Valentine's Day 6

I just love this silloughet from the cartridge A child's first year .... cut from my Cricut Expression.  I added glitter pen to both of the hearts  ... itn't the turtle out front just the cutest!  I started cutting borders on my Cricut also and that is where I got the scalloped one here.

Valentine's Day 5

So I guess I need to give credit to Joan for this card ... she gave me the idea of a lollipop!  But doesn't it look cute!  I could not resist putting some doodles on to the embossed background either. 

Tonight I get to go to another stamping friend's house to create ... it is great to get together and stamp.  We will have fun I am sure and lots of laughs!

Valentine's Day 4

Lot's of doodles on this one!!!  The tic tac toe board at the top is a retired TAC stamp too!  I colored the heart with a Spica red glitter pen.  These were all scrapes and leftovers from my kits .... but they sure do make up nice into cards!

Going visiting to Red Maple Inn in Burton this week to make plans for our May gathering.  The information for the gathering will be released on Feb first.  First come first served for the rooms at the Inn ... they have 17 total.

Valentine's Day 3

These is another CAS card .... die cuts are from my Cricut Expression, retired TAC stamps and ribbon.  Oh ... it has glitz too from a Spica clear glitter pen .... I love those!

Today I will be stamping with my local group of stampers .... it will be a fun day and productive I hope!

Valentine's Day 2

These two cards were made from the negatives from cutting out small black hearts with my Cricut Expression for another project I have been working on.  They looked cool so I made them into cards .... see most would think of these as scrapes!  I added pink glitter paper under one heart on each card, added some doodles with a white gel pen and stitching with a Spica glitter pen (don't you just love those Joan!!), some ribbon and words and that was it.  CAS cards with scrapes.

Saturday I volunteered to keep the clock and score board at the Upwards Basketball leagues at my church.  What fun it was to watch the kindergarteners and first graders play basketball!  The get the ball and you can just see their minds ticking ....'now what do I do?'  I will be doing more of this for sure.

Valentines

This will be the week I share some of the Valentine Cards I made for the store.  I had a few pieces left over from my Valentine Kits (see Kits above to purchase one) and all the red and pink papers scattered on my table so I used these to make cards.  That truly is my favorite way to design ..... and probably my best designs come out this way.  I love the way the Sakura white gel pen pops the die cut hearts on this card.  The hearts are cut from my Expression.  All of the stamps are retired TAC stamps.  The pink heart at the top is outlines with a red glitter pen.

We had a great time at the Mojo Classes this month .... I think everyone enjoyed making the cards and learned a few things.  I will not be making Valentines in my Feb. Mojo Class since it is so close to Valentine's day but if you need cards I will be selling the ones you see this week at Jenniffer & Co. in Mentor or I have kits to sell (see the tab above for details).

I am almost done designing for my classes at the convention in April, Adventures in Stamping.  I am really liking the Cricut projects!  I just sent in the photo so not sure when it will be posted.

January Mojo Class

I thought I would share with you the two Valentinve or love cards that will be in the Jan Mojo class.  I am so in love with all of the cards for this class.  This one the picture does not do it justice .... it very 3-D and has a little sparkle on the flowers but the rest of the card is very rustic.  It is cool.

And this would be the other one .... it would be the simple card in the class .... I always put in one card that is really easy to get everyone warmed up into crafting.  So what is stopping you .... email me and get into one of the classes today! 

Valentine Cards

Sunday is Valentine's day so I thought I would share with you more of the cards I made for the stores this past week.  They are all very similar but have a few  variations.  I used mostly retired TAC sets for all of them.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Valentine's Day!!

I have been stamping and creation like crazy the last week or so ... getting ready for my annual gathering in May and getting more stock made for stores and craft shows.  I probably have more projects than I need at this point so I need to look at them all again. I know I went thought 100 cello bags in two weeks ..... so yes that mean I made over 100 cards since they all go directly into a cello bag to keep the clean!  I am loving what I came up with but really not sure I should show any of it yet .....

I do not have the stamp set 'Sew Simple' that is being featured today for TAC's You make February Fabulous but you MUST go see what my Friend Paula Kay made with it!!!  She is my kind of stamper ..... not the ordinary A2 cards for her ... nope .... she really made some fun unusual cards!!  I love her color combo too!  I have included the link so you can just click on the projects and go see them.  Enjoy!!!

For My Tweetie

 'For my Tweetie' is a current set with TAC from the fall supplement.  I made quite a few of these cards since there is not a lot of coloring to do.  I embossed the background with a textures folder from Sizzix. Stamped and colored the image with Copic markers and mounted it on black cardstock.  I added the words to the image with a small piece of yellow cardstock.  The pink is a grosgrain ribbon attached to the front for embellishment.  

I sued another image form the set on the inside and on the envelope with words from a Gina K set called 'Love Notes'.

Since I have already posted two large blogs using today's set 'Cup of Love' for You Make February Fabulous, I am going to just add the linky here so you can see what others have done with this set.

Frogs and Kisses

This Valentine Day's cards was made with TAC's set 'Frogs and Kisses' .  I colored it with Copic makers and Scored the background with my Scor-pal.

I cut the crown off this frog and then stamped it on the envelope and on the inside of the card.  I can always put the crown back on but I doubt if I will ... I live it better with out.  Yes .... it is OK to do surgery on your stamps to make them the way YOU want them!  The words are from Gina K's set called 'Love Notes'.

I do not have today's set so here is the linky you can follow along with for You Make February Fabulous.  The projects all came out really nice so I guess I am going to have to purchase this one!!  It is called 'Cupcake Cuties' and the guest designer is our own stamp designer Mabelle .... she is such a wonderful woman and inspirations so check it out!!

Valentive Treats

 These are the gift card treats that I made to sell at Jenniffer & Co for Valentine's day.  Inside is a full size Hershey's Chocolate Bar!  I used a 6 x 6" piece of double sided paper, scored one side at 1/2" and folded over for accent for the top edge of the pocket.  Then I attached it to the candy bar and ONLY on the edges on the front so a pocket would be formed.  I then made a little note card to slide into the pocket and decorated it with hearts.

 I stamped three different  words on the fronts for variety.  You could also slip in money, a check or a small flat gift item if you did not want to give a gift card or just use this as the gift and personal message.

 This is a closer look of the card hidden in the pocket.

I made 20 of these for the store so if you want one go check them out!