Category: Cards

Hey there, love.

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Happy Valentine’s Day everyone. It is very exciting to me because it marks the end of the awful cringe-worthy jewelry commercial season. *throws confetti and blows into a celebratory horn*

Celebrating love and good people in general? We’re all for that any day of the year. Heart shaped foods? Yes please. Over-priced/hyped/intense romance? Pass. I see people get so worked up over the material side of holidays like this – and that bums me out. Perfectly happy to just try and give shout outs to people we care about and/or to simply be reminded to say nice things more and show more appreciation always.

Also… pajamas and relaxing sounds far more appealing than crowded restaurants and over-priced roses.

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So yes, this Valentine’s Day you can find me trying not to eat chocolates or buy a heart shaped cake. Oh, and also I will crafting up a (hopefully) fantastic storm. I will try not to go to Krispy Kreme for heart shaped donuts either. C’mon will power…

Red + Pink challenge

Red + Pink = Valentines this week!

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Simon is, as always, offering a generous $50 voucher that will be randomly drawn from the eligible entries each week. Join the fun by creating a project this week – and for your chance to win a $50 voucher you should hop on over and join in the challenge here.

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I got a little metal edge with my embossed (hand cut) heart element, and I had a lot of fun using red Dylusions paint + White Gesso + brown ink to create my background. Loads of mixed media elements happening – but simple card! The black words are from the new Tim Holtz Chit Chat… loving the bigger size!
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If you’re into Mixed Media techniques + cards you might want to check out my online class!

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It is self-paced and available now. There are also some bonus lessons being added soon + contributors. It’s a fun class!

February Card Kit: Two Valentine’s Day Cards

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Well this kit is just so much fun – I’ve got 2 cards to share today featuring the Simon Says Stamp February 2015 Card Kit. Love it!

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This card has a full tutorial video for my mixed media cards class! This was fun because I wanted to show “Hey look – it doesn’t have to be suuuuper messy or with a thousand steps!” So students in that class get to look forward to that early next week. I’m currently putting the finishing touches on the classroom. Want to join in the self-paced fun? Check it out here.

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This second even more simple card? well this is in fact my favorite. I loved just 1 square, the rub-on, and then some pink hearts. The ink is the only thing I had to add in – just love this one!

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Thanks to my friends at Simon Says Stamp for sending this kit my way, and for helping me make a few Valentine’s Day cards!

quick love card with Maggie Holmes embellishments

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I pulled out my Maggie Holmes embellishment jar (for cute… I just had to have one) to make this card.

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A little stitching, some die cuts from another Crate Paper line (can’t find a link- sorry), a few drops of Heidi Swapp mist and boom! card is made.

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I know it seems impossible… but February (and Valentine’s Day) are just over two weeks away. How did that happen?! I’m really not sure – but at least I have this lovely card to send out and not many more to make this year.

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Don’t worry, I’m not over Christmas. However… some new stamps & dies just released by Simon Says Stamp got sent my way – and they got me thinking in pink + white!

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I’ve been doing more with foil cardstock (we’ll chat more on that another day), and I had some scraps left so I went ahead and die cut the heart strip out with it. Love it! I also painted + stamped onto the die before adding it to the card.

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My background is a mix of blended ink, paint at the edges, and a bit of stamped chevron too. The color is Picked Raspberries (ink + paint) OF COURSE – because it is a universally acknowledged fact in this house that it is the best color of distress and that I like to think of it as my personal color of distress.

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The new die set is here, and the stamps can be found here. Thanks to Simon for sending these my way to play with – and for getting me crafting something other than red and green this week!

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