Be Mine - Valentine 2018

Hi - I'm back with a card I created for my hubby for Valentine's Day! UGH - I forgot to look and see who makes the heart stamp, it's a red rubber, wood mounted stamp. I'm sorry; I'll try to remember to look and update my post!

I stamped the heart twice; both with Oxide Inks: Worn Lipstick and Candied Apple. I then added some splatter dots from the MFT Distressed Hearts stamp set and spritzed the panel with water for more of a watercolor look.

From the same MFT stamp set I added Be Mine in MFT Extreme Black ink (and boy is it extreme - LOVE IT). I added some designer paper and washi tape to the inside. I stamped Happy Valentine's Day from Elle's Studio XOXO stamp set and then in the very last photo, you might be able to see where I clear embossed XOXOXO over the Happy Valentine's Day sentiment; LOVE how that turned out!

Thanks for stopping by; hope you are having a great weekend!

HUGS!


WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: MFT Distressed Hearts

Inks: MFT Extreme Black, Distress Oxide Inks: Worn Lipstick, Candied Apple, VersaMark

Papers: Reverse Confetti True Love, Ranger Water Color, Neenah 110 lb. white
Accessories: washi tape, clear embossing powder

Valentine Overload - 2018

Hey there - long time, no talk! I have been so busy making Valentine's cards and treats; I just LOVE making Valentine items; I swear I am addicted to hearts, love, pink, red - you name it! And since today is Valentine's Day, it's about time I start sharing some of my creations. I waited a bit as I know many of my friends have purchased items and will be giving them out today and I didn't want it popping up on their Facebook or Instagram feed to spoil the surprise for their loved one.

So, let's start with these; they were the last things I made and I kept them super, super simple! I'm not sure where I got the clear bags, but I love the closure, just roll the top down, fold the plastic tabs over and that's it! I gathered up the focal image and just stapled everything onto the side of the bag, then glued a few of the heart pieces together so nothing would come undone.

I have had this jotted heart die FOREVER along with the Love Notes stamp set; I think I have just about every one of Julee's 'heart/love' themed stamp sets! I have also had this MFT Distressed Hearts stamp set and dies FOREVER, I think it's even discontinued, but I did find it HERE.

I wish I wouldn't have stamped the greeting in black, but I did... Live and learn. :D I cut a few of the jotted heart dies from designer paper and used the Hero Arts Nesting Heart die for the vellum hearts, the small red hearts were on my desk from another die (this one); I stamped, cut everything out, layered it up and after taking pictures, I decided to add some clear Wink of Stella and glossy accents to the red heart. The bags are filled with 3 different kinds of kisses and 2 different kinds of Dove chocolates - chocolate overload! YUM!

Thanks for stopping by; I have a ton more items to share and will do so over the next few weeks. Valentine's Day may be drawing to a close, but love should continue every single day!

HUGS!


WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: MFT Distressed Hearts

Inks: MFT Extreme Black

Papers: Queen and Co Heart Throb, Striped Vellum, Reverse Confetti True Love
Accessories: Clear wink of stella, Jotted Heart Die, Tiny Attacher, glossy accents, Hero Arts Nesting Heart Dies

Challenges:

Welcome Little One(s)

We're expanding!! NO...not me personally, but our work family has a couple new babies - one boy, one girl and babies are so delightful!

We're having a little baby shower this afternoon so I made a card for each of the daddies that work for us; they both have older kids so we took the easy route and got them gift cards so they could get things they specifically need!

I used images from MFT's BB Happy Hippos, adding balloons and a bow in her hair for the girl and a bowtie for the boy - so versatile! The images were colored with Copics and cut out with MFT's wonky circles. The images were colored based upon designer paper I wanted to use; pretty clean and simple (CAS).

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a GREAT weekend ahead!

HUGS!


WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: MFT BB Happy Hippos, LCI Welcome Little One (discontinued)

Inks: Hero Arts Intense Black, Distress Ink in Pumice Stone

Papers: Queen and Co Heart Throb, Neenah 110 lb. white, MME Boy Crazy
Accessories: Copics, MFT Wonky Circle Die, glossy accents, white gel pen, fun foam, ink duster, MFT Stitched Scallop Dies, white doily, PTI doily die, MFT Blueprints 15

Challenges:

Faith, Hope and Love

Oh goodness, I continue to struggle with this nasty cough/congestion and I believe half the people in the world have the same thing. :( Lack of energy and just overall feeling rotten has really given me a run for my money!

Truth? I've taken naps during lunch time several times over the past few weeks. Brutal!

I started a bunch of cards in early January and I'm not sure I'll complete them in the SAME MONTH! But this one I finally did get around to finishing using Verve Visual's January sketch inspiration (see photo below), or see the sketch HERE.

I dabbed on some distress oxide inks directly to a rectangle stamp block, spritzed with water and pressed to the watercolor paper - such an easy way to get an ombre background. I used one of the newer mix and mat dies from PTI and then cut the entire piece out with a stitched rectangle die.

