sending sweet thoughts

Happy Tuesday and thanks for taking the time to visit the charmed life blog. The temps are slowly beginning to rise  and the ice and snow are melting in my gutters.

As I type this I can hear it running in the downspouts. That's good because last year we had an ice dam and it backed up into our house.

We are expecting snow for the next several days. But, last night I noticed that it stayed light until about 5:45. the days are getting longer.

I am off soon to meet my grandsons' school bus. I talked to them last night and they are always so excited for me to come over. I will have to take them a little surprise.

My card for today is a valentines card and also one that I made for the pals paper art challenge. This week they had a sketch challenge done by the talented Margaret Moody.
I loved working with it and my card came together so quickly. I will probably send this one to my mother-in-law for Valentines day.

I used the Stampin-Up "wandering words" set for my image. My designer paper ("sending love' specialty collection) & satin ribbon are also Stampin-Up. 
The red heart is a felt one that I bought on clearance last year at mike's. It's from Stampendous. The square panel is cut with a spelbbinders die and I used a cuttlebug embossing folder "kassie's brocade" for some texture.

Here are a couple of other challenges I am entering:

1.  Lexi's creations blog has a valentines challenge.

2.  The pink elephant blog has a red, brown & pink challenge.

That's my card for today. So until next time .......

card recipe:
stamps: wandering words
ink: choc chip, real red
paper: su choc chip, vv, sending love dsp
accessories: nesties, ribbon, cb ef