With All My Heart

So when I shared my card yesterday, I had also made this card at the same time. You'll notice that I used the same papers....and that this card has two smaller hearts cut out of the bigger. It was not on purpose, I decided to use smaller hearts so I die cut again, but I die cut them perfectly centered and just knew I had to use these on a card!



The sentiment is from PTI's With All My Heart and I added a bunch of enamel dots. The paper is Fourteen by Crate Paper.

Hope you have a great week!
Melissa

Happy Valentine's Day

Crafting time is scarce! But I was able to make a few cards today. This one is for the newest RetroSketch



I used some patterned papers from Crate Paper's Fourteen. The sentiment comes from Happy Day (PTI) and the Impression Plate is also PTI.



Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

Class Valentines

I'm back with my project for Day 7 of the PTI anniversary celebration!

My son and I got busy making valentine's for his class today, and they all had hearts!



We cut the patterned paper using the Lunchbox Note die, and then I puched a hole at the bottom for the lollipop. My son stamped and colored some images and the "to and from" from the set Tiny Treats: Valentine.



Thanks for looking!
Melissa

Happy Valentine's Day

Another PTI card! This one is for Sketch #4. I used Betsy's technique for cutting a frame out of the Quatrefoil Cover Plate. Thanks for sharing that, Betsy!



The sentiments and hearts come from Heart Prints.

Have a great night!
Melissa

Happy Valentine's Day

My third card is based off of Jess Witty's project. I impressed the cardstock with the Quatrefoil die plate, and I rubbed Versamark over it before and it gave a great impression! (Thanks, Deb for that idea!)



I also used Happy Day for the label and sentiment, with a double ended-banner sticking out from behind.

Thanks for looking!
Melissa

You color my world

My second card was inspired by Maile's card. Instead of Chevron stripes, I used BB: Houndstooth, and the sentiments are from Tiny Treats: Valentine.



Back with one more in a bit!
Melissa

WMS January Blog Waltz

Welcome! Thanks for stopping by today! I'm taking part in the January Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Waltz and the theme this month is Valentine's Day!



I made my card using Muscial Backgrounds, Label 14, and the sentiment comes from Say it With Style.

Thanks for looking! I'm hoping to check out all the project later..today is my son's 6th birthday, so we are celebrating all day!

Melissa

Stamps: Say It With Style, Muscial Backgrounds and Label 14 (WMS)
Paper: Hopscotch (Basic Grey), Enchanted Evening, Aqua Mist and White (PTI)
Ink: Night Sky (Versamark), Aqua Mist (PTI)
Other: Trim (Webster's Pages), pearls, Label 14 Nestabilities Dies

Be Mine

Happy Saturday!



I made this fun Valentine card using some new Basic Grey paper, Hopscotch. The stamps used are Heart Prints (and the new dies), and the WMS set, Holiday Label 14.

We are getting ready for my son's birthday party tomorrow. Should be fun!

Thanks for taking a look!
Melissa

"Be Mine" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Holiday Label 14 (WMS), Heart Prints
Paper: Aqua Mist, Vintage Cream and Sweet Blush, Hopscotch patterned paper (Basic Grey)
Ink: Sweet Blush, Blue and brown (Colorbox), Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Other: sewing machine, border punch (EK Sucess), Sweet Blush Satin ribbon, foam and pop dots

Valentines

Since our February was so mixed up due to the snow, my kids celebrated Valentine's Day with their classes this past week. That gave me extra time to make something for them to give to their friends. Tiny Treats: Valentines is the perfect set for the task! I had a lot of fun coloring these cute images and putting the lollipop holders together.



I made about five of several of my favorite images from the set. I think that I like the bunny, cat and dog the best!



My son still writes his letters fairly big, so I couldn't used the "to" and "from" image included in the Tiny Treats set. Instead, I stamped the "to" and "from" using those words from the Holiday Tags set. That way I could give it lots of spacing.



