The greatest is love..... a mixed media style Valentines card

Hi all! Valentines Day is just a little over a week away and while I don't normally make a big fuss over this holiday, I do try to make my hubby a card at least! This year we will be in Vegas for Valentines Day,( yay!!! can't wait!!) but before we go I plan on giving him this card I made. I used the sketch at Cardabilities as a basis to get my ideas flowing. they always have fabulous sketches and so many great DT samples,too! Here's the sketch....

 

 

 

Love those hearts , but I don't have many heart stamps and I didn't feel like using my die cut machines for this card , so I searched my room for an alternative and I found something that I never used on my paper crafts before!

 

Here's what I came up with........

 

 

 

 

I used muslin cloth to make the hearts. I just drew the hearts freehand and cut them out. The larger heart was stitched, stenciled and then sprayed for a more vintage feel. The two smaller hearts were also done in a similar way. I heated them up until they curled and the edges became slightly scorched.I then edged them with a bit of Tattered Rose Distress Stain by Tim Holtz.... I just love how they turned out!! I will definitely be using this material for future projects!!! It's such a versatile medium and super cheap, too!!!

 

 

Here's a view of the hearts......

 

 

 

To finish my card, I applied gesso to a few flowers before hot gluing them and added some sequins , a crochet flower and a sentiment heart sticker and sentiment banner from Fancy Pants Designs.

 

I had so much fun making this card and I hope you've enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by today!

 

 

A Wryn Valentine's Day card

Good afternoon! I have a cute little card to share with you today. Lately , I've been spending time coloring up images ( digi and inked) with my Copics. One of my favorite images to color are the sweet little Wryn girls from Tiddy Inks.

I used this week's challenge from Friday Mashup for my inspiration :

Here's your Mashup Challenge:

1. Create a project using the Colors "Coastal Cabana, Real Red & Crumb Cake."
2. Create a project using "Hearts & Arrows. "
3. Or Mash it Up and create a project using "the above colors along with Hearts & Arrows.

Here's my card:

I created the card base using my Silhouette and a purchased cutfile . This heart and arrow comes in a set of 7 different varieties- perfect for scrappers and cardmakers alike. I followed the color combo as close as I could -not sure if this is the right shade blue, but it's the closest I have!! The sentiment is an old retired Stampin' Up! hostess set.

  The digi image came with a matching sentiment , which I also colored with my Copic markers.
I used the cutout of the arrow for the inside  and that's it... my card is finished!!!

This card is being sent to my sweet godchild .. I hope she likes it!

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.... have a great rest of your day!!

"Love You" Mojo card

Hi everyone! This past week I had great plans to blog at least every other day but then this winter weather just wouldn't cooperate!!! Lots of snow, wind and kids being home = no time to stamp!!! I really liked this weeks' sketch over at Mojo Monday , so I made some time to play along.
Here's the sketch.....

 

I played around with the sketch a little ... here's what I came up with;

 

 

The heart was a cutfile I bought at the Silhouette online store. It's cut with a shimmery cardstock which looks a litlle washed out in this pic but is quite nice in person.The papers are from Basic Grey's Paper Cottage line. I stamped a sentiment from Verve's Swirling Hearts set.

 

 

 

Here's a look at the inside :

 

 

 

I used another Verve stamp set for the inside called Text Objects. Can you see the stitched heart behind the greeting? It stands out better in RL , but here I can barely see it!

 

Well, I didn't achieve my stamping goals this week but at least I managed to finish one card!!! Yay!!!

Thanks for stopping by.... have a great day!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Valentine's cards

Happy Friday everyone! It was a short school week for my kiddos this week- stormy weather has kept them home for the past two days! Everyone's getting a little cabin fever right now ! My son's DS is getting a good workout!!! I've managed to sneak some stamping time in and I even managed to get a card made for this week's Mojo Monday challenge.

Here's the sketch:

 

 

I used stamps from CTMH's Whooo's Your Valentine kit campaign . You get all this for just $10  when you spend only $30 form the catalogue!!

 

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So here's my cards I made.......

 

 

 

 

Isn't this little owl so cute? I'm sure I'll being using this little guy for more than just Valentine's cards.

The ric-rac ribbon is from some of my original stash that I had before I started cardmaking!!! Yikes , now that's a long time ago!!! I think I used it for trim for dresses for my girls when they were little (gosh, I'm really starting to feel old!!!!) But now it's found a good home in my papercrafts stash! I only have a wee bit left after this project! I'm gonna enter this card  over at Shopping Our Stash "Use Your Oldest Ribbon" challenge, since this ric-rac ribbon is over 12 years old!!!!

The polka dot paper is from SU ( retired Valentines dp 5+ years old!!) and the grey and pink cardstock is also SU. Lots of sewing on this card,too. I've must've been feeling nostalgic for my good ole sewing days when I saw the ric-rac!!! LOL

Now onto my second card:

 

This one follows the sketch over at Mojo more closely so I'm gonna enter it there!! I made a few changes , like old MM heart brads and some twine to the front. All the stamps are from the same CTMH set, including the inside sentiment........

 

It's hard to see in this photo, but there's a fun little heart stamped behind the you+me .

 

 

My Valentine's card stash is growing rapidly- but with cute stamps like these, it's so much fun to create,don't you think???

 

So, I manage to complete two challenges in one single day *woot-woot** I'm feeling quite accomplished!!!! :-)

 

Thanks for stopping by today.... have a great weekend!!

 

 



Valentine's Day card

Happy Friday! I have a Valentines Day  card to share with you . Since Valentine's Day is really not that far away , I'm trying to get a head start on my cardmaking. I made this card for my hubby.....

