Hugs and Kisses

It is time to send out Valentine's cards!! I love to send out Valentine's - they are less stressful than Christmas and so cheerful!! Today I have two Valentine's cards to share using the Hugs and Kisses Stencil and the Latte Love set (with dies). They are clean and simple layouts but I think the "pop" comes from the fun backgrounds. What do you think?

PS - in the background, you are seeing some of my tiered tray decorations - chunky wooden hearts with the Hugs and Kisses Stencil used to paint on the textures, and a "stack of Valentine's books" using Bitty Minnie Alpha.

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you were inspired today!

Lyn

Love in a Mug

 Hello crafty friends! Who's ready for the weekend? I know I am, lol! I'm so excited to share with you today's card with a coffee/love theme. Most of the supplies I used are from this month's new release, I hope you check it out.

To start I made an A2 size card base. Then I cut another piece to use for the front panel of the card. On this piece, I used the new Hugs & Kisses stencil with a light pink ink. Then I shifted the stencil just a bit to use some hot pink paste. That way the light pink ink shows as a shadow behind the hot pink paste. On the left side of the front panel I used the same light pink ink to stamp the coffee beans from the Texture Tiles 9 stamp set.

Next I stamp and die cut one of the mugs from the new Latte Love stamp set and used Copic Markers and Liquid Pearls to color it, and glued it to the front panel. I then heat embossed one of the sentiments from the Latte Love stamp set to a banner die cut and glued it to the card. To finish, I stamped those cute hearts to make it look like heart-shaped steam is rising up from the coffee mug. These hearts also come in the Latte Love stamp set.

I hope you have enjoyed today's blog post! Don't forget to checkout this month's new release, you will love it! 

For more inspiration you can follow me on Instagram: @harshgurl. As always, I do hope this has given you some inspiration to do something fun and creative today. See you next time!

 

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beautiful bouquets

 Hello, friends!  Today I have two cards for the Sweet ‘n Sassy Stamps‘ February release. This new set is called Beautiful Bouquets and it sure lives up to it's name! This is a large set which includes five Bouquet images and several pretty sentiments to cover many occasions.

Product links: Beautiful Bouquets Stamp Set, Beautiful Bouquets Dies, Beautiful Bouquets Bundle, Hugs & Kisses Stencil.

When I finished coloring the first image, I wanted this large Bouquet to really stand out. I kept the card CAS with white-on-white layers. The slash-stitched layer is popped with foam tape.

Have you read the children's book, Elmer? I have to say that is what I thought of when I stamped the second vase. LOL! It's a cute story. I stuck with only three colors, though, for my "patchwork" kettle vase. :) Most of the first layered panel got covered but I used the new Hugs & Kisses Stencil for those X's and O's in the background!

Have a great day!

Diane