Lavender Botanicals

Dear Ones~
Just another quick post for today. This card has been created for 2 challenges. The Make It Monday Challenge over at Papertrey Ink, to use watercolor and heat embossing. Click on the link to watch the video showing this technique. It's really fun! I also created it for the Timeless Tuesday Challenge over at Flourishes. This challenge was to stamp an image and not color it in.

Here's my card:

This card was really simple to do. I used the Papertrey Ink Stamp Set Botanical Silhouettes, stamped the image on watercolor paper with Versamark and heat embossed with white powder. At first I used clear embossing powder, but the image didn't show up very well when I watercolored over it, so I tried on another piece of paper with white. After the image was heat embossed I just went to town with my watercolors. First I wet the paper and then used the water colors. It's really cool how the embossed image resists the color and just pops.

Here are the supplies I used, which weren't many:
Gina K Designs 120 lb Heavy Weight Card Stock in White
Other Card Stock from my Stash
Ribbon from my Stash
Water Colors from my Stash
White Enamel Accents for Little Dots Interest.

Okay, that's it for me. Thanks for stopping by - and once again, stay warm my friends.

Spring Bouquet

Dear Ones~
I am not feeling my best today. I have come down with a lovely head cold. However, that does NOT stop me from playing in my craft room. This card was made for the Mod Squad Challenge this week. All we had to do was create a spring card. Easy peasy.

Here's my card:

I had so much fun coloring this image. It's from Melanie Muenchinger's Spring Basket stamp set. She designs for Gina K Designs and her illustrations are just beautiful. I stamped the image with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored it with Copics. The basket was a challenge, but I think it came out pretty well. I saw a photo recently of some tulips in the most beautiful colors, so I kept the photo and tried to use the colors here. I wanted the card to be simple, with not much else as far as patterned paper, so the basket full of spring flowers would be in the spotlight.

Here are the supplies I used:
Gina K Designs 120 lb Heavy Weight Card Stock in Ivory
Gina K Designs Card Stock in Vibrant Violet
Spellbinders Splendid Circles Die
Cuttlebug Swiss Dot Emossing Folder
Gina K Designs Spring Basket Stamp Set
Gina K Designs Fanciful Tags Stamp Set for Greeting
Ribbon from My Stash

That's it for me. Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends. It got down to minus 18 last night. Hope the spring in my basket gives Mother Nature a hint!!!!

Holey Flowers

Dear Ones~
It's been a couple of days since I have been able to get inky in my craft room. Yesterday I traveled to Midland to visit with my Mom & Dad, and my sister. Each visit with them is a treasure. I am so blessed to have my mom and dad still with me.
Today's card will be entered in the Mix It Up Monday Challenge over at StampTV. Click on the link to see what the challenge is.

Here's my card:

I wanted to do something bright and cheery since it so cold and blustery outside. When will it ever end? I had no ribbon that was the right color, so I hand dyed some seam binding with GKD Passionate Pink and Sweet Mango ink. Love how it turned out. For the stamped images I used the rock and roll technique to get some interest in the flowers. The butterfly was sponged with Sweet Mango and Passionate Pink ink.

Here are the supplies I used:
Gina K Designs 120 lb Card Stock in White
Gina K Designs Card Stock in Sweet Mango
Gina K Designs Card Stock in Blue Raspberry
Gina K Designs Stamp Set Simple Flowers
Gina K Designs Stamp Set Stamper's Favorites
Darice Embossing Folder Circle Interlock
Gina K Designs Dye Ink in Passionate Pink & Sweet Mango
                                          Sweet Corn & Sweet Mango
                                          Turquoise Sea & Blue Raspberry
Butterfly is a Martha Stewart Punch

That's it for me today. Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends.

Tie Dye Hearts

Dear Ones~
Here I am again. I just cleaned up my craft room after the Wild Thangs had a go in there. They are just amazed at all the stuff I have and want to try everything. I let them, with supervision and within reason. The good news is that they lose interest in a hurry and really don't do too much damage. My hope is that, as they get older, they may want to at least attempt to make a card. At this point, not so much....lol. Both are quite creative, so there's hope.
This last card for today was created for the Make It Monday Challenge over at Papertrey Ink. It's a very intriguing challenge, and quite fun. Take a look at the link and see what the technique was.

Here's my card:

I saw a very fun video the other day over at Simon Says Stamp. Jennifer McGuire showed us how to do two toned stamping. It can create some awesome effects. See the YouTube video HERE. It was fascinating to see how the stamping worked. I love it and will do it more - I think it's really striking.

