Gift Bags for Valentine's Day

 I almost forgot to post these adorable gift bags that I made and put in the goodie bags for the kids for Valentine's Day.

These came out so cute!  These smaller bags are made especially for gift cards!

The dies are from Concord & 9th.  The set also has a larger bag that will fit an A2 card which I'm sure I will be using in the future.  I used some left over Valentine DSP scraps I had on hand.  The dies have different handles you can use along with a stamp set of sentiments. Notice the pansy candy that Rachel and I found at the Vermont Country Store.  All their candy is yummy!!

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy

Red Heart Valentine's Day Card

 Today's post is the last Valentine Card I made.  This is another die set that I saw Jennifer McGuire demonstrate.  It was a new release also from Concord & 9th.  I think they really did a fantastic job on this release.  I always wonder how they come up with all these great stamp sets and dies!

This set is call the Enchanted heart dies.  I used some of the other smaller hearts on previous cards.  

I used white CS for my CB and SU's Real Red CS for my layer.  I used Gina K's Love die and cut it out in Gold paper.  I used one of these cards for Joe's Valentine.

For my inside sentiment, I used SU's stamp set Heart to Heart again and glued some of the negative hearts from the front die. Our friend sent us a similar card but instead of red CS she used glimmer paper and it was gorgeous!  I'm happy to say that our weather is supposed to warm up the next few weeks so goodbye snow!!

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Nancy

Kids Valentine's Cards

 Well, tomorrow is Valentine's Day.  We  hope everyone has a wonderful day filled with fun and surprises!  I made these two cards for Jennifer and Juan.  I saw Jennifer McGuire do a video with the new Concord & 9th Pop Heart Turnaround stamps and dies and decided to try it out!

I have one other turnaround stamp set and after watching her video I decided to get the jig that they made to help you with the technique.  It was definitely a game changer.  I used dye ink and craft ink and was pleased with the result.

I took her advice and cut 4 white layers for the words to make them stand out and then used the white craft dye ink to stamp on the letters.  I think it made such a difference.

For my inside sentiment, I used SU's Heart to Heart stamps.  When  I was stamping my card front I used a 6" x 6" CS and then cut it down to an A2 size which left me nice pieces to use on the inside.

Here is the card that I made for Jennifer using the same technique.

We  got 10" of snow yesterday but thankfully the temperature is warm today and half of it is gone!  If course Joe's truck with the plow decided not to run so he had to use the snow blower which is too small for the job which is why we got the plow a few years ago!  Always something!!  The rest of the week is suppose to be warmer, so hopefully it will all be gone sooner than later.

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Nancy

Valentine Heart card

 I'm trying to get all the cards made for Valentine's Day and of course time is running it.  These are some of the cards I have been working on.

I saw this technique on Jennifer's McGuire blog and thought it was so unique.  I used SU's Heart Embossing folder on my Real Red CS, layered it on my base card of white and then used Concord & 9th Enchanted Die set to cut out the heart.  

Using the different dies, I cut one out in pink CS with the sentiment and mounted it on red CS to make the lettering show through.  My sentiment came from an old SU stamp set Heart to Heart.  

It was hard to get a good picture of the shelf that I made for the heart die to rest on so when you opened up the card it popped right out!  This idea can be used with so many different size/shape dies.  She did a great video on how to made this happen.  It really was so easy!  Hope you are having a good week!  It is really nice here, so Joe and I are on our to NJ to see Jennifer's basketball game.

I will be entering this post over at - Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge

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Nancy

Heart Valentine Day Card

 Well, we have had more nasty weather here, so I decided to start making some cards for Valentine Day.  Last year, I purchased a kit from Gina K called Luck and Love.  I made a St. Patrick's Day card with some of it but never used the Layering Heart stencils that were included.  I decided to play around with them and loved how they turned out.  Gina made a birthday card with the stamps that came in the kit - Frame Flora - so I decided to make them for Valentine Day.  

I used her Master Layout #1 to cut my layers and her Masking Magic 1/8" stripes to make a border before I did my stenciling.

I popped up some of the flowers and leaves over the sentiment strip which came from SU's Heart to Heart stamp set.

My inside sentiment was also from the same stamp set.  I didn't want to waste my extra leaves I had die cut, so added them as well along with some heart washi tape I had in my stash.  I was so happy how this card turned out!

Entered this post over at Double D Challenge.

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Nancy

Little Monkey Card

 Well, winter is definitely upon us!!  It is freezing here with snow from the last storm still on the ground, and more to come tomorrow.  While watching the snow fall the other day, I decided to make a fun card to have in my stash. 

I used a SU stamp set with matching punch.  My base layer is Chocolate Brown with my second layer in Very Vanilla.  I stamped the branch first and then layer some DSP from the Flowers and More pack.  I ended up fussy cutting the top monkey as the punch is only good for the one on the bottom and the bananas.  The greeting is also from the stamp set and I found some old gems that I thought would match.

For my inside, I used some more of the DSP and added some bananas.  Quick card except for the fussy cutting!  Pinterest has some cute ideas for these little monkeys, so I will be trying them soon.  

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Nancy

Rudolph Christmas Card

 I almost forgot to post the Christmas cards I made for Jennifer and JJ.  I was looking in Pinterest for something to make for them and came across this adorable card.

I used SU's Real Red CS for my base card and then used Simon Says Filigree Snow Folder to emboss my second layer.  

For my Rudolph, I used a die set from Simon Says called Reindeer Parts.  It's hard to see, but I used some lacquer on his noise to make it nice and shiny!  I also tied a tiny jingle bell with some twine on his antlers.  

 For my sentiments, I used the same stamp set.  I think they turned out so cute!  We had about 8" of snow over the weekend but most of that will disappear with today's warm weather, rain and wind!  Ugh!! Hope all those in severe weather are safe and warm!

I entered this post over at the - Can You Handle the Pressure Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by,

Nancy