Cherry Cobbler, Vanilla & Gold Valentine

I love the Cherry Cobbler color SU added to the core color families! It is a lovely, deep red that pairs well with the Very Vanilla and Gold Heat Embossing, Brads & Smooch Spritz used here.

There's a special technique shown here too - Faux Embossing - do you see it? It's the tone-on-tone Heart to Heart XL Punches that are Smooched Gold at the bottom of the card front. It's a neat technique that looks different depending on the color you use for it. I added the Gold Smooch Spritz to set off the gold heat embossed (and popped up on Dimensionals) sentiment and brads. The Scallop Trim Corner Punch, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon and lightly sponging of Cherry Cobbler around the focal image layer give the finishing touches to this lovely design. The focal image is in the Occasions Mini Catalog - Be My Valentine single stamp.
ENJOY!

Love Birds in Riding Hood Red

Two cards of the same layout but in different shapes. The card on the left uses Very Vanilla, Riding Hood Red and Basic Black and Basic Pearls and is meant for the SU Small Open-Ended Envelope, while the one the right uses Whisper White, Riding Hood Red & Basic Black and Basic Rhinestones in the standard size card. Both use the I {Love} Love Jumbo Wheel and the stamp set Love You Much., along with three punches: Decorative Label, XL Oval and Heart to Heart. Dimensionals pop up the love bird layered image, and there is a piece of Basic Black Satin Ribbon under it. ENJOY!

Vanilla Valentine

I saw a design similar to this done by a fellow demonstrator and wanted to make one too - it's just so elegant all in Very Vanilla!

I used the Big Shot and the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, along with Very Vanilla Craft Ink and Clear Embossing Powder and my SU Heat Tool. A few Basic Pearls (self-adhesive - woohoo!) and some sleek Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon.

I know it's hard to see in this picture - so TRY it yourself and see just how elegant all Very Vanilla, or even all Whisper White is. ENJOY!

Sweetheart Card

I designed this for a challenge from the GinaK Designs January Release party over at SCS. The challenge was to create a Valentine WITHOUT using red or pink. Good challenge, as it makes us think outside our creativity box, eh? Besides red, pink and white - what is the next thing I think of for St. Valentine's Day? Why - CHOCOLATE of course! heehee So I chose Stampin' Up! Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla and Brushed Gold as my color combination.


I used several GinaK stamp sets - all designed by Melanie Muenchinger - "Little Tees" for hers, "Just So Sporty" for his both heat embossed using SU! Gold emobssing Powder. For the sentiment, I used the "Hand-in-Hand" stamp set and my SU! Chocolate Chip Stampin' Write Marker to 'omit' and be able to only stamp the words I wanted. My Big Shot (SU!) made it easy peasy to use the Heart and Classic Petite Oval Nestabilities.

I finished off my embellishing with the SU! Eyelet Border Punch and some retired, gold, narrow organdy ribbon. SU! Dimensionals pop up the layered sentiment and the gold bow. ENJOY!

Love You Much Valentine

Here is another design using the Card Positioning Systems Sketch #148. I adore the simplicity of this sketch because it can be done quickly, and yet also holds such possibilities for variety in it's interpretation. Just check out their website to see what I mean!

For this all Stampin' Up! design, I used the stamp set "Love You Much" for the focal image, with the Scallop circle and 1 1/4" Circle Punches to layer it. Then popped it up on Dimensionals. The Full Heart & Heart to Heart Punches embellish the Top Note Die (works in Big Shot, Cuttlebug and other similar die cutting machines!). A strip of Melon Mambo Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon adds to the fun. Colord are Melon Mambo, Basic Black & Whisper White. I love the striking contrast of this color trio. ENJOY!

Love You Much Card

This is a design I did today for Chat & Challenge #225 over at Sudsol (SU! demonstrator only website). And no, I wasn't the host this time! (I will be on Thursday again though.) I've been playing along with and hosting C&C's for a few years now. Sketch challenges are wonderful for kick starting your creative juices!

For this all Stampin' Up! design, I chose Whisper White as my base layer, and dry embossed it with the swirls side of the Texturz Plate "Perect Details" in the Big Shot. Then, I took my Two Way Glue Pen and highlighted all the swirls and sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds Glitter on them to create my sparkly background. The finishing touch to the base layer is the Rose Red sponging around the edges.

All images on this design are from the stamp set "Love You Much" - a wonderful stamp set for all your 'love' needs! The focal image was inked using Stampin' Write Markers in Rose Red & Bravo Burgundy, then colored in with Regal Rose using a Blender Pen, and finally sponged around the edges with Rose Red.

The hearts were punched out using the Full Heart and Heart to Heart Punches. The Heart to heart Punch coordinates perfectly with the heart trio stamp image in "Love You Much", as well as in the NEW "I {Heart} Hearts" stamp set now available (in both wood mounted AND clear mount!) in the Occasions Mini Catalog. Some of the hearts are popped up on Dimensionals. ENJOY!

Sweethearts Card

Okay - these last couple of days have turned out to be awesome for me for papercrafting time! Woohoo! Have you noticed all the new Nestabilities shapes I've been using? (Yay for my birthday and Christmas gifts from CreativePlayStamps!) My Big Shot from Stampin' Up! makes it so easy to use these.

So I decided not to wait on my blog posts - let's just say I'm catching up for all the time between the pre-Christmas posts. Maybe I'll be able to keep up after this? Um, probably not! lol anyway - I hope you all are enjoying all these designs and finding a little inspiration for your own Mojo too! (I'd love to see what you are creating, so feel free to leave links to your gallery or blog in my Comments section.)

This design is for Melanie Muenchinger's Blog Hop celebrating her two years as a stamp designer. Participants may use any of her stamp sets from these past couple of years AND she's got lots of blog candy opportunities! I own several of her sets, but so far I think this one is my favorite - "Hand in Hand". Both the focal image and the sentiment come from this stamp set.

I used Stampin' Up! Bravo Burgundy and Very Vanilla and a retired DSP. Also the SU! Modern Label and Word Window Punches. The ribbon is retired SU! Wine Narrow Organdy Ribbon. My 'special touch' for this design is the Atyou Garnet Spica Glitter Pen I used to give a subtle, dark, sparkling border around the DSP layer, the sentiment the focal heart layer and the swirls on the DSP. The Garnet matches well with the Bravo Burgundy. I wish you could see the subtle sparkle - it's so pretty! - but it wouldn't scan or show up with my camera. Guess you'll just have to trust me! heehee ENJOY!

A Peanuts St. Valentine's Day

Phew! It's been crazy - but I'm back with a few things to share over the next couple of days - Wahoo! These were the St. Valentine's Day cards I made for my kidlets. We all adore Charlie Brown & the Peanuts Gang in our home - so when I saw this cute Snoopy Be My Valentine stamp over at CreativePlayStamps, I had to get it. The kidlets will enjoy using it all year long! I also dug out my poor, neglected Copic Markers just to get them in my hands again even though this was just your average, basic coloring. These Copics write so smoothly, even basic coloring is more fun! :) I also used the NEW SU! punch called Eyelet Border. All colored card stock is SU!. White card stock is Paper Trey Ink.

What did you do to celebrate St. Valentine's Day? Steve &I actually went out Thursday evening while the kids were out at the Lipizanner Stallion show. So on Saturday - we watched Charlie Brown Valentine and made homemade heart-shaped pizza (thos epics will hopefully be on our family/homeschool blog soon! ENJOY!