I Can Be Me - Revised

This card is a revision of another card I did last week and the more I looked at it the more it bugged me.  I just wasn't satisfied with the result so I revised it to this.  I think the three emus do actually add more pizzaz and I decided to forgo the flower and make it a little more masculine.

 Original Card

Well, it's late so I should try and get some shut eye.

Valentine Angel

This card won the Delicious Doodles Challenge on 2-18-11

Hello again!  I got sidetracked and now here it is Tuesday! Here is a cutie pie Raggedy Ann angel digi stamp, thanks to StitchyBear.  When I was a child, my grandmother got me collecting dolls, mostly small ceramic dolls but then my collection grew to include all kinds from ceramic to stuffed, cornhusk, and of course, Barbie!  I even have a doll that belonged to my great-grandmother when she was a child, which probably makes it close to 100 years old or more.  So Raggedy Ann here stole my heart and pretty fitting for Valentine's Day.

I used the colors from last week's Color Throwdown challenge and the sketch challenge from last week's The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge #94, but missed their deadlines.

Color Throwdown #128

The Sweet Stop #94

SPIES:

Stamps: Raggedy Ann digistamp - StitchyBear; Sentiment Digistamp- Squigglefly.
Ink:  Laser printer
Paper:  DP from stash. Black, pink and white cardstock.
Extras: Red and pink gems.  Heart gems.  Red satin ribbon.  Scallop border punch, scallop circle die.  Nestability scallop square.

CHALLENGES:

The Sisterhood of Crafters - In Love With Valentines
The Pink Elephant - Be My Valentine
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #69 Valentines/Love
Delicious Doodles Challenges - #12 Valentines Day

  

Love Blooms

Good evening and Happy Valentine's Day!  It's almost over.  I spent the weekend creating cards so I am just now getting them posted.  Hope everyone had a wonderful {Heart}day.  We got a surprise spring day here in central North Carolina with temps in the low 70s and VERY breezy! It felt more like a March day than a February one.  It was just warm enough to enjoy a nice meal on the patio before the hubby had to go off to work.

My first card is not a typical Valentine card.  Last week's Wee Memories challenge was to use paper from your scrap pile and as my scrap pile is beginning to grow, I decided to thin it down. 

SPIES:
Stamps:  Flower with Sentiment stamp from My Favorite Things.
Ink:  Staz On Jet black; Craft pens.
Paper:  White, purple and olive green cardstock, DP from scrap pile.
Extras:  Lace border punch; fench border punch; sage ribbon; purple felt flower; polka dot brad.

CHALLENGES:

Raise The Bar - Challenge #53 -Valentine with No Pink or Red
Sisterhood of Crafters -  In Love With Valentines
Stampin for the Weekend - Challenge #3, St. Valentines Day

Butterfly Hearts

A Fave Fluttering on 2-16-11

Hearts, swirls and butterflies.

SPIES:
Stamps:  None
Paper:  Kraft, red velvet and DP from stash.
Ink:  N/A
Extras:  Sizzix heart dies; small heart punch; rhinestone swirl sticker; red gems; white lace button.

CHALLENGES:

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge: Give Us Your Heart challenge
Flutter By Wednesday: Challenge #141
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge: "Hearts a Flutter"

I Can Be Me

I just love this cute Emu digi stamp!

SPIES:
Stamps:  Sentiment Digistamp from Whimsy Stamps and Emu Digistamp from Stitchy Bear Stamps.
Paper:  Cardstock and DP from stash.
Extras:  Mosaic emboss folder; Destresser;  Fabric flowers; coral raffia; white heart buttons.

Bright Hearts

Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #96

SPIES:

Stamps: Valentine Sentiment Digital Stamp by The Cutting Cafe.
Paper:  Brown and white cardstock.  DP from stash.
Ink:  Printer & Photoshop
Extras:  White heart brads; brown polka dot ribbon; flower stickers - Sandylioin; scallop heart punch; wavy heart die from Sizzix; emboss folder.


CHALLENGES:
Cupcake Inspirations Challenge #96
Get Sketchy #73

Cupid Silhouette

Off The Wall Challenge #43

A valentine card tonight.  I just purchased some silhouette digital stamps and decided to try one for the Off The Wall challenge this week.  I love it when a project comes together!  The photo didn't turn out so great to show the cream color of the DP totally.

