I Heart You

Good morning, thanks for your visit. Today we begin

a new challenge at Make My Monday.

Challenge#115 is I Heart You

For more details please pop over to the blog, don't miss out

on seeing the wonderful inspiration from the design team.

I used linen card for my card. Black card was used as a mat

for the decorated linen card panel. 

I sprayed the card with ink spray. Added three die cut hearts.

The paper used is from a paper pad from The Works.

'With Love', the sentiment  and a small black butterfly 

from die cuts. A few sequins added to complete. 

Red, Pink White

Hello, I hope you are well, thanks for popping by.

Today we begin a new challenge at 

Make My Monday  - 

Amy has chosen for the next two weeks

Red, Pink, White

This nicely coincides with Valentine's Day, however

you can colour or use papers for any reason or style.

The choice is yours. Why don't you pop over to the 

blog and check out the inspiration given by the design team.

I am not usually a CAS kinda crafter, but I can manage it

occasionally. Here is one of my rare attempts.

A 5 x 7 scallop edge card. Red background mat.

Hearts die cut with various pieces of red and pink paper.

Die cut from The Works

The sentiment is a stamp by Papermania.

Hearts - Red, Pink and White

Hello, it's not long till Valentine's Day so there are a few

challenges floating around in Blogland for the 'love fest'.

Today at Cardz 4 Galz  our new challenge, chosen by Amy is

Challenge #89

Hearts - the twist is you must use Red, Pink and White.

Please visit the challenge blog to see the few details and 

of course, to see what the DT have created. 

My card was in a way, inspired by one I saw on Pinterest. 

Black and red carad for matting. White card embossed

half way with a large dot embossing folder.

The large red heart was a gift from  a craft buddy, the remainder 

hearts are pieces of spare card from my stash, cut  with

various heart dies.  The 'love' stamp is an old one in my stash.

Something Beginning with 'L'

Hello again, thanks for your visit. Today at Cardz 4 Guyz

our new challenge was chosen by me. Now and again we have a 

Something beginning with a letter challenge, it being close 

to Valentine's Day, I thought of Love, but there are many who 

aren't interested in the 'Love' cards so this helps them to 

choose their own design and purpose fo the card. 

The challenge then is Something Beginning with the Letter 'L'

Please pop over to the blog to see the wonderful artwork

from the Design Team.

If you scoll down I made a card for another challenge 

with this design but a different size.

I made a Kraft card, the red striped background is from a paper

 pad from The Works. The Kraft card from Jelly Bean Crafts.

I embossed the Kraft card in an embossing folder.
The word 'love' is from a £1 die from The Range.

The hearts  are from various heart dies from The Range and The Works.

Love Is All We Need

Hello everyone, welcome to my blog. Today we are starting a new 

challenge over at My Time To Craft. (MTTC). Pat has chosen a challenge

appropriate for February - All We Need Is Love

I am sure you will have fun with this one.

Please visit the blog to see the inspiration from the DT.

I made a Kraft card, The red striped background is from a paper

 pad from The Works. The Kraft card from Jelly Bean Crafts.

I embossed the Kraft card in an embossing folder.

A piece of red gingham Washi tape.

The hearts are from various heat dies from The Range and The Works.

Love

Hi, welcome to my blog. Today begins a new challenge 

from 15th Feb until 14th March. at Sparkles Monthly Challenges. 

We know Valentine Day has passed and gone, but we all like to 

share our love with someone at sometime.  The Design Team have 

again given us some amazing inspiration. 

I have made a monochrome black and white card.

The lower section I embossed with Swiss Dots.

The white heart stamped with Versafine Black ink

The black heart heat embossed with white detail powder.

Stamp used is a La Blanche silicon stamp.

The die is from Craft Sensations from The Works.

The sentiment Love is such an old, but favourite stamp. 

Love You!

Hi, welcome to my blog. Well it's that time of the year

when we are all loved up with our cards. 

There is no exception over at Cardz 4 Guyz.

The Design Team have again produced some fabulous

cards for showing their love for loved ones or even for 

their Valentine loves. Hope your able to share with us.

I kept my card simple. Kraft, red and black. 

The hearts are from Craft Sensations - a stamp and die set

from The Works. 

The words are from large sponge stamps I use in my

scrapbooking. Red and black ribbon to embellish.

Happy Valentine's Day to you all. 

Challenge #106 - Valentine/Love

Hi everyone, welcome to my blog. 

Today my card is for the DT at Cardz 4 Guyz.

The challenge chosen, not surprisingly is

Valentine or Love

The remainder of the DT have some wonderful inspiration,

please pop over to the challenge blog to check them out. 

For My Card

I decided to go simple and elegant.

A C6  white card, matted with silver mirri.

A white card embossed with a Darice - Lips embossing folder.

Hearts covered with the word Love are by MSE (My Sentiments Exactly)

a US stamp company. One heart heat embossed with Wow! Black EP, 

the second with Wow!  Platinum EP.

Sentiment - Love from Paprmania Sweet Nothings set. 

White ribbon to enhance. 

Make it Shine or Sparkle

Hi everyone, for the next week over at Cardz 4 Guyz

I chose the challenge, which is

Make it Shine or Sparkle. (or Both)

Time to get out the mica powders, glittery embossing powders,

 gilding flakes, waxes, mirri card etc. etc.

