Clean and simple Valentine

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Pets to Go

Hello crafty people! Just a quick post today to show you a very simple and quick valentine card. It took about 5 minutes total.

It consists of washi tape, a heart die and computer generated sentiment. I put some musical washi tape on a piece of scrap cardstock and cut the heart die out of it.

I put foam tape on the back of the die cut to pop it up and added this to a panel that I had printed the sentiment on and used a stitched rectangle die to cut it out. Since the washi tape is in brown tones I matted the front panel with some kraft cardstock.

This could be easily done with any heart die, and using a musical score stamp if you don’t have washi tape.

Thanks for stopping by today!

I Brake For….Love Text Background & More!

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Pets to Go

Hello my fellow stampers and welcome to Wednesday with I Brake For Stamps. I’m all about Love and Valentines today!

I used three different stamps on this card and proved to myself that almost any stamp can be made into a Valentine if you use red and white paper and ink. Take a look at the heart details in the photo below.

I cut out 3 heart shapes (Silhouette cut files) on red and white paper. Then used three different stamps:

The largest heart has the Love Text Background stamp found here: I stamped it with a bold red ink.

The smaller white heart uses the Buttercups stamp – found here. It almost has a toile feel to it. The same red ink was used.

The small red heart was stamped with the Large Flower Background stamp found here – using versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.

Take a look at your floral and background stamps and see how they look stamped on a heart shape!

The word “love” is a silhouette cut file as well. The background is a heart embossing folder

Now, the pillow box – this was so easily done I should make more of these. The file is a silhouette cut file. I used the Love Text Background stamp and embossed it in white. Here is a close up of the design without the ribbon. This is so pretty – it would be perfect for a wedding favor as well.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Head on over to the IBFS store – there are a ton of Love/Valentine stamps available and I know you will find something to your liking!

I Brake For…Loves Me!

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Pets to Go

Hello friends and welcome to Wednesday and I Brake For Stamps! Take a look at this little guy and tell me it’s not love at first sight!!

Is that not the cutest face! The stamp and sentiment are from the adorable Carmen Medlin Curiosities line. This one is called Loves Me and can be found here. It is also part of a larger set called Curiosities Set 3 found here.

I colored him with mostly red copics. I used a rounded stitched rectangle die for the front panel, an EK success punch for the mat and a cute heart embossing folder for the background. I thought the heart embossing folder was perfect for this set – I’ve had it in my stash for awhile and never used it. And take a look at that little bow – it’s a two part die that was a bit difficult working with those little pieces to put it together!

I hope you hop on over to the IBFS store – take a look at the entire Carmen Medlin line for some great stamps. Use code SAVE10NANCY for 10% off your order.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

love blooms

Posted on January 22, 2017 by Pets to Go

Hello my creative and crafty friends! I hope you are all doing well. It’s getting to the end of January and that means love is in the air! Everywhere you look there are hearts and flowers and all things related to Valentine’s Day. My husbands birthday is only 9 days after Valentine’s Day so I have double duty in February for card making.

Now…how do you get the most out of your stamps? How about taking a Christmas image and turning it into one for Valentine’s Day? Here is my card where I did just that:

The image is from Power Poppy’s Simple Joys Christmas set, but I made a little modification to turn it into a Valentine. Take a side by side look at the original image and my version:

When I stamped the original image I inked up everything but the round ornaments – yes it was a little difficult to work my marker in between those branches but I did it! Once I stamped it without the ornaments I penciled in some hearts, then went over them with a fine point marker. After that it was just a matter of coloring the image in – I used copics – and putting everything together. You can’t tell from the photo but I added a little sparkle to the white berries with a stardust gel pen.

So turning this image from Christmas to Valentine worked for me. And you could even do an Easter theme by drawing ovals instead of hearts.

I’m submitting this card over on the Power Poppy monthly “warm up” challenge – details found HERE.

I hope you can take a look at your stamp collection and see what other possibilities they may bring.

Thanks for stopping by today.

pink and grey

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Pets to Go

I think using grey as a neutral color is often better than black. Grey is softer and looks so lovely with everything. I chose grey here and paired it with some light pinks for this CAS love card.

The sentiment is from Mark’s Finest Papers Love Remains set and is stamped in Palette charcoal. The hearts are a sizzix die and embossed with a cuttlebug folder. The patterned paper is from Memory Box’s Gossamer collection. The pearls on the hearts were white but I colored them with a grey copic marker.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

bleach it out

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Pets to Go

It’s been awhile since I did a bleach technique on a card, so while the laundry is going today this was the perfect time to “bleach it out”! Here is the card:

I stamped the rose with versamark and embossed it with black embossing powder. Then I applied bleach with a small brush within the embossed lines. Once dry, the bleach had removed most of the color of the cardstock – leaving a white base on which to apply color. I used water based markers in green and peach to add the color.

On the base of the card is designer paper from Basic Grey’s Ambrosia line. I also stamped a leaf image with versamark ink in the background.

The cardstock is from Mark’s Finest Papers and is called Florida Peach and works well with the bleach technique. Some cardstocks do not so you will want to test a small sample first if you want to try this.

The images are from Mark’s Finest Papers as well – from the Love Remains set.

Thanks for stopping by today!

pretty in blue

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Pets to Go

I know it’s February and so many cards are in shades of pink and red, but I thought I would change it up a bit with a valentine card in blue and white!

The image and sentiment are from Mark’s Finest Papers – I love this image. It was colored with several shades of copic markers in the B family on copic x-press it card stock. The blue cardstock is called Dark Night Navy and is gorgeous! It is also from MFP!

Nestabilites dies were used for all the cutouts. A cuttlebug embossing folder was used to create the background.

Thanks for stopping by today! Go Patriots!!

sunny monday

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Pets to Go

What a beautiful day it is today here in sunny Florida! We are having our usual wonderful warm weather and I have a bright sunny card for today!

The images are from the newly released You Are Cherished set from Mark’s Finest Papers. I love this black-eyed susan image and have several already colored in different shades. This one is the more traditional yellow and orange shades – it was colored with various YR copic markers.

The green and patterned paper are from Basic Grey’s Kioshi line. The gorgeous yellow paper and ribbon are from Mark’s Finest Papers – called Morning Sun and it is a rich and vibrant yellow!

I also used an SU corner punch, a Martha Stewart border punch and a button and brad from my stash.

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Mark’s Finest Papers January Release – Day 4

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Pets to Go

Hello! Welcome to Mark’s Finest Papers a Heinrich Company’s January Blog Hop!

This month’s New Stamp Set Releases are

Love Remains Featured January 17
Cowgirls Rule Featured January 18
Sending Happy Thoughts Featured January 19
You Are Cherished Featured January 20

It’s the final day of release week and I am happy to show you my card made with one of the images from the You Are Cherished set. The set contains two floral images in a heart shape and several sentiments. In this card I used the pansies image stamped in Memento Grape ink then sponged with Memento Dandelion. The base card is make with MFP’s Scrambled Eggs cardstock and pretty satin center organza ribbon. A cuttlebug embossing folder was used for the background. The purple pearls started out white but I colored them with a violet copic marker.

Please hop along with us! You have a chance to win one of the above stamp sets! Just comment on the following blogs (don’t forget this one), each day for more chances to win! (You do NOT have to comment on all the blogs each day! The names are drawn randomly!)We will announce all four winners on January 21, 2012 on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog. You can go back and comment if you missed a day. (HINT: The more you comment, the more chances you have to win!) The winners will be chosen at 11PM EST on Friday January 20, 2012.

Lois
Vicky
Anne
Pat G.
Karen H.
Patty P.
Mary
Dawn M.
Marilynn
Chrissy
Karen K.
Pam
Debbie
Nancy – you are here!
Bonnie
Harriet
Kathy
Silvia
Brenda
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Mark’s Finest Papers New Release – Day 1 and blog candy!

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Pets to Go