SPIES:
Stamps:  Cupid Silhouette Digital Stamp - Stitchy Bear Stamps; Sentiment - Hampton Art.
Paper:  Black and cream cardstock; DP - DCWV All Dressed Up.
Ink:  Staz On Jet Black.
Extras:  Heart doilie; Black/white stripe ribbon; various border punches; heart punch; scallop circle die; pearl gem; pearl buttons.

Swirly Hearts

Pals Paper Arts #76

My first post of 2011 and trying to get back in the creative groove!  I've started off with a simple Valentine for Pals Paper Arts Valentine theme challenge.

SPIES:

Stamps:  None.

Paper:  Metallic red cardstock; white cardstock.

Ink:  None.

Extras:  Swirl accent die; Swirl emboss folder; pink tulle, red lace ribbon, red heart gem.

I Love You

SPCC #34

Sketch Saturday #90

Happy Post-Valentine's Day!  I was sooo busy yesterday that I didn't get around to posting or anything on the computer.  I have a few more Valentines to post so hopefully everyone isn't all 'loved' out!  Besides, any day is a day for love, right?  I combined challenges again as I was just not in a major creative mood.  

Stamps:  Morty the Moose from Sewn Together at Digital-Inkco.  He is just too cute!  Other:  Valentine sentiment.

Paper:  From stash.

Extras:  Rope string, brads.  I used the Spellbinders Labels Nestabilities for the back layer of the turquoise frame around Morty.  Then I placed a scalloped oval frame on top of that with Morty as an oval picture to give it more dimension.

Love & Hugs!

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Tic-Tac-Love

 

  

Embellish Magazine Color Challenge with Ribbon

 

Get Sketchy #24

 Happy  Thursday!  Here I am with another post this week.  I cannot believe I've actually completed some projects on time and even early!  However, it could just be the calm before the storm that is probably going to erupt later this week.  My laptop died last night and it looks like there's no reviving it.  So I am having to get used to our desktop again.  Funny how you get so used to a certain computer that when you have to switch it makes you feel all discombobulated.  And at least it has happened when we are about to purchase a laptop for my son as an 18th birthday/graduation gift, which means I won't have to learn to share for too long!  hahaha  

So on to business.  Hugs and kisses to Embellish Magazine for a really great color challenge and to Get Sketchy for Sketch #24, a cute and inspiring sketch this week!  They both helped me bring together my idea of XXs and OOs (hugs and kisses) and tic tac toe.  The idea began with the XO stamp I got, which I used to stamp the background of some light pink cardstock.  I continued that on the tic tac toe board.  Originally I was going to put Xs in the blank spaces of the tic tac toe board, but it just looked too crowded and stamping them looked too cheesy.  So I stuck with hearts, placing decorative circle stickers on three for 'three in a row'.

Stamps:  XO by Craftsmart; 'hugs & kisses' by Inkadinkadoo

Paper:  Carob, Artisan pool; light pink, teal, and brown cardstock, and DP from stash.

Ink:  Timber Brown by Stazon, pink by Ink It Up!

Extras: Sizzix heart die; scallop heart punch, circle stickers gems, flower, heart brad, teal patterned material (center heart), teal ribbon, XO ribbon, brown ribbon, light pink ribbon.

This was another fun card to make with all of the embellishments and ribbon.  I love ribbon so when any challenge adds ribbon as one of the requirements, you can be rest assured that I'll be using as much of it as I can!  

XXX OOO

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Bee Pink

 

Doodle Inspiration 

 

  

Pals Paper Arts #28  

  

CPS-Card Sketches #153 

  A pink bee for Valentine's Day!  Not to brag, okay, maybe to brag a little......this has to be one of my favorite cards I've made so far.  I love the color combination.  Does that make me a true girlie girl or is it that since I live in a house of testosterone I never get to see much pink!  Either way, pink is fave.

As I mentioned in one of my posts from yesterday, I have been sketching and doodling some lately, which included drawing out some of my own card layouts and images for cards.  The 'doodle inspiration' here is one of my own and my inspiration for the card. I actually didn't stay true to my own sketch in that I did not add as many swirls and hearts mainly because there wasn't enough room and once I put it on paper it had a mind of it's own.  I knew I wanted to make the bee pink and black so the PPA color challenge this week was perfect.  And, then when I saw the sketch at CPS everything just came together.  That doesn't seem to happen often for me with my cards.  Usually I start creating one and then I get bogged down with alternative visions dancing around in my head.  One reason I dusted off my sketch book, to get them on paper at least for future use. I do believe I am going to have to use my bee again sometime soon!

