The Card Concept: Cozy Comfort or Vintage Hearts

 

Good Wednesday Morning! It's the middle of the month, and time for a new

challenge at the Card Concept. 

We have 2 challenge inspiration photos to choose from, and I have a card

for you using the Vintage Hearts photo.

Vintage anything is my choice, and I used the shabby chic hearts, and colors

for my Cozy card.

Before die cutting the heart wreath, I 'distressed' my white cardstock with red paint. 

Using a paintbrush, I painted on stripes of red on a diagonal.

An all die cut card, (except embossed sentiment) I did sponge ink my cocoa cups,

 and the corners of my background paper. 

Style? Layered Mixed Media

Dies from The Greetery: Hearts at Home

The Card Concept #189 {Cozy Comfort} or {Vintage Hearts} 

Valentine Trio

 

It's a happy day when you get the whole day in front of you, with nothing to do but 

craft. And a few days ago, that was the day for me.

I finished up my valentines with The Greetery's Hearts At Home Clock die.

Beyond fun! so I made 3 cards, with 3 of the cute little vintage clocks.

The first, a farmhouse style, oh so traditional, and bordered by pussywillows.

I used some old dp,  and found this one with. a tiny bird. 

This one, a sweet pink and grey for a granddaughter.

And finally, a bold black/white and red.

All valentines are in the mail, and hopefully in the hands of those I love.

Happy Valentine's Day to you, and yours!

xoxo

Playing along with the Double D Challenge where it's all about 'Hearts'.

                                                     Hearts Challenge

and 

Just Us Girls Challenge #666 - Word Week: Sparkle

 

Heart a'glow

 

Sharing the latest and last of my Valentines today, this one with The Greetery's

Hearts at Home Lightbulbs die. 

Betsy is so clever with her whimical symbols. followed her 

lead with making a shaker from my lightbulbs. 

Used an old ef and some valentine paper for the bottom strip. The xoxo is from

Reverse Confetti.

Have a wonderful crafty week!

Hung Up on You

 

Good morning. And another Valentine using The Greetery's new Have a Heart release.

The sweet Hearts at Home Sweater die is surrounded by a pieced heart wreath 

crafted with the Boxwood Heart base, and stamped with Love is stampset.

This card was on it's way to being tossed. It suffered a smudge on the bottom,

and no amount of scrub would remove a red smudge! 

So I did the next best thing, cut it off, and added a scallop edge. The edging is 

the sides of the Ribbon Maker die. Not my favorite, but it worked.

Tiny posies from Botanicuts Wildflower Mix.

A sweet little sweater hung on a heart wreath... Valentines are such fun to make!

Valentines Feb. '21 A card for Ron

 

Playing with The Simon Says Stamp Valentines kit, and loving all fun images, tags, papers,

and die that came with the kit.

I included a tag he could use as a bookmark. The kit had so many!

Had to include a chick... we raise chickens (for their eggs), and this silly guy

will always be one my favorites from Stampin Up's Hey Chick.

Hope your day is full of love, and stamping of course!

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!

Greetings from Central CA, where the rain is coming down, (praise God in Heaven!),

and I'm playing with the Greetery's new goodies, which arrived 2 days sooner than

was planned. Another reason to rejoice!

My daughter is celebrating a birthday at the end of this month, and the new

Heart Leaf Posey Pocket dies were just aching to be played with!

The layout of cascading hearts was inspired by one of Betsy's photos during

the release. Such a lovely layout, with bright new shaped dies! And that 'love'

script! Gorgeous!

I plan to make valentines with the largest Heart Leaf Jumbo die, but meanwhile

a much needed birthday card is off to a very special daughter.

Thanks for visiting! Don't you just love the newest Greetery release? I was

hooked with the first sneak peek!

 

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!

Candy Valentine Vans

Hi and welcome to my happy hippie van valentines!

I made a bunch of these for the youngest of my grands. Just a way to say

Gma loves you!

The die for the van is the Greetery's Happy Hippie Van, and the heart border is an

old PTI set called Confetti Heart Border.

All the vans open on the back end to reveal a candy package.

The package folds easily to fit in the back.

They also each get a Target gift card tied to their candy vans.

The banners are created using the Greetery's Signed & Sealed with a Kiss (heart)

and Halvsies Diamond Die.

The older grands get cards and money. I try to please all!

Happy Valentines!

Valentines

Hello there. Getting close to Valentines, and had some time to play with Betsy's

February release, and all the great new stamps and dies that came with my order.

I followed Dawn McVey's lead with my double background stamping and

angling the plaid stamp. Couldn't resist also double stamping the envelope flaps.

One card with red interior and sweet heart seal,

And one with double envelopes and messages and a postage stamp. 

I LOVE these sets. I understand some of them sold out, but if I were

you, I'd add them to my collection when they're restocked. I already

have plans for Easter cards, using the florals and envelopes for my

holiday cards.

The first card I made with the Ribbon Words, a birthday card.

And this one made with Poppystamps Heart Plate, used as a stencil.

The frame was made by cutting the 2 Postal frames at the same time.

The Card Concept has a new challenge, Be My Valentine.

I have some inspiration for you, using the Greetery's newest release.

All products listed at the end of this post.

I used colors, theme, and elements from our inspiration photo. Pretty much

the whole photo inspired my Valentine card.

There aren't any flowers in the photo, but there is some greenery. I just couldn't

resist adding the sweet 2 step florals from Betsy's set.

I first stamped the background with Windowpane Plaid Background before stenciling

hearts from Poppystamps' Confetti Heart Plate. I made a stencil from the die plate,

before spraying it with Pixie Repositional Spray,  something I learned from

watching Betsy's video. 

The envelope is popped up with foam.

There are so many ways to be inspired from the photo, and our designers

have plenty of inspiration for you on the CC blog. 

Play along for a chance to win and be our guest designer!

Have a great and crafty week!

The Greetery

Sentiment Suite: Love

Signed & Sealed

Signed & Sealed With a Kiss

Pretty Postmarks

Poppystamps

Confetti Heart Plate 

The Card Concept #128 {Be Mine, Valentine}