More Valentine's!

Today I worked on two more Valentine's for my special friends who purchased some for their friends/family.  Below are two new designs.  I still have two or three more to work on before I'm through!

Ink:  Real Red, Black Staz On

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Real Red DSP

Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts, P.S. I Love You

Other: Hearts Embossing Folder, Circle Punch, Scalloped Circle Punch, Rhinestones

Cased from Debra Currier

Ink: Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise, Black Staz On

Paper: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Tempting Turquoise DSP, Crumb Cake

Stamps: P.S. I Love You

Other: Border Punch, Heart Punch, Scalloped Circle Punch, Rhinestones

Cased from Jill Hilliard

Valentines & Thank You's

Last night I needed to craft some more since I had an unproductive night the previous evening. I made another Valentine and then I needed 2 thank you's so I made those as well. I'm pretty happy with the results.  I'll  come back and update with stamp supplies later tonight but for now I wanted to get the pictures out.  

Ink: Calypso Coral

Stamps: I {Heart} Hearts, P.S. I Love you

Paper: Crumb Cake, Calypso Coral, Whisper White

Other: Hearts Embossing Folder, In Color Brads

Cased from: Debra Currier

Ink: Not Quite Navy

Paper: Very Vanilla, Not Quite Navy, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Punches: Blossom Punch

Other: Polka Dot & Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folders, Framelits

Cased and Modified from Jill Hilliard

Ink: Island Indigo, Pool Party

Paper: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Pool Party

Stamps: Perfectly Penned, Mixed Bunch

Other: In Color Brad, Ribbon, Stripes Embossing Folder, Blossom Punch

Cased from Shari Dudek

Will You Be My Valentine?

So I've been stamping some Valentine's cards using ideas that I have pinned on Pinterest.....my new favorite site.  Last night was great!  I made two cards that turned out so cute, that I didn't vary the original design at all!  Tonight, well scroll down, because that is a different story.

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Ink: Real Read, Black Staz On, Baja Breeze

Stamps: Outlined Expressions, P.S. I Love You

Punches, Heart, Border Punch

Paper: Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze, Real Red, Whisper White

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Ink: Riding Hood Red, Regal Rose, Pink Pirouette

Paper: Riding Hood Red, Whisper White

Punches: Heart

Embellishments: Stitched Ribbon, Bakers Twine

So tonight, I was all excited to stamp again.  I saw this really cute idea and saw it as a great opportunity to use some of my new items I just got in my recent order.

Cute Right?  Yes!!  I don't have the little heart embosslit, but I had a plan.  And I was off!

I cut my paper, started do use my new edgelit and embossing folders.....and that is where it went downhill quickly.  The edgelits kept sliding before I could get them into the Big Shot, My paper wouldn't line up, I embossed them in the wrong directions.....you name it, it happened.  This is how it ended......

Stamp Smudged!

Edge of paper torn up by Bakers Twine.

From a distance, it looks ok......

When I stamp I always make two cards.  This is the other one, not even going to try again.

So onward I went to make another card.  This one turned out much better.  Different flavor then your traditional valentines, but I'm pleased with how it turned out.

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Ink: Basic Black, Pool Party, Lucky Limade, Calypso Coral, Regal Rose

Stamps: P.S. I Love You, I {Heart} Hearts

Punches: Word Window, Label

Paper, Lucky Limade, Crumb Cake, Vanilla, Everyday Enchantment DSP

Embellishment: Knockoff Pool Party Ribbon, Everyday Enchantment DSP Brad

So apparently, I was a little off.....now that I look at the pictures I see that I used the wrong color paper for the Be My Valentine sentiment on the card.....so I'll be fixing that sometime soon!

Hopefully tomorrow night I'll get two more card designs done and not have more frustrations.  I did learn a good bit about some of my new tools this evening.  Hopefully this new knowledge will help me to make better progress tomorrow night.

Happy Hanukkah #8

This is the second Hanukkah card that I made.  Again I love the color combination and how the card came together.  =)

Ink: Versa Mark, Not Quite Navy, Baja Blue

Paper: Not Quite Navy, Baja Blue, Whisper White

Stamps: Hebrew Holidays

Accessories: Silver Embossing Powder

Happy Hanukkah #7

So I didn't have any Hanukkah cards yet so I decided to work on few.  This one is the first.  It is very simple but I like the color combination and how it turned out.  Hopefully Others will like it too!

