More Love for You

So yesterday I mentioned how I made a bunch of Valentine's Day cards on Saturday. I had a bunch of pre-painted backgrounds so meant I could just jump right in. Here's another card I made that's pretty simple to do.

First I stamped a white background with an old Magna Stamp firework stamp. I did this just to make the background a little more interesting. Then I used a Sizzix primitive heart die and cut out some hearts from one of my painted background pages. I also used some white/pink sparkle paper to cut the other heart, Then I used some letter from last season's Tim Holtz letter dies to make my words (Alphanumeric 3/4 inch tall).

So I was also being super green too and I used the word die cut scraps to make another card.

I backed it with some scraps of my painted background so my words had a little detail to them. I added a few die cut hearts and that was all to this super simple card. 

Yesterday I also showed you a few of my favorite oldie love themed rubber stamps.

Thought I'd show you a few more today.

 Here's a really versatile heart stamp. Before my days of getting a Bigshot machine, this stamp was very useful for cutting out different sized hearts.

And a fun oldie from Hero Arts.

So MAJOR snowstorm is supposedly heading our way tomorrow. I can feel a snow day coming on!

Not sure whether to be excited (nice to have an unexpected day off) or sad since it could mean a lot of snow and one more day in June we have to go.

We shall see.

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Valentine's Cards

Besides journaling on Sunday morning, I made a few cards for Valentine's Day.

Simple cards, without a lot of layering, a little distressed.

When I got my new Dylusions stamps I also got this new heart stencil from Tim Holtz.

I made those hearts very pale on this card by using a baby wipe and a stencil that was already wet with paint. I wiped the stencil down and rubbed the paint into stencil's cut outs.

Once dry I used this leopard spot stamp (an oldie but goodie from Magenta) that  I found in the bottom of a bin while doing a bit of studio cleaning. I purposefully wanted them to not be too dark on the edge, so I only lightly pressed the stamped down. That way there when I stamped the saying (Studio 490/Wendy Vecchi) the words really showed up.

Finally I added the little circle heart image, which is one of my oldest stamps. Not even sure who made it, maybe Inkadinkado. I added a little bit of red Stickles on the heart.

A bit of a lighting problem here, but you can see I used the same heart stencil, only this time with white paint on a pink background. I found these cool Stampa Rosa images a few years ago on eBay- Valentine's village.  I know I didn't win them all, but I won a couple, including this gas station/garage. I have never seen them again and if you know any more about them I'd love to hear. The 2 cars are from Hero Arts and the words from Technique Tuesday.

Not sure if I am convinced this card is finished or not...sometimes I need to step away from a project and go back to it another time. Time gives me fresh eyes.

So they're still saying snow tomorrow.

Enough for a snow day.

I don't know whether to be excited (to be able to sleep in and have an art day)

or cranky (seeing that means an extra day added to the school year in June).

It will be what it will be.

Words of wisdom I should chose to remember.

Happy Valentine's Day

It is a day of love. I'll be honest, not a big Valentine's Day person. I love love. I love to use hearts, but I am thinking this is more of a greeting card campaign to sell things. Or florist or candy maker, but what ever, it is a day of LOVE.

This top photo is the finished card; the one below is the semi-finished card.

I started with a white card base. I stamped the word image (Technique Tuesday) and glues that down. Then I added the die cut hanging hearts, added some Viva paint pen on the hearts and then added the Stickles. I forgot to mention, I also sprayed the card with some red Dylusions. Then I added some little red ribbons on the die cuts.

Finally, I added the earth-a Postmodern stamped image which I colored and cut out and added. I also added one to the back so that when you open the card you don't get that big white circle with all the ink blobs that leaked through staring at you.

Looking at the 2 images side by side, I think added the Stickles and the earth really finished off the card.

Here's another card I made with this icky colored background. I drew the circles and added the pink paint and then doodled in the hearts.

Then I layered the paper tape and finally added this die cut from Tim Holtz.

I colored the wording red and then added some red sparkle embossing powder to finish off the card-make those words stand out.

And one more love themed card.

This one has a slightly different take- but still talks about love. The mittens and saying are from Unity's stamp of the week series. The design at the bottom of the card is from Technique Tuesday. But before anything else went on the card I embossed in silver glitter the snowflakes in the background using an older Hero Arts background image.

I also put some Viva paint pen on the mittens to make them pop up a big and look a little more real mitten fuzzy. Mittens should be warm and fuzzy I think.

I like the fact that this card does not have any hearts on it but is still full of love!

Since I have over loaded you with these cards, I will sign off.

Wishing you lots of love in any way, shape or form.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Fun Food

I couldn't resist showing you these 2 cards with a loving and food theme.

More fun cards for the 21 year old at college.

I used this light pink card stock and some plaid orange paper that I embossed and then colored with an orange ink pad for this cheery donut card..

Donuts and saying are all from Hero Arts.

I used some bright Viva paint pens and also some Ranger Dimensional Pearls to make the decorations on top of the donuts pop a bit.

My other card uses a stamp set from Unity Stamps.  At least the pizza and the saying are from them. The bottom heart border is from Technique Tuesday and the top little hearts are from Memory Box-this ancient Valentine's clear set I have which is such a super set.

Ha-ha-both of these cards use these fun puns and put a smile on my face.

I'm sure the 21 year old smiled too.

They don't have to be fancy- I am sure 21 year olds don't care for all the frills-which I don't really do either to tell you the truth.

So yesterday I nursed my head cold at home, which meant doing some me things to make me feel really good about me. Feeling good about yourself is one way to get your spirits up which in my mind gets your immune system up and helps you knock the old virus villains in the snoozle.

Which I believe it did. Mostly- still dragging this morning but just tired, not sick feeling too.

I did a few small not too energy sucking chores about the house and I played in the studio and read more of Gone Girl and I watched more of Downton Abbey- I have made it into Season 3 now.

Everyone needs a day like this.

And today it is back to the work world of teenagers and biology and co-workers and commuting, but I am ready and prepared. Even with the tiny bit of light snow we got...but wait till Friday. Sounds like we have a lot of snow coming in the afternoon.

That means an icky commute home.

GRRRR.

Anyhow-

It is also Wednesday, already.

How did that happen?

Bring on the Love

Been into hearts BIG TIME lately. Pulled out my box of hearts and love stamps and been using some dies and making some heart art.

Today, a few heart art cards.

As this one says,

Bring on the Love!

This card started with white card stock that I lightly dry brushed with pink ink. The half of heart is one of my gelli plate prints that I die cut with a Quickutz large heart die. Then I cut the heart in half and used one half here. The heart stamped images and the word are from Studio AE by Technique Tuesday.

And I frugal crafter never wastes anything, so here's the other half of the heart.

This card is similar, except I used a different Technique Tuesday stamp and I added this little cupid from the latest Tim Holtz stamp release...the little mini's that went on sale just before Christmas. I love how the gelli print design came out here-used a foam stamp to pick up the upper blue layer and reveal the bright pink underneath.

So I will admit I am not feeling the love this early morning though-back to work after the weekend- and it was suppose to be snowy-thought maybe a delay, a snow day, but the storm went out to sea so just some light flakes. Going to get colder too from what they are saying. Like really cold. BRRRRR. But this is the last full week of this quarter at school...only 5 more days with these kids and then I get new classes and we are half way through the school year.

WOWSA!

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