Happy Valentine's Day!!

I know, Valentine's Day is a few days away but if there is any other card I like to make it is a Valentine's Day Card.  Christmas Cards are my favorite and I make bunches of those, but the next holiday would be "heart" day.

Today's card is made with the  Mojo Monday sketch that came out Monday.  If you need inspiration or motivation to make a card, or even if you don't know where to start, go to the link above and try out one of the sketches for your next card.

Here is the sketch I used for today's card:

Keep in mind you don't have to follow the exact sketch, you can add or delete whatever you want, after all it is your card.  Inspiration and Ideas come from all kinds of things so using the sketches only enhances your creativity.

 

Here is my try at the sketch

 

 

Here is some of the items I used to make the card.

Stampin Up/Cherry Cobbler cardstock for base

Stampin Up/Amore DSP

Martha Stewart/Heart Border Punch

Stampin Up/Valentine Stamp

Stampin Up/Cherry Cobbler Ink

Stampin Up/Cherry Cobbler Ribbon

The bling is some that I had laying around here but you can

use pearls and try making them red with a marker or use just the pearls.

 

I hope you like the Valentine's Day Card, I will admit I will probably be making another

one soon.

 

Thanks for visiting my blog!!!

~Jodi~

 

Sweet Valentine

Good Evening,

I am really late posting today, but I am still feeling a little BLAH today and haven't felt like creating until about an hour ago, but heading back to the sofa as soon as I post.  Hoping I feel better soon.  All this winter weather is sorta making me feel shut in.  I guess I need to go out and breath a little fresh air.

Ok, a few posts ago I said I wasn't going to make anymore Valentine Cards, but ideas pop into my head and you have to go with what comes to you.  So todays card is a thought, with the way I have been feeling I am sure this thought was a little muted.

I used SU paper for the base of the card.   The DP came from an 8x8 tablet of paper called October Afternoon.  I love this paper, it is so old looking.  I tried a technique I seen on Splitcoaststampers where they embossed other elements in to the paper.  I like it, I think it looks really neat.  The more busy folders work well, they tend to emboss the elements much better. I used the SU heart punch along with the scalloped punch from Marvy for hearts.  I used the Greeting from SU along with the key in the corner.  I just got the roses, I have seen them on everyones cards and just had to have some.  I really like them.  I used a small ribbon behind the rose. Pearls are also SU.

Everyone should try the embossing technique it is really fun to do.  I will be doing more.

Have a nice Evening!

{ love }

Good Morning Everyone!

I hope those of you who are in the path of the snow storm are doing well.  I hope you  are still staying warm and safe.  Soon this weather will pass, only 46 days until Spring, I call Spring, bird tweeting weather.  So focus on that today!  :)
Yesterday I was setting in my scrapbook room and decided to try to come up with todays card.  As always I go  through several papers, and then find out I didn't have that in mind, then I go and find more paper, usually after about 10 minutes of that I usually come up with something.  I decided to use the new punch from SU that makes the flowers, Blossom Petal punch in the new Occasions Mini, I wanted to show you how you can use this punch without the stamp set, it is just a pretty by itself.  This card is not my standard type of card but I thought it would be perfect to give a young girl for Valentine's Day.  I know I said I wasn't making more Valentines Cards but they are so much fun I had to do another one.  Who knows I might even come back again with one. :)

I started out with SU base paper also I used SU DSP in pink.  I used a white doily that I had laying around and used some pink ribbon to make it look sort of "funky".  I topped with the new buttons from SU, Fabric Designer Brads.  The inside I used another white doily and a scalloped circle I cut with a Marvy punch. Then added my sentiment and pearls all from SU. 

 Thanks for looking today, everyone stay safe and warm!

Rosey Valentine Card

WHEEEEE!!!  I have another card today........this promise I made to myself to post a card everyday keeps me on my toes, but boy is it fun.

Tomorrow I will be posting two cards because my two youngest will be celebrating their 20th birthdays!!!  My babies are all grown up.  I have my daughers card finished and I will be working on my sons card after lunch so I will post those tomorrow for their birthdays.  busy busy

Well, Pam (my cousin) and I usually make cards on Wednesday but she had a little accident and won't be here today, so I am home alone with no one to talk to today, but I am hoping she will be better by next Wednesday and we can get back on track with our cards.

The Card:

Today's card is another Valentine Card.  I suspect this is the last valentine I will be doing.  I really don't need that many for myself so I will be moving on to another occasion for cardmaking.  I do have a couple orders for all occasion cards so I should be working on those.

