A Valentine Wish winging your way

Happy Monday to Everyone.
At least this one was warmer than last week, or at least it was in my neck of the woods.

As tomorrow is Valentines Day it seemed the right moment to share this card that I made a couple of weeks ago for one of the guys at work to send to his fiance in Pakistan.

I love this bear stamp. He is a Whipper Snapper stamp called 'Love Bear' (LY855) and is just perfect for Valentines Day, or any other romantic occasion for that matter.
 He has been coloured using coffee.

 I used a Cuttlebug Embossing folder which was then cut out using a heart shaped nestie, and sanded to give it a vintage feel. The flower and swirly foliage are both DooHickeys from Sir Stampalot, as is the Heart border.

I paper pieced the LOVE from old Penny Black background papers from my stash and added my favourite Hero Arts F5042 Leaf Flourish stamped with gold encore ink.
I would like to enter it in to the following challenges

The Stamp Man - Texture
Hooked on Craft Challenge 17 - Hearts
Make My Monday Week 36 - Hearts and Flowers
Ooh La La Creations Challenge 98 - Be My Valentine
Stamp and Create - Valentine's Day / Love
Dream Valley Challenge 25 - Valentine

I'm off to bed now, not feeling quite so cold ridden tonight but still not 100% so maybe a relatively early night will help.
Roll on the Spring is all I can say.
hugs Kimx

It's a Spotty, Dotty Christmas

Afternoon Ladies,
Sorry I've been missing for a few days.
Well Christmas has finally arrived!!!
Every year my Mum makes us up a little box for Christmas. It's filled with homemade goodies like flapjacks and preserves. So far this year every time I have seen Mum either she has forgotton to give it to us or we have left it behind when we leave!!
So Christmas finally arrived last Saturday at Mum's birthday party. She has obviously given up on her usual flapjacks - she probably got fed up and ate them herself - the kids will be disappointed. Still maybe next time we can get her over for the day she will bake some with them. I know they would love it, and she really does make the most amazing flapjacks. May be it's no bad thing that she left them out this time - better for the hips lol.
Anyway all my rambling links me to the card that I am sharing with you.

It was one of the cards that I made for Barbara for her August TV show. It features a very traditional stamp combo, but I think that the layout is a little less so.
I thought that it might fit with the challenge over at Ooh La La Creations where they are looking for Spots and Dots.
I have stamped the text onto a piece of handmade background paper which has been punched at the corners.

The Nativity is stamped and embossed on blue card and then cut out using a circular Nestie, as are all the other circles.
They have been embossed on the back over a pergamano mat and then added to the card using silcone glue to keep the dimension.
This may not be particularly traditional Christmas colours but I rather liked it, hope you do too.
Hope you are having a good weekend.
Love and hugs
Kimx