A card a day may not really keep the doctor away, but it may uplift the spirits of someone. And that, my dear friend, may go a long way.
I feel very motivated to make some Valentine Day cards this year. A part of me is sad that I don't have 30 cards to make for my son's classroom anymore. He's finally hit that age where cards aren't so cool. The advantage I have this year is that I can make any type of card I want and they can all be different. So, last week I set aside two days to create, create, create. I have 13 cards made and two more in the work with more ideas brewing. I'd like to share with you 14 Days for the Love of Card Making! Are you ready to begin?
Our first day is focused on
Stampers Anonymous/Tim Holtz's Love Struck stamp set. The card above was made with
Ranger's Distress Ink Pads using the Wrinkle Free Distress technique on an old book page. The angel was stamped with
Archival jet Black and mounted to a black cardstock panel, and then to a white 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" top-folded white card. The saying was embossed with
Queen's Gold embossing powder on black cardstock, trimmmed and mounted to card. Rhinestones were added to the top left and bottom right corners.
This card was made using Ranger's coordinating line of
Adirondack Ink Pads. Taking a light, bright, and earthtone allows you to create matching shades of color for any card. For this one, I used Shell Pink, Watermelon and Cranberry. The background was stamped with the Love Text from Love Struck using Shell Pink. The hearts were stamped with Watermelon, and the cherub and ticket were stamped with Cranberry. Here I just kept layering pink and white panels ending with a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" side-folded white card.
The last card utilizes the same idea as above. This time I used coordinating colors - Mountain Rose (bright) and Red Pepper (earthtone). I brayered a 4" x 5 1/4" white gloss cardstock panel with Mountain Rose and dried it with a heat tool. The color tends to lighten as it sinks into the paper. Next, I stamped the hearts with Mountain Rose to give a soft stamped effect. Stamp and emboss the saying with Queen's Gold and mount to a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2" top-folded white card. Die cut tickets with cream cardstock and stamp love ticket on each one. Mount to card.
And there you go, three cards, one stamp sets, and a whole lot of fun products from Ranger. We're well on our way to some Valentine crafting fun.
Come back tomorrow and see what I've whipped up!
I feel very motivated to make some Valentine Day cards this year. A part of me is sad that I don't have 30 cards to make for my son's classroom anymore. He's finally hit that age where cards aren't so cool. The advantage I have this year is that I can make any type of card I want and they can all be different. So, last week I set aside two days to create, create, create. I have 13 cards made and two more in the work with more ideas brewing. I'd like to share with you 14 Days for the Love of Card Making! Are you ready to begin?
This card was made using Ranger's coordinating line of Adirondack Ink Pads. Taking a light, bright, and earthtone allows you to create matching shades of color for any card. For this one, I used Shell Pink, Watermelon and Cranberry. The background was stamped with the Love Text from Love Struck using Shell Pink. The hearts were stamped with Watermelon, and the cherub and ticket were stamped with Cranberry. Here I just kept layering pink and white panels ending with a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" side-folded white card.
As seen on Off-The-Deep-End.Net, posted December 16: Christmas
is getting closer. Have you checked your Advent calendar? My son
checks his every day. He loves the Advent calendar I made for him.
Although his love and adoration has nothing to do with the fact that I
painstakingly cut out a million (okay, not a million, but a whole
LOT) little felt pieces and hand-stitched them to 24 little pockets and
then stitched the entire thing together. (And for the record, sewing is
not my thing.) Instead, it's for what he perceives as his 24-day pass
for a little chocolate before or after breakfast.
