Valentine's for teen boy

Hello everyone and a very happy Tuesday to all!

I am back to share a card I have made for my 16 year old son.  We shall see if he likes it! 

I based this card on this week's Stella Says Sketch challenge.

The sentiment panel was sponged with Tea Dye distress ink and stamped in Vintage Photo distress ink to tone down the overwhelming 'red' of the card.  I used Liquid Pearls in ruby red on two corners and to cover the hearts from the stamp (trying to make it a bit less 'girly').  The burlap ribbon was grunge cut instead of tucked neatly behind, and I tacked it down with two silver brads.  The heart button was tied with brown hemp cord to match the Vintage Photo distress ink.  The image of Deacon was fussy cut and colored with my still very limited number of Copics.  I hope I did him justice despite the pink shirt (a pink shirt for V-day is appropriate, even if he is a boy- right?  LOL).  I then popped him up on his own foam pedestal.  Many thanks for taking the time to come visit- hope you all have a wonderful day!

Close up

 

Challenges:

Stella Says Sketch #130 - sketch

Catch the Bug - Affairs of the heart

Stampendous - Love is in the air 2/28/13

Craft Your Passion - My Valentine 

Tuesday Alchemy - My heart's all a flutter 

Dream Valley - Valentine's

Paper Crafting Journey - Love 

Stamp Your Life - Anything Love 

Ladybug Crafts - Valentine's Day 2/28/13

One Crazy Stamper - Love 2/28/13

Wags 'n Whiskers - Love 

My Mum's Craft Shop - Love 2/28/13

Pin and Tack - Anything goes  03/1/13

DL.Art - Anything goes

Size:  6 x 6
Papers:  basic card stock, The Paper Studio, me & my BIG ideas
Dies:  Labels 1 and Classic Scalloped Edge border from Spellbinders 

Stamps:  Love Messages from Stampendous, Deacon from Bugaboo

Ink:  Tea Dye and Vintage Photo distress inks

Embellishments:  Button from Hobby Lobby, hemp cord from Really Reasonable Ribbon, burlap ribbon from The Paper Studio, Liquid Pearls in ruby red

My favorite paper (so far)

A big happy Saturday to everyone!  I always love the weekends- it's great to have my big kids home from school.  A huge welcome and thank you to my newest follower Qie.  Lucky number 7!

Last night I finally finished up the last card that needed to be mailed out this week.  I made this thank you card for my mom, who came out to stay for two weeks to help out when I had the baby.  It's late, considering the baby is now two months old, but is also the last thank you card I needed from the 'newborn baby period'.  Moms always understand the tardiness thing, right?

I have such an attraction to this toile paper.  I have used it in a few cards and keep picking up more whenever I'm at the store when it's on sale.  I was able to find coordinating floral paper a few visits ago and yesterday I found coordinating checkered paper (not sure of the name of that design?).  I checked out a few sketch challenges and found one I liked at Mojo Monday, so this is what I came up with.

Sketch

Front view
 

Close up

And I'm including one of the inside because I like the way it turned out also.  While cleaning up my scraps I found the little tree cut perfectly from the toile paper (unintentional) and on a whim added it to the inside.   

It's different :)

It's really a simple card.  I used Tea Dye distress ink to sponge on a background then stamped the thank you in Vintage Photo distress ink before using the Floral Ovals to cut it out.  Otherwise it was a simple matting and layering project.  Product details below.  Hope you enjoyed my card!

Challenges:

Mojo Monday - sketch
Brown Sugar - anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door - anything goes
Tuesday Alchemy - anything goes
Sweet Stampin' - pearls and swirls
Pin and Tack - Anything goes  03/1/13

Size:  5 x 7
Papers:  basic card stock, The Paper Studio
Dies:  Floral Ovals and Labels 1 from Spellbinders 

Stamps:  Birthday Wishes from Inkadinkado

Ink:  Tea Dye and Vintage Photo distress inks

Embellishments:  Button from stash, twine from Really Reasonable Ribbon, burlap ribbon from The Paper Studio, pearl spray from Say it in Crystals

Another Valentine's day card

Hello everyone and happy hump-day!  Almost to the weekend again, yay!

I am feeling very good today.  So many huge, appreciative thanks to all who have left comments on my last two cards.  Wow.  I really do appreciate them all and they truly brighten my days.  An even bigger thank you to my newest three followers- Marjorie, Beckie and Lisa.

Since my last post I have been working on a Valentine's card for my parents.  I wasn't happy with the first version which had two roses, each with it's own ribbon leaf.  It ended up looking like a pair of xRay vision goggles and once I saw that image, I couldn't unsee it.  So I took apart the roses section and changed it around with scrap paper added underneath to form a makeshift bandage to hide the boo-boos from taking off the previous inhabitants.  I read in a forum somewhere that there is never a mistake, only opportunities for more embellishments.  I had to hang onto that thought tight to keep myself from banishing the card to the garbage bin.  Without further ado, here is what I finally put together.

I've seen so many gorgeous cards with tulle embellishments and I wanted to try that.  I also used my Liquid Pearls for the first time to outline the tag.  That stuff is pretty cool!  Just glob it on and it forms a dome pearl shape all on it's own.  Who'd have thought.  The green ribbon was once again colored with a Copic. 

Here is a front view

A side view

Challenges:

Cuttin and Stampin - Valentine's Day Won :)
My Time To Craft -  Love is in the air
Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude - Love
Delicious Doodles - Red, red and more red
Brown Sugar - Go red/hearts
Visible Image - Love
Lia Stamps - Valentine's Day
Ladybug Crafts - Valentine's Day
By the Cute and Girly - Roses are red
Broken Box Stock - Valentine's Day
Simon Says Stamp - Have a heart
One Crazy Stamper - Love
Pin and Tack - Anything goes 03/1/13

As always, many thanks for stopping by!

