More love

One more Heart card, this time using a more industrial approach.  I used my Sizzix embossing folder and an old heart die to cut out chipboard instead of paper.  I used some Viva metallics and black ink to rub on the metal finish of the embossing folder. Hard to see the shiny of the metallic in the photo, but it's there. The heavy chipboard made for a more sturdy surface to rub the metallic paste on. A nice grungy  look for a more manly card.

Happy Valentines Day

I little crafting love.  A Spellbinders heart cut out of red and about 100 little tiny flowers punched out and glued to the front of the card to cover the heart.  I used an old Inkadinkadoo stamp on this too. It's nice to get some use out of those things in my stash. This design would make a great wedding card too.

Birch Trees and Deer

This plaid piece of paper has been hanging around my stash for what seems like forever!! I used my Memory Box Deer Trio and Impressions Obsession birch trees to create a scene for the front of my card.

Taylored Expressions Happy Hens stamp set

I bought this adorable stamp set at Picture This a few weeks ago and I finally got to play with it.  Such a fun set to use!   You get a couple chickens and the dies to match them, plus some sayings and a hen house. So cute!  I have been using my Die-Namics stamp set as well.

Daisy, Daisy, look at my garden grow

Pink daisies are adorable with the lime green stems and a vellum  banner over the top.  I dug out some old brads to use for the centers of my flowers.

Liquid Pearls and Stencils

I made this background yesterday when I was working with my pretty inks from Ranger.  I dug out some old stuff for making the rest of the card. The tag is using a Cuttlebug die from an alphabet set I bought about 10 years ago.  The vellum is a chunk I dug out of my stash (that I haven't looked at for about 5 years) and my sunflower is a Cheery Lynn that I have had for a while.  The sunflower die is still available for purchase. The branches are a discontinued one form Memory Box.

Chevron Stencil

I was using my stencils today with some of those new colors from the Ranger Inks collection by Tim Holtz. Cracked Pistachio is a gorgeous color to work with.  

Color Burst

Have you played with the Sprinkle and Spritz fun of Color Burst ink by Ken Oliver?  You should!  I used a simple outline stamp and sprayed the image with a bit of water and then sprinkled Color Burst and spritzed a bit more water to move the color around more.  After it dried I used Liquid Pearls to finish the middle of the flower giving the stamens a 3D look.

Dylusions Spray Inks

I mentioned yesterday that I made a lot of backgrounds in the process of creating the one I was actually going for....well that goes for just about any medium, and this time it was my Dylusions spray inks.  Add a cute stamp and you're done!