Elegant and Slightly Vintage Valentine

Hello friends~  I found a bit of time to play with some new dies from The Greetery and made this sweet little card.  It has a very elegant and slightly vintage look to it.

 

I fell in love with the Coquette Hearts Embossing Folder and coordinating Filigree Hearts die from the recent release over at The Greetery.  The embossing is so crisp and dimensional on these hearts and the best thing is, you can emboss an entire panel of hearts and then cut them out all at once using the coordinating Whole Hearted Die.

 

I lightly rubbed over the embossed Kraft cardstock with DOX ink and added the Filigree Heart border, cut out of gold cardstock.  You can also just barely see that I embossed the center of the background, which is mentioned below.

 

The pretty background is a retired die set from Spellbinders called Filigree Marquis.  The beautiful flowy bow is called Regency Bow #1, and that is also from my recent visit to The Greetery.  The flower is from Concord & 9th.  
 

I'll be adding this card to the following challenges:

Just Us Girls ~ Word Week:  Valentine 

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

 Cut It Up Challenge ~ This Makes Me Happy (vintage style, working with dies, flowers.... all these things make me happy.  ;0))

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Guesting at Color Hues Color Challenge

Hi friends.  Today I'm guest designer over at Color Hues Color Challenge.  The colors Smokey Blue and Sage Green really tested me, but I accepted the challenge and hopefully you'll like what I came up with.

 

I stamped the background using a super old Heidi Swapp background stamp using brown ink on cream card stock as my neutral colors.  I added just a bit of distressing around the outside edges of the card front.

 

The flowers are from Concord & 9th.  I added a bit of glitter to add texture and sparkle.

 

I do hope you'll take a quick minute to pop over to Color Hues Color Challenge and see what their fine design team came up with to inspire you with.

Thanks to Nancy and the team for having me as a guest.  I sure enjoyed the challenge!
 

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Pre-Historic Pal

Good morning friends~  Just thought I'd pop in and share a cutie little card and two heart shaped boxes that I made for my sweet little grands.  

First up is this pre-historic dinosaur from Marianne Designs. 

 I used a Tim Holtz embossing plate for the background.  It made me think of dinosaur scales.  I used Altenew's Alphabet dies for the letters.

This card paired perfectly with the little heart shaped box I made using Concord & 9th Heart Box Die.  The image is one that I found online and printed.  I didn't plan this, but once I put the two creations together, I realized how perfectly they went together.  

I added some green Stickles to the dinosaur.  Super cute!  Little Bam-Bam and his pet dinosaur Dino.  ;0)

The second box uses another free printable I found online.  My sweet P loves kitty cats so I thought she was just purr-fect!  

She's glitzed up with a generous dose of Silk Microfine Glitter from Elizabeth Craft Designs.  Just look at that face!  💗💗💗

Both boxes are super simple but so sweet.  Now the question is what to put in them??  What would you put in for two little ones just over a year old?

I can't share the card I made for my Sweet P because it's coming up in a future post.  You'll have to stop back by soon!

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Pop-Up Shoppes ~ ScrapbookPal

Hello friends ~ I'm posting today for Scrapbook Pal. I was browsing their shop and found these dies that were released in March of this year. The Pop-up Shoppe Dies from Concord & 9th are the cutest ever, and definitely worth revisiting! 

Create your own little mini mall using Pop-up Shoppe Base dies,

Window Shoppe Pop-up Base dies, and all the fun add on dies.

This card uses the Window Shoppe Pop-up Die and the Flower Shoppe Add-on. So cute!!!

This card uses the Pop-up Shoppe Die paired with the Bake Shoppe Add-on.

They also have a Fashion Shoppe and a Book Shoppe.  These pop-up cards are to “die” for!

The great thing about these cards is that they fold flat for easy mailing in an A2 sized envelope.

You can find all the dies listed below at ScrapbookPal:

Concord & 9th Pop-up Shoppe Dies
Pop-up Shoppe Base Die
Window Shoppe Pop-up Dies
Bake Shoppe Add-on
Flower Shoppe Add-on
Fashion Shoppe Add-on
Book Shoppe Add-on

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Fresh Picked ~ Double D Challenge

Hello crafty friends ~ It's the first Wednesday of the month, so you know what that means?  Double D Challenge has a new challenge starting today and the theme is "Fresh Picked".  That's right!  Anything you can pick that's fresh, from flowers to fruit or use your imagination and come up with something wild.  

