More Pink Hearts!

I think I am officially tired of pink!  As much as I love it, it's been on my work desk for a couple of weeks now.  I'm not prejudice either, there are all different shades of pink.  I have this habit of wanting to work with something until it's gone.  Well, I have thrown in the pink towel, at least for this week..lol.

I am still in love with Mimi from Penny Black, though.  This little girl is so cute to me.  I had made two cards previously using her and a friend from work ending up with on for her little girl for Valentine's Day.  And another friend said she wanted one, too.  So, back to the drawing board I went. Here's another Mimi "I heart you" card.

I colored her the same as before and glitter glitzed her little wings.  The concentric hearts are cuts from the Circut Artiste cartridge.  I stamped the little heart in the middle with the Whoo's Your Valentine stamp set, as well as the sentiment.  The pink cardstock is Cotton Candy, which is probably my favorite CTMH pink.  I had  cut several different sized sets of hearts to see which I liked with Mimi.  So, I used the leftovers and created this card.  Very simple.  It's a little hard to tell in the picture but I just embossed the top part of the White Daisy cardstock to leave a space at the bottom to stamp my sentiment.  I grabbed some white ribbon from my stash and there it is.   

Earlier I had posted a pastel on kraft Valentine's card.  I decided I would try it monochromatic pinks, since I had leftovers and all...lol.  

I used Blush, Hollyhock and Ruby on White Daisy for this card.  I used the little chevron background stamp from Whooo's Your Valentine for the side strip and the "xoxox" stamp on the inside heart.  

That's it for today.  Tomorrow,  I hope to have my other photos uploaded and posted.  Yes, they are pink, too...lol.  

Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!  Happy Scrapping! 

Happy Anniversary

The La Belle Vie paper pack is one of the featured  paper packs in the Autumn/Winter 2012 idea book from Close to My Heart.  But alas, nothing gold can stay.  I love this paper pack, but it will be retired at the end of this month.    I have some friends that are having a wedding anniversary tomorrow.  I thought this paper would suit that occasion well.  

I have been waiting for an opportunity to use the Bonjour stamp set.  The Joyeux Anniversaire sentiment is just what I needed.  I used Smokey Plum cardstock  for the back of the card, which is a scalloped square cut from the Art Philosophy cricut cartridge.  The back piece is cut at 5.25" square. (I had 5.5" square envelopes) The card itself is Colonial White cardstock cut to fold to a 4.25" square then attached to the larger scalloped square.  I think it makes for an interesting effect.   I used a scalloped border punch to make the scallop on the band.  The pink strip is La Belle Vie Pink cardstock (which is only found in the La Belle Vie paper pack).  The oval is a Cricut cut.  You can't really tell from the photo, but I used some Bitty Sparkles on the sentiment to add some dainty bling.  

All in all, I liked the way it turned out.  This paper really doesn't need much embellishing,  it's so pretty just by itself.   The recipient loved it, and that's what counts.  

This paper pack is only available through the end of this month and I'm sure it will be only while supplies last.  They have already sold out of the My Stickease that goes along with this pack.  If you would like to order this paper pack or any other CTMH products, you can visit my website, or contact me.  Don't forget, with a $35  qualifying purchase,  you can also get your Whooo's Your Valentine Kit for only $10.  That, too, is only through the end of January. 

I have a couple of layouts I did using the La Belle Vie papers that I hope to have posted soon.  Thanks for stopping by.  

***Happy Anniversary Ms. Barbara!!***

Owl Always Love You

This is the last of the cards I had made last weekend.

It's a 5x7 Kraft card base. I used the Whooo's Your Valentine stamp set for the owls.  I cut the big heart and the branch for the Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge.  The heart is Hollyhock and the card face is Colonial White.  The leaves were punched with two different sized Marvy punches out of Sweet Leaf and Olive cardstocks.  Again, hard to tell from the picture, but I used the lightest color sparkle from the Brown and Tan Sparkle Assortment for the owls' eyes.  I used my embossing stylus and my scoring board and embossed a frame around the card face.

Very easy and simple design with very little stamping.  Oh, the owls were stamped on Colonial White cardstock in Champagne, Hollyhock, and Chocolate.  I daubed the color onto my stamps.  The inside sentiment I used the computer and simply typed out, "Owl always love you," and "Happy Valentine's Day."

Speaking of simplicity, I made probably my most simple Valentine's yet.  I had cut two hearts from Hollyhock when I made the card above, so I used the leftover to make this card below.

I simply glued the heart on a standard white card base.  I stamped the sentiment from the Whooo's Your Valentine stamp set.  I outlined the card face with our Silver Metallic Marker (<--- love these!).  Then, I adhered a tiny white bow I made with some ribbon from my stash.  Voila!  Couldn't be any easier.  

That's it for the Valentine's cards, so far.  Remember the Whooo's Your Valentine kit will be available to order for only $10 with every $35 qualifying purchase until the end of January.  If you have any questions or would like to order, stop by my website or drop me a line. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Happy Scrapping!

Pastel Krafty Valentine

I'm still not through with Valentine's.  I guess that's a good thing since it isn't until next month.  For once I'm ahead of the game..lol.  Doesn't happen often.  Here's another simple Valentine done in pastel colored cardstock on Kraft.

This is a standard sized Kraft card.  I embossed the front with swiss dots.  I cut the hearts from the Artiste Cricut cartridge.  I stamped the little one and the sentiment with the Whooo's Your Valentine stamp set.  The cardstocks are Cotton Candy, Sky, and the yellow Dotty for You.  I free-handed the faux stitching with a white gel pen.   It's hard to tell from the picture but the pink and yellow piece are adhered with 3d foam, as is the striped heart, to give a little dimension. 

Thanks for stopping by.   Happy Scrapping!

A Mimi Valentine's

Here's a couple more of the Valentine's that I put together.  The little fairy girl is from a Penny Black stamp set called Mimi in Paris.  I thought she was precious and knew I had to do something with her.

The card above is a 5 x 5 card of White Daisy.  You can't really tell (my apologies for the bad lighting) but the background is embossed with hearts.  I colored her hair and skin with Copics.  Her dress, leggings, and wings are with CTMH alcohol ink markers in Cotton Candy, Sweet Leaf and Sky.  I coated her wings with Stardust Glitz Glitter Gel.   The sentiment is stamped from the Whooo's Your Valentine stamp set, same for the card below.  The card below is 5x7. I used a white gel pen and added the faux stitching around Mimi and added a ribbon from my stash. 

The only thing that took any time on these cards was the coloring.  But I do love to color :)

Thanks for stopping by.  I have a few more Valentine's to post so come back and see us. 

Happy Scrapping!

Clearly the Best: Embossed Resist Stamping

Close to My Heart has produced yet another great instructional video showcasing a really neat technique:  embossed resist stamping.  I had never heat embossed anything until I started with CTMH.  I do love their embossing powders.  To emboss and then add ink, what's not to love?  It's a great effect.

I used this technique on my little snowmen card for a subtle background.  

Although hard to see in this picture, I embossed the snowflakes in clear embossing powder on my white background and then lightly daubed on the blue to make a soft sky-like color.  This technique can be used for the dramatic or the subtle.

If you have any questions about the products used in this video or would like to purchase them, you can visit my website, here, or drop me a line.   

Thanks for stopping by.  Happy Scrapping!

A Christmas Project

I found these lovely display stands at Michaels earlier in the year.  I fell in love instantly.  They have sleeves for 10 pages.   I got myself the 12 x 12 and the 8x8 displays.  I got two more 8x8 displays for friends for Christmas.   I thought they would be perfect for desks, mantles or even end tables.  I wanted to share some of the pages I did for one of  the Christmas presents.

It was a little challenging for me at first, trying to downsize my thinking from  12 x 12 to 8x8.  But these are display stands and whereas I add journaling and details to my normal scrapbook pages, it's not needed here.   I grabbed some photos from facebook (gotta love social media..lol) and whipped up a few pages and then I did some that I left blank.

Here is one in the Cruisin paper....

Elemental....

You might recognize this one from the summer idea book in Footloose...

La Belle Vie  (she plans on going to Paris in the Spring)....

Pear and Partridge (inspired by an Everyday Cricut post)..

Pemberly and....

just Kraft, Black and White Daisy. 

I did another one in Avonlea, but apparently didn't get a picture of it.   I thought they turned out pretty cute.  The recipient was thrilled and that's all that mattered. 

Thanks for stopping by.  I'll have more cards to post, hopefully, tomorrow. 

Happy New Year everyone!  Stay safe!