A few challenges and our puppy!

I decided to spend a bit of time in the craft room last night after the kids were in bed and here are two more cards I whipped up. I forgot how quickly cards come together when there is no coloring involved. Quick and simple ~ love it!

The first is for Paper Makeup Stamps. I won this set from Katie at PMS (thanks again!) awhile back and haven't had a chance to use it yet but since this sketch was perfect for showcasing a sentiment I decided to ink it up.

This card is for the following challenges:
Paper Make Up Stamps - sketch
Allsorts - 3 Flowers, 2 papers, 1 Ribbon
One Stop Craft Challenge - Swirls and Pearls
C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - Pink and Green
Stamp With Fun - Pearls
Pile it On - At least 3 flowers

Card Recipe~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Nature's Song - Paper Makeup Stamps; Baroque Motifs
Ink/Coloring: Certainly Celery, Pixie Pink
Paper: Certainly Celery, Pixie Pink, Whisper White
Embellishments: Organdy Ribbon (Celery); Flowers (Prima); Self Adhesive Pearls and Rhinestones (Michael's); Stickles (hard to see, but I put it in the stamped flower centers before adhering the pearls)
Tools: Corner Rounder (CM)

This card is for Mojo Monday's sketch challenge this week. I won this stamp set from Julee at Verve (thanks again!) last month over at Splitcoaststampers. When I saw this set I knew exactly what DSP I would be using with it. I wanted to stamp the image in Groovy Guava on Vanilla paper, but I didn't buy the incolor inks that year so I had to settle for stamping it on Groovy Guava Cardstock instead.
This card is also for the following challenge:
Mojo Monday - sketch
Stamp with Fun - Pearls (even though they are tiny and hard to see - there are some on here)

Card Recipe~ all items SU unless indicated
Stamps: Abundant Blessings - Verve
Ink/Coloring: Memento - Rich Cocoa; Copic (R01) to colo Prima Flowers
Paper: Groovy Guava, Chocolate Chip; DSP - Afternoon Tea
Embellishments: Flowers (Prima); Self Adhesive Pearls (Michael's);
Tools: Oval Punch; Scallop Oval Punch; Mega Scallop Circle Punch (Marvy); Martha Stewart Border Punch; Photo Corner Punch (EK Success); CM Cutting System

And finally, here are a couple of pictures of our new puppy ~ Milton.
These are from when we went to first look at the puppies. Here Ashley was holding Milton and his sister Mabel (the white puppy). We were supposed to be getting both puppies, but a few days after we went to see the pups, we got a phone call telling us that Mabel didn't make it ~ she just would not eat anything.
Here are the boys with Milton (at this point I think Ty was sick of getting pictures taken) same day as above picture.

And here is Milton at home (in his bed):
Just being cute: