The Flower Challenge #88: Add a Heart

 

It's the month of hearts!

Welcome dear crafters. The Flower Challenge celebrates all things love

for the month of February. 

'Add a Heart' is your challenge. 

I went with a Valentine theme, and began with The Greetery's Falling Hearts bg die,

and filled Heart Leaf Posey Pocket with Wildflowers.

I've had  a love affair with Loopy Bow ever since the Greetery released it.

Signed and Sealed  heart with sentiment over bow.

Play along all month. Remember challenge ends on the 25th!

The Flower Challenge #88 Add a Heart

Color Hues: the Color Challenge Pink and Red

Well, hello and I'm back again with a new card for The Color Hues Card Challenge, this

time the colors are Pink and Red. Perfect for a Valentine card!

The Greetery's order came so quickly, I dived right in and chose the Heart Arrow

Foiling and die cut. 

For the background I used the Ribbon Maker Heart Strip Die and glued. several strips

of shimmer pink cardstock onto a shade darker pink. Then I cut it again from red to 

retrieve the heart centers and glued them within each heart.  

I was so happy to be chosen as one of the runners up for the last challenge, and

I used one of the same dies (Loopy Bow) on this card as I did on the last one.

It's such a happy bow! Hot Stuff Sentiments die was first red embossed, and

then pink glittered.

Valentines are happy cards we give to those special ones in our lives. Love the

bright kitchy feel of combining red and pink. 

Have a great week!

Color Hues #56- Pink and Red

The Card Concept: Sweetheart Sweets

 

Hi and welcome to a new challenge at the Card Concept called: Sweetheart Sweets.

 If you love joining in on the fun of a card challenge, The Card Concept has 

fabulous inspiration for you. 

So much to inspire in this photo, I hardly knew where to begin! Finally settled on 

the Valentine colors and of course, sweets!

The style of my card is mixed media. I recently got this fabulous lips stencil from SSS,

and couldn't wait to experiment with it! I did half a dozen cards in different

colors and mediums.

Method for this one? Start with pink cardstock, apply stencil, and colored stencil paste.

I use a spray on the back of the stencil to hold it in place. And I added re-inker to

my stencil paste (Altenew Pink Diamond). 

Seriously love the new heart box, also from SSS, as well as that skinny heart and arrow die.

The images are from For My Sweet. I white embossed the heart box onto dark brown

card stock, and painted with metallics.

Head on over to the Card Concept to see what the other designers have for you, 

I know you'll be inspired to play along! Don't forget to include our photo 

inspiration on your post, as well as tell us what style your card is. There are

several we have listed on the style page, if you don't find what you like, combine

or create one of your own!

Can't wait to see your creation! 

Have a wonderful crafty week! The best kind!

The Card Concept #148 {Sweetheart Sweets}

Also linking to SSS Monday Challenge

Simon Says: Love/Hearts

Be Mine, Valentine

 

The season of love is fast approaching, and the images of hearts and flowers are

everywhere. The Greetery's latest release: The Nature Lover Collection has the

sweetest stamps and dies, and I was fortunate to get my order in before they sold

out of the Complete Collection. Honestly, Betsy must have stamping elves getting

orders out, because my order came before it's delivery date! And I've been 

playing with it ever since!

I die cut 5 of the Heart Leaf Jumbo Posy Pocket Dies, (watched Betsy's video on

You Tube), and created Valentines. 

I stamped a bunch of the flowers from Lovely Blossoms in pink and red, and pretty

much put the 5 Valentines together assembly line style.

Did 5 envelopes to match the posy pockets. They're so easy to do while everything's 

out and handy!

I added the twine tie, like Betsy did in her video, and love that it looks like a gift

for the recipient. 

A perfect day here. Wet and rainy... perfect for staying indoors and crafting!

Be My Valentine

 

Hi there friends! I'm posting this Valentines card on the Poppystamps blog today,

Shake it up, Valentine by Nancy Penir 

Check it out, and while you do, visit the Poppystamps store for some new items.

Lots of darling Whittles!

Hope the rest of your week is full of happy crafting!

Creating Tag/Cards with Poppystamps

Hi and welcome to another Poppystamps post. I'm up on the blog today 

bringing you some simple tag cards made with the new Valentine release.

All the how-to's are on the blog to create these fun, mailable valentines

All the products used are on the blog, but I've listed them below as well.

Their links will take you to the store.

Thanks for the visit! 

Have a super crafty weekend!

