Candy Hearts for My Love

Welcome! I was inspired to create this card by Inspiration Station Challenge #23 Photo of Candy Hearts. The photo reminded of an image that I had on file in Print Shop.  I located the picture and printed on Glossy Paper. It even had some of the same colors as the inspiration, but I added more pink and green using pink cardstock as base and green cs as a mat.  I stamped and heat embossed Love You! on one of the hearts and created a sentiment with stamps and scraps of paper to complete the card.  I loved these candy hearts as a kid. 

Challenges:
Inspiration Station: #23 Photo Inspiration-Candy Hearts

Double Trouble Paper Crafting Challenge: #103 Sweet Coloring Challenge.  Used 3 of the colors, included hearts, and shared with Inspiration Station. 

Cupcake Inspirations: #537 Valentine Hearts

Use Your Stuff: #441 Hearts/Love

 Thanks for stopping by. I love reading your comments. Theresa

Quick and Easy Valentines

Welcome friends! I am sharing 4 Valentine cards that I quickly made using some of the same products. Supplies used were White Cardstock, Pink Cardstock, Patterned papers from a Pack purchased at Joann's several years ago, Spellbinders Scalloped Heart Dies, Polka Dots EF, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Gina K stamps, Winnie & Walter stamps, and Pink Inks.  I used both negatives and positives of the die cuts when I assembled my designs.  

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Challenges:

Addicted to CAS: Challenge #213 Hearts

The Paper Players: PP577 Theme Challenge Love and Friend

CASology: Week 400 Affection

Double D Challenges: Hearts

Stay Safe and Healthy! Thanks for stopping by. I love reading your comments. Theresa

The Key To My Heart Belongs To.....

Welcome! Another post and another Valentine card.  I have combined 2 challenges as inspiration for this design....one a sketch and one a color combo.  I selected 2 patterned papers that included the colors that I needed for the Color Throwdown Challenge and added a Kraft Card Stock for the base and one of the Heart die cuts. Following the sketch challenge at Tuesday Morning Sketches, I attached the papers to the Card Base and layered 2 Hearts cut with Spellbinders dies. I embossed both papers with Cuttlebug EF's-Polka Dots and Divine Swirls.  Added an embroidered heart from my stash and the topped with a key cut with Paper Sweeties Die from Gold Metallic paper.  I thought that I had a sentiment stamp (must have imagined it) that went with my card theme but could not find it, so I created my own with Photoshop. Liked how it came out.  

Challenges: 

Tuesday Morning Sketches:  #642

Color Throwdown: Ctd678 Pink, Red, Cranberry, Kraft

Dies R Us Challenge: 186 Valentine's/ Love. Used Spellbinders Heart Dies and Paper Sweeties Heart Die.

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Says With Love.

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: Always about using Patterned Paper. 

Stay Safe and Healthy! Thanks for stopping by. 

I love reading your comments. 

Theresa

Cards from a Napkin and Stamps

Hello!  Today I am sharing 3 cards that I made from a napkin and added sentiments using stamps from Gina K Designs.  I used Stick It Paper ( double side adhesive) to attach the trimmed sections of the napkin to card bases of GKD Red Velvet Cardstock.  First design was a square card using a GKD die cut heart stamped with sentiment from GKD Birds & Blossoms.

For this horizontal design, I used a gold embossed sentiment from GKD Heart Stamp set.

I attached this portion of the napkin on white paper before attaching to the red card base.  Die cut the flag that was stamped with a script sentiment from GKD A Year of Flowers.

Challenges: 

Mod Squad Challenge: All about Love. Use word Love on front.

Shopping Our Stash: Challenge 438 Love Is In the Air. Use napkin and stamps from stash. 

Allsorts Challenge: Week 610 Love is.....💓

Monthly Mix Challenge: Gina K Designs February challenge is "Love is in the Air"-Love Theme

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Love Bears Repeating

Hello! What better to do on a very cold winter than post some cards?  I have been trying to send some of my stash of cards to places such as nursing homes. I recently mailed a package of 65 and another one of 50 cards to places where I hope they will bring joy to people. 

