Yawn ....

.... bit tired this week, 7am feels like the middle of the night!!  All those lovely holiday morning sleep-ins are a thing of the past!!  And as I can't seem to switch back into working week bed-times, despite having to get up early, I am officially a wreck!!!

It's Thursday and my team's week for doing the DT samples on PaperPlay.  Our challenge this week was set by Vera and it's called "Cutie Patootie" - use a cute image.

Well, I hit a bit of a wall on this one.  I pulled out my Tildas and my Sugar Nellies et al, and I just wasn't feeling the cuteness!!  Hmm, hmm, what to do?!!  Scrabbled around in the back of the wooden stamp drawer, and out came one of those never inked Peanuts stamps - it's called "Snoopy Kisses".  I think that would qualify for cute, don't you?!  And then I started thinking ahead - Valentine's Day - could this become the card for my hearts 'n' flowers hatin' husband?  Here's what I made (sorry about the light - very dark day here - I will have to try and retake):

I used the sketch from this week's Shabby Tea Room, and I'm also entering this card into Basic Grey Challenges ("Dots + Spots" - I've used Jovial papers), Crafty Cardmakers ("Use red and a die-cut") and Bunny Zoes Crafts ("Love is in the Air").

Here's a close-up of the Peanuts image - Charlie Brown is so funny with his eyes rolling up to heaven!!

And here's a side-shot of the embellishments.  I made these Xs and Os from cardstock, and put glossy accents on the red Os and black enamel accents (wonderful stuff!) on the Xs.

Recipe:

Papers: Basic Grey Jovial

Stamp: Stampabilities "Snoopy Kisses"

Colouring Medium: Distress Inks

Other: Nestabilities Labels 2, Doodlebug brads, glossy accents, black enamel accents, ribbon from stash, needle + thread

Thanks for looking - I would be off for a nap now, but my mother-in-law is coming over for dinner, maybe I should tidy a bit!!