7 more cards for Valentine's Day.

As I mentioned in my last post I had fun making a whole bunch of Valentine's Day cards a couple of weeks ago and I am back again to share some more from that weekend.

I have to say that the first one is one of my absolute favourites.

Cardstock - Bazzill. Patterned paper and die cuts - Crate 

Paper. Stamps and die - Lawn Fawn. Enamel dots - hand 

made. Twine - American Crafts.

I love it so much that I don't think that I can part with it. It's all in the small details, the matching die cuts, the roller skate ticket, the punny sentiment and I had fun 'lacing' the boot too!

I need no excuses to make a shaker card!

Cardstock and glitter paper - American Crafts. Patterned paper 

and ribbon- Doodlebug Design. Die - Lawn Fawn. Colouring 

medium - Promarker. Heart sprinkles - Cake shop. Nested 

heart cut file #23523 - Silhouette America.

I nested 3 hearts and then separated them in Silhouette Studio and cut them from white, red and pink paper. I then glued the 3 panels together to create the nested heart. Sprinkles from the cake store made a fun shaker addition, as did some very old Doodlebug paper and ribbon. I cut the Scripty love die from a foam sheet so it would pop on the front of the card.

As I said, no excuse for a shaker!

Cardstock - Bazzill. Die - Lawn Fawn. Sentiment font Paprika #40924 

- Silhouette America. Shaker contents - Poundland.

This was super simple to make. I cut an A2 panel and ran it through my silhouette machine with the sketch pen setting to create the sentiment, I then die cut the word 'love' with my Lawn Fawn die, the panel was then mounted on acetate and foam tape. The contents were purchased at my local Poundland in the nail art section, I love the scale of the sequins.

Do you ever rediscover things that you forgot you owned in your craft room? C'mon, I know I am not alone and I do it an unhealthy number of times a month too :/ In this instance it was the stamp set.

Cardstock - Bazzill. Stamps - Wplus9. Dies - Wplus9, Avery Elle.

I like how fresh and clean the card feels compared to some of the others I have made.

I purchased the heart acetate on this card many moons ago and this is the first time I have used it.

Cardstock - Hero Arts. Acetate - Anna Griffin. Patterned paper - Amy 

Tangerine. Ribbon - Doodlebug Design. Stickers - Accessorize.

And sometimes clean and simple is what's needed.

Cardstock - Bazzill. Patterned paper - My Minds Eye. Dies - 

Paper Smooches, Lawn Fawn. Glitter paper - American Crafts.

and sometimes I like things pastel and frou-frou!

Cardstock - Bazzill. Patterned paper - Prima. Sentiment 

panel - Crafty Secrets. Flowers - Hobbycrafts, Crate Paper.

Decorative pin - Dainty Paperie.

Shabby chic is not my usual style but it worked well with the sentiment.

What's your favourite occasion to craft for? As you can see one of mine is Valentine's Day, closely followed by Easter, I love the springy colours and soft pastels.

Thanks for reading,
Ang.

6 Cards for Valentine's Day

I had a blast a couple of weeks ago making Valentine's Day cards, I think it must be one of my most favourite occasions.

I had the idea in my head for this one for quite a while and was happy with how it came together, I just hope my husband likes it!

Patterned paper - Crate Paper. Dies - Avery Elle, Paper Smooches. 

Font - Automobile. Glitter paper - American Crafts. Stickers - Accessorize.

I cut the title from AC glitter paper with my trusty Silhouette and it cuts like a dream. You can usually find it Oct-Feb in TK Maxx/Homesense in a 12x12 mix pack, it rocks!

Cardstock - Bazzill. Paper elements - Crate Paper. Heart viewfinder 

cut file #53828 - Silhouette America. Brad - American Crafts.

I made this one first, I had seen the heart viewmaster cut file and just knew that I wanted to incorporate it on a card somehow and I liked making it so much I had to do it again...

Cardstock - Bazzill. Patterned paper - Crate Paper. Paper elements - 

Crate Paper, My Minds Eye. Brad - American Crafts. 'Spin Me' stamp 

- Papertrey Ink. Heart stickers - K&Co.

I was pleased to discover I owned the 'spin me' stamp in my Papertrey Ink Movers and Shakers sentiments set.

I had forgotten that I owned this set and I am looking forward to making some more interactive cards in the future.

I love virtually every Crate Paper release, Emma's Shoppe from 2011 is no exception. I have hoarded quite a bit of paper from this line and it was fun to use it on the next library themed card.

Cardstock - Bazzill. Patterned paper - Emma's Shoppe and Love 

Notes, Crate Paper. Stamps - Papertrey Ink. Dies - Papertrey Ink,

Lawn Fawn, Lil Inker, Mama Elephant. Glitter paper - American 
Crafts. 4x6 library pocket cut file #47236 - Silhouette America.

 This is using some very old paper by K&Co, I just love the cute little plaques.

Cardstock - American Crafts. Patterned paper - My Minds Eye, 

K&Co. Stickers - Papermania, Accessorize. Glitter pen - Sakura. 

Ribbon - Dainty Paperie.

I wasn't happy with this card for a while, originally I had the 'happy' banner over the red glitter heart and it left the sentiment floating in too much space, I was able to peel it off and move it to it's new position and I like it a lot more.

Cardstock - Hero Arts. Patterned paper - Crate Paper. Glitter 

paper - American Crafts. Dies - Paper Smooches. Letter stickers 

- Recollections. Heart and banner cut file #54405 - Silhouette 

America. Stickers - K&Co.

Thanks for reading, I hope you have seen something that tickles your fancy. I'll be back on Friday with 7 more Valentine's Day cards so check back soon!

Ang.

Keeping it simple

Today I have a couple of cards to share, the first one was created for both the CAS-ual Fridays CFC126: Colour Blocks and 52 Cards Challenge - Pale, Glitter, Love and the second was a way to use up the scraps from the first card. I love it when that happens!

This cluster of hearts caught my eye in the Silhouette store, I was originally going to go with reds and pinks in the aperture but the 52 cards challenge helped to change my mind. I do enjoy more clean and simple designs at the moment and this is one of my favourites.

I could not throw away the die cut hearts from the middle so went with a simple cluster and embossed sentiment. Valentines Day will soon be upon us, I really need to make some more cards!

Thanks for reading,
Ang.

Edited 11th September - The design is circle hearts by Kristen Magee, Design ID #25156 available from the Silhouette store.