Please check out the Design Teams inspiration, once 

again, they are all amazing. 

For my Card.

I used a white scallop edge card.

Matted with a sheet of black card, covered in pink shiny mirri

hearts, taken from a DCWV pad Rockstar.

Shiny pink ribbon, yes I know guyz who like pink. 

The stamps are from Papermania set - Love

Embossed with Platinum Wow Embossing powder. 

Pink, Red and White

Hi, that time of the year when Love is in the Air.

For the next week at Make My Monday our challenge is..

Pink, Red and White

Of course you can make any design you wish, you

may prefer not to link into the Valentine idea.

Please pop over to the blog to check the details and to see 

what the Design Team have created. 

For My Card

I decided to make a CAS Valentine card.

The hearts  and greeting are from a Papermania stamp set

Sweet Nothings.

I hae added some red ribbon, pink and white twine

and a number of mini crystal gems. 

Lots of Love

Of course there is lots of love around, there are only a few days till Valentine's Day.

 I love Promarkers, want to see Lots of Love. I used a Kraft card, All the papers and the main image Love Balloon are from LOTV. I have added lots of various stash for embellishments. Coloured of course with Promarkers. Have you spotted I have added a skeleton leaf. happy Valentine's Day to everyone. I have added this card to the following Challenges. 

Make My Monday - Valentines.

Crafty Cardmakers - Love, love, love

Tuesday Throwdown - Love is in the Air

Always and Forever

Here at Alphabet Challenge we are starting from the beginning once more. For the letter A - Tammy has chosen Always and Forever.  I'm sure it is no coincidence that today is Valentine's Day. Hope you have all had a showering of love, flowers and chocolates. Ha! Ha! Do I hear you say, don't worry, I didn't either. 

I decided to go for soft spring colours rather than the traditional reds and blacks, which didn't seem to be right for my young couple who are almost holding hands. 

Plain white cardtsock

Background Papers from First Edition Daydream Pad

Stamp from Lily of the Valley

Flowers and leaves from stash

Card Candi and a metal heart charm from stash.
I look forward to visiting you over the next two weeks, have fun and best wishes for a happy
Valentine's Day. 

Truly, Madly, Deeply

We couldn't not celebrate Valentine's Day at Cardz 4 Guyz, so our #4 Challenge is

TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY.

Anything you wish to create for a male person, which celebrates love.

For my card, I first used a Kraft card

A mat of red shiny paper

An embossed white card. 

A torn sheet of music from Papercraft Factory CD

A punched heart - I love you sentiment

Red gingham ribbon

A metal heart charm. 

I hope to see you over at Cardz 4 Guyz, looking forward to seeing your entries.

Thanks for popping in and looking at my card.

Bingo #6 at Addicted to Stamps and More

I chose Heart, Stamp and Love

Bingo Card #6

Sponsors for this Challenge are

Time for another Bingo call, #6 the chart is above, being Valentine's so soon, I  decided to use that for my theme. This was a very easy card to make but I think it is effective, it could end up being my OH's card, he likes monochrome cards. The Black heart was stamped with DI Black Soot  and embossed with clear EP. The White heart was stamped with Versamark and embossed with Stampendous Clear Detail White powder. I only put the lower half of the card in my Swiss Dots Embossing Folder. I look forward, as always to visiting you to see which line from the Bingo you have chosen. Most of all have fun. 

Add a Charm at MMM

This week at Make My Monday we are asking you to Add a Charm to your creation, remember it can be any project you wish. Being so close to Valentine day, I decided to use a gift sent to me from a friend. Both the From Me To You papers and the stamp were free with a craft magazine, my friend felt I could put them to use more than she could. I used Promarkers to colour Ted. The charm I added I have had for years, I even remember which craft event I bought it at, it was intended for an Oriental card but I couldn't bear to part with it. The time has come for it to go. I will give this card to my grand daughter and I am sure she will add the charm to her phone. Please pop over to MMM for the Design Team have some wonderful samples with charms added.  This is also an important time for us as we are having a DT CALL which will close in two weeks, to find details on how to apply again please visit Make My Monday here.

Monochrome at Fashionable Stamping

Wow! We had some fabulous cards for men, over the last two weeks at Fashionable Stamping Challenges, it's never easy choosing an overall winner and top 3 but this will be a very difficult choice to make for each of the Design Team. For the next two weeks we are asking you to make a project using Monochromatic plus one other colour.  Check out the instructions over on the blog to be sure of being in with a chance of winning.  Our sponsor, Cottage Crafts offers each winner a choice from her shop to the value of E7.

There is a lot of Love floating around during the early part of February, so here is my Monochrome card in red with a little black for contrast. The three hearts are from a free stamp with a Craft Stamper magazine.  I used  Fired Brick TH Distress ink all over the card including the background, which was then stamped with a small text stamp from Paperartsy. The negative Love stamp is a foam stamp from Papermania. I look forward to once again visiting you over the next two weeks. Have fun, there are some amazing samples on the blog by the marvellous Design team, please do take a look.

I am entering this card into a few challenge blogs with a theme connected to Valentine's Day.
Crafty Bloggers~ Love is in the Air
Creative Belli Blog Hearts/Valentine
Creative Inspirations - Inspired by Hearts
Rainbow Lady ~Have a Heart
Crafty Cardmaker - Monochromatic Card
Cards For Men   Valentine's Day/Love