Card I Made for the December Swap

This is the card I made for the December Monthly Card Swap. Obviously the "theme" was Valentine's Day! Here is a list of the items I used to make this card.

Stamp sets: Paisley Prints, Grateful Greetings

Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Real Red, Whisper White

Ink: Real Red, Blushing Bride

Other: Brights brads, Ticket Corner punch, Full Heart XL punch, Heart to Heart XL punch (I put one of the hearts from this punch on the inside of the card), Blushing Bride Stitched Poly ribbon

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last Thanksgiving card for this year

OK...let me start by saying that I'm not totally pleased with this card. But, I love the Paisley Prints stamp set and wanted to use it. I also LOVE heat embossing! I can still remember the very first time I did heat embossing and I remember thinking "OH WOW! I LOVE THIS!" I know...simple minds sometimes love simple things! And, I SO have a simple mind sometimes! All I did was stamp the leaf image multiple times on the background. Then, I used different fall colored embossing powders. I sprinkled a little here and then a little there and then instead of tilting the card to let the extra embossing powder run off I flipped the card over really quick so that it fell off instead of sliding down the card. That's the only way I could think to get the leaves to have different colors on each leaf. Here are the different items I used to make this card.

Stamp sets: Paisley Prints, Grateful Greetings

Cardstock/paper: Very Vanilla, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Autumn Spice DSP

Ink: Soft Suede, VersaMark

Other: various fall colored embossing powders (some Stampin' Up! and some not), heat tool, Stampin' Dimensionals, stick-on gems

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another REALLY simple card

This card is SO simple! I LOVE this DSP (Designer Series Paper) too! The bats you see are "flocked". This paper reminds me of the old fashioned wallpaper you used to see in the old Victorian homes! Anyway, you really can't get much simpler than this card! Here are the items/products I used to make this card.

Stamp set: Grateful Greetings

Cardstock/Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Wicked Fun DSP

Ink: Rich Razzleberry

Other: Lots of Tags Sizzlets die-Label 2, XL Decorative Label punch, Stampin' Dimensionals, sponge

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LNS Challenge 53

This week's challenge at Late Night Stampers was to make a Valentine's card and, if possible, make it masculine. I have seen LOTS of beautiful Valentine's cards using alot of our new stamp sets. I went "old school" for mine! This is the Valentine that I will give my husband next month. That's me driving the pickup truck (I LOVE pickup trucks) and that's a few of our dogs in the back of the truck! Here are the products I used to make this card:

Stamp sets: Loads of Love, Loads of Love Accessories, Grateful Greetings

Cardstock: Watercolor paper, Ruby Red, Whisper White, Basic Black

Ink: Staz-On Jet Black, Bashful Blue, Basic Black, Going Gray, Close To Cocoa, Ruby Red, Regal Rose, Creamy Caramel, Blush Blossom

Other: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Aqua Painter, Heart To Heart punch, white gel pen, sponge

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