Engagement Card

 A dear friend of mine recently got engaged and I made this card for him. I used a double heart die I've had for eons along with some papers from a wedding pack, and added some pre-embossed vellum within the hearts. The sentiment was die-cut and a silver congratulations sticker was added to that. I added random die cuts of leaves and stems along with some punched flowers, pearls, and diamond gemstones. I added their initials to each heart to personalize it. I forgot to take a photo of the inside but there was a silver heart with a sentiment that said "Love" makes the world a better place.

Thanks for checking in and have yourself a fabulous weekend.

Carol

Uplifting

 I used an older Inky Antics image for this card along with some Mark's Finest Papers Stamps (Now closed) for the trees. I added some soft pink hearts done with a Heidi Swapp stencil along with some die-cut clouds from Lawn Fawn. For the final touch I added some liquid applique to his little tail. I love how this card gives the feeling of love being in the air.

Adding this to the August Stencil Fun Challenge which has an optional theme of "Summertime"

Thanks for stopping by and make it a great day whatever you do!

Carol

Love Ya!

 I was really feeling the love when I made this card! LOL The big Love Ya die is from Lawn Fawn and I cut it with a mix of black & white cardstock bits along with some red polka dot papers, and some red glitter card for the 3 hearts. The background was done with an ancient Sizzix Curlique Hearts embossing folder and that cute little mouse is from Gerda Steiner Designs. I stamped, colored and fussy cut him, adding red glaze pen accents to the little heart he's holding.

Sharing this card with the following challenges:

The Allsorts Challenge week 788 - Romantic Occasions or A/G

Word Power Challenge #7 - make the sentiment the focus of your card

Critter Crazy Challenge #88 - A/G with a featured critter

Can You Handle the Pressure? - A/G embossing *optional twist "sports"

A Cut Above Die Cut Challenge - use a die cut and start off with a bang

Cut it Up Challenge #307 - Critters (real or fantasy)

Wishing you all a wonderful day and remember to spread the love. Thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Happy Valentine's Day

Here are a couple Valentine cards I made and sent this year sitting side by side. They're slightly different with coloring and placement of that little pink heart on the sentiments.

The backgrounds were done with a Kat Scrappiness stitched heart cover plate die and the big white heart was cut with a Simon Says Stamp die. The Gerda Steiner mouse image was stamped, colored with Copics and a red glaze pen, then fussy cut and added to the large heart. The sentiment is also made by Gerda Steiner. Those little pink heart stickers are from Taylored Expressions. I put one on the right side....

and one on the left. This little mouse has a little more grey color than the one above but I think he's a cutie in any color.

I will enter this card in the following challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters February 14, 2024 - LOVE

The Critter Crazy Challenge #83 - A/G featuring a Critter

We Love Stamping February Challenge 2024 - Romance or A/G

the Color Hues Challenge #80 - Red & Pink

the Little Red Wagon Challenge #743 - Show Us Some Love

the Double D Challenge - Heartfelt

That's going to do it for me today but thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a very happy Valentine's Day filled with lots of love!

Carol

 

Valentine's Recipe Card

 Sorry for the wonky photo, I took this photo on a cloudy day and couldn't seem to get rid of the shadows. This 5x7 card began with a herringbone background that was made with strips of SU! retired designer papers. I stamped the Penny Black Valentine recipe card along with the little mug and pot as well as a Unity Alfie stamped image, coloring with Copics and a red glaze pen. I fussy cut the mug and pot and placed them on die-cut stitched circles of silver mirri card. I backed the 2 images with light grey and dark grey cardstock and added a few glittered punched hearts done with 2 SU! mini punches. The heart borders were done with a Martha Stewart punch and I added pink hearts in the negative spaces. I added some silver sparkly washi tape and embossed the top and bottom of the card base with a (r) mini hearts embossing folder from SU!. This Valentine took a while to put together but it's worth it because it's been sent to a couple who will soon be celebrating their 50th anniversary.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Cardz4Guyz #340 - Love

Try it on Tuesday - Hearts and/or Flowers

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Love is in the Air

the Male Room Challenge #183 - Valentine or use a Heart

the Double D Challenge - Heartfelt

The PBSC February Penny Black Saturday Challenge - A/G *optional wings

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful day today filled with sunshine and lots of love!

