you missed it. It so reminds me of the Twilight movies. What was your favorite commercial? Now back to the real reason most of you stop by my blog, for the crafting part. I made this card for the Valentine's Challenge at the Create blo

Hello and Happy Super Bowl Sunday! LOL! Are any of you watching the big game today? Matt and I are going to tune in even though our Jets aren't in it this year. We having a saying at our house in that "We root for two teams only, the Jets and anyone who plays the Patriots". LOL! I wanted to share with you the Valentines Day card that I made for The hubby this year. We love to watch tv together in our downtime, so I thought the Boob Tube stamp set from Paper Smooches would be the perfect set to use. I am uploading this card for the latest Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge . I went with the stripes and color combo from the inspirational photo. I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend! Brandi

Hello, I hope you are enjoying the weekend. My hubby is at work, so I took a little time for myself to craft. Oh how it feels so nice to get back to creating. Over the past few weeks I have been hopping by most of your blogs or pinterest and have had inspiration overload. There are so many rocking cards out there lately. With Valentine's Day fast approaching I wanted to make a couple of cards for nieces to mail to them. I found this cute heart candy and smitten sentiment stamp in the dollar bin at AC Moore this week. I just had to have them and ink them up immediately for the Tuesday Trigger Moxie Fab Challenge . I took the color scheme from the photo for my inspiration. I hope you like it. This is a picture of my nieces and I on the NYC subway. We had a girls weekend in the city with my mother-in-law and sister-in-law in December. My nieces favorite thing of NYC was going to the American Girl store. Lol! Thanks for stopping by, Brandi