Boxes and Valentines For My Sweeties

 

Happy Valentine's Day to all my visitors!! 

 

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Frances Byrne is hostess for this week's challenge at CCEE Stampers and asked that we create a flat backed treat box.....bonus points if you include a heart for Valentine's Day. The tutorial can be found here at Splitcoaststampers. I made this treat box above and the card just below for my two year old granddaughter. The card was made with a Meljen's Designs image/Sweet Heart Lollipop. The sketch can be found at Splitcoaststampers, SC418. The box was a bit hard to photograph as I wanted because I put the sentiment on top of the box and was trying to capture that, too.

 

 

 

The next treat box is for my two four year old grandsons (yes, I made two alike). It's a very simple box.  I'm thinking they will just be after the candy, anyway. :-) I found that the Lindt-Lindor chocolate truffles fit perfectly in these boxes.

 

 

 



I've made these cards for the boys using a sketch on Splitcoaststampers, SC409. The image is from Meljen's Designs/Lovey Pup. They were so much fun to make.

 

 

And, the next which is almost just like the one above...just a few changes.

 

 

 

Whew! That's it for the uploading except for my recipes below.. Hope you'll play along with us this week and make your own flat back treat box.

 

Girl's treat box

Stamp-Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps-You Are Cherished (sentiment)

Paper-PTI Ocean Tides ?, PTI white cardstock, Hobby Lobby black cs, Bo Bunny Love Letters Airmail Back to Back Basics

Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories-Recollections floral embellishment, pink tulle, negative hearts from Fiskars heart border punch, Spellbinders Shapeabilities Ribbon Banners 

 

Girl's Card

Stamp-Meljen's Designs-Sweet Heart Lollipop (digi image) sentiment is computer generated

Paper- PTI white cs, Stampin'Up! Pretty in Pink cs, Cloud9Design/You Make my Heart Fly dp (2 sided) Sweetheart Collection

Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories-Glossy Accents, Twine from The Twinery/Blossom, pink pearls, Copics

 

Boy's Treat Box

Stamps-Hero Arts/Sweet Hearts, Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps/You Are Cherished

Paper-Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler cardstock, Cloud9Design/You Make my Heart Fly dp-Sweetheart Collection (2 sided), Hobby Lobby black cardstock

Ink_Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories-Copics, hand cut banner

 

Boy's Cards

Meljen's Designs (digi)/ Lovey Pup, computer generated sentiment

Paper-Stampin'Up! Tempting Turquoise and Taken With Teal cardstock, PTI white cardstock, Hobby Lobby black cardstock, Bo Bunny/Love Letters Keys Back to Back Basics

Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories-Mark Richards gold metal brads, hand cut banner, Copics

 

 

 

A Flower and Hearts

I played this week in the Teapot Tuesdays challenge on Splitcoaststampers. The destination for the card this week is for Nancy's/nwilliams6 mom. You can find the story here. Nancy is a good AL friend of mine and her mother is having health issues and she would like Valentine/love cards for her Mom and step-dad as they are so much in love.

I linked my two hearts together. We were to bring flowers or other items (cows, puzzles, etc.) but I didn't have most of those :-) (you would have to read the story) so I stuck to a flower.
When I photographed my cards the color changed to more blue than purple. They were a very pretty periwinkle color. I worked and worked but never got it right. In real life, mine had more purple color.

Recipe:
Stamps-Studiog (sentiment)
Paper-PTI white cardstock, unknown periwinkle cs
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Martha Stewart lace scallop heart punch, Recollections flower

Frames and Flowers

Gosh, the sun is shining and I'm sooooooo happy! How great to see that ball of fire. I can hardly wait for the time to change in March. I love longer days.

I guess thinking of the sun is what brought on this bright card for the Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers. The queen is Susan aka susanbri and this is the card I cased. I used more white cardstock than patterned paper and because my sentiment is in the frame, I added some pearls.

My frame is a stamp that belongs to my sister (the person with every stamp that has ever been made).
I'm laughing but I think it is true. Thanks, sis! It is a Gina K. Stamp TV image by Nina Brackett. All I had to do was color the flowers, sponge inside, and cut out. I'm not sure if it fit with a Spellbinders die as some of hers do or not. The sentiment is Gina K. Designs. Names are listed below in my recipe.

