Scrapy Land Challenge #83

Hello crafty friends,

Scrapy Land's Challenge #83 is the prefect opportunity to show off these two Valentine theme cards using the Cheery Lynn Designs - Sweetheart Candy dies:

On this card I put the candy hearts into a shaker heart shaped window.  I used a heart die to cut the shaker window and the Die-Versions' Love die, which is currently not available in the shop, but this love die would be a great alternative.

On this card I put the candy hearts into mini squares that I stamped in white ink.  I left most the of candy heart white w/just a coat of clear Wink of Stella and a few of them water colored pink.  The multi color background is pattern paper from a water color paper pad. 

Thanks for stopping bye.... please join us for this challenge.  The winners... one selected randomly and one selected by the Design Team will both receive a $10 gift certificate to Scrapy Land.


Until next time... take care.

Inspiration Squad - Feb2018 Challenge 192

Hello crafty friends,

Happy February...  one month closer to Spring.  CAS-ual Friday's Challenge #192 is all about hearts and I made these two cards for the challenge.

Both cards are tall (3.75"x8.5") ones that fit into standard #10 envelopes.  The blue card has stamped sentiment arrows from the Cupid's Arrows stamps set within the die cut arrow openings from the Heart Board dies.  The red card has stamped hearts from the Cupid's Arrows stamps set in shades of pink and red inks and the "I LOVE YOU" arrow stamps hitting the centers of those hearts.

Thank you for stopping bye today.  I look forward to seeing your heart theme submissions to this month's challenge. 

Owl My Love

Hello crafty friends,

It's been a while since I posted anything on my blog.  It's taken me a while to get caught up after the holidays and to start creating just for me.   After dinner last night I went into my craft room and created these three love theme cards and since today is LOVE day, it's the perfect day to post them here.

My first card was super easy... no I really mean it this time :)  I used the Die-Version I LOVE YOU Corner Concept die, which I cut four times and arranged on my kraft card front.   This is my first top fold card.  I used a 8.5x11 sheet of kraft card stock, which I cut in half the long way and folded in half.  I added one of the cute owls from the Owl My Thanks stamp and die set, which I colored in green to match my card stock and popped up w/foam for a little dimension.  Super easy and super fast card.

My second card has a few more components, but just as easy to put together.  I used the other half of my 8.5x11 sheet of kraft card stock for my card base, once again making a top folding card.  I matted it w/a piece of pattern paper leaving a small kraft border.  Next I die cut the Die-Version Smile Sweet Frames, manually trimming off the smile for a clean look.   I also die cut the Die-Version Heart Pops Whispers balloons, which I tucked into the bottom of the frame.  I added the same little owl from the Owl My Thanks stamp and die set, this time colored in yellows and added some tiny hearts from the same Owl My Thanks stamp set.

My third card was a little more involved and I have to admit it's my favorite :)

I covered my card front with a distress blue pattern paper and die cut three hearts into the front though both layers of paper.  I used smallest and second smallest dies from the Little B Heart die set.  I love that these dies also have heart stitch dies in the set.

The last thing I added to the front of the card was the "Owl My Love" sentiment from the Owl My Thanks stamp set,

The next thing I did was lightly trace the heart openings w/a pencil to get placement from my owls on the inside of the card.  Are you ready to see the inside?  Drum roll please :)

I stamped all three of the owls from the Owl My Thanks stamp set and colored them all.  Next came the hard part... at least hard for me, because I have zero drawing skills and I wanted to draw some tree branches around the stamped owls.   If I was smart I would have done the inside stamping on a separate piece of paper, which I would attach to the inside, but NO... I didn't stop to think and just started drawing and you know what?  I think I did a pretty good job.  I LOVE how it turned out.  I didn't draw the leafs, they were from an old stamp set I had (sorry, have no idea of the brand).

The last thing I added to the inside of the card was the "Owl My Love" sentiment and a few of the hearts from the Owl My Thanks stamp set.

That's it.  Three cards in under three hours on a Friday evening... not bad.  Thank you for stopping bye to look at my cards.  I love comments and try to reply to all of them, so leave me a comment letting me know which card is your favorite.

Happy LOVE day crafty friends!