Will you be mine?

Happy Valentine's Day everyone!
I wanted to share some valentine's I made this year. First up is the one I made for my honey. This is a rather simple card...I didn't want to make it too frou-frou-y. So, I used real red and kraft cardstock from SU! The embossed dots on the kraft are courtesy of a Quickutz embossing folder. The heart is an EK Success punch. Used a scrap of burlap...even the bow is made from a fiber pulled from the burlap. The background to the heart/burlap is a piece of corrogated box, cut into a square with red DMC floss wrapped in the valleys. I thought it was a neat effect. The stamp is a $ one from Mike's.

Next up is another very simple card utilizing the hearts embossing folder from Cuttlebug. I used a $ stamp from JoAnn's...isn't it just adorable? I LOVE it! The sentiment is by My Sentiments Exactly!. Cardstock is from SU! Used a Nestie rectangle around the heart image.

Another card I made this year (yes, they were all quite simple) again uses SU! cardstock. Those polka dots (aren't they fun?!?!?!) are from Impress Rubber Stamps and the Tart of Hearts is from Karen Lockhart. Colored the image with my Copics. The "you're sweet" sentiment is from a clear acrylic set from Rubber Soul and the "happy valentine's day" sentiment is again from My Sentiments Exactly!. I used a circle nestie to cut out my image and 2 sizes of scalloped nesties to double mat the image. Used my smaller oval punch from SU! for the "you're sweet" sentiment and popped it up with dimensionals.

This valentine uses another JoAnn's $ stamp. Those Studio G stamps are so darn stinkin' cute this year! Again used the My Sentiments Exactly! sentiment. Used a rectangle nestie to frame the image and used SU! cardstock.

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A Daisy Birthday

Another birthday card made with a fun, bright paper I just love. Unfortunately, I made it awhile back and I can't remember the manufacturer! I do know the yellow polka dots on the bottom are from Bo Bunny (LOVE their dot papers!). The image stamp is from Make an Impression and the sentiment is from Rubber Soul. Can't remember what media I used to color with, but I did use Diamond Glaze to give the appearance of water in the vase. Used my nesties to cut out the image and sentiment, and used Fiskars Apron Strings border punch for the scallops below the ribbon. Found ribbon, a button and some dmc in my stash to round things out.

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Manly Thank You

If I am to keep up with my New Year's resolution, I better get posting here!

This card is one I have made a couple times when needing a masculine thank you, and I think it fits the bill...I also made it for my stamp club's thank you card swap a few months back. I use my card swaps to try something new or different...to stretch myself and hopefully learn something. I think I've been sucessful so far.

Anyway, back to the card. This is one of those Hero Arts collage-y type stamps that came out a couple years back. I really loved them all, but didn't buy them all, because I didn't know how I would use them. This one I loved the most and had to buy. I decided to keep the colors simple (safe) and cut out sections of the stamp (stamped a second time), mat and pop them up. I was quite pleased with the result.

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all! I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season. My wish for you is a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.

Let's start the new year with a simple little number that uses Flower Soft. Really loved the stuff when it first came out. Of course, LOVED what everyone else was doing with it. BUT! then I had to use it myself...different story! I have found that less is more, and allowing a bit of your stamped image show through helps. C/S is SU!, image is from Impression Obsession and the sentiment is Savvy Stamps. The image is matted and popped up off the card base.

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Happily Ever After

How about a wedding card? I have always adored this sentiment in a Stampin' Up! stamp set, but, it is the only stamp I like and can use in the entire set. And, it is a pretty pricey set, so liking only one stamp makes that a pretty expensive stamp! Anyway, I decided to type up the sentiment in Word and cut it out using label 4 nestie from Spellbinders and popped it up over some white satin ribbon from Mike's. Used the new Victorian Cuttlebug embossing folder for the background, matted with SU! brilliant blue (Wildcat Blue, for all you UK fans!). The white cardstock is the shimmery cryogen white from the Arjo Wiggins Curious line of papers. Love that stuff. Just wish the shimmer showed up in the photo.

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Happy Halloween......a little late!

Had some camera/computer communication issues the past few days, otherwise these would have been posted in a much more timely manner. The issues are resolved and without further ado, here are two that I remembered to take pictures of. Both use the Basic Grey Eerie paper and SU! cardstock. The kitty in the witch hat is an old, old (2002) Penny Black stamp that I have always loved and finally broke down and bought this year. The witchy poo is a $1.00 G stamp from Mike's or JoAnn's (can't remember where I got it). I think she is adorable! Couldn't resist her. Both are colored with my Prisma's, used my nesties and ribbon from my stash.

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Cupcake Birthday

A bright birthday card!

Hero Arts clear cupcake stamp set and old wood mount sentiment. Nesties label one and tag, Imaginese Paper. SU! paper for the card base, image/sentiment, matting, cupcake frosting and heart. Don't know who the ribbon is by, but used my 'bow easy' for the triple bow.

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