Cupcake and Valentine

Many of my friends have wedding anniversaries on 

Valentine's Day and so I created this card with digital

images from Create with TLC and Photoshop.

I used the colors of this week's 

color inspiration on the

Cupcake Inspiration Blog.

First I created the middle panel with the vintage heart and

the background paper, changing the colors in photoshop

matching the color challenge. The paper in the

background is from a designer paper block.

The "love you" sentiment is a FREEBIE on the 

Create with TLC blog HERE. The black paper is cut with

a vintage photo border scissor. and Finally I added some 

SU! sticky sequins.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Limited Runs Progressive challenge #12

Here my card with digital images made in Photoshop

and ribbon and button by DL.ART for the progressive'

challenge on the Limited Runs digital stamp blog.

You find all about the challenge and the freebie

on the Limitid Runs Blog.

I first colored the heart plant image in Photoshop.

Next I found the Flower Shop image in my 

Create with TLC Valentine file

and placed the flower pots inside the image.

Then with two different stencils I decorated the 

background with vintage photo distress ink.

The ribbon is first added to double sided tape

to make it easy tho add it ruffled to the card.

The button is by DL.ART.

the hearts of the flower are coverd with glossy accent.

And here is the inside of the card.

The sentiment is also by Create with TLC

and around it i used the Tim Holtz heart stencil

with red ink.

Thanks for looking and

have a creative day!

Viva La Verve January Sketch

One of my favorite sketches are those by

Julee Tilman from Verve Stamps.

She has so many wonderful digital and 

real coffee stamps. Yes, I do have quite a few,

but recently I got this new digital "All my LOVE"

digital set and I used it for my card today.

You find the sketch on the 

Viva La Verve Blog

and many more beautiful samples.

So the background papers are from an old

design paper block by Echo Park. and they are

perfect for the Valentine theme of the card.

The heart is a thinlit by Stampin'Up! .

I added the sentiment inside the cup with Photoshop

befor I printed it. The cup is covered with glossy accent.

The button and the ribbon are by DL.ART.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Freshly Made Sketches #321

This week you will see a lot of ribbons on my card,

as I am a guest designer on the DL.ART Blog and

Diana has those fantastic ribbons, that are especially

wonderful on Valentine cards.

You find the ribbons in her shop HERE.

For my card today I was inspired by the sketch on 

the Freshly Made Sketches Blog.

What did I use for my card?

The images are from one of the new digital stamp sets by Verve Stamps.

I used the "All my LOVE" digital set that is now only $ 3,50

(and comes with 16 images).

After printing and coloring (zig markers) the images,

I added them to the design paper background

and added glossy accent to the coffee cups.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Valentine Tag

Yesterday I told you I was a guest designer

at the DL.ART Blog and I received these

wonderful ribbons and buttons to play with.

Enough ribbon and buttons left to make more.

Today I share this tag with you with

an image I found on the Create with TLC blog

as a free download.

I started out with coloring the background with 

Walnut Stain distress Ink and Broken  China.

Then I took a Tim Holtz heart stencil

and colored some red hearts on top of this background.

Next I printed the sweet Valentine image

from the Create with TLC Blog and glued it

to the tag. The heart is left over from the die cut

I used yesterday. A paper flower decorates the heart.

Of course on top the wonderful ribbon.

On the bottom of the image I also added some ribbon. 

I used double sided tape on the back of the ribbon

and this way it was easy to make the folds and tape it down.

The button is added with fom tape and 

a few more paper roses.

The DL.ART Valentine kit can be found in the 

DL.ART SHOP

The Valentine Bundle 15 yards of crinkle ribbon pure love, sweet love & red hot love

1 Yard 1.25" wide white lace with silver trim edge

5 Love 1 Flair buttons 

5 yards red/white 4 ply twine

5 yards pink/white 4 ply twine

2 6" red paper doilies

2 6" pink paper doilies

2 pair googly eyes

1 shaker sticker (random)

5 Glitter hearts 

5 foam conversation hearts 

8 heart stickers

$14.00

To receive this kit for $10.00 use code LOVE1-14

this kit is only available the 25-27 or if it runs out- there is a limited quantity

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

DL.ART Valentine

Today I share a card I made with some wonderful

goodies I received from Diana Larson as she asked me

to be a guest artist for this week on her blog for 

Thankful Thursday  challenge #221 "LOVE"

Dhe has the most wonderful hand dyed crincle ribbons

and lately she also has these wonderful buttons in her shop.