Here are the supplies I used for this card:
*Gina K Designs 120 lb heavy weight card stock in Ivory
*Cardmaking and Papercraft Background Stamp Fleur
      Botanique, stamped with GKD Ivory Pigment Ink
*Papertrey Ink Stamp Set Heart Prints
*Papertrey Ink Stamp Set Botanical Silhouettes
*DCWV The Haute Pink Stack
*Colorbok Textured Card Stock Stack in Teail
*Pink Heart stamped in GKD Passion Pink and Wild Lilac
*Blue Heart stamped in GKD Grass Green and Tourquoise
*Gold Heart stamped in GKD Sweet Corn and Sweet Mango
*A little Wink of Stella on the hearts for sparkle

The boys are chillin' right now - the next round will begin soon. Oh, how I love my grandboys! That's it for now. Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends!!

Lots 'O Dots

Dear Ones~
The boys are busy eating breakfast, so thought I would take this time for my next post. This one is for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge, to use polka dots, and for the Sweet and Sassy Friday Challenge to make a background.

Here's my card:

I used a Flourishes dot border stamp to make a pattern on one side of the paper, and then put the greeting on the blank side. I drew a line with a pencil to be sure my stamping was straight. It was so much fun to pick out and use the different colors of ink. This card came together really fast, not much to it, really. Used the flowers from my stash and colored a button brad for the middle. Then I just stuck some various sized enamel dots randomly on top of the stamped image.


Here are my supplies:
Flourishes  So Distressed Stamp Set
Flourishes Friendship and Flowers Stamp Set
Bo Bunny Very Vintage Double Dots Designs Paper Stack
Gina K Designs 120 lb Card Stock in Sweet Mango
Gina K Designs Dye Ink in Sweet Mango, Grass Green, Turquoise Sea
Flowers, Brad and Enamel Dots from my Stash

Time to play a game with the Wild Thangs. Thanks for stopping by -and stay warm my friends!!

My Style

Dear Ones~
Yippee, the Wild Thangs and their mother are finally here - the roads were good today. Their dad stayed home to keep the home fires burning. Now Grampa has taken them sledding, so I have a minute to do this post. It's another one for the Shabby Chic Mix It Up Monday Challenge over at StampTV.

Here's my card:

This time I used the Gina K Designs stamp set Friendship Like Ours. I paper pieced the dress forms with some papers from the Forget Me Not 8x8 Stack by Kaiser Craft. Actually all the papers are from that stack. They are so pretty and feminine. The base is Gina K Designs 120 lb card stock in Ivory, and I distressed everything with Vintage Photo and Aged Mahogany Distress Ink. The little doily is a Spellbinders Die D-Lites Medallion 1.

That's it for me today - gotta go play with my boys. Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends!!

Shabby Chic

Dear Ones~
This is my second post for today. This time my card was made for the Mix It Up Monday Challenge over at StampTV. This challenge was put up by my very dear friend Donna, who was chosen to be one of the Guest Designers at StampTV for the month of February. She is over-the-top talented and makes AMAZING cards. I was so happy that she was chosen as Guest Designer. Check out her BLOG.

Her challenge to us was to make a Shabby Chic card with a matching envelope. And we get extra points if we finish the inside, something that many of us neglect to do. I know I do!! I often make the front and don't want to bother to finish the inside at the time, only to kick myself later when I want to send the card and it's not done. Pffft!!!! Silly me!

I am also entering this card in the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge.  This week we are to use polka dots on our card, so I guess this qualifies.


Here's my card:

Here I used the Nature's Greeting stamp set from Gina K Designs. It was stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Tim Holtz Distress Markers. The greeting is from the GKD stamp set called Stamper's Favorites. The base is GKD Dark Chocolate 120lb card stock, and the patterned papers are from the Red Velvet stack by Hot off the Press. I cut the doily from a die by Spellbinders Die D-Lites called Medallion 1, and used the Martha Stewart Button Punch with kraft card stock for the button and topped it with a little circle from the patterned papers. And, of course, some Stickles in the center of the flower. Everything was distressed with GKD Warm Cocoa ink. Love that color!!! Oh, and I made my own envelope.

So that's it for me today, thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends!

