Showing posts with label Valentines Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Valentines Day. Show all posts

Monday, February 2, 2015

Casual Friday CASE Valentine

It is another snow day Monday in Connecticut so we have the day off. It is a good thing as I am feeling a little under the weather AGAIN. Not sure if it is how busy I have been lately OR if I have some sort of virus but if I did not know better, I would think I had mono again. I am SO TIRED!!
That said, I am making myself stay awake today is I AM NOT going to call in sick for work any time soon.

I did have time last week to play in my craft room. My mojo has been absent so I have been CASEing some cards that I have on my Valentine Pinterest board. My sister had said she was making Valentines and kind of "guilted" me in to making some too. I really was not going "to do" Valentine's Day this year. I was just not feeling the love. However, they say "fake it til' you make it" and that is what happened. Now I am excited to send my cards out!!

I used these cards from the "Touch of Creation" blog as my inspiration for my Valentines. (If you have never browsed this blog, please do. Piali Biswas cards are AMAZING!!) I have had this Casual Friday stamp set for a year and had never used it. I figured when I saw her cards that I needed to dig it out and give this stamp set some love.

I mixed the card up a bit form Piali's by making it a landscape card rather then vertical.


I copied most of the elements from her cards-the colors she used, the misting, but added my own elements as well. I chose to use a red glittered heart note instead of her gold and added a few gold heart die cuts as well.


I did get a little carried away with the misting too but I think it adds character.


For my second card, I mixed it up a little bit. Instead of white background, I used distress inks to shade a red background.


I then spritzed it with Shimmers mist, as well as red and gold. I also reversed the colors of the heart note and die cut hearts


It gives it a bit of a different look.

That is all for this stormy Monday. I appreciate you taking the time to browse my blog.


Supplies:
"Song in my Heart"



"Red Valentine"


Sunday, January 26, 2014

My Favorite Things Sketch Challenge

Happy Sunday!! Today I am playing with My Favorite Things in their "Get Sketchy" challenge.


Here is the sketch I had to use for my card inspiration:

The card I created stuck pretty close to the sketch, with the exception of placing my strip below the frame instead of on top of it.


I used MFT's new "Picture This" stamp set for the sentiment and various dies for the other elements. The patterned paper was scraps I had used from other projects-something I need to use more of. I used adhesive foam to give the frame some dimension but I am not sure that I like how it came out.

I think my favorite part of this card is the tiny camera. I LOVE this die. I have had it for over a year and think I have only used it once.


I think I will make this a Valentine card and decorate the inside too. However, I will do this later when I figure out whom I want to give the card to.

That is all for today. I have been stamping my heart out this weekend so there will be more to come later on in the week. Thanks for stopping by.

Nora

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