Valentine's Day Card Frenzy....

Hey,

Happy Valentine's Day.

A rare second post for me.

I love to make Valentine's cards..even though I think VDay is a nonsense, I can say I love you all year round!

The main photo today shows all the cards I made, most are sets of 4. I wanted to send cards to all the lovely people that have helped me get back on my feet and stay positive following my surgery and the subsequent complication.

I used so many different products by great companies, it was a lot of fun to dig through my stash. The writing out was tedious though...I always forget about that part LOL.

Here are a few of them close-up.

Constellation, using an idea by Debby Hughes, stamps by Simon Says Stamp, Hero Arts and Clearly Besotted

Monster-ous Valentines, using stamps by Your Next Stamp and Simon Says Stamp and adhesive googly eyes and a lot of masking for the sentiment. Thank god for the Misti.

Viking Valentine's, using Avery Elle Stamps and Lil Inker and Spellbinder dies

Cx

Retro Rubber Challenge #56...Birthday...

Hey,

Happy Valentine's Day to you!

Time for another fun challenge with the Retro Rubber team.

This time we have a theme for you..

Birthday, everyone's fave..

I decided it was time to break out an old (slightly neglected) fave by Avery Elle 'Hipster-Potamus' I have had this set since 2014 and I use to over use it.

I thought I'd use creative license and make my Hippo a pale Lilac..no idea why, just felt like it.

I stamped the Birdie from the set on his back and added glasses too, then fussy cut it all out.

The background paper is a recent addition to my stash from Pink Fresh Studio, I bought a grab box and got a ton of stuff.

The quirky borders were die-cut using Sizzix border dies that JT bought me, I thought if I affixed them with staples it would be more fun. The fact that the borders overhang is a happy accident..I was planning on cutting them down, but I like them like this way better.

The sentiment is also from the set and I stamped it on white paper first and placed it all over my card, trying to work out where I liked it best..this is a new trick of mine so I don't make a mistake..

Your turn to show us your Birthday inspired makes. Make sure you go over to Retro Rubber and get inspired by the things my teammates have made..

Challenge ends February 24th. Don't forget to tell us the age of your stamp, that is part of the fun of our challenge and please only enter 10 challenges including Retro Rubber.

Cx

Color Throwdown...Flowery Awesome

Hey,

So I came across the CDT colours yesterday -

They are so fun, I totally had to play along!

I got out some Lil Inker goodies - the tag die and the flower dies (2 different sets).

I die-cut the tag and heat embossed the sentiment by Concord & 9th first, before I placed my flowers.

I die-cut both sets of flower in Orange, Teal and Black, giving me a good mix to work with.

I arranged the flowers along one side of the tag, using all different sizes and colours. For the centers I went with bling and the die-cut mini circles.

I added a hole and a piece of black raffia...it's a bit scruffy....not sure about that!

I love the card, the embossing and the flowers really stand out against the black tag.

Cx

Pocket Birthday...

Hey,

Recently there was a mini sale on some die sets over at Lil Inker and so I treated myself to Perky Posies and Spring Flowers.

I had a piece of watercoloured card ready to go, so die-cut both sets out of the background and got lots of delicious flowers!

I made the card for a friend, using some of the flowers - a mix of both sets.

As you know I love Tags, especially shop bought ones. I got these great pocket tags on sale last year and they have sparkly gold dots at the bottom.

I stamped and die-cut a piece of green card for a Birthday greeting to go in the pocket. I affixed the flower to the tag and then using glue dots I affixed the tag to the spotty card blank.

Using glue dots means the recipient can use the tag again ;) a twofer..

I can't wait to play with these flowers more..watch this space.

Cx

Sketch Saturday #450...Drawn With Character

Hey,

Welcome to another superb Sketch Saturday..

This week our sponsors are Drawn with Character and they are offering a prize of 3 digital stamps.

Here is this week's sketch -

If you know me, you know I LOVE Monster stamps..

So it should be no surprise that I decided to use the awesome Valentine's Monster Love 2 digital stamp and I imported it into my Silhouette library and die-cut the two monsters out. I coloured them with Promarkers and stamped the sentiment onto the balloons.

I decided to dig around in my stash for fun things to accompany the Monsters. The grid paper is ancient and the last piece left, I bought it when I first started crafting around 2009... The groovy purple background piece was made using a gelli plate, purple paint and a scraper.

Unfortunately I don't think you can see how glittery my ribbon strip is! I added some staples here and there for a bit of interest.

Fun card that I love and is going to make an awesome Valentine card.

Your turn to show us your sketch interpretations, go over to Sketch Saturday and see what the rest of the DT have been making.

Challenge ends Friday 17th February 7pm GMT / 5pm EST.

Cx