Inkspirational #309 - With All My Heart

 Today, I'm posting my DT card for Inkspirational #309 Challenge -  It's a Word Prompt and the word is HEARTS.  

I made a Valentine but it could also be for an Anniversary.

I used stamps and dies from The Greetery for my HEART card today -  using a heart shaped wreath, heart patterned paper and white and black Tuxedo Hearts!

We hope you'll join us and link up your HEART cards over at the Inkspirational Blog!   You'll also find lovely inspiration from the rest of the talented DT.

You have until Feb 23 to join in!

Also linking my card to:

Inspired by Challenge

inspired by the white, pinks and reds

ends 2/14

Double D Challenge

Heartfelt

ends 2/18

The Card Concept

Clean and Layered, inspired by colors, hearts and houses (door)

ends 2/12

Just Us Girls

Stamps: Mini Boxwood Heart - The Greetery. 
Paper: White, Pure Poppy - Papertrey Ink, DP Valentines Day Paper Pad - Recollections (Michaels)
Ink: Pink Pearl, Ruby Red - Altenew
Accessories: Mini Boxwood Heart Die, Elegant Entrance Arches Die, A2 Arches die - The Greetery, Tuxedo Hearts - Honey Bee Stamps, Oval Punch - Stampin Up, Foam dots.

Every Day Should be a Chocolate Day

 Today I'm joining in with the Inspired by Challenge.

I really want to sip on one of these pink hot chocolates!! 

I was inspired by the frothy white and pinks along with the strawberries.  Instead of a drink - mine is a heart shaped frosted cookie!

My card front is a Quick Card Fronts: Chocolate Sweetheart from Whimsy Stamps that I recently purchased.  I love how you can make a WOW card so quickly with them!  

I used a Nestability Heart die that just fit this heart (!) to cut it out and pop it up.  I also added 3 white tuxedo hearts and a sentiment strip also popped up on foam. 

I stamped Happy Valentine's Day inside!

I'm also linking my card to:

Double D Challenge - Heartfelt

NBUS

First time using the card fronts!

Paper:  white card base - PTI

Accessories:  Quick Card Fronts: Chocolate Sweetheart - Whimsy Stamps, heart die - Nestability,  Tuxedo Hearts - Honey Bee, foam dots.

St. Patrick's Day Bunny

I'm a mix of English, Irish and Scotch and bits of about  8 other European areas!

(Thank you - Ancestry.com!)

I always make cards to send to friends for St. Patrick's Day. Everyone's Irish on March 17th right?!!  

This year I made these little bunny cards, dressing them up for the wearing of the green!

The bunny die is Carrot Bunny and the hat die is from The Gent both sets Tim Holtz/Sizzix.  The tag die is Tear Strip Tags from The Greetery.  The sentiment and stamped shamrock are from Irish Blessings from Papertrey Ink (retired).  

I added shamrock stickers to the hat of the 'boy' and the ear of  the 'girl'.  

I die cut two bunnies for each card and glued them together along the ears and top of the head so they would stand up!  I cut slits in the hat so the ears would pop through the top.

I'm linking my St. Pat's Bunny cards to:

 Double D Challenges: All things Green

Die Cut Divas - Anything Goes

The Card Concept Lucky Charm

my card is clean layered die cuts

Thought I'd share the same bunny used for Valentine's this year too! 

Stamp from Tear Strip Tags: Valentine Stamp Set from The Greetery.

Stamps:  Irish Blessings - Papertrey Ink (retired), Tear Strip Tags: Valentine Stamp Set - The Greetery.

Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne.

Paper:  White,  New Leaf, True Black, Pale Peony - Papertrey Ink.

Accessories:  Carrot Bunny die , The Gent Die - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Tear Strip Tags Die - The Greetery, thin green tape from stash (on hat), shamrock stickers - Michaels, heart punch, twine.

