loads of love

First off I want to thank all of you who have checked in on me and emailed me to make sure I'm still here and doing ok. I blinked and a month has passed. I think things are less hectic now. My Grams has been moved at least temporarily into a full care nursing home. There are good and bad aspects to this, the worst being that she is farther away than she was which means it takes FOR-EVER to drive down for a visit. I'm glad she seems to like it there and the staff is wonderful, which makes it easier knowing I can't visit everyday. I've had to place this creative outlet on the back burner since pretty much the first of the year, but I've become so stressed that I've decided I need to make the time to de-stress and get my creative juices flowing. This should translate into more blogging.

Ok, now onto what you all came here for. This card could be a valentines type card or just a just because I love you card, or even an anniversary card.



Stamps: Loads of Love
Inks: Blushing Bride, Pretty in Pink, Regal Rose
Papers: Pear Pizazz DSP, Sweet Pea DSP (retired), Pear Pizazz Cardstock, Old Olive Cardstock, Blushing Bride Cardstock, Whisper White Cardstock, Watercolor paper
Misc: Pretty in Pink 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Crystal Effects, Mini Library Clip, Aqua Painters, Pinking Hearts Edge Punch,

I love the extra little detail that is added by the Crystal Effects onto the watercolored hearts. It really makes them stand out in real life.

I hope you will all be back later in the week to see some more posts.

sweet candy treat

I made several Valentines Day cards this year, but never got around to posting them before the 14th, but I figured I'd still share them with you. I love the sweet treat cups, they are so much fun!

I tried the rock n roll technique to add a little bit of detail to the bird and the flower stem. I really love the end result.



Stamps: Sweetheart
Inks: Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Marina Mist, Pacific Point, Real Red
Papers: Whisper White, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, Blushing Bride
Misc: Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Full Heart Punch, Heart Treat Cups, Exacto Knife, Stampin' Dimensioinals, Cinnamon Hearts Candy

Pretty Bows

I like to think that I can tie a pretty bow. I don't do it very often, but for special cards, like the one I actually gave my hubby on Valentines Day I will do them. They don't take that much more effort, but for some reason I save them for special cards. I also love using the Bride Specialty paper and changing the color of it. It is so easy to do, the easiest way is to use a brayer to roll the color over the paper, and then take a Kleenex or paper towel to rub it off leaving the white swirl pattern. You can also take the ink pad and just rub it over the paper and then take the Kleenex and then wipe off the excess again, but sometimes you do not get as even a job as if you used a brayer.



Stamps: Teen Tiny Wishes
Ink: Bermuda Bay
Paper: Welcome Neighbor DSP (SAB), Bermuda Bay, Whisper White, Basic Black Cardstock
Misc: Crystal Effects, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Half Back Pearls (Pretties Kit), 5/8" Basic Black Satin Ribbon, Textured Impressions Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'

With all my Heart

I spent the afternoon over at my grams place with my son making Valentines for the both of them. She wanted to give him a valentine, but didn't want to have to buy a whole pack just for one, and we needed a few for his friends and cousins. I pre-cut the paper and stamped the images and then let them at it. Considering both their ages and ability levels they did fantastic! I will get pics of those up in a day or two.

Here is another card I made for John for his Valentines gifts, yes gifts, plural. I decided to make him 14 cards and 1 project for Valentines Day, since it is the anniversary of our first date, years ago. I cased this wonderful card from Mary Fish, she is so amazing and always does such beautiful work. I had to improvise a little bit since I did not have the patterned paper she used, so I made my own red and green 'DSP' with a stamp from the stamps Loads of Love and Sanded and white craft ink.




Stamps: With all my heart
Ink: Chocolate Chip Classic Ink, Whisper White Craft Ink
Paper: Welcome Neighbor DSP, Green Galore, Real Red, Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand Cardstock
Misc: Real Red Corduroy Buttons, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Linen Thread, Mini Library Clip, Full Heart Punch, Heart to Heart Punch, Bermuda Bay Polka Dot Ribbon, Stampin Dimensionals

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'

How much I love you

This is somewhat of a joke card.... I am always telling my hubby to stop annoying me, either because he is quoting Monty Python for the millionth time, or some Bill Cosby joke, or something else similar to that, so when I saw the 'you don't annoy me' on the new Like-O-Meter stamp I just had to make this card for him. I also think that the order is somewhat messed up, if I had made this stamp the order would have been: 'I'd marry you again', 'You don't annoy me', I want to marry you', 'like like you', 'a lot but not like a stalker', 'more than just friends', 'like a brother', 'like a friend', 'I'm over you'. I also though it would be funny if the one line read "a lot, LIKE a stalker", but that is just my skewed sense of humour.



Stamps: Like-O-Meter
Ink: Basic Black, Bermuda Bay & Rich Razzleberry Markers
Paper: Welcome Neighbour DSP (from the SAB catty), Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo, Basic Black, Whisper White
Misc: Basic Black 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals

I started a scrapbook layout today, but did not get finished since I got another wonderful migraine, but I am hoping to finish it tomorrow and get it posted on here as soon as it is done. Stampin' Up! announced another few digital downloads and the new paper kit is called Sweet Pea, it is all the paper from the Sweet Pea DSP pack as well as the stitched felt and a stamp set that corresponds with it. I LOVE this paper, and I am so glad that I can use it digitally too. I will get the new downloads posted on here in the next day or so. This is going to be a busy week, I am finishing up all the plans for my sons birthday party as well as a small party for him and a couple friends on his actual birthday, so that will cut into my scrappy time this week, but I am sure hoping to get lots done in between party planning and baking.

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'

Stamp Club

We had our Stamp Club last night and had quite a bit of fun making 3 sort of Valentines type cards. This is one of them, from the new Sweetheart Stamp set.




I love the treat cups, they are fun to give since almost everyone loves candy, and they can change the look of a card by the color of candy you put in them. What is also nice about the cups is that you don't have to put candy in them. I made a few Christmas cards that has confetti inside the cup instead.


Stamps: Sweetheart
Ink: Bermuda Bay, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry and Soft Suede Markers
Paper: Bermuda Bay, Melon Mambo Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White Cardstock, Crushed Curry Textured Cardstock
Misc: Scallop Trim Border Punch, Heart Treat Cups, Full Heart Punch, Round Tab Punch, 3/4" Circle Punch, Pinking Hearts Border Punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, Smarties (the Canadian kind)

The candy I used is called Smarties and the pink, purple and yellow are almost an exact match for the Melon Mambo, Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry In Colors. Smarties (made by Nestle) are very similar to M&M's, they are not available in the US, here is a Wikipedia article about them if you are interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smarties

Until next time, Happy Scrappin'