Valentine Cards

Wow!! I am having a hard time believing that I haven’t posted anything in the last 3 months. Let me briefly say that I have been busy with family. November was very busy for my husband and me as we spent most of it in Ohio helping our daughter. We became the proud grandparents (4th grandchild) of a healthy baby girl and we watched our grandson while his mother and new baby sister were in the hospital. December was busy with shopping for Christmas gifts and going back to Ohio to spend Christmas with both of our daughters and their families. I spent the whole month of January 2013 trying to get back to a normal routine and I was experiencing burnout and needless to say, my mojo was gone. So, to get my mojo back I decided that I needed to take the On Line Card Class: “Clean and Simple Cardmaking 2”.

Here are some of the cards that I made this week.
I made this card for the Clean and simple cards 2 class (Day 6).  I  used a technique called "patch work stamping" that Jennifer McGuire showed in her video.  But, I used 2 colors instead of 4.  The color ink that I used are Pale Tomato and Soft Cantaloupe by Hero Arts. 
Hero Arts Stamps:  Everyday Sayings CL342, Banner Pendent DI074 (The banner Pendent stamp set is made by hero arts for Archivers), Antique Flowers & butterflies 657773, Lattice 331065. 

I used the  Hero Arts Sketch challenge for the current challenge.  Hero Arts Stamps:  Four Leaf Grid S5141, Antique Brocade CG102, and Fancy Love A1295 (discontinued).

 Hero Arts Stamps Hugs & Kisses Birds CG155 (I think that this stamp set is discontinued).  I wanted this card to look like a chalkboard so I used black cardstock and white embossed the image and sentiment.  This  is an inspiration from Kristina Werner.  She made a card using the chalkboard effect on Day 4 of the
Clean and Simple card 2 class.

   

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Simon Says Challenge

This is the first time that I have entered a challenge over at Simon Says Stamps.  My friend Barb is a guess designer on Simon Says Stamps for this month and she inspired me to make this card for the challenge.  The challenge is to make a Sympathy card or a thinking of you card; I chose to make a sympathy card and I kept it cleam and simple. 

On Sunday, Nov 11th it is Veterans Day and Simon Says Stamp is dedicating this challenge to our fallen heros and their families.  Here is my card:

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Hero Arts stamps: 
Lattice 331065
Sentiment from Gina K; Natures Greetings
Image from Gina K Springtime Silhouettes

Starry Night

This card is an inspiration from Kristina Werners card over at the Online Holiday Card Workshop class (day 7).  I stamped the image with Rangers black Archival ink and after the ink was dry, I went over the image with tumble glass, peacock feathers and iced spruce distress ink.  I added blue gems and colored the star with a clear star gelly roll pen by Sakura.  (I wanted to make a star with this shape but didn't have a star punch or die.)  The blue layered paper is embossed with Hero Arts Dot Swirl embossing folder.   I am entering this card in this months current Hero Arts card challenge.

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Supplies used:

Hero Arts Stamps:  Starry Night CG224.

Distress Ink:

Tumbled Glass

Peacock Feathers

Iced Spruce

Black Archival Ink by Ranger

Hero Arts Swiss Dots Embossing Folder 658286

Holly Background

It has been a few weeks since  I  posted.  I don't know where the time has gone and it seems like there is not enough time to work on my crafts.  So, I do as much as I can. 

I am currently taking the Holiday Card Workshop class that Jennifer McGuire and Kristina Werner are teaching and it is lots of fun.  I never seem to get many cards done during these classes, but I was determened to make at least one Christmas card.

This card was inspired by Julie Ebersole in todays (October 31, 2012) class.  I stamped the background with clear embossing ink and embossed with white embossing powder.  The center image is from the embossing folder by hero arts and Sizzix (Holly Background 657769).  I embossed the image using a thicker piece of white cardstock and then I colored the image in a randomly fashion with copic markers.  Than I went over the image with Picket Fence Distress Stain.  When this was dry, I attached a scalloped oval to my image and attached it to the background.  I wanted to add a sentiment, but felt that there was not enough room to do so, so I will add a sentiment later on the inside of the card.  For the finishing touch I added pearls.

This was very easy to do and was lots of fun.  Thank you for stopping by and I appreciate the comments.

Supplies used:
Hero Arts/Sizzix Holly Background 657769
Nestabilities Classic Ovals, Large
Copic markers:  YR61 Yellowish Skin Pink, BG10 Cool Shadow
VersaMark  Clear ink
Picket Fence Distress Stain
Hero Arts White Embossing Powder

Anniversary Hearts (CAS-ual Fridays CFC74)

The hearts were cut from wood veneer paper and then I colored them with a Spectrum Noir pink pen.  After they dried, I stamped in HA Soft Pink shadow ink with antique brocade stamp.  Once the stamping dried, I adhered the hearts together and then attached them to the card.  The sentiment is attached with dimentional adhesive.  The third sketch is from the current Hero Arts challenge was used for this card.  Please go here to learn more about the Hero Arts Challenge.

I am also submitting this card to the Casual Friday CFC74 challenge.  The challenge for Casual Friday this week is to create a clean and simple project with a heart.  I have never stamped and colored wood veneer before and this is something that I have wanted to try for a long time.  It was fun to do and I think that I would do this again. 

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Hero Arts Stamps: 

Everyday Sayings CL342

Antique Flower background S5264

Antique Brocade CG102 (used on the hearts.) 

Thinking of You -- CAS-ual Friday CGC72



In this weeks CASual Friday we are to  create a project inspired by our blog header.  The colors of my blog header and the flowers inspired me to come up with this card.  The stamps that I used are Hero Arts: Floral 657776 and Essential Messages CL371.

Thanks for stopping by and I appreciate the comments.  Hope that everyone has a wonderful weekend.

CAS-UAL Fridays CFC70

It has been a while since I entered the CAS-UAL Fridays challenge and I thought that I would give it a try and I am happy that I did. I purchased this stamp a few months ago and this is the first time that I used it. I thought that it was perfect for a black and white plus one color card. It was very simple to make and it only took about 30 minutes to construct.  I stamped my image on a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of white cardstock with black momento ink and colored the one flower with a copic marker (don't remember the color).  I mounted the image onto a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of black cardstock and added a white pearl and some twine.  Then I mounted this with dimentional adhesive onto a white card base.  (the card base looks tan on camera, but in real life it is white.

The stamp is from Hero Arts: Flower Text S5506.  Thanks for stopping by and I do appreciate the comments.