Thought of Love

I've been making Valentines for a Valentine's Vendor Market held yesterday. I was a bit disappointed with sales. It was very cold and piles of snow on the ground so attendance was low.

Anyway, this is one of the cards that did not sell.

I used a grunge stamp from SU for the splotches behind the die cut heart. The strip on the side is from a Recollections pad of paper. I tied a pink/white twine over the seam.  The sentiment is from SU. I cut it down and backed it with pink glitter paper.  Finished off with a red gem at the top of the heart.

Playing along with The Paper Play

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Cheery Coral

 18" snow and below zero chill factors has kept me confined to the house for 3 days. What else is there to do but spend the days in the craft room for a little fun.

The papers are from SU Subtles 6x6 pack. The stripe on the left is the reverse of the leafy print. I die cut 3 leaf branches to put behind the sentiment. The label is a Sizzix die cut set.. The sentiment is also SU.

I've used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketcheshttps

Flower Bouquet for Birthday

One of my retail outlets took all my birthday cards so I have been working on restocking them.

A pad of 12x12 paper by Recollections has a full page of bouquets. I fussy cut one of them for this card. The butterfly us from the same page. The sentiment is an old unlabeled one.  To add a little sparkle, I used gold thread behind the bouquet.

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches making it iin landscape orientation.

Pink Valentine

 The challenge this week Try Stampin' On Tuesday is a sketch.

I have been working on Valentines. I couldn't think of mountains on a Valentine. But I did find this striped paper from a Recollections Pad called Speciality Pinks. I fussy cut along one of the pink stripe to make it look like mountains. 

To soften the peaks, I did a scalloped border at the bottom.  I die cut hearts and embossed them with 2 different  E/F folders The sentiment is from SU and fussy curt.

Girly Pink

 the challenge by Cardz 4 Galz calls for pink flowers.

I  recently purchased a pad of paper by Recollections named Speciality Pinks to make Valentines. The papers don't all have hearts and I used 3 pieces of that pad for my card.

The sentiment is from SU and die cut in the circle.I added pink daisies along the bottom of the circle. There was too much space between sentiment and flowers so I added 3 pink gems.

The picture does not show it but the bottom triangle is a glitzy paper. The diagonal strip dark pink is really shiny. 

Boy Valentine

 The new challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz is Epic Adventure.

I designed a card for the little guyz. But you could give it to a big guy also.

The airplane is an old wooden block stamp called Cutsie Airplane made by Stampabilities. I colored the plane with a silver star gel pen and used a gold one on the windows. The hearts and clouds are punches. I did the flying by on the computer and then punched it out. I sponged some SU Pool Party in the back ground and on the clouds. The inside says "to wish you a Happy Valentine' Day.

House on the Praire

 Cardz 4 Galz challenge is Country Scape

I found this scrap piece that reminds me of a house on the praire. It was only 3" wide I used 2 gray/blue strips on either side, I think it actually softens the scene a bit. The 2 wood fences are a die cut from SU. A little Tim Holtz Tea Dye ink makes the fences look more rustic. I think the fences are so welcoming. Inviting you to come in and stay awhile.Some grass dies are in front of the fences. The sentiment is SU and die cut with a fishtail banner. A flying bird stamp from SU completes the scene.

Butterflies

 Playing catch up with blogs. This is my second one today.

The butterfly print is from Recollections Field Dreams paper pad.  The sentiment is SU. The 3 punched butterflies at the bottom almost get lost in the background but they meet the requirements for the sketch challenge at Paper Funday. I am just doing the sketch and not the January option. Butterflies are not January creatures at least in my part of the country. 

Donuts

 It has been so long since I blogged anything. I had a couple of weeks out of town for the holidays and came  home with a cold that set me back a couple of weeks. Now I'm dealing with the lingering cough.

My granddaughter's 6th birthday is coming up. She and her Mom both love donuts. So I think this card will be a hit.

The large dot E/F is from Cuttlebug. The donut stamp is one of the cheapies from Michaels. I colored the frosting with SU Bubble Bath blend pen.  The sprinkles are made with gel star pens. 

I used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches

Flip Flap Fold

 I learned a new card fold on my blogger friend Cheryl's blog today (Dec. 3) Paper Panacea I have been going through my scrap paper box to see how much I can use up before the new year. Don't we all have a New Year's resolution to use up our scraps?

The frog is a digital from Stamp On It. It''s hard to tell from the picture but she has on an  "itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka dot bikini" She is colored with Stam[in' Blends. The sentiment is from the same digi set. I added 3 sparkly green gems. They are new in the Christmas catalog from SU. I love how they sparkle. Original sentiment is on the inside.

And one for the guys

If I recall correctly, this paper is from Creative Memories. Now that is some neglected stuff. The image and sentiment are clip art. This one is anchored at the top with black brads.

Since these papers were all buried in my stash I think they qualify as neglected stuff so I am entering this at Neglected Stuff