Love Notes A2 Valentine Card

Hi and welcome!

We're having another brutally cold day so I'm holdup in my craft room with numerous cups of coffee. It's the only way to survive, right?

My retro Valentine card is A2 size side folding. The papers are once again from Graphic 45's Mon Amour 12x12 paper pad. Beneath the sweet image from my stash, is a kraft pocket with a small tag for additional note writing that's tied with crocheted lace. The card is embellished with red and white grosgrain ribbon, red I Am Roses blooms with leaves, some vintage ivory lace, a chipboard G45 tag tied with natural burlap string, a paper doily, and a gold glittered heart.

I hope you're warm and safe wherever you are, and having a wonderful time crafting. Don't forget the coffee!

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With Loving Thoughts Pocket Card

Hello my dear friends!

I'm back again with a pocket card with such a sweet image. I pulled this out of my Valentine stash, but I can't for the life of me remember where I purchased this. It might have even been a freebie for all I know. One thing for sure... it's a cutie! And accented in my favorite color... blue.

I purchased these new Prima Georgia Blues papers at Scrapbook Super Station in Butler when we took the hike over there earlier in the month. Of course I didn't get enough of them, and had to repeat the journey again yesterday. I got a couple packs of the collection flowers as well.

This flower is actually a vintage Prima that's been in my stash for ages. I've always loved these and have been hoarding them. I really need to downsize my flower stash, so I'm going to have to let go of some of these treasures. I changed the center of this one from stamens to an antique bronze ring topped with a Prima Say It In Crystals. The blue blooms are from Petaloo and the hot pink rosebuds are by I Am Roses. The foliage is by 49 And Market and some cut with a Tim Holtz Thinlits die. The lace is from Hobby Lobby.

The gold heart is a Prima chipboard sticker from the collection. The four inch paper doily is from my stash.

Hope you have a grand day and thanks for stopping by!

Valentine Pocket Card Forever & Always & Forever...

Hello and welcome!

I'm on a roll with Valentine cards. My head is full of ideas right now... for card making not writing this post. Have you noticed I write less and less. I've always been more of a listener instead of a talker and that translates over into my writing as well. What I really love is creating with paper. 

This pocket card is full of Graphic 45 goodness. The fact that you can make numerous cards using one paper pad and they look completely different is a huge plus. Here I went for the darker side choosing the black patterns and teaming them with red. I used my vintage ivory lace, I Am Roses flowers, and red satin ribbon to compliment them. For the doily I used a Sizzix Tim Holtz Thinlits die.

I made a tiny envelope from a scrap of the paper, stamping it with "love" and adding a teeny heart I cut using white glitter paper. Ahhhh... true bliss!!!

Enjoy the day, friends!

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Valentine Love Notes Pocket Card

Happy Monday friends!

It's a beautiful, crisp day in Ohio. Trying to stay warm here. I hope your temps are a bit higher than ours.

I have a Graphic 45 Valentine pocket card to show you. Lots of lace and paper doilies and hearts on this one. Isn't that the mark of a true Valentine? 

I added a glassine envelope with a pocket I attached to the front. In these I tucked three little tags. Lots of writing space on this card for love notes. Pearl trims abound along with this gorgeous lace.

I topped it all off with a lovely red organza bow.
Don't you just adore Valentine cards?
My very favorite!!!
Have a terrific day and thanks for stopping by!

When I Saw You I Fell in Love Valentine Pocket Card

Hello and welcome!

It's so hard to imagine that it's time to create Valentine cards again. I remember packing the hearts and papers away like it were yesterday. Valentines are one of my top cards to make. In order to prepare, I first pulled out everything I thought I could use and arranged it all on my desk... then into bins or dishes... and ending in a shallow wood crate along with odds and ends tucked in here and there. It's so much easier to work with everything before me.

Here is one I made using Graphic 45's Mon Amour collection. With some lace and fabric scraps I created an embellishment stack. I found this on A Trace of Sparkle. This gem of a project came from Jessica Rapp and one I can see being used on a zillion creations. I'm so happy I found these talented ladies.

I stamped the locket and chain with Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed it with Clear Ranger embossing powder. The flowers are an assortment from Prima collections.

For matts I used Bronze Matallic Kraft paper cut with Sizzix Thinlits Stitched Squares. The lace is vintage from my stash.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

Sun Sand and Sea Birthday Pocket Card

Happy Monday Friends!

I'm back today with the wrap-up of my Valentine's Day cards and a birthday card with a sea theme.

My pocket card is a mix of my vintage Creative Imaginations papers and the beautiful St, Tropez collection by Prima. I added in gold Metallic Kraft paper by Tim Holtz and champaign glitter paper from Hobby Lobby. The lovely blue velvety flowers with the gold beaded centers are part of the Prima ST collection.

