Vintage Romantic Valentine

Hello again!  Can you believe that January is almost over and that Valentine's Day is just around the corner?!  If you aren't ready yet, there is still time to order paper and stamps and make a card!

If you have followed me for very long, you probably know that I have a thing for typewriters!  My dad was a pharmacist and my grandfather too!  They spent many long hours standing in front of a typewriter, typing bottle labels with medicine names and dosages from doctors' orders.  

I am blessed enough to have not one, but two of my dad's typewriters.  They're both in pretty rugged shape, but I wouldn't trade the world for them!  One of them has a groove worn deep into the space bar it was tapped so often!  

This beautiful Prima paper caught my eye and inspired a project using a combination of our new Typewritten stamps and an old favorite, Thinking of You Rose.  

The card features lots of frayed and torn edges, along with lots of layers and beautiful rich Valentine colors.

The inside has another print from the same paper pad, along with a coordinating sentiment from our Typewritten series.  I was bummed that I could not find another piece of that beautiful burgundy paper to layer underneath to add that little bit of color around the edges.  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Combo Offer/Stamp & Die Rose
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Typewritten Year Round Greetings
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Typewritten What You Mean to Me
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners
• Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• Prima Darcelle 6x6
• May Arts 5/8" Faux Canvas - 3 yard Bundle
• May Arts Burlap String - 10 yard Bundle
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix
• Copic markers
• button

Be Comforted

I'm here today with a feminine sympathy card for this week's Stamp Simply project.  These papers are so pretty together, and the layout is a simple slice and score technique, which takes only a couple of seconds using beautiful double-sided paper.  

The floral focal point alongside the sentiment uses our floral cluster foliage dies cut in various shades of green, some seam binding, tulle, and several blooms and blossoms.  

It's hard to see in the photos but the sentiments are stamped in gold and then black, which gives them a little shimmer and almost a drop-shadow appearance.  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Blessings/Beatitudes 1
• Craft Consortium Bloom & Wild 6x6
• Craft Consortium Ink Drops Vivid 6x6
• Seam Binding - White Chalk - 5 yard Bundle
• May Arts 1.5" Tulle - White - 5 yard Bundle
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Floral Cluster and Sprigs
• Kaisercraft Mini Paper Blooms - Grape
• Petaloo Botanica Baby Blooms - Fuchsia
• Pearls - Ice Green
• Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Golden Glitz
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix

A Winter Valentine

Hello friends! 

I've been spending a bit of time snuggled up in my cushy chair in front of the fire with my spinning or knitting lately, so I suppose the chill in Florida is partly responsible for inspiring this week's Stamp Simply project!  Our design team was challenged to create a black and white card, with the extra twist of a making a Valentine if possible.  After a stroll through my designer paper and a flip through some of my new favorite sentiment sets, this is what I came up with.  

The snowman is constructed from small and large circle dies, a floral greenery die, and a hand-cut top hat. I used orange and black Copic markers to sketch in those vital snowman details and a bit of grey Copic marker for dimension.  Snowtex and clear Wink of Stella add fun texture and sparkle to the scene.

I tried really hard not to cheat!  Technically grey is black + white, right?  But of course, he did need a nose so that had to be orange!  😉

And here's a peek at the sparkly snowflake that accents the sentiment inside...

...and oops, I did cheat a bit more to add a tiny red heart to the inside!  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Typewritten Year Round Greetings
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Typewritten What You Mean to Me
• Echo Park A Lumberjack Christmas 6x6
• Spellbinders Die - Standard Circles Small SM
• Spellbinders Die - Standard Circles Large LG
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Floral Cluster and Sprigs
• Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Farmhouse Signage
• Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Clear Glitter Marker
• Pearls - Pearl
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix
• snowflake punch
• orange, grey, and black Copic markers
• Snowtex

Fresh Picked Blooms

Happy New Year!  I hope your holidays were wonderful!  With Christmas, New Year's Day, and Epiphany/King's Day behind us, the next big card-making event on the horizon is Valentine's Day!  

This adorable Echo Park flower market paper made me think of Audrey Hepburn and My Fair Lady!  I love that show!  Thought it would be fun to combine some of our Love and Wedding stamps for a whimsical Valentine.

This paper pad has several sheets of printed tags of various sizes...I used two of those on today's project (a large one outside, and a smaller one inside) alongside a Copic-colored bouquet.  It was serendipity that that huge pink rhinestone just perfectly fit inside the "O" of the LOVE sentiment!

The outside is pretty busy, but inside there's plenty of room for a long love letter!  

Supplies:

• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Love
• Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Wedding & Anniversary Wishes
• Echo Park Cupid & Co 6x6
• Memento Full Size Dye Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black
• Spellbinders Die - Classic Squares Large LG
• Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Clear Glitter Marker
• Kaisercraft Self-Adhesive Round Rhinestones - LG Pink
• May Arts Burlap String - 10 yard Bundle
• Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
• Scrapbook Adhesives-3L 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix
• Copic markers