Valentine’s Challenge

CCB Valentine's Challenge 1862

I’m taking part in a special Valentine’s Challenge to make a Valentine and send it

to someone as an unexpected surprise.  (Hmmm… Who should I send it too?)

My Valentine is a simple card that uses product from Canvas Corps Brands and Spellbinders.

Have a great day!   I’m off to make more Valentine’s.

Disclosure:  This project was created for and sponsored by Canvas Corp Brands.

DCC: Simple Little Valentine…

Little B Valentine's Card 1607

I really love this new border punch that I received last month from Little B LLC.

This Little B 100366 Trim Punch, Honeycomb,punches both sides of the paper at one

time leaving you with a great border strip to uses on all sorts of projects.

For my “Simple Little Valentine”, I punched four border strips from white cardstock.

I glued the strips onto another piece of white cardstock, butting up the ends to create

a continuous pattern.  An easy way to create a simple and elegant background.

Another great thing I love about this punch is it’s locking feature.

It has a button on the side of the punch so that you can lock it in the closed position for easy storage.

How great is that?

Disclosure:  This project was created for me and was sponsored by Little B.  The post uses Amazon Affiliate links.  I am a Amazon Affiliate.

Christmas Cards with Serendipity Stamps

Now that the weather is cooler and the calendar has turned to November,

many of you card makers are thinking about Christmas cards.

(I know, some of you have yours done already)

I wanted to share with you today a couple of cards I made using a few of

Serendipity Stamps   New Holiday Stamps.

Both of my cards were water colored using my tombow markers and a waterbrush.

Serendipity Stamps Poinsettia Border

This card uses:

Serendipity Stamps Sledding Snowman

I love this fun snowman card.

This card uses:

 

Celebrate Christmas with Graphic 45 (edited)

Graphic 45 Twas the Night before Christmas Group

(Celebrate Christmas with Graphic 45 was a card class that I gave in November of 2014.)

In this class, I showed how to make use of the varied patterns and bits & pieces to create layered pieces with charm and style.

The Vintage Christmas collection from Graphic 45 is based off the classic tale “Twas the Night Before Christmas.  This collection is packed with all the fun and traditional images of this festive season. Reds, greens, gold and cream – this collection will remind you of all the special moments in this special time.


Click on pictures above for ordering information from Amazon.*

(I am an Amazon Affiliate)

Graphic 45 Santa Stockings  Graphic 45 Santa & Toys

Graphic 45 Handle with Care TagGraphic 45 Twas the Night Before Christmas

Graphic 45 Merry Christmas Santa

Day #3 of The Twinery & Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop

The Twinery & Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop Card

Todays is Day #3 of The Twinery & Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop and my chance to join in.

I love Serendipity Stamps and using twine in my card making.  This was a great chance to use both.

“Thanks” Card Directions:

  1. Stamp flower images and leaves onto watercolor paper using black permanent ink.
  2. Water color or color images using markers.
  3. Cut around flowers and leaves.
  4. Paint a thin coat of Diamond Stickles Glue over images for added sparkle.
  5. I started my card by using a 2 1/2″ wide double-sided tape from Kool Tak on a 5″ piece of cardstock.
  6. Closely lay strands of twine onto the super sticky tape to cover the entire piece of paper.
  7. Cut out with a 4″ scalloped square die cut.
  8. Apply die cut square onto cardstock layers.
  9. Glue Flowers and leaves onto front of the card using a fabric glue.  Embellish with adhesive pearls.  Die cut “thanks” from blue cardstock and add to front of card.

Finished Card Size:  5″ x 5″.

Serendipity Stamps Products Used:

The Twinery Colors Used:

  • Peach Stripe, Honeydew Stripe, Denim Stripe, Lilac Stripe, Flax Stripe, Natural.

Today’s Hop:

Don’t forget to leave comments along the way for the chance to win some awesome prizes.

The Twinery & Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop

Twinery Blog Hop Badge - Serendipity Stamps

Are you a Rubber Stamper?  Do you love using Twine on your projects?

Would you like a chance to win some free products?

Serendipity Stamps and The Twinery are joining together in a Blog Hop for the next three days.

Every Day a new group of Designers and New projects.  Start today’s Blog Hop here.

I will be joining them on Day #3 (July 30th)

Here is a few of the Prize Details:

Serendipity Stamps

To win the Serendipity Stamps Prize of $25 to the Serendipity Stamps website leave comments on all Serendipity Stamps posts each day.

To win the Facebook prize of $25 to the Serendipity Stamps website:  like the Serendipity Stamps Facebook page AND leave a comment.

Embossing Clear Scraps Clear Shapes for Layouts and Cards

Vintage Sisters Layout for Clear Scrap by Sue Eldred using Clear Shape Flowers

Did you know that you can emboss Clear Scraps Clear Shapes?   (I didn’t until recently.)

Smile Card for Clear Scraps Sue Eldred July 2014

For my “Vintage Sisters” layout and “Smile” card, I started with a Clear Shape Flower.

To make the Flower:

  • I used my Big Shot and a Swiss Dot Embossing Plate to emboss my flower.
  • I dabbed Antique Linen Distress Paint on the front of the flower  (raised dot)  and Victorian Velvet Distress Paint on the back side of my flower.

This project was created for and sponsored by Clear Scraps.