Todays card is made with K & Company paper, the roses are from Walmart and Stampin Up, Ribbon and Pearls is also Stampin Up along with the stamped sentiments....I used the pink doilie in the center it is from Walmart.  I inked the edges with Crumb Cake Ink from SU.

Here's the card:

Inside of card I used spellbinders scalloped hearts and the sentiment is from SU.

Top Note Heart shaped Treat Boxes

I mentioned in an earlier post that my cousin Pam and I are having a card party, well we always give our guest a treat of some sort and I decided to make up these little boxes for them, using a Valentines Day theme.

I used the top note for the box front and bottom, then cut from a labels die for the front, then added the heart shaped treat and the other goodies.  They are time consuming but so much fun.  If anyone would like the directions just google "Top Note Boxes"...and you will find several....

Here they are:

Don't forget to scroll down and see todays Valentine's Day Card!

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"Old" Valentine

Good Morning!
Well in my promise to myself that I would post a new card everyday here is today's card!!!  YEAH!!
As I said this is somewhat of a resoultion, and I have never kept any that I have ever made, so we will take this one day at a time.  My only problem is I also have a promise to myself to make sure my housework gets done before anything else, so I am slacking on that this morning but I hope to get it all caught up here before lunch..it is 10am right now.......wish me luck.

This card was brought to me by the paper I found.  I saw the paper that looked like a letter had been written on it, and thought I needed to add it to a card.  This is not the traditional 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 this is a 5x7 card.  It had to be this size for the inside that I added to it, and I will talk about it later on.  Here is the front of the card:

The front of the card I just kept finding things to layer on it, and I loved doing that, I used doilies that I found at Walmart, I used a white one and took Crumb Cake ink to make it look old, the red one I did the same thing.  The paper that looks like a letter, is from K&Company I just love it, I took and tore the paper around the edges and then inked them with Crumb Cake ink, I think that this Crumb Cake ink is probably my most used ink from Stampin Up. The Off White piece I embossed with the dot embossing folder for a larger card, and then inked it with crumb cake. The "Stamp" image is from cuttlebug, I believe it is a set that came with my cuttlebug when I bought it, I found it while cleaning my scrapbook room, along with a lot of other things...  :)

I used "Be My Valentine" stamp from the new Occasions mini, I inked it in Crumb Cake and then cut out another banner in red, I used a Stampin Up Marker to color it.  I love this stamp.  The flowers are from the small scalloped circle and the 3 flower punch, I used Antique Brads from Stampin Up for the centers. The leaves are some that I found in my stash and I have no idea where I bought them....I also included some red ribbon that I colored a little with Crumb Cake.

The next photo is the inside of the card.

I used a sizzix die to cut out the hearts and the pop up.  I haven't yet added a sentiment as I have ordered one that I think will look great with it and it hasn't arrived yet.  I also used a white heart like those in the front which I inked in Crumb Cake again.  The hearts are cut from crumb cake paper except for the one in the center, and I ran out of crumb cake ....

"B" my valentine

It has been a few days since I posted.  I really don't like waiting that long to post a card, I am going to try to work on that and post a card everyday, now I am not good at resoultions so this is something like that....:)
Today's card is another Valentine, I believe I like making these kinds of cards, especially with the great colors you can use.  This one is something I thought up in my sleep, really it woke me up, but for some reason it looked better in my mind.

To start off with, I used cream cardstock, I used Gina K on this card. The red is also Gina K.  I cut the "B" out with the cricut and put a black shadow around it which I think set it off pretty nicely.  I used Martha Stewart heart border punch for the side element and added a piece of b/w dot ribbon for the center, and then added a bow from the same ribbon.  I used the "be my valentine" from the new from Stampin Up for the banner that goes across the "B"..I cut off the "be" and just made it say MY valentine.  The other small hearts are from Stampin Up they are rub ons.  The heart and the pin w/ pearls is from Michaels and Joanns.

The inside of this card I used the nestibilites die for the scalloped hearts.

The sentiment is from Stampin UP, I put the dots on the black heart with a while gel

pen, the small hearts are from the Martha Stewart punch that I used for the element on the front of the card.

Valentines Day Card

Since Valentine's Day is coming up, we thought a card for that occasion would be ideal for the card party. Since the party is in the early part of February the guests will still have time to make a great card for their special person.