The Card Chain Challenge - February 2023 reveal

 Today is the day all of the cards exchanged over at the Card Chain Challenge in February are revealed.  This month I sent my card to Lia in The Netherlands and I received a card from Gail in Canada (who is a new participant!)

Each month we are given a sketch, colors and various suggested themes, we only have to use one of the suggestions.

This month I used the colors, two of the themes: hearts, friendship and the Technique:  layers!

Theme Options: Hearts / Tags / Friendship

Product / Technique Options: Burlap or Gauze / Layers

I used Tim Holtz/Sizzix fun Abstract Faces die set for my image.  I bought the die set over a year ago and this is the first time I've used it!  The sentiment was cut with one of the dies in the Bold Text #1 set also from Tim Holtz/Sizzix.

I brushed over the face with Clear Glitter Wink of Stella to lighten it up a bit and add some shimmer.  You may be able to see that on the close up below?  It does really sparkle in the light IRL!

If you'd like to join in this fun monthly challenge you have until March 6th to sign up for the next month!  Check out all the details over at The Card Chain Challenge!

I'm linking my card to:

NBUS

First time I have used the Abstract Faces die.

Paper:  White - PTI, Core-Dinations Distress Collection - Tim Holtz/Ranger, Patina Craft Papers - The Craft Consortium.

Ink:  Frayerd Burlap Distress Oxide - Ranger

Accessories:  Abstract Faces Dies, Bold Text #1 Dies - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, small heart punch - McGill, Clear Glitter Wink of Stella, finger dauber, foam dots.

Love is in the Air

 Today there is a new challenge posted over at Inkspirational. #283

So, the challenge is to use Stencils -  with an option of also doing splatters!

I decided to make a Valentine with a beautiful stencil called Spatter Heart from A Colorful Life Designs.  

So the stencil itself already inks splatter (or spatter as the stencil is called!) around the heart but I also created splatter by flicking water onto the heart.  I used Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink over the stencil and Distress Inks are reactive to water as you can see in the closeup below.

I die cut a 4 3/4"x4 3/4" square of red card stock with a Lacey Square Spellbinders die and used the negative piece as a frame for my heart.  The frame is up on foam dots.

My card is 5" x 5" square.

Please join us over at Inkspirational and link up your stenciled cards! You'll find some lovely inspiration from the rest of the Design Team.   Maybe you will include splatter as well?

You have until Feb 24th to link up you card!

I'm also linking my card to:

Cardz 4 Guys

Valentine for a guy

Little Red Wagon

Somebody to Love

Stamps:  Happy Valentines Day - River City Rubber Works.

Paper:  White, Pure Poppy - Papertrey Ink

Ink:  Ranger Distress Oxide Lumberjack Plaid, Nocturne Versafine Clair.

Accessories:  6"x6" Spatter Heart Stencil - A Colorful Life Designs, blender brush, foam tape, Tuxedo Hearts - Honey Bee Stamps, Lacey Square Spellbinders Die, water.

Sending Love in a Cart

 Here's another Valentine I've made for the season.  I made six of these using different patterned papers for the background and different colors of 'frosted' hearts (red/white/chocolate).  

I made a similar card about a month ago with a bigger plain heart in the cart and a die cut sentiment.

I used Glossy Accents on the heart and sprinkled heart confetti over it before it dried.  The Hand Cart die is from Charlie and Paulchen.  The sentiment is the from Good Vibes #4 set by Sizzix.

I'm linking my Valentine to:

Double D Challenges

Hearts

Inspired by basket of hearts (mines a cart with a heart!)

Inkspirational

Mood Board - inspired by frosted cookies and colors

Tic Tac Toe

1st vertical column

Die cut - Heart - Patterned Paper

Shopping Our Stash

Love is in the Air

Stamps:  Good Vibes #4 - Sizzix

Paper:  White - PTI, water color paper - Canson Cold Press, DP Be Mine Paper Pad - Recollections (Michaels)

Ink:  Versafine Clair Nocturne

Accessories:  Hand Card Die - Charlie and Paulchen (German Company), Transformable heart dies - MFT, Glossy Accents, foam dots, Tuxedo Hearts - Honey Bee, Tiny Hearts Valentine Mix - Ellen Hutson

Sending Love

 It's time for the next Inkspirational Challenge, and it's a wonderful Mood Board!