Golden Feather

Dear Ones~
Another blowy snowy day. Our daughter and 2 grandsons, ages 6 and 8, were supposed to come up for a weekend visit today, but they had to drive from Lansing. 127 was closed because of a 40-car accident, and the roads were terrible. Needless to say, they are staying home until tomorrow. So - that gave me some time to play in my craft room. But I would rather have been hugging my babies.

This card was made for the Mod Squad Challenge, which was to use gold on your card in honor of the Olympics.

Here's my card:

I used the stamping with bleach technique, really fun to do. I took a whole bunch or paper towels, folded them to make a stamp pad, placed them on a plate and saturated them with bleach. Then all you have to do is dip the stamp in the "pad" and stamp. Each color of card stock will bleach out differently, and it's best to use dark colors. Here I used Gina K Designs Black Onyx, and it came out this pretty gold color.

The feather is from  the Papertrey Ink stamp set, Feather Finery. After stamping with the bleach, I used the dot overlay stamp that comes in the set to gold heat emboss. The greeting is a stamp I got in a grab bag over at StampTV, so I do not know which set it's from. The gold paper I used for the matting is Mercury Glass, by Recollections. I love this stack, it really looks like old fashioned mercury glass and comes in several colors.

That's it for now, thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends!!

Butterfly Wood

Dear Ones~
I am down to the wire with this one. This is for the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge, and the deadline for uploading my card is 6 pm today. I better hustle.
I am CASEing a card today that was created by Lee Ann Barrett. You can see her design HERE. She designed it for Sweet N Sassy Stamps, and I just loved it, so thought the design would be perfect to use for this challenge, which was to use some wood somewhere on the card.
Here's my creation:

Card base is Gina K Designs Pure Luxury 120 lb card stock in Black Onyx. The greeting is from the Flourishes Friendship & Flowers stamp set, stamped in GKD Dark Chocolate ink. Patterned papers are from Colorbok in the Natural Expressions collection. I found some little wooden butterflies in my stash - so happy to found them, as I didn't know what I would use for wood. I was going to use a wooden button, but I thought the butterfly was so much cuter. That corner punch is from EK Success, and I don't know what it's called. It's old, and might be retired, but I just love it.
That's it for today. I'm going over to StampTV now and participate in the blog hop there. So exciting - check it out if you get the chance HERE.
Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends.

For Collin

Dear Ones~
Not sure if any of you have read a post on Face Book about this sweet little boy, Colin, who turns 11 on March 9th. 

This is what his Mom has said about creating the Page, Happy Birthday Colin:

  I am Colin's mom, I created this page for my amazing, wonderful, challenging son who is about to turn 11 on March 9th. Because of Colin's disabilities, social skills are not easy for him, and he often acts out in school, and the other kids don't like him. So when I asked him if he wanted a party for his birthday, he said there wasn't a point because he has no friends. He eats lunch alone in the office everyday because no one will let him sit with them, and rather than force someone to be unhappy with his presence, he sits alone in the office. So I thought, if I could create a page where people could send him positive thoughts and encouraging words, that would be better than any birthday party. Please join me in making my very original son feel special on his day.

 

As card makers I know you will all want to join in on Colin's special day and pop a card in the mail for him.  You could also 'like' his page on Face Book if you have an account.  His parents are trying to keep this all hush hush until the big reveal on his birthday. 

 

For those of you without a Face Book Page, here is his address:

 

Happy Birthday Colin
PO Box 756
Richland, MI 49083-0756

 

Here's my card:

I used a cute stamp set from Technique Tuesday called Monsters Ink for the image and greeting. Love this set - so appropriate for boys. The letters are stickers from a paper pack called Robots by Best Creations. Background paper is called Artist from Paper House, and the balloons were punched from the DCWV Glitter Stack.  I used a little Glossy Accents on his eyes and teeth for pop.

Give some thought to sending a card out to Collin. He is gonna be blown away with all the heartfelt wishes. Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm, my friends.

Dahlia

Dear Ones~
Another post for today. This time, my creation is for the following challenges:
My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge
The Mod Squad Challenge
StampTV Release Party Challenge

Here's the sketch for the MFT challenge:

And here's my card:

I love making cards from a sketch - easy peasy. All the work is done for you, and you can just have the fun of picking out the papers and images.

Here's the details for this card:
Gina K Designs Pure Luxury 120 lb card base in white
Gina K Designs Stamp Set Stamper's Favorites for the flower
Gina K Designs Stamp Set Beyond Baskets for the greeting
Patterned Papers from My Minds Eye - Oliver
Teal Card Stock from Colorbok
Border from Martha Stewart Border Punch - punched on both sides of a strip of paper
Flower was stamped on watercolor paper with Archival ink and colored with Tim Holtz Distress Markers and a water brush.