Stamps:  Absolutely none whatsoever this time!

Paper:  Light and dark pink cardstock and DP from stash.

Ink:  Again, absolutely none.

Extras:  Heart doily, pink bubble gems, black patterned ribbon, black transparent ribbon, Wingo Zingo alpha, heart dies and swirl die from Sizzix.  The 'swirl' die is the tail from the Sizzix Bigz lovebird die.

Bee Happy! ♥♥♥

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All U Need Is Love

 

  

  

My third card for today, I assembled during the Superbowl.  It is another color challenge, but this time for ColorQ #18.  My colors may be a little brighter than asked for.  Yet, I had a lot of fun doing this card.  It put me in such a 'springy' mood, and I know we ALL could use some springtime about now!

I used my Sizzix Original flower die for all the flowers in all of the colors.  A small heart punch was used for the middle of the flower with a white pearl gem attached.  The card was completed with the 'all u need is love' sentiment stamp and ribbons.

Here's to spring-like days ahead!

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Sew Many Hearts

 

  

 

Another card for 365 Cards.  This time for their Color Challenge #7.  During our days snowed-in last week, I got my sketch book out.  I haven't done that in YEARS!  I just began sketching various valentine pictures that I could eventually maybe make into digital stamps.  While sketching, I created some card sketch layouts too. This is one of them.  I was thinking about the back of an envelope.  Looking at the finished product, it also reminds me of a quilt square.

So the DP papers are triangles fitted together to resemble an envelope.  I also had sketched out a flower made from heart, and that is what I put in the middle, only I used my embossed Sizzlet heart die.  Then, I wanted something along the trim and as how I have not sewn on a card yet, I gave it a whirl.  It didn't end without me sticking at lest three of my fingers!  (I haven't sewn anything but a button in probably a year either).  Do you see a trend?

Anyway,  finished off the card with a stamped sentiment, pink bow and colored brads.

Smiles!

 

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Love Welcome

Photo Inspiration

 

  

A fun card to make with the inspiring door hanging on my front door to make for 365 Cards 'Love' challenge on Tuesday. 

I bought the door hanging at JoAnn Fabrics and immediately got inspiration for a card from it.  I made mine a little less country than the original.  I just liked the black/white DP paper I had but I stuck as closely to the inspiration other than the background colors.  The 'Love' sentiment/die is connected together with black decorative staples to resemble the black wire that connects the hearts and letters in the door hanging.  I continued that technique by stapling the ribbon to the top and bottom of the card.  I used a Sizzix heart texturz for the red cardstock and also the black cardstock.  Other extras included red gingham ribbon, white buttons and black embroidery thread.

More to come....trying to get a few more cards posted for challenges.

Smiles!

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Irish Love

Bonus Sketch

Color Throwdown 76

Two Cards for 2S4Y #44.

LUCK O' THE IRISH --

Well, I think I got in just under the wire.  One of these days I will get things done earlier.  However, I am early for the Color Throwdown challenge.  I'm not completely satisfied with the Irish card.  Now that I look at it I did forget one element for the sketch on the bottom.  I was going for something a little quick and started out by making the colors of the Irish flag. I also wanted to use the shamrock stamp alongside my sentiment, but it was too large and since I was running out of time, I chose shamrock gems instead.  Still, it was a fun card to make. 

Stamps:  Shamrock stamp and sentiment.
Paper:  green, orange and white cardstock.
Ink:  Pine.
Extras:  Nestability die, green brads, shamrock gems, green and orange ribbon.


LOVE --

The Love card I like a litlte better.  It is for the bonus challenge.  Although now you cannot see the image on the patterned paper as well, the heart columns I made with a heart punch and gell pen mirror the image of the pink hearts hanging off of green vines.  The color scheme is from Color Throwdown 76.  Again, I had to improvise a little on the colors and get them as close as I could.

Stamps:  NONE!
Paper:  Patterned paper, olive, pale yellow and raspberry cardstock.
Ink:  NONE!
Extras:  heart punch, olive gel pen; Sizzis skittle dee doo alpha die, rapsberry patterned ribbon.

Well, it's late and I'm up as usual, but not for much longer.

Blessings!


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