Seasonal Sayings Valentine Greetings

Happy Wednesday!  I had so much fun making the projects last week for the Stylin’ Stampin’ Blog hop that featured fabric this month that I just couldn’t stop. Today I’m sharing one of the cards we made at this month’s Just Cards class that was a big hit with the ladies.  I decided you could always use another Valentine card and since I had a scrap of More Amore fabric sitting on my studio desk this card came together very easily.  I started with a cardbase of Very Vanilla and sponged around the edge with Crumb Cake ink, then added a layer of Basic Black underneath my Real Red main layer.  To this piece I stamped with the Seasonal Sayings stamp set (another great stamp set that carried over from the Holiday catalog) which Basic Black ink.  Then I ran a piece of Sticky Strip across the cardstock and just ruffled the fabric all along the front of the card and wrapped the edges around the back. 

 

The heart element was created with taking a piece of Basic Black cardstock and running it through the Big Shot with the Hearts a Flutter framelit for the scalloped heart and then added a heart punched with the Large Heart Punch and Silver Glimmer paper.  The small heart was punched with First Edition Speciality DSP and the Small Heart punch.

 

This card was definetely a hit in class and I reminded the ladies that while I don’t really sew I love the Stampin’ Up! fabric not only because of the fabulous designs but I like to use it like ribbon and it’s very economical considering that you get three large fat quarters in each package of fabric for only $9.95 and I just tear off strips to use like ribbon.  You should definitely check it out!

Enjoy,

Diana

Loving Seasonal Sayings

Good morning friends!  Today I'm sharing a card I made in less than five minutes using scraps from my desk, so fun!  This card uses the Seasonal Sayings stamp set from the Holiday catalog.  I was so happy to get this stamp before the catalog ends today, did you get everything you want before time runs out?  The cardbase was run through the Big Shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.  Next I added a piece of Real Red DSP from the Polka Dot parade designer series paper pack and matted that on Whisper White that was punched with the Scallop Trim border punch.  The ribbon is Whisper White 3/8" taffeta ribbon (this is probably my favorite ribbon we have right now, it's so soft and awesome!)  The greet was cut with the Big Shot and the Labels Collection framelits and matted on a piece of Champagne Shimmer paper cut with the same framelits (I had this left over from the New Year's card I shared a couple of days ago).  This shimmer paper is perfect and I'm sad to be saying goodbye to it, thankfully I do have some in my personal stash.

 

This card was nice and simple which is perfect, enjoy!

 

Diana

Recycled Valentine Greetings

I can't believe the holiday break has ended and we head back to work and school tomorrow, boy does time fly when you're having fun and we did have lots of fun.  For some reason once Christmas is over I get in a mood to make Valentine cards and projects and made several this week using the new single stamps that are available through tomorrow under Stampin' Up!'s pilot program.  So awhile back Sara Douglass shared this fabulous idea of making personalized stationary using the brown packing paper from Stampin' Up! orders, see Sara's creations HERE.  I loved the idea and have been saving the paper for awhile but haven't actually used it until now.  This card was a breeze to pull together.  After cutting down the paper to 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" I folded it in half and used the hearts from the Adorning Accents embossing folders and the Big Shot to emboss the strip of hearts.  Then added a red glitter heart punched with the large heart punch and the Red Shimmer paper.  The stamped heart is one of the new, exclusive single stamps, Love Heart that you can only purchase through tomorrow (I'll be sharing several other fabulous creations with this stamp so you'll want to make sure you have this in your collection).  The "Love You" greeting is from the Seasonal Sayings stamp set in the Holiday catalog and is also only available through tomorrow.  The great thing about this stamp, you can purchase it as a set or as a single image, LOVE IT!

 

This is so fun and fresh I'll definitely be making more cards with the packing paper and it's so inexpensive.

 

Have a great evening!

 

Diana