RHSSC19 - Amour

Well, I sure have been enjoying the snow we've had so far here in Michigan!  I really don't like being cold, but I do like seeing everything covered with the white fluffy stuff. I especially enjoy seeing the trees covered in white. :)  Now on to today's card...it's Sunday so that means it's time for another Red Hot challenge.  Here is my take on the sketch. I'm not big into Valentine's Day, but thought I'd do a card that's half way there by using some Valentine colors and adding "amour". :)  

You can join in the challenge too if you'd like.  Just head over to the Red Hot Stampers blog here.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Artistic Etchings

Card Stock:  Real Red, Early Espresso & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Real Red & Early Espresso

Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper

Ribbon: 3/8" Taffeta in Real Red 

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Final Valentine for 2011

Yesterday my daughter asked me to quickly make a valentine card for her best friend who loves owls.  So I pulled out the owl card I made at a Big Shot club with my upline, Glenda, changed the colors to go with Valentine's Day...and this is what I came up with.



Card Stock:  Real Red, Pretty in Pink, Basic Black & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Real Red (for sponging)
Big Shot Dies:  Scallop Circle, Scallop Circle #2, Top Note & Birds & Blooms (for eyes and feet)
Punches:  Five Petal Flower (for beak), 1" Circle & 1/2" Circle
5/8" grosgrain ribbon:  Pretty in Pink

Valentine

Well, my son impressed me...  He needed a Valentine's card for his girlfriend and asked me to help him (how many 17 year olds would do that!).  I'll admit I was being pretty lazy and wanted to copy a card exactly like I posted a couple of days ago.  He saw it and said, "I'm not tying any ribbon!".  So all we did was center the hearts and card stock under them, leave out a few of the smaller hearts, and definitely leave off the ribbon.  I told him where to cut, how to use the Big Shot, where to put the adhesive, etc. and I think he made a pretty nice card.  Of course, I'm a bit of a perfectionist, so I did have to make sure everything was just right...and it actually was. :)

Card Stock:  Early Espresso, Real Red, Pretty in Pink & Whisper White

Punches:  Full Heart, Heart to Heart and Small Heart

Big Shot Embosslit Die:  Scalloped Heart of Hearts

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

3X3 Valentines

A few weeks ago my daughter asked me to make Valentines for her daycare kids.  These are the cute 3x3 cards I came up with.  Hope she likes them...I haven't even showed them to her yet! ;)



Card Stock:  Real Red & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pads:  Real Read & Basic Black
Punches:  Heart to Heart & Small Heart
Stampin' Pastels & Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint

Valentine's Day - Take Three

Here is another Valentine card that I came up with that was inspired by Stampin' Celebration Challenge #39.  I really like the color combinations for this week's challenge. The design is from the Stamping 411 Challenge for this past week. 

Card Stock:  Early Espresso, Real Red, Pretty in Pink & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Real Red

Punches:  Full Heart, Heart to Heart and Small Heart

Big Shot Embosslit Die:  Scalloped Heart of Hearts

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Whisper White

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Valentine Card - Take Two

As I am writing this I'm sitting by my wood stove in the basement and listening to the wind howl outside.  I guess we are getting some blizzard like weather here in Michigan!  Yes, I am definitely thankful for the warmth down here while I work on my cards...which brings me to my second attempt at a Valentine's Day card.  I used the Mojo Monday 176 Sketch Challenge to help me out with this card.  I know...I didn't do square or round.  Instead I tried to make part of it appear square by adding the ribbon on the card.   I've been looking around at a few more blogs for sketch challenges and came across SUO Challenges and decided to enter this in the SUO challenges 11 too because it's all about Valentines this week!

Card Stock:  Pretty in Pink & Whisper White
Classic Ink Pad:  Pretty in Pink
Ribbon:  5/8" grosgrain Pretty in Pink
Texture Plates:  Backgrounds 1
Sizzlets Die:  Birds & Blooms
Punches:  Decorative Label, Modern Label & Small Heart

Valentine Card

Yes, it's that time of year ~ Valentine's Day will soon be here!  With my next workshop coming up one of the cards requested was a Valentine's Day card, so this is the sample I came up with.  We'll see if I use this card or come up with another idea or two.  As always, I want to give credit where credit is due, so thank you to Amy Smith for this idea.    

Card Stock:  Real Red, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette & Regal Rose
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Real Red
Punch:  Heart-to-heart
Embosslit Die:  Scalloped Heart of Hearts
Embossing Folder:  Square Lattice