Crafty Gals Corner- Challenge # 274- Anything Goes with a Twist: Heart

 

 

Hello Crafty Friends,

February is all about Valentine's Day and love and the challenge this month at Crafty Gals Corner challenges you to use a heart on your project.  Let's see those projects you made for your loved ones, using a heart.  

I chose to use this adorable image from Saturated Canary that I have in my stash.

 

I colored the image using my Copic Markers:

Skin: E13, E11, E00

Hair: E29, E25

Lips: E04

Eyes: B24, B21

Dress: RV34, R83, RV11, RV10, RV000

Shoes: 100, C9, C7, C5, C3, C1

Grass: G99, G94, G24

Mushroom R35, RV21, E53, E50

The card base was created from papers from Authentique's line "Lovely".  I added some heart shaped pearls to the card for embellishment. 

Please leave me a comment and then join the challenge at Crafty Gals Corner, sharing a project with a heart on it. 

Crafty Gals Corner- Challenge #264 Fill in the blank- Pink ________

 

 Hello Crafty Friends,

It has been a month since I last posted and life has been busy.  I can not believe it is the second month of the year.  Where is the time going?  It is going by fast.

We have a new challenge at Crafty Gals Corner this month called "Fill in the blank; Pink______".  I received this adorable image from LeAnn's World 101 entitled "Abigail" to color.

 I knew exactly what color I was going to use to make her beautiful.  Of course- Pink!

Here is the card I created:

 

I colored the image with my Copic Markers.

Skin E04, E11, E21, E00

Hair: E29, E25, E21

Dress: RV34, RV32, RV11

Eyes: B23, B21

Petticoat: C2 C0

The card base was created with some pink cardstock, pattern paper from Doodlebug's Gingerbread Kisses line and some die cuts from Fun Stampers Journey.

The sentiment is from Scrapbook.com's enchanted forest collection and stamped with black ink.

To finish the card I added a few pink pearls from Pink and Main.

Now it is your turn.  Share a pink project with us over at Crafty Gals Corner.  Please leave me a comment before you go.

 

Crafty Gals Corner- Challenge #252 Add a Heart

 

Hello Crafty Friends,

It is a new month and we are having a love-ly challenge over at Crafty Gals Corner.  The month of February is all about hearts and love. So we want to see your projects with hearts on them.

Here is the card I created using the adorable image from  LeAnn's World 101

The image is titled: LeAnn and Byron Valentine.  I had fun coloring this image.

 

I don't think the camera caught the colors that well.  I colored the image with Copic Markers:

Skin: E11, E21, E51, E50

His Hair: E49, E47, E44

Her Hair: E29, E25, E25, E51, E39

Dress: R56, R37, R35

Suit: T7, T5, T3, T1

Shoes: T8, T7, T5

Hearts: R37, R35, R56

Flowers: C1, G28, G14, R46, RV35

Shirt: B39, B37, B34

Eyes: B04, B02, B00, E15, E13, E11

Here is a close up of the image:

 

The card base was made from white cardstock and a deep red.  I then layerd a piece of acetate from Terea Collins to create the background.

I finish the card off with a sticker sentiment I had in my stash from Heidi Grade and an Organza bow.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment and then join the challenge over at Crafty Gals Corner. 

Crafty Gals Corner- CHallenge #228- Add a Heart

 

Hello Crafty Friends,

It has been a minute since I have shared a project.  Life and work has been crazy, but today I bring you a card I created using the Leann's World 101 Flutterby Fairy digital stamp.

 Here is the beautiful Fluttery By Fairy all colored up.

I used Copics to color the image.

Skin: E11, E21, E00, E000

Hair: Y24, Y21

Leaves: G28, G24, YG25

Flowers: Y19, Y15, Y11, E43, E44

Bees: Y15, T6, C1

Outfit: RV69, RV66, RV63

I then created the card base from some Authentique and Lawn Fawn pattern paper.

I finished the card by adding some heart stickers I had in my stash.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment and then join the challenge at Crafty Gals Corner.

Crafty Gals Corner

 

 Hello Crafty Friends,

Today we have a new challenge at Crafty Gals Corner and it is Add a Heart!

I got to play with this adorable Penguin image, Penguin Digi #00012 from Cute as a Button.

I had so much fun coloring this image with my Copics.

 

 

Penguin head: 100, C9, C7

Body: T3, T1, T0

Scarf: R37, R35

Beak: YR02. E93

Snow: C1, C00, B0000

Rock: E33, E31

I then used cardstock from Fun Stampers Journey and pattern paper from Doodlebug, to make the card base.  I added some sparkle washi tape from Fun Stampers Journey.

To finish the card, I added some sparkle silk from Fun Stampers Journey, to the snow and I splattered it all over the card for snow.  I then added some Journey Glaze, also from Fun Stampers Journey to his eyes.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please me a comment and then head over to Crafty Gals Corner and join the Add a Heart challenge.

Two Valentine Challenges in One

 Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I have a new project to share with you that I have created for both the Love to Craft Challenge Blog and the Bitten by the Bug 2 challenge blog.  

I have seen this Cricut idea on Facebook in a few of my different groups and I just had to try it.

 It's a Valentine's Mandala.  I bought the cut file off Etsy and used cardstock and glitter cardstock to create the heart.  The heart is a total of 5 layers.

Here is a close up of the heart itself.

I then placed the heart on a piece of stripped glitter paper from Hobby Lobby and placed in a frame I brought at Dollar Tree.

A simple project, with most of the work being done by the Cricut, but what a striking piece of art.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment.

Then, join the challenges at Bitten by the Bug 2 with a Valentine's theme or Love to Craft Challenge Blog with an Anything goes theme.

Hello Crafty Friends,

I want to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day!  It is a day full of love.  I have a special project to share with you.

I had one of those "I can make that much cheaper" thoughts the other day when I was in JoAnn's.  I found this cute little heart in the kids craft area.  I thought it was cute because of the slats.

I brought it home and used my Cricut to cut out the rolled roses from the Close to My Heart Art Philosophy cartridge with Candy Apple Cardstock from Fun Stampers Journey.  I then cut the word Love from Simple Sweet Cartridge out of Black Licorice Cardstock.

I put the flowers together with hot glue and used hot glue to attach them to the heart.  I then used white glue to attach the word love.

I love this little project.  Happy Valentine's Day!

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment.

Crafty Gals Corner Blog Challenge- Add Hearts

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today we have a new challenge at Crafty Gals Corner.  The challenge is to add hearts.

I had so much fun coloring this image from Fabrika Fantasy titled: Valentine Fishes.

I used my Copics to color this image:
Green fish:YG17, YG 13, YG11
Purple Fish: V17, V15, V12
Water:  B28, B24, B21

The water was a new coloring challenge for me.  I have never actually colored a full image and surrounding background.  I think it came out great and I learned a lot.

Here is a close up of the fish.

 
I then added some Journey Glaze from Fun Stampers Journey to accent the bubbles.

I hope you will join the challenge at Crafty Gals Corner.

Thank yu for visiting.  Please leave me a comment.

Cricut Kids Valentine's

Hello Crafty Friends,

I had so much fun making these Valentine's for kids.  A friend of mine wanted me to make Valentine's for her sons that did not involve candy.  I was looking in my Cricut group on Facebook and found this file someone created.

There were 3 different designs; an Owl, a dinosaur and a whale.   Each one was cute as you can see.
The Cricut first wrote the words, each being different and then it drew the animal.

Then the Cricut cut the whole thing out and then cut the little holders for the crayons.

Even though the person that created the file did all the hard work, I loved cutting them out, adding the crayons and seeing my friends face when she saw them.
Happy Valentine's Day.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment.

Valentine Gatefold Card

Hello Crafty Friends,

Valentine is fast approaching and last month in my crop group we had a Valentine Card Swap.

