Just a Note From the Heart

Hey! How'z the week going?

I'm popping in with a card I wasn't even planning to make. I had trouble this week coming up with any original ideas for the current CAS(E) This Sketch challenge, so I had moved on with making Valentines, coz I love making them.

So all was well, but then my meds started wearing off and my hamster brain started looking off into space, looking back, looking off, and so forth, when I happened to focus on the pencil I was using to write in my address book. Wait. What?

As you can see, it is a pencil adorned with hearts! It's such an ancient pencil, the eraser is gone. The hamster prolly chewed it off because I'm sure I don't make mistakes. Cough. 

Anywhaz, I saw that pencil which, c'mon I have to say again, is covered in HEARTS, so I went back online and took another look at this sketch by the uber-talented Chrissy Larson at CAS(E) This Sketch:

 

And being the clever person you are, you know I went here with it:

It's a pencil to write a love note.

I used my ruler to draw the shape of the pencil, made a mask, and then stamped inside the shape with a couple of little heart stamps, one from Judith, one unknown. I colored my pencil with my pencils (which words just made me laugh out loud) by Prismacolor, and my Wink of Stella, At You Spica, and Signo pens. It's really sparkly in person! The just-a-note sediment is unmarked. No NBUS, unless you count my brown WOS pen.

Challenges:

My card is intended to be a Valentine love note, so I'm linking to the LOVE challenge at Addicted to CAS.

My card is one-layer and it has a repeating pattern, so I'm linking up with the February challenge at One-Layer Simplicity Challenge.

 

Since the newest theme at another favorite challenge is the ever-popular "Anything Goes," I'm also linking up with Addicted to Stamps and More.

And even though my style is way more CAS than most of the entries, I'm linking to the Simon Says Monday Challenge which just happens to be "Love Notes!" 

The challenge at the sister Simon challenge of Simon Says Wednesday Challenge wants you to have a heart somewhere on your card, so I get to play there, too!

I've got more Valentines to make so I'm done adding challenges! Phew! There are a lot when it's a specific holiday time. I hope you get a chance to check them out by clicking the links which will provide you with all the details on rules, sponsors, and prizes!

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In my New Friends Corner, it is a pleasure to introduce you to:

Verna Angerhofer of VA's Creative Clutter and 

Jackie Collins of Snappy Jackie's Blog. 

Both of these ladies are adorable and make wonderful cards! Verna has only been blogging since last month and Jackie has only been blogging since last May. You know how much it means to me when you go make newbie bloggers feel welcome in our stamping community! I know both of these ladies will be SO appreciative to hear from you and have you follow them and encourage them to keep on blogging and creating their beautiful cards!

Welcome, Verna and Jackie, and thank you for joining in the fun over here at the Playhouse! May you have many happy years in Blogland!

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Out of the Mouths of Babes:

Rachel, our DIL, shared a piece of our grandson Adam's homework using her iPhone, so it's not the best photo, but please note item number 2:

"my grandpa tells good tall tales."

As you can see, I'm not the only one in the family who lies is a story-teller. We had no idea, however, that Adam was hip to the fact that Papa was also a  liar told "tall tales" until after we saw this! Ah well, bless him, if he was gonna bust his grandpa for telling tall tales, at least he was sweet enough to say they were GOOD tall tales! 

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Enjoy your day!  No, seriously, enjoy.  LITS!* 

It's a pencil.

As always, thank you for coming by to visit the Playhouse and special thanks to you if you take the time to leave a comment and/or join as a follower!  Please let me know you came by, so I can be sure and return the flavor! 

  

 

*Life Is Too Short!