I picked some fresh strawberries for you today, using Elizabeth Craft Designs Strawberries.  

I filled the Elizabeth Craft Designs Barrel Bucket full to overflowing, just for you!

The sign is made using Concord & 9th Friendship Farms die & stamps.

What are you going to pick for this new challenge, starting over at Double D?
Here's the inspiration board to help you get started:

And here's the prize that you could win when you play along:

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Happy Valentine's Day! ~ Happy Heart Boxes

Happy Valentine's Day, friends!  Today is one of my favorite days of the year, and not because it's Valentine's Day.  It's because I gave birth to my daughter on Valentine's Day 29 years ago.  But my projects today are to celebrate Valentine's Day. 

I made these cute heart shaped boxes using the Concord & 9th Happy Heart Box.

The first box is decorated using sweet Zesty Lemons from Lawn Fawn.  The "LOVE YOU" sentiment boxes are included in the Happy Heart Box die set.

Each box is filled with yummy Ferrero Rocher chocolates.

Next up is a black box that I decorated with Be Bold Blooms from Spellbinders.

I made multiples of these boxes to give to my daughter, my daughter-in-love and my mother-in-love.

These are the boxes I made for my hubby, son and son-in-love, using the dies that came with the Happy Heart Box set.

I thought I'd share pictures of my little sweeties as well; it's been a while since I've given an update.

Our little "C" is 5 months old now.  He's over 8 pounds and he's a happy little guy!  He's starting to learn to roll over and he has his first tooth bud.  DH and I get to babysit this little one tonight so his papa can take his momma out to dinner.  A much needed reprieve for both of them. 

Sweet "P" is 2 months old and weighs over 11 pounds.  She's growing right on schedule!

I wish you and your family all the love and chocolates you can eat today!

Here are links to the products I used for todays projects:

 Happy Heart Box ~ Concord & 9th
Be Bold Blooms ~ Spellbinders
Zesty Lemons ~ Lawn Fawn

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Heart Shaped Treat Boxes ~ ScrapbookPal

Hello peeps!  Treat boxes are on the top of my list of favorite things to make.  They're so fun to make, so fun to give, and hopefully so fun for the recipient to receive.  

The Bunch of Blossoms dies and stamps from Concord & 9th made for beautiful decorations for the Happy Heart Box Die, also from Concord & 9th, that was released last year.  

I started by creating the three Happy Heart Boxes using heavy weight cardstock.  These boxes went together very easily and they're oh, so adorable!

I cut out several flowers using the Bunch of Blossoms dies in different colors of cardstock.  I blended Distress Oxide Inks onto each of the petals and leaves.  I then glued the bottom two layers of petals together and added dimensional foam squares to the two top layers of the flowers, which included the stamen and the top petals.

Once the flowers were assembled, I gave the flowers and leaves a spritz of gold shimmer spray. I arranged the flowers and leaves onto each of the boxes and added a few gold leaves to a couple of the boxes.  

I stamped the sentiments from the Bunch of Blossoms Stamp Set onto cardstock and cut them out using the coordinating dies from the Bunch of Blossoms die set and popped them up using dimensional foam squares.

These turned out super cute and are ready to fill with sweet treats for my crafty friends.  

I hope you enjoyed today's project.  You can find all the products I used linked below.

ScrapbookPal
Bunch of Blossoms Dies~ Concord & 9th
Bunch of Blossoms Stamps ~ Concord & 9th
Happy Heart Box Die ~ Concord & 9th

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Patriotic Heart ~ DRU

Good morning friends~ There's a new challenge starting up over at the Dies R Us Challenge blog and if you recall, the theme is "Anything Goes" all year long!  

This makes it so easy for us, as a design team, and for you, as a participant! 

Since we're nearing the 4th of July, I wanted my card to be patriotic, so I pulled out some red and blue scraps from my scrap box. 

Here's a list of supplies I used that can be found at Dies R Us.  

Concord & 9th Layers of Love

Elizabeth Craft Designs Happy Flowers

I hope you'll visit the DRU Challenge blog to see more inspiration from our amazing design team and join in on the fun.  While you're there, be sure to sign up for their newsletter so you can be one of the first to be notified of their special order events.

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