I wanted an unique side to my card, so I created a simple styled gate fold card.

The card base is a piece of Sweet Berry Cardstock folded with the two pieces in the front.  I then covered the two "gate" pieces with the pattern paper from my stash.
I then die cut the Candy Apple, Sweet Berry and Bubble Gum hearts from the Heart-felt die set from Fun Stampers Journey. 

The Candy Apple heart has a heart cut into it and this is where the gate fold "latch" comes in.    The Candy Apple heart is glued to the left side of the flaps and the Sweet Berry and Bubble Gum hearts and glued to the right side of the flaps.

I finished the card by adding the sweet hearts that die cut from Miss Kate's Cuttables and stamped the sentiment from Annual Celebration with Sweet Berry ink inside.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment.

Bitten by The Bug 2- Valentine's Day Challenge

Hello Crafty Friends,

We have new challenge at Bitten by The Bug 2.  It is all about Valentine's Day.  With the day coming up, I wanted to share with you a cute little bug Valentine bug, perfect for the little loves in your life.

The bug is from Miss Kate's Cuttables.  The conversation chat bubble is from Close to my Hearts, Artbooking Cricut cartridge.

The pattern paper is from Doodlebug.

I love the way the card came out and can't wait to give it to one of my little loves.

Create a valentine project with your Cricut and share it with us on the blog.  You can visit here.

Thanks for stopping by.  Leave me a comment too!

Happy Love Day

Hello Crafty Friends,

Do you have washi tape in your stash?  Do you hoard it like I do.  I have a card to share with you that I created using some of my stash.

I started by wrapping strips of washi tape around a piece of cardstock.  I then took another piece of cardstock and die cut the three hearts out of the card panel and embosses the layer with the I Heart Embossing Folder.
I stamped the sentiment from a stamp set from Spellbinders with Black Licorice ink and matted them on Rich Coral Cardstock.  I adhered these to the card with foam squares.
I then placed the card panel on a piece of Rich Coral Cardstock and then onto the Card base.

Cardstock, embossing folder, dies and ink is from Fun Stampers Journey.
Washi tape: my stash
Sentiment: Spellbinders

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment.

I love you card

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I want to share a valentine's day card with you that includes a Gorjuss girl stamp.

I used up some pattern paper and embellishments from my stash to make this card.  I don't even know where I got them.  I just like they way they all came together to create the card background.
I then added the Gorjuss girl that I had colored up a while ago using my Copics.

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave me a comment.

You Stole My Heart!

Hello Crafty Friends,

Valentine's Day is not too far away so I have started thinking about cards to send.

Today,  I want to share a pretty simple card, but quite cute.

I used Doodlebug pattern paper to create the background. 
I then die cut the heart from Heart-felt die set from Watermelon Fusion Cardstock and the Baby Envelope from Whip Cream Cardstock.
I used foam squares to attach the heart to the card.  I then added the envelope to the top of the heart.
I stamped the sentiment from Love Bandit stamp set with Black Licorice ink.
I finished the card by adding some red baker's twine in a bow to the left.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey, except the baker's twine.

Thanks for stopping by.  Leave me comment.

2/3/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

It's February and I am still making Valentine's Day cards.  Today I want to share an unique order I received.  The customer wanted 4 different valentine's for 4 brothers.

I used the same layout as this card, which I already shared previously.

I changed the colors and did a little bit of masking to create a new card.

Here is what the four finished cards looked like.

The customer was very happy.

Paper: Fun Stampers Journey
Stamp: Hearts and Bows ATS Fun Stampers Journey, Sentiment Stampin Up
Bugs: Stickers
Sweet Candy Dots  Fun Stampers Journey

You can purchase Fun Stampers Journey products here.

2/1/19

It is the first of the month and you know what that means.  We have a new "Anything Goes" challenge at the Love to Craft Challenge Blog.

Today, I want to share the card I created for the Design Team.