Now I am hoping to enter some cards in some of the fun challenges that I have been missing.  This card made for Valentine's is a very clean and simple one that I multi stamped a sentiment and hearts in Memento Red Ink on a white panel and then attached to a card base of pattern paper.  I added some red glitter glue to the center of the hearts for a bit of sparkle. Stamps: Gina K Designs Heart Stamp set. 

Challenges:

Mod Squad Challenge: All about Love. Use word Love on front.

Double D Challenges: Valentine Love

Allsorts Challenge: Week 610 Love is.....💓

Monthly Mix Challenge: Gina K Designs February challenge is "Love is in the Air"-Love Theme

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

More Love and Hearts

Hello!  Sharing more love in another card featuring Hearts!  I used stamps and dies from Gina K Designs You Have My Heart set.  I stamped 3 hearts with Memento Rose Bud ink and die cut the 3 different sizes of hearts. The center heart was stamped with the word Love. I arranged these on a white grosgrain ribbon and that to a Pink Cardstock panel that I embossed with a Cuttlebug border EF of dots. Finished with a White card base. 

Challenge:

Monthly Mix Challenge GKD: Just Add Texture-used dry embossing and ribbon.

CAS on Friday: #173 Love

Allsorts Challenge: Week 559 Dies and/or Punches.

Die Cut Divas: February challenge is Hearts or Flowers

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Heart Two Heart

Hello! Back to more cold and snow so I am back in my studio!  Playing again with the Twofer Card Challenge #23 Hearts. I am using a Heart Die from Gina K Designs You Have My Heart set.  I die cut a bunch of hearts from cardstock in my stash....used up some scraps.  I created a birthday card using a patterned paper that was perfect for celebrating a birthday.  I picked hearts inspired by the colors in the paper and made a "bunch of balloons" held together with metallic gold string (thread). I floated the balloons a top the background paper popped up with foam.  Double cut the Happy Birthday dies by Cheery Lynn  from Pink and Yellow cardstock and attached to the card. Used a Pink card base to finish. 

I made a Valentine for the second card.  I used a  heart die cut from Red cardstock, popped up on red foam, attached to a die cut stamped heart(red ink on white), attached to a red circle and then a White Doily. I actually embossed the doily with Versamark ink and White EP to give it some shine and body.  I completed the design with a Red card base and a sentiment heat embossed with the White EP. Stamps, dies and EP are from Gina K Designs.

Other challenges:

Use Your Stuff: Anything Goes
Dies R Us Challenge: #137 Birthdays.  Used Cheery Lynn and Gina K Designs dies. 

Just Add Ink: #488 no challenge guidelines this week, only that you create a "new" project with a celebratory theme. Celebrating a birthday. 

Double D Challenges: Fun with Balloons. Took inspiration from the heart shape balloon and bright colors on mood board.

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Hearts with Love

Welcome to my studio!  I have created 2 cards for the Twofer Card Challenge which is Hearts.  I used the same small hearts stamps from GKD You Have My Heart set.  I also used the same Scalloped Heart dies from Spellbinders but that just happened by chance.  The Musical Valentine card shown on the left features partial die cutting and  guitar and sentiment stamps from the same set as the hearts.  I doodled some dots around the white heart. Used Memento Lady Bug ink and Red and White CS. 

The Birthday card uses the same heart stamps hanging from a GKD branch stamp that I modified to be a tree. The word stamps are from Winnie & Walter set.  Used Memento Lady Bug, Bamboo Leaves, and Rich Cocoa inks with White and Fresh Asparagus CS. Embossed white layer with Cuttlebug Wicker Weave EF.  I was going to make the theme of this card All Things Grow with Love but that did not work out. 

Challenges:

Twofer Card Challenge: Challenge #23 Two different designs for two different occasions using the same stamps, stencils, and/or dies. Theme is Hearts.

Happy Little Stampers: January Anything Goes with Dies.

Dies R Us Challenge: #136 Anything Goes using any brand of metal die that DRU sells. 

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge: Partial Die-cutting + Stamping + Your Choice.  Did some doodling with Alcohol Marker. 

