Your My Type

I made this v-day card using a new hero arts stamp.  I love it.  It is a cling stamp set with a typewriter and some fun sentiments.  I used a red lace doily heart for the back ground, added a little twine, and popped the typewriter up.  This is one of my favorite color combos.  I decided to finish the inside as well.

  

I have some really fun news...I am a winner of the Bold and Bright Challenge for the Color Inspiration for Card Makers over at the Moxie Fab Blog.  YEAH ME!

I also thought I would share some photos of the blizzard we had on Tues and Wed last week.



Supplies

Paper: Patterned Paper (K&Co); Whisper White (SU!); Red Glitter (Studio Paper); Solar White (Neenah

Stamps: My Type (Hero Arts)

Ink: Basic Black (SU!)

Extras: Heart Punch (EK Success); Twine (The Twinery); Doily (Wilton)

Happy V-Day!

Happy Valentine's everyone! Just thought I put up a quick post and share another card I made the card above for the Moxie Fab Taintor-tude challenge. See this post HERE for the details.

The cards below are a few v-day cards that I made with the intention of sending them out, but they didn't make it in the mail...I guess they will be sent out next year. You can't tell, but the cardstock is shimmery and from A Muse and the heart was punched out of glittery cardstock from DCWV.

Have a good day!

Supplies (Taintor-tude card):
Paper: Lemon Tart cardstock (PTI); Patterned Paper (Melody Ross for GCD Studios); Whisper white Cardstock (SU!)
Ink: None
Stamps: None
Extras: Scalloped Patterned Strips and Transparencies (Melody Ross for GCD Studios); Hibiscus Burst Ribbon (PTI); Printed font from Da Font

Supplies (V-Day cards)
Paper: Shimmer Damask Cardstock (A Muse); Whisper White and Basic Black Cardstock (SU!); Black Striped PP (Teresa Collins); Red Glitter Paper (DCWV)
Stamps: Sentiment (Studio G)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Momento)
Extras: Lace Punch (Martha Stewart); Glitter Thickers (American Crafts); Heart (Colorbok); Tag Die (Sizzix for SU!); Large Oval and Heart Punch (SU!); Bling (Mark Richards); Rub-ons (Hambly Screen Prints); Black Marker (Zigg)

Robot Series

Last time Marisa and Janie (inspiring gals) were over I made v-day cards, including these robot cards. They are clean and simple and really showcase this fun K&Co Paper. I will keep this post short as I am exhausted. I am crazy and have decided to train for a 1/2 marathon...absolutely nuts! What am I thinking!

Have a great night.

Supplies
Paper: Solar White cardstock (Neenah); Ocean Tides cardstock (PTI); Real Red and Soft Sky cardstock (SU!); Pink Swiss dot (Bazzil) Robot PP (K&Co); Heart PP (Doodlebug)
Stamps: Sentiments (SU!)
Ink: Basic Black (SU!)
Extras: Heart Embossing Sizzlet Die (SU!); Ribbon (Target Club Wed); Brads (K&Co for Archiver's); Black Sticker Letters (MM); Heart (Colorbok); Scallop Square and Petite Circle Dies (Spellbinders); Oval die (Quickutz); Black Marker (Zigg)

I {heart} hearts

I used one of my new SU! Cling stamps to create this card. I paired red, caribbean, and brown together to create the layered heart card this past weekend. The card came together pretty quickly, especially since all of the popped up hearts were done with a punch. if there is a punch that will fit a stamp set I want or have, I need to get the punch. It is so much easier to punch out a stamped image, than cut it out. This card was made for the Red Heart Challenge over at the Hero Arts blog.

Here is a close-up so you can see the layers.

You also need to visit Janie's blog here to see what she made using my card as a template...so cute!!

Thanks for looking!

Supplies:
Paper: White Cardstock Neenah)
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Real Red, Cool Caribbean (SU!)
Stamps: I {heart} hearts and Sentiment stamp (SU!)
Extras: Bling (Kaiser); Hearts punch (SU!); Corner Chomper

Iguana Hug U

It was a stamping weekend with the gals, Marisa and Janie, and this means there should be a lot of eye candy on the blog for the next few weeks. A stamping weekend isn't complete without a stop at a LSS or Archivers, which is were I found this lovely set. Of course I had to have this set because there are puns involved...you know me! I definitely will have to make a few more v-day cards with this set. I broke in this set by making this card for the Start to Finish Challenge over at Moxie Fab blog. The outside says "Iguana squeeze you and hug you" and the inside says "on Valentine's day". I also added a few hearts to the inside. I decided to go with the circle motif. I used a circle folder from Quickutz to emboss the white cardstock then added images in outlined circles.

