2019 Valentine's Day Cards

I decided last minute to make Valentine's Day cards this year. The quickest way to make several cards is assembly line fashion. I needed 5 cards and honestly it would have only taken a couple of hours but life happened and I had to spread my cardmaking out over a couple of days.
I dug out an old (actually ancient!!) card kit, a cute Stamp set (Penny Black's Jumbo Love) and my Prismacolor pencils and got to work. I found it easier to work backwards, starting with my card base, then a layer of cardstock, patterned paper etc to get the proper measurements.


 Here are all five:

 The paper varies on each card, so everyone will know which one belongs to him/her. LOL

 This little guy is waiting to be embellished.

I am pretty sure the family will love them, after all who doesn't love that adorable little elephant?!?!

Thank you for stopping by!!
Until later~

Happy Birthday card quickie

Hey look, it is something other than a Christmas card!! I am still using We r Memory Keepers Winter Frost 6x6 paper pad collection. These are super quick cards, I only added the sentiment and a little bling. My tip today is to let the designer paper do most of the work for you!!

 (You can click on the photos to see larger views.)

Supplies-

Paper- We R Memory Keepers Winter Frost (December 2012 KI card kit from Taylored Expressions)

Ink- Jardin Moss- Palette, London Fog- Memento

Stamp- Think Big Favorites #13 PTI

Misc- Chocolate Pearls- Kaiser Scrapbook, Split Pea Rhinestones- Kaiser Scrapbook, Icicle Stickles

Thanks for stopping by!

Until later~

Wisemen Christmas card

Super fast and easy card share today. I am still sharing cards made with the We R Memory Keepers Winter Frost 6x6 paper pad (I got it in the Taylored Expression Key Ingredient card kit in December 2012.)

 I removed this clear stamp set from the package long ago and I don't remember who made it. :-/
All edges were distressed with Memento London Fog ink. The pearls are liquid pearls.
There you have a 5 minute card!!
Yhanks for stopping by!
Until later~

Sending smiles....

Today I am sharing another CASed card. You can see the original HERE. I did change it up slightly, I used a paper flower on mine and I didn't use any ribbon.

I used the September Key Ingredient card kit and Stamp of the month stamp set from Taylored Expressions. I used some colored ink, I really can not remember the last time I used something other than black or brown!! The I used was not a good match for the cardstock, but when I used the 2nd generation stamp technique it matched perfectly! (2nd generation stamping is when you ink up your stamp, stamp it on a scratch paper and then onto the paper you are using without re-inking. This gives you a lighter shade of ink color.)
When you cut your 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock you can get 4 mats from one sheet, so I went ahead and made four identical cards. I love the sentiment, it is perfect to send to the folks "back home."

Supplies-

Paper- We R Memory Keepers Chalkboard 6x6 pad,  Bazzill cardstock

Ink- memento Tuxedo Black, Orangerie Palette Ink

Misc- paper flower, Pearl- Kiaser Scrapbook

Yeah for quick cards!! 

Thanks for stopping by!!

Until later~

October 2012 LOAD-1

I have joined the challenge over on Let's Scrap. It is a LayOut A Day challenge. We are to make a layout, card or mixed media project every day for the month of October. I decided I would start the month off by 1.) making some cards and 2.) using some of my Taylored Expressions Key Ingredient Kit card kits that I have been collecting. The August kit was a good one to start with- one of the "ingredients" was a roll of Trendy Tape (something I have been wanting to try.) So I got to work making cards and now I am so excited to have an assortment of 21 new cards!! TWENTY-ONE!! Can you believe it??!! (I did add a couple of pieces of ivory and black cardstock, but all of the other paper came from the kit!!) This collection of cards was made pretty quickly, some designs I made 2 identical cards and some designs I made 3. (3 is a good number when working with 6x6 pads because there are usually 3 sheets of each design.) I also limited myself to a couple of dies, stamp sets, Copic markers and embellishments, that saved me a lot of time!

It is hard to get a good shot to show that many cards.

 Lots of pretty cards.

 I used the Faith in Bloom stamp set for the sentiment and die cut it with a Spellbinders label die. I like how the black scallop border really "pops."

These are pretty simple, I rounded the bottom corners and add a little ribbon and some Prima flowers to finish them off.

I used the Faith in Bloom set again on this trio of cards. I used 3 different Spellbinders die sets for the sentiment. (The black borders was the leftovers from the scallop border on the first set of cards.)

I used Copic markers to color my flowers, and stamped a sentiment on yet another die cut. The sentiments are matted with black and the designer paper was matted with a light blue before adhering it to my ivory card base.

I found this card design on the the TE web site. Don't you love the black polka dot Trendy Tape? I am hooked on that stuff!!

This pair of cards are very simple. I popped the designer paper up on pop dots and added some pretty ribbon.

I used the Onesie Twosie set for these cards. (The onesie die get 2 thumbs up from me!!) I put the Trendy Tape on a scrap of white cardstock before die cutting it with the small scallop border die. The center onesies are popped up.

I trimmed the designer paper to keep the saying. (I'm lucky to have you in my life) I cut the black cardstock with the Majestic Border Die, and added some Trendy Tape, for yet another quick and easy card.

I hope you are inspired to make some quick and easy cards!

Thanks for stopping by!

Until later~