Thanks for stopping by again - and stay warm my friends.

Zentangle Buzz

Dear Ones~
It's a sunny Saturday, and my spirits are lifted because of it. I had a great time playing in my craft room - something I haven't done for a couple of days.
My creation today is for the StampTV Mix It Up Monday Challenge. The challenge is to do some doodling on your card. Well HOT DOG - that means Zentangling, and I LOVE to Zentangle.
Here's my card:

I had Zentangled this bee while I was up on Lake Superior last summer. He's somewhat bigger in real life, but I shrank him with my photocopier to fit on my card, and then fussy cut him out. He took awhile to draw, but I find it so relaxing.

Here's the details of the card:
Gina K Designs Black Onyx card stock.
Background paper by My Mind's Eye - Oliver
Papertrey Ink Hexagon Cover Plate
My Favorite Things Hexagon Die Stax
Greeting from GKD Stamp Set Stamper's Favorites
GKD Ink in Sweet Corn for a little distressing on the greeting
Some Stickles on the bee's wings and body here and there

Hope you are doing something wonderful this weekend, and thanks for stopping by. Stay warm my friends!!

Water Lily

Dear Ones~
I sit here this evening, with my computer on my lap, trying to think of something interesting to write about. It appears that my life is rather predictable and somewhat boring. Having said that, let me just add that I like it just fine that way. Living in a small town (well, out in the country, really) in Northern Michigan is my version of paradise. I am a lucky woman.
And now to my card:

I have to admit that my Mojo was being elusive today, so this card is what came of that. The base is, as always, Gina K Designs Pure Luxury 120 lb card stock, this time in white. The red card stock is GKD Cranberry Tart. The image is from GKD A Year of Flowers. It is my attempt at trying to make a waterlily appear to be floating on water. The jury is still out on how well I achieved that, but I added a little Stickles for shimmer. I stamped the flower in Memento Tuxedo Black and colored it with my Prismacolor pencils and used odorless mineral spirits to shade. The background was distressed with Memento Blue Sky, and GKD Baby Blue and In the Navy. I used Spellbinders Classic Ovals and Floral Oval dies to cut out the image. The greeting is from the GKD Fanciful Tags stamp set. Patterned papers are from DCWV Summer Dream, and DCWV Bouquet deFleur.
This card will be entered in the challenge over at StampTV, and the Mod Squad Challenge.
Tomorrow Himself and I are going to Traverse City to celebrate Valentine's Day, even though it's a day early. The hope is that we will avoid all the crowds in the restaurants. Yep.....we have officially become Senior Citizens.

Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends.

Hearts and Feathers

Dear Ones~
This is another card for the Make It Monday Challenge over at Papertrey Ink, and also the Mod Squad Challenge.
Here's my card:

This is a card that I made for my mom to give to my dad for Valentine's Day. The hearts were cut on my Cricut with glitter paper from Recollections, and with black card stock. Background papers are from the Colorbok Soft Pastels Textured stack, and I used a Darice embossing folder called Crackle for texture. I love that folder!

The feathers are from a stamp set by Papertrey Ink called Feather Finery. They were stamped on vellum with Versamark and then heat embossed with silver embossing powder. The stamp set has companion dies, so it makes it easy to cut out the image. The greeting is from the Gina K Designs stamp set By the Sea 2. I just popped the feathers on the heart with a black gem to hold it on, so they are really  3-D.

Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends.

Purple Shadow

Dear Ones~

Today's little 3 3/4" square card is for the Make It Monday Challenge over at Papertrey Ink. The challenge was to use the technique called Shadow Die Cuts. Click on the link to see more.

Here's my card:

I used a Papertrey Ink stamp set called The Sweet Life. It's a multiple stamp design where you have two or three stamps that are stamped over each other with different colors for a 3-D effect. Here I used Memento Lulu Lavender and GKD Wild Lilac for the roses, and Memento Pistachio and GKD Fresh Asparagus for the leaves. The greeting is from the GKD stamp set Simple Hearts. I also have dies to go along with the stamps, so I was able to do the Shadow Die Cut technique. The patterned paper is by Graphic 45 in the Secret Garden design. I used Spellbinder Lacy Labels and Classic Circle dies, as well as some Enamel Accents for the black dots on the white circle.
Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends.