I stamped the flower from Verve Visual (Beautiful Things) and colored with Zig Clean Color Brushes and Copics, die cut some leaves from both Verve (Beautiful Flowers) and Hero Arts (You're So Lovely), added some seam binding and lots of designer paper from Queen and Co. and called it good!

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a great week!

HUGS!


WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Verve Visual Beautiful Things, Penny Black Faith

Inks: Hero Arts Intense Black, Distress Oxide Inks

Papers: Queen and Co Heart Throb, watercolor paper, PTI Scarlet Jewel, vellum

Accessories: Shimmer Mist, MFT Blueprints 15, Copics, Verve Beautiful Flowers die, Hero Arts You're So Lovely Die, SSS Stitched Rectangle Die, Seam Binding from Verve Visual, washi tape, Zig Clean Color Brushes, Mix and Mat Heart Dies

Challenges:
  VLVJAN2018

You're not old...you're vintage!

I have been so so so sick; no words for how sick I have been. It's been difficult to work each day and by the time I get home, it's typically a breathing treatment and bed! I started an antibiotic Friday night and Saturday morning I was definitely chipper, but that DID NOT last long. Goodness, I sure slept a lot this weekend!!

Anywho, one of my boss's - my main boss - turns 87 today!!! Yes, tis true AND he comes to the office just about every single day, even on the weekend sometimes. That's pretty amazing if I do say so myself. I really wanted to make him a birthday card; he's typically traveling on his birthday so it was rare he was going to be in the office today. But, re-read the first paragraph, I knew I was pretty limited and it would need to be easy. This really old MFT set 'Just My Type' was perfect for the occasion (hopefully this link works, it's to the stamp and die on Pinterest)!

I used some scraps of paper, distressed everything - including the balloon - with Old Paper distress ink, stamped the pieces and quickly put it together. I used some new to me inks from Altenew (Sea Shore) and man did they work GREAT!! After I had the card completely assembled and had taken pictures, I added glossy accents to the balloon. I love how the twine is tied to the balloon and then to the typewriter. :D

That's it, easy peasy lemon squeezy!! Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a GREAT week!

HUGS!


WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: MFT Just My Type (discontinued), PTI Scene It Celebration

Inks: PTI Dark Chocolate, Altenew Sea Shore, Old Paper Distress Ink

Papers: PTI Dark Chocolate, Fine Linen, Kraft, dp by MME

Accessories: MFT Just My Type die, glossy accents, twine, MFT Blueprints 15

Challenges:
  ssswchallenge

Thank U - Pink

Same card as posted HERE and HERE; just done in pink this time!

I pulled out the little chick delivering an envelope, Reverse Confetti Cuts THANKS, the U from Verve Visual's You and I set (looks like it may be discontinued - sorry), the thin stripe background stamp from Impression Obsession, THIS and THIS die and some paper scraps - I have those galore - and set about making a few different color combos. Today I wanted to show you the blue one; next up will be the pink one - they are all identical; the green one just had a smaller piece of pattern paper for the front. ;)

Here's a group shot I shared on Instagram.

I had the toughest time finding a way to make the 'thank' part work - as you can see from the Confetti Cut, I only used a small portion of the die; I finally ended up cutting it from vellum and layered it (slightly offset) on to True Black (2 cards) and Smokey Shadow (1 card). The U was stamped with the thin striped stamp mentioned above. The chick was colored with Copics, I added a white highlight and glossy accents to the heart of each. Super fun, super simple.

Thanks for stopping by!

HUGS!


WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Stamping Bella Valentine Chicks, Impression Obession Thin Stripe Background

Inks: Versamark

Papers: Neenah 110 lb. white misc. designer paper, PTI vellum, True Black, Smokey Shadow, Hibiscus Burst, Ripe Avocado, Hawaiian Shores, Copic Marker Paper

Accessories: Confetti Cuts Thanks, Verve Visual You and I die, Valentine Chicks die, glossy accents, white gel pen, MFT Stitched Rectangle Die, PTI A2 die, Copics, washi tape (inside), MFT Blueprints, Wink of Stella clear

Challenges:

Thank U - Blue

Same card as posted HERE; just done in blue this time!

I pulled out the little chick delivering an envelope, Reverse Confetti Cuts THANKS, the U from Verve Visual's You and I set (looks like it may be discontinued - sorry), the thin stripe background stamp from Impression Obsession, THIS and THIS die and some paper scraps - I have those galore - and set about making a few different color combos. Today I wanted to show you the blue one; next up will be the pink one - they are all identical; the green one just had a smaller piece of pattern paper for the front. ;)

Here's a group shot I shared on Instagram.

I had the toughest time finding a way to make the 'thank' part work - as you can see from the Confetti Cut, I only used a small portion of the die; I finally ended up cutting it from vellum and layered it (slightly offset) on to True Black (2 cards) and Smokey Shadow (1 card). The U was stamped with the thin striped stamp mentioned above. The chick was colored with Copics, I added a white highlight and glossy accents to the heart of each. Super fun, super simple.

