Happy Valentine's Day

I don't have a card to share today but I have a photo of some of my valentine decorations and the canvas treat holder that I sewed for my daughter. I used pinking shears to cut out the heart shape and sewed a pocked on the front then embellished it with an assortment of flowers and hearts made from felt and ribbon. The sentiment flag is a stamp from A Muse Studio.

Wishing you all a Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you are able to spend it with those you love. Happy Stamping/Crafting!

Valentine Treats

This weekend I put together 20 Valentine treats for my nieces, nephews and my friend's children. On Sunday, my husband and I delivered them all. I used the Party Favor #1 and Heart die cuts from Clear and Simple Stamps. I ran the cardstock through my Cuttlebug with the Party Favor #1 die and then again with the heart die. Next I doodled around the heart with a white gel pen and then I added a piece of clear cardstock from Papertrey Ink to the inside front panel to cover the heart cutout. I also added a smaller die cut heart to the clear window and then spelled out each child's name with letter stickers from October Afternoon. For the finishing touches, I filled them with candy and tied ribbon and bakers twine to the handles.

You can find a similar version of these Valentine treats on this post.

Thank you so much for stopping. I hope you're week is off to a good start. Happy Stamping!

Valentine Critters

Today I have a group of 3x3 valentines I put together using the newly released Taglines: Critters  and  Shapes: Hearts (Die Cut Combo) sets from Clear and Simple Stamps. I stamped the critters on white cardstock, colored them with Copics and cut them out. I used the die cuts for the hearts and stamped them with the coordinating outline stamp. Then just added a sentiment strip on a 3x3 card base of American Crafts Tropical cardstocks.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. Happy Stamping!

Gratitude = Joy

How about another Valentine's day card? This card uses the same cute valentine border from K&Company as the card from last week but I paired it with papers from the Basic Grey Kissing Booth collection. I also added a stamped image from Unity's Gratitude = Joy set. I stamped the image on cream cardstock with SU Cranberry Crisp then colored it with Copic R85, added some Spica glitter pen for some sparkle and then rubbed a little walnut stain distress ink over the piece to make it match the floral strips of Kissing Booth papers. The image was fussy cut and tucked under the edge of the XO border piece. For the finishing touch I added some blossom twine from The Twinery.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a relaxing day. Happy Stamping!

Hugs and Kisses

 

Have you started your Valentine's day cards? I picked up some cute valentine borders from K&Company and paired one of them up with some black dot tape from the Smash collection. I started with a kraft card base and stamped it with the XO from A Muse Studio's Fancy Alpha set using Versamark ink. Then I just added the strips of tape and XO borders to complete my card. The bottom row of XO's are mounted with foam dimensionals just for fun.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a terrific Tuesday. Happy Stamping!

Batty for You

I made a couple of valentine's this morning when I woke up at 2:30 a.m. and couldn't get back to sleep. Instead of using traditional valentine images like hearts I pulled out a halloween set and a baby set. I printed some sentiments on my computer and then got to work putting these together.

 For this first card I used the Spooky Expressions set by Anna Wight for Whipper Snapper. I used a .05 copic multiliner to add the lines to the sentiment just to help give it some definition. The hearts on the bottom of the card were stamped and cut out then covered in mono multi glue and glitter. The heart stamp is from the Winter Schminter set.  The papers are from an older K&Company pad.

 

Next is the little boat from the set Bundle of Joy (another Anna Wight set for Whipper Snapper). Same idea as the last card but a much simpler version. I colored the boat with copics and then paper pieced the sails using some Cosmo Cricket paper.

Thank you so much for stopping. I hope you're having a great day. Happy Stamping!

Hybrid Valentines

I noticed yesterday that I hadn't shared a couple of valentines I made using digital images from DigiStamp Boutique and digital papers from the Valentine Game night collection by Lettering Delights  so I thought I would share them today. I love the bingo cards that come in the Valentine Game night collection so I had to work them into the cards.

