CAS Game #158~ Forever Lovely, Meant To Be, Stampin Up, Happy Valentine's Day

The snow is falling here in WI.   I will share a  picture, just in 😉case there are those who don't get a lot of snow. 

The Valentine's card I made today I will submit to the challenge at:

AAA Cards

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Forever Lovely

Stampin Up:  Meant To Be

I die cut the hearts out, and then put a piece of DSP behind the image, and glued the heart piece back on top.  

I like how simple it looks with a big bold pop of color.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ

 

CTS #358. Happy Heart Day, Stampin Up, Happy Valentine's Day

 My dear friend Nancy sent me this retired stampin up set called:   Happy Heart Day.   It was indeed a Happy day when I received this lovely package in the mail yesterday.  I'm so thankful to her.  I made this card for her using the new to me set.   I will cherish it and add it to my collection.   Please take a moment and visit Nancy's blog, she makes great cards and projects, she is the one who inspired me to start stamping and finishing the insides of my cards.

I will submit this card to the challenge at:

CAS(E) This Sketch

A little stamping, a little coloring and some clear wink of stella completes this card.  I like the simplicity of it.  

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping 

PJ

TMS #540 Heartfelt, Happy Heart Day, Stampin Up, Happy Valentine's Day

 I made this Valentine card for the challenge at:

Tuesday Morning Sketches

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Heartfelt

Stampin Up:  Happy Heart Day

I really like this DSP, and I always forget to cut out the center, since most of the time it's covered with other card stock.   It seems like such a waste of good DSP.   Well Hopefully next time I'll remember. 😉

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ

HSSSC332~ Forever Lovely, Heartfelt, The Gang's All Meer, Stampin Up, Happy Valentine's Day

 I made this  card for the challenge at:

Hand Stamped Sentiments

The stamp Sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Forever Lovely

Stampin Up:  Heartfelt

Stampin Up:  The Gang's all Meer

It all started as a Valentine card, and then a stamp set arrives I wanted to play with, hence the little meerkat becomes a cute addition to the card.    I was having trouble with my new Rococo Rose ink pad, it just wasn't giving a nice covered impression.  But I didn't give up.  I kept trying.  However, after adding the clear wink of stella to give the little heart some shimmer, it took on a whole different color.  SIGH.   Well perhaps I will say I did it intentionally to match the piece of DSP with the darker colors.  

I'm also including a picture of the cheetos my dad dropped off.  He knows we love hot spicy things here.  So I was telling him about these and he went and bought some for himself.  Well folks, he's so cute, he said he started sweating and had to run to the kitchen for water.   I was laughing because we raised our kiddos with milk, and so I told dad that should be your first option if you eat something too hot.  Any ways dad brought them up to our house with a cute firetruck sticker.  He cracks me up.   I will also add this, it's been two years since mom passed away, and he is handling life like a champ.  So proud of my dad.  

Thank you for stopping by for a visit. 

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping 

PJ

Sketch #354~Forever Lovely, Heartfelt, Heart Happiness, One Wild Ride, Ready to Pop Stampin Up, Happy Valentines Day, Wedding Invites

 I made this card for the challenge at:

Atlantic Hearts Sketch Challenge

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Forever Lovely

Stampin Up:  Heartfelt punches

Stampin Up:  Heart Happiness

I used two kinds of washi tape to create the crisscross pattern.  After punching out the hearts I stamped and die cut the rose and pop dotted it up a bit to give some dimension to the card.  

I chose to stamp the sentiment directly on the card instead of matting it, because the card was already starting to get a bit too busy looking. 

I thought it would make the perfect Valentine card because of the giant "X"  which reminded me of "xoxo."

Finally I am done with the wedding invites for a friend. I hope she will LOVE them.   I'm sorry but I had to scribble out the information to keep things private for the lovely couple.   I wanted the invite to be symbolic of who they are as a couple.   They are amazing people, Huge hearts, super generous, Harley riders, photographers, both work in the health care profession.  It was an honor to make these for them.   I hope to have captured a bit of who they are with these invites.  The belly band can slide off to reveal the invite and open house card, or you can just lift them out from the top.  I purposely cut the black card stock down a bit so you could more easily pull the invite out, without to much of a struggle.  I really liked how they turned out. Cool and yet Classy, with a Black tie, kind of feel. 

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping.

PJ

#GDP226~Power of Hope, The Gang's All Meer, Stampin Up, Happy Birthday

 Well, I've been working so hard on the wedding invites for my friend.  I'm nearly done.  Oh my goodness it is a bit more work that I originally had thought it would be.   Nevertheless I am happy to do them for her.  I can't wait to send them out to her.  I hope she will be delighted with what I designed for them. 

I'm happy I was able to squeeze in a card this evening for the challenge at:

Global Design Project

The stamp sets featured in this card are:

Stampin Up:  Power of Hope

Stampin Up:  The Gang's All Meer

After stamping the images on the front of the card, and coloring them in, I thought paper piecing would look lovely, and indeed it really made the kimonos pop in color and design.  I also used wink of stella to give some sparkle to the card.

I used the sentiments from The Gang's all meer, taping off the bottom part of the Happy Birthday sentiment because I didn't want to include that on this card.  

After all my work on the invites today, I took a little break to make some new cookies for my husband.  They were whoppers of a cookie, and actually didn't turn out to bad.  They might be a re-do and added to our recipe book.

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ

CTS #357~Safari Huge Thanks, Hero Arts, Hakuna Matata

 Today I had my mind set on using this stamp set.  No matter how look it took.  Well, folks I must confess I nearly gave up.  Good grief I used a piece of photo paper I had in my stash thinking that would help the brayer and I blend colors better.  It did.  However, the stamping of the images is what actually posed the problem.  I used my Staz On ink, so I didn't smear it.  Each time I stamped it stuck tight to this paper.  Oh boy I was getting frustrated but nevertheless, I persevered and so here is the finally card.  One more quick note, I sponged the background on the front and a little around the edges for the inside.

The stamp set featured in this card is:

Hero Arts: Safari Huge Thanks

I will submit his card to the challenge at:

CAS(E) This Sketch

Thank you for stopping by for a visit.

Keep Smiling and Keep Stamping

PJ