Love is in the Air

Its a stormy day here in the South of England today even though the sun is shining.

This week is the lead up to Valentine's Day - is it romantic for you? I have made some quirky Valentine's this year which have been popular. I have used my Cricut Explore machine for these :

But my favourite is this one.....

I am entering the following challenges:

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge - Valentine's Day

Crafts And Me - Use red or Valentines

Die Cut Divas - Love, Marriage or Anniversaries 

CAS on Sunday - Valentine

Dies R Us - Love

Love is still around!

I know Valentine's Day has now passed us by, but I couldn't resist creating this card. You know when you think about crafting in your sleep? Well this is one such creation.

To create this card I used the materials below.

First I painted the thick card with acrylic paint and used the ink spray to add the red colour.  The purple spots were created with a stencil. Using various WOW! Embossing stamps I ramdomly stamped over the background in black ink. I used a white pencil to highlight the string of hearts. Finally I stamoed the flower image onto the card and then again onto plain card so I could decoupage the image.

I think all good ideas come to you when you are sleeping!!

Challenges I am entering:

Artistic Stamper - Love

Rhedds Creative Challenge - Anything (Mixed Media)

Mixed Media Card Challenge - Love

Unruly Art Quest - Heartfelt

Opus Gluei - Be My Valentine

In Print!

I was so excited to pick up my copy of Cardmaking Using Your PC today as my projects for the Handmade Harbour Design Team are in it!!

These wonderful images can be found on the free cd with the magazine or from the Handmade Harbour Digi site.

I will be posting close ups of my projects later!

Where does the Time go??

Firstly a belated Happy New Year to you all!

I realised that it's been nearly a whole month since I've blogged! With Christmas and our new addition to the family  - a little puppy - life is hectic!

So I just had time to make a quick and simple card for Less Is More this week. The theme there is one layer hearts. I've had this stamp set from HunkyDory since June and its the first time out the packet!!

Back Soon!

I am also entering this card into the following challenges :

Creative Craft Challenges2 - Anything New

Inky Chicks - Anything Goes

Love is in the air

I'm slowly catching up on my blog posts, I have been snowed under with card orders this week! At Its Crafting Time, the theme for this week has been pink, white and red. Love is in the air at the moment, so I made this card with that in mind. First I die cut the birdcage and bird from the Tim Holtz Sizzix die from pink card which is embossed with dots. I lightly distressed the card with Worn Lipstick Distress Ink. I fixed these to the card with foam pads. The heart I diecut from a Sizzlits Sizzix die "Hearts". For the sentiment I used the saying from the Creative Expressions Birds stamp set. I stamped it onto a die cut heart using Versamark ink and embossed it with WOW Apple Red super fine powder. Finally I added pink spotty ribbon and paper roses to decorate. Visit the online shop to buy the items you need to make this card.


Other challenges I am entering:
Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - Love is in the air
Fussy and Fancy Friday - With All My Heart
Crafting When We Can - Valentine / Love