Simply Valentine's

Last Friday, I spent a good part of the day out at my parents' house and decided to take some of my stamping stuff with me, so that I could "play" and make cards! My husband was going to be working late (as he has been all week), so I thought it might be nice to be around company for the day and let the kids play with their cousins. Having some time to enjoy a little crafting time rather than doing the household chores for a change was needed! Funny how I have to leave my house to make it happen!

Most of the supplies I brought with me were for Valentine's Day cards as I was looking to get some inspiration and work on projects and cards for upcoming events. I am still waiting on my Filled with Love stamp set that was on backorder, which should be on my doorstep by Monday night, so I had to work with some other Valentine stamp sets while I wait.

This first card, I was inspired by the following sketch from Create with Connie & Mary (CCMC 132). This is the first sketch I've participated in, but I loved having the inspiration! Go check out the wonderful creations. I went a little simple with my card, which is more the trend with me anyway, but I love how it turned out!




Stamp Set: Love You Much

Paper: Pink Pirouette, Real Red, *NEW* red glimmer paper, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, markers - Chocolate Chip, Real Red

Accessories: Dimensionals, red floss (non-SU!), Bitty Buttons (heart)

Tools: Heart to Heart punch (small hearts)

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These other cards were just for fun!

Stamp Set: Love You Much

Paper: Whisper White, Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, Sending Love DSP (retired - from 2010 Occasions Mini Catalog)

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Pretty in Pink, Wild Wasabi (watercolor using blender pen and inkpads)

Accessories: 5/8" Chocolate Chip satin ribbon, Rose Red brad, Dimensionals (to pop up flower)

Tools: Boho Blossoms punch (used to punch out the flower)

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Stamp Set: With All My Heart

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red, Designer Series Paper Pattern Love

Ink: Real Red

Accessories: 3/4" Real Red double-stitched grosgrain ribbon (retired), Dimensionals

Tools: Full Heart punch, Scallop Trim Border punch, Modern Label punch

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Stamp Set: With All My Heart

Paper: Very Vanilla, Real Red, Sending Love DSP (retired - from 2010 Occasions Mini Catalog)

Ink: Real Red

Accessories: heart brad (retired - from 2010 Occasions Mini Catalog), Dimensionals

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Stamp Set: Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper: Whisper White, Real Red

Ink: Real Red

Accessories: 1/4" Real Red grosgrain ribbon, *NEW* red glimmer paper, Dimensionals

Love is in the Air!

I haven't been doing too much stamping lately...is it obvious?

For a good 2 full months, Stampin' Up! was put on the back burner. I wanted to enjoy the holidays and not stress about holding events and then January came and went in a blink of an eye! Near the end of January, one of my friends e-mailed me wanting to do a Valentine's 3/$5 card making workshop and I jumped at the chance since I hadn't done anything for so long and was ready to get back into it. We only had a week to prepare, but we had so much fun...especially since most of her friends are my friends and then it made for a fun girls' night out!

Below are the three projects I created for this Valentine's event:

This card uses the Love You Much stamp set along with Sending Love Designer Series Paper found in the new Occasions Mini Catalog. It also uses a new punch that I earned FREE through Sale-A-Bration that is going on NOW! (More to come about that later.) As I told the girls at the workshop, this is an HB Original..meaning I came up with the design myself (not always the case).

This next card uses a combination of the Love You Much set mentioned above and the new I {Heart} Hearts found in the Occasions Mini. I "borrowed" this idea from a friend. Each of the hearts is embossed in white and easily punched out with the Heart to Heart punch. It also uses Sending Love DSP and the Scallop Envelope Bigz Die for the Big Shot. This one took the longest, but I love it!

This last project, I'm not ashamed to admit I took it right out of Stampin' Success, a magazine just for SU! demonstrators. Of course I tweaked a few things here and there to make it "my own". It uses the set Whooo's Your Valentine? Super cute and super fun! It would make great little valentines for classmates...although it would get ripped to shreds pretty quickly, wouldn't it? Maybe all that time wouldn't be worth it? *wink*

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Lastly, we are going to be making a card at our next MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) meeting and this is what all the moms will be making. I've measured, cut, stamped, and punched so everything is ready to assemble come this Monday morning.