love

| Judy Inukai

This is the Valentine I made for my husband following a technique Gina K did in a recent video. I cut the card base 8 ½ x 11, then trimmed it to 8” and scored at 4”. The hearts are from Master Layouts 4. The black layer was left from another project. The pattern paper is from a pad of Valentine PP by Stampin’ Up – the sheet I used has LOVE in various languages. The white scalloped layer is also from Master Layouts 4, trimmed so that the card base created a nice red border. The sentiment is from Frame Flora by GKD. The hearts are from Friendship Hearts also by GKD. The white behind the heart is the envelope – it made the black layered heart show up better.

I’m entering this in The Sisterhood of Crafters – LOVE and Word Power

Faux Twisted Ribbon

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of faux twisted ribbon cards and just had to try it. Card stock is Blushing Bride from Stampin Up, pp was found online, ef used is Cuttlebug’s Happy Birthday. I’m thinking of sending this to our daughter-in-law, but I need some honest opinions of it first.

Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Plaid Love

| Gayle Chrvala

Heart dies, love word die and plaid stencil, navy and black ink on mint colored cardstock = Valentine’s card? Maybe or maybe not! Spellbinders Celebrations Hearts die offset with black and mint as is the Love word die in reverse and Taylored Expressions Plaid Layering Stencil were all used for my card project. 

Today’s card will be shared with:

The Sisterhood of Crafters: February 14, 2024 — LOVE challenge

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Happy Valen-Wine’s Day

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for dear old sister, her chuckle of the month.

Patterned paper was found online, wine glass is computer clip art that I added a clip art smiley heart to. Die cuts are Stitched Ovals by Die-namics. Sentiment was found online. Inside says “Because you can’t drink flowers.” She loved it.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Better with You

| Gayle Chrvala

One last Valentine for this year and if you are thinking it’s for the hubby, you are correct. Our favorite place in our home is in our basement where Will and I hang out most of the time. This cozy couple from an old The Cat’s Pajamas stamp set seemed to work perfectly for the occasion. Sentiment is from Gina K Designs Lovely Notes stamp set and the heart in the speech bubble is a dollar store find. The large heart stencil is one that I made from my Spellbinders heart dies. I used the inner heart to feather out some inks to create a “halo” around the outer heart, then replaced that heart with the cut out section and layered and inked on top of that stencil with a Pretty Pink Posh layering hearts stencils. The main image was stamped in VersaFine Black Onyx ink and clear heat embossed then used some markers to add some color where needed.

My card today will be shared with the Stencil Fun Challenge

Crazy is our fame – STENCILS are our game! challenge. This month’s optional theme is Love/Hearts.

Tomorrow is Fasnatcht Day when we Pennsylvania Dutch have fasnatcht doughnuts as well as Fat Tuesday and Mardi Gras, however, I think we will be spending our day clearing more snow.  I did buy two doughnuts from the local bakery and am hoping they are as good as the ones my grandmother used to make!!! Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe.

Love!

| Gayle Chrvala

Nothing says love more than a valentine card for our oldest grandson. He does light up my life! The shining lightbulb is a GinaK Designs stamp set which is temporarily misplaced :) Taylored Expressions Ray’s Pierce & Cut Plate with a little bit of yellow ink for the glow. I already received a thank you for a really cool card from him.

Today’s card will be shared with:

Make My Monday Challenge: #129 Love

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe.

Embossed x 4

| Gayle Chrvala

I was inspired by a recent Kristina Werner YouTube video for my card today. Swiping some red and pink inks direct to paper, I die cut a Hero Arts Thinking of You Stamp & Cut word die from the inked cardstock. The sentiment was also layered on 3 additional white die cuts. The top red layer was pressed into versamark and heat set with clear embossing powder 4 times. The focal image was embossed using SimonSaysStamp Circle Rings embossing folder. I’ve been looking at this impression and definitely do not see rings that look like the packaging. Hmmmm….maybe the wrong folder in the package. Anyway after layering on a piece of gray cardstock put everything on a white card base. There is a nice amount of shine by versamark inking, embossing and heating that many times. 

My card today will be shared with:

Can You Handle The Pressure? Februrary 10th Anything Goes with An Embossing Folder and a twist of Red/Pink.  

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. Take care and be safe. After a few nice above average days, it could be another snow day on Tuesday! Oh well….it is still winter!

Happy Birthday To You

| Gerry Morse

Hello and welcome. Today’s card is for our favorite breakfast server. Since she also sings in band, I thought a music theme card would be fun. The whole staff at this restaurant are almost like family.

I went online to find music note patterned paper. After downloading it to my Hallmark card program I added the Happy Birthday song. It needed some kind of embellishment and I just happened to have a small music note punch in my stash. I experimented with using Glossy Accents or Wink of Stella on the punched notes but decided I liked the notes just plane.

Thanks for stopping by I really appreciate you taking the time. Have a great day and stay healthy & safe.

Two for One

| Gayle Chrvala

Two sheets of different patterned papers equals two card backgrounds. I stumbled across StampinUp Lisa Freeman’s YouTube channel as she presented what she entitled Fun Twist to Stack, Cut and Shuffle Technique (not sure if that link worked) and ended up with two granddaughter valentine cards for our 6 year old and our 11 year old. Pretty Pink Posh stamps set was used for the bird and the mailbox. Sentiment strips are Taylored Expressions, circle sentiment was from an ephemera pack found in my stash as was the patterned papers, postage stamp dies are also TE. The bottom is a shaker card and I’m not really sure why I opted for vellum instead of clear but I did so it’s done! LOL.

My cards today will be shared with:

Double D Challenges: Heartfelt – must include a heart. My hearts are tiny but they are there if you look closely.

Cardz 4 Galz #218 Sequins – which are in my shaker element as well as a few other bits other than sequins.

Thanks for stopping in for a peek. I appreciate you and your time. It’s a beautiful day in our neighborhood. The sun has been shining most of this week. Temps have gone up to above normal. The snow has melted except for the big ugly piles in shopping centers. Maybe the groundhog got it right this year! Take care, be safe.