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Gingerbread with Heart

Hello!  I never did make a gingerbread house or cookie this Christmas but it's not to late to make a card with gingerbread so that is what I have to share today.  I stamped the Gingerbread couple on Kraft CS with versamark and heat embossed with GKD White EP.  Fussy cut the couple.  This stamp is an old rubber one from GKD.  Fussy cut the couple and popped up with foam on panel of  patterned Paper from the Snowy Day pad by Crate Paper found in my stash.  Stamped a sentiment from Mark's Finest Papers (no longer in business) with red ink and embossed with GKD Clear EP.  Attached to a red card base. To finish, I added several hearts in red and kraft that were leftovers from when I used a Fiskars border punch with hearts.

Challenges: 

ABC Christmas: A is for Anything Christmas Goes. Also fits B is for Bingo. Used Patterned Paper, Christmas Sentiment, Embossing. 

Christmas Cards All Year 'Round: January Challenge-Anything Christmas or Holiday Related.

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge: January All about using Patterned Paper

Double D Challenges: Use some punch on your card. The punched hearts were a by product of using a Fiskars Heart border punch. See punch below. 

Cupcake Inspirations: CIC485  Holidays. Inspired by the gingerbread on their graphic.

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Clean and Simple 2 Ways

Hello!  I have two cards inspired by the sketch at CAS(E) this Sketch challenge.   For both I used a vine stamp from Mixed Media Stamps but used different green inks for each. The first one is a one layer card using Memento Bamboo Leaves ink.  I finished this one with glittery pink and gold heart stickers and a banner  die cut from GKD Grass Green CS with a GKD sentiment stamped with Versamark and heat embossed with White EP.

The second card was stamped with DOI Peeled Paint for the vine and DOI Faded Lipstick for the GKD sentiment.  I added punched pink flowers from my stash and a die cut with the sentiment. Attached to a card base of GKD Fresh Asparagus CS.

Challenges to enter:

City Crafter Challenge: Week 445 CAS

Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon says Clean and Simple

CAS(E) this Sketch: #305

Addicted to CAS: #151 Code Word Friends

CAS on Friday: Challenge #149 Flowers

Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge 324 Clean and Simple

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Truckin' with Heart

Hello!  Playing with dies from Cheapo Dies to create a card with a lot of love! Die cut the truck from DCWV Foil CS,  tires from Black and Silver CS, hearts from Red CS and Metallic Silver CS, words from Red CS. Assembled the pieces on a panel of White CS that I edged with Silver Metallic Marker. Attached that to a panel of Patterned Paper and a card base of GKD Red CS.  Love the way this came together for a fun Valentine card.
I put this all together with GKD Connect Glue....this is the best glue ever. You must give it a try. I never liked to use glue before....too messy....but this works just great!  I was not paid for this endorsement.
Challenges:
Alphabet Challenge: V is for Vehicle.
Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge: 386 Hearts on Fire
Double D Challenge: Looking Back in Time.  The pickup truck is from another time.
The Male Room: Challenge #102 Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers: January Anything Goes with Dies
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenges: January always about using Patterned Papers

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Leftovers Scraps in to a Card

Hello!  Having fun using up some scraps.  Had just enough of these 3 patterns left to die cut some squares, hearts, and words.  Assembled them on a White CS base.  These papers were part of a freebie that came with a Magazine.
Challenge:
Stamp, Ink, Paper: Challenge 164 Use your scraps.

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa

Roses for My Valentine

Second Post Today
Hello!  Playing with the Hearts and Flowers Stamp TV kit,  I came up with this card featuring die cut Roses.  Stamped the flowers with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics. Used a White card base embossed with CB EF Polka Dots.  Added border of red hearts cut  with a punch and added some smaller hearts with glitter and the sentiment from stash stamped on a Spellbinders die cut with a heart of Pearl tears.
Challenges:
Mod Squad Challenge: Theme is Valentine- Love. Use some red.
Sweet Stampin' Challenge: Theme is Valentines-Love.
Tuesday Throwdown: TT #376 Anything Goes
Happy Little Stampers: January Anything Goes with Dies

Have a great day! I love reading your comments. Theresa