Confetti Garland Valentine

Happy Sunday all! I have another Valentine's Day card to share today. Betsy Veldman created a Make It Monday video on how to add a confetti garland to your project - you can see it here. The challenge at Less is More this week is 'Little Ones' - which can be babies, children or small elements on your card. I chose to go with small elements - the small hearts in my garland. My card design was inspired by this week's sketch at CAS(E) the Sketch!

I had a difficult time photographing this card, we have a winter storm coming later today and there is no sun. I created the subtle striped background by masking with post-it notes, applying Versa Mark and clear embossing powder. The center heart and small hearts in my garland were leftover from last week's card making using Scotch brand clear glue and alcohol ink. The picture doesn't do them justice but these hearts are really colourful and shiny.

Supplies:
Stamps - Who's Your Valentine (CTMH)
Dies - Spiral Notebook, Heart Prints (PTI)
Paper - Stampers Select White (PTI)
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versa Mark, Clear EP, Scotch clear glue, Alcohol Ink (Ranger)
Other - silver cord, silver sequins, silver beads, black brads

Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop Take 2 - Hearts and a Retro Sketch

Here is my second card for the blog hop at Papertrey Ink today. For this card I used the sketch at Retro Sketches this week.

For this card I created another heart accent using a die cut heart, liquid glass (I think this product is similar to Crystal Effects) and alcohol ink. I created a Bokeh effect panel for the center of my card - for this I randomly sponged pink and grey ink onto my CS and then with the tiny heart stamp from Boutique Borders: Love, I randomly stamped first, second and third generation hearts using a white pigment ink. I then die cut my panel with a square die and die cut two small hearts out of the bottom right corner. The tags were die cut from CS and vellum and topped off with some ribbons and fibers tied together. I really like how this turned out.

Supplies:
Stamps - Boutique Borders: Love (PTI)
Dies - Heart Prints, Tag Sale #5, (PTI), Classic Square (Spellbinders)
Paper - Stampers Select White (PTI), Vellum (CTMH), coaster
Ink - Versafine Black Onyx, Clear EP, Ranger Alcohol Ink, Liquid Glass (CTMH), Watermelon ink, Grey Wool ink, White Daisy Pigment ink (CTMH)
Other - ribbons and fibers

Papertrey Ink January Blog Hop - Hearts and a LIM Sketch

For some reason I was a day behind today and thought this hop was tomorrow. Thank goodness I had both my posts ready to go.

 The theme for the monthly blog hop at Papertrey Ink is all about love - more specifically hearts. For this card I am also playing along with Less Is More utilizing their sketch this week.

Using my Heart Prints Dies, I cut out several hearts from a coaster. I then generously applied Scotch clear liquid glue over the surface of the die cut and then dropped 2 -3 drops of Ranger's alcohol ink onto the glue and let these dry. I have used this technique before, heating the tinted glue with a heat gun which will give you a darker and more textured finished product. I stamped the scrolled frame onto my card base and then die cut the hearts out of the center of each. I then popped my glue/inked hearts into the negative space. The sentiment was heat embossed onto black CS with white EP and popped up on 3D foam.

Supplies:
Stamps - Boutique Borders: Love, Wet Paint (PTI)
Dies - Heart Prints, Building Blocks (PTI)
Paper - Stampers Select White (PTI), Black CS (SU), coaster
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black, Versa Mark, White EP, Ranger Alcohol ink, Scotch Clear glue

Chalkboard Technique - Word Art Valentine

It has been some time since I have posted here. My father passed away earlier this month after a 3 month battle with cancer, so I haven't spent much time in my craft room. Things are slowly getting back to normal, so hopefully I will have more time to create.
Today, I wanted to share this card with you. I love the look of the chalkboard technique, so this weekend tried my hand at it. You can find great instructions here by Betsy Veldman . I also love the typeset style or word art type stamp sets, however I don't own any, so I decided to make my own. I pulled out all of the stamps that I thought might have a word or expression that would work and proceeded to place them on my largest block. After trying the stamp out with regular ink first and a number of tweeks and adjustments I was ready for the versamark and heat embossing.

Supplies - A2 Size
Paper - DP- For Always, Ruby CS, Grey Wool CS (CTMH), Black CS -?
Stamps - A1094 - Make My Day, B1315 - Code It, C1422 - Unity, C1494 - Card Word Puzzle, D1222 - Tiny Typewriter Alpha, D1254 - Soul Mates, D1300 - Circle Around, D1348 - Priceless Love Word Puzzle, D1460 - Love Ya, D1506 - Family Love, S1112 - Mad About You (CTMH), Vintage Labels 4 (Waltzing Mouse)
Ink - White Daisy (CTMH), Memento Tuxedo Black, Versa Mark, White Embossing powder, White coloured pencil
Accessories - Black Hemp, studs (CTMH), button - ?