Thanks for stopping by and have a fabulous week.

Recipe:
Stamps-Gina K. Stamp TV stamps by Nina Brackett/Lovely Labels, Sentiment is Gina K. Designs/Framed Greetings
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa and New Sprout
Accessories-Copics, green pearls

Rose is a Rose is a rose is............

I know so many have snow but we are in the rain mode here in Alabama. Go away.....I need sunshine and lots of it, along with some good warm temps. How about you...looking for the same? I bet you are if you aren't in the part of the world with those temps already.

My card is made using the wonderful new stamp set I've ordered from Inspired by Stamping/Flowers Bloom. The sentiment is from the same set as the pretty rose.

I'm entering my card into the challenge at Inspired by Stamping Blog Challenge-IBSIC #45 . The colors to use this week are: off white, light brown, and red.

I colored with Copics and added just a bit of green to the leaves..well, because that is the color leaves are. :-)

On a side note, I was fortunate enough to have this card featured on Inspired by Stamping's Facebook page this past Friday. How grand is that!!!

I'm also using the sketch from Splitcoaststampers sketch challenge #332.

Recipe:
Stamps-Inspired by Stamping/Flowers Bloom
Paper-PTI vintage cream, MME 6x6 paper pad/Sunshine
Ink-Rich Cocoa
Accessories-Copics, Spellbinders large rectangle die, Cheery Lynn Designs/Victorian Rose Flourish, Quickie glue pen, Stampin'Up! Dazzling Diamonds

It's All About the Weather

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Frances Byrne is the hostess for the month of February at CCEE Stampers and she let the team know Feb. 5th was Weatherperson's Day so she is giving the challenge this week to create a card that features some sort of weather. It can be sun, clouds, snow, rain, etc. You would know I would choose snow so I'll have an excuse to do another snowman. :-)

My scene is from a stamp I won from High Hopes called Winter Wonderland. I left off some lines that were on it for snow as it was a black line indicating a mound of snow. But, I wanted to sponge mine. I cut a template from cardstock and used Tim Holtz Distress Ink/Stormy Sky to create my snow. The sky was sponged with the same color.

The snowman is a Royal Langnickel/Let it Snow stamp. He didn't have a body below the scarf so I used an EK Success 3/4" punch to make one.  I colored him, cut out and placed him in the scene.

The rest of the recipe is below. We hope you'll join us this week for our weather challenge.

Recipe:
Stamps-High Hopes/Winter Wonderland, Royal Langnickel/Let it Snow, Hero Arts/Sparkle clear designs/Gift for You set
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black, Tim Holtz Distress Inks/Stormy Sky
Accessories-Ice Stickles/Silver Ice, Copics, EK Success 3/4" punch, red jute

For My Love

I made this card for my wonderful husband. I think this image is just perfect for a masculine card. It is called Cute Circles and I bought it at Inspired by Stamping. Does it ever stamp like a breeze!  The sentiment is from Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps/You Are Cherished. The 'Just For You' sentiment is from IBS, same as the houndstooth image.

My card was so easy to make. I stamped the image, punched some remnants from a Fiskars heart border punch, added two sentiments and the scored lines. That's it!

I think this will be the last of the valentines I'll be making. I may upload a few more but they are finished. How about you...all finished yet?

I'm entering this card into these challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog-Have a Heart
Stampin' Royalty-Challenge #162-Create a card, scrapbook page, 3-D item, or My Digital Studio project with a love or valentine theme.
CAS on Sunday-#1-Be Mine Valentine

A Corner of Love

Yes, it's me with another post and it will be the last one this week.

This card is for the Queen for the Day on Splitcoaststampers, QFTD150. The Queen is Beate! Who doesn't know Beate if you are ever on SCS. She does so many wonderful video tutorials for us so we'll have many techniques to use. Plus, her cards and projects are beautifully done.

I cased this card from Beate's gallery. It is one of her CAS cards. If you turn the card upside down, you'll see what I did. Also, I didn't do the scoring and placed a ribbon on mine.

Have a wonderful weekend. Hope it warms up for everyone.

