Happily Ever After

I adore Simple Stories and their paper collections because of the beautiful journalling card elements included in each collection.  They make it so easy to put a nice card together. For this card I worked with the Generations collection.  I used a vertical journalling card element, cut out a flower from another piece of paper, popped it up, added some pearls and that was that! Very easy, and great results!

Supplies:

Paper: Vintage Cream (Papertrey Ink); Home Sweet Home, 4x6 Vertical Journalling Card Elements from Generations collection (Simple Stories)

Other: pearls (Kaiser Craft); Foam dimensionals

Papertrey & Pinterest

Source: riverisland.com via Marcie on Pinterest

I'm recovering from pneumonia right now...cough, cough... but managed to find some time this morning to participate in Papertrey Ink's Pinterest challenge. I used the above picture from Pinterest as my inspiration, and created a new card based on it. In the process of making it, I decided I had a few holes in my PTI collection I want to fill.  The Filigree border die, and the Turning a New Leaf die sets will be on my next PTI order!! :)

Papertrey Ink Supplies Used:

Fine Linen & Vintage Cream cardstock

Doily Details die, Beautiful Blooms II #1 die collection

Linen & CAnvas impression plate

Vintage Cream button

Vintage Cream twine

Little Loveosaurus

I like making Valentines for my little ones because I tend to keep them a lot more simple, with a crisp, clean design.  This one was REALLY easy! I die cut the dinosaur using my Big Kids cartridge in my Slice machine, snipped of a heart from the heart border die by Papertrey Ink, and stamped my sentiment.  Not too time involved and it still carries a cute punch I think. :)  I hope you all have one little (or big!) loveosaurus to give a Valentine to this year!

Supplies:

Stamps: Little Loveosaurus (My Favorite Things)

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)

Cardstock: Kraft, White, New Leaf, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)

Other: Stickles (Ranger); Big Kids cartridge (Slice by Making Memories); heart die (Papertrey Ink)

I {heart} U

This was a simple concept in my head and for some reason, it took a lot longer to accomplish than I anticipated! I'm sure there are easier ways to get your alphabet dies to line up (such as, say, using a ruler and pencil lines) but those easy ways failed me at the time I made this card and so instead, I die cut the white paper and left all the letters in place instead of punching them out.  I used removable tape to secure the cardstock piece down, and one at a time, picked out the letters, added adhesive and glued them back down within the template.  THEN I carefully removed the tape and pulled the cardstock piece away.  Like I said, not the fastest way of going about things, but it got the job done. :)

Of course, my inspiration came from Pinterest. :)

Source: etsy.com via Marcie on Pinterest

Supplies:

Cardstock: Soft Stone, Pure Poppy (PTI); white (Bazzil)

Other: Block Alphabet die (PTI); gems (Kaiser Craft); heart punch (EK Success)

Keep Smiling

Happy Day! Hold your head up high and keep smiling, and all that other sweet stuff.  Sometimes it's hard to remember, but here in our house, we try our best no matter what gets us down!   Today in particular I'm down in the dumps as we've had some sad news about a friend, but I keep thinking about the life she led and her beautiful laugh and I'm keeping on... We have a pretty good life here and I for one am not going to spend it worrying about the things I cannot change. :) Enjoy your day everyone, and make it a HAPPY one.

Supplies:

Paper: Fly A Kite collection (October Afternoon)

Other: Stickers, Journalling card (October Afternoon); gems (Kaiser Craft); scalloped rectangle punch, circle punch (EK Success); Stickles (Ranger)

Be Mine

I'm just getting around to sharing a recently published card.  Have you all received your copy of the January/February Paper Crafts magazine yet? Flip to the section on quick and easy Valentine's Day cards and you will see the above card! :) This shows a set of three, but only one was used in the publication.  Simple and fun!

Enjoy your day everyone!

SFYTT

I am finally getting around to showing you my card for the January SFYTT!! What a great sketch with endless possibilities!

I chose to use it for a Valentine's Day card that is STAMP FREE; my focal point/sentiment is all together in one cute sticker.  I used papers and stickers from the Yours Truly collection by Echo Park. I popped the sticker up using foam dimensionals, and added a pearl flourish by Zva.  This sketch goes in the vault for future use, that's for sure!!  Did you play along with the SFYTT this month too?