This is the front of the card.  We used Gina K. Red Paper for the base of this card.  It is a great paper for cards, very strong.  I used the stamp "En Francais" for the background stamp, it is from Stampin Up, the red ribbon is from Wal-mart, the flower is made from the punches"5-petal flower punch" and the large flower from the " Boho Blossoms punch" also from Stampin Up.  The large heart in the center is from Stampin Up and is "Be My Valentine" sold in the new Mini calalog.  I used the red glitter brad that is in the Mini Catalog.   The "love" label in the flower was a stamp from Stampin Up called "Tiny Tags" and was punch out with the punch "Jewerly Tag".

This is the inside of the card.

I used the heart scalloped die from Spellbinders and a heart punch from Marvy for the sentiment which was

from Stampin Up called "Valentine Defined" in the new mini catalog.

Happy Valentine's Day w/ charm

Isn't it amazing how a computer has taken over our lives.  I find that I can make plans on what I might be doing for the day, and then realize that I should have checked with the computer to see if my plans were going to be good for it.  As you might be guessing by my writing here, I have been having computer issues lately.  It isn't like we don't have another computer to work with, but when you have the majority of your "plans" in the one computer you are sorta stuck.  I have this desktop computer which for most is not even an option when buying a computer, but for me it is almost a necessity.  I do a lot of photos and use photoshop most of the time, and having a screen (monitor) for viewing photos is a must, and most of those monitors are with desktops. But oh well, I will be replacing this one soon.
Now on to why I am here.
I made this card yesterday.  It isn't anything wonderful but I wanted to come up with a nice card that would be good for some of my  friends to make when I have my next card party, which is coming up very soon.  This card was very simple and I think it would be easy for my friends to make.  On the outside of the card I used card stock that is like a linen texture, it is very pretty.  I believe the paper is by GCD Studios, I purchased it at Hobby Lobby, the name of the paper was Ella Blue.  It has some really pretty vintage like paper.
I used Martha Stewart punches for borders around the ribbon.  The pearls, the ribbon roses, and leaves were all from Stampin Up, The ribbon roses are available today in the new Occasions Mini that comes out today, along with the punch to the leaves I cut here. 
The heart charm on the outside and inside is from Cousin Corp, I purchased these from Michaels.
My brown ribbon is from Walmart.  I have noticed lately that our local Walmarts..(.we have several in a small radius around us), are not longer selling scrapbooking items, and the fabric depts are no longer there either.  We have one of the 3 that still sells these items.  I am hoping they continue to do so....I love buying ribbon there.
The large hearts are a punch from Marvy. 
I am spending the day in the "Therapy Room" today so I will (I hope) have more cards to share with you today, so stop back later.

Layered Valentine

Not my favorite creation but anyway.  I used Stampin Up Valentine stamps and I think the paper is Stampin Up.  The oval was spellbinders, the ovals layering were punches.  All were layered on the topnote. Added pearls and a ribbon on a border cut with Martha Stewart punches.

Ribbon Rose Valentine

These little ribbon roses are in the New Occasions Mini Catalog due out Jan. 3.  I think they are just a hoot.  I love them, probably my new embellishment for my addiction.  The stamp is Stampin UP, the paper is a 4x6 paper pack and not sure the name.  I found the little doilies on sale at a store someplace and decided to put them on the card.  I remember using them when I was in elementary school on my Valentines Box....think they were a staple back then for that time of year on just about every box.  I used a corner punch for the corners, and of course pearls. Circle scalloped punch was used too. The little leaves are from a stamp set in the new catalog also, they are also cut out with the new punch that goes along with the stamp set. (sold separetely) I think the new Occasions Mini has a lot of new things everyone will like, make sure to check the catalog out on Jan. 3.

Hearts for Valentines Day..

Happy New Year!!!!

I hope everyone enjoyed a great New Year's Eve and was safe in their celebrating.  I wish everyone a happy, healthy, and blessed New Year.

The last few days I did get into the craft room to do a few things.  I took a few days to do some cleaning up in the scrapbook room, re-organizing some things that got away from me and throwing out some things that were in the way, and have not been used.  I will probably wish I had them in a few days, but that always happens when you  are trying to clean up things.
I will post some photos of my craftroom later on.  It isn't anything special but it is special to me.

Here in this post I have done my first Valentines Day Card.
Most of the items on this card are from Stampin Up, the ribbon is from Walmart, I used Martha Stewart punches for a border, the pearls are a corsage pin, from Wal-mart, that I added more pearls too.  I used Stampin Up paper from the new Mini coming out Jan 3.