Showing posts with label Love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Love. Show all posts

Saturday, February 10, 2018

Twofer Card Challenge #2

We were blown away by your enthusiastic response of the first Twofer Card Challenge and hope this month's prompt will inspire you even more! Here it is...





I tried to see if I could use the little stamps that come in stamp sets and are often neglected and make them the stars of my cards. I used the same size little heart in the Hero Arts "Prayers" set (see below) to make the four-leaf clovers on the first card and the background behind the letters on the second card.



Stamps: Hero Arts (hearts), Uniko (sentiment)
Dies: My Favorite Thing (mini scalloped rectangles)
Other: butterfly (punch), hand drawn (stems, ladybug, and grass)

The first card has a layered look and even uses some patterned paper.  I created a little scene featuring four-leaf clovers, a hand drawn ladybug (covered in glossy accent and a butterfly punched out from a scrap that was sprayed with shimmery blue. The panel is layered on a red panel and mounted with fun foam on a die cut layer of polka dotted paper. 



Stamps: Hero Arts (hearts and sentiment - from the prayer set)
Dies: Essentials by Ellen (hinged alphabet), Sweet 'n' Sassy (red heart), My Favorite Things (dotted chevron)



The second card is more CAS with lots of white space. I die cut the new-to-me hinged letters from Ellen Hutson (so, so cool) and the dotted chevron border, stamped the hearts in red and purple on the card underneath, and attached the panel to the card. Stamped the sentiment on a heart die cut from red card stock and sprinkled more hearts in three different sizes around it (the purple one above the big red heart is the same one I used to make the background behind the letters and the four-leaf clovers). I put Stickles on the little purple heart and Glossy Accents on the small red one to add a little interest.

I really hope that I have inspired you to play along this month and can't wait to see the different designs you create using a heart stamp or die! Remember to take one picture of both cards. And now hop over to the Twofer Card Challenge to see the spectacular designs that my team mates came up with!




I am going to enter my second card to the
STAMPloration February Challenge "Paint it Red"





and to the
AAA Cards #108 "All You Need Is Love"
(Isn't that frog the cutest ever?)





ETA: I was encouraged on Instagram to enter the second card at the
Calling All Sistahs #10
Happy to do that! A challenge with an important mission!







Be well and keep in touch!


Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Love You For W&W Rerun

Hello there,

Winnie & Walter have a rerun every month where they put the spot light on an older stamp set. You can play along even if you don't have that particular set by using any of the cards made by the DT as your inspiration. But, oh surprise, I do own this month's rerun set "True" and was more than happy to bring it out to play.





Stamps: Winnie & Walter (heart)
Die: PTI (love)

The hearts are silver embossed on grey card stock, then filled with Wink of Stella and Glossy Accents. The love die is cut out from a piece of glossy glitter paper by Recollection, mounted on vellum (with the heart raised).


Challenges:

Winnie & Walter Rerun #11


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Winnie & Walter "Join In To Win"



CAS Mix Up June Challenge








Be well,

Monday, February 1, 2016

Flowers on wood background

The Pin Sights Challenge over at Ellen Hudson and Marika's card over at Time Out inspired me to make this:






Stamps: MFT (wood background), Avery Elle (sentiment)
Dies: Ellen Hutson (flowers & leaves), SSS (heart)


Die cut the flowers and leaves (NBUS) from watercolor paper and then watercolored them (to avoid the white edges). Stamped the background (NBUS) and the sentiment. Die cut the little heart, watercolored and applied WoS and foam mounted it.


And now look at this gorgeous inspiration board! Don't you love all that deep red! I was inspired by the red flower bouquet on the top left and by the layout of Marika's card.



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Grab Our Badge!











       


Also sending this to Uniko where "Anything Goes" with an optional "Love"  (check!)






and Addicted to CAS #80 where the challenge is "Red"







By the way, the card for my sister (see last post) finally arrived after almost three weeks! I guess the postal workers were exhausted after the holidays and took it very easy... But at least it didn't get lost! Hate when THAT happens!

Thanks for your visit and please come back!

Hugs,
Susanne





Saturday, January 16, 2016

Mice in Love x 2

Sorry that it took me so long to post some new cards! Besides trying to catch up with everything here at home I have been creating. Some cards I can't post yet because I haven't heard that they have been received... Seems like the post offices are also still trying to catch up after the holiday rush.

The call for "Brads" over at Use Your Stuff had me look through my stash and find those heart shaped ones. The stamp is from one of the sets I won from Virginia. I stamped it twice, colored it, and then made two similar but different cards with it. I didn't add any sentiment as the image speaks loud enough, I think.



