Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valentine's Day. Show all posts

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Valentine's Day

On the Late Night Stamper's group, the weekly challenge is Valentines and an emphasis on masculine ones. It's a challenge all the way around for me. LOL On Shelly's Blog, the monthly challenge is Valentines as well with an emphasis on using non-traditional colors so I made this card to cover both challenges.

I received some new products on Thursday and put them to work today. The Scallop Trim Border punch (#118402) is from the Sale-a-Bration catalog. This baby is FREE with a $50.00 purchase. Love it! The flower was made using the new Extra Large Fancy Flower punch (#118073) for $15.95 in the Occasions Mini Catalog. As much as I love these new punches, my favorite in the catalog is the clear mounted stamps. The sentiment used is from the Well Scripted stamp set (#118601(c), #117072(w)) using the clear mounts. For now on when I list a stamp set's number, there will be two - c for clear and w for wood. Isn't it great having the option?

I used Rich Razzleberry, Almost Artichoke and So Saffron card stock. That was my personal challenge - using the color yellow. It has always been a hard color for me. Not sure why but anything requiring yellow can throw me into a tizzy. Using these colors leans more towards a masculine design. I know there is a flower but I know a lot of men who do enjoy getting flowers sometimes. What do you think? Leave me a comment and let me know. Thanks!

Other items used:

Stamps: Tres Chic
Ink: Rich Razzleberry Classic and reinker
Tools: Big Shot, Finial Press embossing folder, Little Leaves die, Crystal Effects, Snail, Full Heart punch, 2-Way Glue Pen and Pop-Up Glue Dots.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Playing Around

It's time to put the Christmas stamps away ... I am sort of sad to do this as I love making Christmas items. For me, it's my favorite holiday of the year. I decided to play a little with some Valentine stamps. Here's what I came up with:
Card Front

Card Inside

Stamps: Love Owl-ways, One of a Kind
Cardstock: Cameo Coral, Whisper White and Sweet Always Designer Paper
Ink: Cameo Coral Classic, Basic Black,
Markers: Real Red, Ruby Red, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip, Going Gray, Bashful Blue, Boardering Blue
Other: Top Note Big Die, On Board Chipboard, Corner Rounder Punch, Ribbon, Cameo Coral Color Spray