Love in Bloom

Dear Ones~
Today's card is being entered in the following challenges:
http://www.mftstamps.com/blog/category/wednesday-stamp-club/
http://flourishes.org/category/timeless-tuesday/
http://modsquadchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-have-a-heart/

Here's the sketch for the My Favorite Things Challenge:

And here's my card:

I used the Flourishes stamp set called Summer Blossoms and colored the image with Spectrum Noir markers. A little Stickles was added in the center of the flowers. It's difficult to see in the photo, but 3 embossing folders were used. The background was made with Cuttlebug's Swiss Dots EF, the white banner was embossed with Cuttlebug's Tiny Bubbles EF, and the black banner was embossed with a folder by Darice, I don't have the name. Patterned paper is from the Colorbok Neutrals stack, glitter paper is from Recollections. The beautiful red glitter love script and the heart frame were cut with the Paper Artist Cutting Dies by Hot Off The Press called 5 Hearts.
This is a Valentine for my folks, hope they like it. Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends.

Catherine Elizabeth

Dear Ones~

This card has been made for the StampTV MIUM Challenge, It Ain't Easy to be Cheesy, and the Mod Squad Challenge to make a card with a heart and some glitter. Verna Angerhofer gave me the idea to use an old photo to make a card - thanks, Verna!!!
Here's my card:

This card is very special to me. It's a photo of my beautiful grandmother, Catherine Elizabeth, on the occasion of her high school graduation. Isn't she lovely? I am so partial to this picture of her. She was always lovely like that, and I have so many wonderful memories of her, as well as my Grandfather.
I used Gina K Designs Pure Luxury 120 lb. card stock in Ivory for the base. The patterned papers are from Kaiser Craft's Tea Break Stack, and Graphic 45's In the Garden Stack. The papers are a perfect reflection of my Grammie's taste. She loved all things pink and flowery. The gold foil card stock is from the Textures and Finishes Stack by DCWV.  The oval frame is from The Paper Artist Cutting Dies by Hot off the Press, and the sprigs are a die I had in my stash. The tag is from Spellbinders Grommet Tags, and the greeting is from the GKD Forever in my Heart duo stamp set. Of course I HAD to add some Stickles for sparkle, and the little pink pearls, because she would love them.

Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm my friends.

For Himself

Dear Ones~

Today's card was made for 3 challenges this week. The StampTV Make It Monday Challenge It Ain't Easy to be Cheesy, where Guest Designer Allie Gower challenges us to use something related to photography on our card. My take on this was to use a wood background paper which was a real photograph. Another challenge is the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Love Letters. Self explanatory with that one I think. And then the third one is the Love To Scrap Challenge, to include the word "love" somewhere on the card.
Here's my card:

As you can probably tell by the title, this is a Valentine for my hubby. Shhhh.....don't tell him, I want it to be a surprise. I'm pretty sure he won't be looking here on my blog....haha. If he does - hi honey! Here's your card!!

For this card I used Gina K Designs Pure Luxury 120 lb. card stock in white for the base. Also used were GKD Pure Luxury Cherry Red and Black Onyx card stocks. Other papers were from the DCWV stack called Textures and Finishes. I used the wood grain and gold foil. The greeting (which looks crooked in the photo for some reason, but really isn't) is from the GKD stamp set True Love. And I love the beautiful die set I used! It's 5 Hearts by Paper Artist Cutting Dies, from Hot off the Press. Just look how delicate that LOVE word is. Their dies are awesome!! They cut through pretty thick card stock, and release easily for the most part. I highly recommend them.

I think this is a pretty good rendition of a Masculine Valentine Card. And we all know how hard that can be to produce.
Thanks for stopping by - and stay warm, my friends.

Pantone Radiant Orchid

This card was created for the Timeless Tuesday Challenge #256 over at Flourishes. We were invited to use the Pantone Color of the Year, which is Radiant Orchid. To learn more about the Pantone Colors click on the Timeless Tuesday link.
Here's my card:

For this card I used the Flourishes stamp set, Letters in Bloom. I embossed the letters with Versamark on vellum, and then heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The letters were colored on the back using Copic Markers. I used the Spellbinders Decorative Labels 8 dies to cut the beautiful filigree shapes, which were mounted on Gina K Designs Pure Luxury 120 lb weight card stock in white. The background paper is from the Graphic 45 8x8 pack, Secret Garden. In retrospect I wish I would have cut the vellum with the Spellbinder's die, stamped the image on that, and backed it with the same die cut in white. I think it would have looked much neater.  As it was, I just cut the vellum in a strip and mounted it on the die cut.