Both cards use the same layout. For the top card I used the Valentine Bernard image and added a couple of buttons to the top right side of the card. I also used a darker mat on the base and under the scalloped heart. 

The bottom card uses the Valentine George image. Both cards use the Spellbinders Nestabilities Heart plain and scalloped and the digital papers from Lettering Delights mentioned above. The images were colored with Copics.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you are having a great week. I'm looking forward to the weekend! No big plans but hopefully some time for crafting and a nice dinner out with my hubby.

Sweet Hearts Valentines

Ok, the other day (see post here) I told you the Sweet Hearts set from Clear and Simple Stamps is great for non-Valentines Day cards but today let's focus on more valentines. For the first card I stamped the little heart background stamp on the top of the card with Old Paper Distress Ink, ran some red cord around the card, then stamped the heart and sentiment with Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink on a scrap of designer paper. Next I inked the edges of the scrap with Distress Ink Vintage photo and mounted it to the card with pop dots. For the finishing touch I added three gemstones to the heart. Very simple card but I really like the end result.

For the second card I pulled out the Bittersweet collection of papers from Basic Grey, some Stampin Up glitters and Studio G flocking.

I really should put some of these valentine cards that I've made in the mail so others can appreciate them.  Thanks for stopping by. I hope you're having a wonderful day. Happy Stamping!

Not just for Valentines

Clear and Simple Stamps SOTM for February is the Sweet Hearts set and I wanted to show you that it's great for more than just Valentines projects. Here are three cards I made last night using the same layout. I love how different they each look just by changing up the color schemes.

Also if you're interested in the SOTM set you can save $1 by entering Discount Code: CSS0210 (valid Feb 1-28, 2010). Clear and Simple also has a new Copic Trio: Red Trio 3 (R32, R35, R39). There is a $4 savings when you purchase the Sweet Hearts set and the Copic Trio bundle on the bottom of this page. Also if you enter the Discount Code: CSS0210 you will get the additional $1 savings so it would be $25 for the stamp set and trio of Copics. What a great deal!

For this version I went with the traditional Valentines Day colors using papers from the K&Company Lovely collection with a base of pink from an unknown vendor. Copics used were E33, E42, R37, R81.

 

Next I did a pastel version. It reminds me of sherbet colors. The papers for this card are from the K&Company Brenda Walton Small Wonders Girl collection with a base of SU Barely Banana. Copics used were E42, YR000, Y00, YG11.

 

Finally I pulled out my K&Company Classic K Bailey mat pack and made this earthy version of the card. Olive green is a favorite color of mine so I really like how this one turned out. The card base is Soft Suede from SU and the Copics used were G99, YG91, YG95, E31.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a wonderful week!

Emboss Resist

Are you following the challenges for the Papertrey Ink Anniversary celebration on Nichole Heady's blog? Today's challenge is to create a card using the emboss resist technique so I had to play along.

The emboss resist technique is fun and easy. I stamped the solid heart with Versamark ink on a polka dot patterned paper and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. Next I took my Distress Ink Peeled Paint and sponged it all over the polka dot square. When you're done sponging the ink on you can take a tissue or towel and wipe any excess ink off the embossed image showing where the clear embossing resists the ink. Archival Ink will stamp on embossed images so I used that to stamp my sentiment over the top.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you're having a wonderful evening!

Supplies:

• Stamps - Papertrey Ink Heart Prints
• Paper - Stampin Up Blush Blossom, Chocolate Chip; K&Company Lovely paper pack
• Ink - Versamark, Distress Ink Peeled Paint, Archival Ink Jet Black
• Misc - Clear embossing powder, Lace, Ribbon, Button

Are you ready for Valentines Day?

I have another Valentine to share with you today. This one uses a cute gumball machine stamp from Great Impressions and more papers from the Lovely paper pack by K&Company.

