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.

New Year! New Resolution!

This year I have lots of resolutions and some I plan on trying to keep!  Over the month of Oct/Nov I made several Winter Holiday Cards to sell at school.  I was able to sell several but people kept telling me they wanted Birthday/Sympathy/Thank You's so currently I'm starting to plan an attack and mass production of Birthday Cards to take to work and see how they do.

I'm planning on working on them after I get some much needed school work done so most likely they won't be done until after the New Year begins.  So stay tuned.

If you see anything you like on here, let me know and I'll be happy to send your way.  I have PayPal and cards are $2.50 or 5 for $10.

Have a Happy and Healthy New Year!

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