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Stamp: Penny Black
Other: Stencil (Memory Box), Brad (Gary M. Burlin), Glitter paper (DCWV), Faber-Castell Polychromos


Challenge:

The Card Concept #46 (ETA: Winner!!)
Clean & Layered
Inspired by the heart and the colors






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Stamp: Penny Black
Other: Stencil (SSS), Embossing folder (Sizzix), Brads (Recollection), Glitter paper (DCWV), Faber-Castell Polychromos


Challenges:

Use Your Stuff #206 "Brads"


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Shopping Our Stash #234 "Something New"
Stamp and Brads are new/never used


Grab Our Badge!



Uniko #28 "Anything Goes with the option of love"



Right Click to Save!



Penny Black Saturday Challenge January "Anything Goes"


...or Hedgie


Thank you so much for stopping by (and leaving me some love in form of a comment)!

Hope your weekend includes lots of creative time!

Hugs,
Susanne



Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Four (!) graphic triangle cards

Yes, you read that right! Today I have four cards for you! I think, that's a first!

I love geometric patterns and have many graphic stamps and embossing folders. So, of course, the current challenge over at Virginia's View really speaks to me and I wanted to play. The fairly new Pinterest Inspired Challenge features triangles so I pulled out a triangle embossing folder that I had never used.

Inked the EF in different Distress Inks, spritzed it, and "stamped" it on watercolor paper. Spritzed and stamped it again to get lighter colors. Then I made cards of my backgrounds. I thought the Design Teams could pick their favorite card from this collection.
















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A close up so you can see the vellum




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And all together!
Which one is your favorite? Mine is card #4!


Stamps: Winnie & Walter (sentiments on cards 1 and 3), Altenew (sentiment on cards 2 and 4), Mama Elephant (Triangles on card 4)
Other: Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)


Challenges:















Darnell's NBUS #5
In addition to her usual generosity, this time Darnell has many sponsors! Click on the link to find out more! It runs until the 18th!






Pixie's Snippet's Playground #194
Because Miss Di celebrated her birthday last week, this week's prize is extra generous! The infamous Crazy Bird stamps, dies and accessories! Am I the only one in blogland who doesn't have them yet...?
My snippets are the vellum on card 1 and the labels on card 2 and 4!


Pixies Crafty Workshop


I really appreciate your taking time to visit my blog and hope you come back!

Hugs,
Susanne

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Happy Valentine's Day!

Hope your day is filled with love and chocolate!
You might be relieved to know that this is the last love card for now. ;)

This year the 7 Cardologists made their own challenge: We had to use the swirly heart die from SSS that Dora gave us all for Christmas. If you want to see all the different and amazing cards we made with it hop over to Dora's blog where she shows them all!

Ooops, I just realized I haven't taken a picture of it and it's dark now. Well, I'll try to do my best (good that I have an extra one)... Be right back...


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Dies: Simon Says Stamp (swirly heart), PTI (Love), Sweet 'n' Sassy (small heart), the dark heart is the cut out from the Love
Stamp: Stampin' Up (swirls on the small heart)

Ok, back to eating more chocolate...

Hugs,
Susanne


Friday, February 13, 2015

SSS Wednesday Challenge - All creatures great and small / CASology #133

Quickly popping in to share yet another love card...


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Stamps: Avery Elle (sentiment)
Dies: Memory Box (branch, bird)
Paper: Marco's Paper (cloud paper)


Challenges:

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - All creatures great and small


Simon Wednesday Challenge Blog


CASology - week 133 - Love





ETA: This card was a "Favorite Pick" at Stamps at Play's Valentine special!

Have an amazing weekend,
Susanne

Thursday, February 12, 2015

Inkspirational #75 / CASology #133

Another Love/Valentine card! I am showering you with love cards! If you are getting tired of them, I'm sorry but there are still a couple to come...



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Stamps: Hero Arts (background), Mama Elephant (sentiment
Die: Sweet 'n' Sassy (heart)


After cutting hearts for another project I couldn't throw away the strip. The embossed background was also on my desk so I made this card. Love reusing and recycling! The strip is only attached on the top.


Challenges:

Inkspirational #75 - Rose colors






CASology #133 - Love






Gotta run and cook dinner! Pasta with Tomato Tuna sauce...yum!

Be well,
Susanne

Monday, January 26, 2015

Love card

Quickly popping in before I go to bed to show you this:


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Stamp: SSS (you)
Die: PTI
Stencil: SSS (falling hearts)

The LOVE is cut out from glossy, holographic paper and was not easy to photograph.

Challenges:

Simon Says Wedneschallenge "Have a Heart"

Simon Wednesday Challenge Blog



Simon Says Flickr challenge #11 "Love"


Time Out Challenge #23 "Valentinesday with an optional twist of hearts"

Grab Our Badge!


Just realized that I forgot to also enter it at the Uniko Challenge #17 "Love and Friendship"

Grab button for Uniko Studio Challenge


Hugs,
Susanne


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