I used the Hearts and Bows ATC stamp and stamped with Black Licorice ink on Bubble Gum Cardstock, Watermelon Fusion Cardstock and Cranberry Bliss Cardstock.  I then anchored with with foam squares to the Black Licorice Cardstock and Pearled Basics panel.  I then added this panel to the Whip Cream Cardstock base. 
I added the sentiment from the Annual Celebrations set wih Black Licorice ink at the bottom.
Simple, but very festive.

You can purchase all these products from Fun Stampers Journey here.

1/29/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

Today I have another love card.  You could use it for Valentine's Day, or you could use it anytime actually.

To make the background, I first stamped the Fluttering Hearts Gel Impression Plate with Cranberry Bliss Ink on to Whip Cream Cardstock.  Then I stamped the Thread Sketch background stamp with Watermelon Fusion ink over the top of that.

I then die cut a heart from the Heart-felt Die set from Whip Cream cardstock.  I then stamped the sentiment from the Love Bandit stamp set and hearts from the same set in Cranberry Bliss ink and Black Licorice ink/
I then added some bigger hearts by stamping the black outlined heart from the Love Bandit set with Black Licorice ink on Watermelon Fusion cardstock and the solid heart with Watermelon Fusion ink on Whip Cream cardstock.

To finish the card, I splattered Sparkle Silk over the card.  I also added some to the Watermelon Fusion heart.

All supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

1/27/19

Hello Crafty Friends,

I hope you are having a great weekend.  I can't believe the first month of 2019 is almost over.  Can you believe it?  How are you doing with your goals or resolutions?

Today I want to share a Valentine's Day card I recently created.

It's a very simple card, but I think it is pretty cute.

The heart was stamped two times, once on Whip Cream Cardstock and once on Cranberry Bliss Cardstock.  I then fussy cut each piece out and layered the white heart on top of the red heart.

All Supplies used are from Fun Stampers Journey and can be purchased here.

Stamp:  Heart and Bows
Paper: Whip Cream Cardstock, Watermelon Fusion Cardstock, Cranberry Bliss Cardstock, Colorful Journey Prints
Ink: Black Licorice
Accessories: Sweet Candy Drops

1/17/18

 
Welcome to the Stampin Friends Love Blog Hop 

I hope you are having a great day.  Today we are hopping along with a love theme.  We hope you are inspired to create your own projects to celebrate your love.

I just love this Rose Swirl paper from the Through the Years Prints from Fun Stampers Journey.  Doesn't say love as well?

With a simple sentiment from the Annual Celebration stamp set in Sweet Berry Ink, it makes a lovely card.  The Special Day Organza Ribbon with the Love Bud Flower, the card is very elegant.

I loved the look so much that I translated this look onto a gift card holder.

I die cut the Gift Card Sleeve out of Watermelon Fusion Cardstock and using  the Layered Scallops Embossing Folder, created a background.  I hen layered the Through the Years Print over the top and tied a Special Days Organza Ribbon around.

I hope you enjoyed my projects! Don’t forget to leave me a comment to let me know how you liked my projects.
Please subscribe to my blog if you haven’t already and continue on the hop!

1/15/18

Hello Crafty Friends,

It has been cold and rainy in Southern California the past few days and supposed to be the rest of the week.  I love rainy days.
This past weekend, I played with my gel press.   I have another card to share with you.

The heart was done with a print from the gel press.    I first placed dots of reinkers in Bubble Gum, Watermelon Fusion and Cranberry Bliss. 

I then used my brayer to blend the colors.  After they were blended, I pulled a print.

It is hard to see in the picture, but the heart is kind of ombre looking.

All Supplies are from Fun Stampers Journey.  You can purchase them here.
Stamp: Hearts and Bows ATC
Paper: Cranberry Bliss Cardstock, Pearled Basics Cardstock, Whip Cream Cardstock, Through the Years Printed Paper
Ink: Black Licorice
Accessories: Love Bud Paper Flowers