Hearts and Flowers......

Good morning everyone!  I hope you had a good weekend!  I spent the days crafting a little and watching the big game! 

I'm here this morning to share a Valentine card I have made.  Remember when that special someone used to show up loaded down with hearts and flowers?  Well this little image just reminded me of those days and I just had to color him up and use him on this card. 

 

I colored my image with Rangers Distress inks and a brush.  My sentiment is computer generated and the heart is from the Heartfelt Creations Timeless Amour Dies  (HCD 728).

 

Well that is all I have this morning.  I hope you have a good day and that you have just a little time to be creative.  And as always, remember to "Breathe"!  

Heartfelt Creations.....

It has rolled around into another Wednesday and time for me to share another card I have made for Heartfelt Creations.

Every now and then I make a card that just makes me smile....this is one of those.  I just love how the flower turned out and don't you just love that gorgeous paper?

Heartfelt Creations Products Used:

HCPC 3468 Tattered Blossoms PreCut Set

HCD 722 Tattered Blossoms Die

HCPC 3512 Antique Lantern PreCut Set

HCPC 3510 Petite Floral Swirl PreCut Set

HCPC 3405 Leaf Medley PreCut Set

HCDP1 226 Delicate Asters Paper Collection

Other Supplies:  Spellbinders dies (Fancy Tags Three, Foliage, Classic Circles Large, Fancy Lattice) Memento ink, Ranger Distress Inks, glue, shimmer spray, Paper Blossoms Tool Kit, purple ribbon, dimensional tape, card stock, Canson watercolor paper

Instructions:  Card Size 6” X 6”

Make card base and cover with a piece of the paper collection.  Stamp the swirl image onto the card stock and set this piece aside.  Cut out all die cuts and glue the lattice behind the frame made by using two of the circle dies.  Stamp the sentiment onto the tag and set these pieces aside.  Stamp and cut out the flower petals and leaves.  Add color to the edges.  Dampen or spray with shimmer spray and shape all. Glue the flower together and let dry.  Now assemble the pieces to the card front.  You can let your imagination run wild at this point.  Tie the bow and attach to the tag.

Well that just about does it for me this morning.  You can visit the Heartfelt Creations blog and see what the other designers have created this week.  Take a moment and have a look around and be amazed by the talent on this design team!

Hearts and Flowers.......

Good morning everyone!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend and that you are well rested and ready to face a brand new week!  I'm here this morning to share a card I made for the challenge at Joan's Gardens.  Joan's challenges keep me thinking outside the box and I love to play along whenever I can!  This week Joan's challenge called for:

Make a card using pink and white
Use at least one heart
Use a pretty border

Pretty easy since everyone is thinking about Valentine's Day...so here is my card.

 

I had a lot of fun making this card.  I used the Timeless Amour Die and the Lace Border Die from Heartfelt Creations.  My flower is one of my handmade that I had made earlier and stored for use at a later time.  I used several different shades of pink just to keep everyone on their toes.  I think they all work pretty well together.  Can you tell I love pink?

 

Well that about does it for me this morning.  Have a wonderful Monday and no matter what you are doing today I hope you have a moment just for you to "Breathe".

Good Friday morning everyone!  We are forecast for freezing rain, sleet and snow today.  Brrrrr!!! Winter has arrived in East Tennessee. 

This morning I'm here to share with you another card I made for Heartfelt Creations.

 

Heartfelt Creations Products Used:

HCPC 3494 Delicate Asters PreCut Set

HCD 726 Delicate Asters Die

HCD 729 Decorative Blossoms Corner Die

HCDP1 Countryside Evening Paper Collection

Other Supplies: Memento Ink, Ranger Distress Inks, glitter, card stock, Lili Pad dew drops, Canson watercolor paper, zip dry glue, white glue, ribbon

Instructions:  Card size 4 1/4" X 5 1/2"

Make card base using watercolor paper for stability.  Cover with a piece of paper from the collection.  Next I found a sentiment and cut it out and glued it to the side of the card.  Stamp, cut out and color flower and leaf; add glitter and set aside.  Once dry, glue the petals together to make the flower.  Next I cut out the corner die and took a look at it.  I decided I wanted to use just a portion so I cut away the pieces I didn’t want and then attached the piece to the center of my card.  Glue down the flower and leaf.  Next I colored the dew drops with a marker and glued them to my medallion.  All that is left is to tie a bow and adhere it to the card.

You can see this card at the HC blog along with all the other projects the other designers have done this week.  Go on over and have a look around; there is a lot of inspiration there!

That is it for me this morning.  I hope you have a wonderful Friday and a great weekend!  Try and stay warm!



Welcome to Heartfelt Creations Wednesday!!!

Good morning and welcome!  I'm here to share another card I have made for Heartfelt Creations and hopefully to inspire you.

 

If you would like to see the products used for my card and get the instructions, you can go visit the HC blog .  All the designer's projects are posted there, as well as all the products used and the instructions.    Also you can visit each designer's blog by clicking on their names in my sidebar.  So what are you waiting for...get going!

 

That's it for me this morning.  I hope your day is a good one and that you have time to take a moment just for you and "Breathe"!

Butterfly......

Good morning everyone!  I'm here this morning to share a card I made for the challenge at Joan's Gardens.  You can visit Joan and have a good look around.

 

 

This week Joan's challenge called for the following:

 

Make a tent card (One opening at the bottom)

 

Use Purple, Aqua and Light Green

 

Use something from nature

 

For some time now I have been seeing the crafters in other countries using Gesso to paint their flower petals and I just loved the look.  I have done several flowers using this but didn't say anything much about the fact I used Gesso on the petals.  So here is my flower.  I started out with card stock the color that is under the butterfly.  It was a deep teal.  After the Gesso this is what it looked like.  When I scrunched my petals the darker color came through and I just love this look!  Linda Duke is also doing some flowers like this and hers are absolutely beautiful! www.lindaduke.typepad.com  Just want to give credit where credit is due!  I almost forgot to say my butterfly is aqua card stock and I used glitter on it.  It doesn't show the sparkle in my picture; but trust me it is there!

 

Well that about does it for me this morning.  Why don't you join in Joan's challenge and make your own card.  Have a wonderful day and I hope you have time to be creative!

You are the song in my heart.......

Good morning everyone!  I hope you are warm and toasty where you are.  We had a snow event here yesterday and it was absolutely gorgeous.  It was a heavy wet snow and there were lots of people without power in the area.  We wound up with about 4-5" of snow and this old girl couldn't be happier.  Now I'm ready for Spring!

I'm here this morning to share another card I made for Heartfelt Creations. 

 

 

For the products used and the instructions to make this card you can visit the HC blog.  Everything is listed there.  Also have a good look around while you are there.  There is so much creativity there, I'm sure you will be inspired!

 

Well that's it for me this morning.  I'm off to have a look around outside and see if the heavy wet snow broke any tree limbs in my yard.  Have a wonderful day and try and stay warm!