Cathy Zielske's Love Your Guts Die Cut is one of my favorites, so I decided to pair it with one of my Gel Prints and some vellum for some fun Valentines. I just love the combination of purple & lime green.
I'm linking this one up at the Country View Be Sentiment Challenge.
Since I had the papers out, I reversed the colors and made a second version. I added some clear embellishment bubbles to this one.
This one is linking-up at the Crafting Happiness Love Challenge.
The current Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers Challenge is G is for Glitter.
The only glitter I really like to create with is glitter paper where none of the glitter rubs off ... otherwise I invariably find glitter on my skin & all over my studio for days.
Today in the mail I got new Love You Gallery Script layering die cuts from Memory Box, so I decided to try them out on some glitter paper to see if I could create a Snarky Valentine.
I layered white cardstock on top of the red glitter and then attached the die cuts to a blue Gel Print from my stash. I added a few Eyelet Outlet Enamel Hearts and a perfect snarky sentiment sticker.
I finished with a mat of more red glitter paper on a white cardstock base.
I'm also joining the Global Design Project Love Challenge and Crafting Happiness Love Challenge.
Love is in the Air at the Paper Craft Crew Challenge.
I couldn't resist combining some fun foam stickers with Gel Press Prints for some cute & oh-so-easy Valentine's Day Love Cards.
I added several heart stickers to finish the design.
This was so easy, I had to make another.
For this one, I added a sentiment from Pink Paislee Lucky Us.
The January Challenge at Stay Crafty with A Blog Named Hero is - Crazy Little Thing Called Love.
I die cut the large Hero Arts Love You Die from a light blue and copper metallic ombre Gel Print. I positioned it on a piece of new metallic kraft cardstock from Tim Holtz.
I finished with a sentiment and tiny love stamp from Hero Arts Sending Love Mail.
The newest challenge at The Paper Players is creating Clean & Simple with birdies.
I've had these vintage little collage images from Red Lead Paper Works in my stash for more years than I can remember. Today they finally get to send some papercrafting love.
I paired this cutie with a doily, a coordinating color card base and a sentiment from Essentials by Ellen Valentine Vibes.
This little cutie gets paired with a strip of alcohol ink gel press print (I knew there was a reason I saved that tiny bit) and another Essentials by Ellen Valentine Vibes Sentiment.
With a cup and saucer of Tea & Flowers on her bonnet (and a hat to protect her from the rain) I'm joining the Just Us Girls Moodboard Challenge ... sometimes even a little birdie needs a cup of tea to get her day started.
I have always loved libraries. Growing-up they were one of the places I felt most at ease. I loved the magic of being able to look at, touch, and take home almost anything I wanted.
So needless to say, I had to have the new Essentials by Ellen Treat Yo'Shelf Set and the coordinating Library Card Pocket Die cut. I always loved looking at the library card to see who else in town had read the book and when the last time was that someone had taken it home (and sometimes checking out a book because it felt like it had been too long, and I didn't want the book to feel neglected).
I started by die cutting the Library Card Pocket several times from two coordinating Gel Press prints (I needed the second to line the inside of the pocket).
Next I stamped the library card and Overdue sentiment on ivory cardstock. I then added multiple stamped sentiments to the card itself.
I created my card base from a Rainbow Gel Press Print and attached the pocket. I'm linking-up at the Crafter's Café Colours of the Rainbow Challenge.
The December Challenge at Poppy Stamps is Let It Snow!
Strangely enough I didn't have any snowflakes, but I do have the adorable Poppy Stamps Whittle Snowman, so I added him as an accent to a birthday card, since I need to restock my masculine birthday card stash.
I die cut the Poppy Stamps Playful Happy Birthday Die from a Gel Press Print. I also die cut the Whittle Snowman's hat from the same print. I finished with a few Eyelet Outlet Snowflake Bling stickers.
Tonight I made a retirement card with some vintage postage stamps and this week's Freshly Made Sketch.
I used a Gel Press print and some stitched circle dies for the layout. The sentiment is my most used stamp from My Favorite Things Essential Sentiments.
Today I'm sharing a birthday card for a very special friend.
We have a local store called the Create/Exchange where you can bring in your art supplies for store credit to buy other's art supplies. You never know what you might find. I found a couple of intricately cut pieces of paper that I thought would look lovely on top of my Gel Prints, and it turns out my intuition was right. I really love the contrast with this blue and sea green panel.
There was a heart in the center of the panel, but since I wanted a birthday cake, I covered it with a couple of die cut ovals to hold my big birthday cake.
I used chocolate and yellow cardstock to die cut the Savvy Layered Cake. I think it was supposed to be a two layer cake, but I decided to trim down and stack several and turn it into a cake fitting for a big birthday party (then there might be enough to have some cake for breakfast the following day).
I hand-cut the candles on top of the cake and finished with a tiny wood block sentiment from Memory Box.
This week at Jingle Belles we're still making cards with new products Santa brought us (who am I kidding, I'm my own Santa.
I combined a Gel Print, Distress Oxide Ink Blending and the brand new Taylored Expressions Peace on Earth Cutting Plate. I finished with Iridescent Glitter Dust Spray & a sentiment from Taylored Expressions Simple Strips - Christmas.
One of my resolutions for this year is to make more multiples of cards, so I have at least closer to the amount I need when December rolls around. Since this card was so easy and I already had a few more Christmas sentiments in my stash, I pulled out two more Gel Press prints.
Die cut, ink blend, glitter spray, repeat. I found a piece of embossed white cardstock in my scrap stash for this one.
I'm also linking-up at the Simon Says: Something New Challenge.
And remember, there are some adorable stamps & coordinating dies for one participant.
