Valentine

     Just a quick post today. It's 6*F here in Rochester with a wind chill of -16*F, Burrr……
Par for the course in Upstate New York.
     Todays card is a very quick and easy card that I created in about 30 minutes.
I started with Neenah Solar white #110 CS.  I cut 4 Heart flourishes from red CS and one from masking paper. I stacked the 4 red on top of each other and set it aside. Then I placed the mask on the front of my card positioning from top to bottom and to the right edge. Using my Make-up brushes and distress ink I shaded the area over the mask leaving white space to the left and bottom right of the mask. Then I splattered the area over the mask, leaving the top left white for my sentiment.

I removed the Mask and placed the stacked die cut over the white space left by the mask. I stamped the sentiment using my Misti and added a 1/4" piece of the red CS to the left edge for balance. I also stamped Happy Valentine's Day in the bottom right corner. 
     As usual for me I brought the die to the inside of the card, by placing the mask over the inside corner and shading with distress ink, and added a heart left over from the 4 I cut.

A simple quick card for my 15 year old Granddaughter, Gabby. 

Products used for this card:

Impression Obsession die #126-U

Impression Obsession sentiment More Today #C14534

Neenah solar white #110 CS

Altenew Apple Red CS #ALT1664

Altenew Permanent Black ink

Ranger distress ink (worn Lipstick & Fired Brick

Misti

I will be entering this card in these challenges:

Impression Obsession Challenge-All about love

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge-Anything Goes

crafty Creations Challenge- Anything Goes

Dragonfly Journeys Challenge- I Heart You

   

Heartfelt Thank You

Hello crafty friends,
      Happy New Year! I hope 2019 proves to be a wonderful year for everyone.
      It's been a very busy 9 months. I won't bore you with details but I have neglected my blog for to long, so here goes.
      Todays card is a Thank you card using Altenew's, Delicate Primrose stamp and die set. I love Primroses, they are almost always in bloom. Mine have even bloomed in mid-winter when the weather warms a bit. They are such bright and delicate little blooms and they always put a smile on my face.

This Clean and Simple card is the first I've made with this set and I love it. 

First I stamped the flowers on masking paper and then used the masks to layout my pattern. I took a picture with my phone to remember the placement, then I stamped all the leaves directly on to my Neenah  card stock. I used a separate piece of card stock to stamp the flowers using Altenew inks. Then I used my Delicate Primrose dies and cut them out. I adhered the red and orange flowers directly to the card front using my Xyron, then I adhered the blue flower with dimensional adhesive.

I added a little shading of Mango Smoothie ink with my makeup brushes. I backed the 41/4" x 53/8" paper with foam and adhered to an A-2 Blue #110 card base. 

I also finished the inside with a blue flower and a few leaves. I really love to incorporate something from the front of the card on the inside of the card. I think it give a nice finished look. I usually do the envelope too.

Supplies used:

Altenew-Delicate Primrose Stamps and Dies

Altenew Oval Inks

Recollections #110 card stock

Neenah #110 Solar white card stock

Inkadinkado masking paper

Xyron Create a Sticker 250

Score Tape

3-M dimensional tape

Fun Foam

I will be entering this card into these challenges:

https://altenewblog.com/2019/01/02/january-2019-inspiration-challenge/

 

Thank you for stopping by, 

God Bless,

Karen

   

Just Because

Hello,
     I hope everyone had a safe and delicious Thanksgiving and are on your way to a wonderful Christmas. Mine was filled with friends and family, laughter, love and lots of pie. LOL
     It's a beautiful fall day here in Rochester, NY but I had to get in my craft room and get my cards done for some challenges. So here goes.
     My card today is really just a throw together card, meaning; I had some flowers in my stash that I  made quite a while ago and hadn't used yet. I do this with all my stamp sets when first get them. This gives me lots of pretty flowers when I need a card fast.
     I started with a plain piece of Neenah #110 card stock and my distress inks. Using a blender and Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge and Vintage Photo I added the colors to the top and left side of my card which was cut to 4 x 51/4" and stamped my sentiment, Altenew Sketchy Floral, 3/4 of the way down on the right. Then using dimensional tape I added the flowers and leaves from my Altenew set Garden Treasures, from my premade stash. Gems are from Pretty pink Posh.
     This card took me about 10minutes to make and I love it! hope you do too.

I will be entering this card in:

Altenew November 2017 Inspiration Challenge

Thanks for stopping by,

God Bless,

Karen