Size:  6 x 6
Papers:  basic card stock, My Mind's Eye, tag from The Paper Studio
Dies:  Blossoms One, Foliage Two and Classic Scallops Border from Spellbinders 

Stamps:  Stampendous Love Messages

Ink:  Victorian Velvet and Barn Door distress ink, Copic YG06
Embellishments:  all ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon, rhinestones from Say it in Crystals, foil heart from Hobby Lobby, Liquid Pearls in ruby red

Black and white

Hi all,

Happy Sunday, and hope everyone has had a great weekend!

I have finished another card from my "must complete to mail this week" list.  Only two more left- yay!  This is a thank you card for my mother-in-law (so Mama L, if you are reading this, please don't look any further!).  She is such a wonderful lady and does so much for our family.

Anyway... I had the urge to do a black and white card so I could use some really cool ribbon I had.  While making it I decided I wanted just a splash of color, so I ran with it.  The layout is based on the sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches, and I finished it and posted it just in the nick of time; I didn't think I was going to make it when the baby woke up at the last minute.  Talk about crunch time!

I colored the pearl spray with a Copic marker.  The ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon.  They are such a wonderful company- I really can't say enough about them (and a big Thank You to Holly for getting me addicted to yet another thing LOL!).  They sent two samples with my order, and yet another "sample" that was tied around my package which I used for this card.  How awesome is that!  I embossed the strip along the bottom for some added texture.  And I think lastly, the stamp was heat embossed.  Product details below.

Challenges:

Tuesday Morning Sketches - sketch
Pin and Tack - Spark your creativity now, anything goes
One Stop Craft Challenge - anything goes
The Crafting Cafe - anything goes
The ABC Challenge - G is for going dotty
Joyful Stamper, Inspire Me Fridays Challenge - anything goes
Challenges 4 Everybody - anything goes  2nd place :)

Close up

Size:  5 x 7
Papers:  basic card stock, The Paper Studio
Dies:  Floral Ovals and M-bossibilities Enchanted folder from Spellbinders

Stamps:  Stampin' Up! Serene Silhouettes

Ink:  Versamark and heat embossed with Zing! powder, Copic (B02)
Embellishments:  White satin with black dots ribbon, pearl spray from Say it in Crystals

Love is in the air

Hi all and happy Saturday to everyone!

I am sharing a Valentine's card I made for someone who is near and dear, and very special to me.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it. I had a lot of fun with this card, and was able to play with a few new items (which of course is always fun!).

The background paper is from my stash and was sponged in Victorian Velvet distress ink then water-splattered for a subtle marble look.  I also distressed the edges using my Imaginisce D-stressing tool that I received for my birthday last year.  I really need to remember to pull it out more often.

The ribbon I used is from January's ribbon club pack at Really Reasonable Ribbon and I *absolutely* love it!  It started off white, but I colored it with a green Copic (YG06) and it came out such a beautiful green.  I will definitely be getting some more of that ribbon.  I picked up a set of leaf dies, so my flower now has leaves.  Oh, happy day! 

Challenges:

MilkCoffee - Valentine's

Forever Friends - Use ribbon or lace
Tuesday Alchemy - Anything goes
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything goes
Paper Playtime - Use some brown (card base)
Sweet Stampin' - Love is all around
Catch the Bug - Anything goes
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes
Perfect Sentiments - Anything goes plus die cut
Penny's Paper-Crafty - One for the girls
Creative Card Crew - Girly
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything goes 
Twisted Tuesday - Anything goes
Stamp and Create - Love
Lady Anne's - Anything goes with stamp
Jen's Digi Stamps - It's all about love
Stamp Your Life - Anything Love
One Crazy Stamper - Love
My Mum's Craft Shop - Love
Pin and Tack - Anything goes  03/1/13

I have also shared this on Make it Monday.  What a neat site!  I love going around to everyone's blog to see their creations.

Side view

Close up

Thanks so much for looking and have a great Sunday!

Size:  6 x 6
Papers:  basic card stock, My Mind's Eye, The Paper Studio
Dies:  Romantic Rectangles, Floral Blossoms One, Foliage Two from Spellbinders 

Stamps:  Stampendous Love Messages

Ink:  Victorian Velvet and Barn Door distress ink, Copic YG06
Embellishments:  Satin with Iridescent edges, rhinestones from stash, foil heart from Hobby Lobby

First Valentine's card

Happy Monday to everyone- hope the day is going great for you all!  A special thank you to Cheryl for following me!

I jumped ahead of three cards that I really need to get made to make my first Valentine's card.  This  is for my brother-in-law and his beautiful family.  I have to get it in the mail along with a thank you card that is next on the list as the thank you card is traveling all the way to Haiti, courtesy of my brother-in-law who has graciously agreed to take it with him to it's recipient.  I'm so excited!  At least my cards get to travel even if I don't, ha!

I'm entering this card into the three challenges below.  I came across a challenge that looks like a lot of fun!  Shopping Our Stash Weekly.  Since we have to post how old our ribbon is, I'll share what struck me as funny.  The blue ribbon tied on the button is likely about two years old.  It originally came from my daughter's Webkinz tag.  The button that it is tied to fell off our Christmas tree skirt a few years ago.  Yes... I think I save just about anything lol.  You just never know when things will come in handy.

Challenges:
Case Study - kraft and red paper
Shopping Our Stash Weekly - use oldest ribbon

The Paper Players - sketch challenge #130

And the close-up.

Size:  6 x 6
Papers:  basic card stock, The Paper Studio vellum
Ribbon:  burlap by The Paper Studio, blue from my stash
Image:  from Free Vintage Digital Stamps
Dies:  heart circles from Spellbinders 
Embellishments:  button from my stash