For a little extra something I applied a variety of colors of Stickles to the heart shaped gumballs. The sentiment is from the Heart Prints set from Papertrey Ink.

Hope you're all having a wonderful day! Thanks so much for stopping by.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Great Impressions (Gumball Machine), Papertrey Ink (Heart Prints)
• Paper - Bazzill Kraft, Neenah White, K&Company Lovely
• Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
• Misc - Copics, Stickles, Ribbon, Button

Love Owls

Have you ever tried digital stamps? There is an amazing supply of digital images available out there and my favorite place for digital images is DigiStamp Boutique. Check out these adorable Love Owls that were recently released. I printed them on Neenah white, colored them with Copics then added some flocking to the hearts on their tummies and her flower. I cut them out using my Coluzzle knife. For cutting out images I like to use my Coluzzle knife because the little blade swivels and with a little practice I find that much easier to manipulate then a craft knife with a stationary blade. What do you use to cut out your images?

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope your week is going well.

Supplies:

• Digital Stamps - DigiStamp Boutique Love Owls
• Paper - Bazzill Kraft, Neenah White, Stampin Up Blush Blossom, K&Company Lovely
• Ink - Distress Ink Vintage Photo
• Misc - Copics, Flocking, Stampin Up Scallop border punch and circle punch, Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder, Nestabilities Heart

New Stamp and Template of the Month

Hard to believe it's already February! We've been having some really cold weather here this past week and I'm ready for it to warm up. It's overcast and cold again today but at least today's project warms my heart. :)

You all know by now that along with the first of the month comes a new Stamp of the Month set and free template from Clear & Simple Stamps. First I'll share the new Stamp of the Month for February: Sweet Hearts.

Don't forget that you can get $1 off the set by entering Discount Code: CSS0210 (valid Feb 1-28, 2010)
Clear and Simple has also come up with a new Copic Trio: Red Trio 3 (R32, R35, R39). There is a $4 savings when you purchase the Sweet Hearts set and the Copic Trio bundle on the bottom of this page. Also if you enter the Discount Code: CSS0210 you will get the additional $1 savings so it would be $25 for the set and trio of Copics. What a great deal!


Ok, now it's time to share the February Template of the Month designed by Sue Berker for Clear and Simple Stamps. It's a wonderful Sweet Hearts Box. Sue has even posted directions on her blog Sharing What I  Love. For my sample I used Core'dinations paper for the base and decorated it with some papers from K&Company's Lovely patterned paper pack.

 

  

Instead of adding the little pen holder on the front of my heart box I inserted it inside the box and then made tall skinny note cards perfect for making lists. The note cards measure 8 1/2 x 2 3/4 with a 1 inch wide strip of designer paper and then a 2 in circle stamped with a sneak peak of an unreleased set from Clear and Simple Stamps. Not only is this a really cute template but the best part is it's FREE!

Be sure to visit my fellow Design Team members blogs for more inspiration and samples of the Sweet Hearts Box Template.

I hope you're all having a wonderful Monday!

Whipper Snapper Valentines

Sorry I've been such a bad blogger this year. I've been trying to eat better this year which means grocery shopping and cooking instead of grabbing takeout or frozen convenience foods so it's cutting into my crafting and blogging time. I guess everything is give and take. I do like to cook and I've tried some really great receipes in the last couple of weeks so I am enjoying it. Just wish my crafting time didn't have to suffer since I do so enjoy that too. Ok, enough about me let's get on with the crafty stuff. How about some Valentines.

Love this little puppy from Whipper Snapper! For the top cards I paired him up with Digital papers from the Tiny Princess Collection from The Digichick. The bottom card uses papers from K&Company's Lovely collection.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Supplies:
Stamps - Sorry Pooch from Whipper Snapper, Misc $1 stamp for sentiment on top card
Paper - Kraft, White, Vanilla, Tiny Princess from The Digichick, K&Company Lovely
Ink - Memento Rich Cocoa
Misc - Rick rack, Ribbon, Button, Nestabilities, Copics

Sweet Tooth Valentines

I thought it was time to get started on some Valentines so I pulled out my Sweet Tooth set from Clear & Simple Stamps and made a batch of small cards (4x3). I paired the set with some fun papers from the K&Company Lovely paper pack.

