Valentine Card

Today I have a Valentine card and tag duo to share with you. We still have a very wintry landscape outside, thanks to the buckets of snow that have been pummeling us lately, so the winter wreath seemed appropriate for a Valentine card.

I also wanted to make some very simple tags to go on Valentine treats that I have in mind (chocolate truffles anyone?). For the tags, I wanted something that would be very easy to make in numbers, and I don't know if it gets easier than using 3 punches and calling it good. (Tag supplies: Tag and heart punches, whisper white, perfect plum, and crumb cake cardstock all by Stampin' Up!)
The card is equally simple in design and I fancied it up a bit by dotting the wreath with some liquid pearls in White Opal and painting the heart with the sparkly champagne ink shown above. The stamps are from one of my favorite stamp companies, Memory Box. I purchased the stamps and liquid pearls at Ink About It and the cardstock, heart punch, and champagne ink from Stampin' Up! (Colors: Whisper White, Perfect Plum, Crumb Cake, ink is Basic Brown also by Stampin' Up!)

Now to go check the spinach-artichoke dip and potato skins in progress for our Superbowl viewing pleasure. Hope you're having a fun and craft-filled day.

Happy Crafting!

Kate

Coffee and a Card

I love snow. I really do. I will grant that it's starting to border on the ridiculous that we have so very much of it right now and that we got another 10 or so inches last night and that the kids are home for their fourth snow day this month. But, all that said, snow days inspire me to pop in a movie, make some coffee, and get my craft on.

Today I decided to give the sewing machine a much-deserved break and bust out some of my card-making supplies that have been sitting idle. The coffee and snow combination really warms my heart so I pulled out this old favorite stamp set by MFT and this softly colored snowflake paper, appropriately titled Snow Day, from the Wassail collection by Basic Gray. To jazz up the card a bit, I punched some snowflakes with a Martha Stewart punch (and while I like the shape of the snowflake, the punch is a big pain in the rump on the heavy cardstock that I favor because it's always getting jammed) and painted them in some shimmery gold paint that I got from Stampin' Up. I used Stampin' Up! cardstock in Whisper White and Crumb Cake (formerly Kraft). I also threw in some Martha Stewart twill tape ribbon, crochet ribbon from Wright's, a pearl sticker that I picked up at Michael's.

Now to go make some more coffee and see what else is on that long, long list of projects...

Happy Crafting!

Kate