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Just a CAS (clean and simple) Valentine this time. I used the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit Die to make the smaller hearts. The large heart was punched out of a piece of Whisper White that was embossed with Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder.
The score lines were made with my new Simply Scored™ score board from Stampin' Up!™
Did you ever try to type on the computer with a cat on your lap??? One of my DD cats thinks she has to sit on someone's lap and since I am the only one available tonight she has made herself comfortable between me and my laptop. Sheesh.....
Happy Valentine's Day! Did you get anything for Valentine's Day? I got flowers and chocolate-lots of chocolate from my DH!
I made 35 of these Valentines for my 5th & 6th grade Sunday school class to give to the home bound members of our church. The one on the left I made by sponging using a doily made with the new Paper Doily Sizzlets die from Stampin' Up! as a mask. The colors are actually retired colors Barely Banana and Ruby Red.
The card on the right was made with some pre-embossed paper from my stash and a couple of punched hearts. This one was for the men so I tried not to make it too fussy. Inside I stamped the Bible verse John 3:16.
Thanks to inspiration from my good friend Trisha, I made a collage. Click HERE for a great tutorial on her blog.
I used only Stampin' Up! products although some of the paper is retired. Most of these were scraps, mistakes, or leftover card parts. I started with a piece of ugly 12 x 12 DSP and glued pieces here and there using Tombow Liquid Glue™. A few pieces I tore to make them fit. 
After it was all glued down I took a Melon Mambo and Whisper White Craft spot and swiped randomly. I painted a few swipes of Champagne Mist Shimmer Paint™, stamped a couple of images with Basic Gray and wheeled Music Notes. After everything was dry I cut it into card fronts and made some Valentines.
I have to say that once I started it was really fun and very therapeutic! So gather those scraps and make a collage!
I just gotta say the weather here in Kansas City has been awesome the past couple of days. It has been in the 60's two days in a row. I went outside and trimmed some bushes! I know it is January and it can't last but it was nice!!!!
These remind me of the scribble pictures I would make as a kid. I would take a black crayon and draw a loopy line all over the page and then color in all the spaces. How about you? Ever make one of those?
I used Stampin' Write markers to color in the doilies after stamping them with Stazon™ Jet Black. It is hard to tell in the photo but those are rhinestones on the doily. I used the Large Lace Ribbon border punch for the Basic Black strip.
I think this would make a great masculine card. The lion stamp is from the Stampin' Up™! called Zoo Review. Card stock colors used were More Mustard, Chocolate Chip and Crumb Cake. The lion was stamped on Naturals White with Black Stazon™. I used ink pads and a Blender Pen to color the lion.
I love the texture of Naturals White and Naturals Ivory paper-they are great for coloring on also. They are thicker than Whisper White and Very Vanilla and have those little specks of impurities on them (maybe that's why they are called naturals?).
How about a CAS or clean and simple card? This is a cute little single stamp in the Stampin' Up!™ Occasions Mini called Candy Conversations. I cut my stamp apart and mounted the hearts on one side of the wood and the sentiment on the other. Makes it easier to stamp just the hearts or sentiment.
I stamped the hearts with Marina Mist and Pretty in Pink and punched out a pink one with the Small Heart Punch and attached it with a Dimensional™. The score lines were made with the Simply Scored™ score board.
I love making valentines! Pink, red, glitter and hearts!!
I am still playing with my new set called Tea Shoppe from the Stampin' Up!™ Occasions Mini. The colors are Baja Breeze, Rich Razzleberry and Blushing Bride. The ribbon is Baja Breeze seam binding that I ruffled by pulling a thread from the middle of the ribbon. I love the look of the ruffled ribbon but I have to say it was not the easiest thing I have ever done; I kept losing the little thread. Ugh! The sentiment is from a Stampin' Up! hostess set called Happiest Birthday Wishes. I cut the stamped teacups out and attached them with dimensionals (love those things!).