Recipe:
Stamps-All Night Media/371F, Studiog (sentiment)
Paper-PTI white cardstock
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Copics, Stampin'Up! Cherry Cobbler seam binding

A Case

 

 

My 2nd post for today. I didn't post anything for almost a week and had two yesterday and I'll probably have a couple today. Occasionally, that is the way it works.

 

My friend and blogging pal, Bonnie, was named the Featured Stamper this week on Splitcoaststampers (FS312).  This is the card I cased from her super gallery of mostly CAS cards. I just love the sled image she used but didn't have it. So, I'm using this adorable image from Meljen's Designs to case her card. I added my Merry Christmas sentiment on the inside.

I colored with Copics and added some Stampin'Up! Dazzling Diamonds on the snow.

Bonnie, I sure hope you have been enjoying this week seeing all the cards made just for you.

I'm also entering this card into the February Christmas Challenge on Splitcoaststampers: SCSCCFEB13.

I failed to mention last week that my Funky  card won top 3 honors at Inspired by Stamping. I don't enter a lot of challenges so it was awesome to find I had won two on the same day.  My blogging pal Colleen Dietrich is on the IBS DT and she has certainly inspired me with all her awesome cards using their products , so much that I have placed and received an order I can't wait to use.

Recipe:
Stamps-Meljen's Designs/Cozy Winter Mailbox
Paper-Stampin'Up! Crumb Cake and Cherry Cobbler cardstock, Georgia Pacific white cardstock
Accessories-Sakura Gelly Roll pen, Stampin'Up Dazzling Diamonds, Copics

Merry Little Christmas CASE

I'm so in love with snowmen and this one has a little birdie, too. That makes it extra fun.  I really like that the snowman is out of the box. He is a Sassy Cheryl digi-Blinkies Snowday Dreaming.

Stacy Morgan/Twinshappy on Splitcoaststampers asked me to do a sample for the challenge on SCS (SCSCCFEB13). This is for the February Fan Club Christmas challenge starting 2/1/13. You must be a fan club member to join this challenge. You can find it in the forum under monthly themes. I'm really excited about it and plan to make a few cards each month so I'll be ready for next Christmas.

The theme is:  May I *case* you? Case anyone on SCS and give a link to the creation you cased. Be sure to change at least 2 details of the original. I am doing a case of this adorable bag by jaydekay.

I embossed  the panel on top of the striped dp with a Cuttlebug snowflakes folder. The image is colored with Copics and cut out. I cut out my sentiment and tried to do it as jaydekay did hers by marking with a black marker.

I'm also entering my card into these challenges:
WT412-Splitcoaststampers-Use a snowman on your card or project
Simon Says Stamp Challenge Blog-Anything Goes

Recipe:
Stamps-Sassy Cheryls digi/Blinkies Snowday Dreaming, Stampabilities/Merry Little Christmas
Paper-PTI white cardstock, Hobby Lobby Greetings of the Season Christmas pad-2008, MME  6x6 paper pad/Merry (stripes
Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black
Accessories-Copics, Sakura Gelly Roll pen, Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder, hand cut banner

CCEE Stampers-Hot Talk

 

 

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Joanne Grzelak is our hostess for this last challenge of the month at CCEE Stampers. What a fun one it is! We in the Northern Hemisphere are in the midst of winter, so let's think HOT. Create a card that is 'hot' in temperature, theme, or taste. Could be a sun, a hot pepper, a summer scene, a romance theme...the variations are endless.

 

For my card, I decided on taste, something HOT that will warm me up when it's cold outside. Although, it has been rather warm where I live. It was 73 here Tuesday. Of course, that brought on a tornado warning in the wee hours (3:00 a.m.) on Wednesday morning.  It is now colder now after the storms. I have small tree limbs all over the front lawn....another job for hubby to collect all that.  

 

I went with a CAS card just cutting my circles, paper piecing my cup, adding some Liquid Applique for the foam, and a sentiment. It's finished quickly.  It does make me want to go get a cup of hot chocolate from the kitchen. Hmmmm

 

Recipe:

Stamps-Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps/Relax a Bit (sentiment only)

Paper-PTI vintage cream, Stampin'Up! Chocolate Chip and Pool Party cardstock, MME 6 x6 paper pad (Sunshine)

Ink-Memento Rich Cocoa

Accessories-Martha Stewart embossed hot chocolate punch, Spellbinders circle and scallop circle nestabilitie