Thanks for looking and I hope you're having a great weekend!
Melissa

Valentines (All PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Tiny Treats: Valentine, Holiday Tags 2008, Background Basics: Hearts
Ink: Melon Berry, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, New Leaf, Pure Poppy, Black (Memento)
Paper: Melon Berry, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, New Leaf, Pure Poppy, Stamper's Select White
Other: Copic markers, sewing machine, foam tape

CPS 153

As part of the PTI anniversary celebrations, Papertrey Ink has teamed up with CPS this week.

Here is the sketch:


And my card:


I used Heart Prints to create a background with the words and the tiny heart using Hibiscus Burst and Sweet Blush ink. The heart background on the bottom is from Background Basics: Hearts, stamped in Taken with Teal by SU! (Please PTI, I need a turquoise!!)

Don't forget to enter a comment for my little giveaway in honor of my first year of blogging! Find the post here and enter a comment.


Thanks for having a look!
Melissa

(all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Heart Prints, Background Basics: Hearts
Ink: Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Taken with Teal (SU!), Vintage Touch Tea Dye (Chai)
Paper: Vintage Cream, Hibiscus Burst, Taken with Teal (SU!)
Other: Hibiscus Burst satin ribbon, paper flower (Making Memories)

Love You Forever

When I saw the beautiful inspiration photo that Melissa Phillips had chosen for her latest challenge, I was very inspired to play along! I couldn't help but gravitate toward hearts seeing all the red in the photo and that Valentine's Day is coming up very soon!

There are so many great details in this photo--I based my card off the gray handwriting on the envelopes, the red and cream tags and the buttons. Here's what I came up with:

Today is my blogaversary! I have had so much fun this past year making friends through my blog, and the encouragement and support I receive for my art from you is amazing!

In gratitude to all my friends, new and old who visit me here I would like to pass on a small gift to one lucky person! I won't make you jump through any hoops--just leave me a comment on this post and you'll be entered to win. The prize is a $10 Papertrey Ink gift certificate! (If you are the winner and you are a non-stamping friend--you can opt for a $10 Amazon gift certificate) I will leave this open for a week, until February 13.

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

Melissa

"Love you forever" (all PTI unless noted)

Stamps: Background Basics: Text Style, Heart Prints

Ink: Smokey Shadow, Pure Poppy, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain(Ranger)

Paper: Pure Poppy, Vintage Cream, Smokey Shadow

Other: Pure Poppy twill ribbon, Rustic wood buttons, Rustic Cream twine, Apron Lace paper punch (Fiskars), die-cut label (Bo Bunny), sponge, Foam tape

Valentine exchange card

Some of the people on the Papertrey Ink forum got together to do a Valentine Card exchange--how fun is that! Here is the card that I sent to Meghan. Now that she has it, I am safe to post it here!




I used Tiny Treats: Valentine, and some Crate Paper and Pink Paislee paper. The cupcake image was colored with my Copics.

Thanks for taking a look! I'll be back tonight with my Blog Hop card.
Melissa

"be my Valentine" (All PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Tiny Treats: Valentine
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Walnut Stain (Ranger), Lemon Tart
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Vintage Cream, Pink Paislee and Carte Paper PP
Other: sewing machine, sponge, foam tape, Rustic cream twine, Scalloped circle Nestabilities, Apron Lace punch (Fiskars)

Cupcakes and hearts

When I was playing around with Tiny Treats, I decided to try stamping a background pattern--this is what I came up with. The card is quite simple, but I love those colors together and like how it turned out!



Thanks for stopping by today!
Melissa

"You take the cake" (all PTI unless noted)
Stamps: Tiny Treats: Valentine
Ink: Rich Cocoa (Memento), Melon Berry
Paper: Vintage Cream, Dark Chocolate
Other: Copic markers, Doodlebug Glitter, Melon Berry Satin ribbon, slot punch (SU!)