Valentine Wishes

Hi Friends! I hope you had a good weekend and got in some crafting time. I spent a lot of time trying to organize my dies into a different system. I'm about halfway finished, but I need to wrap it up. It's really hard trying to make a card when dies are all over the place. ;)

As you can see, I've made another Valentine's card, and like the last one, I used all digital dp. The image is a digital stamp, also. It doesn't show up well in the photo, but the Hearts Circle die cut has glitter on the heart border.

Here's a close up of the fancy stitching I did between the two layers.

It was fun to "color" this image in my photo program. I used some of the same digi paper (that I used to make the card) for the envelope, heart, dress, shoes, and hairband. For the hair, I filled it with a brown color, then used the texture effects feature to give it a textured look. After die cutting the image, I used Spun Sugar to sponge inside the die.

The inside is simple, with a sponged, tilted panel and sweet sentiment.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit, and have a fantastic week!

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:
Design House Digital Valentine's Day Card Contest: Kids Hybrid Card
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Have a Heart
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #206: It's Sketchy!
ColourQ Challenge #175

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Mailed My Heart digital stamp (Whimsie Doodles); Valentine Sayings, All Occasion Messages (Hero Arts)
Paper: Henri by Diane Rooney, Embrace by Diane Rooney, Frostine Winter Berry by Diane Rooney; Antique Flower Stall by Jen Schoenberger; Me & Mine by Mary Moseley (All dp's are digital from Design House Digital) 

Ink: Distress; Memento; Versamark; Colorbox
Dies: Postage Stamps, Classic Ovals, Classic Scalloped Ovals, Heart Circles, Labels Twenty-One (Spellbinders)
Accessories: Swiss Dots embossing folder (Cuttlebug); embossing powder; Glitter; Mod Podge; Metal Embellishments
Size: 5.5" x 5.5"

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I Heart You

Hi Friends! Valentine's Day is just a few days away, and I still need to make a couple more cards. Here's one in a non-traditional color scheme.

All the dp on this card is digital, from Design House Digital. If you haven't been to their site yet, you should, even if you think you wouldn't like to use digital paper. I've found that the trick to printing them is to increase the saturation and lighten it up a bit first. Don't get me wrong, I love paper packs. But, it is so convenient, when I need something specific, to just go online and download a digi paper pack instantly. And most of the digi paper I have was free or just $1! If you sign up for Design House Digital emails, you'll get links to free paper packs quite often (I think once a week), and they aren't the crummy designs that no one wants to buy...they are fab designs! What I really like about digi paper, is that if I like a particular design, I can print it unlimited times. No need to worry about using the last sheet in the pack. :) And, no, DHD isn't sponsoring this post, I just really like their product.

Now, on to the card. The layout is from this week's Mojo Monday 279 sketch. I added a few elements, such as the photo corner and heart, but mostly kept to the sketch. The border at the bottom of the card is a Bracket border punch. I had a tough time sewing along the edge of it, but I think it turned out ok. ;) The "I Heart You" sentiment is from one of the sets I won from Flourishes recently.

The photo corner is a Sizzix die, which I covered in Glossy Accents.

The heart is a new Spellbinders die from Heartfelt Creations that I got at the convention last weekend. I've been dying to try it out. After cutting the lattice heart out of pink dp, I also cut a solid heart from the same green as the bg. The pearls are a cream Pearl Pen, although they appear pink, I think because of the reflection of the pink paper. All that sparkle on the flowers is Stickles.

I LOVE the tartan dp, and since most of it is covered up on the front of the card, I wanted it to be prominent on the inside. Isn't it gorgeous? The corners of the tartan dp were created using the same Bracket punch as the bottom border. The rose and "Happy Valentine's Day" stamps were from another stamp set that I won from Flourishes (I won the entire month's release...Yay!).

To created the highlighted look on the Happy Valentine's stamp, I first embossed the sentiment with a lettuce green embossing powder, then stamped over that with black Staz-On ink, offsetting it a bit from the green.

I hope to get at least one more Valentine's Day card made today. Although, I'm not sure that's going to happen, I do have another mini card that I will post tonight. So, until then, thanks for stopping by, and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

I'll be entering this card in the following challenges:
Design House Digital Valentine's Day Card Contest: Romantic Hybrid Card
Mojo Monday 279 Sketch Challenge
Simon Says Stamp Challenge: Have a Heart

~Hugs

 

Stamps: Inside & Out You, Roses Are Red (Flourishes); Simply You (Ali Edwards)
Paper: Tartan Delight by Vanessa Fenton, Me & Mine by Mary Moseley, A Little Beachy by Sarah Sullivan, Notions-Blue & Co by Jen Allyson, Henri by Diane Ramsey (all papers are digital from Design House Digital)
Ink: Distress, Memento
Dies: Labels Twenty-Five, Labels Eighteen, Labels Three, Classic Ovals Lg, Timeless Amour (Spellbinders); Photo Corners (Sizzix)
Accessories: Bracket edge punch (EK Success); Adirondack Embossing Powder; Glossy Accents; Pearl Pen; Stickles; ribbon; rhinestones; flowers; sewing thread; foam dots
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge #129: Hearts and More Hearts

[If you are looking for my Flourishes Timeless Tuesday post, click here.]

Hi Friends! It's time for another Tuesday Morning Sketch Challenge, and I think you are really going to like this one. It's sponsored by Cupcake Craftroom.

Here's my take on the sketch:

This was such a fun card to work on. All the dp is digital, so when I distressed it, some of the ink on the printed dp smeared a little, adding to the distressed look. I usually get out the ol' Zutter Distrezzer when I want to distress something, but for this, I spritzed a little water on my craft table, inked up the edges of the music paper and ticket with Vintage Photo ink, then dragged those edges through the water. All I was trying to do was soften the edges so I could roll them up a bit, but I got a bonus when the ink ran further into the paper. It really does look old now.