Supplies:
Paper: Solar white cardstock (Neenah); Soft Sky cardstock (SU!)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Momento); Purely Pomegranate (SU!)
Stamps: Iguana set (Stampendous exclusively for Archiver's); I heart hearts (SU!)
Extras: Circle punches and Circle Cutter (EK Success); Copics; Corner Chomper; Heart Punch (SU!); Embossing folder (Quickutz)

Sketch Girls Challenge #10

It is the 15th and a new sketch is up at the Sketch Girl blog. I used the sketch below and the Able Gable template from Perfect Presentation to create this fun box that is begging for cookies or I could put in the cupcake inserts (oh yes this is part of the template; so cool!)...the thoughts of sweets are just zipping around in my head. yummm!!! You can't tell that I am back on the healthy bandwagon?!? I just love sweets and it is so hard to give them up :( I guess I can eat them in moderation one day out of the week (I love cheater day). It helps me keep with it! Anyway this little box only took 2 sheets of cardstock and with the included assembly instruction it was a breeze to put together. I cut this out by hand, but if I had a Silhouette or Cricut it would have been even quicker, since the template are also available in compatible file types. This template and others are available for purchase here.

This sucker came together so quickly. I used a bow for the circle and the bottom half of Journaling card that can be cut from Teresa Collins paper. Love this collection! I topped it off with the heart, courtesy of my scrapbin. I keep a little bin of scrap including patterned paper scraps, things that have been die cut or stamped, parts of unfinished cards. Thanks PTI for reminding of the forgotten bin! The heart was already stamped and punched last year some time. All I had to do was add some bling and a button and I was done.

Stop by the other Sketch Girl Designers blogs (just click away below) and don't forget to link up your creation her on the Sketch Girl Blog for a chance to win a prize! Gotta love prizes!

Alyssa
Amber

Annie
Bonnie
Harriet

Jennie
Jessica
Julie
Katie
Randee

Sara

Laurel (January Guest Designer)

Supplies:
Paper: Patterned Paper (Teresa Collins Crush Line); Pink Pirouette and Bashful Blue cardstock (SU!)
Stamps: Retro Backgrounds (PTI)
Extras: Heart punch (SU!); Ribbon (from my stash); Button (Autumn Leaves); Black Blin (Mark Richards); Able Gable Template (Perfect Presentation)

Krafty Valentines

Janie, Marisa, and I try to get together once a month to be creative and almost always to shop. We decided to make 3 Valentines These are my 3 cards for our swap. As you can see I was a little into Kraft tonight. Marisa has posted her cards to her blog.

B-Mine (Left is the Front and Right is the Inside)

Card Ingredients: Stampin' Up! Kraft, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette, and Riding Hood Red cardstock. Blush Patterned Paper by Basic Grey. Quickutz heart, EK Success heart punch, Fiskars scallop punch, American Craft Thickers, and white satin ribbon from Target's Club Wed. I created the dash by cutting the Thickers letter "l" in half.

My Love (Left if Front and Right is Inside)

Card Ingredients: Stampin' Up! Kraft and Whisper White cardstock. Soot Black Distress ink, Versamark, and SU! Purely Pomegranate ink. Making Memories and K&Co Patterned Paper. Quickutz heart. SU! corner rounder, tool kit, buttons, and dimensionals. My love and hearts stamps are from an acrylic stamp set maybe by Clear Designs, but I am not sure.

Green/Pink Be Mine (Left is Front and Right is Back)

Card Ingredients: Stampin' Up! Kraft, Whisper White, and Riding Hood Red cardstock. Cloud9Design pattern paper and DCWV Glitter Matstack. Quickutz heart, White Signo Pen, Black 08 Zig marker, bling, SU! Scallop and 1 3/8" punches, EK Success heart punch, and SU! dimensionals. This card is a 3" x 6" card. In order to create the white boarder I cut a piece of cardstock to 2.5" x 5.5", attached the cardstock to the center of the card using removable Dotto adhesive, and then traced around the cardstock with my white pen. After the ink dried I removed the cardstock and rubbed the Dotto off with my finger.

Hedgehog V-Day

I finally received my hedgehog 2 x 2 die from Quickutz in the mail, and I right away I knew it would make an Uber-cute V-day card. So, I broke out the Cuttlebug embossing folder, EK Success scallop punch, bling, and some 2008 Sale-a-bration and new SU! rub-ons and made this card using Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Real Read, Kraft and Basic Black Cardstock. My goal was not only to use my new hedgehog, but to also not use patterned paper. Now that is a challenge...if you haven't noticed, most of my creations use patterned paper. I can't help it; I am an addict. --Enjoy!!!