Valentine Tags

 

For the grands.

I used some watercolor paper because I knew I was going

too use inks to making and I wanted the

background to have texture, so whipping out a cool embossing die

I didn't know I had sent 10 tags on through.

Using a few distress inks using the smack and dab technique

that Tim Holtz teaches and uses.

It was a lot of fun actually, and normally I don't

heat dry the layers, but I did this time.

The background looks great.

 

Oh I added the pockets on the back to hold the $1

I took in - quite the big spender.

That was a total stash bust, but I love those envelopes

and have no clue where I got them or the brand.

Some punched and die cut hearts.

M's dinosaur stamp.

 

Play date with Holli

Was so much fun and we timed it for the great

TH unveiling of his new ink color

Kitsch Flamingo.

A really, really neat pink that needs to be in

my collection.

Her scrappy room is amazing and I love "shopping" there.

We worked in some selfies because why not.

Where in awe of what the makers make.

They are soooo creative it blows me away.

We were actually at this point binge watching all his videos.

As we watched, we shared die cuts, embossing folders

I bought the coolest "doily" die cut

as you can see below - and used nuvo shimmer powders

which made the doily sooooo dainty.

TH flower in abandoned papers totally rock it.

You'll be seeing them on a page or card soon.

I also love that she gifted me an Arther AND those

windows were fun to put together.

There's more playful fun as I add color to

those embossed tags.

Oh the fun to see them come to life.

 

Theodore for the birthday card

Love Theodore even if putting him together can be quite the struggle.

Since I made different colors for most of the pieces

one ends up with almost enough for two.

And that's what happened here.

From now on when I'll building one of these adorable

characters, I shall make enough for two.

Comes in handy.

I finally got around to using an embossing folder.

I have them, seldom use them because

while others totally rock them - I seem to struggle.

However, be bold, be daring - I wanted some texture in background and

this was one way to do it.

Love how it turned out - just highlighting

some of the embossed to bring the background out even more.

"Celebrate" fit his backside perfectly and

on the inside - typical "happy birthday" stentiment.

 

My entries for the Avacado Design Team tryouts

I didn't make it. And its all good. Win some-lose some.

So here's my card using their stamp sets.

There stamp sets are adorable by the way.

 I have trouble with cards. I don't know why but they baffle me and now I have to work on that skill.

I used the jar stamp from inkadinkadoo - and embossed the edges. And fussy cut the flowers for a bit of dimension.

I kept the inside simple.

Whooooooooo doesn't love owls.

I cut out and chopped down the tree from quickutz for it to fit and added some leaves from mulberry papers. Got carried away with the mists.

On the inside I used the mulberry paper and didn't like it - so I ripped it out and thought it added some texture along with more mists. Of course when I saw the word who - I went straight to the Who's song, "Who are you? who who who who." It really couldn't be helped.

And this sweet tea set worked totally perfect with this photo.

Love the Studio Calico papers and envelop and Dear Lizzy frames.

Anyway it was fun to do the challenges and work the stamps in. 

It wasn't as hard as I thought it would be and I love the outcome. 

I want to thank my pal Connie, check her blog out, she rocks the vintage and all

things country at Crafty Goodies for giving me a heads up.