The felt flower is my first attempt at a rolled felt flower. I definitely need some practice, but I think it was still good enough to put on a card.

I just got the heart and scalloped heart dies this past weekend, and I love them (can you tell)! They layer up so nicely. I may have gotten a little carried away. Here's a look at the inside of the card:

See, hearts...and more hearts. :D On the inside, I stamped the Lace Heart onto the largest heart with Antique Linen Distress Ink and added a simple Valentine's sentiment, and left the smaller heart blank for signing. The edges of both white hearts have Vintage Photo Distress Ink sponged lightly along them.

So, there you have it. Want more inspiration? Easy...just head over to Tuesday Morning Sketches and see what the rest of the design team has to show you! Then, let us see what you come us with. :) You have until Sunday at 8:00 PM EST to post your entry.

I am also entering this in the MyGrafico Love and Valentines Challenge 119.

Thanks for visiting my blog today! I always appreciate your sweet comments!

~Hugs,

 

Stamps: Mark My Heart (Recollections); Lace Heart (Flourishes); Happy Valentine's Day (Michaels)
Paper: Vintage Style Valentine Tickets-digital (Miss Cutiepie Inspiration); Black & White Paper Pack-digital (Print Candee); Vintage Sheet Music White-digital (Lindsay's Stamp Stuff-MyGrafico)
Ink: Distress Ink; Colorbox
Dies: Classic Hearts, Classic Scalloped Hearts (Spellbinders); Rolled Scalloped Flower (MFT Die-namics)
Accessories: Zing glitter embossing powder; felt; seam binding (dyed with reinker); rhinestones; pearls; beads; pin; mini stapler
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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A Prickley Pear New Release Party Blog Hop!

Welcome to Day Three of Prickley Pear's new release of Valentines and Steampunk themed Red Rubber Stamps!

To celebrate this new release we are having a three day long Blog Party with loads of inspirations by the Design Team and a give away! One happy participant will win a $15 gift certificate to the web shop. All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the participating blogs and tell us what you think about the new release. The last day to enter is Sunday, January 15th, at Midnight EST. The winner will be drawn randomly from one of the particpating blogs, and will be presented on the Prickley Pear Blog on Monday, January 16th.

For my blog hop card, I'm using the Mojo Monday 223 sketch and the January color palette from Kathy's Lily Pad Palette Challenge.

I chose the new Hearts ATC stamp and the True Love stamp for the front of my card.

  

I heat embossed the True Love sentiment with silver metallic embossing powder, however, it was difficult to see on the patterned paper. I really wanted it on that part of the card, so I took two different purple Copic markers and colored the embossed area. I like the result and it's nice to know I can match my embossing to just about anything this way, now. :)

I did a lot to the Hearts ATC stamp, but the photo doesn't do it justice. In person, it has an irridescent, almost translucent, dimensional look to it. To achieve that look, I first stamped it with a purple Colorbox pigment ink. Then, I colored the hearts randomly with Prismacolor pencils that matched the dp and used Gamsol and a blending stump to blend and soften the colors. Next, I spritzed it with silver Shimmer Spritz. After that dried, I saturated the entire thing with mineral spirits. (I'm not sure if that step actually did anything, but I gave it a try). Once the mineral spirits dried, I re-stamped the image with silver Colorbox ink, and again with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink. I also sponged the Chipped Sapphire ink along the edges of the rectangle. I attached it to the main panel of the card with shiny silver eyelets. That's Crystal Stickles on the little white dots of the lavender circle die cut.

Here's a shot from another angle so you can see the layers and the dry embossed panel better. There is actually a fairly large heart embossed on the white layer, but the circles ended up covering it up.

For the inside of my card, I used a sentiment stamp called "Each Day." I used Spellbinders Edgeabilities to cut the brackets and hearts at the bottom of the sentiment panel.

Here's a close up of the decorative edge. I filled the open circles with peacock blue Stickles, and the open hearts with lavender Liquid Pearls.

And, that's it for my card. What do you think about the new stamps? Me? I love them! I'm going to take that Hearts ATC stamp and do some experimenting. It's so pretty just stamped and left uncolored, but I liked how much the image changed every time I did something else to it. Now, I want to try other things--maybe my Copics, some paint, chalk, nail polish...anything I can find. If I come up with something fun and funky, I'll be sure to share it with you. :D

In the meantime, don't forget to leave a comment on my blog about the new stamps, then be sure to visit the others on the Design Team to see what they've got to show you and leave comments on their blogs, too.

Kristii

Cheryl (that's Me!)

Ujjwal

Audrey

Remember, you have until Sunday at midnight to comment on everyone's blogs for maximum entries in the drawing. 

Thanks for stopping by today, and Happy Hopping! Good Luck!!!
 

Stamps: Hearts ATC, True Love, Each Day (Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps)
Paper: Violet Garden-Digital paper pack (Print Candee); Cafe Mediterranean (DCWV)
Ink: Colorbox; Distress Ink; Copic markers 
Dies: Std Circles Lg, Classic Scalloped Circles Lg, Classic Rectangle, Classic Bracket Edgeabilitiese (Spellbinders); Brackets (Tim Holtz & Sizzix)
Accessories: Love Is In the Air embossing folder (Cuttlebug); Zing silver metallic embossing powder; Prismacolor pencils; Gamsol; mineral spirits; ribbon; pearls; eyelets; sewing thread; Stickles; Liquid Pearls; Shimmer Spritz; foam dots
Size: A2 (4.25" x 5.5")

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