For My Valentine

So here is my thinking.  I have been making so many Valentines I decide the other day I would begin making St. Patrick's day cards & crafts.  And that is what I've been doing.  I have my St. Patrick's day

class just about finished so I can post it this weekend.  I hope you can come.  But then today I realized I hadn't made a card for my husband.  So I started thinking and what could be a better thing than candy.  And my Blossoms Builder Petal Punch #121808- $16.95 on page 185 (in the big catalog) not only makes leaves but it can make perfect Hershey's Kisses.  And I don't think anyone likes candy more than my husband.  So this is what I came up with.  I hope you like it.

 

I used Very Vanilla  #101650, Real Red #102482, & Early Espresso c /s #119686.  The embellishments are from the Artisan Embellishments Kit pg 10 in the new catalog # 129328- $$9.95.  The Kisses I made using my Blossoms Builder punch and the flowers are from the new catalog pg 5,  5/8" Flower Trim #126869 $6.95.  (the leaves are from the builder punch also).  The Love you is a framelit called Bitty Banners Framelits #129267  $14.95 pg 191 in the big catalog. Itty Bitty Banners Stamp set on pg 134 goes with these framelits #126255 (w) or #126257 (c).

I made the Kisses by punching about 1/2 of the large blossom in the Blossom punch.  I decided to make mine white choclolate with chocolate swirls in each one(my husbands favorite).   I cut out 1 kiss out of Early Espresso c/s and cut very small lines to make the swirls.  It worked very well and was quite easy.  I used tissue paper to stamp the Love you saying andt hen cut  out the Love you with my Framelits and used a glue dot to adhere it to the top of the kiss.    Then I took some aluminum foil and crushed it gently- then covered the kiss. (each kiss got less aluminum foil so you could see the swirls.    I used dimensionals  to pop up the kisses. 

Really not to hard and PERFECT for my Husband. 

I hope you all have a very Happy Valentine's Day!

Valentine's Day Card

Valentines Day is only 10 day away.  Wow, how time flies.  This is a card  I made last night.  I used the Petal Card Ex Lg double punch and made some small little envelopes and put all colors of Valentines in each one.  I also used the hearts embossing folder from the 2012-13 catalog.  The flower is from the Artisan Embellishment kit in the new Spring Catalog.  I used this kit this weekend during a class.  Everyone who came received a kit and we made 2 cards with the kit and another craft project.  Everyone took home the unused portion of the kit to finish making their Valentines.  Great Embellishment kit.  Check it out.  You can use it on so many things.  

Someone Special

I just love the new Artisan Embellishment kit.   Check out the doily.  I sponged it using Crumb Cake ink #126975  and used Champagne Mist paint to make it sparkle. The Saying is from Sale-a-bration catalog.  It's the Vintage verses & I loved it on this card.   The new 5/8" Flower Trim (#126869, pg 5 of the new Spring catalog) is another of my favorites.  You can ink them to make them just about any color you want.  I also colored them using alcohol and ink and that works well also.  Use them in a row or just one by one.  Either way their great!  I also use rhinestones for the centers of the flowers.    Added a little bit of Lucky Limeade leaves for some color and a few butterflies.  Love this.  Hope you do too.

If you need a new Spring Catalog  just email me with your info and I will send one right out to you.  Sale-a-bration is still going on and will continue until March 22nd.  Remember for every $50.00 you spend you get something out of the sale-a-bration catalog.  There's some really nice thing in there.  If you don't have one you can check it out on my blog also.

Thanks for looking.  And have a great weekend!

Just a little Vintage

Today I went to meet with some girls to do a little crafting.  We needed to take a make-n-take and a swap.  This was my make-n-take.  A friend of mine was talking to me the other day about layering.  She told me she has trouble doing that......So I decided to make that kind of card so she could see how easy it really is.  WELL!  I'm not sure I convinced her today but maybe next time.  And she did like the card.  I used the Artisan Embellishment Kit.  And yes this is the same kit I am having the class with on January 31st.  There are so many fun things in the kit.  Check it out.  It is on page 10 of the new Spring catalog.  If you don't have one let me know and I will send you one.  It is a fun kit:  ribbon, lace buttons, flowers doilies, hearts....Really fun stuff.  Remember to let me know if your coming  before the  25th  so I can  order your kit.  Any leftovers are for you to take home.  Have a FUN day!