Happy Valentine's Day!

 Hello Crafty Friends!

Wishing you all 

a very Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope you are all spoiled and happy.

I have not posted much here lately,

but I did post some on instagram.

Have been doing a lot of crochet.

Today i share my Valentine card with you,

the one Im ade for my husband.

I started with painting gesso on my card.

Next i took these colors of pink:

worn lipstick

picked raspberyy

fired brick

(the new kitch flamingo had not arrived yet)

Next the heart stencil and using the same colors

distress ink and walnut stain.

Next some circles (using lids) with white paint

and splatters with white spray ink.

For the final decoration I used the rosette and the mini heart die

and a combination of Funky Fossil Designs (Guitar Hero)

and Tim Holtz Valentine stamps/

Then........Kitch Flamingo arrived!

The new pink oxide distress ink by Tim Holtz.

I had to play and made a few atc's

(cardsize 2.5x3.5 inch):

And of course I had to make a coffee atc!

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and 

keep crafting!

 

New stamp by Michael Strong

Hello Crafty Friends,

My good friend Michael Strong has a new stamp set 

of two Octagons. These are mirror images.

On Saturday we have another online  class and we

will be using many cariations of this stamp.

Be sure to cheque my cards on Sunday for ideas.

Today I made some easy cards, just to show you the new stamps.

I stamped both stamps and embossed them with gold embosing powder.

Then I used distress oxide ink on my work plate and

 did the direct to paper technique to get a little color on the image.

I glued it to a piece of gold paper and on a red card.

Around the gold paper you see some tiny sticker lines.

The sentiment is by Tim Holtz.

In combination with the octagon set I used the Seasonal Silhouettes,

These stamps fit  perfectly in the center of the octagon.

For this one I did exactly as above, but in green. 

Could be a great card for St. Patricks Day.

I added the cloer with foam tape to the center.

Wonderful sentiment by Tim Holtz.

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and keep creating!

 

Spread your wings!

 

Hello Crafty Friends,

With Valentine around the corner I came uo with this card.

It is irisfolding, stenceling and stamping.

I started with the heart in the middle of the card:

If you never done irisfolding, I have a tutorial on y blog HERE.

This heart is a very easy pattern  to start with.

Here is the template for you.

When done with the irisfolding this is how 

it looks, but it is the back!

When you turn it around, the heart looks like this.

I took the Ring of Hearts stencil by Funky Fossil Designs

and added all the hearts around the irisfolding heart.

Then I  took this elf from the stamp set

Christmas Characters. I colored her with zig markers

and on the skirt and hair I added some drops of glitter glue.

The sentiment is from another set, Hogs and Kisses.

On the heart I added the wings that come from the 

set new Guitar Hero stamp set.The image is embossed

with silver embossing powder.

So many techniques and stamp sets come together on this card.

I hop you like it and it inspires you for your card.

Any questions bout the irisfolding? Feel free to ask.

Thank you for looking,

stay safe and keep crafting!

Valentine

A wonderful FREEBIE on the 

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog today!

You can download it for a week and

after that you have to pay for it.

It is this cute sheep: Love Ewe.

I colloïde it with stampin' blends and used it for the 

tag I made on my Valentine treat for my friend.

I cut the paper and fold it in half and mad a whole in the top

for the ribbon. Next I used some heart stencils and red

distress ink for the background. The doily heart is by 

Stampin' Up!. The sentiment comes with the freebie.

I decorated the tag with a few tiny sticky light pink pearls.

Thank you for looking

and have a 

Bugaboo Digital Stamps - New Release

Today there are new releases in the Bugaboo Digital Stamp Shop

and I choose to make a card with this cutle little dragon Clyde.

See the Catch the Bug Challenge Blog for all details.

The new image is called Clyde with love.

Isn't he cute? 

I colored the image with SU! Stampin'Blends

and cut the image with a scissor.

This heart is made with 2 paper punches by

Stampin'Up! belonging to the bundle Heartfelt

and the sentiment is from that set. 

The background of the card is made with a heart

embossingfolder. The paper is colored with green

and red oxide distress ink.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Bugaboo Digital Stamps Anything but a Card

On Monday it is always Aniting But a Card

and with Valentine around the corner, I needed 

a candy box.

You can see all the wonderful work of the 

designteam of the bugaboo Digital Stamps om

Cath The Bug Challenge Blog.

To make this box I used a die called gable box by

Elizabeth Craft Design.

You cut the box in one go, and fold it on the lines.

Glue the side strip and the bottom and the box is ready.

I decorated the box when ready, because all the images 

are stuck to the box with foam tape.

This cute Valentine Critter Kitty came as a freebie

for newsletter subscribers, but you can also get it  HERE.

My kitty is colored with Stampin´Blends by SU!

The little hearts are cut with matching sizzix dies.

Straight and scallop dies. In the middle of the heart I used

a paw paper punch and becacuse the background is 

contrasting paper, you see the paw wonderful.

I used the paw punch also on the sentiment tag.

The sentiment is by Tim Holtz.

On the bag ofthe box is another heart with a stamped 

"meow" (old SU!' stamp).

This box is ready to give!

Thank you for looking and

have a creative day!

Friday Freebie on the Catch the Bug Blog

Every Friday there is a free digital image on the

Catch the Bug Challenge Blog.

This cute monkey is the freebie of this week.

He is called Monkey Love Handful of Hearts.

So Valentine is about LOVE, lots of it.

Therefore lots of hearts on this card. The paper by

Stampin'Up!  and the tiny punched out hearts

and of course the hearts on the monkey image.

The monkey is colored with markers.

This heart is stamped with candied apple distress ink

and is a stamp by Stampin'Up! from the set Heartfelt.

The stamp is punched out with a punch matching the

Heartfelt stamp set. as well as the matching scallop punch.

Left over paper is always wonderful to use for

decoration of the inside of the card.

Hope your Valentine will be wonderful next week.

Don't forget to grab the freebie HERE.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!