The February Penny Black Saturday Challenge is to incorporate Hearts or Flowers.
I started with a Penny Black Masterpieces Made Simple Adorable Amore. I love how they fit exactly into the Penny Black Stitches of Love Dies to add a bit more texture.
I used the current Atlantic Hearts Sketch with a Penny Black Music Lines Sticker and another sticker sentiment.
I'm also linking-up at The Male Room Nature Challenge with my sweet winter scene.
Sometimes after a long work day, playing with my washi tape feels almost meditative to me. Tonight I decided to use colors from the Color Throwdown Challenge and see what I could pull together.
I started with the wide gold floral tape in the center and then moved up and down with repeating tapes in the three colors.
I went simple with stickers and ephemera to finish my Valentine.
I'm also linking-up at the IN(K)SPIRE me Valentine Challenge. I also think it's the perfect Valentine for a Guy at Cardz 4 Guys.
The February Poppystamps Challenge is Me & You ... the perfect opportunity to create another valentine.
I started by die cutting the Poppystamps Heart Confetti Collage from some lovely salmony pink glitter paper. I backed it with a soft pink marker colored paper.
Next I used the Sketch from Try Stampin' (or Not) on Tuesday and used some handmade chalk paper for the background (you can see how I made it here).
I die cut the hearts collage a second time and added hearts inside the hearts finishing with a Doodlebug Sprinkle Heart. I replaced the heart in the sketch with a sentiment from Memory Box Big and Little Valentines stamped on the other scrap of the marker colored paper.
I'm also joining the Somebody to Love Challenge at little red wagon.
I love the fun new Jammin' Stamps from Essentials by Ellen.
When I was in 4th Grade, I asked for my very own jar of homemade strawberry jam made by my Grandma's neighbor and one of her freshly baked loaves of bread that she would sell from her carport each Saturday to those in the know. Bread is pretty much my food love language in whatever delicious form.
I colored the loaf of bread and pat of butter with my Graph'It Markers and paired it with the Essentials by Ellen Hearts Essentials die cuts. I just love that sentiment.
I finished with some light blue adhesive pearls.
I took my yellow heart, theme and the light blue frame from the Once Upon a Time Challenge where the inspiration book is My Heart.
I'm also linking-up at the Sweet Stampin' Challenge where the theme is Love.
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.
The Challenge at Shopping Our Stash this week is Love is in the Air.
I started with a gorgeous Alcohol Ink and foiled background (just press sheets of foil while the edges of the ink puddles are still a bit damp). I die cut it with a stitched rectangle and then added a white mat before attaching to a red card base.
I added stacked white cardstock Heart Outlines from Essentials by Ellen Essentials Hearts Dies. The finishing touch is a sentiment from Essentials by Ellen Valentine Vibes.
I also took my overlapping hearts & pink/red inspiration from the Hand Stamped Sentiments Challenge inspiration board.
If you're in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area, this card and others will be part of my Valentine's Day Cards Exhibit at Gallery One from 5-8pm on Tuesday, February 14th. Bring a friend and stop by for drinks, snacks, art and a visit with me.
Last year at our Scrapbook House Outing, I made lots of fun Alcohol Ink Panels. This one featured lots of pinks including new glittery alcohol inks from Couture Creations. It's glittery all over, but in the photo it's most visible at the top left and
I die cut the panel with a stitched rectangle and then cut the small Essentials by Ellen heart out of the center. I die cut the next size of Essentials by Ellen Essentials Heart and put it over the opening in the back panel before attaching the smaller die cut heart with foam tape for dimension. I added an Essentials by Ellen Valentine Vibes sentiment in the center of the small heart.
I finished with some Pinkfresh Studio Essentials Crystals.
I'm joining the Cut It Up Challenge where the theme is Love & the Love is in the Air Challenge at Make My Monday.
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.
