Simple Valentine's Day Card

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a great Valentine's Day! Mine was great! Can't remember when was the last time we celebrated but yesterday was fun. Valentine's doesn't have to be elaborate, and so the card I made is as simple as it gets too. I do love how it turned out though. I've been doing lots of coloring on my cards lately, images, that it's a welcome change to do a clean and simple card.

R35, R37, R39

G40, G43

I used Taylored Expression's Wreath of Love, colored it with Red and Green Copics and added some Nuvo Crystals to make the dots. I did a little brush of clear glitter on the hearts too. I lettered the sentiment myself and kept it as simple as possible.

Hope you all had fun yesterday!

Marci Sending Loads of Love

Hi everyone! Here's another Marci card from me and this time I colored Marci using Spectrum Noir Blendable Color Pencils! I have all 5 sets and let me tell you this is by far my favorite set of color pencils. I do have Prismacolor too, but I find the Spectrum Noir pencils to be so much better. There are different techniques and my favorite is using gamsol to blend the colors.

I used Sending word die from Simon Says Stamp, and the sentiment from Just A Love Note stamp set.

Hair - Essentials Set - 095, 091, 089

Skin - Essentials Set - 005, 004, 003

Clothes, Shoes, Hair Piece - Primaries Set - 029, 035, 034

Heart Banner - Florals Set-  028, 025, 023

Oh my gosh! I actually did it! I was able to list down all the colors I used! Well I hope that helps!

Enjoy!

May Your Home Be Filled....With Love

This was one of my first cards while I was still playing with my newly bought Chameleon Pens. I think this might even be the first image I "broke" the pens for.

I used Taylored Expressions Display Window and Window Accessories dies. The flower  is from the stamp set A Glimpse Inside.

Enjoy!

S.W.A.L.K. Valentine's

Crafter's Companion used to have these S.W.A.L.K. and Humphrey's Corner Collection stamps and I love how cute they are. I also love using these stamps when I'm in the mood for some serious coloring. I've recently purchased these Chameleon pens and have been practicing on getting the hang of how to blend using a single pen. Since it's Valentine's and these stamp sets are screaming to be used, I figured I'd make some Valentine's Day cards to go with the season.

This is the Humphrey's Corner Collection - Flowers For You

This is the Humphrey's Corner Collection - Hugs For You

S.W.A.L.K. - Love You

S.W.A.L.K. - Quackers

I hope you enjoy them! Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Love Card

Here's one of the Valentine's Day card I made using Close to My Heart Heartstrings paper. I used a Silhouette image to cut this lacy layer on the front of the card. I love the simplicity of the card, yet the intricate cut makes it classy looking.

Happy Hearts Day everyone!

Valentine's Day Card

It's my first time to participate on a challenge and I thought I'd join the fun over at Kiwi Lane. This is their card sketch, and I thought I'd use one of my favorite papers - Ivy Lane. I love the romantic look of this paper pack. It's retired, but I still have some left to use for cards.

And here's my version of the card. I'm not sure how these challenges work, but I took it to mean creating a card that looks like the sketch. I used Ivy Lane papers, Hollyhock cardstock for the heart, and embossed it with a Cricut embossing folder Juli's Garden and distressed it to show the white core. I embossed the buds of the flower with Cricut embossing folder Swiss Dots, inked the edges with Hollyhock ink and topped it with Heartstrings Assortment. The sentiment was stamped using Happy To Be Friends stamp set. I used Sincerely card borders, and Tiny Sweetheart set for the heart and flower.

Thanks to Kiwi Lane for the inspiration. I have to admit I haven't been using my templates much lately so this is a welcome refresher!

You've Got Mail!

Here's a sample of some images I colored with the Chameleon pens. I used Taylored Expressions You've Got Mail - Valentine for these cards. Since I'm still in experimenting mode, I stamped a couple to play with, and in the end just made them into cards.

As you can see I kind of lost control on the post between blending. The downside to blending using just 1 pen is the many times I have to put the pen in contact with the toning chamber. It's trial and error on how long it takes before you can color the entire image you want with the amount of lightness you need. As you can see, somewhere halfway through the pole, I had to re-ink again. For small images like the birds, it's not a problem. The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp.

This card uses the same stamp set from Simon Says Stamp, I just added the border, but my big mistake was using Wink of Stella glitter brush pen. I squeezed it too hard thus instead of just highlighting the border, I kinda made a mess of it. The "love" is a die from Taylored Expressions.

Enjoy!

September Stamp of the Month

This month's stamp of the month is focused on Family, and the images are fitting for making scrapbook pages. However since I do not have the time for that, I made a quick card instead.

I embossed the background paper using Cricut Cuttlebug, and colored them using Faber Castell Gelatos. I love my Gelatos and I love this technique. I spritzed enough water and rubbed them to sort of blend the colors subtlety but making sure the distinction is still there. I stamped the word "Love" and cut each letters. I wanted it to be the focus of the card, and love how bold the letters seem to be in rich black ink. I stamped the heart image using Indian Corn Blue color. I really love how it stands out.

 Here's an image of this month's Stamp of the Month - Family is Forever. Get yours now for only $5 with a qualifying purchase of $50.

S1409 Family is Forever