Valentine Tag Cards by Nancy Penir

Supplies

                                                                 2302 Heart Tag Trio

CL489

CL488

2303 Confetti Heart Plate

2298 Graceful Heart Frame

2311 Love Flourish

2294 Stitched Envelope

PP1002 Dashing Stripes and Dots 6x6 pack

CL478 Picnic Plaid clear stamp set

Poppystamps' Valentine Blog Blitz

Hello,  and welcome! 

You picked a great time for a visit. Poppystamps is having a Blog Blitz and

you have a chance to win the Meadowblossom Frame and Stencil set I'm 

showcasing today.

All the details and how I made this card is on the Poppystamps blog. If you comment

on the blog, you have a chance to win. Now, I love comments, but be sure to comment

on the Poppystamps blog for a chance to win!

Happy New Year!

PTI's newest Giveaway

PTI has a new 'giveaway' on their blog, and I'm so excited to play along!

Michelle Leone has created this beauty:

and we are asked to post it to our instagram account. Extra bonus is to create

our own card using one of the sets she has used.

The Heart Coverplate has not seen use for awhile, and I just had to bring it out

and show it some love.

I've been playing with alcohol inks, reminding myself how much fun they are.

Dawn McVey took them to a new level with her touches of gold.

(Dawn McVey on Instagram)

If you've never used alcohol inks, I suggest You Tube, or Pinterest for  great

tutorials.

This is the piece I worked on. It's a special paper called Yupo (amazon),

 with Ranger Alcohol Inks (Watermelon, Sailboat Blue & Pool).

Together with Blending solution and gold foil, the finished product

looks like precious agate. LOVE!!!

I did 3, no use wasting the messy work surface, and yes your work 

surface should be covered. Gloves... optional.

Here's a shot of what I used to make my card. PTI shimmer card stock, onyx, white

 and pink cut with the dies. Before gluing them to the colored surface, 

I staggered the 3 colors just a bit so the hearts would look like little frames of color.

A few sequins, and done.

You can see the shimmer in this photo.

If you play along with the 'Giveaway', be sure to post your card on Instagram,

for double prize! 

I'd love to know what you think of alcohol inks. Do you enjoy them? 

Happy Crafting, all!

Valentine Blog Blitz

Hi Poppy Peeps! Want to win this darling cupcake die?

Head on over to the poppystamps blog

Valentine Release Blog Blitz by Nancy Penir

and leave a comment. Then go to Instagram and leave another and tag 

a friend,  for 2 more chances to win. Leave comments on posts

throughout the blog blitz to win one of all the new fabulous dies.

This adorable cupcake die is part of the whittle series by Poppystamps and I 

paired it with the Whittle Frame die. Love the Whittles!

Have a wonderful day!

Love Birds

It's a gray morning here in my neck of the woods (valley),

perfect for staying indoors, watching the cooking channel, 

and being creative with PTI's latest stamps and dies.

Stephanie Gold's video for MIM this week, 

shows us it's OK to use many different kinds of papers for our cards.

My colorful bg paper is actually a napkin. Bright and bold, with b&w dots, I decided to

bring out all the brights from PTI.

The sentiment die is Enclosed: Heart, cut from glitter paper and Raspberry Fizz

cardstock. 

I have a stash of vintage music papers my daughter gave me, and among them was

one with the words, 'sweet - heart'. 

(I know, you don't luck out with that happening often, right?)

I pink inked the edges before all the gluing.

Next was to take my pink crepe paper, gather it, and heat emboss with 

Stampendous: Shabby Pink Embossing Enamel.

I've seriously crushed over every card I've seen made with the new Brushed Birds set.

These 2 are the small birds stamped with PTI Pinks. 

Speaking of crushing, the Farmer's Market Florals? It's going to be hard not 

to use them for ALL projects! Gorgeous. I stamped the leaves, first with Fine Linen

then with Vintage Jadeite. Made for an interesting color combo.

The sweet ferns are from Make It Market: Wonderland Kit. (Olive Twist ink).

A sprinkling of sequins, because, why not, and my card is ready for 

someone special. Probably the DH. He's a keeper!

Happy Valentine's

Hello and welcome to HLS 2nd Watercolor Challenge!
And this month we're featuring an anything goes challenge,
with an optional twist... dies.

This square card features 'Especially For You'. 

I masked a heart to add the surrounding posies, and watercolored with

my Zig brushes

Play along for a chance to win a 15.00 gift certificate with HLS!

Can't wait to see what you do with this month's challenge!