Carol

Sending You Love

 With Valentine's day just around the corner, I decided to make some cards to send a little love through the mail. I used this Simon Says Stamp die and cut it from red glitter paper, and only inserted 3 of the little hearts back into the die to make them stand out. I used an assortment of stamped and die-cut words and snippets to finish the card and added another tiny red heart to complete this one.

I'm sharing with the Double D Challenge which is  "Sparkle and/or Shine"

the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - A/G

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a fabulous day filled with lots of love.

Carol

Sending Love

 I think everyone enjoys having a little love sent through the mail now and then, so I made this card with a Memory Box Serafina Heart die. I cut it from red and from vellum, and layered the two over one another to look as if the wind was blowing it apart. I found a piece of designer paper that looked like blue swirled clouds on white and die-cut it with a Lawn Fawn stitched windy backdrop die, then added some red heart brads, along with a die-cut love sentiment and a partially stamped sentiment. Wouldn't it be wonderful if love could be spread all around the world with the wind?

Sharing with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Add some Texture

Cards 4 Galz - Red and/or Pinks Hearts Galore

Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic day.

Carol

Sending Love

 I had quite a few strips of leftover cardstock snippets on my table, so I aligned them all diagonally onto a scrap of white, and die cut a large stitched heart. After cutting the heart, I pulled the smallest stitched heart from the die set and cut 6 smaller hearts from those leftover snippets. I used a SU! embossing folder and the sentiment was computer generated, placed on yet another snippet of gold mirror card.

Sharing with these challenges today:

The Snippets Playground #456 - must use snippets

Can You Handle the Pressure? - A/G  *optional twist of wedding

The Allsorts Challenge #732 - Birthdays or A/G option

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you all have a beautiful day wherever you are!

Carol

Alfie!

 This is one of my most favorite stamps and he's "Alfie" from Unity. I colored him with Copics and added some glossy accents on the heart he's holding. I used a snippet of black & white polka dot paper to create the mat behind the image panel and cut them both with some stitched oval dies. The heart paper was a snippet from my stash and I thought that's all this card needed! The sentiment is a companion to the Alfie stamp set.

I'll share this with the following challenges:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Dots and/or Stripes

the Little Red Wagon #693 - Die Cuts

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday, and thanks for stopping by!

Carol

Happy Valentine's Day!

 Happy Valentine's day everyone!

Today I have an easy valentine to share made with snippets of black, red, and some pre-embossed woodgrain white cardstock from SSS. I used an I.O. wooden heart die to create the layered hearts and embossed the background with a SU! embossing folder. I added a sentiment along with a little heart-shaped brad and called this one done.

Sharing this with the following challenges:

Inspiration Station - Prompt #46

(I was inspired by the love theme and hearts)

Cardz 4 Galz #192 - include one heart or more

Craft Rocket Challenges #100 - Love/Valentine

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #196

I used the diagonal from top left to bottom right 

(Heart - Free - Die-Cut)

Thanks for stopping by and I wish everyone a happy Valentine's day filled with lots of love!

Carol

Valentine Hearts

  I have another Valentine to share today that's all about the hearts! I used a few remnants of my red glitter paper from SU! along with one of their (r) embossing folders to make this card. The large heart was die-cut with a stitched heart die that is unbranded. I used a mini SU! punch to cut the smaller hearts and placed them in a random fashion just for fun. The sentiment was computer generated and I used a hexagon punch to make the fishtail banners. The finishing touch was to add few random black Nuvo drops for some more added sparkle. 

Sharing this with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - fun with dies

Can You Handle the Pressure? - A/G use an embossing with a twist of "Hearts"

Just Us Girls Challenge #666 - word week "sparkle"

Thanks for taking time from your busy day to stop by and I hope your day is a good one!

