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Happy Valentine’s Day Card with Shaker Hearts

Hello everyone…. Valentine’s Day is 4 more days! My kiddos are super excited for this special day because they can make their own Valentine’s day boxes and cards. As you can see in the last month, I have been sharing LOTS of Valentine themed projects, too 😀

Today… one more card to share with you…

I adore the new big script Happy Valentine’s Day stamp. It is big enough to be the focal point of the card. I heat embossed it with white embossing powder and did some resist blending on it using distress inks. Then I splattered some water on it and dabbed it off with paper towel for the texture.

I created those cute shaker hearts with ODBD Custom Layering Hearts Dies. It is very simple to make. I filled it with some shade of red sequins.

Do you need more inspirations for the last minute Valentine’s Day projects? Visit ODBD Blog today to see the inspirations from the design team. And you can save 15% – 20% on the bundles from February New Release! Check them all out at the ODBD Store. And here are the preview of the ODBD products I use today:

THANKS A BUNCH for visiting me today! I hope you all have a fabulous day!

I play along today at:

Anything Goes – Challenge Weeks #268-269

Simon Says: Young At Heart

PP330 – A Theme Challenge from Claire

February Challenge

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Love TAGPlorations Blog Hop Day 2

Hello everyone… Guess what?! Winter is back after couple of “Spring-y warm” days we had this pass week. I hope you all keep yourselves warm and cozy until Spring is really arrived! 😉

It is the Day 2 of the Love TAGplorations Blog Hop. There are many gorgeous inspirations from the STAMPlorations Girls on the blog today. Come and blog-hopping with us! Do not forget to leave comment along the way for chances to enter the giveaway (info at the bottom of this post) 🙂

For today blog hop, I am sharing a shaker tag card using the CUTplorations: Luggage Tags Nesting Dies, You & Me Phrase Die and Crazy Double Running Stitch Rectangle Nesting Dies. The sentiment I use is from Pocket Blooms stamp & die set.

Hope this card can give you an inspiration to create your own handmade tag and/or card for this Valentine’s Day 🙂

Link Up Party:

  • Create a new Valentine’s day project (any kind!) with a tag in it.
  • Post it on your blog (or Flickr, Instagram, SCS gallery, etc.) and then link up here.
  • Display the TAGplorations event graphic in your post and link back to this post to qualify for the prizes.
  • You may enter as many projects as you want, but each project must be in its own post (1 project = 1 blog post = 1 entry)
  • Use whatever product(s) you have; STAMPlorations products are not required.
  • Link up here by Tuesday, February 14, 11:55 p.m. Pacific (GMT-8).

GIVEAWAY:

To be eligible to win, you need to leave comment on each STAMPlorations Girls’ blogs from today until Tuesday, February 14, 11:55 p.m. Pacific. The winners will be announced on March 10 in the February Challenges & Hops winners post at STAMPlorations Blog. So be sure to follow the blog if you aren’t already.

The Prizes are:

  • THREE (3) randomly drawn winners from all comments left on this post and participating designers blog will each receive a $10 gift certificate to the store
  • ONE (1) randomly drawn participant to the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of stamp set (Pocket Blooms, A Full Heart, or Two of Us)*
  • ONE (1) randomly drawn participant to the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of any 2 of the new love-themed dies (Love, Always, XOXO, Forever, You & Me, Clustered Hearts)*
  • ONE (1) randomly drawn participant in the Love TAGplorations linky party will receive her choice of tag dies set: Luggage Tags or ATC/Tag Builder

Get 20% off on all regular and sale-priced items STAMPlorations stamps, stencils, and dies by using this code: STAMPGIRLHELEN when you check out (please copy and paste the code). Code can not be combined your code with any other discount codes.

Also… when you create with STAMPlorations products, you can link up also at the Never-Ending Anything Goes Challenge!

I am playing along also at:

THANKS A BUNCH for stopping by my blog today! And I hope you all have a fabulous day!

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You’re So Thoughtful

Hello everyone… we kindda hope the winter will be end soon because my youngest and I are having cabin fever now… and I need more inspirations from the nature and outdoors 🙂

When I need some mojo to create, I often go to Pinterest and search for some fresh inspirations. I like color hues and pictures. And for today card, I am inspired by these 2 color combo hues:

Base on the color palettes above, I created this card with Our Daily Bread Design Double Stitched Rectangles Dies, Concord & 9th stamp set and die cut sets, and Tombow Dual Brush pens 🙂

For the background, I use DCVW metallic gold paper. And I used Canson watercolor paper for the heart, flower and word die cuts.

I stamped the word “thoughtful” with Tombow Dual Brush pen and sprayed some water on it. And then I watercoloring the shade of blue Tombow Dual Brush pens for the heart and flower.

As for the sentiment, I stamped the word “You’re So” on a white cardstock with black archival ink and cut out with scissors.

I added the heart and flower on the card with liquid glue, and using 3D foam tape for the sentiment die cut and sentiment strip. Then I finished my card with some clear dropplets.

That’s for my card today. So, if you need some mojo to create, where do you find it? I’d love to know 🙂

THANKS a bunch for visiting me today and have a fabulous day!

I play along at:

HLS Anything Goes With Dies February Challenge

HLS Watercolor February Challenge

Where Creativity Meets C9 Challenge #6

WAW Anything Goes Challenge Week 268 – 269

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Snowy Season Greetings

Hello everyone… I know it February already bit today I would like to share a Holiday Card.

When I hear or read word Holiday, Christmas is always on the top of the list. Next is Easter 🙂 But since it is technically still Winter, I go with a Christmas themed card for this challenge:

ATSM Challenge 228 - Joy Clair

On my card I use the Christmas Border clear stamp set and Merry Christmoose clear stamp set from Joy Clair.

The paper I use is Snowhaven from CTMH (retired) and Canson watercolor paper 140 lbs.

Technique I usef on this card is heat-embossing watercolor resist. I used some of my Color Burst powder and water to create the background.

I hope you are inspired to create a Holiday themed projects of your own 🙂

I also playing along at:

ATSM Challenge #228 – Holiday

Christmas Card Challenges #5

Merry Monday #234 – CAS

HLS CAS February Challenge

Thanks for visiting me today! Have a fabulous day.

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Happy Valentine’s Day – No Bulky Shaker Card

WOW… Valentine’s Day is a week away! And today I would love to share with one more Valentine’s Day Card with you all.

I am sharing this a no-bulky shaker card with the Heart Background Builder Cling Stamp and Cross Stitch Love Stamp Set on A Jillian Vance Design Blog.

AJVD - Happy Valentine's Day No-Bulky Shaker Card

I used 2 sizes of rectangle dies to create the shaker window and just added the acetate on the window, then I added the jumbo sequins on it and added the stamped background paper on it. That is a way to make a no-bulky shaker card.

Then I decorated the front with negative hearts die cut, fussy cut arrows and stamped sentiment.

I hope this project today will give you some inspiration to create your own handmade Valentine’s Day card.

THANKS A BUNCH for visiting me here and at A Jillian Vance Design Blog today! Have a fabulous day!

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