Valentine Greeting Valentine Card

We are coming down to

the wire on making Valentine cards. I completed mine last week, but still have a couple to show you plus some cute projects I made for our grandchildren (posts for this week).

In keeping with the My

Mind's Eye Heirloom collection, I made this card with lots of their ephemera pieces and fussy cut elements. I found some vintage Valentine stickers in my stash, and used one with another of the K & Company lace frames.

The gathered red ruffle

as well as the pearl trim and French Lace doily are from my stash. These flowers are all from I Am Roses. The foliage is all cut using Martha Stewart punches... Oak Leaf, Med. Branch and Rose Leaf. The Distress Ink on the paper edges is Frayed Burlap.

I'm Linking my card up at:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Speaking of which...

sweet Lisa S of of the MIM DT has chosen my Miss Empire scraps mini album as her POTW. 

I'm so honored, Lisa. Thank you!

Be sure and stop by her blog. She has some amazing projects over there, and her DT card for today is GORGEOUS!

Miss Empire Scraps Mini Album

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Love Valentine Card

I've packed up all the

Valentine papers and embellishments, so now I'n not sure of the name of this paper. It's an oldie but goodie... a My Mind's Eye collection (I love the plaid pattern). I rounded the bottom corners of my card with the We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper.

For sure the sentiment

stickers, die-cuts and fussy cut papers are from MME's Heirloom. The tiny key and image are from Etsy shops. The pearl trim I bought at Pat Catans. The French Lace doily and lace trim are from my stash.

The flowers are all by

I Am Roses and the foliage was cut with Martha Stewart punches... Medium Branch and Oak Leaf.

Have a wonderful weekend, friends!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Miss Empire Scraps Mini Album

As many of you already

know, Archivers are closing all their stores across the country. I have to say, I'm broken hearted. This was the only true scrapbooking store around. The girls that work at our Fairlawn store are tops... always helpful and friendly. The Penmaker even enjoyed going in and showing the ladies his latest pens. This will be a real loss to me as well, I'm sure, of the scrapbooking community of the Akron/Canton area. We visited the store for the last time this week, so I could use what was remaining on the gift card that I received for Christmas. Since everything was marked down 50%, I was able to get the Cinch binding machine I've been wanting.

This was my first try...

not perfect, but a good beginning!

After going through one of

Stephanie Miller's older blog posts (here) and watching the video, I decided to use up some more scraps, making a mini album and binding it with my new toy tool.

The album is 4" wide

by 5.5" tall; the size of an A4 card. I used Kaisercrafts Miss Empire and a few scraps from their Take Note. Everything else was from my stash. Next time I make an album though, I'd like to do as she suggests and not put anything away but make a mini from what's left over.

I'm linking up with:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

G Clef Valentine Card

There's a lot going on

on this card... numerous layers! Still using up my scraps and dipping into my hoard of embellies.

I had been hanging on

to this K & Company white lace frame, but I broke down and put it on this card. It seems to be pretty straightforward and I think can be made quite simply... if I can remember to try it.

The flourish was made with

this Die-namics die and a piece of pink glittered cardstock. The flowers are from I Am Roses, and the foliage is made with Martha Stewart Medium Branch punch. The die-cuts are My Mind's Eye Heirloom ephemera. The two small hearts were cut with Spellbinder's Hearts Nestabilities die.

Over the weekend I made

seven little Valentine pouches to hold candy bars for the grandchildren. I hope you'll stop back to see those!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Tickled Pink Layout And A Special Pen

Our two oldest granddaughters

 have both turned ten years old. Katie (in pink) last July and Penny just last week. Oh my, is time playing tricks on me? I really believe they were babies not more than a year ago!

I created this layout in honor

of Penny's special day and of the friendship that our two sweethearts share. May they always be this close is my prayer.

I used a mix of papers

from Prima's Delight collection along with a few odds and ends that seemed to blend quite well, like this button from Prima's Lyric collection. It's tied with some May Arts ivory burlap string. The Tickled Pink sentiment is Authentique's diction stickers. The postage stamp is from the My Mind's Eye Heirloom ephemera pack...

and the little heart was

cut from paper in the Heirloom 6 x 6 paper pad. The gems are Prima's Say It In Crystals. 

The French Lace doilies are

 from my stash. The large pink flowers are by Prima... I think they are from the Lyric collection.

I started with two layers

of the DP on top of a 12 x 12 sheet of cardboard (quite thick - I must have gotten it in an order of paper because of the size... I always save my packaging materials to recycle). Added some Golden molding paste using a Ronda Palazzari stencil from Crafters Workshop called Confetti (I especially love the tiny hearts that are in the mix). Gave it all a misting of Lindy's Stamp Gang in Salt Water Taffy Starburst and then some of Tattered Rose Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels.

The larger light pink flower

is Prima Lyric collection. All the other ones are from Petaloo. The foliage here was made with Martha Stewart punches Oak Leaf and Medium Branch.

This flower cluster includes

foliage made with Sizzix Branch with Leaves. The Distress Ink I used is Frayed Burlap (again!!!)

The Penmaker created this

special pen for a friend of our sons. The pen kit is the mini bolt action bullet pen that he's done so many of lately.

The wood is Orange Osage...

you would think it would be more orange than yellow... but apparently not. We were both surprised at this color!

This is one pen I was able

to help with as he had me do the graphics for him. I understand that this is the family pet and I had three photos of the dog to work with... quite fun actually! I opted for black and white to blend better with the gun metal.

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

I Adore You Valentine Card

Again with the scraps!

I had less than a half a sheet of Echo Park's Yours Truly "Love Notes" left from last year's cards. Plenty to make this one accented with the red glittered heart cut from the My Mind's Eye Heirloom "Adored" paper. The postage stamp and banner die-cuts are from the Heirloom ephemera pack.

These gorgeous red flowers

are by Petaloo (click on the photo for a close-up of these... sigh) mixed with foliage cut with Martha Stewart's branch punch.

The French lace doily is

from my stash, the metal flourish is by Momenta, and the I Adore You glittered sentiment is from an old sheet of  die-cuts by MME Union Station called "Home Sweet Home" (don't you just love that!) Seriously, I can't remember when I've had so much fun making cards as I have had creating my Valentines this year. It could be that I have a bigger stash of product or maybe this old grandma is just mellowing out. Whatever the reason, I sure have had a wonderful time making them and sharing the finished works with you! 

Tomorrow, I have a layout to 

show you that I created for our granddaughter Penny's 10th birthday. Here's a sneak peek...

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Forever Valentine Card

Of all the Valentine cards

I've made so far this year, I believe this one is my absolute favorite. I love this mix of the My Mind's Eye Heirloom collection papers, the scrap of script paper and the embellishment card from one of Marion Smith's now discontinued printables.

I had just enough of this

pink gingham ribbon from my stash to go around the the card base and make a neat little knot. Again I cut the branch and leaves die (Sizzix) and added them with these lovely blooms from Petaloo.

I topped off my stack of

hearts with an Heirloom word sticker, two tiny Petaloo flowers and a Queen & Co pearl.

Sigh... I think I'm in love!

I'm linking up at:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda