Hogs and Kisses

These cute piggies are from...you guessed it...SVGcuts.com. They are from the Cuddly Animals set which is so cute and, you guessed it again, cuddly. I love all Mary's Cuddly Characters. I punched the inside corner with a heart photo corner by Fiskars for a dress up. The paper is American Crafts Craft Fair collection.

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Another card from my scrap drawer, inspired by this week's sketch at  iSpy Sketches. It's a simple sketch that works.

The stamp is from the CTMH Friendship Word Puzzle set. A nice alternative to "Love".

I made the bow on my hand made Bow Easy Style bow maker. The Bow Easy is the greatest invention ever for those of us who are bow challenged. I left the tails long and wrapped them around the element. It lays as flat as a plain knot but gives a little "dressier" look to the simple card. I love that I have a choice of nice bows or cutesie knots. Maybe if I'm a good girl I can talk Santa into bringing me a real Bow Easy for Christmas.

A Wed Wose - How Womantic.

I found this beautiful, perfect Valentine rose SVG free at Miss Vickie's CuttingCrazy Blog. Go snoop around her blog and store. She has some super cute cut files. (I love the Angry Turkey SVG just in time for Thanksgiving. I see him on a card with the caption: Eat More Pork.)

The lacey oval frame is free at SVGcuts.com.

Bits only a crazy person would keep

You know I occasionally refer to my scraproom as a landfill because it is stuffed full of "stuff", much of it inaccessible because of the sheer quantity. I really am trying to gain control of it a bite at a time. Last week I was working on the never ending project of getting scraps under control. I found a drawer in one of my towers labeled: "Bits only a crazy person would keep." That about sums up my hoarding issues.

I find myself on the lookout for sketches for cards that use small scraps of paper. I hate throwing them out but I also don't want them hanging around. Here is a nice sketch from Valerie Salmon. It was chosen as the sketch for the DCWV design challenge for November 2, 2012. Go check out the samples, grab some of your own scraps and get 'er done!