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

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

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

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

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

Strumming a Love Song

Hello!  Time to think about Valentine cards for those we love.  I created this design with Gina K's stamps and dies from the new Hearts and Flowers kit.   I stamped both the guitar and fancy heart on white CS with Black ink and colored with copics.  I tried to color the guitar with a wood grain look.  I cut both out and layered with die cuts from Black CS. I embossed a layer of GKF Red Velvet CS with Cuttlebug Allegro EF for the background which I also stamped and heat embossed with a Gina K sentiment from the set.  I finished by arranging the Guitar and Heart with more hearts cut from red and black CS.  Attached to a card base of GKD Black CS. 

Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge: Love/Valentines

Just Add Ink: #392 Just Add Something New.  Used new stamps and dies.

CAS on Friday: Challenge 124 Make a card for Love/Valentine's Day

613 Avenue Create: Challenge 205 Anything Goes /optional twist Something New.  Used new stamps and dies for my card.

Die Cut Diva's: January Challenge Do Or Use Something.  Used new stamps and dies.

The Paper Players: Challenge PP377 Clean and Simple with a theme of Love Notes

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

Spinner Card with Heart

 Hello!  It's too cold outside so am staying in and doing some playing in the studio.  That's a good way to begin the new year.  I made a spinner card which is new to me.....Silke's Mix It Up Monday challenge at Stamp TV is to make a spinner card so thought I'd give it a try. I have made a slider card but this is a little different.  I chose to go with a Valentine theme using stamps from Gina K Designs Taglines and Signed with Love.  I also used an EK Heart border punch, Cuttlebug EF Swiss Dots and With Love, Circle Die, Memento Lady Bug Ink, Brilliance Moonlight White ink, and Red and White CS.  I finished by adding dots with Red Berry Nuvo Crystal Drops, something new that I got for Christmas.  I am showing photos with the spinner in 3 different locations on the card.
Challenges;
StampTV: Mix it Up Monday challenge make a spinner card.
Simon Wednesday Challenge: Simon Something New. I used new Nuvo Crystal and new technique.
Mod Squad Challenge: Anything But Christmas

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

Love on a Tag

Hello!   Today is a cool day in Florida.  A good day to catch up on some posting.  I made this Tag with a heart for a few challenges.  I used a small Cuttlebug Embossing Folder with Memento Rose Bud ink to emboss in color on white CS and trimmed to fit on my Kraft Tag that I shaped with a die.  Easy enough.  I added a Pink and White Gingham ribbon and a Pearl Heart saved from a card that I received last Valentine.
 Challenges:
Tag You're It! : Challenge #40 by Jen.  Inspired by her theme Love and the use of Kraft and the shape of her tag.
Happy Little Stampers:  February CAS Challenge use Embossing Folder Stamping. Used Cuttlebug EF
Double D Challenges: Theme is Pretty Pink Hearts

           
     I am not sure where I got the 2" x 3" embossing folder used on the tag.....must have been a gift with purchase.
Thanks for stopping by.
Theresa

Love You With All My Heart

 

Hello!  I have made several cards and must get them posted before time runs out on the challenges.  I made this one using this very cute happy snowman created by From the Heart Stamps and also used the sketch from their current sketch challenge. which has a twist to use hearts.   I color the image with Copics and added some stickles and Glossy Accents.  Used White and Pink CS and Heart Pattern from MME.  Cuttlebug EF Divine Swirls used on card base.  Added some cut out hearts and sequins to finish.

Challenges:
I {heart} card sketches with a tWiSt # 137: Shown below. Used Hearts.

Sparkle and Shine Challenge #23:  The mailbox and letters in the inspiration photo reminded me of the image that I used.

Mod Squad Challenge:  Use hearts and/or flowers.  I used hearts.

Cards In Envy:  From the Heart Card Challenge.  Love/Valentine. My card is A2 size and is from the heart.

Cute Card Thursday: Challenge #411   In the Pink.

Simon Wednesday Challenge:  Simon Says Have a Heart

 

 
 

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

Candy for My Valentine

Hello!  It is interesting how some ideas for card challenges come so quickly and others take a lot of thought.   When I saw the Retro Rubber Challenge sketch shown below, I immediately thought of a stamp from Flourishes that dates back to 2012.  It was a stamp of a Heart Shape box of candy ....I guess it was the double heart in the sketch that brought it to mind.  I stamped the sentiment and box on white card stock with Memento Tuxedo Black and colored with Copics and Glaze pens. I added some Glossy Accents to the Candy to give some dimension.  I used Clear Snap Red and Gold Foils for the strips on the right side which I adhered with Scor-tape.  Added some gold sequins for even more sparkle.  The card base is Gold Metallic CS.

Challenges:
Retro Rubber Challenge #30: Getting Sketchy with stamps from 2012.
Crafty Sentiments: Theme is Valentine
Addicted to Stamps and More: Make Your Mark-used Copics and Glaze Pens
613 Avenue Create: Challenge #160 Anything Goes


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

Card With Love

Hello!   It's that time of the year to make Valentine cards.   This one was fairly simple to create with Gina K Designs stamps from A Year of Flowers 2 set by Melanie.  I made some quick shiny heart embellishments by punching out the border and saving the small hearts to coat with Glossy Accents.  ...better than using metal brads.  I hope that you can see the shininess of the hearts.

Other Supplies: White and Red Card Stock, SU Ruby Red and Always Artichoke inks, EK Success Border Punch, Sakura Clear Star Pen.

Challenges:
Stamp TV: Mix It Up Monday Challenge-Handmade Embellishments
Crafty Sentiments: Challenge Theme is Valentine
Mod Squad Challenge:  Love Is  In the Air
Addicted to CAS: Challenge #80 Red
Allsorts Challenge: Week 347 Valentine's Day




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