Sit Back and Relax....A Few to Share Today

This first card was done for the Stampin B's Challenge this week.  Emily is our hostess, and she wanted us to use a banner on our card.  Well, to be honest, I am not a banner person....so I struggled a bit.....AND then I saw this Martha Stewart heart punch sitting on my stampcave table and ......VOILA!!!.......and honestly I can say that I love the way it turned out AND I might even try a banner again.  So, thanks Emily, for making me work out of my comfort zone.  That is one of the great things about being a part of a challenge team!!!

This sweet litle image is by Penny Black as is the sentiment.

Now...I KNOW there will be some BANNER creations on the Stampin B's blog, so be sure to stop in to see them....and then, maybe, you could find some time this week to play along with us.

This simple penguin card was made for the CCEE Stampers Challenge.  Frances is our hostess this month, and apparantly today is Penguin Awareness Day, and since we have a penguin fan in our group, she challenged us to make a card with a penguin or two.

My image is by Penny Black, while my sentiment is from a retired SU set.

So, since we already know that the CCEE Stampers Blog will be full of cute little critters in tuxedos, be sure to stop in to check them out AND to join us in this week's challenge.

This third card is part of a commitment I made to a Teapot Tuesday challenge.  A couple of weeks ago our destination station was a teenage girl who is battling cancer with a yearlong chemotherapy journey ahead of her.  I have signed up as part of a group who will send her cards each month to help cheer her along on her journey.

The image and sentiment on this card is by Mark's Finest Papers from the set called Sew What.

This fourth card was done for yesterday's Sketch Challenge on SCS.  I have been playing with these digi images by Delicious Doodles.  Of course this pulled at my heart because it looks very much like my Pepper, our Cairn Terrier.  I decided to make some Valentine's for family members from the dog.  This is another fabulous sketch by Rox, the hostess of the Sketch Challenge on SCS.  The sentiment and translation is computer generated.

This last card for today is again a card I did for the Sketch Challenge on SCS.  I just had to make this card because it totally expresses my feeling about winter.  We have had snowstorm after snowstorm followed by ice/sleet/freezing rain and then more snow.  I want spring to come so I can retire the shovel/snowblower/ice scraper.

These wonderfully hilarious image and sentiment are by Totally Stampalicious.  Their stamps just make me happy!!!!

Phew!!!  Thanks to anyone who actually made it through this post.  Your time and comments are greatly appreciated.