Everyone loves receiving Valentine cards. Parents, lovers, children, grandchildren, and friends all enjoy a greeting on that special day. Here’s a selection you can copy or embellish upon. Designer papers are from BoBunny, cardstock is Stamp Express quality cardstock. Dies are Spellbinders and Accucut. Cupcake stamps are from Hero Arts. Sentiment stamp is JustRite, and the bunny is Stampavie. All coloring is done with Copic markers. Remember when cutting images out by hand, move the paper instead of the scissors for a smoother cut. Also, cut just outside the lines so that you can see the stamped outline. Embellishments include Prima flowers, butcher twine from Stampin’ Up, and glued on beads for the cupcake decorations. These are such fun to make, you’ll want to make more. All products are available at www.stampexpressstore.com. During January, everything is 30% off! Start crafting!
Valentine #1
Valentine #2
Valentine #3
I love to keep lists! Lists of gifts for people, things to do, ideas to try etc. You can alter any plain inexpensive notepad to make list making more fun. Here are some examples of seasonal pads we are taking to the church holiday event in November. You can use any size. Just cover the front with cardstock add decorative paper and put a band over the top to hold it together. Then embellish to your heart’s content. I used BoBunny designer paper and Stampin’ Up paper. Cardstock is Stamp Express quality cardstock. Stamps are from Stampavie and JustRite. Buttons and flowers are from my stash. Ovals were cut with Stampabilities Nesties dies. Use Scor-tape so everything will hold up well with use. These supplies are for sale at www.stampexpressstore.com.
Santa Altered Note Pad
Fall Altered Note Pad
Give Thanks Altered Note Pad
Ken has been preparing the soil, buying the seeds and planting the onions. It’s that time of year. ” Finn Whistling While He Works” reminds me of how much Ken enjoys doing the gardening. First I made a copy of a seed packet. Sprayed it with water and crumpled it up for the background. When it was dry, I smoothed it out and touched the high ridges with a brown ink pad. I glued this to the blue layer and then to the green card. Finn (Stampavie) was colored with Copic markers and then torn out. The edges were distressed with the same brown ink pad. The image was glued on top and a flower added for embellishment. What a great card for Father’s Day or a guy’s birthday this season. And the good news is that you can purchase the stamp, ink and markers now at our on-line store. If you want a gal gardening try” Elodie in Her Garden” using the same technique. Go here to see these stamps
Whistle While You Work
These new Stampavie stamps are so CUTE! The rabbit with the pencil (Just to Say) could be used any time of year with any message. I used a spring saying from Hero Arts. The cardstock is Stamp Express quality cardstock, the designer paper is BoBunny. The punch is Martha Stewart. All colors are Copic Markers. Several folks have asked that I publish the colors I use. So, beneath each card I have listed the Copic colors. But, know that you could use any 2 shades of a color family that you happen to own. If you would like more colors, check out our selection at our on-line store.
The Easter chick is cut out with a labels 1 Nestabilities die. Again the cardstock is Stamp Express quality cardstock, designer paper is BoBunny, markers are Copic, flowers are Prima, and the words are from Judikins. What fun these were to make. Order your Stampavie stamps now from our store to be ready for the Easter season.
Happy Spring card
Copic Colors used for the Happy Spring card:
Bunny’s ears - R00 with R20
Bunny - C1with C00 and T3
Pencil - E00 with E33 and Y15 with Y17
Easter Chick card
Copic Colors used for the Easter Chick card:
Egg - B60 with B23
Ribbon - R11 with R20
Chick - Y11 with Y15
Chick’s Beak - Y38
Grass and Leaves - YG11 with YG13
Pansies - V12 with V17 and Y02 with Y26
We had such a good time at the Gettysburg Scrappers Dream Vacation event that I want to share some of it with you. Our booth featured make-it/take-its with Margaret keeping it lively. The Scor-pal and Copic Markers seemed to be a big hit. Here are some photos of the gals working on the projects.
We also introduced two new stamp companies; Just-Rite and Stampavie. Two of the 12″x12″ pages we had on display are below. All images were colored with Copic markers. Bo-Bunny’s double sided paper got a lot of raves as did the Scor-tape. These products are now selling on our web store with the exception of the Bo-Bunny paper. That will be coming soon!
If you have never attended an SDV, consider the upcoming one in August at Hagerstown, MD. We’ll be there! If you’re interested go to their website at www.eventpathunlimited.com/events/
Let Your Dreams Take Flight page
Sweet Spring page
Below are some pics taken at our vendor booth at the Gettysburg SDV. Perhaps you’ll see yourself in some of these.
When my cousin had a hip replacement before Christmas, I sent her this adorable puppy image with her leg in a bandage. What a great get well card from Stampavie. Now at least a half dozen customers at Stamp Express have had knee replacements, hip replacements, and foot surgery since the holidays. These cards are for you. And, you know who you are. We hope you will all be on the mend soon.
Sick Doggies
Doggie Stamp: Stamp Avie
Markers: Copic
Cardstock: Paper Cut
Circle Die: Nestabilities from Spellbinder
Flowers: Prima
Hello Stamp: Hero Arts
Other accessories: from our spare parts bin
