Alcohol Inks

I got some alcohol inks on sale for a great price and have been playing with them. These are some of the tags I did for a swap at Creative Scrapbook Divas.
What you see as white is heat embossed, then I inked and reheated it to bring the white forward again. I'm learning all kinds of new tricks :)

Woof and a Winner

My sister is opening her own dog grooming business! I am so excited for her! It's not until March, but I was really excited so, I made a card set for her. Now, I've never done a set before, so it was interesting to do that many of the same card (I kind of got an assembly-line deal going). The crazy thing was, I didn't even use my cricut (I know-gasp!) I had a difficult time making them all exactly alike, so I did end up dry embossing using 2 different folders (you can see them both in the picture below.
And the inside:
The Woof is a stamp from DMD and the inside is an alphabet from Studio G.

Challenge-
Do you Stack Up-Dots (see one behind one shown-embossing is dots-)
2 Sisters Challenge Blog-embossing (both wet and dry!)

Now for the winner of the blog hop dozen roses:
CONGRATULATIONS SANDY!

Daddy&Me

I'm making a just add pictures album for my brother's baby (due in June). I am finding it increasingly difficult to scrapbook without pictures to draw from for colors and style! It's crazy, I have found myself looking at online sketches and to see what others have done, since I don't have the inspiration I typically do-the pictures! I think the hardest part is that I want to make sure it can become an album that not only holds pictures, but also memories for mom and dad. Whereas I tend to do less journaling in my scrapbooking, I'm trying to leave room for journaling to be added as well. This is a Daddy and Me double layout (intended for right after birth). The first picture will be on the left side of the album.
The frames are embossed (although it may be difficult to see in the picture). The bird is from the Stamping Cartridge as is the branch (which is really a flourish)-done in vellum. The font is Broadway, cut using SCAL. I will NOT cut this font again! It has lots of places on letters that are really, really thin and a pain in the hind end to take off the mat and glue without ripping. The s's especially were a nightmare-hence the drawn in ones (I thought it added my own flair).

Challenges-
Maryanne's Valentine Hop-LOVE layout (large shape, one patterned paper, vellum, embellishments)
Do You Stack Up-ribbon

Wild 4 You

If you are looking for the Creative Scrapbooking Divas Be Mine Valentine Blog Hop, it is here!!

I just got these embossing folders for my birthday today and I just had, had, had to use them. I embossed strips of paper to see what they all looked like then decided I could use them all on a Valentine card. I'm pretty happy with the results-and love these embossing folders!The font is Wild Monkeys and the shape just one from SCAL. The flower (free) is by Beth and the SVG file can be found here. Then I just added a rhinestone!

Challenges:
Do You stack Up-red hot-it is a valentine
Digi Doodle Shop-valentine
All Sorts Challenge Blog-It must be love
Crafty Creations-use 3 words (does a number count?)
One Stop Craft Challenge-numbers