love your guts (CSS spread the love, SSS, LIM, SCS, Hero Arts)

Have you heard about this?  Clear and Simple Stamps is campaigning.  It's all about crushes.  Spread the love, baby.    Go check it out, you know you want to , I'll wait ...(to quote Amber K.G.!).

So here's the thing.  I was an expert at crushes. They were ever-present in my life as a teen/tween.  OK, they controlled my life.  Kinda scary when I think back on it, but made for some intense emotional adventures too.  And ain't that a big part of growing up?  Nuff said.

Now that I'm "all grown up", I'm crushing again.  On blogs.  May I introduce you to my #1 blog crush, Mandilicious of Vintage Revivals.  Check her out.  But not right yet.  I'm pretty sure you won't be coming back here anytime soon - she kinda grabs ya in a big bear hug and doesn't let go - so take a gander at the card I made for her before you go.

For you cardmakers out there... Drew the trendy triangles by hand.  Made a triangle stamp from fun foam.  Stamped, first and second generation with Hero Arts Shadow Inks.  Used gold acrylic paint for one set of triangles and a punched circle.  Printed my computer-generated sentiment on vellum.  Die cut a circle from CS, paper pierced a heart shape and made a faux-string-art heart.  Added a brad.  So. much. fun.

So, back to crushing...  Seriously folks.  I love her guts (That's Mandi's sign-off BTW.  Wish I'd thought of that!)  She can do anything.  Make mercury glass.   A rug.  A blow-me-away lamp.  She's the queen of thrifting.  And since I discovered Mandi's blog, Vicki has had two makeovers.  I've got smaller projects still waiting to be tackled the first time!  My first run-in with Mandi, which ended with me LOL, was the seizure wall.  If you check out the comments on that post - "Anonymous January 22" - that's me in my pre-blogger days  ;)   And she has an incredible personal story too.

OK, now you're dismissed.  Go hang at her place.  See if you can tell where I got my inspiration for the card.  And tell her I sent you ;)

Joining the fun at:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Less is More Week 108- Paper Piercing
SCS Love Fest 2013A - L.O.V.E
Hero Arts - Feb2013B Sketch Challenge

"Love your guts" - don't ya just love that?  Happy weekend.

Supplies for love your guts:

Paper: CS American Crafts, CS Neenah, vellum The Paper Company

Stamps: homemade triangle from fun foam, sentiment font Wisdom Script

Ink : Hero Arts, Versacolor, 

Tools:ruler and Sharpie, scissors, circle die MFT

Other: cotton crochet thread, hole piercer, brad, gold acrylic paint