Also, for those of you attending the CHA Supershow in Anaheim, CA at the end of the week don't forget to visit with Clear and Simple Stamps in booth #659. They will be unveiling their newest product at the Supershow and also hosting 6 different make and takes.  For a schedule of make and take times go here.

I will not be attending but I will have samples on display. Feel free to send me a photo if you spot one of my samples.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Clear & Simple Stamps Sweet Tooth
• Paper - Kraft, White, K&Company Lovely
• Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
• Misc - Copics, Scallop edge punch

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day! We're planning to spend it painting our living room. Not the most romantic thing but that's ok as long as we're together.

This is the card I made for my DH. I stamped the heart swirl background with embossing ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. Next I inked the tag with Distress Inks (pink lipstick, fired brick and vintage photo around the edges). The hearts are cut out of grungeboard and painted with fired brick crackle paint. The I LOVE YOU sentiment is from a Studio G set and just stamped repeatedly on a strip of paper inked with more pink lipstick Distress Ink. I attached the tag to a Kraft card base, used my cropodile to punch a hole in the top and added a May Arts ribbon to finish the card.

Hero Arts Valentines

Recently I did some cleaning and re-organizing in my craft room and put away all of my holiday stuff so I could move on to Valentines. I pulled out a couple of Hero Arts sets and stamped several images with Archival ink on SU Whisper White and then colored them with prismacolor pencils and gamsol while I watched a movie. Cutting them all out was a little time consuming but I love the effect. I also punched out hearts and covered them with Firebrick Distress Stickles for each of them to hold. The cards are 4 inches square and not too bulky so they will mail well. I'm planning to make enough to send to all my nieces and nephews and my girlfriends children so I stuck with a pretty simple design.

This first batch is from the Happy Day Animals clear set.

This second batch is from the Playful Animals set.

For those of you experiencing this cold spell we're having here in the northern mid-west I hope you're all safe and warm! Thanks so much for stopping.

Supplies:

• Stamps - Hero Arts & Studio G (sentiment)
• Ink - Archival Black
• Paper - Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White, Kraft
• Misc - Prismacolor pencils, Gamsol, Pop dots, Punches, Swiss dots cuttlebug embossing folder
  

Long time no post

Sorry, I didn't realize I haven't posted since Sunday. I am sitting here right now waiting for my camera battery to charge to I can take some pictures of the two projects I made this morning. I knew there was a reason I have started waking up at 4 am. It's so I can spend some time in my craftroom uninterrupted while everyone else in the house is sleeping (except the cat, who figures if I'm awake it must be time to eat so he wanders around the room meowing in hopes that I'll feed him).

I ran to Michael's last night by myself and just took my time wandering around the store. I can't remember the last time I didn't have to rush my way through the store so it was a real treat to just be able to leisurely check out all of the aisles. One of the things I found was a small metal tub for $1. It rang up at 60 cents so it was an even better find! I used it this morning for one of my projects.




I pulled out some floral wires and cut them assorted lengths and then I bent one end of each wire into a W shape to work as a foot so the heart would stand on it's own when set in the tub. Next I got out a variety of Cosmo Cricket papers and cut out 2 hearts from each print. I put two strips of tacky tape on each heart and sandwiched them onto the wire. I added some May Arts ribbon to each heart flower and more to the metal tub. I used my crop-o-dile to punch holes and set eyelets in the tub and then ran the ribbon through the eyelets for the bow on the front. For the finishing touch I filled the tub with valentine kisses. I'm hoping to be back later today with the other project I did this morning.

Thanks for stopping!