Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today I have a mess of cards to show you.  I actually decided to make cards for my family this year and looked around at different sketch challenges to come up with a card for each of them.  Wow it's been a while since I've done any sketch challenges...except for the Red Hot Stampers group I'm a part of.

I used the Stamping 411 challenge for my first card.  This one is for my hubby, and I didn't want it to be too girly so I kept it toned down a bit.  

My second card is for my daughter and I was going to originally enter the challenge from SUO Challenges but I liked Karen Barber's so much I did a close case to it...thanks for the inspiration Karen.  Oh yeah, that means I didn't enter the challenge.

My third card is for my son.  Yup, another card that I couldn't make too girly.  I used The Friday Mashup challenge for his card and just did the spotlighting technique part of the challenge.

...and last but not least is my youngest daughter's card.  I used the Stampin Queens sketch challenge 25 for her card.  

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

RHSSC23

Welcome to Sunday and another Red Hot Stamper sketch challenge!  With all the snow we have outside you'd think I would have chosen something more appropriate for winter, but I went for spring instead.  Head on over to the Red Hot Stampers to see a few more creations with this sketch.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Set:  Fabulous Florets

Card Stock:  Regal Rose, Certainly Celery & Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Regal Rose & Certainly Celery

Bigz Die:  Top Note

Embossing Folder:  Stripes

Ribbon:  5/8" Grosgrain in Regal Rose (retired)

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Bordering on Romance

Last night was our card swap with the ladies from the Red Hot Stampers and these are the cards I made to swap.  It's similar to one that I had for my last stamp a stack, just changed up a little bit.  I got a lot of really nice cards from the ladies that participated. :)

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Stamp Sets:  Bordering on Romance & Apothecary Art

Card Stock:  Whisper White

Classic Stampin' Pads:  Elegant Eggplant, Marina Mist & Wild Wasabi

StazOn:  Black

Aqua Pen

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Simply Scored Scoring Tool

Paper Doily Die Day 4

Today is my final post using the Paper Doily Die.  

I saved my favorite two cards for today, so here they are...

First is my Valentine's Day card.  I cut out three hearts using the new hearts framelits dies, and one doily to use behind the hearts...and, of course, lots of shimmer paint sprayed on it! :)

And for my last card I was wondering if there was any way I could use any part of the doily for the skirt of a wedding dress.  I finally found something that seemed to work just right.  I had to go all out for this one and use more than just the shimmer paint!  For the top of the dress and the doily part of the skirt I used heat and stick powder with dazzling diamonds.

I hope you've enjoyed my creations as much as I enjoyed making them (but I sure was glad to be done! lol).

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Valentine's Day Card

Card Stock:  Cherry Cobble & Very Vanilla

Framelits Die:  Hearts Collection

Lg. Sizzlet Die:  Paper Doily

Ribbon:  5/8" Satin in Very Vanilla

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Wedding/Shower Card

Card Stock:  Basic Black & Whisper White

Lg. Sizzlet Die:  Paper Doily

Punch:  Boho Blossoms

Ribbon:  3/8" Taffeta in Whisper White

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Jewels:  Basic Pearls

Versa Mark

Heat and Stick Powder

Stampin' Glitter:  Dazzling Diamonds

Paper Doily Die Day 3

Today's post is day three of things created using the Paper Doily Die.
I know...today's stuff is really more for Christmas, but the box could be used any time of the year. :) This ornament is actually the first thing that popped into my mind when I was coming up with ideas for all the projects I needed.  I didn't want to use the whole doily because I thought it might be a little big for a Christmas tree...at least it would be for ours, so I trimmed it down. I cut out eight doilies to make the snowflake, glued them together, sponged them on the very edges and sprayed them with shimmer paint mixed with alcohol.

Then I decided to make a box for the ornament...after all, that could be counted as another project. :)  I needed to figure out a way to use the die for the box, but didn't want to just cut out the pieces and put them on the box, so I cut out the die shape from the top of the box, put the doily piece over it (and under) so you could see into the box.

 

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock:  Rose Red & Whisper White
Classic Stampin' Pad:  Rose Red
Paper Doily Die
Ribbon:  1/2" Seam Binding in Rose Red
Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Paper Doily Die Day 2

And now day two using the paper doily die...  

I saw a few cards that inspired today's two cards.  This first card was inspired by Maureen McGrail...you can check out her card here.  She used the stamp Hello, Doily.  I really loved the white on the Elegant Eggplant and  how she layered part of the stamp and lined the doily up with what was underneath, so I decided to give it a try using the Paper Doily Die.

This second card was inspired more by the colors.  I love these colors together, saw a few cards using them and this is what I came up with.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

First Card ~ Stamp Set:  Thank You Kindly

Card Stock:  Elegant Eggplant & Whisper White

Versa Mark

Embossing Powder:  White

Embossing Folder:  Elegant Lines

Lg Sizzlets Die:  Paper Doily

Punch:  Lace Ribbon Border

Jewel:  Basic Pearls

Shimmer Paint:  Champagne Mist

Second Card ~ Stamp Set:  Apothecary Art

Card Stock:  Soft Suede & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Soft Suede

Lg Sizzlets Die:  Paper Doily

Framelits Die:  Label Collection

Paper Doily Die Day 1

Hello to my faithful followers...I'm finally back. I've had a busy week...ok a little more than a week and needed to take some time off and that's exactly what I did..especially this weekend (no Red Hot Stampers post). :(  However today (and for the next few days) I'm going to start posting some cards and projects that I made for my upline Glenda's open house.  She asked the demos under her to make eight things using one particular product from the new mini.  I said, "Sure!  Why not?!  I'll use the new Paper Doily die."  Once I figured out how to use it (and what a story there is behind that!) I decided I LOVE this new Sizzlits die because there is SO much you can do with it!  However, I don't recommend making eight projects all at once! lol But a card every now and then wouldn't be so bad. I think I'm going to start with my least favorite and move to my most favorite posting two things together at a time.  Not that I didn't like any of them, but by the time I got to number eight I was about done in! lol

I decided to do something nice and simple for this project and throw a little bit of chocolate in the mix.  Who doesn't love chocolate, right?

By looking at the lid you can see that I cut the middle part of the die out.  I put it on top of a very vanilla circle and placed it on the lid of the jelly jar...yup, nice and simple! :)

I was kind of going for vintage with the look of this card, plus I don't think I've used these colors lately and wanted to give them a try.  I also wanted to see how the die looked with some ribbon woven into it.

Thanks for looking and have a great day!

Card Stock: Island Indio & Very Vanilla
Lg. Sizzlets Die: Paper Doily
Ribbon: 1/2" Seam Binding in Very Vanilla & 3/8" Ruffled in Island Indigo
...and of course m&m's in a jelly jar!

Stamp Set:  Elements of Style

Card Stock:  Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive & Very Vanilla

Classic Stampin' Pad:  Rich Razzleberry

Embossing Folder:  Vintage Wallpaper

Lg Sizzlets Die:  Paper Doily

Ribbon:  1/2" Seam Binding in Very Vanilla

Punch: Lg Tag