I'm sure you can tell - I  was inspired by the plate of cookies and the colors!

I die cut the hearts from Lawn Fawn out of white and Dark Chocolate card and spread a layer of Glossy Accents over each one.  

Then I sprinkled Tiny Hearts Valentine Mix from Ellen Hutson over them and let the Glossy Accents dry overnight.

I die cut the background using Quilted Backdrop from Lawn Fawn.

  

The chocolate heart is up on foam dots overlaying the white heart.   

I adhered the die cut sentiment from Memory Box beneath the hearts.

This card below was the first card I had made for the challenge, but I accidentally picked up the Crackle Glossy Accents!  

When I first saw it dried - I thought "did it crack because it was too thick??"  then I looked at the bottle and saw it was the Crackle Glossy Accents, duh...... I had really wanted it to be smooth 'frosting' so I made the card above.   

The only difference in the cards is the Crackle Glossy accents and a pretty patterned paper background. (Sweet as Sugar - Reverse Confetti)

It shows you how changing just one thing can bring a totally different look to a card!

Well, that and these cookies look like the frosting dried out sitting on the counter too long !

How will the Mood Board inspire you??   We can't wait to see what you create.  Check out all of the lovely inspired designs from the rest of the DT over at Inkspirational!

You have until Feb 10th to link up your project! 

Also linking my card to:

Die Cut Diva's - Valentines

Krafty Chicks - All Occasions - Valentines

Linking my 2nd card to:

Tic Tac Toe Challenge

1st vertical row

Die Cut - Heart - Patterned Paper

Paper:  White, Scarlet Jewell, Dark Chocolate - Papertrey Ink, Pale Rose - Bazzill, Sweet as Sugar - Reverse Confetti (on 2nd card)

Accessories:  Lacy Heart Stackables, Outside In Stitched Heart Stackables, Quilted Backdrop - Lawn Fawn, Sending Love Posh Script - Memory Box, Glossy Accents - Ranger,  Crackle Glossy Accents (on 2nd card) Tiny Hearts Valentine Mix - Essentials by Ellen Hutson, foam dots.

Guest DT at Time Out Challenge!

 I'm excited to be Guest Designer over at Time Out today!  I was asked because my card was chosen the winner for Challenge #227

And this is the challenge - Inspired by Words

Here is the card I made for the challenge, inspired by the quote:

No stamping - all die cuts!?!  I just love the look of this layered plaid die set from TH/Sizzix.  I used a Chrome Precision Plate for Thinlit Dies in my cutting sandwich to be sure all the lines got cut through on the plaid pieces.  

The sentiment was made using one of the Bold Text #2 dies also from TH/Sizzix.  

I layered it over a black panel with foam strips and adhered red acrylic hearts inside the open letters - seen better in the close up below!

Todays Time Out challenge is sponsored by AALL & Create and the winning entry will receive a $20.00 credit to their online store- so be sure to link up a card over at Time Out!  

Thank you Time Out for inviting me to be a Guest Designer today!  I had fun creating this card based on the Inspired Words!

I'm also linking my card to:

Die Cut Divas

Valentines

Color Hues

Path of Positivity

Tic Tac Toe

Center vertical - Hearts - Free - Shade of Red

NBUS January

first time using the plaid dies

Paper:  Pure Poppy, True Black, White - Papertrey Ink

Accessories:  Layered Plaid dies, Bold Text #2 dies - Tim Holtz/Sizzix, Chrome Precision Plate - Sizzix, red acrylic hearts - Honey Bee Stamps, foam strips.