Now for the final five of my Valentines for 2018. These were created almost entirely with my Simon Says Stamp January Monthly Card Kit.

I hope this is a wonderful week for you!

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A Birthday Card & Lots of Valentines

Hi there! I hope you're having a great weekend!
There are a bunch of cards here today to show you. Some more of my Valentine's Day cards, but first off, an A2 size, kraft based birthday card made with older papers from my stash in a variety of patterns. You might recognize the two top layers, which are Marion Smith designs. I put on one of the Tim Holtz Ornate Plates to house my sentiment, which was stamped using the vintage Scrappy Cats Birthday set. There are also some Prima Say It In Crystals and one of their timepieces. The flowers are by I Am Roses.
Now if you'd like to stick around, please feel free to check out the next five of the Valentines I created for my family using the Simon Says Stamp January Monthly Card Kit. As of right now, it's still available here, which is incredible, because all the other kits for this year have sold out.

I hope you saw some you liked!

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It's Your Day Pocket Card & A Few Valentine's Day Cards

Hello friends!

I've a very lengthy post, photo-wise. I have a number of Valentine's Day cards I forgot to post, so I'll add those on to the end of these next few posts.

My card today was created with some old Creative Imaginations papers I've had in my stash for along time. They're beautiful and I thought now was the time to bust them out.

I get to the point that I realize I really need to use some of these older collections up, and move on to something else. Why is that such a hard thing?

Along with the CI papers, I mixed in a little gold glittered corrugate from Hobby Lobby and gold Metallic Kraft from Tim Holtz. The gems are by Prima, as well as the flowers.

Now for my Valentines...

These were made mostly with the contents of my Simon Says Stamp January Monthly Card Kit.
More to come!

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I Love You Valentine Pocket Card

Hi friends and Happy Friday!

I'm popping in with another quick post as I'm still in the midst of redoing parts of my craft room. I really want to finish this before the weekend. I girl has to craft, after all.

I'm showing a Valentine's Day card made with some older Bo Bunny papers along with Kaisercraft. The flowers are by Prima as is that pink strip of trim. It's been in my stash for ages, but it's so gorgeous. Don't know why I wait so long to use certain product.

The cut-apart "I Love You" card is from Prima's Love Clippings 8x8 paper pad. The silver glitter hearts were cut with Simon Says Stamp's Clipping Heart wafer die.

Now back to my moving. I hope to have some update photos to show you soon.

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Be My Valentine Mon Amour Pocket Card

Happy Monday morning!

Another day... another Valentine's Day card! I love 'em.

For this one, I again chose Graphic 45's Mon Amour. I think the black text paper is my favorite in this collection. It's gorgeous with the pinks.

I fussy cut the couple, making them the center of attention... so cute! In back is an Alterations Thinlits Doily. The two hearts are from Crate Paper's Main Squeeze heart stickers pack.

For my white glitter heart and the smaller gold one, I used Simon Says Stamp's Small Heart Doily set. I left the center in tack on the gold heart, but you can pop that out if you wish. For the sentiment, I used Clearly Besotted Many Mini Messages. The beautiful flower with the beaded center is by Prima.
Wishing you a fantastic week.

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Love Changes Everything Valentine Pocket Card

Hello again!

I do believe I'm living out of just my craft room. Seems like I'm doing a marathon of card making. I love it!

For today we're back to Valentine's Day cards. This one is a combination of Graphic 45 Mon Amour and Love Clippings by Prima from the 8x8 paper pad.

Here I used the Simon Says Stamp Clipping Heart wafer die... cutting one from their Schoolhouse Red cardstock and another from gold glitter paper from Hobby Lobby. I popped out the hearts leaving just the frames and did an inlay for both sets. For this card I used the gold frame with the red hearts. Now I have another set I plan on putting on another card. I cut the doilies with Alterations Thinlits Doily die.

The gorgeous red glittered flower with the beaded center is from Prima and my white organza bow is ribbon from Joanns. The mats are more of that lovely glitter paper from Hobby Lobby.
Sighhh... don't you just love Valentine's Day cards!

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Let Me Count The Ways Valentine Pocket Card

Hello dear friends!

I started writing this post on the weekend, but it just wasn't going to happen. So let's see how I do with it tonight.

This is another of my Valentine's Day cards made from the gorgeous Mon Amour collection by Graphic 45.

I added just a couple of other elements like this Prima beaded center flower, a few leaves cut from gold glitter paper and an Alterations Thinlits die, and those stamped word blocks I created using the Simon Says Stamp Really Like You stamp set and their Cotton Candy cardstock.

For a bit of glitz, I brought in some Crate Paper's Main Squeeze heart stickers. 

And that's it for this card. I loved the way this turned out... love that black text paper.
I hope you're all having a wonderful week. Please drop in again soon.

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