Hearts Mid Month WLSC

  Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

We Love Stamping  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Myself 

Hearts

 

February is the time of professing our love, as I said in my previous WLSC post, but it can be for any occasion. I have two occasions today. I didn't have any heart stamps that were of the right size, so I drew them instead. I then ordered some, well you have to don't you?

 

Firstly, I will show you the card I did with my new stamps. The stamps weren't separate as I thought, but that didn't matter, I used them for an Anniversary card, thinking of our 60th in June. 

 

I went through some papers and found a spotted paper I liked and stamped onto it, then embossed in gold. I had found a banner in some very old stamps and used that with the Anniversary greeting that came with it. 

 

Next I attached it to gold mirror card and then to the base card, a very simple card. I thought I could add the year numbers on top of the banner, there are a few special anniversaries in the family this year, maybe using it for one of those.

 

paper - Craft Sensations, Romantic Florals

heart stamp - Temu Love Stamp

banner stamp - no identity, a gift from my lovely SiL years ago.

 

 This is the card I drew hearts. I wanted a thank you card for a neighbour who has been wonderful and above helpful for me. I cut a piece of card, then drew some lines and 3 hearts with stems. Next I coloured them with 3 different reds, a combination I saw on the web, which I liked. I then used 3 different greens for the stems. 

 

I had already used a sentiment for my last card from this set, so decided to use two more from it. I stamped them to suit, as I thought, then layered them onto red paper which were attached to the base card. 

 

stamp sentiments - Avian Allure by Alex Syberia SCP272

inks - Distress inks, ripe persimmon, abandoned coral, fired brick, shabby shutters, bundled sage, forest lodge, and antique linen for the ground.

red paper - Lidl  

 

CAS TMR

  My DT card today is for 

The Male Room 

I've had no mojo, so have been looking at some of my old cards for inspiration. This is from 2010, before I was blogging! The image I've used is very old, but I found it in my files with no identification. The sentiment is the same. I print and cut both with 3 layers each in Silhouette, then I coloured them with DI's.  

Next, I embossed a card cut to size, with a music embossing folder, although you can hardly see it. It was attached to the base card, adding the image and sentiment onto the music. 

images - unnamed

inks - Distress Inks, salty ocean, squeezed lemonade, abandoned coral 

embossing folder - Die sire, Embossalicious, Seasonal Music

Silhouette 

Hearts WLSC

 Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for

We Love Stamping  

This month, we would love to see your cards with the theme chosen by Myself.

Hearts

 

February is the time of professing our love, but this year, I am dealing with a Sympathy card, because I saw the beautiful words on the stamp and had to use it and maybe it's the mood I'm in!

 

I started with looking for stamps with hearts and found a few. I then went searching for a sentiment, but as it happens I found this, thought it lovely, so went with it. In case you can't read it, it says, 

"Wrapping you in Love

at a time when words fall short." 

 Aren't they lovely?

 

I stamped the heart then the sentiment, next I coloured the heart simply. It looked a little plain, so I embossed the top and bottom of the card.  Definitely a CAS card. The card actually went to a lady whose hubby is very ill.

 

heart stamp - Magazine freebie SCP 

sentiment - Avian Allure by Alex Syberia SCP272

inks - Distress inks, scattered straw, fired brick

embossing folder - SC&P magazine freebie 

 

I hope to see you at the challenge, what's your take on hearts? 

Our wonderful and beautiful prizes this month are 2 Penny Black stamps and a £10 digital download from Buddly Crafts

 

Penguin CCC

    Hi Everyone, my DT card today is for -

Critter Crazy

 Anything Goes but they MUST feature a critter as the main focus 

Whether Furry, Feathered, Fantasy, Fairytale, 

Scaly, or Insect, there must be a critter.

  

A penguin card today, for a Great Niece. It's her birthday in a few days, so I thought a Winter card would be suitable for her, in my files I came across this lovely penguin, suitable for a little girl, with her scarf and flowers. She was taken into Silhouette and print and cut 3 times, the sentiment was also done at the same time, I decided to colour the sentiment the same as the flowers, bringing a little warmth into it.

 

I also had an embossing folder in my subscription magazine for December, so I decided to emboss a piece of card and then swipe ink onto it, to give a little colour. A few snowflakes added to make it more wintry, and some 3D glaze onto the eyes and feet. 

penguin - The Hungry JPEG

embossing folder - Card Making Magic, SCP #278

snowflake dies - Crafters Companion Glittering Snowflakes 

ink - Distress ink - blueprint sketch

3D glaze - Nuvo

fonts -  Ellianarelles's Path & ChrisHmk

label shape - Silhouette 

 

the insert, with a quote from the web

 

What animal will you use?