If friends were flowers...

...I'd pick YOU! I am so blessed to have so many wonderful friends--stampers and non-stampers, but one of those gals that I've been thinking much about lately is Susan Liles. Susan is a stamping friend whose husband was recently diagnosed with cancer, so I've been praying for Susan, her husband and family, and thinking about her new sense of 'what really matters'. I'm hoping and praying that she's finding the love and support her family needs right now. My card today features bright and cheery colors that were inspired by Susan's fun and cheery disposition as I know it and see it in her lovely work.

I hope you're inspired to play along with this week's SFYTT, and for more viewing pleasure, here's the SFYTT crew lineup:

Jen del Muro & Angie Tieman
Megan Lock
Jenn Diercks
Amber Hight
Amy Sheffer
Kelly Lunceford
Leigh O'Brien

Card deets...
Pure Innocence image from Digistampcharacters
Stamps from Papertrey Ink: Green Thumb & Background Basics Diamonds
Paper: Pumpkin Pie (SU!), Perfect Plum (PTI), green polka dot (American Crafts)
Color: Copics
Embellishments: Twinkles gems (Taylored Expressions)

Practicing my letters...

Here I am again with Pure Innocence...still not full...can't get enough of these cutie pies! This is a digi image from digistampcharacters, and you can also find PI girls in stamp form from My Favorite Things. As you can see, my little girl is practicing her spelling words or maybe just letter formations, just depending where she's at developmentally (each stage is sweet in my mind), and she doesn't even notice how darn cute she looks in her paper pieced argyle sweater dress (October Afternoon School Days) and matching kiwi tights.

My sketch is loosely based on Taylor's weekend sketch challenge (#99), so I'll be linking up over at Taylored Expressions as soon as I'm done blogging here. Not too much else for chit chat today...taking Kendra to Big Bowl for a belated birthday lunch after church. Do you all have plans for the rest of the weekend? Be sure to stop back on Tuesday for a TCP Tuesday's release of a brand spankin' new set from The Cat's Pajamas!

Until then...ta ta!

be my valentine

Do you think you could ever, in a million years, say 'no' to this sweetheart asking you to be her Valentine? Not me! I just can't get enough of these Pure Innocence girls, and this one is a digi image from Heather Ellis' Etsy shop. I've paper pieced her with a variety of October Afternoon delights, including Farm Fresh (red gingham, green) & Report Card (yellow polka dots) 8x8 pads.

The layers of patterned paper are from Scenic Route and October Afternoon (Farm Fresh), with a few zig-zags holding them in place. Finally, the sentiment is from PTI's Tiny Treats, held in place by a mini safety pin. Oops...almost forgot about the black "buttons" on her shoes...they're pearl stickers by Recollections.

Thanks for stopping by, hope you're having a wonderful weekend!
~Amy

Pure Innocence...

Just a couple cards I've made using both stamped and digi PI images. Just can't get enough of these sweet things...

Sweetie pie is paper pieced with a little Copic color on her face. The sentiment is PTI and papers are a mix of Cosmo Cricket Early Bird and Jenni Bowlin 4x4 mini papers...

Here's my first PI digi image, and although I had a little difficulty getting her to print the size I wanted, I love how she turned out...shoes glitterified to match the patterned paper and the heart on her mailbox...sentiment again from PTI as well as the polka dots (PDI)...Copics coloring the entire image this time...no paper piecing.

Thanks for peeking in...