It's a Valentine's Carnival @ Craft Critique

Oh ... this time of year is so much fun. Unfortunately, I was not able to play w/any of my goodies for this one. But I did oggle over some of my old cards and I shared the link w/the good folks at Craft Critique.

They've compiled a very lengthy list of ideas for this lover's holiday. If you get a chance, check it out. You are sure to get inspired.

• Craft Critique Valentine's Carnival (part 1) (that's where you'll find my listing)
• Craft Critique Valentine's Carnival (part 2)

Cuttlebug Challenge :: 15

Loving this month's Cuttlebug Challenges. Just creativity out the wahzoo.

This week's challenge is to use a sketch and Trudi chose a PageMaps sketch. Lots and lots of circles and boy do I like circles.

I really do like my finished card. I like the colors - how about that patterned paper? It's Basic Grey's Figgy Pudding line. More of a deep red and not traditional red. I like that I stamped on the ribbon. I was uncertain as to how that would come out, but there's nothing like crossing your fingers and hoping for the best, right?

I also like those little epoxy's. They're from Making Memories. And of course I like the embossing. I used several different ones: 2 different full-sized ones (heart blocks and Swiss Dots) as well as 3 small ones from the Playful Circles set.

Just an fyi: I made some cards last year that I really fell in love with. Only I made them for a friend, so I had to let them go, but boy am I glad that I took pics. Check out the Queen of Hearts set.

Thanks for looking ... here's what I used:
cardstock: Archiver's
patterned paper: Basic Grey
dry embossing: Cuttlebug
epoxy's: Making Memories
ribbon: unknown
stamp: Savvy Stamps
ink: Tim Holtz and StazOn

LOVEly

I really, really, really like this card. I made it for a friend - who almost did not get it. She had asked me to make her a set of Valentine's Day cards. This is one of the six.

cardstock: Archiver's
patterned paper: Basic Grey
rick rack: Creative Impressions
ink: Tim Holtz/Ranger
die cuts: Quickutz
embossing: Cuttlebug
stamp: Katie&Co. (Ms $1)
staples: craft supply
rhinestone: unknown

sketch this cards :: 40

I've been scouting out the sketch this cards site a lot ... good people and good stuff. So I laid out this card - and with a Valentine's Day theme, of course.

Again, my sewing is in the baby stages. My zigzag is unsteady and I need to figure out why.

cardstock: Bazzill
patterned paper: Basic Grey
heart die cuts: Cuttle Kids and Quickutz
stamp: Michaels $1 stamp
ink: VersaMagic
ribbon: Joanns

Sharing the Love!

Yes, I've been manufacturing lots and lots of Valentine's Day cards. Some have already been put in the mail even; yea me!

I was on TwoPeas and there as a post about the Heidi Swapp masks. I have several including two alphabets. I have used them only once. So I pulled them out again. They give an airbrush kind of look. Very cool for this card. You can use ink or paint or whatever else you have - you could even trace them - the letters have a stickiness, but not adhesive so they pull right up without tearing your paper.

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Queen of Hearts

I absolutely love hearts. I would like to think that I have every heart die cut that exists (if I have a machine to use it in).

So the design of these cards is super easy. The embossing adds a really nice touch too. How about that lil sentiment? I purchased those last year at Michaels - they were $1 for two. Nice.

Basic Grey papers make my crafting so much easier. It's very classy, yet vintage. I like muted colors too (if you had not noticed).

These are my Valentine's Day cards for this year.

Love Day is on the way ...

oh, but this IS love...

Who Loves Ya?

As Valentine's Day nears, I'm pumpin out more and more cards for those loved ones.

For this batch, I grabbed an idea from the most recent edition of Paper Crafts magazine (p. 29). I used Basic Grey's Lily Kate line, which is what was used in the layout. I did not purchase the entire Lily Kate paper pack, but one of the little 6x6 pads. So I really just got a taste of the Lily Kate line. The line has a soft touch to it. I like the simplicity of these cards, though they took longer to make than I anticipated. Oh, and I don't know that you can really tell, but I used the new Bazzill Basics Bling cardstock. It has a little shimmer to it.

Card base: Halcraft
Patterned paper: Basic Grey's Lily Kate
Cardstock: Bazzill Basic's Bling
Flower punch: EK Success
Brads: Bazzill Basics
Ribbon: Michaels and Offray
Ink: VersaMagic
Happy Love Day Stamp: Savvy Stamps
Happy Valentine's Day Stamp: Katie&Co.
Pre-tied bow: Offray
Heart Sequin: unknown
Glue Dots

Seeing red ...

I'm trying to make some cards to send out to family and friends. I might even sell some ...