You and Me Card - gold

This card is inspired by a sample in an old catalog.

I changed the colors and a couple of elements.

Everything used (other than the twine) was from Stampin' Up!

however most items are no longer available. 

Thanks for looking =)

Heart Collage Valentine

Various dies, stamps, inks, embossing folder,

paper clay and mold, even a letterpress plate,

all from Stampin' Up!, were used to create this card.

The ribbon is a scrap from some old Christmas ribbon.

The paper clay flower was painted with silver craft paint.

I inked the letterpress plate with white before pressing the card stock.

Thanks for looking =)

This card was chosen as a CAS Favorite

for the week ending 2/8/2020

at Splitcoaststampers

Owl Always Love You Step Card

I think this is called a  "Step" card.

It was easy to make using a die.

I do not know the manufacturer of the owl 

stamp and die.

The sentiment was done on my computer

 and printer since the one that was in the stamp

set was much too large.

Various heart dies, card stocks, inks

and tiny hearts border embossing folder

are all from Stampin' Up!

Paper punches for the eyes and hand cut beak.

White gel pen to outline the hearts. 

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Jump Start My Heart Valentine

All supplies used were from Stampin' Up!:

Geared Up Garage stamps and dies

Heart die from a different set (I don't recall the name)

Subtle texture embossing folder

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Detailed Floral Die Cut Card

Putting to use a new to me fancy die to create this card. 

It was on clearance from Stampin Up! recently,

Despite the matching stamp set being no longer available,

I went ahead and bought it because I thought I could make

it work with things I already own.

The heart dies and sentiment were also 

from Stampin' Up!

Silver embossing powder, Versamark ink

Silver satin ribbon

Red and white card stocks

Thanks for looking =) 

The groundhog was correct -

we saw snow again yesterday.

However it isn't stopping daffodils from emerging :)

I am happy to see that they survived after
being under water during the flood last year.

CAS Valentine

Getting the embossing powder to work was

the most difficult part of this project!

Even using a "powder pal", I kept getting

stray bits of embossing powder. 

Three attempts and I called it quits.

Then I overheated it, making it dull.....

but it matched the metallic silver paper

better that way anyway.

Die cut heart and greeting were from Stampin' Up!

Stitched rectangle die, Stamps of Life

Mini heart tag, unknown

Dollar store baker's twine 

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Hugs and Kisses Card

Don't look too closely at this one, it's crooked and some of the Xs are upside down ;)

Border die and rubber stamp, Stampin' Up!
X and O dies, Michael's/Recollections

Love Birds Card

This was a pretty quick card to make.

The thing that took the longest was trying to get 

the birds stamped on the pink line of that paper

so I could cut them out. Four tries and I finally

had them centered well enough. 

Trimming out and gluing those wee birds

(and heart!) was fun, too. 

Supplies:

Stamped image (Olive You by Stampin' Up!) on a tag.

Stamped again onto patterned paper scrap

to cut out the birds and glue them over the stamped image.

Teeny tiny heart paper punch glued 

over the stamped miniature heart.

Loose lines drawn around the edge of the tag.

Organdy ribbon and twine

to finish off the tag.

Tag is mounted with dimensionals

over patterned paper (DCWV)

and card stock layers.

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Valentine Shaker Card

This card was a bit time consuming

and the first shaker card I've made in a long time.

Supplies:

Letterpress background and

heart shape die cut were from Stampin' Up!

Striped ribbon, unknown

Love die cut, Micheal/Recollections

Beads, "glitter" and mini die cuts for shaker material

Red, white and silver card stock

(I intended on putting a silver layer behind the shaker!)

acetate

double stick tape

fun foam

Thanks for looking =)

My little groundhog saw it's shadow today!

First day we've had sun in I don't know how long.

It's going to be unseasonably mild today, too.

Seeing the shadow means six more weeks of winter 

according to the tradition - the forecast seems to 

somewhat agree for this week, too. More cold on the way.

For My Love Card

Not a fan of this one. I think the tiny heart charm is "lost"

and I need to replace it or add something to it it......

Tin Tile embossing folder, Love die and card stocks

were all from Stampin' Up!

"for my" is  Old Typewriter stamps 

and heat embossed white on black card stock

I tried applying distress inks on the silver card stock,

but they mostly rubbed off. 

Thanks for looking =)