Ink: Pacific Point

Stamps: Hebrew Holidays

Paper: Whisper White, Pacific Point

Accessories:  Scallop Circle Punch, Ribbon, Dots Embossing Folder

Seasons Greetings #6

Another card using my newest favorite set!  Typically, I don't stamp on dark paper, but I love the way the white embossing powder stands out on the navy.

Stamps: Delicate Doilies, Four the Holidays

Ink: Night of Navy, Whisper White

Paper:  Night of Navy, Tan Confetti, Whisper White

Accessories: Silver Brads, White Embossing Powder 

Merry Christmas #5

This card was one that I have always wanted to try.  Last year Stampin' Up!  came out with this really cute owl punch......the only catch was that you could make all kinds of things with it.  I saw some of the cutest reindeer and penguins!  So I borrowed my upline's punch and got to work making some reindeer!  They turned out really cute.  I really like the way the DSP adds just the right touch to the background.  The white stitching turned out really cute too!

Ink:  Real Red

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Real Red, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, and Red DSP

Punches: Owl Punch, Snowflake Punch(non SU), and Scalloped edge and Circle.

Stamps:  Four the Holidays

Seasons Greetings #4

So this is my 4th set of cards to sell for the holidays.  I really like the gold embossing work on the top.  Different take on the traditional tree!  This week I haven't been able to do a whole lot of stamping however, I do have a cute reindeer card and a cute penguin card in the work.  Next up, I'm going to be working on some Hanukkah cards!

Ink: Old Olive, VersaMark

Paper: Old Olive, Whisper White

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Delightful Decorations, Fruit of the Season

Accessories: Dimensionals, Gold Glory Embossing Powder, Ribbon

Be Merry #3

I made this new holiday card last week.  The idea is pretty simple and it has more of a classic look.  The colors in this card are my favorite colors to use for the holidays.   I just love how they look together.

Ink: Real Red

Stamps: Shapes & Shadows, Warm Words

Paper: Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Old Olive DSP, and Real Red DSP

Accessories: Dotted Embossing Folder, Red Grossgrain Ribbon

Happy Holidays #2

Here is my card I created last night.  I like the simplicity of this one.  =)  Unfortunately my order was messed up so I was missing the stamp set I ordered that had the Happy Holidays stamp I wanted to use on the bottom of this card.  So I'll add that later.  Even without it, I'm really happy with the results.

Paper: Whisper White

Ink: Rich Razzelberry

Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Four the Holidays

Extras: Rhinestones, Glitter, Ornament Punch, Glue

Idea Cased from:  http://stampmyday.blogspot.com/2011/10/christmas-cards-yes-already.html

I have 4 of these cards.  If you are interested in purchasing they are $2.50 each + 50 cents postage if I have to ship to you.

Seasons Greetings #1

Yes I'm doing exactly what I complain about each and every year......"It's not even Halloween and Holiday things are already out and on sale."  However, I'm going to be working hard to sell some of my creations next month so my goal is try to make at least 10 cards a week to sell.  So here is the first of many holiday creations!  What I like about this one is that it is pretty generic and it uses two of my new stamp sets  and my new punch.

Finished!

These two doilies were handcut.

Stamps: Delicate Doilies, Curly Cute

Paper: Whisper White, Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant

Ink: Wisteria Wonder, Elegant Eggplant

Extras:  Lace Border Punch, Rhinestone, Dimensionals.
Idea cased from: Trinity Designs

I have 3 of these cards.  If you are interested in purchasing they are $2.50 each + 50 cents postage if I have to ship to you.

March Workshop Cards

My monthly workshop is this Sunday.  Here are the three cards we will be making.  I can't take any credit for the designs, I snagged them from others and tweaked the colors a bit.  However they all turned out great!

 

I was feeling Springy!

Snagged from Jill

 

Anytime card!

Also snagged from Jill.  Love her stuff!!

 

Show your green!  Happy St. Patty's Day!! 

Snagged from Shelly

Also Chris bought me this great frame from Pier 1 for Valentine's and I finally showcased some of my cards!