Happy Valentine's Day!

Hi Everyone. Can you believe it's the last week of January?! It's time to get those Valentines in the mail! Today I have a couple of Valentine cards that I created for my grandkids to share with you.

The first one uses the Amazing Love Puzzle and matching greeting. I only put part of the greeting on the front of the card, the rest is inside. Since this is for my 12 year old grandson I went with shades of blue. He is into dominoes so I used a domino embossing folder to create the background.

My second card was lots of fun to create. I used this month's small die of the month set from Spellbinders to create the little girl and balloon. The love you greeting was stamped onto the balloon with Versafine Black ink. The frame was created with some Fawn Lawn dies using the same pink CS as the little girl's dress. I stamped the splatter background image with some TH Distress ink onto the Frame. The same image was stamped onto the ground behind the little girl. The sky was sponged with blue inks. I added the little silver heart to her dress used a white pen to make her eyes come alive. My granddaughter will love this card.

Thanks for stopping by today. Hope you have those Valentines ready to go!!

blessings,

shelia

Heart Spinner

Today I created my very first spinner card. I have no idea why I've never done this before. It's super easy and so cute and fun for the recipient. So here it is:

I started by stamping the Filigree heart image twice onto red CS with VersaMark ink, heat embossed it with white EP and fussy cut the hearts. The string was added with double sided tape and Nuvo white glue. While the glue dried, I worked on the card front.

I used some washi tape to hold the red panel onto the white card base so I could die cut the circle our of both and ensure they would match up perfectly. Next I stamped and embossed the Happy Anniversary greeting with the same white EP and then embossed the red panel with a new CB heart embossing folder. I added a white circle frame around the window to give it a more finished look. The spinner part was taped onto the white card base before attaching the red panel.

The ribbon was added at the last minute to cover up a tear in the red panel from the washi tape. I couldn't believe the tape tore the paper, but the ribbon hides it nicely.

This card was created for my parents who will be celebrating their 68th anniversary on Valentine's day. I think they'll get a kick out of the spinner part.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Tuesday Throwdown  - DRS Designs embossing, either heat or dry
Cupcake Inspirations  - something new (the embossing folder)


Thanks for stopping by.

blessings,
shelia

Snow Doubt

Happy Monday Everyone! Hope you had a great weekend. We finally got some snow here in NW Ohio. Haven't had snow since November so the 2 -3 inches we got over the weekend was impressive. In honor of the snow I have a snowman card to share with you today.

I started by stamping the Simply Snowman onto white CS, colored him with Copics, added part of the Snow Doubt Birthday greeting and die cut him with a circle die. I lined him up and cut him out on one side just for a different look. The tiny snowflakes are from a Martha Stewart border punch. I used white Nuvo drops for their centers.

The banner was created by stamping the medium strip from the woven plaid background stamp with Versafine Black ink onto blue/teal CS and cut into a banner shape and layered onto black CS. The interlocking snowflake background was stamped with TH Distress Oxide Peacock Feathers ink. The banner was attached with foam strips for some dimension.

Here's look at the inside.

I stamped the rest of the greeting and added the single birthday candle image stamping it with the same Distress Oxide ink along the bottom of the card.

Thanks for stopping by today!

blessings,

shelia

Many thanks

Happy Monday! I don't know about you, but I am needed a few thank you cards, so that's what I'm working on currently. Today's card was fun to create. I used a stencil and sponged some shimmer paste on. While that dried I stamped part of the sincere thanks greeting, die cut it with a SC circle die and die cut the snowflake using a TH die.

In side I stamped the Blizzard of thanks greeting. It is one of my favorites.

Hope you are having a wonderful day and a great start to the new year.

Thanks for stopping by.

shelia