I love the look of the gold on vellum - reminds me of cloisonne. Thanks for stopping by, and stay warm my friends.

Purple Rose

Dear Ones~
This is my second post of the day. This card was made for 2 challenges. Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #156, and My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge #161.
Here's the sketch I used:

And here's my card:

 As I said in my previous post, the Flourishes challenge asks us to use the Pantone Color of the Year, which is Radiant Orchid. See the Flourishes link to learn more about that.
The image on this card is from the Gina K Design stamp set, Stately Flowers 6. I stamped it on watercolor paper and colored it with Distress Markers. The card base is GKD Pure Luxury 120 weight card stock in Edible Eggplant. Patterned Papers are from the Recollections stack called Habitat, and from the K & Company stack called The Best of Susan Winget. I used an embossing folder from Darice called Circle Interlock on the purple paper. I like the way the pattern came out white from the embossing, I think it gives more texture. The butterfly punch is Martha Stewart, and I added some gold thread behind the butterfly and some liquid pearls in gold to finish it off.
Thanks for stopping by, and stay warm my friends.

Window Screen Card

 Dear Ones~
Today's card was made for the Make It Monday Challenge over at Papertrey Ink.  The challenge was to make a window screen card. You can see the video HERE.
Here's my card:

This card was really fun to do. The "screen" was cut from the Wild Card Cartridge with my Cricut, and backed with vellum. The roses are from the Papertrey Ink Stamp Set, The Sweet Life. This set uses the 2-layer duo stamping technique. Here I stamped the bottom layer in GKD Innocent Pink ink, then stamped the top layer in Memento Lady Bug ink. The leaves were stamped with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink. The greeting is from the Gina K Designs stamp set, Stamper's Favorites. I cut the green oval frame with the Spellbinders Floral Ovals and Classic Ovals dies, and it was cut out of designer paper from a DCWV stack called Bouquet deFleur. The background paper is from an Authentique stack called Lovely. Punched out a little heart and tied it up with some twine, added pearls and, of course some Stickles to the roses, just for fun. This will probably become a Valentine card.

Thanks for stopping by, and stay warm my friends.

CASEing Lee

Here's another one for today. I'm entering this one in the Mod Squad Challenge too. This time I'm CASEing Lee Murphy's card. She is an awesome designer and I admire her talent so much. You can check out her blog HERE. And you can check out her gallery over at StampTV HERE. I'm sure you will agree that her work is amazing!!!
Here's her card:

And here's my card:

I really liked the design on this card. Simple but very fun. The greeting is from the GKD stamp set Springtime Silhouettes. Papers are from DCWV Haute Pink, and card base and matting papers are from GKD Pure Luxury 120 lb weight in Sweet Mango, and some hot pink from my stash. The background was embossed with an embossing folder from Paper Studio. I thought the pattern in the folder mimicked the design in the patterned paper nicely. Wish I knew the name of the folder, but I don't. Course I HAD to add some Stickles for added sparkle. I'm the Stickle Queen.
Thanks for stopping by again, and stay warm my friends.

CASEing Gina

Dear Ones~
As I sit here writing this, the snow is falling again! And that's all I have to say about THAT!!
Today's card is one that I CASEd from a card by Gina at Gina K Designs.  HERE is a video of how she created it. I really liked the clean look of this design. I will be entering it in the Mod Squad Challenge this week, which was to CASE (Copy And Share Everything) from a designer. Basically it means you take a card that someone has made and copy it as best you can, maybe putting your own spin on it. There are so many wonderful designers out there, it's very difficult to choose one. But Gina is a master, and I couldn't resist her wonderful card.
Here is her card:

And here is mine:

It's time to make Valentines again and this was the perfect opportunity. The image is from the Simple Hearts Stamp Set by GKD, and the greeting is from Stately Flowers 6 by GKD. I have used Cranberry Tart ink by GKD, and the red card stock is also called Cranberry Tart. The square is a die from Spellbinders, the border a punch from Martha Stewart. I used the Cuttlebug Swiss Dot embossing folder for the texture in the background.
This card will also be entered in the StampTV MIUM Challenge - Put a Little Love in Your Heart.
Thanks for stopping by, and stay warm my friends.