Thanks for stopping by!

HUGS!


WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Stamping Bella Valentine Chicks, Impression Obession Thin Stripe Background

Inks: Versamark

Papers: Neenah 110 lb. white misc. designer paper, PTI vellum, True Black, Smokey Shadow, Hibiscus Burst, Ripe Avocado, Hawaiian Shores, Copic Marker Paper

Accessories: Confetti Cuts Thanks, Verve Visual You and I die, Valentine Chicks die, glossy accents, white gel pen, MFT Stitched Rectangle Die, PTI A2 die, Copics, washi tape (inside), MFT Blueprints, Wink of Stella clear

Challenges:

Thank U - use ALL the companies

This post is all about using a zillion companies to make a card - HA!! Not really!

I had a co-worker ask about thank you cards and I had just recently received these adorable chicks from Stamping Bella and I saw THIS card and ideas started running amok!

I pulled out the little chick delivering an envelope, Reverse Confetti Cuts THANKS, the U from Verve Visual's You and I set (looks like it may be discontinued - sorry), the thin stripe background stamp from Impression Obsession, THIS and THIS die and some paper scraps - I have those galore - and set about making a few different color combos. Today I'll show you the green one; then over the next few days I'll show you the blue and pink cards - they are all identical; the green just has a smaller piece of pattern paper for the front. ;)

Here's a group shot I shared on Instagram.

I had the toughest time finding a way to make the 'thank' part work - as you can see from the Confetti Cut, I only used a small portion of the die; I finally ended up cutting it from vellum and layered it (slightly offset) on to True Black (2 cards) and Smokey Shadow (1 card). The U was stamped with the thin striped stamp mentioned above. The chick was colored with Copics, I added a white highlight and glossy accents to the heart of each. Super fun, super simple.

Thanks for stopping by!

HUGS!


WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Stamping Bella Valentine Chicks, Impression Obession Thin Stripe Background

Inks: Versamark

Papers: Neenah 110 lb. white misc. designer paper, PTI vellum, True Black, Smokey Shadow, Hibiscus Burst, Ripe Avocado, Hawaiian Shores, Copic Marker Paper

Accessories: Confetti Cuts Thanks, Verve Visual You and I die, Valentine Chicks die, glossy accents, white gel pen, MFT Stitched Rectangle Die, PTI A2 die, Copics, washi tape (inside), MFT Blueprints, Wink of Stella clear

Challenges:

More joy - CASE from Carissa

Hi there - I'm back with the cursive JOY from SSS; see previous card HERE; these cards were CASE'd from Carissa Wiley (Sprinkled with Glitter)!

I stamped the paint strips with various Distress Inks, die cut the joy but then also cut it multiple times from white card stock to make the two cards. The leaves and berries are from Hero Arts Christmas Trimmings set. I stamped the leaves and berries with THIS background stamp; also used it on the side of the green card base.

Thanks for stopping by; hope you have a GREAT weekend ahead!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!


WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Avery Elle Brushed, Hero Arts Christmas Trimmings, Mama Elephant Merry Christmas Wishes

Papers: Neenah 110 lb. white and 80 lb. white, misc. designer paper, MFT Sour Apple and Pure Plum, PTI polka dot vellum and True Black

Ink: Ranger Oxide Inks, Ranger Distress Inks

Accessories: SSS Joy die, white embossing powder, PPP sequins, washi tape, Hero Arts Christmas Trimmings Dies

Challenges:

JOY

Hi friends - I have a few more holiday cards to share...

This is the JOY die from SSS, it comes with the large JOY as well as a small cursive 'joy' which you will see a little later this week!

I didn't plan this card too well as when I finished, it was too large for a standard A2 envelope - HA; I'm forever doing things like that.

I sponged on the background then went scrounging for some designer paper that would match - kinda backwards, but it worked just fine! I spritzed the background with water and splattered on some white paint.

Once I die cut the letters from designer paper, I cut them several more times from black card stock and adhered all the layers together. I thought it would be fun to add some embossing - kinda like snow on the edges...see it or am I lost? :D

A white frame was added; the leaves and berries are from Hero Arts Holly Days set and leftover from Christmas 2016 - TRUTH!! I added a strip of black/white paper and silver glitter paper. The additional sentiment comes from Mama Elephant with the initial joy masked off.

Thanks for stopping by; hope your holiday season is full of JOY!

Hugs,


WHAT'S IT TAKE?

Stamps: Mama Elephant Merry Christmas Wishes, Hero Arts Holly Days

Papers: Neenah 110 lb. white and 80 lb. white, misc. designer paper

Ink: Ranger Oxide Inks, Versamark

Accessories: SSS Joy die, silver embossing powder, MFT pierced square dies, Hero Arts Holly Days die, white embossing powder, Zig Clean Color Brushes

Challenges: