i {heart} you

Hiya! Is it hot enough out there?! Goodness gracious. I don't know about where some of y'all live, but its been in the upper 90's here and that is just gross. Anyway!

Yesterday was my 3rd wedding anniversary! So crazy that we've hit three years already. My mister has been out of town for a few days and so it was especially nice to get him back yesterday! I have a hard time making cards for him ... maybe its something about liking to use ribbons and pinks and stuff ... but I thought I'd share a Valentine's Day card that I had made for a call.
Some cute paper on this one ... that I had actually gotten for free - even better! :-) I used this card as a sketch ... really like this layout a lot. I covered a chipboard heart with red polka dotted paper and sanded the edges a bit. Otherwise, its a pretty quick and easy card to make. :-)

Well, I am headed to the kitchen to scare up something for dinner! Thanks for stopping by! :-)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Key to My Heart (Practicing Creativity)
Ink: Pure Poppy, Chamomile (PTI)
Paper: Vintage Cream (PTI); Blooming Love, Rock & Roll Heart, Heart of the Matter all from Love Me Do line (My Mind's Eye)
Other: ribbon (PTI); chipboard heart (Darice); corner rounder punch (EK Success)

Boy oh Boy!

Hiya! Sorry to be gone a few days ... been busy catching up on some letter shirt orders. But I did get crafty a little bit in between shirts. One of my good friends from college is expecting her second little boy and there was a shower in her honor last weekend. Of course, I had to make a card! :-) Here's what I came up with ...I started with the super fun argyle stamps from Practicing Creativity. (Who knew I'd be able to use a love-themed stamp set for a baby boy shower card!?) The little rocking horse and sentiment are from Amuse's Baby Wishes set. Such fun little images in that set.

I also made a quilt ... I decided about 6:30 the night before to whip one up. A little risky on my part, but it was worth it and I did finish just in the nick of time! I will share it in a post later this week. Its really cute if I do say so myself.

Well, its been a long week and I am dying to ink up some stamps and make some projects, so I will sign off and be back tomorrow! :-)

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Key to My Heart (Practicing Creativity); Baby Wishes (Amuse)
Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip; PTI Hawaiian Shores, Chai; Copic markers
Paper: PTI Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate, Kraft
Other: Satin ribbon (Offray)

Hey Friend

Hey Friend! Happy Friday!

This past week has been pretty busy, but I managed to squeeze in a quick card the other night. I really like these little 3.5 x 5 cards. Just a cute size for a quick note. I started with a scrap of white and stamped it with some pink polka dots. This new pigment ink is something I am still working on mastering, but the uneven coverage is awesome for vintage looks! LOL Anywho, I added some Chamomile ink around the edges and stamped the sentiment. I love this font combination from Practicing Creativity! Then it was some felt embellishments and that was it. Quick and easy!

That's about it for now! Hope you've all had a great week and have a fun and/or relaxing weekend ahead!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: PTI Polka Dots Basics I; Practicing Creativity - Key to My Heart
Ink: PTI Sweet Blush, Chamomile; SU! Chocolate Chip
Paper: PTI White, Aqua Mist
Other: SU! Sweet Pea Stitched Felt embellishments

Quick & Simple Valentines

Happy almost Friday! Going to be a long day today since we have open house tonight. Fortunately, now that teach closer to home, I won't have to stay at work between the last class and open house ... since a 14 hour day is no fun. At least tomorrow is Friday! :-)

I will be honest and say I should've started Valentine's day cards in like November (haha!), but I didn't and so I was running out of time in order to make cards for all the friends I wanted to acknowledge. So, I decided to keep it simple with some cute patterned paper. Here's my mass produced card ... This card is 3 x 5.25. A cute little size and that way I can get 12 pieces out of my one sheet of patterned paper! This cute paper is from Bo Bunny's "Love Bandit" line. Add a little brown mat and a stamped sentiment on foam tape, a bow and viola! Easy, cute cards to mail off.

The sentiment is from a cute set called Key to My Heart from Practicing Creativity. I talked about it here a few days ago. This time, I colored over my red stamped heart with a glue pen and glitzed it up. Just a little something to make this simple card seem a little more special. I love how these turned out and hope they bring a smile to some friends' faces over the next couple days!

Thanks for checking in! Have a great day! :-)

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Practicing Creativity - Key to My Heart
Ink: SU! Chocolate Chip; PTI Pure Poppy
Paper: PTI Kraft, Dark Chocolate, White; Patterned Paper - Bo Bunny "Love Bandit" line
Other: Glitter - Stampendous; ribbon - Wrights twill tape; foam tape

Key to My Heart

Hi yall! Back today with another card using Practicing Creativity's "Key to My Heart" set. I talked about this set in yesterday's post and mentioned the great argyle background building stamps in the set. Here's my first go at creating the argyle and I will definitely be going back to these stamps!I have been using this sketch a lot ... and you'll set it at least one more time later this week ... sorry! But its so easy and since I like making backgrounds its even easier! In the same way I made yesterday's card, I stamped the background, distressed it and layered it over a distressed red mat. The sentiment was made by stamping the key and then overstamping with the sentiment. Again with the distressing and adhering with foam tape. I added another dangling heart-shaped lock by stamped the lock, cutting it out and adding it to the bow with some twine. I really love how this turned out. :-)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Practicing Creativity - Key to My Heart
Ink: PTI Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, Chai, Chamomile
Paper: PTI Kraft, Pure Poppy, Vintage Cream
Other: PTI Pure Poppy Stitched ribbon, twine

i heart you

Hey y'all! Busy week so far at my real job ... lots of meetings, an open house on Thursday, etc. So I haven't had time to make a whole lot in the past few days. But I did get a chance to play with a set of stamps from a new company called Practicing Creativity. This set is Courtney's first set and its called "Key to My Heart" and is a great value at only $12.99 for the set. I love the little keys and the argyle background builder (which I will show later this week)!

Here's one of the cards that I made using the "i (heart) u" sentiment. The heart is a separate stamp, so it was really easy to make this patterned background. I did use two different size hearts as well ... love these heart shapes! So fun.
Once I made my paper, I trimmed it, distressed it and mounted it on a piece of distressed red card stock. The key image was stamped on a scrap and then overstamped with the "i heart you" sentiment. I distressed the edges and added this on foam tape for dimension. I also stamped the heart-shaped lock and hung it from the sentiment with twine before attaching the sentiment to the card. I love how the heart lock dangles on the card.

What do you think of this new set? I think I will certainly be using it again and again ... and for more than just Valentine's day cards. Courtney, the owner of Practicing Creativity, also just released a new set called "You're Dandy," which looks really fun too!

Thanks for visiting today! I will be sharing more Valentines (and more Practicing Creativity cards) later this week! See you then!

Supplies Used:
Stamps: Practicing Creativity "Key to My Heart"
Ink: PTI Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, Chai, Chamomile
Paper: PTI Kraft, Pure Poppy, Vintage Cream
Other: twine, foam tape