Bold Sentiments

It is snowy and cold in Wisconsin today. A day to stay inside and PLAY!! Flashback Friday Challenge has the theme only words. I used STAMPlorations Bold Sentiments and created this card. I had an old piece of pink paper I made with Worn Lipstick DI.

It is clean and simple and I kinda like the sentiment embossed on the diagonal.

Bold Sentiments supports:
Vicki's Flash Backhttp://stampsmiles.blogspot.ca/2015/02/flashback-friday-its-only-words.html

Stamplorations http://stamplorations.blogspot.com/p/stamplorations-anything-goes-challenge.html

I love you

I have been having fun using dry wall tape as a dimension. Shery Russ at STAMPlorations did a tutorial on it. Shery must be a patient soul because for me, it was a slow process. I wanted to lift the drywall tape with each splattering of distress ink but did not because I was afraid it would move the pattern. When I was finished with the stenciling I saw the red on top of the hearts and the pink in the dry wall pattern below. It looked like the red was bleeding down and I liked the look. So, I stamped the swirl in greeen, cut the ribbon hearts out with a Memory Box die and then saved all the heart pieces to put back inside the cut out. I know...that is why it is a die cut...but the image did not look filled in against the background. I dipped the ribbon ends in Fired Brick DI. I stamped I love you in the swirls and added white sequins. I like this clean and simple card.

I love you supports:
Craft Stamper Magazine http://craftstamper.blogspot.com/2015/02/take-it-make-it-challenge-february.html

Stamplorations http://stamplorations.blogspot.com/2015/02/february-challenge-stamps-hearts.html
Mixed Media Card Challenge http://themixedmediacardchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/02/mmcc-8-love.html
Stamplorationshttp://stamplorations.blogspot.com/2015/02/caseplorations.html
Just Us Girls http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2015/02/its-word-week-at-jugs.html
Sweet Stampin http://sweetstampinchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2015/02/add-heart.html
Hiding In My Craftroom http://www.hidinginmycraftroom.com/2015/02/himcr-186-wild-blushing-rose.html
Simon Says http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=2398
House of Cards http://www.houseofcardschallenge.blogspot.com/2015/02/love-challenge-week-one.html

A Very Special Valentine

Recently, I lost my mother. She loved nature images and did a fantastic job coloring and designing cards with them. At our last family card exchange, she had been working on this card. Stop crying Becca.

While going through the house, there was one unused image. Everyone said to throw it away but I could not. I scooped it up knowing I would use it to make something very special.
Every year, I would send mom a valentine card. Today, I made her last valentine with the image she colored and I will keep it forever. Honestly, I think this is my all time favorite.

I used Old Paper DI on the background. Then I stenciled little spots with Vintage Photo DI. I inked only one image of an embossing folder three times and carefully place it where I wanted the image. If I had a stamp it would have been easier but necessity is the mother of invention. I dyed twine and placed it to make two lines. I cut out the word LOVE and inked it. Mom had a ceramic shop and while cleaning we found the rub on paints she used. Once again I grabbed them from the trash bin and rubbed them on the LOVE. It gives it a highlight of gold. Then I carefully cut the cardnials out, knowing there would never be any more. I placed them on the lower line. I glued the LOVE on the upper line and made clothes pins with cardstock.

I know my mom would have loved her valentine. I am going to frame it and keep it in my craft room.


And as mom would always finish the conversation...MWAH!


This very special valentine supports:
House Of Cardshttp://www.houseofcardschallenge.blogspot.com/2015/02/love-challenge-week-one.html
Tim Holtzhttp://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2015-february/
Mixed Media Card Challengehttp://themixedmediacardchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/02/mmcc-8-love.html
DL Art http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2015/02/dlart-february-linky-challenge.html
Just Us Girls http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/2015/02/its-word-week-at-jugs.html
Stamplorations http://stamplorations.blogspot.com/2015/02/february-challenge-stamps-hearts.html Love is on the card and although there are no hearts stamped on the card, I know there are two hearts in the card...mine and Becca's.
Craft Stamper Magazine http://craftstamper.blogspot.com/2015/02/take-it-make-it-challenge-february.html

You're Udderly Amazing

How come cows wear bells?
Because their horns do not work!!

A little Wisconsing humor for you. One thing I know for sure, is Wisconsin knows cows and cheese. Hence the name "chedder heads".
This Bugaboo image http://www.bugaboostamps.com/Make-it-Snappy--udderly-amazing_p_2280.html made this darling card.

Udderly Amazing supports:
Bugaboo http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.ca/2015/02/anything-goes-challenge.html

Curtain Callhttp://curtaincallchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/02/curtain-call-inspiration-challenge.html


Have an udderly fantastic day! Or you could say hope your day is dairy nice!!

Crooked Stamper I love your new sketch challenge

Crooked Stamper Sketch Challenge http://thecrookedstamper.blogspot.com/2015/02/crooked-stamper-sketch-challenge-1.html

is new this week. I made a card to let them know how much I love their new sketch challenge and look forward to participating in it. Here is the sketch and the sentiment is the focal point.

I only have one week to use this love stamp and thought it would be perfect.

Get Well

I wanted to try something different this week. I gathered up all my get well stamps and they are all different fonts. So I stamped them on the card and then hit them with distress ink and a ton of water. When they dried, I glued on the get well beads. I added two flower beads and stems. Then I cut the bottom of the card and glued the black strip on the back of the cut off portion on the cardstock. Then I glued the pink paper on the bottom cardstock. I kinda like how this card turned out for trying something new.

Get Well supports:
The Mixed Media Challengehttp://mixedmediamc.blogspot.com/2015/02/mixed-media-monthly-challenge-9-think.html
DL Art http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2015/02/dlart-february-linky-challenge.html
Stamplorations http://stamplorations.blogspot.com/2015/02/bi-weekly-sketch-challenge-27.html#more
Crafty Gals Cornerhttp://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/challenge-5-pinkalcious.html
Words to Scrap Byhttp://words2scrapby.blogspot.com/2015/02/w2sb-challenge-14-do-something-different.htmlutm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Words2ScrapBy+%28Words+2+Scrap+By%29

Maybe a cupcake would help

STAMPlorationshttp://stamplorations.blogspot.com/2015/02/caseplorations.html
has a great new challenge on their site. It is called CASEplorations. This is Julie's CASE card.

I wanted to use the same elements Julie had used like white space, gold thread, splatters, pink frosting, sequins, black banner and dots. I also wanted to make it mine so here is what I did. I used pink frosting and red sequin hearts. The gold thread is the candle flame and circle on the banner. The splatters are in the white space and the dots circling the cupcake. There is a black banner and then black paper under the cupcake. Because Julie is know for using an unexpected element, I added a glitzy heart on the banner and stamped happy birthday. Are there any elements I missed?

Maybe a cupcake would help supports:

Eureka Stampshttp://eurekastamps.blogspot.com/2015/02/eureka-stamps-challenge-124-pink-red.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EurekaRubberStamps+%28Eureka+Rubber+Stamps%29
The Crafter's Cafehttp://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2015/02/challenge-102-birthday-card.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheCraftersCafeBlogChallenge+%28The+Crafter%27s+Cafe+Blog+Challenge%29
Seize the Birthday http://seizethebirthday.blogspot.com/2015/01/anything-goes.html

DL Art http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2015/02/dlart-february-linky-challenge.html