For my card I used various products.

For the background I used the sweet candy heart 

embossing folder. The  xoxo paper

is an old paper block from Stampin'Up!

The center panel is decorated with the tiny heart paper 

from the same Stampin'Up! paperblock.

The heart die cut is also Stampin'Up! and here you

also see the beautiful red crinkle ribbon and one of the

Love Flair buttons (set 1) from Diana Larson.

The sentiment is from Club Scrap (Fizz kit

January 2007).

As you can see I have lots of ribbon left and also

some of the buttons, so you will see some more

soon this week.

Would you like your own DL.ART Valentine kit to play with?

The DL.ART Valentine kit consists of:

The Valentine Bundle 15 yards of crinkle ribbon pure love, sweet love & red hot love

1 Yard 1.25" wide white lace with silver trim edge

5 Love 1 Flair buttons 

5 yards red/white 4 ply twine

5 yards pink/white 4 ply twine

2 6" red paper doilies

2 6" pink paper doilies

2 pair googly eyes

1 shaker sticker (random)

5 Glitter hearts 

5 foam conversation hearts 

8 heart stickers

$14.00

To receive this kit for $10.00 use code LOVE1-14

this kit is only available the 25-27 or if it runs out- there is a limited quantity

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

3 Challenges in one

For my card today I combined many challenges.

First I noticed the stash and tool challenge

on the Club Scrap Forum.

My old stash from the Fizz kit January 2007

and matching stamps too.

Tools are circle die and punch and postage stamp die .

And a small heart punch too.

I also used 2 sketches.

The first one is from the Saturday Sketch Blog

and when I started making my card I found a stamp that

was perfect to use for the sketch on the

Sundaystamp Blog.

I found this cirle stamp that was just perfect for the challenge.

I cut ut the circles inside with a circle punch.

The I used the postage die and ran the panel 

trough the embossing machine with a hearts die.

In the background velum and baker's twine.

When all was glued together I added a felt

circle cut with circle die and stamped  sentiment

from the Fizz unmounted dies.

Thank you for looking

and have a creaitive day!

Freshly Made sketches #320

Here my card for this weeks

Freshly Made Sketches Blog.

Because of all the shimmer and shine it was 

hard to make a good picture.

Here you see the sketch.

The cup is a stamp by Michael Strong,

the glittery love is a die from Stampin'Up!

and the stamp is from Clearly Whimsy Stamps.

The background is made with a coffeebean

embossingfolder and a little vintage distress ink.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Birds of a Feather

Here my card for the Monday Challenge

on the SimonSaysStamp Blog:

"Birds of a Feather".

Again made with the scraps on my table.

The musical background was a piece left over

from a Club Scrap challenge and is fun for

tweeting of the birds.

I love those crazy birds by Tim Holtzand had some stamped 

images on my table as well as the green background paper.

The Stampin'Up! coffee cup was the last one from

 all the cut outs that were on my table. The silver nest 

is a thinlit by Stampin'Up! and a ribbon by Diana Larson.

The sentiment is also by Tim Holtz, I just added

the coffee to it (Altenew). The birds were colored with

zig markers. After coloring I added some drops of water

and got this lovely effect.

Thank you for looking

and have a creative day!

Coffee Calendar Card

Happy Sunday!

After finishing 3 more Christmas cards that were on my table

and put away for the next holidays, I found this cute mini

calendar and some other goodies to make this card.

I think it will be on myu table for a year of coffee fun

for each month is stamped with the Club Scrap coffee ring

(that stamp is always on my table!).

The sentiment is a digital sentiment by Create with TLC.

The coffee background paper is from a piece of scrapbook

paper, but unfortunately the brand is cut of. Only some

small scraps left.

This sweet girl in the cup is a clear stamp by

Love Cynthia and is colored with zig markers.

On the cup and the heart I added glossy accent.

The ribbon behind the calendar is the wonderful

hand dyed crincle ribbon by Diana Larson.

Thanks for looking

and have a creative day!