A couple more valentines….

Before you ask—yes, I’m almost done! Maybe I’ll even spare you from the last two or three I’m going to make! I am going to make you suffer through the two I made this morning, though!!! Neither one is anything really special. It’s kind of hard to mess them up when you’re using Basic Grey papers!!!

Here’s the first one that uses Basic Grey Blush and Splitcoaststampers sketch SC243:

Here’s the second one that uses Basic Grey Porcelain and this week’s Splitcoaststampers sketch, SC266:

Now I need to find something to eat—I put some chicken curry in the crock pot this morning, and the smell is making me hungry!!!

GC41 and other ramblings…

Whew! What a day!!! Unfortunately, I didn’t play nearly as much as I wanted today! When I woke up to this out the back door…

…and talk on the news about snow emergencies, etc., I thought I would have a nice quiet day to play. Instead, I spent the morning e-mail flirting with my Alabama boy toy (Chester, you know who you are!) and the afternoon with company and then on the phone for an hour and a half. So, the card that should have taken me not-very-long to put together ended up taking all day. That’s OK—e-mail flirting is fun and it’s always good to have company and there’s always tomorrow to play!!

I’m trying to get all my valentines done this weekend. Here’s the one I did get done, and I’m also using it for an entry in the GC41 Chestnut Challenge, Romance. This is just the first of my entries for this challenge—I’m sure I’ll have lots!!!

This also uses the Splitcoaststampers sketch SC207. I hope to be back tomorrow with more valentines and a birthday card for my dad, who turns 79 on Valentine’s Day. Til then, have a good evening!

Quick post…

I did another Valentine that came together pretty quickly. This one is for my nephew.

I know it doesn’t look much like a Valentine—not a heart in sight! The inside sentiment is cute, though. It says, “I’m a-tractored to you.” Let me know what you think! The sketch used here is SC247 from Splitcoaststampers.

Bad poetry…

Before anyone says a word, I know I’m not a good poet!!!! Having said that, I’m still kind of proud of the corny little verse I composed for my niece's Valentine. Take a look:

Front

  
Pages 2 and 3

 
Pages 4 and 5

 
Back

I think it needs more embellishments, but am not sure what to do. Any ideas???

This is for my 10-year-old niece. She loves to stamp and make stuff. As a toddler, her favorite things to play with were wrapping paper and scotch tape! She’s gone to Stampaway USA here in Cincinnati for the last two years—two years ago with me, and last year with her mom. Do you think that could be considered “contributing to the delinquency of a minor?” LOL!! Anyway, I think she’ll like this.

Another Valentine…

Have you figured out yet that I love to make Valentines? I guess it’s kind of silly—a 50 year old woman giving Valentines to all her friends and family—but it’s so much fun!!! It makes me feel like a kid again. Don’t you remember being in grade school and cutting a hole in the top of a shoe box, decorating it, and taking it to school to be your Valentine mailbox? I guess part of me has never grown up!!!

So—here’s another Valentine I made last night. I’m loving the Artistic Outpost Geek is Chic set—this is my second Valentine using it!

Of course, the inside sentiment is the “I {heart} nerds” stamp! Let me know what you think.

I’m off to make one or two more Valentines today in between doing laundry! Oh—and if you wondered, my nephew liked his sock monkey birthday card!

***EDIT***
I forgot to mention—the card sketch I used is from Splitcoaststampers—SC252.

No stamping required…

I was at my friend Wendy’s house Friday night for a “play date,” and we were looking through the Splitcoaststampers sketch challenges. I came across this one and my mind went completely blank, so I decided yesterday to challenge myself and try to make a card using it. (You see my masochistic tendencies coming out her, don’t you? LOL) This is in keeping with the Valentine theme I’m into right now. Let me know what you think about this non-stamping card!!!

I’m in love…

…with this card!!!!!! I’ve been piddling around with this card all day, and have to say I love it!!! It has such a vintage-y/shabby chic feel, tons of layers, and lots of embellishments. Not sure who will get this one. Guess I can’t give it to myself??? :-) Let me know what you think!

Love is in the air…

I don’t know about you, but I love to make Valentines. Next to Halloween, Valentine’s Day is my favorite card making holiday! So, I’m getting a head start and making some Valentines. The two I’m sharing here use non-traditional Valentine colors and my two favorite heart stamps. I hope you like them!!

The first one uses SC261, this week’s card sketch from Splitcoaststampers and is my favorite 6” x 6” card size.

This one uses SC260 from SCS. I got some nice kraft cardstock the other day that’s 8.5” x 14”, so  I decided to do a 4 1/4” x 7” card. It was kind of a challenging size to work with! For some reason, the colors didn’t photograph well on this one. The heart is embossed with Ranger’s Verdi Gris embossing powder on kraft cardstock, and neither is quite this bright. The trim is not orange, either, but more of a dark kraft color. Not sure I’ll ever get this whole photo thing figured out!!! Anyway, hope you like them, and look forward to many more during the coming month!

If you’re looking for any other inspiration, check out Ink Stains with Roni—she’s just started some tutorials for making a calendar out of CDs. It looks like fun—I’m going to try and play along and I hope you do, too.

If you had the last week off work like I did, enjoy your last day of freedom tomorrow, because Monday is back to the grind!!!