Valentine's Wall Hanging

I have a small piece of wall space between my front door and the window next to it. I like having something hanging there and have for fall and winter. I haven't liked anything for Valentine's Day, so I decided to make my own decor.

I used Ribbons & Rosettes for the rosettes. The pieces were cut at 2," so the rosettes are about 4" tall. I used two different shades of pink to create my rosette. Once those were all assembled I cut the scalloped circle from Lacy Labels at 2 1/4." I used white for that piece and the inner ring is the same darker pink I used on the rosettes. I used Martha Stewart Elegant Cake Art for the letters. I cut them at 1 3/4" and use a glittery dark pink cardstock. The heart at the bottom is cut from Cricut American Alphabet, one of the pre-loaded cartridges that came with the E2. It is cut at 2." I used some magenta Stickles on the swirl and star dust Stickles for the white shadow layer. I covered the light pink part of the heart with glossy accents and finished it off with some pink bling. The angel is a Peachy Keen Stamp. I colored her with my Prismacolor pencils, then cut her out. I gave her a little piece of bling for her hair, and used some yellow Stickles on her halo and star dust Stickles on her wings. The cloud is cut using Graphically Speaking, at 2" (real dial size), and I covered it with a cotton ball that I tore apart. I attached all the rosettes to a piece of ribbon, which I looped at the top so that I could hang it on my wall. I have close-up picutres of each individual rosette below.



I made this for the following challenges:

• Die Cuttin' Divas: buttons, bows and/or bling


• Fantabulous Cricut: use a label shape other than a plain circle


• My Sheri Crafts: new things (both Ribbons & Rosettes and the Peachy Keen stamp are new to me)


• Whimsical Designs: love-themed home decor project


• Peachy Keen: photo inspiration

Religious Sympathy Card

I made this card for my mom, who requested a religious sympathy card. She needs it for a funeral this coming week. The card is 5"x5 1/4." I used white cardstock for the card base, which is cut from Lacy Labels at 5." I welded two of the shadow labels on my Gypsy to create the shaped card. I then cut the regular label at 5" from a shimmery blue paper. The last white label is the regular label, cut at 4 3/4." The draped cross is from Designer's Calendar, cut at 4." I cut it from brown cardstock and from the shimmery blue paper. I used just the draped part from the blue one, cutting it out and adhering it over the brown one. I stamped my sentiment using rich cocoa ink by Tsukineko. The stamp is by Impression Obsession. I stamped it on white cardstock and matted it with the shimmery blue paper, cut 1/8" larger than the white. I used foam tape to adhere it to the card over the top of the cross. I finished off the card with some small white pearls. I then created a matching envelope. I used white cardstock for the envelope and the shimmery blue paper for the liner. I then cut a 2" cross from Designer's Calendar with brown cardstock. I cut off the draped part so that it is just the cross and adhered that to the envelope flap. Perfect....an my mom loves it!

I used the "Super Sketchy Sunday" sketch at 365 Cards for the layout of this card. It is always nice when I can incorporate a challenge into a requested card. At least I think so!

Word of the Day Cards Part 1

This whole week at 365 Cards they are doing a word of the day challenge. Each day they have a new word and you have to make a card using that word. I'm not sure why, but I wound up waiting until the end of the week to work on my cards for them, but here they are, at least the first three. I will have the final three tomorrow. I also combined them with other challenges, I will let you know by each card what other challenge is represented. :) And, like always, I will let you know how I made them.

Monday's word of the day was "Wisdom." I made this card using the sketch from Clean & Simple and I also used the challenge at My Sheri Crafts, which was "organic." She asked for your interpretation of the theme. To me it was a natural feeling card, so I used greens, browns and creams for my colors and a tree as my image. The card is 5 1/2"x3 5/8." I used a shimmery green cardstock for the card base. I cut the cream cardstock using Pagoda and the Kanji Word feature at 5." I then embossed the top part of the cut with the Japanese Scales embossing folder. I wrapped a ribbon around the card and then added my image. I used one of the bonsai trees from Pagoda, cut at 2 1/2." I used my computer to write the sentiment for the inside (which I don't have a picture of). It says, "Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability." -Plautus

Tuesday's word of the day was "Believe." I used sketch #174 at Mojo Monday for this one and the color combo at Crafting with Cristina. Her color challenge was black, white and grey or silver. This is a 5"x5" card. I used white cardstock for the base. I then cut some black cardstock using Paper Lace at 4 3/4." I then glittered the cut out pieces of the lace with some silver glitter. The two small, white butterflies are from a Martha Stewart punch. The large, silver butterfly is from Picturesque and is cut at 1." The sentiment, "Believe," is from Gypsy Wanderings and cut at 2." I left the inside blank on this card.

Wednesday's word was "Bliss." I made this card using sketch #99 from Card Patterns. I made this a 4 1/2"x6 1/4" card. I used a light green cardstock for the base. I then cut a piece of floral patterned paper 1/8" smaller than the card base. I cut some more of the light green cardstock at 4"x5" and then used an EK Succes border punch at the top of the piece. The green patterned paper is cut at 3 3/4"x4." I then wrapped a ribbon around the piece and tied a knot with a small piece of the ribbon and attached it with a glue dot. I didn't have enough ribbon to actually tie it around the piece, so I improvised. The label with the sentiment on it is from Lacy Labels, cut at 2 1/2."

Love You

I made this card using sketch #201 from CPS. I used the color combo from Cricut Cardz; which is black, white and red. I also made this for the challenge at Paper Playtime. Their challenge is to use the word "love" on your project.
The card is 5 1/2"x4 1/4." I made it out of white cardstock and then cut some black cardstock 1/4" smaller. I mounted that on the card and then used my white gel pen for some faux stitching around the card. I cut a white strip at 5"x1 1/2" and then used a Martha Stewart border punch on the bottome. I cut a strip of red cardstock at 4 3/4"x3/4" and ran it through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder. I then mounted that to the card. I used Lacy Labels to cut the label out at 3 1/4." I used the shadow feature for the white layer. The red hearts were then glittered. "Love You" is from Lyrical Letters, using the connected feature. I then glittered the heart for it as well. I adhered the sentiment to the label and then used foam adhesive to mount it to the card. Enjoy!!