 

My DH gave me a Silhouette Cameo for Christmas , which I love!!! I purchased the "Key to my Heart" cutfile from the online file. I love that I can color this file right on my Silhouette  , print it (on my printer) and then cut it out on my SC . But for this particular card, I kept things pretty simple ( hubby likes CAS !), so I just cut it out on American Crafts black cardstock. This is my fav paper for both my Cricut and Cameo - it cuts so smoothly and doesn't leave a mess of  paper fibers behind. CTMH cardstock is also nice for these machines.

Anyhooo, back to my card! The vintage looking papers are from Glitz . The lace trim is from Melissa Frances and the inside greeting is a Tim Holtz stamp ( I love that it looks like I hand wrote it!!). The edges are inked with CTMH's Sorbet ink and finished off with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. The metal hearts were purchased at Walmart and I think they are for jewelery making but I'd rather it on a card!! I diecut the doily heart on my Cricut using my go-to cartridge, Art Philosophy. Again I inked it up with Sorbet.

 

I'm entering this card over at Cut It Up for their In With The New Challenge #10.

 

 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today .....have a great weekend!!!

 

 

 

 

Shopping Our Stash : Valentines's/Hearts cards

Hello! Where has the week gone???  Really, I had these big plans to participate in some of my fav weekly challenges and the next thing I know the week is gone!!!! UGH!  (It's been a week of meetings, a sick little boy  and appointments!!) I did manage to spend a little time in my craft room . This is one of the few cards I came up with  and which I am entering  for this week's challenge over at Shopping Our Stash. This week the DT presented us with......

"Our Challenge this week is to sort thru your stash and come up with something Valentine's themed, or simply use hearts and/or lace on your project! If that doesn't work you can also simply use a Meljen's image instead!"

I love black and red for Valentine's cards.... very elegant, don't you think? I had some of this gorgeous dp left over from last year's SU catalogue. It was one of my favorites so far. The stamp is CTMH Celebration set which goes with the Art Philosphy cartridge. The heart is cut at 1 1/2 " and is stamped with the matching stamp in Cherry Cobbler ink.The sentiment is from the same set. The fancy frame behind the heart is a Spellbinders die .

Well, I may not have achieved all my stamping goals this week, but I'm sure glad I played along with Shopping Our Stash! Thanks for stopping by!

Shopping Our Stash

Happy Friday everyone!  It's so beautiful outside right now , a perfect winter day, which will according to our local weather forecaster will not being lasting too long! Oh well, I'm gonna enjoy the sunshine while it's still here!!  I don't about you but I love to browse through weekly challenge blogs - so many great ideas!!- and sometimes I even participate in one or two!! The DT at Shopping Our Stash are asking us to use our "people" images . Lucky for me , I just bought some super cute digi stamps that I've had so much playing around with! So here's what I came up with for the SOS challenge.....

I made this card for my sweet little goddaughter who will soon be turninng 2! The patterned paper is from some pretty old Valentine's collection from SU, which I had totally forgot I owned until I finally organized my papers!! Yikes, I got lots 'n lots of paper!! I paper pieced her dress with more old dp ( really, I have lots!!!!!), and then a few details and this card is finished!!!

Thanks for stopping by.... have a great weekend!!

Tiddly Inks digi stamps- Valentine's cards

Hi, I'm back to share with you a couple of Valentine's cards I made using some  digi images I purchased at Tiddly Inks. They have some of the cutest images around and are so much fun to play with!!

I just fell in love with this image...it's so adorable! I'm still learning to use my Copic markers ( no instructor aoround here! ) so my technique is still very much a work in progress. But still, I have fun coloring!!! I used up some of last year's SU dp for the mats and  the sentiment is from Verve's Small Sayings, which are perfect for the word window punch from SU!

This image reminded me so much my eldest daughter when she was younger so I had to have it!!!! BTW, she loves her dog,too! I cut the heart out with my Cricut ( Art Philopsphy), which I then embossed with a Cuttlebug folder, and the bone is from A Child's Year.The sentiment is from a retired SU set called Chit Chat. The cute hearts background paper is from one of my favorite paper companies, American Crafts.

So those are just a few more Valentine's cards I've made!!!

Thanks for stopping by and  have a happy crafty day!

Valentines cards

Hello , thanks for stopping by my blog today! I thought I'd post a few cards I made for Valentine's Day, which is just a few short weeks away.I'm gonna eneter them at She's A Sassy Lady blog; Valentine's challenge,too! I just found this blog and I'm so glad I did!!! Lot's of good stuff there!! While I was playing around with my Cricut I cut these cute little heart doilies out from my fav, Art Philosophy cartridge.

Supplies used for this card:

Stamps :Greeting Card Kids (SU)  Heidi Swapp for sentiment

Ink: Rose Red

Copic markers in R14 and R35 for the dress and heart and E21 for the girl.

Art Philosophy ( CTMH) cartridge

Tim Holtx mini embossing folder

Cardstock ( SU) : Basic Gray, Rose Red, Very Vanilla

Rose Red seam binding , baker's twine, mini key ( SU)

 Supplies used for this card:

Stamps: Cherish The Day (CTMH)

Ink: Soft Suede,Rose Red

Cardstock: red (DCWV) Chocolate Chip , Very Vanilla (SU)

Sizzix texture plates ( hearts) , stickpins, Very Vanilla satin ribbon (SU)

Art Philosophy ( heart doiliy, ticket shape)

Thanks for stopping by.... have a great day!