Happy Valentines Day!

Today is Valentine's Day and I wanted to Post a 'Valentines' day card, so I went searching thru the photos on my computer and came up with this old one.  It is an Oldie and maybe NOT a goodie!  A retired Stampin' Up! set called Funky Favorites, it is one I have saved as I like the images, an overstuffed chair, a chicken a bird house, a very small cup of coffee, a coffee bean. and this heart and flower.  I embossed the hearts and flowers in brown embossing powder on a brown card, I punched out an oval near the top right side of the card, then I stamped the heart in pink and cut it out, this was way before die cuts and thinlits etc.  The Happy Valentine is an old Stampin' Up verse and I used the 'fancy' scissors to cut around it and added 3 white eyelets.

Most likely  NOT my best card ever, but it does say Happy Valentines Day!

I have been trying to sell my cards, so I have with me a small binder with a selection of cards for purchase, charging $3 each or 2 for $5,  So this year, I changed out all the cards and put in Valentine cards and I sold 4 cards this week, to my co-workers, but sold them non the less!  I was pretty happy.  I cut white copy paper slightly smaller than the card and stamped on it the Happy Valentine's Day verse, then I can simply glue the folded sheet into the card, so I was able to put in cards that were not specifically Valentine's Day, but certainly could be. This also prevented me from having so many Valentine's  left over, now that they are not sold, I can still use the cards as Thank you's or birthday or whatever I need.

I also do not like specific Valentines, and certainly not red and pink ALWAYS,  I stamped at Billies on Super Bowl Sunday and I took a pack of DSP and some coordinating cardstock and made a few cards, using her Valentine type verses I like the results.

Then I came up with

Again not traditional Valentine's day colors, but I like them, now unfortunately these are specific to Valentine's day and they did NOT sell this year, so I will have them around for next year, although I do need a card for my beloved today....

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Happy Valentine's Day to you!

Scallop punches

I do love using the scalloped punches.  It is an easy way to frame an element, and if you have 2 sizes you can "frame" the design.  I used the Scoring board to make the background on the chicken card then stamped in checker board fashion the brown swirly elements.  Add a bow and a simple sentiment and Voila it's done.

Stampin' Up! created the blue flower image using the punches, how clever of them!  I like it as it add dimension.  I used the paper piercing tool to create lines of 'stitching' and again a simple sentiment.  I tied 2 pieces of ribbon to the corner of the square where I mounted the flower and again it's done.

Both of these layouts would work great with other stamped images and color combinations.

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This is what Crafty looks like...

This is what Crafty looks like at my house. Kitchen table strewn with all kinds of supplies. These were projects from last months stamping/card making workshop, these were the left over kits I had made up.  Before I put everything away I decided to put together a few projects.  I changed up the colors and images and like how they all turned out.

When I get ready to design a card for my workshops, one of my major thoughts is "do I have enough paper, embellishments, ribbon etc for everyone?"  If not then I have to tweek the design to fit the supplies I have on hand.

I usually like to create several samples to show everyone 'other ideas' to use the same stamp set, and sometimes it takes me several versions to come up with exactly what I want.

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Hello February!

Yes it has been a bit since I posted last, however just because this is a Christmas Card does not mean that you missed most of 2015!  After all it has not been THAT long since I posted!

This past week was extremely hectic, I think I was only home immediately after work only 1 day, Monday!

This Snowflake set is an older set, but I have held on to it because it is a good set.  Actually it is called Snowflakes and has several different sizes of Snowflakes.

I used the Real Red Card Stock and Ink, along with Always Artichoke Card Stock and Ink.  The ribbon is from Stampin' Up! but you guessed, no longer available.

I do like the Six Sided Sampler (130953) stamp set, I thought the stripe looked like candy canes. After I punched out the hexagons, I used Stampin' Dimensions (104430) pop them up.

It is a fairly simple card which is great for a Christmas Card especially if you are going to create multiples.

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Swap card/Cherry Cobbler

I hope you are enjoying your Martin Luther King Holiday today.  This is holiday that is not observed by our office, so I am at work today!

 This is a swap card I designed to take to Sherron's to swap with her, and  her other down lines.  The theme was embossing powder, so I purchased Cherry Cobbler embossing powder and silver ribbon, Assuming I would design a Christmas Card.  HA! best laid plans of mice and men (umm women)

I used embossing folder Honeycomb  (129378) on Cherry Cobbler card stock, then adhered it to a white folded card.  I wrapped bakers twine/cherry cobbler (123125) around the card twice and tied a bow.  (decided I did not like the sillver ribbon) I embossed, with the cherry cobbler embossing powder (122949) the flower image from Six Sided Sampler (130953)

I do not have the coordinating punch Hexagon (130919) so I cut each image by hand, pretty simple based on 6 straight cuts.  I embossed the My Friend from the same stamp set and punched it out using the Modern Label punch (119849)

I arranged the cut/punched images on the right side of the card and used Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)  (One of my favorite things to use on a card/project) to give them a lift.

I guess I was just not in the mood for a Christmas Card on this particular day, even though Cherry Cobbler would make a GREAT Christmas card.

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Weekend.... ahhhhh

The weekend is here, they predict rain for us today!  Imagine that!

This card was one that was made at Bobbie's house in November.  I like the colors and the design.  This is my first time using the sequins on a card, I like the little sparkle they add.

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Baby it's cold outside!

 Mittens, mittens!  Mittens or gloves can be found in EVERY pocket of EVERY jacket I own, you just never know when they will be needed.  Some of them are homemade knitted, some are the 'one size fits all' mittens that come in 2 packs at K-Mart, makes no difference, you must have mittens!

I found this Stampin' Up! punch on the clearance rack and just had to have it.  We used it on the card, punching it twice, once with the designer series paper then again with white for the tips,  we added green ink to the edges using a sponge. 2 short piece of grosgrain ribbon were looped over and added at the edge of the red panel, gave it a little interest against the white card base.

 The big shot and embossing folders make for a great background.  We tied the mittens together with the bakers twine and adhered them to the card front.  The words are a very old Stampin' Up! set but I like the large simple Merry Christmas.

Inside, we took the punch of the mitten and put it on the corner, then used green ink on  a sponge to sponge around the mitten to make a cute accent inside.

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