Carol

More Hearts and a Cute Mouse

 I bought this SSS die over a year ago and think I used it maybe once, so with Valentine's day just 3 days away, I figured it was time to use it. I die cut it in pink and red, and added a few red hearts here and there just for fun. The little mouse is by Gerda Stein and I colored him with Copics; added glossy accents to his heart, and fussy cut him. I stamped a sentiment and called this one done!

I'll share this with these challenges:

Allsorts #715 - All About Hearts

Sisterhood of Crafters - Hearts

Thanks for the visit and I wish you a wonderful weekend!

Carol

Love is in the Air

 I found this Penny Black image hiding in my box of stamped images and knew it was perfect for making a Valentine's day card. I stenciled the  background with TE stencils and some tumbled glass ink to create the sky, then colored the image with Copics, adding Wink of Stella to the balloons for some sparkle. The sentiment is by Inky Antics and I cut the image panel and card base with Lil Inker stitched rectangles

I'll share this with...

The Penny Black Saturday February Challenge - A/G optional hearts and/or flowers

the Craft Rocket Challenge #100 - Love/Valentine

Critter Crazy Challenge #71 - A/G with a featured critter

Allsorts Challenge week #714 - A/G with optional theme "I Love"

Thanks for stopping by and I wish you all a fun-filled happy weekend!

Carol

Bloomin' Heart

 I made this card for someone who asked for a plain bridal shower card for her friend. She chose to hand-write the sentiment inside rather than detract from the pretty heart on the outside. I used a SU! Bloomin' Heart die set to cut the heart and flowers, and colored them with light pink and green Copics for a pastel look. I added a darker pink color to the hearts in the die, and added pearls to the flower centers. The background was done with a SU! (r) Falling Petals embossing folder and I added some white satin ribbon along with some SU! (r) gold cord tied into a bow behind the flower.

I'm sharing this with the Can You Handle the Pressure? challenge -

must use an embossing folder with an optional twist of using pastels.

Thanks for the visit and I wish you the happiest weekend ever!

Carol

Happy Valentine's Day!

 Just sharing a card today to wish everyone a happy Valentine's day! I used 2 different pattern papers for this one and swapped all the negatives to create this look. The heart is an unbranded die and I added 2 separate hearts for accents, adding 3 black Nuvo drops. The lower borders were done in both papers with a Sweet' n Sassy die, overlapped with each other. This one took some time to create, but I find it therapeutic to do this technique. It also teaches me to be patient!

Here's sending Valentine love out to each and every one of you who stops by my blog. I hope your day is filled with lots of love and joy!

Carol

Alfie

Here's a valentine I made with a favorite stamp from my collection. This is Alfie, a stamp from Unity that I've treasured for years! I stamped the image with light grey ink, then colored him with Copics, adding a few darkened highlights with a marker pen. I used a MFT stitched circle die along with a Spellbinders scalloped circle die in darker blue to place Alfie on. I used some T.E. cloud stencils to create the sky along with Tumbled Glass distress ink; then added the Inky Antics (1999) sentiment. I finished the card with a few tiny glittered heart stickers I've had for ages!

This might be my favorite Valentine I've made this year so far.

I'll share this with the following challenges:

Critter Crazy Challenge Blog #59 = A/G featuring a critter

A Place to Start challenge #202202 February 2022 - A/G

(Optional - My Fauna Valentine (include a critter)

the Happy Little Stampers February Stencil Challenge - A/G

Dies R Us Challenge #186 - Valentines/Love 

(Must use dies sold in their store) - Spellbinders

The Paper Players PP577 theme challenge -

Love & Friendship

That's going to be it for me for today, but I hope your week is off to a good start, and thanks so much for stopping by!

Carol

Sending Love

Today I have a "sending love" card that I'll be using for a valentine. I embossed the black background with a Sizzix Hearts die and then used a Simon Says Stamp stacked hearts die to cut the main panel from white card stock and red glitter paper. The sentiments were from a Catherine Pooler stamp set, fussy cut and backed with more red glitter paper.

I'm sharing this with the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge - with love

Cardz 4 Galz challenge #165 - make it sparkle

the Double D "Hearts" challenge

It's been a while since I posted 2 cards in 2 days, so I'm on some sort of a roll I suppose. 😉 Thanks for stopping by and I wish you a great day ahead!

Carol

Happy Valentine's Day

Today is Valentine's day so I'm sharing some heart projects to convey that love! I used a SU! embossing folder (retired) to create this card, adding a SSS small doily heart, a piece of ribbon and a love sentiment done on a Lil Inker stitched banner die. I kept it simple but all the hearts just make me smile.

I'm sharing this with the House that Stamps Built Challenge #F1021 - Love

Also sharing with the Let's Squash It Challenge #5 -Use a love-themed embossing folder and the color red/pink

This year I stamped all my Valentine envelopes with this Repeat Impressions Love Post stamp in the bottom corner or on the envelope flap.

I made some treat containers for Valentine's day too. I made a few square pillow boxes with a die from SU! and covered them with some dsp I bought at Tuesday Morning several years ago. The dsp already has the hearts cut out so it seemed perfect for these little boxes. I added tags done with a SU! note tag punch and added a SSS bunny Hugs die in coordinating colors. I turned one tag over so you can see the sentiment that's on the back. As usual, I discovered another mistake after taking the photo. I folded the bottom of the box on the left with the wrong flap out, but I fixed it before it was delivered. 😏

I made a few sour cream boxes too with SU! retired papers, and used a MFT tiny tag die with a little white heart.

Last but not least I made a couple of these tiny treat bags using SU! retired papers and a SU! scalloped top punch. The hearts were random bits I found in my snippets box and I tied these little bags up with white raffia ribbon.

Wishing you all a very happy and love-filled Valentine's day.

Thanks for stopping by!

Carol

 

Quilt Cards

I haven't made a quilt card in a long time and I wanted to use this pretty piece of Echo Park pink dsp I've had for years. I cut both the dsp. and a piece of red cardstock with a MFT quilt die and put all the pieces together to make the quilt. I die-cut some stitched nested hearts for the center, adding a little heart-shaped gemstone. I placed this all on a Lawn Fawn pink card base, adding a love sentiment.

I'll enter this card into the following challenges:

The Color Hues Challenge #11 - use red & pink

Happy Little Stampers February Anything goes with Dies Challenge

 When you cut 2 pieces of cardstock and designer paper to make the quilt, you have 2 pieces left over, so why not use them to make a reverse design? That's what I've done here and and made a birthday card. I have a friend who celebrates her birthday close to Valentine's day, so this is going to her. For the center, I used a set of Impression Obsession button dies and cut thin strips of the dsp and wove them into the button holes. I added a birthday sentiment and called this one done.

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:

Dies R Us Challenge #162 - a/g using dies sold in their store (I.O.)

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge #398 - birthdays

Thanks for stopping by today and make it a great day whatever you do! I hope those of you living in winter zones have a nice quilt to keep you warm!

Carol

More valentine Love

 Here's another valentine I made this year, using SU! (r) dsp with itty bitty hearts to make the background along with a stitched die-cut heart. I used a nesting set of stitched heart dies to cut the larger white heart, and cut a smaller heart from it - inlaying the red heart and adding a smaller heart for the silver-embossed sentiment. The white heart was embossed with a Sunny Studios ef that has tiny little hearts. I added a little heart brad for an accent, and placed all the hearts on a silver heart-shaped paper doily I've had for eons. The little bear was made with a SSS bear hugs die and I added some silver embossed negatives for his ears and heart to match the sentiment. The "friend" sentiment was heat embossed with white on black and done with a Mark's Finest Papers (now closed) sentiment stamp.

I'll share this card with the following challenges:

Just Us Girls Challenge #570 Word Week  - Valentine

The Paper Players PP527 Challenge - Hearts and/or Stars

The Double D Challenge - Valentine Love

the Craft Rocket Challenge #78 - Love

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #672 - anything goes

Thanks so much for stopping by on Super Bowl Sunday. If you're watching the game, have fun and enjoy all those great snacks!

Stay warm!

Carol